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The Lyon - O' lione (neapolitan) - Paint by Dario Cusani - 1996
Located in Roma, IT
TECHNIQUE PHOTO-PAINTING The technique used was defined as PHOTO-PAINTING by the art critic Silvia Pegoraro of Ravenna Italy and was an Artist's invention in 1994. In fact, since 196...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Walking Path- 21st Century Contemporary Landscape painting of a Walking Path
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This landscape painting is made by Dutch painter Erik Zwaga. The painter started in the style of the romantic school, Erik Zwaga began to search more and more for his own visua...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Hippo" Paul Sample, Regionalist, Atmospheric Circus Performers and Aminal Scene
Located in New York, NY
Paul Sample Hippo Signed lower right Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches Provenance Chidsey Collection Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1980) Sample's attempt to impose a T...
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1930s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French 20th Century Modernist Painting of A Nude Blonde With Warm Pastel Colours
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

Materials

Gouache

Still Life with Glass and Porcelain - Oil Painting by Paul Walter Erhardt - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life with Glass and Porcelain is an artwork realized by Paul Walter Erhardt (1872-1959). Oil on canvas, signed upper right. 60 x 75 cm, f...
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1920s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Mountain landscape with a village. 1980. Cardboard, oil. 49, 5x70cm
Located in Riga, LV
Mountain landscape with a village. 1980. Cardboard, oil. 49,5x70cm In this work artist paid attention to infinite landscape depiction of mountains in summertime. Mountains are thought to contain divine inspiration in many forms, and are the focus of pilgrimages of transcendence and spiritual elevation. Mountains surpass ordinary humanity and extend towards the heavens. They symbolize constancy and permanence and at their peak signify the state of absolute consciousness. The visual components of color, form, line, shape, space, texture, and value in this painting works together as one story of peaceful moment next to nature. The village at the foot of the mountains is depicted in light brush strokes. Information about artist: Janis Lauva...
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1980s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

"The Harvesters" Raphaël Dubois aka Chanterou (Belgium, 1888-1960)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"The Harvesters" Raphaël Dubois aka Chanterou (Belgium, 1888-1960) Signed bottom left under the pseudonym "Chanterou" Oil on canvas 23 1/2 x 19 1/4 (27 3/4 x 23 3/4 frame) inches Born in Liege in 1888, he enrolled at the age of fourteen at the Academy of Liege where he studied under Evariste Carpentier...
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1920s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Robert Kenneth White "Soft Gaze" Signed 2010 Tonalist Female Figure in Oil
Located in Miami, FL
ROBERT KENNETH WHITE – "SOFT GAZE" ⚜ Oil on canvas ⚜ Hand signed lower right ⚜ Frameless display TONAL FIGURE STUDY IN QUIET CONTEMPLATION In Soft Gaze, Robert Kenneth White present...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Emmanuel Aubain (1872-1965) A Landscape, signed oil painting
Located in Paris, FR
Emmanuel Aubain (1872-1965) A Landscape Signed lower left Oil on canvas transefered on cardboard panel In quite good condition, some abrasions in the r...
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1930s Art Deco Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Self Portrait Of Artist "Moi"
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

Materials

Gouache

Luna - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting by Italian artist Daniela Astone
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Italian artist Daniela Astone lives and works in Florence. She enjoys working with live models and paints her works from observation, the classical appr...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

2000 Contemporary Semi-Abstract Figurative Oil Painting - Comfort
Located in Bristol, GB
COMFORT Size: 63 x 72 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas An emotive figurative composition capturing an intimate moment between two figures seated side by side on a bench, executed ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"En Oriente" (In the East). Symbolic Paint. Folk Art Landscape.
Located in Segovia, ES
"En Oriente" (In the East). Symbolic paint. Folk Art Landscape by spanish artist Raquel Fariñas. Acrylic mixed media/ wood panel, 62 x 50 x 4 cm. In inches: 24.41" x 19.69" x 1.57" ...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Victorian Figurative Oil Painting of Young Lady Lacemaker in a Cottage Interior
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Figurative Oil Painting of a Young Lady Lacemaker in a Cottage Interior. Oil on Canvas laid on artists board and Framed in its original Gilt Frame. William H Weatherhead 1...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Àgbájo Owó L’Afií S’òya (Togetherness Brings About Progress)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Àgbájo Owó L’Afií S’òya (Togetherness Brings About Progress)" is a striking artwork created by the Nigerian artist Wale Ajayi. This piece embodies the rich...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Saint Mary Magdalene The Penitent
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Nicolas LOIR (Paris, 1624 – 1679) Penitent Saint Mary Magdalene Oil on canvas, 58 x 71 cm Unsigned Circa 1665–1675 Trained under Simon Vouet and later Sébastien Bourdon, Nicolas ...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'The Couple in Red' by Helen Steele - Modern Abstract Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Helen Steele (German, 1961-2022) 'The Couple in Red' 2011 Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. "The Couple in Red" is a stirring 30" x 24"...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Stretcher Bars

Primitive Folk Art Painting After Jefferson Gauntt "Two Children"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Primitive Folk Art Painting After Jefferson Gauntt "Two Children" Oil on canvas 19.75" x 24.75" 23.75" x 28.75" Framed
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nude 1960s. Oil on canvas. 60x73 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Nude 1960s. Oil on canvas. 60x73 cm "Nude" is a captivating and elegant artwork that celebrates the female form in a tasteful and artistic manner. Through skillful brushwork, the artist aims to convey the woman's beauty and allure, inviting viewers to appreciate the timeless fascination and artistic exploration of the nude human figure. Aleksandra Belcova...
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1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Pacific Grove looking to Big Sur Ocean by Matola
Located in Soquel, CA
Pacific Grove looking to Big Sur Ocean by Matola Crashing waves and Cypress Trees and a woman in the sun on the Pacific Grove to Big Sur Coast. Painted in 1983 by California artist n...
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1980s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"SAMO Free Speech" Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Hitting the streets of downtown Manhattan in the late 1970’s the SAMO tag was the mark of artists Jean-Michel Basquiat, Al Diaz & Shannon Dawson. This short lived¬†collaboration saw ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Abstract Expressionist Figure
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist figure, a seated blonde female nude with dynamic expressive lines by San Francisco artist Michael William Egglest...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Charcoal, Paper, Pencil

Silesia Farm Stand - Polish Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful scene of shoppers at a rural farm stand under cloudy skies, by Polish artist Gongor (Polish, 20th Century). Signed "Gongor" lower right. Displayed in a dark gold finish wood...
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1990s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Foam Board, Oil

French Modernist Gouache Painting Artist Self Portrait In Black And White
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

Materials

Gouache

Early 20th C. Figurative Landscape - Conversation on the San Francisco Pier
By Gus Johnson
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century oil painting of men having a conversation on the San Francisco, California pier with boats in the distance by Gus Johnson (American, 19th century), 1928. Signed on the lower right. Unframed. Image size, 23"H x 32"L. Johnson was a regular outdoor painter on the California coastal regions during the 1920s-50s. He enjoyed painting scenes on San Francisco Bay near Sausalito and Marin California.
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Dialogue - figurative painting
Located in New York, NY
This painting by Henryk was done in 2018. It will ship from the artists studio in Poland. More about Henryk Laskowska: Henryk Laskowski has been worki...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Winter Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Winter Landscape" 2002 is an oil painting on hardboard by American artist Royce Thyberg Gordon, 1938-2021. It is signed and dated at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 18 x 24 inches, framed is 24.25 x 30.25 inches. Framed in a wooden gold frame. It is in excellent condition, the frame has a few minor scratches. About the artist: A 1956 graduate of Pocatello High School, Royce excelled in the arts throughout her schooling, eventually attending the prestigious Sergei Bongart School of Arts in Santa Monica California and Rexburg, Idaho. She continued her studies with other nationally known artists, most notably Milford Zornes...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Figurative_Earth Tones_Portrait In Olive & Peach, America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Portrait In Olive & Peach" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 30 x 24 in. Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspiration fro...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Magnolia Crown
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Jeni Stallings creates work that often draws from her dreams and personal experiences. She tends to render those moments in a muted, femininity-infused surrealism far from the hard-...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wax, Oil, Wood Panel

Russian Traveler Genre Portrait 19th Century Oil Painting Signed Framed
Located in Stockholm, SE
The short signature lower left a monogram of joined Cyrillic letters "V" and "P" with date 77, leads to the Russian painter Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov (1844 - 1927). Here we have pl...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

"Stepping Out - Emma Stone, LA Poolside" Haute Couture Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the excitement of High-End Fashion, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composi...
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2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Tin Can and Plate with Fish, Onion & a Glass of Beer- Classic Dutch Still-Life
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Cornelis le Mair (Netherlands, Eindhoven, July 3rd 1944) is a Dutch painter. This Classic painter is famous because of his 17th century paintings. You can see him in his house on o...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Woman at the market
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 91.5 x 71 x 6 cm
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Late 20th Century Italian School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Enchanted Ride, Myths Serie by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Enchanted Ride" is a captivating addition to the "Myths" series, offering a glimpse into the mystical world where ancient tales come to life. In this artwork, a woman gracefully rid...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

untitled, 2019
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jacopo Scassellati was born in Sassari (Sardinia) in 1989 where he still resides today. His family is originally from Umbria. Very early on, he disp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Cyclists in Love, Bay Area Figurative Movement
Located in Soquel, CA
Joyful figurative scene with two smiling cyclists, connected with a series of colorful, swirling dots, by P. Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932). Signed and dated "© Gren Hayes 1980" at the right edge. Presented in a simple wood frame. Image size: 19.5"H x 23.5"W Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative / Bay Area Feminist Art Movement artist who studied at Winnipeg Public Art School in 1950. She received early recognition in Museum and Gallery competitions and exhibitions and was awarded a Special Education in Art recognition by the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Art, and was awarded a scholarship to the Banff College of Fine Art. Further studies were at The University of Manitoba. She was a Member of Winnipeg Free Press Sketch Club and was a Cartoonist and paste-up for a French-English bi-weekly, in Eastern Canada; She studied outdoor impressionism in New York in 1960; in 1962, attended The California College of Arts and Crafts, and in 1976 B.A., U.C. Berkeley where she studied under Elmer Bischoff, David Simpson, Joan Brown, Felix Ruvolo, Yolanda Lopez and Vincent Perez...
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1980s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Fiberboard

Queen Eniola
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Queen Eniola" is a stunning portrait of an African queen created by the Nigerian artist, Theophilus Madaki. The painting depicts Queen Eniola, a pow...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Queen Eniola
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Oosterkwelder, Schiermonnikoog- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Landscape
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This painting is made by Flip Gaasendam. An important member of the 'Dutch Northern Figurative Painters' . His paintings are called 'Poems in paint' . The place where he painted t...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Irises - purple, blue, flowers, pop-art, contemporary, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Charles Pachter, considered to be one of Canada’s greatest living contemporary artists has embraced a new subject—flowers. Toronto born Pachter is best known for his iconic pop art paintings of barns...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dressing
By Miriam Tindall Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Smith studied at the School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia under Edward Warwick. In 1935 she was asked by the Art Institute of Chicago to loan her painting, "Repose" to the forty...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Newlyn Harbour: Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
This is an archetypal Stafford painting. Cheery tugs and Cornish fishing boats bobbing about in the harbour as they busy themselves with their days routine and the townsfolk watching...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Wreath of Flowers in Hair by America Martin, Ink, Paper, Figurative, Portrait
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Wreath of Flowers in Hair" (Diptych) Ink on Cotton Paper 25 x 45 Inches Diptych Size Left piece comes framed: 25 x 22.5 Inches Unframed 31.5 x 28.5 Inches Framed ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

17th Century By Johann Carl Loth Saint Mark Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Johann Carl Loth (Munich, Germany, 1632 - Venice, Italy, 1698) Title: Saint Mark Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 65 × 72 cm - with frame 82.5 x 88 cm Expertise by Professor Dario Succi Publications: Lo studiolo...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Enchanted Forest Dance, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Part of artist Onelio Marrero's ongoing series exploring scenes from the world of ballet. Two ballerinas prepare their costumes on stage during a rehearsal an...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Georgian Contemporary Art by Goga Gomareli - Reflection
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & mixed media on canvas Goga Gomareli is a multidisciplinary Georgian artist born in 1983 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. He is also a musician and a professional i...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"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 Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Blue , American Realist painter, Representational Figurative art, Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Blue is painted in the style of American Realism. The painting is Representational Figurative art which is a time consuming process especially with portraits and figurative art. T...
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2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Sunflowers - Oil on Canvas by Vrbova Miloslav Prof. Zinkovy - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sunflowers is a beautiful oil painting realized by Vrbova Miloslava Prof. Zinkovy (1909-1991).  Oil on panel, 80 x 60 cm. hand signed lower margin. Good conditions
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

1960's Oil Painting Tennis Match Sports Scene After Leroy Neiman Sporting Art
By Paolo Corvino
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil on canvas 24 x 18 in., 27 x 21 in with frame. This is a tribute painting, it was inspired and dedicated to Leroy Neiman. Paolo Corvino was born September 20, 1930 in Bronx, New ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Last evening of flowery promises, 80x60cm, acrylic, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Last evening of flowery promises, 80x60cm
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2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Nude Oil Female Figure Realism Expressionism Contemporary Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Christiane Bouret is a painter that works with oil paint to create figurative artworks and portraits, and the present painting is an excellent example of her work. In the image, we s...
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2010s Naturalistic Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nude Woman Painting, Modern Art, canvas, oil - PLEASURE - 24x32in (80*60cm)
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK "Nude Woman Painting, Modern Art" captures the timeless grace of the human form through a modern lens. This painting reveals the delicate interplay of light and sha...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting Pair by Alessandro Sani "Flirtation"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting Pair by Alessandro Sani "Flirtation" 1856 - 1927. Italian painter of domestic and historical scenes and professor of Art. Based in Flore...
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1890s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fading Oil on Panel Female Figurative/ Portrait Texas Artist 32" x 32"
Located in Houston, TX
Karen Offutt approaches Fading 30 x 30, oil on panel with an atmospheric sensitivity combining shape, tone line, and color. Karen is best known for her figurative paintings. Karen...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Folk Art Mexican Girl Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Framed 29 X 23 Image 18 X 24 The sweetness that characterizes the work of Mexican painter Jose Maria de Servin (1917-83) is a melancholy and placid one. While he worked in the most modern of styles, he adapted it to an anecdotal folk-art approach distinctly his own. When he was an infant, de Servin's family moved with him to Guadalajara. A city of history and culture, Guadalajara had a thriving artistic community with strong connections to Europe. His brothers Antonio and Miguel became artists as well, and in later years they worked collaboratively. As a teenager, de Servin studied at one of Mexico's Schools of Open-Air Painting, free art-teaching institutions sponsored by the government. Later de Servin became a pupil of the painter Chucho Reyes, known for his improvisational watercolor variations on traditional Mexican themes. This interest in imagery particular to Mexico would be of great significance to de Servin. De Servin also studied under the more traditional painter Jose Vizcarra. In the early 1930s de Servin joined the Pintores Jovenes de Jalisco, or Young Painters of Jalisco. An influence of critical importance to de Servin was Pablo Picasso. One of the originators of Cubism, the Spanish painter soon departed from its quasi-scientific and optical basis to create lively and humorous geometrical abstractions. It was this Cubism, personal and decorative, that de Servin adopted. His earliest Cubist works mimic Picasso, while during the second stage of his career, his works become smooth and polished, with an emphasis on gentle surface textures. After these cautious years, however, a rough boldness enters along with dominating colors of earth and sand. Modernists like de Servin were interested in exploring what they considered primitive artmaking styles. The adoption of a native manner and native themes is in keeping with Modernist tenets, as is the use of nontraditional materials. De Servin's portraits of peasants, large-eyed and simply rendered, recall children's drawings. The rough burlap ground contrasts with the playful imagery and delicate range of color. The figures, all children or child-like adults, are all curves and simple shapes arranged harmoniously. De Servin's cubism is free from grotesquerie as it celebrates the simplicity of its subjects. De Servin worked with the social-realist Jose Orozco on several large mural commissions in Guadalajara, including one at the Legislative Palace. While their styles were dissimilar, both made use of Mexican imagery to glorify the common people. A sought-after muralist in his own right, de Servin brought the rich colors and endearing characters of his panels to his larger-scale work. For 15 years, de Servin taught summer art classes at the University of Arizona. His career was marked by many one-man shows, both in North America and Europe. In recent years, his striking style has attracted increased notice from critics and the public. His style is a unique conglomerate of tradition, history, legends, heroes, old customs and folklore. It is a self-standing style, recognizable, cheerful, whimsical and a happy creation. Naïve art is any form of visual art that is created by a person who lacks the formal education and training that a professional artist undergoes (in anatomy, art history, technique, perspective, ways of seeing). Unlike folk art, naïve art does not necessarily evince a distinct cultural context or tradition. Naïve art is recognized, and often imitated, for its childlike simplicity and frankness. Paintings of this kind typically have a flat rendering style with a rudimentary expression of perspective. One particularly influential painter of "naïve art" was Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), a French Post-Impressionist who was discovered by Pablo Picasso. Naïve art is often seen as outsider art that is by someone without formal (or little) training or degree. While this was true before the twentieth century, there are now academies for naïve art. Naïve art is now a fully recognized art genre, represented in art galleries worldwide. Museums devoted to naïve art now exist in Kecskemét, Hungary; Riga, Latvia; Jaen, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; Vicq France and Paris. "Primitive art" is another term often applied to art by those without formal training, but is historically more often applied to work from certain cultures that have been judged socially or technologically "primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see Tribal art). This is distinguished from the self-conscious, "primitive" inspired movement primitivism. Another term related to (but not completely synonymous with) naïve art is folk art. There also exist the terms "naïvism" and "primitivism" which are usually applied to professional painters working in the style of naïve art (like Paul Gauguin, Mikhail Larionov, Paul Klee). At all events, naive art can be regarded as having occupied an "official" position in the annals of twentieth-century art since - at the very latest - the publication of the Der Blaue Reiter, an almanac in 1912. Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, who brought out the almanac, presented 6 reproductions of paintings by le Douanier' Rousseau (Henri Rousseau), comparing them with other pictorial examples. However, most experts agree that the year that naive art was "discovered" was 1885, when the painter Paul Signac became aware of the talents of Henri Rousseau and set about organizing exhibitions of his work in a number of prestigious galleries. The Earth Group (Grupa Zemlja) were Croatian artists, architects and intellectuals active in Zagreb from 1929 to 1935. The group included the painters Krsto Hegedušić, Edo Kovačević, Omer Mujadžić, Kamilo Ružička, Ivan Tabaković, and Oton Postružnik, the sculptors Antun Augustinčić, Frano Kršinić, and the architect Drago Ibler. A term applied to Yugoslav (Croatian) naive painters working in or around the village of Hlebine, near the Hungarian border, from about 1930. Some of the best known naive artists are Dragan Gaži, Ivan Generalić, Josip Generalić, Krsto Hegedušić, Mijo Kovačić, Ivan Lacković-Croata, Franjo Mraz, Ivan Večenaj and Mirko Virius. Camille Bombois (1883–1970) Ferdinand Cheval, known as 'le facteur Cheval' (1836–1924) Henry Darger (1892–1973) L. S. Lowry (1887–1976) Grandma Moses, Anna Mary Robertson (1860–1961) Nikifor (1895–1968) Poland, Horace Pippin (1888–1946) Jon Serl (1894-1993) United States Alfred Wallis (1855–1942) Scottie Wilson (1890–1972) Gesner Abelard...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Burlap, Oil

Oil Painting of River Landscape in Ireland Countryside by Modern Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of River Landscape in Ireland Countryside by Modern Irish Artist. This original oil painting is an early example of the more traditional...
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1980s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Expectation. Allegory., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The most unpleasant thing for me in this life is to wait. Any queue of people more than 3 people drives me into depression. If someone is late for a meeting, I worry about that perso...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ecole Italienne (XIX) - Scène biblique
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Sin firmar, es de autor anónimo Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un marco bastante actual Buen estado de conservación el de la pintura Medidas obra: 60 cm de altura x 40 cm de an...
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Mid-19th Century Italian School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

La Plage à 12h – Sunlit Beach Scene, Contemporary Figurative style, by G Mathias
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
La Plage à 12h 61 x 50 cm Acrylic on canvas La Plage à 12h by Grégoire Mathias captures the essence of a sunlit midday at the beach, where relaxed figures gather under striped p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Chrysler Building Traffic in New York City by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Chrysler Building Traffic New York City by Contemporary British Artist Angela Wakefield. This is a major work from her New York Series. Art measures 18 x 24 inches Frame measures 23...
Category

2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cotton, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media

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