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Figurative Paintings For Sale
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Laughing Marilyn and Mickey
Located in Nottingham, GB
Fantastic large scale black and white pop art piece, the cartoon element and touch of colour make this piece very eye catching.
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Squeeze
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Squeeze' 2019, a contemporary oil on canvas painting by Tamera Avery, whose paintings are created with wit and wisdom. Avery's work deals with serious th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

West End London contemporary painting by British artist Jo Holdsworth
Located in London, GB
‘West End’ is a stunning new oil on canvas painting by Award winning London artist Jo Holdsworth. Jo is often inspired by people going about their daily lives and the hustle and bust...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Infanta - Spatial Installation Painting Object, Mixed Media On Plexi, XL Format
Located in Salzburg, AT
“Infanta” 207x125cm, mixed media on plexi material. Please ask me about the shipping costs. Because the work of art can be rolled for shipping and that makes the shipping significant...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Plexiglass, Paint, Mixed Media

Modern Figure in Pink, Contemporary Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful modernist impasto figure painting of a seated woman by an unknown artist. This contemporary figurative piece uses expressive textures and colors, featuring a palette of pink...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Lithograph

Flowers - Figurative Painting Canvas Colors Blue Red Grey Yellow Pink
Located in Sofia, BG
"Flowers" is a colorful art line painting by Maestro Vittorio Angini About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting on canvas STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary Edition : Unique, signed Weight: Approximately 2 kg. The painting is unframed The paintings brings emotion of happiness, love, pure energy, peace and beauty represented by the vast creative power of his talent.” Dear art lovers, if you like the art of Maestro Vittorio Angini please click the link to follow this artist and art gallery Snow Pearl to discover all our artists and beautiful artworks. Thank you so much! we appreciate your interest to our work. Frame: Optional Snow Pearl gallery offers the possibility to increase the value of this artwork by adding a gorgeous wooden Italian contemporary frame. For some paintings we can also offer a very special ancient restored frame. The frame can be hand-carved with composition ornamentation and hand-applied, with water gilded with 22 Kt. genuine gold leaf over rouge burnishing bole and then patinated to the appropriate patina. This will slightly increase the price, the shipping cost and the delivery time. Maestro Vittorio Angini was born in in 1946 in Italy in Arrezo, Toscana. He lives and works in Arezzo in the former Franciscan Hospice of Bagnaia. He has participated in the artistic activities of many cultural groups including: the “Cultural Center Artistico Aretino "," Studio 8 "," Bottega d'Arte del Valdarno "," National Association of Artists Italians ". He was invited to the exhibition of figurative arts in Siena and to "Bolsena Arte 82". Three works of him make part of the traveling exhibition "Mondial 1986". Angini attended the School of Goldsmithing and Jewelery of "Uno AErre", developing refined artistic skills such as to be required by the most important goldsmith companies in Arezzo and to undertake a collaboration with the Private Mint of Rome. In 2007 he was invited by Josè Van Roy Dalì, son of art of the famous Catalan painter, to participate in the "Quadrennial of Contemporary Art Leonardo da Vinci", held in Rome at the "Vittoriano". Since 2009 his works have been part of the artistic project “In Mostra con Dalì” and his works are were exhibited at the "Galleria Tondinelli" in Rome. In 2012 he participated in the "Affordable Art Fair" in London and in 2013 in the "Tuscan Art on Tour" in Chicago and Menasha in the United States. The artist's works are on permanent display at the gallery Borley Twist in Chicago and Hinsdale (USA). In 2014 at the exhibition "Memories of natures, myths and geometries" at the Chiostro del Bramante-Rome. October 2014 - Matalon Foundation Museum Exhibition in Milan. In 2018 Modern Gallery Arezzo His works are exhibited in the “La Bottega” Gallery in Castellina in Chianti (Si). His artworks are owned in museum and private collections worldwide. Our gallery provides Certificate of authenticity of this artwork. Dicono di Angini Tra spiritualità e colore La scomposizione delle sue opere è frutto di quella della sua anima, sempre alla ricerca di qualcosa che vada oltre. Nei suoi occhi, come nelle sue tele, c’è una malinconia “viva” che ci attraversa e ci emoziona, trasportandoci in un mondo fantastico e complesso; come lui. Tutta la sua vita è stata una sperimentazione artistica volta alla conoscenza di sé, degli altri e del mondo che lo circonda. Nei suoi colori predomina il giallo della luce divina e della speranza. Una consapevolezza del sé ottenuta mediante la sperimentazione artistica come strumento di conoscenza, come atto di autoriflessione, attraverso l’indagine del proprio vissuto, in costante tensione con l’esterno, quasi volesse far emergere quel tripudio di emozioni che tiene nelle stanze della sua anima. Olimpia Bruni Intervista con Dalì Da un’idea di Josè Van Roy Dalì, “In mostra con Dalì”. Un progetto d’arte che si concretizza in una mostra itinerante, in omaggio al padre Salvador Dalì. Lo scorso anno partiva, come una caccia al tesoro, presso la Galleria Tondinelli, nel favoloso scenario del Complesso Monumentale di San Carlino delle Quattro Fontane, a Roma, la prima edizione della mostra itinerante con la partecipazione degli artisti: Vittorio Angini, Graziano Peretti, Fausto Ciotti, Ileana Della Matera, Loredana Bendini, Ada Cardilli, Patrizio Veronese e Mario Spigariol. Tra gli artisti in mostra di particolare rilievo – non togliendo prestigio agli altri partecipanti – le sorprendenti opere del pittore aretino Vittorio Angini. Invitato nel 2007 su segnalazione di Josè Van Roy Dalì, figlio d’arte del famoso pittore catalano, a partecipare alla “Quadriennale d’Arte Contemporanea”, tenutasi a Roma presso il “Vittoriano”, Angini collabora attualmente all’importante progetto d’arte “In mostra con Dalì”. I suoi quadri si trovano in collezioni private negli USA, Canada, Australia, Nuova Zelanda, Sud Africa, Inghilterra, Irlanda. La sua pittura, risplendente di luce diffusa, penetra nella nostra capacità e sensibilità di stimolare ricordi ancestrali, che pensiamo sepolti nei meandri della nostra memoria. In molte delle sue opere par di cogliere una sorta di metempsicosi del colore, che nelle sue ricercate tinte pare trasferirsi, espandersi, in ogni angolo della tela, fluttuando oltre le rigide forme del contorno, e dove la sacralità della luce rischiara quelle impalpabili zone della nostra anima in cui risiedono i sentimenti e le emozioni più profonde. I riverberi della luce scaturita dal colore allargano l’immagine, che pare perdersi, oltrepassare i confini della percezione visiva, quasi ad illustrare, ad indicare la strada di un mondo che necessariamente dimora e vive oltre il quadro, espandendosi in orizzonti più ampi. Le forme, i paesaggi, i giochi di colore, i ritratti, appaiono come effigi della nostra esistenza, che coesistono nell’intercalare del ticchettio del tempo che scorre. Addentrarsi nelle parole di Josè Van Roy Dalì è sempre oltremodo affascinante e l’incontro avvenuto presso la sua casa museo mi ha fornito l’occasione per approfondimenti sul pittore Vittorio Angini e su “In Mostra con Dalì”. D. I quadri di Angini, che ha voluto appartenessero sin dagli esordi al suo “viaggio” itinerante, svelano le verità nascoste dei nostri desideri e della nostra immaginazione. Trovano affinità con le Sue opere d’arte ed il Suo percorso pittorico? R. Prima di tutto trovano affinità con il mio gusto e con il mio senso estetico del bello. Inoltre, scavando nel “labirinto” artistico di Angini, tra i lavori del passato e nei vari percorsi, ho trovato molteplici mondi paralleli multicromatici, che mi hanno fatto apprezzare ulteriormente il lavoro di questo artista. D. Ho avuto modo di ammirare tra le molte opere esposte nella sua galleria privata, appunto in Via Salvador Dalì, quelle di Vittorio Angini. So che sono state largamente apprezzate nel mondo della cultura e dell’arte. Un suo parere strettamente personale su tali opere? R. Il modo immediato di trasmettere, attraverso i colori, indefinibili emozioni, con la medesima semplicità di un grande romanziere. D. Maestro, in questa interessante esposizione “In mostra con Dalì”, ciascun artista presenterà, accanto alle sue, tre opere. So che ha fatto la ricerca dei pittori presenti in mostra con molto impegno e serietà, con quale criterio li ha selezionati? R. Ho saputo “ascoltare” le vibrazioni del colore e individuare, attraverso le varie tematiche, la peculiare sensibilità di ogni singolo artista. E poi, per dirla tutta, mi sono affidato al mio gusto personale, immaginando quali fossero le opere che avrei gradito collocare nella mia residenza… e quali tra queste, avrebbe apprezzato anche mio padre. D. Com’è sbocciata e che traguardi vuol raggiungere questa mostra? È puramente un omaggio a suo padre Salvador o è un omaggio ad entrambi i Dalì o...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Confidences - Painting After Pierre Auguste Renoir. - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Confidences is an modern artwork realized by a mid-20th century Artist after Pierre Auguste Renoir. Mixed colore oil painting. Includes frame: 70 x 7 x 57 cm The artwork is from o...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Longman - Contemporary Oil, Warships in Combat
Located in Corsham, GB
A dramatic scene depicting warships engaged in combat. The explosions from canon fire fill their surroundings with smoke. Presented in a white painted frame with a silver gilt-effect...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Nightwatch" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Leigh Ann Van Fossan's "Nightwatch" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a lone sailboat floating in the darkness as their lights and the stars cast glimmering reflecti...
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2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Narciso
Located in Milano, MI
After touring Europe on a motorcycle, he arrived in Berlin in 2012, where he won a residence for artists with a pictorial series on massification and nihilism. In 2014 he was invited for a residence in Colombia, and subsequently he has travelled to Mexico, Guatemala and Cuba. The experience of Central America affects his painting so much that it becomes gestural and dominated by strong and bright colors. Contact with indigenous communities contributed to the formation of his thought and poetics, which suggests accessing an irrational dimension that cannot be explored through science and technology.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Casting and Cast - Contemporary Figurative Painting, Dada Art, Modern Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
This painting is from the Series Duchamp Bogumił Książek was educated at the Cracow’s Academy of Fine Arts (1995-2000). 2003 -2009 he lived and worke...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

Amazon River (2019), oil painting, ecosystem, animals, pastels, jaguar, fauna
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Amazon River (2019), oil painting, ecosystem, animals, pastels, jaguar, fauna "Amazon River" by Alexis Kandra. Figurative oil painting with holographic foil on wood panel. Amazonian ecosystem, animals of Amazon River Basin and Rainforest, South America, fauna. Jaguar, tapir, Amazon river dolphin (aka pink dolphin...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Foil

"Just Between Us, " Abstract Figural Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract figural painting by Michele Poirier-Mozzone captures two girls, one wearing a green bikini swimsuit, the other wearing red, from beneath the surface of water. The viewe...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

MAURICE MAZEILIE-FRENCH Watercolour - Down By The River Seine Bridge Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Landscape" by Maurice Mazeilie (French) watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed stamped verso painting: 6.25 x 8.5 inches A delightful original oil painting by the 20th cen...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Garden of my dreams
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Work from the "Botany" series. Written in volumetric technique.
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Underwood - Contemporary Figurative Painting, Dada Art, Modern Portrait, Pop Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
This painting is from the Series Duchamp Bogumił Książek was educated at the Cracow’s Academy of Fine Arts (1995-2000). 2003 -2009 he lived and worked...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

My Greatest Treasure - Impasto Thick Paint Original Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Coulombe-Bégin's dynamic acrylic on canvas works seek to produce a metamorphic interpretation of the artist's inner identity. Her paintings make ample use of contrasting colors to create exuberance and energy in her images. Inspired by street art, Coulombe Bégin 's paintings range from the abstract to the surreal and employ a variety of techniques and materials. Her contemporary artworks draw inspiration from body image, the universally recognizable symbol of hearts, and the experience of humankind. She brings a sensitivity to her work that stems from her exploration of identity and the joy and happiness of existence. Coulombe-Bégin draws us into her internal world: exploring the soul and matter, conscience, and the modern universe. This original 16 inch high by 48 inch wide painting depicts four colorful hearts painted...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

1970s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Lithograph

Happy Crowd by Gaetan de Seguin - Contemporary Abstract painting
Located in DE
Gaetan de Seguin paints figurative works, with an abstract character. The various colors highlight that not one person is the same, and his artworks celebrate this individuality in a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Renoir's Boathouse with Silhouettes, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Louis Recchia's (US based) "Renoir's Boathouse with Silhouettes" is an original, handmade oil painting on canvas. About the Artist: Louis Recchia has been producing contemporary ar...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pink Trap, Watercolor Portrait Of Woman, Fur Hat, Coat, Bright Pink, Animal
Located in Kent, CT
This figurative painting portrays a strong female character in typical American Western pose and dress. The ink and gouache are applied in rich colors that make the image pop, highli...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Archival Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

1980s Conceptual Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

"#1488" Acrylic painting of red blue and black converse on a tall white canvas.
Located in Edgartown, MA
The work of Santiago Garcia explores the wondrous, colorful and always intriguing world between figuration and abstraction. Through contextualization of reality, the Uruguayan artist...
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

French Colorist Modernist Oil - Dapper Abstract Portrait of Gentleman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1970's Title: Dapper Gentleman Portrait Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed Size: canvas: 24 x 20 inches Provenance: private collection...
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20th Century Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

M.M. - 20th Century Oil, Splashing Waves
Located in Corsham, GB
A captivating oil painting, depicting a seascape with waves breaking on a rocky outcrop. Monogrammed to the lower left-hand corner. Well-presented in a distressed, off-white and gilt...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nature Surrounding
Located in Stamford, CT
Chaurasiya experiments with his mediums, using unconventional materials like matchsticks and motherboards to create a cultural commentary on our decaying natural surroundings. His wo...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Raymond Price - 20th Century Oil, Out to Sea
Located in Corsham, GB
A commanding seascape featuring a boat setting out to sea with a figure in red at its helm. Seagulls encircle the masts as waves lash at the sides of the vessel. Presented in a silve...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

By the river. Canvas, cardboard, oil, 55.5x70.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
By the river. Canvas, cardboard, oil, 55.5x70.5 cm
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1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Canvas, Oil

Spiritual paintings, oriental idols painting by Hovsep Pushman.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Title: Little God (La Petite Dieu). This painting was displayed March 27th - April 7th , 1928 artist exhibition at Grand Central Art Gallery, New York. Also published exhibition ca...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Thule King's Cup
Located in PARIS, FR
Camille METRA or METRA-HUBBARD (XIX - XX) The Thule King's Cup Oil on canvas Signed lower right and dated 1896. 113,5 x 146 cm Presentation at Union Exhibition of Women Painters and Sculptors 1896 under number 627 Figure painter and pastelist. She exhibited two works at the Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1895 under her maiden name METRA and implemented in 1896 in the same Salon as METRA-HUBBARD. Effectively, she married Monsieur Gustave Hubbard, Deputy of Seine et Oise, August 14, 1895. She was a member of the Union of Women Painters and regularly exhibited at the annual exhibition of 1891 to 1911 and she was repeatedly remarked. This painting refers to a poem published in 1782 by Goethe and resume it widely in his Faust (Part 1, 2759-82 lines). This poem will go to the full mode romantic nineteenth century by various translations of which the best known are Gérard de Nerval (1827) and later Louise Ackermann (1863). Franz Schubert...
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Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Stepping Out in NYC " Figure walking Dog in Soho Oil Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts American socialite, fashion influencer and entrepreneur Olivia Palermo with bold brush work and strong lines. Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the dra...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

"Sky 59" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 59" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky.
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Calailo - 20th Century Oil, Harbour Scene
Located in Corsham, GB
A colourful panoramic harbour scene. Presented in a gilt-effect wooden frame. Signed to the lower-right edge. On canvas on stretchers.
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Diversity" Original Botanical Oil Painting by Novak
Located in Denver, CO
Victoria Novak’s 2020 oil on canvas, "Diversity," is a beautifully composed botanical painting that exudes the vibrancy of nature’s palette. The artwork...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1960's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting - Figure in Red Jacket, large work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated 1960's Title: Interior scene with a figure in red jacket Medium: oil painting on board, framed. framed: 41.75 x 33.75 inches paint...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST SIGNED WATERCOLOUR - LADIES DAY AT THE BEACH
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Ladies At The Beach " by Maurice Mazeilie (French) watercolour painting on paper, unframed stamped verso painting: 5.5 x 7.5 inches A delightful original oil painting by the 20th ...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

'Prancing Horse' Dutch Contemporary Fresco Painting with a Horse
Located in Utrecht, NL
The pronounced technique is the first thing that strikes you when viewing the works of Jan Grotenbreg (1946). It is innovative and unique. The result of...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Pose
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

1970s Conceptual Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Desert's Crown" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Zhaoming Wu's "Desert's Crown" is an original, handmade oil painting.
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Early 2000s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Manner of Guido Reni (1575-1642) Saint Joseph and the Christ Child Oil on Metal
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Saint Joseph and the Christ Child" Manner of Guido Reni (1575-1642) Italian. Oil on Copper, Unframed painting: 9.35 x 7.25 inches Condition ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

GENEVIEVE ZONDERVAN (1922-2013) 1940's FRENCH OIL PAINTING - ELDERLY LADY SEWING
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Sewing" by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013) oil painting on board, dated 1944 board: 19.5 x 10.5 inches Superb mid-century oil painting on board by the French artist, Genevi...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Colt Dragoon
Located in Denver, CO
Biography Creating paintings inspired by western movies and by Remington and Russell, he is a native of the West, having been born and raised in rural Colorado. He studied art at Baylor University in Waco, Texas; at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, and at the University of Colorado, Boulder where he earned a Master's Degree in 1979. For two decades he worked as curator at the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Montana, before leaving in 1999 to begin work as a full-time painter and independent curator. His work is in the collections of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming; the Art Museum of Missoula; and the Yellowstone Art Museum; the Federal Reserve Bank in Helena, Montana; and the Deaconness Medical Center in Billings, Montana. Artist Statement For a long time, the images in my paintings have been identifiably, even iconically, western-stagecoaches and false-front main streets, poker games and gun battles, cowboys, Indians, cavalry troopers and horses, all suspended in a choreographed matrix of dancing paint. Distinct from the traditional western genre-which inventories the minutia of cowboy gear...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Broken Coach
Located in Denver, CO
This is a framed original painting. Biography Creating paintings inspired by western movies and by Remington and Russell, he is a native of the West, having been born and raised in rural Colorado. He studied art at Baylor University in Waco, Texas; at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, and at the University of Colorado, Boulder where he earned a Master's Degree in 1979. For two decades he worked as curator at the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Montana, before leaving in 1999 to begin work as a full-time painter and independent curator. His work is in the collections of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming; the Art Museum of Missoula; and the Yellowstone Art Museum; the Federal Reserve Bank in Helena, Montana; and the Deaconness Medical Center in Billings, Montana. Artist Statement For a long time, the images in my paintings have been identifiably, even iconically, western-stagecoaches and false-front main streets, poker games and gun battles, cowboys, Indians, cavalry troopers and horses, all suspended in a choreographed matrix of dancing paint. Distinct from the traditional western genre-which inventories the minutia of cowboy gear or tells sentimental stories of rangeland romance-my paintings embody something more elemental and timeless, animated and abstract. The images tend to be stark, graphic, and charged with painterly energy. Though they are derived from fugitive television images, the paintings, as paintings, are still, silent and non-ephemeral. They register the technological transfer of primal shadows onto the electroluminescent screens of our collective consciousness, a shimmering blur of perception and memory transposed in an interchange of gesture and description, painted marks simultaneously arresting and embodying movement. I've always liked what a painter friend, Marc Vischer, wrote in 1988 about an early group of my western paintings. Now, I'm fourteen years closer to actualizing my vision for this work, and his astute remarks seem more pertinent today than they did then. He wrote in part, "For McConnell, a searing light emanates from a new desert: that of television. And from that most desolate backdrop, he salvages fragments from a movie world that spoke of honor in a land that was lawless. In a romantic sense, McConnell's works are a visual seance. Figures, like specters distorted through intense heat waves, are captured from their eternity of 24 frames a second. Their shapes and shadows are brought back into a radically different world and given substance and texture. It is an impossible attempt to freeze them, to arrest the present's ceaseless molestation of the past, to close off the continuum. Sometimes this is done darkly and thickly as an emphatic gesture of permanence. In other works a few light strokes quickly applied suggest the ephemeral nature of film and perhaps the fleeting nature of our own lives." I have been examining new imagery in my paintings, drawing subjects from Mexican graphic novelas, modern women and men of romance and mystery from the mid-20th century, motorcycles and airplanes. The end titles of movies, stated in several languages, have inspired me to begin a new series of cross-media translations in both acrylic and watercolor. My paintings have long begun where the movies have left off. The elements of water and light co-mingle in some pieces from this series and in others which take the viewpoint of a swimmer, watching other swimmers from the wet side of this aqueous membrane, looking up toward the light. My arrival in Montana in 1982 brought me into intimate contact with some of the most storied places of the historic West and also gave me the opportunity to study the paintings of two of the most influential codifiers of western imagery, Frederic Remington and Charlie Russell...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel, Canvas

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

1990s Conceptual Figurative Paintings

Materials

Etching

We Took Them for Soldiers
Located in Denver, CO
This is a framed painted. Biography Creating paintings inspired by western movies and by Remington and Russell, he is a native of the West, having been born and raised in rural Colorado. He studied art at Baylor University in Waco, Texas; at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, and at the University of Colorado, Boulder where he earned a Master's Degree in 1979. For two decades he worked as curator at the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Montana, before leaving in 1999 to begin work as a full-time painter and independent curator. His work is in the collections of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming; the Art Museum of Missoula; and the Yellowstone Art Museum; the Federal Reserve Bank in Helena, Montana; and the Deaconness Medical Center in Billings, Montana. Artist Statement For a long time, the images in my paintings have been identifiably, even iconically, western-stagecoaches and false-front main streets, poker games and gun battles, cowboys, Indians, cavalry troopers and horses, all suspended in a choreographed matrix of dancing paint. Distinct from the traditional western genre-which inventories the minutia of cowboy gear or tells sentimental stories of rangeland romance-my paintings embody something more elemental and timeless, animated and abstract. The images tend to be stark, graphic, and charged with painterly energy. Though they are derived from fugitive television images, the paintings, as paintings, are still, silent and non-ephemeral. They register the technological transfer of primal shadows onto the electroluminescent screens of our collective consciousness, a shimmering blur of perception and memory transposed in an interchange of gesture and description, painted marks simultaneously arresting and embodying movement. I've always liked what a painter friend, Marc Vischer, wrote in 1988 about an early group of my western paintings. Now, I'm fourteen years closer to actualizing my vision for this work, and his astute remarks seem more pertinent today than they did then. He wrote in part, "For McConnell, a searing light emanates from a new desert: that of television. And from that most desolate backdrop, he salvages fragments from a movie world that spoke of honor in a land that was lawless. In a romantic sense, McConnell's works are a visual seance. Figures, like specters distorted through intense heat waves, are captured from their eternity of 24 frames a second. Their shapes and shadows are brought back into a radically different world and given substance and texture. It is an impossible attempt to freeze them, to arrest the present's ceaseless molestation of the past, to close off the continuum. Sometimes this is done darkly and thickly as an emphatic gesture of permanence. In other works a few light strokes quickly applied suggest the ephemeral nature of film and perhaps the fleeting nature of our own lives." I have been examining new imagery in my paintings, drawing subjects from Mexican graphic novelas, modern women and men of romance and mystery from the mid-20th century, motorcycles and airplanes. The end titles of movies, stated in several languages, have inspired me to begin a new series of cross-media translations in both acrylic and watercolor. My paintings have long begun where the movies have left off. The elements of water and light co-mingle in some pieces from this series and in others which take the viewpoint of a swimmer, watching other swimmers from the wet side of this aqueous membrane, looking up toward the light. My arrival in Montana in 1982 brought me into intimate contact with some of the most storied places of the historic West and also gave me the opportunity to study the paintings of two of the most influential codifiers of western imagery, Frederic Remington and Charlie Russell...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Clown with Big Pants
Located in New York, NY
Clown With Big Pants, 1942, by Everett Shinn (1876-1953) Oil on canvas 12 x 10 inches unframed (30.48 x 25.4 cm) 19 ½ x 17 ¼ inches framed (49.53 x 43.815 cm) Signed and dated on bot...
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20th Century Ashcan School Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Ripples Under the Surface - Contemporary British Landscape: Oil Paint on Canvas
Located in London, GB
The multi award winning artist Claire Wiltsher was born in Wales and studied at both Lancashire and Northumbria Universities. Claire’s work has attracted critical acclaim. In 2010 th...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Open Grazing, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Open Grazing," is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a green grassy pasture where a herd of chickens and sheep graze peacefully as a stream cuts through their landscape. About the Artist: Judd Mercer is a watercolor painter based in Denver, Colorado. After attending art school for industrial design, Judd pursued a career in digital design and user experience and is co-owner of Elevated Third, a Denver-based digital agency. After committing to writing and illustrating a full-length fantasy novel in his spare time, Judd began watercolor painting around 2014, studying with teachers such as Alvaro Castagnet, Joseph Zbukvic...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Heavy Rain - Wet City Streets: contemporary impressionism New York oil painting
Located in London, GB
UNSTRETCHED CANVAS (stretching & framing options available) David Hinchliffe is an Australian artist living in Brisbane. He is represented by galleries in London, New York, Tokyo, ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Scottish Coastal Seascape Fishing Village Fisherfolk on the Shore, Large Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Sheila Turner, British 20th century, signed and dated Title: The Fisherfolk, Scottish coastal village community Medium: signed oil painting on board, framed. fram...
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20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Pink Garden Roses" Oil painting of pink and red roses in a glass vase.
Located in Edgartown, MA
“I have been creating art on some level for as long as I can remember. Life has led me in various directions but one thing that has always remained a constant is my love for art and ...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Irises
Located in Deddington, GB
‘Irises’ an Original Painting by Rosemary Farrer [2022] original Acrylic on canvas Image size: H:40 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:50 cm x D:2cm Sold Unfra...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Serena
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
"Serena" by Megan Gibbons, oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, (gallery wrapped canvas) $3500. - My work focuses on the meaningfulness in ordinary moments. T...
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2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas Pink, Yellow, Green Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subuddha Ghosh - Untitled - 48 x 36 inches Acrylic on Canvas Subuddha lives and works in Kolkata, India. His canvas is always large and realistic. Using his photographic memory, Su...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Laurel Canyon - Large Blue Vibrant Colorful Original Contemporary Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
English artist Jonjo Elliot's large-scale still life works are a collision of expressionistic fauvism and his collections encourage a youthful candor. Plants thrive in environments the viewer wants to immerse themselves in. He’s interested in the crossover point between abstract and representational art and is constantly exploring where painting can take him and the viewer as a means of expression. This large 41 inch high by 63 inch wide original painting is created with acrylic paint on canvas. This artwork is signed on the front and back. This artwork is wired and ready to hang. 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 with this unique artwork. Jonjo Elliott is a mixed-media artist working in a range of mediums, from paper and paint to skate ramps, ceramics, and chairs. Working from his studio in the UK, his vibrant works are inspired by the spaces surrounding him, and his large-scale still lives are intended to bring color and delight into the homes of his collectors. A graduate of De Montfort University, he now manages a studio in Leicester. Jonjo's immersive and lively artworks are collected extensively in the UK, the US, and throughout the world. His works have been represented by Artplex Gallery since his Los Angeles solo show in 2019. REPRESENTATION Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA EXHIBITIONS 2023 'Fragmented Fluorescence', Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2022 'Slice of life', Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 'Instalive', 19 Karen gallery, Brisbane, Australia Affordable Art Fair New York City 2021 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles 2019 Solo Show, Artplex Gallery Affordable Art Fair, New York 2018 Solo Show, LCB Depot Affordable Art Fair, London “Love Art,” Curve Theatre Roys People Art Fair, Oxo, London “Love Art,” New Walk Museum 2017 “Daily Grind,” Solo Show, LCB Depot “Permanent Fixture,” Gujiko Gallery “Steep Learning,” Curve Theatre “Staircase,” De Montefort University “Joe Orton’s What the Butler Saw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

E.W.H. Smith - 1979 Oil, Sea View
Located in Corsham, GB
A bright oil painting by E.W.H. Smith, depicting a seascape with cliffs. Signed, dated and titled to the lower right-hand quadrant. On canvas on s...
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Protect", figurative acrylic painting on canvas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Protect", figurative acrylic painting on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Latex, Oil, Acrylic

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