Figurative Paintings
Figurative Paintings For Sale
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Abstract Expressionist Tempera on Paper Figurative -- The Pilot and His Plane
By Jean Kellogg
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful abstract expressionist figurative of a pilot and his plane attributed to Jean Kellogg (American, 1910 - 1995), circa 1970. Unsigned. (Purchased ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Werkers in het Bos Workers in the Woods Oil Painting on Panel In Stock
By Walter Elst
Located in Utrecht, NL
Werkers in het Bos Workers in the Woods Oil Painting on Panel In Stock
Walter Elst Born in Antwerp, Belgium - 1955 After finishing his study Medicine at the University of Brussels...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
''Cherries” Contemporary Fine Realist Still-Life Painting of Red Cherries, Fruit
Located in Utrecht, NL
During his successful career as a goldsmith the desire to paint grew on Dutch artist René Smoorenburg (1954). The attention to detail, which was of gr...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Jake II (Red coat), Mixed media on Pergameneta parchment
Located in London, GB
Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel,...
Herinneringen mijner Jeugd Oil Painting on Panel Youth Memories Black In Stock
By Walter Elst
Located in Utrecht, NL
Herinneringen mijner Jeugd Oil Painting on Panel Youth Memories Black In Stock
Walter Elst Born in Antwerp, Belgium - 1955 After finishing his study Medicine at the University of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Silenciado Sergio Moscona 21st Century painting Contemporary drawing portrait
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint and ink on paper
Hand signed and dated lower right
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Rowing to Shore - Nautical Seascape in Gouache on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Noble nautical scene of a small rowboat coming to shore from a larger sailing vessel by George A. Robbins (American, 1918-2010). In the foreground, sever...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Three studies executed in the Pitti Palace in 1761 by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Located in PARIS, FR
This brilliant study sheet, of which we present here a counterproof, is a souvenir of Fragonard's return journey from Italy. Between April and September 1761, he accompanied the abbot of Saint-Non on his way back to France. Three studies after the masters taken from the Pitti Palace’s gallery in Florence are gathered on this sheet. Although The Ecstasy of Saint Margaret...
Category
1760s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
"Piano House" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Scott Conary's "Piano House" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted white house with a vibrant green bush and touches of realism...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
In Search of Henry Street
Located in Atlanta, GA
Her paintings combine figuration and abstraction, with a series of colors and abstract forms combining to produce an image of people in groups. Czekus’ work examines the everyday exp...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Still life with books 2" Oil Painting 43" x 43" in by Sanjar Djabbarov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Still life with books 2" Oil Painting 43" x 43" in by Sanjar Djabbarov
ABOUT
Sanjar Djabbarov was born in Gulistan, the capital of the Sirdaria Pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Painting, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century. Walking the Dog and Castle View
Located in Berlin, DE
Decorative antique painting, oil on canvas, 19th century. Walking the dog, castle view.
Dimensions with frame: 65.5 cm x 74 cm
Category
19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hungarian Harvest Courtship 1920s
Located in Soquel, CA
Hungarian Harvest Courtship 1920s
Well executed impressionist painting of a Hungarian countryside courtship vignette by a 19th-20th century Hungarian artist Pal Szlavik. some minor s...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Woman and Table IIIIII_America Martin_Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic on Cotton Paper
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman and Table IIIIII"
Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic on Cotton Paper
50” x 36” Framed
AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic
Giorgio (Sunflowers, rainbow, mask), Mixed media on Pergameneta parchment
Located in London, GB
Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel,...
Did I Stutter?
Located in Napa, CA
Brett Hammond’s spray-painted canvas panels pay homage to pop art traditions as he explores his own interests in satire, drama, and romantic tension. Above all, his work is smart, fun, and vibrant.
Covered in paint and fueled by caffeine-laced neurosis, Hammond regularly works on several panels at once, producing distinctive, quick messaging that can brighten any room. He finds the process transformative as he moves from a state of deadline panic into more sublime realms of creativity.
Self-taught from an early age, Hammond emulated Mad Magazine comic art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Model in the Studio - Figurative in Gouache and Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative figurative painting of a woman seated in a studio by an unknown artist (20th Century). A woman dressed in red is sitting in a chair atop a platform. There are studio lights...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Gouache
9b
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Lithograph on washi paper
Exemplaire B/165
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, i...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph, Washi Paper
Seeing Egg No. 2, Surrealist Ovoid acrylic painting, Figural Abstract
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Seeing Egg No. 2, 1965
Acrylic and collage on scintilla
Signed and dated upper right
30 x 22 inches
34 x 29 inches, framed
A surrealis...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Beneath" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Scott Conary's "Beneath" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts fabric draped over a surface with light hitting every fold.
About the Artist:
Raised where the East Coast...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Jaz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
John Randall Nelson’s paintings are layered with his own personal language consisting of patterns, symbols, and archetypes that may not make any literal sense but play on subconsciou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
Modern Yellow Toned Figurative Abstract Painting of a Young Girl Laying on a Rug
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract painting by Houston, TX artist Margaret Nobler. The work features a young girl with a bow in her hair laying on a matching rug. Signed b...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
She-I, Oil on Canvas, Orange, Black, Green by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Shipra Bhattacharya - She-I, Oil on Canvas
30 x 34 inches , 2008 (unframed size)
( Framed & Delivered )
Style :
Shipra , is a leading contemporary mid career artist of India. Shipr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Garden Light 11
By Liz Barber
Located in Napa, CA
My paintings are layered bursts of energy inspired by nature’s movement, blending the here and now with memories. Forms and lines fall into a sea of emotion. Shapes and reflections d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
"Anais 2" Figurative Painting, Acrylic Paint on Canvas, Nude, Pastel Colors
Located in New York, NY
Artist Faustine Badrichani is inspired by explorations of female identity. Her paintings, created primarily with acrylic on paper and panel, highli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
"Iced Red Velvet" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Iced Red Velvet" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a donut topped white frosting with crumbled red velvet cake.
Gregory was born in Kan...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Still Life - Oil Painting by Zhang Wei Guang - 2006
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an oil painting realized in 2006 by Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror).
Beautiful oil painting on canvas.
Includes frame: 40 x 50 cm
Hand-signed and dated on the lower margin...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
State of the Union 2020
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jolynn Reigeluth
State of the Union 2020
Acrylic, India Ink, linocut and cut paper on wood panel
Year: 2022
Size: 30x20x2.5 in
Framed Size: 30x20x2.5 in
Ready to hang
Signed
COA prov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Linocut
10a
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Lithograph on Arches paper
Exemplaire B/165
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph, Archival Paper
Memories - Original Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gazing at Lebanese American artist Sally K's floral portrait is consuming and empowering. Inspired by strong, feminine women, she creates pop-realistic paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board, Mixed Media, Canvas
Donna Con Cavallo Errante - Original Figurative Cubist Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In his abstract figurative work, internationally collected artist Alessandro Siviglia deconstructs everyday objects, landscapes, and human subjects into colorful geometric shapes in an attempt to represent their three-dimensional nature on a two-dimensional medium without using a naturalistic one-point perspective or shading. This technique translates into a visual language of perceiving the world around us with new emotions. Siviglia's cubist expressionist scenes often include people and small stray animals, which are used to reflect his concept of relativity with amalgams of time and place.
This one-of-a-kind 32-inch high by 24-inch wide mixed media composition on canvas is stretched, wired, and ready to hang. The artist signed this original artwork on the front as well as on the back. The sides are painted and it does not require framing. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping are available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.
Alessandro Siviglia was born in Salerno, Italy in 1982. He immersed himself in art from an early age. Siviglia was initially drawn to street art, where he was able to express his artistic interests by graffiti writing on large public spaces using the alias CROW. After a 15 year stretch of taking a bold, guerrilla approach to art Siviglia began to create works on canvas that combine his street art background with more traditional artistic conventions. Much of his transformative inspiration stemmed from regularly visiting the Filiberto Menna Art Institute in Salerno. His modernist artworks...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Zonnig Interieurtje Sunny Interior Oil Painting on Panel In Stock
By Walter Elst
Located in Utrecht, NL
Zonnig Interieurtje Sunny Interior Oil Painting on Panel In Stock
Walter Elst Born in Antwerp, Belgium - 1955 After finishing his study Medicine at the University of Brussels Walter Elst decided to dedicate himself to his calling painting. Already at at young age, in his spare time, he took private lessons in landscape and portret painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
POP!
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by Ferjo. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers wil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Apple Fritter" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Apple Fritter" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pastry with a white background.
Gregory was born in Kan...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Oil Painting on Board of a French Cafe
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Oil painting on board executed in a distinctive naive folky style of a French cafe with figures dressed in Belle Epoque attire. Signed by the noted artist Ferdinand Boilauges and pre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Upright Bass, Expressionist Portrait of Musician by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Upright Bass" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 34" oil on board group portrait of a musician is painted...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Two military studies, a preparatory red chalk drawing by Jean-Baptiste Pater
By Jean-Baptiste Pater
Located in PARIS, FR
As Florence Ingersoll-Smouse wrote in 1921 in her book devoted to Jean-Baptiste Pater, "a painter of the Fête galante, Pater is interesting both by his intimacy with Watteau, to whom many of his works are still attributed, and by his own value as an artist.” This sanguine, full of life and spontaneity, is typical of the preparatory studies made by the painter to be used later in the composition of his paintings.
1. Jean-Baptiste Pater, pupil and disciple of Antoine Watteau
Antoine Pater, Jean-Baptiste's father, belonged to the petty bourgeoisie of Valenciennes where he worked as a merchant-sculptor. His brother Jacques was a local painter who was probably involved in his nephew's training. Born on December 29, 1695, Jean-Baptiste Pater was first trained with Jean-Baptiste Guider, a local painter whose death in 1711 was probably the reason for Jean-Baptiste’s departure alongside Watteau, who was visiting Valenciennes. Watteau's difficult character led to their separation in 1713.
Back in Valenciennes, Jean-Baptiste Pater encountered difficulties with the powerful Corporation of Saint-Luke (to which he refused to belong) which forced him to return to Paris in 1718. He reconciled with Watteau shortly before his death (on July 18th 1721), inherited the commissions that Watteau had been unable to fulfil and completed some of his paintings.
Pater was accepted by the Académie Royale in 1725 but did not produce his reception painting The soldier’s revels until three years later. Throughout his brief career (he died at the age of forty on July 25th 1736), he mainly had a clientele of amateurs and received only one royal commission, shortly before his death.
2. Description of the drawing and related artworks
Pater had adopted his master Watteau's method of composition. His study drawings were carefully glued in a notebook and were used to animate his compositions.
His paintings sometimes suffer from a somewhat artificial composition, since the figures seem to be pasted one next to the other. This point has also been made about Watteau’s.
The theme of military scenes (which was at the time included in the genre of Fêtes galantes!) was one of Pater’s favourite subjects. Together with the Bathing Women...
Category
1720s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Woman and the Car - Oil Paint by Americo Mazzotta - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman and the Car is an original modern artwork realized by Americo Mazzotta (1941-2020) in the late 20th Century.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed by the artist ...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
In the Fish Tank - Oil Painting - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
In the fish tank is al modern artwork realized in the 1970s-.
Mixed colored oil and enamel on cardboard.
Monogrammed CB on the lower margin
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Cherry Time" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Cherry Time" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a chocolate and red glazed donut topped with a cherry.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Haute Color Yellow Dress. one of a kind artwork intervened by the artist. Framed
By Efren Isaza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Haute color yellow dress
Measures: 23.75 x 38 inches
Framed 26" x 40"
A unique object, this archival pigment photograph print on aluminum has extensive hand-applied paint embellishm...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Carbon Pencil
Winter Shadows 31, Eleanor Woolley, Original Night Time Painting, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Winter Shadows 31 [October 2021]
original
Oil Paint on Canvas
Image size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:15 cm x W:15 cm x D:3cm
Sold Unframed
Please note t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Etude pour 'Le Trio'. Cubist Acrylic on Paper on Card.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Cubist acrylic on paper on card by French artist Eliane Versini , signed, dated and titled 'Etude pour le Trio' to the front bottom right and the same to the bottom right reverse.
H...
Category
Late 20th Century Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Cardboard
French Contemporary Art by M.-P. Autonne - Crepuscule de Loire
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Dagelijkse Boterham Oil Painting on Panel Daily Bread Black and White In Stock
By Walter Elst
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dagelijkse Boterham Oil Painting on Panel Daily Bread Fine Art In Stock
Walter Elst Born in Antwerp, Belgium - 1955 After finishing his study Medicine at...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"My Tequila Sunrise Heart" Colorful Abstract Oil Painting with Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Radha, Figurative, Charcoal & Pastel by Master IndianArtist Suhas Roy "In Stock"
By Suhas Roy
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Suhas Roy - Radha
Charcoal on Paper , 11 x 15 inches , 2015
( Unframed & Delivered )
Suhas Roy 's mystic woman which he calls 'Radha', either Oil on canvas or soft colored pastel on Paper or board are a series of work where he sees an ethereal mystic godlike and innocent spirit in every woman he meets.
Style : He is one of the biggest and the most enduring names in the genre of Indian modern art. Often dubbed the father of female figurative forms. Radha Series and the Christ Series in soft pastel on paper and intense Oil on canvas paintings .Consequently, his recent body of works, "Drops of Silence", executed in oil, pastels and pen-and-ink etchings on backdrops in watercolours, are all studies of "mysterious slightly surreal nude women floating in a void". Roy's forte is Radhika - dark, enigmatic, beautiful Indian women with the slightest smile and ethereal in its quality .
About the Artist & his work :
Born : 1936, Bangladesh.
Education :
1953-58 : Diploma in Painting, Indian College of Art and Draughtsmanship, Calcutta.
1956-66 : Studied graphic art under the guidance of S.W. Hayter, Atelier 17 and mural art at cole Superior Des Beaux Art, Paris.
Exhibitions :
His works have been exhibited all over the world through exhibitions like the Asian Graphic Prints Traveling Exhibition, USA, the Tokyo Print Biennale, Japan, Contemporary Indian Art...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
1b
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Lithograph on washi paper
Exemplaire B/165
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, i...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph, Washi Paper
Tom (Sitting, flowers, through Zoom), Mixed media on Pergameneta parchment
Located in London, GB
Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel,...
"Indian Four" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Scott Conary's "Indian Four" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an old style Indian Motorcycle in red.
About the Artist:
Raised whe...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Large Harry Bertschmann Swiss American Abstract Expressionist Outsider Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Harry Bertschmann (Swiss American, born 1931).
Acrylic painting on paper.
Artist signature to lower right.
Provenance: Joy Moos Gallery (this was exhibited at the Outsider Art Fai...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
'Cherry Blossoms in Japan', French School
Located in London, GB
'Cherry Blossoms in Japan', pencil, ink and gouache on card stock, French School (Mid 20th Century). Cherry blossoms (Sakura) symbolise springtime, a time of renewal and the fleeting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pencil
Mumbo Jumbo BK#11 - Ironic Figurative Painting with Pink and Blue Colors
Located in New York, NY
Francks Deceus’ “Mumbo Jumbo BK#11” is a 20 x 16 inch acrylic paint, color pencil, and collage painting on canvas. The main colors are pink, blue and orang...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Still Life with Bottles, Onions and Vase - Oil Paint - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with bottles, onions and vases is an original modern artwork realized by an italian artist in the mid-20th Century.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed on ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Washington Square Park in Snow" Impressionist Winter Street Scene Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A truly stunning jewel and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City winter scenes depicting Washington Square Park in the snow. An iconic scene that so many have come...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Green Apples - Oil Painting by Zhang Wei Guang - 2006
Located in Roma, IT
Green Apples is an oil painting on canvas realized in 2006 by Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror).
Includes frame: 83 X 6 X 70 cm
Hand-signed and dated on the lower right corner.
Excellent...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"A Nameless Black Ballet" 58x58" oil on canvas
Located in Southampton, NY
We are please to announce that we are now representing the Pop Art paintings of the artist Matt Straub. We at the gallery have been following his career and have been excited about h...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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.
Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.
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