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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Victorian
Pietro Krohn (Attributed), Interior With Woman Knitting, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century oil painting attributed to Danish artist Pietro Krohn (1840-1905) depicts a gently lit interior with a woman knitting before a statue of the Venus de Milo. It’...
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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Furious Embrace
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on panel, 82cm x 62cm (118cm x 98cm framed). Born in Newport, south Wales, in 1951, the early part of his career was as a choreographer and stage director. Turning away from...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Board, Acrylic

Wolf Boy
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on panel, 56cm x 61cm, (67cm x 77cm framed) Born in Newport, south Wales, in 1951, the early part of his career was as a choreographer and stage director. Turning away from ...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Mid-Century Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Fabian Lundqvist -Overlooking Fields
Located in Bristol, GB
OVERLOOKING THE FIELDS Size: 41 x 48.5 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A calm and soothing mid-century figurative composition, executed in oil onto canvas by the established Swed...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Motion Pictures
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present for the first time in more than thirty years, the original painting of American artist Peter Korling. Peter Korling was classically trained at the Chicago In...
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Parisian Model
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Parisian Model" is an oil on canvas painting by Max Weber painted in 1908. The work is signed and dated, lower right, "Max Weber Paris 1908". The painting size is 35 1/2 x 19 5/8 in...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Washington, DC
Painting by Donald Purdy (1924 - 2016). Oil on masonite Provenance Schoneman Gallery, 1964. Measures 25"L x 23"W. Work is behind glass with wonderful antique frame.
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Fine 19th Century Scottish Oil Painting Panoramic Loch Scene Listed artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Loch by Charles Leslie (British 19th century) signed lower corner oil on canvas, framed framed: 15 x 27 inches canvas: 12 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, UK ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mid-Century Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Fabian Lundqvist -Moonlight Portrait
Located in Bristol, GB
PORTRAIT BY MOONLIGHT Size: 53.5 x 61.5cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A brilliant mid-century figurative composition, executed in oil onto canvas by the established Swedish arti...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1950's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Lady Reading in Green Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Green Interior French modernist, mid 20th century signed oil on board, unframed board : 10.5 x 8.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: good and sound condition
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tonal Jungle - Landscape Painting - Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Spreading palms and ferns, trees and leaves all arranged in a woodcut style in this tropical jungle setting. Tonal Jungle - Landscape Paintings - Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman This...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting, Fabian Lundqvist - By the White Houses
Located in Bristol, GB
BY THE WHITE HOUSES Size: 49 x 57 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A subtle and outstanding mid-century modernist style composition, executed in oil onto canvas by the established...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fine Large Victorian Signed Oil Fisherman in Highland River Landscape1880's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fisherman in Highland Landscape by James Mudd (English, 1821 - 1906) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 28.5 x 41 inches painting: 24 x 36 inches provenance: private collection, En...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Le Pont Neuf, 1953
Located in Greenwich, CT
Le Pont Neuf is an oil on canvas painted in 1953, dated and signed lower right corner '1953 Chagall Marc' and signed again on the crossbrace verso 'Marc Chagall'. The canvas size is ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Bouquet of Flowers
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintings. This is a miniature watercolor and gouache vibrant, colorful bouquet of flowers in a vase. Simka Simkhovitch (Симха Файбусович Симхович) (aka Simka Faibusovich Simkhovich) (Novozybkov, Russia May 21, 1885 O.S./June 2, 1885 N.S.—Greenwich, Connecticut February 25, 1949) was a Ukrainian-Russian Jewish artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career and then had several showings in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals for the post offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Beaufort, North Carolina. His works are in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born outside Kyiv (Petrograd Ukraine) into a Jewish family who owned a small department store. During a severe case of measles when he was seven, Simcha Simchovitch sketched the views outside his window and decided to become an artist, over his father's objections. Beginning in 1905, he studied at the Grekov Odessa Art School and upon completion of his studies in 1911 received a recommendation to be admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Though he enrolled to begin classes in architecture, painting, and sculpture at the Imperial Academy, he was dropped from the school roster in December because of the quota on the number of Jewish students and drafted into the army. Simchovitch served as a private in the 175th Infantry Regiment Baturyn [ru] until his demobilization in 1912. Re-enrolling in the Imperial Academy, he audited classes. Simka Simkhovitch exhibited paintings and sculptures in 1918 as part of an exhibition of Jewish artists and in 1919 placed 1st in the competition "The Great Russian Revolution" with a painting called "Russian Revolution" which was hung in the State Museum of Revolution. In 1922, Simkha Simkhovitch exhibited at the International Book Fair in Florence (Italian: Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Firenze). In 1924, Simkhovitch came to the United States to make illustrations for Soviet textbooks and decided to immigrate instead. Initially he supported himself by doing commercial art and a few portrait commissions. In 1927, he was hired to paint a screen for a scene in the play "The Command to Love" by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar which was playing at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. Art dealers began clamoring for the screen and Simkhovitch began a career as a screen painter for the theater. Catching the attention of the screenwriter, Ernest Pascal, he worked as an illustrator for Pascal, who then introduced him to gallery owner, Marie Sterner. Simkhovitch's works appeared at the Marie Sterner Gallery beginning with a 1927 exhibit and were repeated the following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a showing of works at the Helen Hackett Gallery, in New York City and later that same year he was one of the featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. The exhibit was coordinated by Marie Sterner and included four watercolors, including one titled "Nudes". He is of the generation of Russian Soviet artists such as Isaac Pailes, Serge Charchoune, Marc Chagall, Chana Orloff, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, and Ossip Zadkine. In 1936, Simkhovitch was selected to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in the post office and courthouse in 1938 depicted a plantation theme. Painted on the wall behind the judge’s bench, “Pursuits of Life in Mississippi”, a depiction of black workers engaged in manual labor amid scenes of white professionals and socialites, was eventually covered over in later years during renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of Jackson. His impression of pre-civil rights Mississippi was evidently Greek Revival column houses, weeping willow trees, working class families, and the oppression of African Americans. He painted African American men picking cotton, while a white man took account of the harvest and a white judge advised a white family, calling it Pursuits of Life in Mississippi. Though clearly endorsed by the government and initially generally well-received, the mural soon raised concerns with locals as the climate toward racial segregation began to change. The main concern was whether depictions that show African Americans in subjugated societal roles should be featured in a courtroom. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won praise at an exhibition in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1940, Simkhovitch's second WPA post office project was completed when four murals, "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat", "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright", "Sand Ponies" and "Canada Geese" were installed in Beaufort, North Carolina. The works were commissioned in 1938 and did not generate the controversy that the Jackson mural had. The main mural is "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright" and depicts a shipwreck which had occurred in Beaufort in 1866. "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat" depicted the lighthouse built in 1859 and the mail boat that was running mail during the time which Simkhovitch was there. The boat ran mail for the area until 1957. "Sand Ponies" shows the wild horses common to the North Carolina barrier islands and "Canada Geese" showed the importance of hunting and fishing in the area. All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Board, Watercolor

19th century Dutch / European school, man out in a landscape with his dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century Dutch / European oil on mahogany panel, landscape with a man out walking his dog. Wonderful painting, circa 1870, painted on one sheet...
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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Fine British Marine Oil Painting Sailing Boats by Old Harbour Entrance & Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harbour British School, 20th century signed bottom right oil on canvas, framed framed: 28 x 37 inches canvas: 20 x 30 inches private collection, England the painting is in overal...
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20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Baseball New Yorker Cover Proposal c. 1930s Yankee Stadium American Scene Modern
Located in New York, NY
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Fly Ball New Yorker cover proposal. c. 1930s 12 1/4 X 8 1/4 inches (sight) Framed 18 X 14 inches Gouache on board...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Reclining Nude
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Joseph Stella. "Reclining Nude" is a figurative painting, oil on canvas in a bright palette of yellows, greens, and tans by American Modernist artist Joseph Stella. The...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Huge Victorian Marine Oil Painting Sailing Choppy Seas Three Masted Ship 1800's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailing on High Seas British School, 19th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 28 x 40 inches canvas: 24 x 36 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and soun...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ancient Chinese Coin Series Figural Abstract by Anna Wu Weakland
Located in Soquel, CA
Figural abstract inspired by Chinese art and calligraphy featuring a large totem-like form in textured earth tones with black Chinese characters in bold, black brushstrokes by Anna Wu Weakland...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard, Paper, Ink

Figura seduta (Seated figure)
Located in Chicago, IL
The painting is signed at the lower right by Barnabè. In 1959, French art critic Michel Concil-Lacoste, in the newspaper Le Monde, expressed his views on Barnabè: "Barnabè is a pain...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Very Large 1820's English Portrait Dapper Young Gentleman Period Drama Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Dapper Young Gentleman English School, circa 1820's period oil on canvas, framed framed: 40 x 34 inches canvas: 32 x 27 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: ...
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1820s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Voyage en Musique (Viaje Musical)
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. The painting is 31" x 25, and approximately 39" x 32" with frame. A hardbound book is included ...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Canvas, Oil

Mid-Century Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Fabian Lundqvist - Terrace Sightings
Located in Bristol, GB
TERRACE SIGHTINGS Oil on Canvas Size: 49 x 56.5 cm (including frame) A soothing and restful mid-century modern painting, executed in oil onto canvas by the established Swedish arti...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Blue Shades Window Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique 19th Century Portrait of a Man in Pensive Thought Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Pensive Man English school, late 19th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 18 x 15 inches provenance: private collection condition: basic good condition but with so...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Wedding of Rebecca and Isaac - Oil Painting by E. Savini - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Wedding of Rebecca and Isaac is an oil painting realized by Enrico Savini (1832-1869), in the mid-19th Century. Artist's name on the bottom plate. ...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

19th century French, Surrender of the French at Huningen Fort to the Austrians
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful French period copy of the famous painting by Jean-Baptiste Édouard Detaille, which the original is now in a museum in Paris. This piece came from a private collection in New Jersey where it had been since it was purchased in France back in the 1950s. The previous owner was an Art dealer in NYC during the 1950s-70s and she kept some of her favorite paintings, this being one of them. The piece was re-framed in the 1990s In 35 years of dealing in paintings, I have never seen another example of this scene, it is very rare.! History of the scene: In the Siege of Hüningen (27 November 1796 – 1 February 1797), the Austrians captured the city from the French. Hüningen is in the present-day Department of Haut-Rhin, France. Its fortress lay approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of the Swiss city of Basel and .5 miles (0.80 km) north of the spot where the present-day borders of Germany, France, and Switzerland meet. During the time of this siege, the village was part of the Canton of Basel City and the fortress lay in an area contested between the German states and the First French Republic. The siege occurred within the French Revolutionary Wars during which Revolutionary France ranged...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Pink Roses In White Jug
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Huge Victorian Oil Painting by Famous Artist Portrait Country Girl in Harvest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Gleaner by Charles Sillem LIDDERDALE (British, 1831-1895) signed & dated 1890 oil painting on canvas, framed in what we believe to be the original frame framed: 51.5 x 37.5 inch...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Female Portrait - Oil on Canvas by E. Bertolé - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
Female Portrait is an original modern artwork realized in 1922 by Emilia Bertolé. Original oil painting on canvas. Hand-signed and dated by the artist...
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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Portrait Oil Painting - Figure in Pastel
Located in Bristol, GB
STANDING FIGURE IN PASTEL Size: 56.5 x 26.5 cm (including frame) Oil on Board A wonderfully executed and textured mid-century portrait composition, painted in oil onto board. The f...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

Dolly Varden, Victorian Figurative Signed Oil Painting, William Powell Frith RA
Located in London, GB
William Powell Frith 'Dolly Varden' signed and dated 'W.P.Frith, 1876' (lower left) oil on canvas Provenance Anon. sale, Sotheby's, Billinghurst, 19 May 1999, lot 783. With The Bour...
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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century British Oil Painting Angler in River Landscape Rising Hills & Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Quiet Day on the River British School, 19th century oil on board, framed framed: 15.5 x 17 inches board: 12 x 13.5 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good an...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Joni" - Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Girl in Yellow Dress in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Joni" - Portrait of a Girl in a Yellow Dress in Oil on Canvas Skillful portrait of a young girl by Morris Zirlin (American, 1913-1990). A young girl with wide brown eyes poses for ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Portrait #1, Painting Oil and acrylic on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portrait #1, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti Oil and acrylic on paper Size: 30 H x 21 W cm Unframed ---------- Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku is an Afro-Italian painter of Con...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Barche
Located in Firenze, FI
Enrico Paulucci's artwork "Barche" is a stunning painting with vibrant blue colors in the background. This piece is deeply connected to Liguria, his region in Italy, as it captures ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Venezia
Located in Firenze, FI
Title: "Venezia" Media: Oil on canvas size: 50 x 70 cm Sergio Scatizzi Lucca 1918 – Florence 2009 Art and nature are the themes of Scatizzi’s work of a journey through contemporan...
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Paesaggio
Located in Firenze, FI
Title:"Paesaggio" Media: Oil on canvas Size: 50x70 cm Sergio Scatizzi (Gragnano Lucca), 20 October 1918 – Florence December 1º 2009) Art and nature are the themes of Scatizzi’s wor...
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Historical genre oil painting of three gentlemen at a table
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Frank Moss Bennett British, (1874-1952) Papers to Discuss Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1922 Image size: 13.5 inches x 19.5 inches Size including frame: 20.25 inches x 26.25 inches A finely painted scene by Frank Moss Bennett depicting three gentlemen in 18th century costume conversing at a table. One of the men, dressed as a lawyer, looks over a document whilst the others smoke from clay tobacco pipes. Frank Moss Bennett was a portrait and genre painter who was born in Liverpool on November 15, 1874. He was the son of the Iron Founder Henry Mellor Bennett who was also became mayor of Liverpool. His family’s wealth enabled him to receive a good education, initially with a governess and then at Clifton College in Bristol. His talent for art emerged at a young age, however it was not until he left Bristol that he decided to follow a career in painting. He moved to London in 1892, most likely with his family who went to live in Croydon after his father’s retirement. There he studied at the Slade School of Art where he was taught by Henry Tonks and John Singer Sargent. He also met fellow artist Eddie Wells who became his friend, travel partner and brother-in-law. He later attended the St John’s School of Art and in 1896 entered the Royal Academy school, winning a gold medal and a scholarship to travel. He began exhibiting at the Royal Academy from 1898 with a work entitled ‘A Book Plate’, continuing to exhibit there until 1929. He also exhibited at the Paris Salon, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour. In 1900, Bennett used his scholarship money to go on a painting expedition to Italy with his friend Wells. On his return he lived with his family at 18 Warrington Road, Croydon and took a studio nearby at Alipore, Duppas Hill, where he began specialising in historical genre and portraits. His work portrayed life in seventeenth and eighteenth century England, depicting figures in tavern interiors, gentlemen discussing affairs of State or at leisure in their homes. He wanted his works to be historically accurate and used authentic props and antiques. He also accrued a large collection of costumes, some of which were later given to the Platt Hall Museum, Manchester and the Museum of London. He also developed an interest in historical architecture, particularly Tudor and made many sketches of buildings...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Cestello by Night
Located in Firenze, FI
Uliviero Ulivieri - Born in Florence, Italy in 1934, this perennially youthful artist has a sweet and slightly shy aspect. He has absorbed from his city the art of digging deep withi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

19th Century British Oil Painting Fisherfolk on Shore with Boats Signed original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fisherfolk on the Shore British School, late 19th century indistinctly signed and inscribed oil on board, framed framed: 15.5 x 17 inches board: 12 x 13.5 inches provenance: private ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Deep in the Jungle - Figurative Painting - American Modern Art By Marc
Located in Carmel, CA
Blue women: at home in the jungle- attuned to the wild. Deep in the Jungle - Figurative Painting - American Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zim...
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2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Man in Profile Smoking a Pipe, Orange, Blue, Brown, Gray
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage original painting by 20th century Chicago/Manhattan woman artist, Margo Hoff. The untitled painting is of an older man with gray hair shown in profile with an orange backgro...
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20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Graphite, Casein, Acrylic, Masonite

French North African Orientalist Oil Painting Hareem Interior Two Ladies
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Hareem Interior French Orientalist School, late 20th century (painted after an earlier style) oil on canvas, framed framed: 30 x 34 inches canvas: 20 x 24 inches provenance: priv...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Dacha. Contemporary Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Early work was impressionistic and hard abstract. Carola later developed a more mature way of working in a colourful exploration of the subject. Colour was her main interest and she...
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Gouache

Fine Large 19th Century Rural Traditional Landscape Signed Oil Painting Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country lane by Frans Hopfner (1840-1893) German signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 23.5 x 41.5 inches canvas: 18 x 36 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Just as you are
Located in Long Island City, NY
There is no definitive answer to the message my work seeks to communicate.
I begin my work with mixed feelings between ‘feeling-self’ and ‘conscious-self’.
We cannot logically explai...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Cute Children's Book Illustration British Female Illustrator - Teddy Bears
Located in Miami, FL
A British Female Illustrator paints a warm and fuzzy scene from a child's imagination, with ducks and teddy bears gazing at a "Mr Willoughby's eyeglass" standing on it's edge as it l...
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1920s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Robert von Steiger (1856-1941) Portrait Dutch Officer A. v. Steiger 1884 Holland
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Johann Ludwig Robert von Steiger (Swiss, * 8th of January, 1856, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; † 1st of June, 1941, Buenos Aires, Argentina) Portrait of Karl Alfred Arthur von Steiger Lie...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Wood Panel, Oil

Walking Home, Contemporary Figurative Cityscape Painting, Landscape Park Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Walking Home [2023] original Oil on Canvas Image size: H:8.5 cm x W:10 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:46 cm x W:55 cm x D:1.5cm Frame Size: H:60 cm x W:79 cm x D:5cm Sold Fram...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid 19th Century English Oil Painting Portrait of Country Lady in Headscarf
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Country Lady English School, mid 19th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 21.5 x 25.5 inches provenance: private collection condition: basic good condition but ver...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

A Day at the Beach
Located in New Orleans, LA
A Day at the Beach by unkown American School painter, circa 1940-1950, oil on canvas. Framed: 31 x 29 inches
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

SCALINATA - Tribute to Massimo Campigli
Located in Napoli, IT
eliicious oil on canvas by unknown artist inspired by the works of master Massimo Campigli, in this case "La Scalinata " from the 1950s
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Come to Blows, 20th Century British Female Artist, Gouache
Located in London, GB
Gouache on card, signed lower right Image size: 19 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches (50 x 28.5 cm) Contemporary style hand made frame Joan Fairfax Whiteside Joan Fairfax Whiteside was a prodig...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Woman Nude, Pop Art, canvas, mixed media - ANTIFRAGILE - 100x80 cm
Located in Sempach, LU
ABOUT THE ARTWORK The artwork titled "Woman Nude - ANTIFRAGILE" presents a striking juxtaposition of serenity and chaos, a profound exploration of resilience and the human spirit. At...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

1950's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Young Lady in Green
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady French School, mid 20th century signed, S. Ascher signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 13 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: good...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Figurative Paintings for Sale

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