Figurative Paintings
Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Expressionist
Color: Gray
Old Town Streets, Mid Century Modern Chilean Village Figurative Landscape
By Luis Valenzuela
Located in Soquel, CA
Old Town Streets, Mid Century Modern Chilean Village Figurative Landscape
Vibrant and expressive mid century modern figural landscape oil painting by Luis Valenzuela (Chilean, 20th Century), 1965. Small silhouetted figures stroll down the colorful yellow and blue city streets of old Santiago, Chile at night. The artist uses loose, painterly brushstrokes and dots the canvas with warm red highlights, giving this piece a sense of exuberance and life.
Signed "Luis Valenzuela 1965" lower left.
Presented in a carved period giltwood frame.
Board size; 20"H x 24"W.
Luis Valenzuela was born in Santiago de Chile. He studied his elementary and middle school in Victorino Lastarria (Providencia). At age 17 he started in the oil painting arts, where his innate talent flows. It was perfected in the Palace of Fine Arts (1964, 1965), receiving instruction from teachers Carlos Pedraza, Reinaldo Villaseñor, Matilde...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Canvas, Oil
"Twins" Oil Painting 35" x 24" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Twins" Oil Painting 35" x 24" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Bouquet of Peonies with blue background
Located in New York, NY
This painting is in excellent condition with no cracks in the paint, it is not relined and the canvas has been cleaned and in excellent condition. It also has a new 23 K. gold leaf ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Almazan Realistic Still Life Acrylic Painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Almazan Realistic Still Life Acrylic Painting framed
MIQUEL was an artist focused on the art of realism. His structured works on his great mastery of drawing, are romantic and tran...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Le port de Sète (South of France) - Oil on canvas, 66x92 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on Canvas by François Desnoyer, not framed. It depictes the port at Sète, in Occitanie, France.
François Desnoyer, né à Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne) le 30 septembre 1894, et mort...
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
SKULL DOG
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper
by artist Daria Kusto
Shipped well protected, rolled in a tube, unframed
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Dancing with Friends, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This painting shows a happy moment between friends dancing with each other. They close their eyes and lift their hands, fully immersing themselves in the experi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
New Born
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Most mornings we wake up to a physical reality of sharp contrast and clear-cut edges. Defined outlines help us navigate everyday life and the world around us. But the blurry fringes ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Vibrant 'Lyrical Expressionist' Portrait Painting on Canvas by Steve Balkin
Located in Hudson, NY
Steve Balkin (1938-2023)
This painting was purchased from Balkin's estate. It came from his home in upstate NY. It is titled "She's Always on my Mind", da...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Fire Ball by Anna Taganzeva-Kobzeva - Painting, oil on canvas, 2023
Located in Basel, BS
The painting Fire Ball by contemporary artist Anna Taganzeva-Kobzeva was shown at the group exhibition "Floral & Machine" at St. Paulus Church in Basel in 2023. The exhibition delves...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In The Room #5 by Katya Tsareva - Expressionist painting, oil on canvas, 2021
Located in Basel, BS
The Room #4 is the 4th work in "In The Room" series by contemporary artist Katya Tsareva. In this series the artist continues to analyze the difficult re...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In The Room #4 by Katya Tsareva - Expressionist painting, oil on canvas, 2021
Located in Basel, BS
The Room #4 is the 4th work in "In The Room" series by contemporary artist Katya Tsareva. In this series the artist continues to analyze the difficult re...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Aux Confins du Dire
Located in Miami, FL
Evelyne Ballestra's work with signs, symbols and esoteric spirituality reflects her passion for the ancient past and represents a symbolic return to the ground from which we emerged....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
‘Father Series No. 8' Portrait Oil Painting Contemporary Textured Art by Duan
By Duan Zhaonan
Located in Carmel, CA
'Father Series No. 8' by Duan is a compelling addition to the 'Father Series,' skillfully capturing the essence of a man with a profound portrayal. In this piece, the subject, seemin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sneak A Peek, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Sharon Sieben creates a stern portrait of a man who, despite his attempt to appear disinterested, finds himself unable to resist the allure of curiosit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
School Girl, Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"School Girl" is a portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 41.75" x 35.75" oil on board portrait is painted in a vibrant color palette. The p...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Contemporary Intricate Abstract Women Forms in Muted Dark Earth Tones Painting
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Title: «Orgia número 7»
Collection: Muses
Description: Acrylic on canvas, figurative, dark, love, gestural, modern
Symbolism of the number 7: love. This image tells us an erotic story about goddesses who embark on a soft and passionate orgy. Seven naked and uninhibited women in a paradisiacal setting."
Based on this description, the artwork in question is likely an erotic depiction of goddesses engaging in a sensual and passionate orgy. The symbolism of the number 7, which represents love, adds an additional layer of meaning to the artwork. The artwork is described as paradisiacal, suggesting that the women are enjoying themselves in a lush and idyllic environment. The image may be highly sensual and erotic, with a focus on the beauty and sensuality of the female form. The story being told is one of uninhibited pleasure and eroticism, with the goddesses embracing their sexuality and engaging in a free and passionate sexual experience.
Victoria Tsemka...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary Portrait of a Blue-Skinned Queen Adorned in Intricat Gold Jewelry
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Title: «Nefertiti»
Description: Acrylic on canvas, figurative, Portrait, modern
"She was and will continue to be the most beautiful woman of all times and peoples, without a doubt. Her popularity among the people did not fade with the exit from the historical stage of the reformer pharaoh."
The work is talking about a woman who is considered to be the most beautiful of all time and people, and her popularity has not diminished even after the exit of a reformer pharaoh from the historical stage. It suggests that her beauty is timeless and everlasting, and she is revered by people even in contemporary times. The description could be referring to a historical figure, possibly a queen or a renowned beauty.
Victoria Tsemka...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Inscribed
By Gail Foster
Located in Chattahoochee Hills, GA
A rare and visceral artist, Gail Foster’s works are passionately expressive rendering of complex ideas. Her latest endeavors include elemental photography of “trash-to- treasure” ass...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Recital
By Gail Foster
Located in Chattahoochee Hills, GA
A rare and visceral artist, Gail Foster’s works are passionately expressive rendering of complex ideas. Her latest endeavors include elemental photography of “trash-to- treasure” ass...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Ancient Cities Repairing
By Gail Foster
Located in Chattahoochee Hills, GA
A rare and visceral artist, Gail Foster’s works are passionately expressive rendering of complex ideas. Her latest endeavors include elemental photography of “trash-to- treasure” ass...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Favorite Spot
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
My library,
My favorite spot in town,
Where all my imagination meets.
My place of timeless excitement and constant joy.
I could travel the world from this point and could sail throug...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Against All Odds 7
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The face of this black woman shows the expression of victory, success, and triumph.
As humans, it is inevitable sometimes to experience difficulties, but this period strengthens us ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Wild Abundance - Colorful Large artwork Showstopper Expressionistic Beautiful
By Karnish Art
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: Wild Abundance
Colorful Large artwork Showstopper Expressionistic Beautiful
This vibrantly colorful celebration using different media will bring...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
‘Enlightened’ Abstract Portrait - Mixed Media 40"x30" by Masri
Located in Carmel, CA
Enlightened by Masri is a stunning abstract-portrait that depicts a man's upward transcendence into a state of enlightenment.
The thick, textured, and vibrant palette strokes of or...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Italian Florentine Figurative Expressionism Female Nude acrylic on canvas 21st
Located in Florence, IT
The painting is signed and dated: L. NOCENTINI 03.
The style of Ladislao Nocentini can be defined as a sort of Figurative Expressionism: his i...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Italian Tuscany Figurative Expressionism Female Nude watercolour ink paper 20st
Located in Florence, IT
The painting is signed and dated: L. NOCENTINI 92.
The style of Ladislao Nocentini can be defined as a sort of Figurative Expressionism: his i...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolor
Italian Tuscany Figurative Expressionism Female Nude ink on paper 20st
Located in Florence, IT
The painting is signed and dated: L. NOCENTINI 91.
The style of Ladislao Nocentini can be defined as a sort of Figurative Expressionism: his i...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
You Have To Be More Than Us
Located in Singapore, SG
Humans are formed by destiny, as if "cursed" so that they often feel unable to live without the help of other humans. Which of us can live alone? Who moves us? An eternal attachment ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gerhard Cohn Roemers (1900-1965) - Ponte Del Rialto Venice Italy – Oil Painting
By Gerhard Cohn Roemers
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Gerhard Cohn Roemers
(German, 1900 - 1965)
Ponte Del Rialto in Venice
• Oil on canvas, ca. 40 x 65 cm
• Frame, ca. 57 x 82 cm
• Signed and titled lower right corner
Gerhard Cohn Ro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled, Woman
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache and watercolor on paper
Estate of Sam Esses
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic zeitgeist in a career that stretched for more than 75 years.
Born in 1889, Scarlett had his first retrospective by 1928. He subscribed fully to the modernist credo. Interviewed at the time, he said: "If a futuristic painting...
Category
1940s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Woman with Blue Eyes
Located in Lawrence, NY
Goauche
Provenance: Estate of Sam Esses
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic zeitgeist in a career that stretched for more than 75 years.
Born in 1889, Scarlett had his first retrospective by 1928. He subscribed fully to the modernist credo. Interviewed at the time, he said: "If a futuristic painting...
Category
1940s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
A monkey in green Julien Wolf Contemporary art painting expressionnist animal
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
OIl paint on canvas
Hand-signed on the back by the artist
“At first glance, we are invited to a colorful carnival. Everything is movement here! As if Julien Wolf had tried to captur...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled" Contemporary Abstract Portrait of a Young Man by Masri
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri is a passionate Italian, US-based artist whose work has been exhibited in USA, the UK, Germany, Lebanon, Italy and Norway. His work is varied and known especially in Europe, an...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Subway No. 1 NYC Scene Midcentury Expressionist New York Scene Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Fritz Siegfried Samson Schames (born December 31, 1898 in Frankfurt, Germany) was a German-American painter.
Samson Schames came from an old-established Frankfurt Jewish family. The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Lets Play
Located in Wareham, GB
Lets Play is a mixed media painting on archival paper. The work is unframed and would be shipped in a tube. Alternatively for UK customers the work can be framed at Johnsons Picture ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper
'Untitled' Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Portrait by Masri
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri is a passionate Italian, US-based artist whose work has been exhibited in USA, the UK, Germany, Lebanon, Italy, and Norway. His work is varied and known especially in Europe, a...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Face of Contentment' Oil On Canvas by Masri
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri is a passionate Italian, US-based artist whose work has been exhibited in USA, the UK, Germany, Lebanon, Italy and Norway. His work is varied and known especially in Europe, an...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Aquarius" Oil Painting 31.5" x 51" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Aquarius" Oil Painting 31.5" x 51" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Year: 2014
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Night. Silence." Oil Painting 39" x 29" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Night. Silence." Oil Painting 39" x 29" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Year: 2010
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Disappearing" Oil Painting 27.5" x 39" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Disappearing" Oil Painting 27.5" x 39" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Year: 2010
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'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
La lagune à Venise, 1968-69, oil on paper laid on canvas by Jean Jansem
By Jean Jansem
Located in Carouge GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
La lagune à Venise, 1968-1969
Huile sur papier marouflée sur toile
Signée en bas à droite
50 x 65 cm
Bibliographie:
Cette oeuvre est enregistrée dans les archives de l’Association des Amis de Jean Jansem.
Figurera dans le catalogue critique de l’oeuvre de Jean Jansem actuellement en préparation par l’association des amis de Jean Jansem
Historique:
L’artiste a longuement séjourné à Venise, notamment à Mazzorbo et la lagune a toujours eu une place bien particulière dans l’oeuvre et le coeur de Jansem.
L’artiste y aura réalisé nombre de dessins et une trentaine de toiles seulement, dont chacune, représentation de l’eau et du ciel, est le témoin de l’imprégnation pérenne de la lumière si spécifique de la lagune dans l’oeuvre de l’artiste.
Cette œuvre est une bien belle démonstration de cette utilisation magistrale de la lumière.
Artiste français d'origine arménienne, né en 1920 en Turquie, Jansem arrive en France...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Le triomphe de la mort, 2000, oil on canvas by Jean Jansem
By Jean Jansem
Located in Carouge GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Le triomphe de la mort, 2000
Huile sur toile
Signée en bas à gauche et à droite
150 x 200 cm
Bibliographie:
Cette oeuvre est enregistrée dans les archives de l’Association des Amis de Jean Jansem.
Figurera dans le catalogue critique de l’oeuvre de Jean Jansem actuellement en préparation par l’association des amis de Jean Jansem
Historique:
L’indigence d’après-guerre et la difficulté inhérente de trouver les matériaux adéquats et/ou habituels, telles les couleurs, très onéreuses alors, ont poussé les artistes figuratifs de l’après-guerre, en corrélation avec les préoccupations de l’époque, à redéfinir les paradigmes de la représentation.
Il n’est plus question de chercher un sens mais bien pour les artistes d'étudier l’objet pour son intérêt formel, sa qualité intrinsèque. Le regard de l’artiste devient analytique et dépeint alors l’objet pour ce qu’il est et non plus pour son pouvoir évocateur ou symbolique.
La nature morte n’est plus une invitation sensuelle à la ripaille, la pomme ou la pêche n’évoque aucune envie de croquer, la cruche aucune ivresse, la volaille...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cat Face
Located in Austin, TX
By Pep Suari
39" x 39" Acrylic on Canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sacré-Coeur Montmartre at Willette Square Paris
By Lucien Génin
Located in London, GB
'Sacré-Coeur, Montmartre at Willette Square, Paris', gouache on art paper (circa 1930s), by Lucien Génin. Created by the Director of Public Ways and Promenades under Napoleon III, Sq...
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Latin Lady, Original Signed Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Latin Lady, Original Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Painting, 2021
30" x 15" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Mixed Media and Acrylic on Paper bonded to a Wood Panel
Hand-signed by the artist.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Fisherman
Located in Austin, TX
By Pep Suari
39" x 39" Acrylic on Canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Dayana
Located in Westport, CT
René Romero Schuler’s expressionistic paintings depict delicate female figures that she paints using a dry-brushed, minimalist hand, leaving her subjects mostly featureless but nonet...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Girl Thinking, Expressionist Portrait of Young Woman by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Girl Thinking" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 30" oil on board portrait of a young woman is painted in a vibrant color palette. The painting is framed in a new, black wood frame and signed "B Harmon" on verso. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel.
Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'The Park' by M. Phidias (circa 1920s)
Located in London, GB
'The Park', oil on canvas, by M. Phidias (circa 1920s). Painted using this artist's trademark impasto, the effect is to add depth and texture to the exuberant display of hues and ref...
Category
1920s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Potted Flowers
Located in London, GB
'Potted Flowers', oil on canvas, by Charles Kvapil (1933). Potted red geraniums symbolise happiness, good health, good wishes, and friendship. They are ...
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bouquet of Flowers
By Louis Marchand de Raux
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Bouquet of Flowers
Louis Marchand des Raux was born 1902-2000 in Touraine in the tiny village of Tourettes in France, where he grew up in such pov...
Category
1940s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Rabbi in Old Jerusalem Painting
By Isaac Frenel
Located in Surfside, FL
Yitzchak Frenel Frenkel, Israeli Master
In 1920, he established the artists' cooperative in Jaffa and an artists' studio in Herzliya. Later that year, he traveled to Paris where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière at the studios of the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle and painter Henri Matisse. He was one of the leading Jewish artists of École de Paris. Frenkel returned to Palestine in 1925 and opened the Histadrut Art School in Tel Aviv. His students included Shimshon Holzman...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Gazebo Under the Trees in Versailles' by M. Phidias
Located in London, GB
'Gazebo Under the Trees in Versailles', oil on canvas, by M. Phidias (1921). Painted using this artist's trademark impasto, the effect is to add depth and texture to the exuberant di...
Category
1920s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Faceless" Original Contemporary Abstract Portrait by Masri
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri is a passionate Italian, US-based artist whose work has been exhibited in USA, the UK, Germany, Lebanon, Italy and Norway. His work is varied and known especially in Europe, an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Alfons Alphons Müller (1898-1955) Expressive Oil Painting Switzerland c. 1950
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Alphons (Alfons) Müller
(Swiss, * 24.8.1898 Mitlödi, † 8.6.1955 Biel)
' Im Häfeli '
The small harbor at the Lake of Biel / Bienne in Switzerland
• Oil on artist board, ca. 47 x 38 cm
• Frame, ca. 54 x 45 cm
• Signed bottom right
Alphons Müller lived and worked in the watch industries in Biel/Bienne in Switzerland up to about 1933. He then decided to become a full-time artist and painted landscapes, still lifes, portraits/nudes in various styles up to his early death in 1955.
Alphons Müller was the proverbial hardworking bohemian artist. He lived in a small cold room above a pup and often struggled to make ends meet. On one hand he would paint commercial views of local beauty spots - often of the Lake of Bienne. These paintings were generally executed using very thin paint layers (to make the expensive material last longer ...) in a very bright impressionist style. On the other hand, he would create intelligent, generous and deep reaching images - especially during the war.
In the late thirties he meets his two loyal patrons, the baker Werner Gass and the pharmacist...
Category
1940s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
"Underwater love" Collage Mixed Media Woman Figure Painting on Wood Board, 2019
Located in Mantova, MN
Modern, elegant mixed media (oil, oil pastel, pencil, and collage) painting on wood board.
Through overlays and transparencies, the contemporary artist Federica Aiello Pini...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Pencil
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.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.