Figurative Paintings
Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 1980s
Color: Gray
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph, Mixed Media
Seaside Terrace
Located in London, GB
'Seaside Terrace', oil on canvas, by Jean-Jacques René (circa 1980s). A melancholy woman is seated on a terrace, the sea over her back with a dinghy and its single sailor passing beh...
Category
1980s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Collector" Surreal Abstract Geometric Pointillist Oil Painting
By Ron Hoover
Located in Houston, TX
Ron Hoover surrealist painting titled "The Collector" done in a pointillism style in 1987. This work was exhibited at the Palm Spring Desert Museum in 1990. Signed and dated by artis...
Category
1980s Pointillist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Steelheaders Are Born That Way - Landscape
By Robert E. Eddy
Located in Soquel, CA
Moody, atmospheric landscape watercolor of fishermen at dawn by listed artist Robert "Bob" Eddy (American, 1908-2008). Titled lower left: "Steelheaders Are Born That Way." Signed by ...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
PLAYBOY BUNNY
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Synthetic polymer drawing on paper. Unsigned. Warhol Foundation stamp on verso. Sheet size 31.5 x 23.5 inches. Custom framed as pictured.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Cert...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Polymer, Paper
Monet Cane
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
General Idea was founded in 1967 in Toronto by AA Bronson (b. 1946), Felix Partz (1945-1994), and Jorge Zontal (1944-1994). Over the course of 25 years, they made a significant contribution to postmodern and conceptual art in Canada and beyond.
The trio was both prolific and multi-disciplinary long before it became de rigueur. They worked across a wide range of media including photography, sculpture, painting, mail art, video, installations, multiples, and performance.
With their subversive approach and interest in parody and appropriation, General Idea addressed a broad range of social (and art-world) issues such as the cult of the artist, mass media, queer identity, and consumerism.
Thematic continuity was a key element for General Idea, who utilized longevity as an avenue to delve deeper into, build upon, and evolve with the complex and nuanced subject matter they took on.
“Monet Cane” is an extraordinary example of General Idea’s use of iconography, appropriation, (and mischief) from this era. Beginning in the early 1980s, General Idea began using the poodle as an emblem for the trio, quickly elevating it to one of the most dominant motifs in their practice. Both single poodles, and trios (which would be a sort of group self-portrait) appeared frequently in a variety of artwork during their last decade of production.
The 80's was a decade that saw appropriation flourish in the visual arts. General Idea made a significant contribution to this trend. While many of their contemporaries used mass-market images or objects (think Barbara Kruger, Jeff Koons, and Richard Prince) General Idea did not restrict themselves to accessible imagery but also claimed canonical images and blue-chip references.
General Idea created two major series of paintings featuring the trio of poodles; in pastels (which were often bleached in a commercial washing machine) and in neon colors.
This painting is exceptionally rare as it is one of four paintings made with this distinct flecked surface. This unique texture is a significant (and beautiful) anomaly at odds with their predominantly flat and graphic aesthetic.
The surface of the canvas is enveloped in tiny, weighted flecks of paint that have been layered to create an incredible texture. This application of paint, which appears to be chenille-like, recalls both the atmospheric pastel palette and impressionistic effects made famous by Claude Monet.
"Monet Cane" can not only be contextualized with other poodle paintings...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Side Stretch Nude" 1984 Figure Gouache and Pastel American Modernist
By Jack Hooper
Located in Arp, TX
Jack Hooper
"Side Stretch Nude"
9/7/1984
Gouache and pastel on paper
20"x26" unframed
Signed and dated in pencil lower left
In this intriguing modernist artwork, Jack Hooper's minim...
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Gouache
Untitled, Pen & Ink on Paper by Modern Indian Artist Somnath Hore "In Stock"
By Somnath Hore
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Somnath Hore - Untitled
Pen & Ink on Paper, 7 x 5 inches ; dated 07-10-86
Inclusive of shipment mounted not framed, Should you wish to receive the same framed and shipped kindly con...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Untitled, Pen & Ink on Paper by Modern Indian Artist Somnath Hore "In Stock"
By Somnath Hore
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Somnath Hore - Untitled
Pen & Ink on Paper, 7 x 10 inches ; 1980
Inclusive of shipment mounted not framed, Should you wish to receive the same framed and shipped kindly contact us. ...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Plaza nueva Barcelona Spain oil on canvas painting urbanscape
By Ignasi Mundó
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignasi Mundó Marcet (1918-2012) - Plaza Nueva Barcelona Spain - Oil on canvas
Canvas measures 73x60 cm.
Frameless.
MUNDO Ignasi
Ignasi Mundó trained at t...
Category
1980s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
goyesque scene watercolor
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
José Luis Florit Rodero (1909-2000) - goyesque scene - watercolor
Watercolor measures 42x30 cm.
Frame mesures 53x42 cm.
José Luis Florit Roder...
Category
1980s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Jean-Paul Sartre Yankel Contemporary painting portrait art oil paint
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas
Unique work
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large figure Yankel Contemporary painting figurative art blue portrait oil paint
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas
Unique work
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Grey Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist nude figure by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Signed "Louis Nadalini" in the lower right corner. Signed "Louis Ernie Nadalini" on verso. Unframed. Image...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Canvas, Oil
Myopia Polo Match c.1980's Oil on Canvas
Located in Bristol, CT
T S LaFontaine (after)
Expansive polo scene in oil on canvas c1980s
Art Sz: 23 1/4"H x 35"W
Frame Sz: 28 1/2"H x 40 1/2"W
Category
1980s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life with a blue armchair, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Pierre Coquet, Still life with a blue armchair,
Reference number F468
Framed with a natural oak floated frame
43 x 46 cm frame included (38 x 41 cm without frame)
This work is painted with oil on a paper that is laid on a board and placed in a made to measure wood strectcher. Stamp of the signature in the bottom right
Still lives are one of Pierre favourite subjects. Always in a very quiet atmosphere, with simple objects or alive nature.
Provenance : Workshop of the artist (stamped and numbered on the back)
Pierre Coquet (1926-2021) is a French painter who was born in Limas near Lyon, France.
He entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon in 1942 and followed the teaching of Antoine Chartres, Henri Vielly and René Chancrin. He won a prize in 1945 and joined a movement that wanted to be outside of any school whose name ends with “ism”, (like impressionism, cubism…) between figuration and the renaissance of Abstract Art, bringing together young generations under thirty and eager not to submit to any technique. The “Sanzism” (literally without « ism ») will bring together, among others, painters: James Bansac, Roger Bravard, André Chaix, Jean Mélinand, Paul Clair, André Cottavoz, Pierre Doye, Jean Fusaro, Jacques Truphémus, André Lauran...
Category
1980s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tin cans, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Pierre Coquet - Tin cans
Reference number F455
Framed with a natural oak floated frame
35 x 40 cm frame included (30 x 35 cm without frame)
This work is painted with oil on a paper t...
Category
1980s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
American Contemporary Art by Elena Borstein - Aboard The Miulis
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Elena Borstein currently lives and works in New York City and the Adirondack Mountains. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, She received her B.S. Degree from Skidmore C...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Seine at the Louvre. Oil on canvas, 50 x 65 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The Seine at the Louvre. Oil on canvas, 50 x 65 cm
Serge Mendjisky was born in 1929 in Paris. His father, Maurice Mendjisky, was a painter from the School of Paris, this is how Serge became acquainted with the world of arts since childhood. After completing his studies at the School of Fine Arts of Paris, he soon became a recognized artist and his work was exposed in Europe, Japan and the United States. He used photography to make his preliminary studies in painting.
By decomposing and recomposing the horizons of some of the most famous cities of the world like New York and Paris, Serge Mendjisky creates new urban landscapes which put into question our perceptive faculties.
Volumes, lights and colors create different visual rhythms which create new connections between time and space. Through Serge Mendjisky's creativeness, Broadway becomes an explosion of colored lights...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Downtown Los Gatos, California Street Scene
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming vintage oil painting of the iconic La Canada Building on the corner of North Santa Cruz Ave and W. Main Street in downtown Los Gatos, California by ...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grays and Tans, from digital group.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The artwork size is 22x29.5 inches, acrylic on paper.
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Characters at the edge of the wood, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Pierre Coquet - Characters at the edge of the wood
Reference number F382
Framed with a natural oak floated frame.
53 x 50 cm frame included (48 x 45 cm without frame)
This work is pa...
Category
1980s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bagatelle French Impressionist
By Claude Fossoux
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Bagatelle, French Impressionist.
Claude Fossoux was born 1946 in Paris of a Savoyard father and a Parisian mother. After school, Claude obtained a grant to study at the Ecole Nationa...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Manuel Pardo (1952-2012). Portrait, 1986. Oil on canvas, 11 x 13 inches. Unframed. Signed, dated and dedicated on verso. Excellent condition.
Manuel Pard...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Femme et Son Chat
By Armand Avril
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century work on paper of a woman seated in a chair with a cat by French artist Armand Avril. Signed and dated bottom left.
A vibrant and colourful depiction of a woman sea...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Barcelona Spain oil on canvas painting spanish seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pascual Fresquet Almurin (1930) - La Barceloneta Barcelona Spain - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 38x46 cm.
Frame size 48x56 cm.
Painter born in Hospital...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Still life with grey pitchers, oil painting on board by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Pierre Coquet - "Les pots gris"/"Grey pitchers"
Reference number F438
73 x 54 cm
The painting is not framed but it could be with a natural oak floated (s...
Category
1980s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Go, Igor, Go!', 1960's Night Club Go-Go Dancers, Large Post-Impressionist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Phillips' for Dick Phillips (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1965. Additionally signed, verso, on stretcher bar, 'Dick Ric...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Bouquet, light blue" Oil cm45 x 55
Located in Torino, IT
Blue, light blue, reading, flowers
Olga BOGAEVSKAJA (St. Petersburg 1915 – 2000)
She is regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad School of painting.
She was ...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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, Mixed Media
The first snow. 1989, oil on cardboard, 32, 5x40, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The first snow. 1989, oil on cardboard, 32,5x40,5 cm
The first snow depicted in the artist's work is characterized by fine detailing and nuanced colori...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, 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...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
#16 Remote Foreground
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Oil on canvas
13 x 20 inches
Signed and dated center right: "Matthew Spender / 1981"
Titled on canvas overlap verso: "#16 Remote Foreground"
Retail: $2...
Category
1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Snake, Large-Scale Visionary Abstract with Mystical Creatures by Barbara Carlson
By Barbara Carlson
Located in Soquel, CA
Snake, Large-Scale Visionary Abstract with Mystical Creatures by Barbara B. Carlson
Large scale abstract with Central America mythological motifs by Barbara B. Carlson an Orinda, California artist (American, b- 1933). Visionary painting reflecting a journey with Ayahuasca or Yagé, is an entheogenic brew made out of Banisteriopsis caapi vine and other ingredients. The brew...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Birches. Oil on canvas. 46, 5x70, 5 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Birches. Oil on canvas. 46,5x70,5 cm.
Arnolds Pankoks (born 1914.21.IX - 2008.)
Graduated Art Academy of Latvia (1937 – 43, 1945 – 47) with diploma w...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Modernist Oil Stick Drawing, Gray Barn With Red Sliding Doors Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Oil stick on paper titled "Barn Side with Sliding Doors" by George Vander Sluis (1915-1984) of a grey wooden barn with two windows as well as two r...
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Large Photo Realist Pop Art Watercolor Painting Children's Toys Teddy Bear Block
By Michael Beck
Located in Surfside, FL
Michael Beck (American, b. 1943)
Watercolor painting on paper, 1986
"First Fruits",
Hand signed, dated and titled along lower margins
Gallery label verso,
Matted and framed under plexiglass,
Dimensions: 38"h x 58"w (sight), 48"h x 67"w (frame)
Provenance: Property from a Major Corporate Art Collection; Corporate Art Directions, NYC
Michael Beck (b. 1943) ( American Photo Realist artist) was born in San Diego California. In 1971, he attended the California College of Arts and Crafts and was awarded the James D. Phelan Award in the Visual Arts, juried by artists Wayne Thiebaud and June Livingston. In June of 2014, he was awarded a Jackson Pollock- Lee Krasner Foundation award.
Michael Beck was part of the early Photo Realist Movement in California among other contemporaries like Robert Bechtle, Charles Bell, Chuck Close, Robert Cottingham and Richard Estes and Audrey Flack. Choosing vintage childrens toys as his subject matter. Michael Beck’s artwork stands out for its distinct subjects of toys and objects from a previous era. These unique items include vintage rocking horses...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Nature morte dans l'atelier/Still life in the workshop
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Reference number F356
Framed with an ebony color wood floated frame.
61 x 44 cm frame included (41 x 24 cm without frame)
This work is painted with oil on a board and placed in a mad...
Category
1980s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Narrative figurative landscape of a relaxing afternoon in Hyde Park, London
Located in Charleston, US
Magical outdoor realism in a grand scale is a fascinating conversation piece for an important indoor space. Kathryn Freeman, American, was living in ...
Category
1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Christmas Fair Barcelona Spain oil on canvas urbanscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cracked paint in upper left corner.
Barcelona, 1953
Painter, sculptor and draftsman of deep-rooted post-impressionist tradition among the most colorful exponents of the moment: Mir,...
Category
1980s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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 included in numerous private and museum collections, among them the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, and the UB Anderson Gallery (all of which are located in Western New York...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Thought by Irma Hediger - Watercolor on paper 15x25 cm
By Irma Hediger
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Industrial Cityscape Landscape Oil Painting Possibly Ukrainian Framed Blue Rare
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern industrial landscape painting.
Signed on the reverse what appears to be Palamar. Possibly Ukrainian artist Ivan Palamar.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape Oil cm62 x 80 1982
Located in Torino, IT
Russian landscape ,green
we send the work anywhere
OLGA BOGAEVSKAJA (Moscow, 1916 – St. Petersburg, 2000)
Works by Olga Bogaevskaja can be found in various private collections in E...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Modernist Self Portrait Figurative
By Sandra LaBoue-Erba
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant modernist self-portrait by California artist Sandra Lobue-Erba (American, 1945-2007). Signed lower middle edge. Unframed. Image: 21"H x 20"W.
Provenance: Purchased from art...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Oil
MARCHÉ AUX PUCES - Elio Ferrara Italian figurative oil on canvas painting
By Elio Ferrara
Located in Napoli, IT
Paris Marche' aux Puces - Oil on canvas Elio Ferrara, Italy, 1980s
Elio Ferrara was born in Naples in 1945, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts and then worked as a set designer at ...
Category
1980s Italian School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
procession, seashore, beach, colorful, humor, female figure, bather green tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Blending surrealistic elements with narrative, Mr. Basso is known for wildly imaginative and colorful work.
Category
1980s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Autumn day at the Lake. Oil on canvas. 49x69 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Autumn day at the Lake. Oil on canvas. 49x69 cm
Valiahmetov Amir Hasnulovitch (1927 07 01 Kazan - 2014 Moscow)
He graduated a Art Institut of Moscow by V. I. Surikov and learned to ...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Metaphysical Landscape - Painting by Maurizio Ligas - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
Metaphysical Landscape is an original contemporary artwork realized by Maurizio Ligas in 1984.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Hand signd, titled and dated on the back.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Aperitif time by Irma Hediger - Watercolor on paper 16x25 cm
By Irma Hediger
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Life's Souveniers, Surrealist Oil Painting by Tito Salomoni
Located in Long Island City, NY
Life’s Souvenirs by Tito Salomoni, Italian (1928–1989)
Date: 1984
Oil on Canvas, signed lower left
Size: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)
Frame Size: 25 x 2...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mardi Gras: Commedia Dell'Arte
By Palmer Schoppe
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a lifetime masterpiece painting by American artist Palmer Schoppe (1912-2001.)
Mardi Gras: Commedia Dell’Arte, is an original oil on can...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
watercolor
By Peter Max
Located in Wilton, CT
Original watercolor by Peter Max
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Edwardian Plein-Air Painters', Summer Landscape with Artists Working
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A bright and breezy oil landscape showing a group of plein-air painters in Edwardian costume working at their easels beneath clouded blue skies. Signed lower right, 'M. Kane' for Mel Kane...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fishermen's happiness. Cardboard, tempera, 21x29 cm
By Naum Grodno
Located in Riga, LV
Fishermen's happiness. Cardboard, tempera, 21x29 cm
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Cardboard
During flowering. Cardboard, oil, 23x28 cm
Located in Riga, LV
During flowering. Cardboard, oil, 23x28 cm
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Plugged In, Surrealist Oil Painting by Tito Salomoni
Located in Long Island City, NY
Plugged In by Tito Salomoni, Italian (1928–1989)
Date: circa 1984
Oil on Canvas, signed lower left
Size: 20 x 20 in. (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
Frame Size: 28 x 28...
Category
1980s Surrealist 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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