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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Impressionist
Pan III
Located in Hamilton, ON
This image is part of the artist's early series of portraits depicting queer subject matter in domestic settings, painted to resemble a private snapshot.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Colorful Butterflies (Yellow, Blue, Orange) Oil Painting in Ornate Vintage Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem
Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso.
Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem.
This painting was acquired directly from the artist and has the Artist's St...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
9 Tulips
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fairfield, CT
Oil on wood
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Pale Blue Hutch" Bunnies Oil Painting in Ornate Vintage Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Pale Blue Hutch
Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso.
Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem.
This painting was acquired directly from the artist and h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Looking outside
Located in PUIFLIJK, NL
Francien Krieg, a contemporary Dutch artist, gives a new dimension to figurative painting with her penetrating and unfiltered portraits. Krieg, who received her art education at the ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
1950s French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Windswept Beach & Seascape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Windswept Beach
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled - Woman, nude portrait, figurative oil painting, blue & black
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Using pure oil paint, which gives the artwork its unique texture, the artist manages to use two particularly difficult colors to work with: black and blue. In his composition, he cre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Redhead in Sunlight, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Marion exudes grace and charm with her serene gaze and calm stance. The afternoon sunlight bathes her lush red hair in a soft glow. Soft colors and brushwork im...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bird of Paradise II
By Sharon Okun
Located in Queenston, ON
A study in flight and motion.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The last drop
Located in Sandton, ZA
Fabric on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Fabric
La boîte de sardines
Located in Barcelona, ES
Contemporary figurative painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
I'm hungry
Located in Barcelona, ES
Portrait of a tiger
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rostro que intenta hablar
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Atracción
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Castigada contra la pared
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pareja paseando
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
" Lady with a cat"
Located in La Quinta, CA
The artist's new artwork " Lady with the cat" brings his approach
to his indian roots from the Andes Mountains in Bolivia.
A native lady is resting in calm and relaxing ambiance surr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mujer y su inconsciente
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
¿Qué hay detrás de la puerta?
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Estatuas doradas
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pelirroja
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Circo
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Enigmática
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Velero
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Air
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique artwork by artist Sara Shamma.
Sara Shamma is a renowned painter whose works can be found in both public and private collections around the globe. Shamma was born in Damascus, Syria (1975) to a Syrian father and Lebanese mother. She graduated from the Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Damascus in 1998. She moved to London in 2016 under the auspices of an Exceptional Talent Visa where she currently lives and works.
Shamma’s practice focuses on death and humanity expressed mainly through self-portraits and children painted in a life-like visceral way. Her works can be divided into series that reflect often prolonged periods of research, sometimes extending over years. Shamma believes that death gives meaning to life, and rather than steering away from a subject that is increasingly taboo in contemporary culture, she considers the impact of grief and deep internal emotions. The Syrian conflict has a distinct impact on the way that Shamma portrays her subjects. Working mainly from life and photographs, the artist uses oils to create a hyper realistic scene, using transparency lines and motion to portray a distant and deep void.
Shamma has previously taught at the Adham Ismail Fine Arts Institute in Damascus, and alongside her practice has always had a strong dedication to sharing her knowledge with the next generation of artists. She was a member of the jury for The Annual Exhibition for Syrian Artists held by the Ministry Of Culture, in Damascus, 2006.
Shamma believes in helping others and has been supporting the United Nations World Food Programme since 2010, during which time she produced Fighting Hunger., sold by Christie’s Dubai in 2012 with all proceeds going to the WFP. Shamma has participated in a number of solo and group exhibitions including: “London”, Art Sawa Gallery (Dubai, 2017); World Civil War Portraits, The Old Truman Brewery (London, 2015); Diaspora, Art Sawa Gallery (Dubai, 2014); Q, Royal College of Art (London, 2013); Birth, Art House (Damascus, 2011); Love, 360 MALL (Kuwait, 2009); The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, The Mall Galleries (London, 2013); Nord Art 2012 organized by KiC – Kunst in der Carlshütte (Büdelsdorf, 2012); UAE Through Arabian Eyes, (Dubai, 2008); Syrian Artists, Souq Wakef Art Center (Doha, 2008); Panorama of Syrian Arts, Catzen Arts Centre at The American University (Washington D.C, 2007); (shortlisted) International Painting Prize of the Castellon County Council, (Castellon 2005), Castellon and the Municipal Arts Centre of Alcorcon, (Madrid, 2005-2006); Women and Arts, International Vision...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Desnudo 2
Located in Barcelona, ES
Strokes, lines, points, signs come from the plexus, travel through the arm and hand, reaching the
canvas with the indicated “nerve.”
Lights and shadows complete the possibility of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Sky Garden II
By Perry Burns
Located in Fairfield, CT
Perry Burns received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1988. Since then he has been making paintings that merge the traditions of Middle Eastern patterns and European...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Space Between Us
Located in San Francisco, CA
'The Space Between Us' is an original artwork by contemporary figurative painter The Tracy Piper. Best known for her vibrant portraits and figurative acrylic paintings, Tracy's illus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Cigale
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. The artist uses bright yellow and red to cover half of the painting, which is in stark contrast with the sunflower shrubs at the bottom of the painting. Especially for the cicada...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Cinquième saison
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. The work shows a unique imaginal season that doesn’t exist in reality – the fifth season. In this seas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Figurative Ink Painting N.2 'Vessels II' by Dmitry Samygin
Located in Paris, FR
Figurative Ink on Cotton paper
Painting N.1 'Vessels II' by Dmitry Samygin
H.27 x 19.5 cm
About Dmitry Samygin
Furniture and Product Designer. His approach relies on simple forms and clarity in ideas with carefully chosen materials to expose the essence of an object. His products exemplify humanistic design, comfort in everyday use and ergonomic function.
He is a prize-winner in international competitions. He has taken part in exhibitions in Paris, Milan and Moscow, collaborates with European and Russian production, architectural and design companies. Since 2021 Dmitriy's design has been presented in a permanent exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Moscow. Dmitry's graphics and designs are in private collections all over the world.
Samygin's Awards
2023 I+D / Design Now / winner (product design & decor)
2021 Red dot / Modul
2021 I+D magazine award / Shelter (covers for the sculptures of Moscow State Architectural Museum)
2020 Best 2020 AD Russia
2019 Andrew World...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Ink
Gentleman in Tailcoat
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Strong impressionist work by young St. Petersburg-based painter, Ilya Zlobin. Having graduated from the prestigious Repin Academy several years ago, Zlobin is a well-known up-and-co...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
" Kalya Dhaman"
Located in Singapore, SG
Interrelating the mythological story with today's facts of life in the present context. Mythology refers to the same river Yamuna which was saved by Krishna from Kaliya naga, who wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Festive Day
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
"Festive Day" is by an up and coming Romanian painter named Stefan Mocanu. He finds the incredible in the everyday and transforms it into a pictorial joy. His use of thick paint ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrender
Located in San Francisco, CA
'Surrender' is an original artwork by contemporary figurative painter The Tracy Piper. Best known for her vibrant portraits and figurative acrylic paintings, Tracy's illustrative wor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"La lluvia de la semilla" colorful, figurative, organic, ink painting
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Through fluid strokes, rhythmic details, and archaic beings, the work shows us the artist's interest in exploring color. This abstract landscape is built by stages of primary colors,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Aquatint
Camouflage VI
Located in Singapore, SG
Camouflage VI has been inspired by Klimt's living, breathing woman with a brooding air—rather than a serene, mythical being. As a female subject, she is a strong, expressive woman ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sakura
By Perry Burns
Located in Fairfield, CT
Oil on canvas.
Deeply rooted in art historical knowledge, Perry Burns' painterly explorations evoke more than simple, visual pleasure. His paintings are highly inspired by patternin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
L'origine de la civilisation (the origin of civilization)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a dreamy scenery. Looking from a distance, it seems like a huge coral reef in deep sea, and there are some shiny jellyfishes around it. Taking a closer look, we can see some more meaningful signs, like Oracle bones, and some animals on the coral reef. At the same time, there is also a woman with traditional Chinese clothes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Lavandaie, ca 1905
Located in BLARICUM, NL
OTTO VAN REES
Freiburg im Breisgau 1884-1957 Utrecht
WASSENDE VROUWEN I LAVANDAIE
1905
Oil on canvas
43 x 52 cm.
Signed: lower left ‘OvR’
Particularities: ID 35.
Provenance: Pri...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Visage Irina Gros Plan
Located in Porto, 13
Visage Irina Gros Plan,2013
Oil on Canvas
A lot delicacy is felt in the traits of the drawings from Philippe Pasqua, which in no way diminishes the strength of each work. Thus, a fl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sad Woman/Distant Man
Located in Santa Fe, NM
"Sad Woman/Distant Man" illustrates Holly Roberts' shift from over-painting photographs to constructing photo-based images on top of abstract paintings. By combining the precision of photography with the expression of painting, Roberts marries objectivity with subjectivity, thus paralleling the dichotomy of human experience.
Like much of Roberts' contemporary work, "Sad Woman/Distant Man" is a psychoanalytic interpretation of human experience, particularly unrequited love—A woman stares longingly at a disinterested man. The couple is composed of photographs of appendages both modern and medieval in execution, alluding to the immutability of unrequited love as a motif in art and literature. The work's underlying abstract painting figuratively functions as the uninterpretable gulf between the two lovers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Rebirth
Located in Miami, FL
“Rebirth”
2023
30x40 in
Acrylic on canvas
$3000
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Camila Rosa is a Brazilian Artist and Illustrator based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
She started her life as an artist in 2010 with a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
GREGORY AT GALLERY HENOCH - Contemporary Art / Portrait / Figurative
By Mel Leipzig
Located in New York, NY
Original painting by Mel Leipzig
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Chrysanthemum tapestry
By Perry Burns
Located in Fairfield, CT
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Source of Happiness
Located in New York, NY
Homage to John Wayne. Oil on canvas. Conceptual. One of a kind.
About the artist:
“There's a dry ironic twist to Paul’s paintings that give the work — while realistic — a postm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Brazilian Girls
Located in Miami, FL
Camila Rosa is a Brazilian Artist and Illustrator based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
She started her life as an artist in 2010 with a female street art collective and since then she has wor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
In need of new glasses
Located in Oslo, 03
Unique artwork.
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Né au soleil (Born in the sunshine)
Located in PARIS, FR
Large circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows in great detail two beautiful sunflowers rising up from the deep sea. Yellow butterflies are around them....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Linen, Oil
"An Afternoon Along the Seine, Paris" Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas Scene
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional impressionistic depiction of an afternoon along the Seine in Paris by Mario Passoni, on a spring day with the busy activities of people wa...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Baiser passionné (Passionate kiss)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a passionate kiss of two people interwoven together by many red threads. The symbol of red thread can be traced...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Golden Lotus #1
Located in Singapore, SG
"It's a mythological based painting. I try to do a dramatic composition in this painting. A illustration of ""vagbat gita "" Helps to build the unic composition. That time when Lord Krishna...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
"East Coast Summer" Painting, Oil on Linen
Located in New York, NY
This painting is unique
, signed on verso, and includes a certificate of authenticity.
Annika Connor is a modern-day Renaissance woman. Primarily known as a Contemporary Romantic pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Uprise" Figurative Painting, Oil on Canvas, Frame, Vivid Colors
Located in New York, NY
Rebecca Leveille (who is also known for her illustration work under the name Rebecca Guay) received a BFA from Pratt Institute in 1992. Leveille’s art has garnered words of praise from Jerry Saltz, Walter Robinson, and Peter Frank. She has been a guest artist/speaker at Rhode Island School of Design, University of Massachusetts, Savannah College of Art and Design, and Fordham University, a guest instructor at Pratt Institute, and a guest artist by invitation to shows and events in Melbourne Australia, Paris, Nagoya and Osaka (Japan), Valencia, San Fernando, and Torrelavega (Spain). Her work has been featured in Juxtapoz Magazine, American Art Collector, and Hi Fructose among many other publications and is collected internationally. In 2018 she was featured in a solo show at The Untitled Space. Her work has additionally been featured in The Untitled Space group shows “UPRISE / ANGRY WOMEN”, “SHE INSPIRES” as well as "EDEN" (2019) and “(HOTEL) XX" (2018) presented at SPRING/BREAK Art Show. She has been featured at Sotheby’s New York for the annual “Take Home A Nude” exhibit and auction presented by The New York Academy of Art (2017-2019), The Allentown Museum of Art, PA, Delaware Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Marvel's Macbeth
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas. Engaging. Ben Affleck's batman homage.
About the artist:
“There's a dry ironic twist to Paul’s paintings that give the work — while realistic — a postmodern ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Story of a Forest - IV
Located in Stamford, CT
"The story of a Forest" presents a biographical account of a forest in a series of six charcoal drawings.
The story moves from the lush green forest in the first drawing to the dark ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Urban Empire # 9
Located in Singapore, SG
In the Mughal era, we see kings and queens looking out into their natural space - scenic beauty containing nature and architecture. Given the settings, what would happen if the king ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pigment
"Las cosas no son lo que parecen" figurative, abstract, colorful ink painting
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Alejandra España presupposes the development of her language of forms through the creation of symbolic functionalism and allegories that elevates the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Figurative Paintings for Sale
Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.
Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.