Board Figurative Paintings

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Inaccessible" is an oil painting that depicts a black and white landscape of dense trees and foliage with sunlight shimmering through. This piece is fram...

This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Wellies I" by Richard Gower is a captivating original figure ...

This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Park Life" by Richard Gower is an exquisite original cityscap...

Artist: Alexander Litvinov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Cardboard Style: Impressionism Year: 1990 Title: Monastery Size: 11.5" x 15.5"...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Still Imagined" is an oil painting that depicts a black and white landscape with leafless trees and saplings together in the dark Bio/artist statement: Todd Carpenter is a Los Angeles based artist who uses black and white paint to explore the perception of space and beauty. Carpenter's formal education is in science - he holds a MS in Neuroscience from UCSD and a BS in Psychobiology from UCLA - and he brings this background into service when making art. His paintings explore the mechanisms of perception and aesthetics, examining among other things how the depiction of light can impart realism and convey emotion. Like his paintings bridging art and science, Carpenter's career has similarly straddled the two fields, and he has taught subjects ranging from neuroscience and environmental science to photography and painting. Artist Statement As a painter, I am particularly interested in how the depiction of light contributes to our experience of paintings. Painting, as with any visual art, is obviously dependent on light. But painting can also have a more specific connection in that the accurate depiction of light is crucial for achieving realism. Realism in paintings largely arises from the portrayal of depth - perceiving a painting as being realistic is equivalent to seeing its subject as existing in more than just the two dimensions of the picture plane - and one of the mechanisms by which humans perceive depth is through lighting cues. Light creates features such as shading, shadow, and contrast that tell us about the three-dimensional arrangement of our surroundings, and artists often use these features to impart realism to paintings. Light also factors in to the emotional impact of paintings. The differential illumination of our surroundings can evoke different moods, as evidenced by the influence sunsets, candlelight, and darkness can have on us. Such effectssuggest that our perception of light could be tied to primitive instincts, with light signaling factors such as shelter, nightfall, and warmth, which were once crucial for survival. The depiction of light in paintings...

A very dramatically painted view of a woodland scene in the autumn with such vibrant colour and brushwork, typical of this very collectible artist. Garstin Cox (1892-1933) Woodland ...

A stunning depiction of a classical woman watering flower in the garden. Nemethy uses a bold impressionistic technique with thick use of paint and wond...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "Bright Lights" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting pedestrians strolling down a city street at dusk. About the Artist: (Born 1970) Denver-bas...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Eroded" is an acrylic painting that depicts a black and white urban landscape with city lights in the foreground. This piece is framed and ready to hang....

Figurative landscape painting of the Saint Jans Basilica and the Procession, Laren, Netherlands "Concept (After) Frits Hes (Dutch 1911-1972) of Hilversu...

Seth Winegar's (US based) "A Touch of Spring" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a landscape with a weathered barn and a tree with pink blooms. Bio/artist statement...

Frederick Vezin (1859 Torresdale Philadelphia - 1933 Düsseldorf), Autumn Landscape in the Sunlight, oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard, 32 x 41 cm (inside measurement), 44 x 51 cm (frame), signed and dates lower right "F. Vezin. [19]05". - Cardboard slightly curved, small inconspicuous retouch at the centre of the upper edge of the picture. About the artwork Although the painting appears to be a sketch, Frederick Vezin considered it to be a finished work of art, as evidenced by his signature on the lower right. And it is precisely this sketchy quality that leads to an understanding of the painting, which was certainly created in the landscape itself: the natural phenomena were to be depicted artistically at the moment of their observation. This is not done by meticulously sketching nature, but - and here Vezin follows the teaching of French Impressionism - by illustrating nature in its visual fullness. The artist's eye is, as it were, immersed in the visuality of nature, which is made visible by his hand. The painting is therefore not a reflection of the landscape, but its artistic intensification. This intensification also includes the fact that the foreground of the painting - corresponding to the field of vision - eludes a detail-oriented close-up view. Instead, the spatula-like application of paint, the vertical structure of which corresponds to the structure of the floral growth, has the effect of making nature tangible in its colourful substance. At the same time, the foreground, which remains indeterminate in its concrete objectivity, creates an atmospheric space that connects with the actual protagonist of the picture, the group of trees, which flares up in shades of red and brown. Here, too, the leaves are more speckled than clearly outlined. It is precisely this 'sketchiness' that opens up a visual experience that makes the landscape accessible in its visual fullness, thus revealing its essence. In addition to this abundance, the landscape is presented as a structure of order in that the composition of the picture makes the composition of the landscape visible. For example, the group of trees forms a distinct dark green shadow, which is repeated in the shadows cast by the trees behind it. A patterned diagonal axis is created in the picture, which is composed in this way by the landscape itself. Strictly speaking, this is a cultivated landscape: a fence at the bottom and a low stone wall at the top, running from left to right, are two elements that also have a strong compositional effect. And on the top of the hill, a stone house is embedded in the landscape as the brightest surface in the picture. Nature and culture here form a harmonious synthesis, giving the painting an Arcadian touch. In order to give the landscape as much space as possible, the horizon line is raised, but the design of the sky is also crucial. The clouds, combined with the shapes of the trees, create a bright blue sky. To the European eye, such a sky is reminiscent of a summer landscape. Accordingly, within the seasonal cycle, the blue sky is reserved for summer, and French Impressionism is also primarily an ode to summer. In Vezin's painting, however, the brilliant blue sky stands above an autumnal landscape, some of the trees even defoliated. It can therefore be assumed that the painting was made not in Europe but in the United States, and that it illustrates the proverbial Indian summer, making Frederick Vezin a pioneer of American landscape painting. About the artist Frederick Vezin was the son of a French immigrant to the United States and a German-born mother. This predestined him to promote artistic exchange between the old and new worlds. Having spent part of his schooling in Germany, in 1876, at the age of 20, he enrolled at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art, where he studied with Peter Janssen the Elder, Eduard von Gebhardt and Wilhelm Sohn, among others. He graduated in 1883, settled in Munich and returned to Düsseldorf in 1895, where he lived until his death in 1933. A native of the United States, he travelled to the country frequently and became a popular portrait and society painter. His artistic talent, however, was most evident in his landscape paintings. Trained in French Impressionism, he developed a virtuoso use of colour and a free brushwork that remained tied to the landscape motif, opening up the landscape itself in a new way. Frederick Vezin turned his attention primarily to the landscape of his homeland, becoming a pioneer of modern American landscape...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Starkness" is an oil painting that depicts a black and white landscape of dense trees and foliage with sunlight shimmering through. This piece is framed ...

Mom, Daughter, Little Girl, Orange Shipment is included in the price everywhere ALEKSEJ and SERGEJ TKACHEV (Chuchunovka, Brjansk, 1925 and 1922) 特卡乔夫兄弟 Works by the Tkachev brot...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "Roadway" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a busy city street filled with the bright patterning of cars and passerby. About the Artist: ...

Seth Winegar's (US based) "Lunch Time" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a landscape with three black cows grazing. Bio/artist statement: Seth Winegar is a fine art...

Seth Winegar's (US based) "Feeding Time" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a landscape with a white barns and cows at feeding time. Bio/artist statement: Seth Wine...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "A Dark Light" is an oil painting that depicts a dark landscape of a forest of trees Bio/artist statement: Todd Carpenter is ...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "Intersection" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting an urban scene below the El 1's tracks with patterned shadows. About the Artist: (Born 1970...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Phase" is an acrylic painting that depicts a black and white landscape of soaring peaks. Bio/artist statement: Todd Carpenter is a Los Angeles based ar...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Entrained" is an oil painting that depicts a black and white urban landscape with city lights in the foreground. This piece is framed and ready to hang. ...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Regression" is an acrylic painting that depicts a black and white landscape. Bio/artist statement: Todd Carpenter is a Los Angeles based artist who use...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Fractal" is an acrylic painting that depicts a black and white landscape full of trees and foliage, with glittering sunlight peeking through. Bio/artis...

A stunning depiction of boats docked in a Cape Cod harbor. Nemethy uses a bold impressionistic technique with thick use of paint and wonderful impressi...

Girl with Umbrella and Baskets - Basket Seller in Old Mexico Original Oil Original oil painting depicting a small black haired woman by Pat Marker (A...

Abstract Figurative ARTIST: Hayk Gasparyan WORK: Original oil Painting, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Cardboard, Unique style, YEAR: 2016 STYLE: Abstract, Figurative SUBJECT: Emotion ...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Melted" is an oil painting that depicts a black and white panoramic landscape of soaring peaks. Bio/artist statement: Todd Carpenter is a Los Angeles b...

This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Kensington Gardens, Albert Memorial" by Michael Alford captur...

Impressionist Landscape oil of the world famous Stone Henge in the UK Charles Bertie Hall painted scenes all over England, Europe, and America in a trad...

A very whimsical depiction of a woman blowing bubbles in a yellow dress texting on her phone. This piece captures the essence of fashion and Haute Couture effortlessly. Done in a ver...

Seth Winegar's (US based) "Summer Garden" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a rose bush with pink petals in the blue twilight and a small...

This Impressionist oil sketch of the Surrey Hills by Charles Bertie Hall beautifully captures the tranquil charm of the English countryside with a focus on the expansive, atmospheri...

A stunning depiction of a boat sailing toward a lagoon. Nemethy uses a bold impressionistic technique with thick use of paint and wonderful impressions. With unique colors, we can fe...

Yana Beylinson's (US based) "Surge" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts impressionistic flowers of white, yellow and pink melding together with green leaves. Artist ...

Yana Beylinson's (US based) "Watermelon" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts impressionistic flowers and fruit on a neon blue background....

This exquisite Impressionist sketch of a seascape by Charles Bertie Hall, with the sun setting over the Connecticut shore, radiates tranquility and timeless beauty. Hall masterfully ...

A very whimsical depiction of a woman in a red dress leaning on a beautiful white piano in thought. This piece captures the essence of fashion and Haute Couture effortlessly. Done in...

Tango. 1998, cardboard, oil, 36.5x30 cm

Bruno Burattini Villa Piedimonte, Bologna, circa 1918 Inscribed verso Oil on board 13 3/4 x 18 inches

Abstract Figurative ARTIST: Hayk Gasparyan WORK: Original oil Painting, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Cardboard, Unique style, YEAR: 2016 STYLE: Abstract, Figurative SUBJECT: Shape an...

Abstract Figurative ARTIST: Hayk Gasparyan WORK: Original oil Painting, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Cardboard, Unique style, YEAR: 2016 STYLE: Abstract, Figurative SUBJECT: Dialogue...

Abstract Figurative ARTIST: Hayk Gasparyan WORK: Original oil Painting, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Cardboard, Unique style, YEAR: 2016 STYLE: Abstract, Figurative SUBJECT: Bycking...

A beautiful impressionist oil on board by Zlatan Pilipovic depicting a nude lady reclining on a blanket in the artist's studio. The work is very well ...

Very interesting painting of the French Village of Beziers by this rare American city and town painter. Little is known about Smallwood other than they painted at the beginning of ...

Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...

Inscribed, verso, with artist's name, Axel Helsted (Danish, 1847-1907) and painted circa 1895. Additionally titled, verso, 'Madonna'. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. ...

Suchitra Bhosle's "Memories of Kyoto" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a Japanese woman draped in a kimono undressing in a dimly lit room. About the Artist: Suchi...

Mystery American Artist No. 9 Glouchester, c. Early 20th Century Oil on artist board 16 x 20 in. Framed: 20 x 24 x 1 1/2 in. Signed lower left Inscribed verso: Dolitsky / No 9 Glouch...

Solvita in the garden 1990, cardboard, oil, 35x50 cm.

An interesting, American School Mid-century tempera painting showing a view of a seated clown rehearsing his dogs for a dance routine while a bareback rider in costume observes in th...

Suchitra Bhosle's "I Will Bring You Good Luck" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts white and orange koi fish mingling and surfacing in the shallow blue water of a koi ...

Laimonis Bubieris (1934-2012), Sitting girl, cardboard/oil, 70x60 cm

American Impressionist sketch of an American Yacht moored in a harbor ,CT or MA Charles Bertie Hall painted scenes all over England, Europe, and America in a traditional Impressioni...

Ryan Morse's "Limbo" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an Asian female figure hugging her knees to her chest as her black hair cascades dow...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Where no one Hears" is an oil painting that depicts a black and white landscape full of dense trees and foliage, with glittering sunlight peeking through...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Darkness Rises" is an oil painting that depicts a city in the distance glimmering in the darkness with a few sparse and leafless trees vaguely blocking its view Bio/artist statement: Todd Carpenter is a Los Angeles based artist who uses black and white paint to explore the perception of space and beauty. Carpenter's formal education is in science - he holds a MS in Neuroscience from UCSD and a BS in Psychobiology from UCLA - and he brings this background into service when making art. His paintings explore the mechanisms of perception and aesthetics, examining among other things how the depiction of light can impart realism and convey emotion. Like his paintings bridging art and science, Carpenter's career has similarly straddled the two fields, and he has taught subjects ranging from neuroscience and environmental science to photography and painting. Artist Statement As a painter, I am particularly interested in how the depiction of light contributes to our experience of paintings. Painting, as with any visual art, is obviously dependent on light. But painting can also have a more specific connection in that the accurate depiction of light is crucial for achieving realism. Realism in paintings largely arises from the portrayal of depth - perceiving a painting as being realistic is equivalent to seeing its subject as existing in more than just the two dimensions of the picture plane - and one of the mechanisms by which humans perceive depth is through lighting cues. Light creates features such as shading, shadow, and contrast that tell us about the three-dimensional arrangement of our surroundings, and artists often use these features to impart realism to paintings. Light also factors in to the emotional impact of paintings. The differential illumination of our surroundings can evoke different moods, as evidenced by the influence sunsets, candlelight, and darkness can have on us. Such effectssuggest that our perception of light could be tied to primitive instincts, with light signaling factors such as shelter, nightfall, and warmth, which were once crucial for survival. The depiction of light in...

Jaclyn Alderete's (US based) "Wrung" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts lone woman in blue flowing skirt holding her hands over her fac...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Panpandemic" is an oil painting that depicts a black and white landscape of towering snow capped mountains and vast, deserted valleys Bio/artist statement: Todd Carpenter is a Los Angeles based artist who uses black and white paint to explore the perception of space and beauty. Carpenter's formal education is in science - he holds a MS in Neuroscience from UCSD and a BS in Psychobiology from UCLA - and he brings this background into service when making art. His paintings explore the mechanisms of perception and aesthetics, examining among other things how the depiction of light can impart realism and convey emotion. Like his paintings bridging art and science, Carpenter's career has similarly straddled the two fields, and he has taught subjects ranging from neuroscience and environmental science to photography and painting. Artist Statement As a painter, I am particularly interested in how the depiction of light contributes to our experience of paintings. Painting, as with any visual art, is obviously dependent on light. But painting can also have a more specific connection in that the accurate depiction of light is crucial for achieving realism. Realism in paintings largely arises from the portrayal of depth - perceiving a painting as being realistic is equivalent to seeing its subject as existing in more than just the two dimensions of the picture plane - and one of the mechanisms by which humans perceive depth is through lighting cues. Light creates features such as shading, shadow, and contrast that tell us about the three-dimensional arrangement of our surroundings, and artists often use these features to impart realism to paintings. Light also factors in to the emotional impact of paintings. The differential illumination of our surroundings can evoke different moods, as evidenced by the influence sunsets, candlelight, and darkness can have on us. Such effectssuggest that our perception of light could be tied to primitive instincts, with light signaling factors such as shelter, nightfall, and warmth, which were once crucial for survival. The depiction of light in paintings...