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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Color:  Blue
Original 1930's Vintage Motor Car Racing Original Drawing Signed Dated
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wonderful original pencil drawing depicting a vintage motor car racing scene from the 1930's. The drawing is by - "K. B. White" - a British illustrator and motoring artist who was working in the 1930's. The drawing perfectly capture the glamorous spirit of vintage...
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pencil, Paper

Set of Four 1930's Motor Car Racing Original Drawings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wonderful set of four original pencil drawings depicting vintage motor cars from the 1930's. They are an ideal gift or interior furnishing for any 'man cave' or 'boys room...
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pencil

Handsome Men at Race Track , Horse Racing
Located in Miami, FL
Done most likely for Look Magazine, Sports Illustrated and Playboy or perhaps an advertising agency. Work is framed in a simple metal frame
Category

1970s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

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Original 1930's Vintage Motor Car Racing Original Drawing Signed Dated
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wonderful original pencil drawing depicting a vintage motor car racing scene from the 1930's. The drawing is by - "K. B. White" - a British illustrator and motoring artist who was working in the 1930's. The drawing perfectly capture the glamorous spirit of vintage...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

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Original 1930's Vintage Motor Car Racing Original Drawing Signed Dated
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wonderful original pencil drawing depicting a vintage motor car racing scene from the 1930's. The drawing is by - "K. B. White" - a British illustrator and motoring artist who was working in the 1930's. The drawing perfectly capture the glamorous spirit of vintage...
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City Lights
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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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