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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Nu au double-profil by Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 I Russian Nu au double-profil (Nude in double-profile) Signature stamp of the estate "Marc Chagall" (lower left) Gouache, tempera, red chalk and felt pen on ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Chalk, Paper, Tempera, Gouache, Felt Pen

Adrien Marie, Dans la Loge, Huile sur toile
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
Ce tableau dépeint l'atmosphère d'une soirée au théâtre ou à l'Opéra à Paris à la Belle Époque. Formé à l’École des beaux-arts de Paris dans l’atelier d’Isidore Pils, Adrien Marie (1...
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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

An animated winter - Jan Peeters (1624 - 1677)
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on panel Signed lower right THE ARTWORK This lively winter scene captures a festive moment on a frozen river or pond, where skaters, sleigh riders, and onlookers gather in th...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Woman with Dog
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Woman & Dog, 2017 Christopher Mudgett In Woman & Dog, 2017, Mudgett delivers a visually, mentally, and emotionally invigorating tour de force that explores the profound and unspoken...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Woman with Clasped Hands
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Woman with Clasped Hands, 2017 by Christopher Mudgett A striking embodiment of strength and introspection, Woman with Clasped Hands (2017) challenges traditional portrayals of the f...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Groom In The Stable, Oil On Panel, Late 18th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Groom at the stable. Oil on panel. Parcel label on the back with attribution. Trace of wax seal on the back. A very small crack in the panel on the left side. A small lack of paint o...
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Late 18th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Illustration Projects For Romanian Tales, Gouache
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Done STAN (1937) Romanian artist, exhibited at the Paris Pompidou Center. Three illustration projects for Romanian tales by Ispirescu. Gouaches on paper, mounted on cardboard. Counte...
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Couple in the Moonlight by Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 Russian Couple in the Moonlight Signed "Marc Chagall" (lower right) Oil, tempera and colored inks on canvas Marc Chagall's Couple in the Moonlight is a stu...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Oil, Tempera

La Joie du Village by Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 Russian La joie du village (The joy of the village) Signed “Marc Chagall” (lower right) Gouache, pastel, pen and ink on laid paper This stunning work, enti...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Pastel, Ink, Gouache, Laid Paper, Pen

La fuite: coq et bouc au dessus du village by Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 Russian La fuite: coq et bouc au dessus du village The escape: rooster and goat above the village Signature stamp of the estate "Marc Chagall" (lower left) ...
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Gouache, Graphite

Autoportrait du Peintre by Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 Russian Autoportrait du Peintre (Self-portrait of the painter) Signed with the estate stamp "Marc / Chagall" (lower left) Oil, tempera, and colored ink on c...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Ink, Oil

Jules Alexandre Grün, Petites Bretonnes de Fouesnant
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
Cette petite huile de Jules Alexandre Grün (1868-1938) représente deux jeunes Bretonnes assises dans l'herbe, vêtues du costume traditionnel de Fouesnant. Il s'agit d'une petite esq...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Couple dans la nuit by Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 I Russian Couple dans la nuit (Couple in the night) Signature stamp of the estate "Marc Chagall" (lower right) Tempera and India ink on Masonite Couple dans...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, India Ink, Tempera

Couple aux fleurs et raisins by Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 Russian Couple aux fleurs et raisins (Couple with flowers and grapes) Signed ‘Marc Chagall’ (lower right) Tempera, gouache, pastel, colored pencils and grap...
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Tempera, Gouache, Color Pencil, Graphite

Gouache préparatoire pour Sirène au poète by Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 Russian Gouache préparatoire pour Sirène au poète Preparatory gouache for Siren to the poet Signature stamp of the estate "Marc Chagall" (lower center) Goua...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Gouache

Couple Devant le Buisson by Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 Russian Couple Devant le Buisson (Couple in front of the bush) Signed "Marc Chagall" (lower right) Gouache, colored inks, pastel, tempera and colored pencil...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Ink, Tempera, Gouache, Color Pencil

Fun Time /// Adolf Sehring Oil Painting Children Virginia Landscape Realism Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Adolf Sehring (Russian/German-American, 1930-2015) Title: "Fun Time" *Signed by Sehring lower left Circa: 1980 Medium: Original Oil Painting on Canvas Reference: No. 1103 Framing: Within its original frame. Framed in a gold traditional frame with linen liner and gold filet Framed size: 31.13" x 37.13 Canvas size: 24" x 30" Condition: In excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Hagerstown, MD; acquired from Benjamin Art Gallery...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, Oil, Canvas

"A Whimsical Wonderland" acrylic and aerosol on canvas painting by Skyler Grey
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"A Whimsical Wonderland" acrylic and aerosol on gallery-wrapped canvas painting by artist Skyler Grey. Depicts Alice in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat having tea.
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Eleven O-Five - Contemporary Landscape Beach Pink Clouds Blue Sky, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape in oil on canvas mounted on panel, two people can be seen standing on the shore of a beach, appearing to gaze out at the deep blue ocean, while fluffy,...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

"Taking in the Nets" March Avery, 1967 Abstracted Sea Scape With Fishermen
By March Avery
Located in New York, NY
March Avery Taking in the Nets, 1967 Signed, titled and dated on the stretcher Oil on canvas 16 x 22 inches March Avery was born in New York in 1932 to painters Milton Avery and Sally Michel. Guided by her famous father, she began painting as a child—although as she would tell it, “I think I was painting in utero.” She had her first solo exhibition in 1963. Now in her late eighties, the artist continues to work six days a week in her lifelong neighborhood, Greenwich Village. Avery’s oil paintings, sketches, and watercolors carry forward certain stylistic characteristics of the family oeuvre, what art historian Robert Hobbs...
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1960s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

HUGH OIL PAINTING Tintern Abbey Antique 19th Century Fine Quality Piece GGF
Located in Ferndown, GB
HUGH OIL PAINTING Antique 19th Century Fine Quality Piece of Winds OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING BRITISH SCHOOL 19th Century Gold Frame Description Late 19th century Piece “Good Condi...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " The Long Road " Oil Painting 20th Century GGF
By Laurence Stephen Lowry
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER Signed L S LOWRY OIL PAINTING 20th CENTURY NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF OLD HISTORY Here we have a unique and rare piece of Art signed Good Detail one of the best i have seen , as close as you are going to get. Painting dates from the 1980's looking at the panel . Good condition for age , Clean ready to hang (see pictures) ( 20th century ) Artist: Sold in the manner of L s Lowry for obvious reasons . This painting needs more research but this can cost thousands. Beautiful painting Anyway unless you have £10 million...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

OIL PAINTING Signed C L OLD FINE MASTER PAINTER 19th Century BELGIUM SCHOOL
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING OLD FINE MASTER PAINTER 19th Century BELGIUM SCHOOL Fine Original Antique 19th Century British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING GOLD GILT FRAME New Collection NEW COLLECTION...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Gossip - oil on canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Using the striking imagery that is abundant in the California landscape, queer artist Kory Alexander creates dreamy paintings that are flooded with vibrancy and movement. Kory consid...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dreamscape No. 2 - oil on canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Using the striking imagery that is abundant in the California landscape, queer artist Kory Alexander creates dreamy paintings that are flooded with vibrancy and movement. Kory consid...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dreamscape No. 1 - oil on canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Using the striking imagery that is abundant in the California landscape, queer artist Kory Alexander creates dreamy paintings that are flooded with vibrancy and movement. Kory consid...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Fish Killer
Located in Greenwich, CT
Signed verso Artist Statement The intention of this work is to generate conversations about values and identity by assembling unlikely pairs, Hollywood film icons and nostalgic comi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Moody Mermaid (Green)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Adam S. Umbach Biography American, b. 1986 Adam Umbach was born in Chicago, and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. After being inspired from an early age by the modern...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Looking at Picasso
Located in Greenwich, CT
Elizabeth Higgins (Canadian, b. 1960) Elizabeth Higgins describes herself as an abstract figurative and landscape painter. Everything around her serves as a potential subject, an inspiration to begin a painting. Fidelity to the landscape, the figure, or the still life is relative, as she isn’t interested in literal depictions; instead, it’s the abstract relationships of these shapes and colors, the abstract pictorial design that drives her work. Higgins’ paintings are rooted in the tradition stemming from Courbet, Derain, Bonnard, Matisse, Morandi, German Expressionism, and the Canadian Group of Seven (also known as the Algonquin School of landscape painters, 1920–1933). She is influenced by the work of her artist-teachers Paul Resika—himself a student of Hans Hofmann—and Robert De Niro, Sr. (1922-1993), as well as the paintings of contemporary artist Peter Doig. Her artistic evolution stretches across this continuum. It is the “in-between”, the hovering between representation and abstraction, that interests her, not the labeling effect of details; instead, she aims directly at the spirit of the painting—of making something come to life. John Goodrich wrote in her catalog essay, “Elizabeth Higgins’ direct brushwork and simplified forms suggest an energy, but crucially, reveal a painter who knows the power of color…” Elizabeth Higgins was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1960. As a Helena Rubenstein...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Conversation II
Located in Greenwich, CT
Signed lower left Elizabeth Higgins (Canadian, b. 1960) Elizabeth Higgins describes herself as an abstract figurative and landscape painter. Everything around her serves as a potential subject, an inspiration to begin a painting. Fidelity to the landscape, the figure, or the still life is relative, as she isn’t interested in literal depictions; instead, it’s the abstract relationships of these shapes and colors, the abstract pictorial design that drives her work. Higgins’ paintings are rooted in the tradition stemming from Courbet, Derain, Bonnard, Matisse, Morandi, German Expressionism, and the Canadian Group of Seven (also known as the Algonquin School of landscape painters, 1920–1933). She is influenced by the work of her artist-teachers Paul Resika—himself a student of Hans Hofmann—and Robert De Niro, Sr. (1922-1993), as well as the paintings of contemporary artist Peter Doig. Her artistic evolution stretches across this continuum. It is the “in-between”, the hovering between representation and abstraction, that interests her, not the labeling effect of details; instead, she aims directly at the spirit of the painting—of making something come to life. John Goodrich wrote in her catalog essay, “Elizabeth Higgins’ direct brushwork and simplified forms suggest an energy, but crucially, reveal a painter who knows the power of color…” Elizabeth Higgins was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1960. As a Helena...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Christmas Tree Love, Original holiday cover for The Saturday Evening Post
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover forThe Saturday Evening Post, published December 23, 1950 A man arrives home carrying a Christmas tree only to discover that his wife has already bought one. The wo...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Le Jugement de Paris
Located in Milford, NH
A colorful allegorical painting of a genre scene with nudes by French artist Paul Jean Louis Gervais (1859-1936). Gervais was born in Paris, studied at the École des Beaux Arts in To...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Spray Paint/Graffiti/Street Art/Pop_Round Canvas_John "CRASH" Matos, Revision
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
John CRASH Matos "Revision" Spray Paint on Canvas 48 x 48 inches Born John Matos in 1961, CRASH was raised in the Bronx, New York. At the age of 13, he began following the older te...
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2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Spray Paint

Jump Before the Little Woods - Oil Painting Figurative Landscape Field, 2008
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary figurative oil painting on canvas, a figure float over a field with their arms outstretched while cumulus clouds float in the sky overhead. Signed, dated and tit...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Tree of conscience (Triptych)"
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
This triptych (150x40cm, 150x75cm, 150x40cm), created in 2013 using oil on canvas, explores the depth of human conscience. At its core is the image of a small child, representing the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

My Hindoo Servant "Bullie"
Located in Milford, NH
A nicely detailed portrait of a young man by German American artist William Anton Joseph Claus (1862-1926). Claus was born in Germany, Studied under Otto Grundmann in Boston; as well...
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1880s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Selfie, 180x100cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
My goal is to make the images of classical art sound in a new way in modern art. In my works I refer to the cultural heritage of the past, I process and comprehend the masterpieces o...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Kaufmann House
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original artwork, acrylic and mixed media on board. Pixelated images, hand painted over each individual cube, artist Nick Holdsworth recreates incredible imagery. Nick's artistic p...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Horses , 150х150cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Horses , 150х150cm
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Pope Innocent X, 100x80cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Pope Innocent X, 100x80cm
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Gaston La Touche, L'Après-midi d'un faune, huile sur toile
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
Cette huile sur toile est caractéristique de la production singulière de Gaston La Touche à partir de 1890 et reflète son univers plastique, marqué par certains motifs récurrents, te...
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Late 19th Century Symbolist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Puerto de Jávea
By Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida
Located in Madrid, ES
JOAQUÍN SOROLLA Y BASTIDA Spanish, 1863 - 1923 PUERTO DE JÁVEA signed and dated "J. Sorolla B. / 1905" (lower right) oil on canvas on cardboard 7 x 8 inches (18 x 20.5 cm.) framed: 1...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard, Canvas

Animated Port Scene, Signature To Identify, Mid 20th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Animated port scene. Oil on isorel mid-20th century, signature to be identified at the bottom right. Exhibition labels on the back, partially legible. Cracks and lifting, paint missi...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " Friends " Oil Painting 20th Century GGF
By Laurence Stephen Lowry
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " Friend's" Oil Painting 20th Century NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ART Here we have a unique and rare piece of Art signed Good Detail one of the best i have seen , as close as you are going to get, please note this is more of a clean modern piece and behind glass but is exceptionally well done piece. Good condition canvas for age , frame is 100% 19th Century and is in Good Condition (see pictures) Clean ready to hang (see pictures) ( 20th century ) Artist: Sold in the manner of L s Lowry for obvious reasons . This painting needs more research but this can cost thousands. Beautiful painting Anyway unless you have £10 million spare for one of his paintings this is one way to obtain a beautiful piece at a fraction of the price Please be under no illusion you're are buying a real £8 million pound...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " The Tower " Oil Painting 20th Century GGF
By Laurence Stephen Lowry
Located in Ferndown, GB
LARGE OLD MASTER STYLE Signed L S Lowry " OIL PAINTING 20th CENTURY NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF OLD HISTORY Here we have a unique and rare piece of Art signed Good Detail one...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " Shopping " Oil Painting 20th Century GGF
By Laurence Stephen Lowry
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " Shopping" Oil Painting 20th Century NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ART Here we have a unique and rare piece of Art signed Good Detail one of the best i have seen , as close as you are going to get, please note this is more of a clean modern piece but is exceptionally well done piece. Good condition canvas for age , frame is in Good Condition (see pictures) Clean ready to hang (see pictures) ( 20th century ) Artist: Sold in the manner of L s Lowry for obvious reasons . This painting needs more research but this can cost thousands. Beautiful painting Anyway unless you have £10 million spare for one of his paintings this is one way to obtain a beautiful piece at a fraction of the price Please be under no illusion you're are buying a real £8 million pound...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

''Stack with Gold'', Dutch Contemporary Still Life Painting of Porcelain
Located in Utrecht, NL
When you look at this painting "Stack with Gold" by Dutch artist Sasja Wagenaar (1959) from a distance you see a perfectly painted image, but up close a generous paint streak is visi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Killer Fish
Located in Greenwich, CT
Signed verso Artist Statement The intention of this work is to generate conversations about values and identity by assembling unlikely pairs, Hollywood film icons and nostalgic comi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Trilogy (Self Portrait, 3 Ages) - Architectural Imagery, Doorways, Figures
Located in Chicago, IL
Carol S. Pylant Trilogy (Self Portrait, 3 Ages) Oil on Panel 30h x 36w in 76.20h x 91.44w cm CSP051 Resume Artist / Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison Education 1979 M.F.A. Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 1977 B.F.A. Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Academic Appointments 1996 - 2011 Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1991-96 Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1987-91 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1985 Instructor, Simmons College, Boston, MA 1984 Instructor, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA 1984 Instructor, DeCordova Museum and School, Lincoln, MA 1984 Instructor, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA 1982-84 Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach, CA 1978-82 Instructor, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI International Teaching 2011 Professor, UW- Madison, Villa Corsi Salviati, Sesto-Fiorentino, Italy 2006,7 Visiting Affiliate Professor, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy International Artist Residencies 2017 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain 2015 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain 2002 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain 1990 The Tyrone Guthrie Center, Co. Monaghan, Ireland 1990 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus,Schwandorf/Fromberg, West Germany 1987 Rockefeller Foundation Residency Fellowship, Bellagio, Italy 1987 The Karolyi Foundation, Vence, France International Research Awards 2010 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Villa di Livia Frescos, Museo Nazionale, Rome, Italy" 2005 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Romanesque Art in France" 2004 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings Inspired by Romanesque Art in France" 2002 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Pagan or Christian, Romanesque Art in Spain" 1998 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Neolithic Monuments in Brittany" 1996-7 Vilas Associate Award, University of Wisconsin System, "Paintings of Prehistoric Stone Circles, Ireland and the British Isles 1995 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Celtic Ceremonial Sites in Ireland and the British Isles" 1993 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Egg Tempera Paintings in Florence, Italy" 1992 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Ireland" 1990 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Environment: Ireland" 1989 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Environment Painting: Germany" 1988 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Landscape Painting: Umbria, Italy" Other Awards 2008 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison 2007 Sabbatical, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2006 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison 2002-3 Emily Mead Baldwin-Bascom Named Professorship, University of Wisconsin 2000 Alumni Arts Achievement Award, Wayne State University Dept. of Art & Art History, Detroit, MI 2000 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison 1999 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Past /Present: Paintings based on Celtic Imagery" 1999 Sabbatical, University of Wisconsin 1998 Wisconsin Arts Board Visual Arts Fellowship 1993 Faculty Development Grant, "Figurative Sculpture" University of Wisconsin System 1991,93 Visual Arts Development Grant, The Wisconsin Arts Board 1989 Visual Arts Fellowship for Painting, The Wisconsin Arts Board, Madison, WI 1988 National Endowment for the Arts Regional Visual Arts Fellowship, Arts Midwest 1986 Residency, Yaddo Corporation, Saratoga Springs, NY 1985 Residency, The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY 1985 Residency, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA 1985 Milton and Sally Avery Award for Painting, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH 1984,5,6 Residency, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH International Exhibitions 2010 Handmade Artist's Journals, Villa Corsi Salviati, Sesto-Fiorentino, Italy 2008 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany 1995-99 Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland 1994 "Exquisite Corpse" Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland 1992 "Faces and Places of Ireland" Ulster Bank, Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland 199l "Ardara Annual Show" Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland 1988 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf/Fromberg, West Germany 1988 "Art .... Made in USA" Stadische Galerie, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, Regensberg, West Germany 1987 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy One and Two Person Exhibitions 2005 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2001 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2000 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI 1999 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (with John Sayers) 1998 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI 1997 Barbara Bunting Gallery, Royal Oak, MI 1993 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 1993 Carey Gallery, Rochester, MI (with Jo Powers) 1993 J. Cacciola Galleries, New York, N.Y. 1990 Pennsylvania School of Art and Design Art Gallery, Lancaster, PA (with Dan Gihooley) 1990 Hobe Sound Gallery, Brunswick, ME 1990 Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA 1989 Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 1985 Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA 1982 Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 "Exquisite Corpse" Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 "Non-Stop" Invitational, Train Depot, Madison, WI 1989-2014 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2012 "Invitational Alumni Exhibition", Elaine Jacobs Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2002-10 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI 2008 Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2008 Chapman Museum of Art, Myrtle Beach, NC 2007 Carthage College, Kenosha, WI 2007 Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC 2007 "Real and Imagined" Elaine Jacobs Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2003-7 Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 "The Exquisite Snake" Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI 2002 Sonyia Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH 1994 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI 1993 Madison Art Center, Madison, WI 1993 New York Arts Club, New York, N.Y. 1993 "Previews of l993" J. Cacciola Galleries, NY 1992 "Small Painting Exhibition" J. Cacciola Galleries, NY 1992 "Women in the Bowdoin Collection" Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, MA 1992 Steibel Modern, New York, NY 1984-91 Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA 1986-7 Portraits Inc., New York, NY 1985-6 Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY 1981-4 Frumkin and Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1984 "All California '84" Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA 1983 "Western States Figurative Realism" Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA 1982 "Atlas Building Artists" Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI 1981 "Michigan Artists 80-81" Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI 1981 Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI 1970 Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, MI Public Collections Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Gallifa/Barcelona, Spain American Express Corporation, New York, New York Ulster Bank, Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin The Block Museum of Northwestern University Malden Public Library, Malden, Massachusetts Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf/Fromberg, Germany Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, Kansas Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia University of Wisconsin, The Graduate School, Madison, Wisconsin Carol Pylant Bibliography 2017 M is for Math, Museum and Manhattan Kansas, by Natasha Rozhkovskaya, Publisher: Tamara Rozhkovskaya Novosibrisk 2015 Exquisite Corpse, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Exhibition catalogue) 2013 "Remarkable Women Exhibit" by Mary Louise Schumacher, Journal Sentinel, online, Milwaukee, WI, June 25 2012 "Peltz Gallery Celebrates Remarkable Women" by Peggy Sue Dunigan, The Sheperd Express, Milwaukee, WI, July 7 2008 "Teachers Who Can, UW Faculty..." by Jacob Stockinger, The Capital Times, Madison, WI, February 2007 "Art in Nature" by Bill Robbins, Kenosha News, Kenosha, WI, September 14 2004 "Ambition clothes 'Remarkable Women'" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 7 2004 "Waxing enthusiastic over 'Colors'" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 18 2003 "Remarkable Women Celebrated" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 2003 "Art Lesson" by Jennifer Smith, Isthmus, Madison, WI, February 21 2003 "Installation Appreciation" by Kevin Lynch, The Capital Times, February 7 2001 "Pylant unites sketches with classical style" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 12 2001 "WSU Exhibit shows figurative painting" by Keri Guten Cohen, The Detroit Free Press, February 18 1999 "On Art" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel October 12 1999 "School of Art quadrennial exhibition" by John Aehl, The Wisconsin State Journal, January 24 1999 "Something old, something new" by C.R. Gabriel, Isthmus, February 5 1999 "Honoring our Own" Madison Magazine, January 1998 "The Madison Fifty" Madison Magazine, November 1997 "Back in the Game" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, Nov. 26 1997 "Three artists will charm at local shows" by Joy Hakanson Colby, The Detroit News, May 8 1997 "At the Galleries" by Keri Guten Cohen, The Detroit Free Press, April 27 1997 "Talent not gender, is focus at show", by James Auer, Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, December 11 1996 "Remarkable Women Exhibition" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, Jan 14 1994 "In Art, these 20 made an impression in '93" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal, Jan 9 1994 "Window to the World" by Michelle Grabner, Milwaukee Magazine, Guide to the Arts, February 1994 "Art of Love: ..." by Elby Frieda Abbe, Milwaukee Sentinel, Let's Go. February issue 1993 "Variations on a theme", by Paul Pace, Rochester Clarion, Rochester, Mi, December 9 1993 "Work of women holds surprises in summer show", by Janice T. Paine, Milwaukee Sentinel, June 4 1993 "Remarkable Women has merit with or without it's gender theme", by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal, June 13 1993 "Irish Landscape" Cross Country, Country Living Magazine, March (feature article) 1993 "Ireland's Wild West" On the Road, Country Living Magazine, March 1993 "Short List SoHo Gallery Exhibitions, The New Yorker, February 14 & 22 1993 "SoHo Exhibitions", Gallery Listings, New York Magazine, February 7 1993 Gallery Listings, The New York Times, January 31 1993 Tandem Press: Five years of Collaboration by Drew Stevens, University of Wisconsin Press 1992 "From the World's Hot Spots to Ardara", by Michael McHugh, The Donegal Democrat, Co. Donegal, Ireland, August 6 1992 "Exhibits spotlight women", by Janice T. Paine, Milwaukee Sentinel, June 5 1992 " Women's show proves a strong one", by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal, May 24 199l "Tandem Press foster diverse printmaking styles", by John Carlos Cantu, Ann Arbor News, December 1 1991 "Quadrennially yours...U W art faculty exhibit show vital, vibrant", by Katherine Rogers, Wisconsin State Journal, January 6 1991 Who's Who in the Midwest 23rd Edition, A.N. Marquis, MacMillian Directory Division, Wilmette, Illinois 1990 "Impressive Art on a Small Scale", by Nancy Stapen, The Boston Globe, December 20 1990 "View from the Tower", by James Rhem, The Isthmus, December 21 1990 "NEA Survives but Artists Shiver", by Bill Moore, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, November 18 1990 "Artists Bring New Visions", by Ina Pasch, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, October 7 1990 "Madison's Wisconsin Triennial Makes a Statement in Many Ways", by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal, October 7 1990 "Wisconsin Artists Represented at Triennial", by Kirsten Simonsen, The Daily Cardinal, University of Wisconsin, Madison, September 28 1990 "Wisconsin Triennial Art Show", by Kevin Lynch, The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, September 22 1990 "School of Art & Design opens photo exhibit" The Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, Penn., September 1990 "Art courts drama at PSA&D" Lancaster, Pennsylvania, September 1990 "Windows on an Artist", by Larry Mallak, Research Sampler ,The Graduate School, University of Wisconsin, Madison 1989 "Upward Mobility and Disposable Imagery", by Edgar Allen Beem, Maine Times, September 24 1989 "Award Winning Pylant Displays Realism", The Bowdoin Orient, Brunswick, Maine, September 8 1989 "Art Exhibit Opens at University Art Gallery", The Daily Star Journal, Warrensburg, Missouri, September l 1989 "Arts Calendar has Variety /Pylant Paintings in Bowdoin Show", The Times Record, Brunswick, Maine, August 1989 "Amerikanerinnen im Oberpfalzer Kuntslerhaus, Gegenseitiges Lernen", by Harold Raab, Die Woche, West Germany, July l3 1989 "American Spirits im Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Mittelbayerische Zeitung, West Germany, July 6 1989 "Zum Abscheid eine Ausstellung Arrangiert", Mittlebayerische Zeitung, West Germany, July 5 1989 "Amerikanerinnen in der Kebbel Villa", Mittelbayerische Zeitung, West Germany June 9 1989 "A Day With Carol Pylant", by Jackie Michard, On Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin- Madison, July 1989 "VCCA Artists in Germany", The News and Daily Advance, Lynchburg...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Le Déjeuner Sur l'Herbe Aux Andelys
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
René SAUTIN (1881-1968) Le déjeuner sur l'herbe aux Andelys Double-sided: Bouquet on the back Size: 40.5 x 53 cm Signed lower right Provenance: Private collection, Les Andelys Pai...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

The Oarsman, Original Collier's Magazine Cover Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover illustration for Collier's Magazine, published June 24, 1916. The image features a handsome young blond man holding oars Literature: Laurence S. Cutler and Judy Goff...
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1910s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Pencil

Readying for First Date, Original Cover for The Saturday Evening Post
Located in Fort Washington, PA
A mother helps her son put on a tie in preparation for a formal party. Original cover for The Saturday Evening Post, October 16, 1948. George Hughes used his neighbors, the Rockwells, as models. The young man is Thomas Rockwell, the son of famed Norman Rockwell, and the mother is modeled after Thomas' actual mother and Norman's then-wife, Mary Rockwell...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Den of Iniquity, The Valley of the Giants, Red Book Magazine Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for "The Valley of the Giants," by Peter B. Kyne, published in The Red Book Magazine, June 1918, vol. 31, issue 2, pages 30-39 Kyne's tale was first serialized in...
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1910s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"She Was in the Captain's Cabin" Original Magazine Story Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
She Was in the Captain's Cabin, magazine story illustration for "Captain's Boy," by Paul Deresco Augsburg, published in American Magazine, October 1938 The full caption reads: "She ...
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1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Yes Sir! That's Hills Brothers Coffee" Original Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This illustration was created for the Hills Brothers Coffee company in 1929 and was used on promotional products as well as coffee cans in the ye...
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1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Water Let in on a Field of Alfalfa
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed with initials M.P. (lower right); inscribed Article III. "Irrigation" water let in on a field of alfalfa (in the lower margin) Written on back "February of 1902. Hot Springs,...
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Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Portrait of Mary Pringle" Mary Carpenter, 19th Century Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to Mary Carpenter Portrait of Mary Pringle Oil on canvas 48 x 38 inches
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Mid-19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Piazza San Marco from the Palazzo - 19th Century Oil Painting of Venice Italy
By Edward Pritchett
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Piazza San Marco from the Palazzo’ by Edward Pritchett RWS (1807-1876). The painting – which depicts St. Mark’s Square and the Campanile seen from the Porto della Carta entrance to...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

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.

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