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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 1980s
Color:  Purple
Kamdhenu, Figurative, Watercolour on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sakti Burman - Kamdhenu Watercolour on Paper 14 x 20 inches Born : 1935 Kolkata Education : 1956 Government College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata and the Ecole Nationale des Beaux ...
Category

1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

'Lady in a Sun Hat', Carmel Art Association, Laguna Beach, CSFA, SWA, PAFA, CPLH
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Dooley' for Helen Bertha Dooley, (American, 1907-1994); additionally signed, verso, and titled 'Hat Lady'. Exhibited: Carmel Art Association, California, 1983. Provenance: Dr. Richard Ferguson, San Francisco. Helen Dooley...
Category

1980s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting King David Self Taught Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS (American-Israeli, b. 1931), ''David and Saul'', 1982, Gouache on paper Hand signed and dated lower right, titled in pencil on paper verso...
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1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Bible motive. Oil on canvas, 80x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bible motive. Oil on canvas, 80x40 cm
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Albert Pels, American 1910-1998 Social realist figural Portrait Oil on Canvas
Located in Hallowell, ME
Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Albert Pels was an art educator and painter of figures, genre scenes, urban and rural images, and illustration. He also did murals and worked in ...
Category

1980s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Morning glory. Surrealistic artwork. Oil on canvas, 65x92 cm
By Leonid Purygin
Located in Riga, LV
Bizarre scene of Lady in bed dreaming socially diverse erotic activities.
Category

1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Woman Sitting In The Chair
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Woman in the chair, heavy oil impasto on canvas framed. Elisabeth Sabala Abelló (Barcelona, 1956). She studied industrial design at the School of Arts and Crafts in Barcelona ​​and has a degree in Fine Arts, a specialty in painting, from the Central University of the same city. Sabala is a convinced figurative who has given all the prominence of her work to the representation of the human being in its most trivial aspects. At a time when the artistic landscape extols abstract and conceptual art focused on the great universal themes, Sabala continues to focus on the small defects that bring us closer to the collective and the human. The artistic progression of Sabala takes place, at first, from a bleak period to another vitalist and, later, from the representation of isolated characters (In the super, Reading the stories of the paintings) to the recreation of great concentrations of its peculiar individuals characterized in an endless number of situations (The Great Dance, The Girls of the Choir). Sabala's work is vital and touching, as well as scathing and satirical: it confronts its characters in the most varied situations, capturing, at the same time, the viewer's attention with an unusual juxtaposition of colors that do not seek chromatic harmony, but expression and movement through matter. In 1980 he won the first prize of a painting of the City of Castelldefels, and the following year he debuted individually in the Caixa Catalunya room, in Barcelona. In 1984, she was selected for the XXIII Joan Miró Drawing Prize, taking part in a traveling exhibition in Japan. Sabala won the first prize in the International Painting Competition of Pollença (Mallorca) in 1985, and the following year she took part in a collective held at the Martano gallery in Turin. That same year of 1986 she obtained the Scholarship of Plastic Arts of the Generalitat de Catalunya. He continues to hold personal shows in Barcelona, ​​Mallorca, Madrid, and Italy, and in 1989 he debuted in New York with an individual exhibition held at the Scott Alan Gallery. Since then she will reiterate his presence both in that city and in Paris, Berlin, Monaco, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Hong Kong, etc. His works have been present at Interactive, ARCO, Art Forum, Art Jonction and New Art, as well as in various Spanish museums. • Studies: Fine Arts, University of Barcelona • Industrial Design, School of Arts and Crafts, Barcelona Main exhibitions Spain: • Barcelona: ◦ Arcs & Cracks, 1990, 1992, Anna Benach 1993, Helena Ramos 1993 ◦ Maria Jose Castellvi 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001 “a wedding is a wedding” + Performance “Ella” ◦ 2004, 2006 “Fashion satisfaction” + Performance ◦ 2008 “Women's weapons” • Girona: ◦ Helena Ramos 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995 ◦ Cyprus Art...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

"The Dordogne river passing by Civrac", Sheila Querre oil/panel Romantic style
Located in Segovia, ES
"The Dordogne river passing by Civrac" blues and violets colours representing a very romantic and naif landscape by Sheila Querre Dimension art cm: 80 H x 65 W Dimension art inc...
Category

1980s Romantic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Contemporary Painting "Choose " by Ellen Steinfeld
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original modern surreal oil painting by American artist Ellen Steinfeld titled, "Choose" from the artist 2004 solo exhibition at The Castellani Art Museum.
Category

1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Pause that Refreshes
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mark Kostabi, American (1960 - ) Title: The Pause that Refreshes Year: 1989 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed verso Size: 72 x 60 in. (182.88 x 152.4 cm)
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Figurative Paintings for Sale

Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.

While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.

Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.

Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.

Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.

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