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Medium: Graphite
Untitled #6 - Original Graphite Drawing on Panel, Two Figures in Intimate Moment
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
"Untitled #6" is a graphite drawing by Rick Sindt. The central figure is gazing onto the other with such intensity yet that is offset by the gentle caress of the hair. The graphite...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Graphite
Double Sophia
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Lee Wells
Double Sophia, 2018
Hand embellished monoprint on canvas with projection mapped video
125 x 150 cm
Contact for video link.
Sophia’s Safehouse in an Uncanny Valley examines the recent celebrity culture of humanoid AI as a way to better understand humanity, authenticity, identity, and memory in the early 21st century. The installation, inspired in part by the dystopian literary works of George Orwell, Mary Shelley, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Monoprint, Canvas, Video, Acrylic, Graphite
$17,500
Portraits of Androids, Blond Sophia
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Portraits of Androids, Blond Sophia #1, 2018
Hand embellished monoprint on canvas
47 1/5 × 35 2/5 in
120 × 90 cm
Sophia’s Safehouse in an Uncanny Valley examines the recent celebrity culture of humanoid AI as a way to better understand humanity, authenticity, identity, and memory in the early 21st century. The installation, inspired in part by the dystopian literary works of George Orwell, Mary Shelley, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite, Monoprint
Donna Isham Portrait Female Blue Face Black Abstract Figurative People
Located in Nantucket, MA
The title of this painting is Isis. Dark tones combined with accents of blue present a confident female portrait.
Category
2010s Abstract Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
Blond Sophia #1
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Blond Sophia #1, 2018
Hand embellished monoprint on canvas
47 1/5 × 35 2/5 in
120 × 90 cm
Sophia’s Safehouse in an Uncanny Valley examines the recent celebrity culture of humanoid A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Monoprint, Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Burka Bikini Girl
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Burka Bikini Girl, 2019
Oil and graphite on canvas
15.75 x 11.75 inches (40 x 30 cm)
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptua...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Graphite
Portraits of Androids, Double Sophia
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Lee Wells
Double Sophia, 2018
Hand embellished monoprint on canvas with projection mapped video
125 x 150 cm
Contact for video link.
Currently on view as part of Sentient Electroics at Wallplay Seaport
Sophia’s Safehouse in an Uncanny Valley examines the recent celebrity culture of humanoid AI as a way to better understand humanity, authenticity, identity, and memory in the early 21st century. The installation, inspired in part by the dystopian literary works of George Orwell, Mary Shelley, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Video, Acrylic, Graphite, Monoprint
Summer Blue
By Liz Barber
Located in Napa, CA
My paintings are layered bursts of energy inspired by nature’s movement, blending the here and now with memories. Forms and lines fall into a sea of emotion. Shapes and reflections d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
$6,500
Donna Isham Portrait Female Abstract Figurative Modern Face Gray Red
Located in Nantucket, MA
Blurred is the title of this painting. A softer pallet of grays with touched of red gives a more gentle image of the female than her newer works.
Category
2010s Abstract Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
Clover 7
By Liz Barber
Located in Napa, CA
My paintings are layered bursts of energy inspired by nature’s movement, blending the here and now with memories. Forms and lines fall into a sea of emotion. Shapes and reflections d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
$6,500
Larry Rivers Painting
By Andrew Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
In highly developed nations today there is a widespread alienation and loneliness that engenders fear and distrust, a restrictive self-righteousness of thought, and a dread of what-c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Color Pencil, Graphite
Duck, Duck!---Geese! - Farm Children looking at Geese
Located in Miami, FL
signed in orange along lower right of image
Illustration for Women's World magazine, published October, 1937
Condition is good. 4.5 inch, unobtrusive vertical crease running from top down into center of image
Maginel Wright Enright Barney was the sister of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the illustrator of several children''s books, including those of L. Frank Baum...
Category
1930s Feminist Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Sun Bloom 3
By Liz Barber
Located in Napa, CA
My paintings are layered bursts of energy inspired by nature’s movement, blending the here and now with memories. Forms and lines fall into a sea of emotion. Shapes and reflections d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
$6,900
Spring Petal 4
By Liz Barber
Located in Napa, CA
My paintings are layered bursts of energy inspired by nature’s movement, blending the here and now with memories. Forms and lines fall into a sea of emotion. Shapes and reflections d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
$15,500
Mixed Media on Cowboy
Located in New Orleans, LA
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Graphite
Division of realities
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
The artist has divided the image into three vertical bands, reminiscent of a flag, where each section represents a distinct and autonomous reality. On the left, against a vibrant cri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Graphite, Wood Panel, Tempera
Contemporary Dark Neon Technology Science Hyperrealism Graphic Acrylic Painting
By Kyle Butler
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mundane grey ruins are pierced by sharp pings of neon color in this painting that both suggests and supersedes narrative, colliding, conflating, and contrasting the figurative and th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Panel, Graphite
The Cub Book of Trucks. Title Page
By Art Seiden
Located in Miami, FL
Art Seiden was a children's book illustrator in New York City.
Seiden was a members of The Society of Illustrators
Category
1960s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pen, Permanent Marker, Graphite
Love Story Couple in Romantic Bliss Illustration - Mid Century
By Joe Bowler
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome man and a beautiful woman are depicted in a rapturous pose. Their bodies are intertwined with each other and with the surrounding floral elements. This masterfully render...
Category
1950s Romantic Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Pencil, Graphite
$14,400 Sale Price
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Autumn 5
By Liz Barber
Located in Napa, CA
My paintings are layered bursts of energy inspired by nature’s movement, blending the here and now with memories. Forms and lines fall into a sea of emotion. Shapes and reflections d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
$4,500
Sun Bloom
By Liz Barber
Located in Napa, CA
My paintings are layered bursts of energy inspired by nature’s movement, blending the here and now with memories. Forms and lines fall into a sea of emotion. Shapes and reflections d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
$6,900
Partners with Owl Spirit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
In the series Figurative II, the figures are connected to the spirit world through animals via folklore, myth and dream. They are archetypal figures, aspects of ourselves which expos...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Untitled (Home remix #1)
By Anne Muntges
Located in Buffalo, NY
You are viewing an original mixed media work by emerging American artist Anne Muntges featuring the mediums of graphite, and spray paint on wood panel
Anne Muntges is an artist wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Spray Paint, Wood
Sun Bloom 2
By Liz Barber
Located in Napa, CA
My paintings are layered bursts of energy inspired by nature’s movement, blending the here and now with memories. Forms and lines fall into a sea of emotion. Shapes and reflections d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
Golden Age of Illustration Romance Story, Man Woman Relationship - Green Yellow
Located in Miami, FL
This impeccably rendered mid-century double portrait of a quarreling man and woman exhibits a supreme academic training knowledge lost in almost all contemporary art. It features an ...
Category
1960s Romantic Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache, Pencil, Graphite
"The Clever Sister.", Story Illustration for Woman's Home Companion
By Edwin Georgi
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: December, 1946
Medium: Gouache and Graphite on Board
Dimensions: 17.50" x 26.75"
Signature: Unsigned
"The Clever Sister." Illustration for the first part of the story of the s...
Category
1940s Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board, Graphite
Spring Daydream 1
By Liz Barber
Located in Napa, CA
Liz Barber pursued painting while obtaining her degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and Moore College of Art. She currently resides in Marietta, Georgia. Barber’s paintings ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
Water mirrors Series
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Daniel Berman's production is not only torrential and overflowing but also mutating as if it were a chameleon, it changes to support and scale to explore the possibilities of each te...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
Norwegian Contemporary Art by Dani André Skogfelt - Swimming Part 4
Located in Paris, IDF
Digital Graphic Artwork
Framed 67.3 x 49.7 x 1 cm, acrylic frame
Dani André Skogfelt is a visual self-taught Norwegian artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Oslo, Norway. He s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Norwegian Contemporary Art by Dani André Skogfelt - Swimming Part 3
Located in Paris, IDF
Digital Graphic Artwork
Framed 67.3 x 49.7 x 1 cm, acrylic frame
Dani André Skogfelt is a visual self-taught Norwegian artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Oslo, Norway. He s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Coyote’s Travels: The Fool and Death, Oil Pastel Painting by Daniel Duford, 2024
Located in Orange, CA
Coyote’s Travels: The Fool and Death, Oil Pastel Painting by Daniel Duford, 2024
Additional information:
Medium: Oil pastel, conte crayon and graphite on paper
Dimension: 36 × 51 1/...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Oil Pastel, Paper, Graphite
Beautiful Blond Hair and Blue Eyed Woman - Mid Century Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
This brilliantly rendered female portrait by a major American post-war illustrator known for his stunningly glamorous women. Notice how all the elements of the composition work tog...
Category
1960s American Realist Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Fiberboard, Graphite
Pictorical action #1, Monolith
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Daniel Berman's production is not only torrential and overflowing but also mutating as if it were a chameleon, it changes to support and scale to explore the possibilities of each te...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
Portraits of Androids, Double Sophia
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Lee Wells
Double Sophia, 2018
Hand embellished monoprint on canvas with projection mapped video
125 x 150 cm
Contact for video link.
Currently on view as part of Sentient Electroics...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Video, Acrylic, Graphite, Monoprint
PALI : mixed media work of art
Located in New York, NY
Artwork by New York artist Gail Postal.
Graphite, Oil Paint, Swarovski Crystals.
Postal has had two major influences on her work – old hand tinted black and white Japanese photographs...
Category
2010s Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Graphite, Mixed Media
Bañistas triple sombra (Triple Shadow Bathers), figurative painting, organic
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The pieces attract by the power of the pictorial gesture materialized in the line, the shape, and the color. For Daniel, each painting contains and transmits the energy that was embo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
Burning Stone
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Daniel Berman's production is not only torrential and overflowing but also mutating as if it were a chameleon, it changes to support and scale to explore the possibilities of each te...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Cotton, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
30x22 in. Re- Enter - Ink, Acrylic, Graphite on paper, unframed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful piece by Alexis Portilla, unframed.
Re-Enter
30x22 in.
Ink, Acrylic, Graphite on paper
Unframed
Framing available
The artist Alexis Portilla obtained his Masters of Fine Arts at Columbia University in 1990. His bold linear lines, use of symbols, pictographs and strong colors create atmospheric abstracts.
“Using simple forms and creating swathes of rich texture, Alexis Portilla builds atmospheric abstract paintings that convey a sense of time having passed. Brushy areas of color suggest the indeterminacy of memory, while bold linear forms speak for the present.”
- Meredith Mendelsohn, Art News magazine review.
Influenced by the emotion of artistic expression in music, poetry and literature, the artist finds bold expression in color, lines and shapes that resemble pictographs, and texture.
The artist has shown in group and solo exhibitions nationally for more than 20 years. His works have been commissioned by major corporations, universities and for private collections.
Education
MFA, Columbia University
BFA, Pratt Institute
Selected Public Collections
Penn State University
New York Public Library
Selected Corporate Collections
Harvard Club...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
MAMADOU : mixed media work of art
Located in New York, NY
Artwork by New York artist Gail Postal.
Postal has had two major influences on her work – old hand tinted black and white Japanese photographs an...
Category
2010s Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Graphite
Star Trek: Next Generation #31 "Foreign Foes" Paperback Book Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed and Dated
Will Riker, Deanna Troi, and Worf are featured on this fantastic painting by Keith Birdsong that was used as the cover for the novel "Foreign Foes" by Da...
Category
1990s Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Color Pencil, Graphite
Moonlight Bends Over the Black Silence
Located in New Orleans, LA
Materials: Graphite and hand-sewn beads on primed linen
MONICA ZERINGUE received her Masters of Fine Arts from the University of New Orleans in 2006, and her BA in 1993. In 1999 she...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Graphite
Violet 3
By Liz Barber
Located in Napa, CA
My paintings are layered bursts of energy inspired by nature’s movement, blending the here and now with memories. Forms and lines fall into a sea of emotion. Shapes and reflections d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
$7,500
Bañistas triple sombra (Triple Shadow Bathers)
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The pieces attract by the power of the pictorial gesture materialized in the line, the shape, and the color. For Daniel, each painting contains and transmits the energy that was embo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
Bañistas triple sombra (Triple Shadow Bathers)
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The pieces attract by the power of the pictorial gesture materialized in the line, the shape, and the color. For Daniel, each painting contains and transmits the energy that was embo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
Bañistas triple sombra (Triple Shadow Bathers)
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The pieces attract by the power of the pictorial gesture materialized in the line, the shape, and the color. For Daniel, each painting contains and transmits the energy that was embo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
Bañistas triple sombra (Triple Shadow Bathers)
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The pieces attract by the power of the pictorial gesture materialized in the line, the shape, and the color. For Daniel, each painting contains and transmits the energy that was embo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
Bañistas triple sombra (Triple Shadow Bathers)
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The pieces attract by the power of the pictorial gesture materialized in the line, the shape, and the color. For Daniel, each painting contains and transmits the energy that was embo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
All the palm trees IV
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The pieces presented by Daniel Berman attract by the power of the pictorial gesture materialized in the line, the form, and the color. For Daniel, each p...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
All the palm trees I
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The pieces presented by Daniel Berman attract by the power of the pictorial gesture materialized in the line, the form, and the color. For Daniel, each p...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
NEARBY
Located in New York, NY
The artist is dealing with the fullness of life, while the ground becomes shakier. There is nostalgia for a lush world that never actually existed. Her lighthearted series of drawing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Graphite
Price Upon Request
"300 Yards and a Bullet. That's all I need!, " Graphite and Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Houston, TX
This graphite and acrylic painting on canvas is from a series called "Lovers and Assassins." Here you can see Bhatt playing with the idea of seduction, self-sacrifice, persecution, b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Graphite, Canvas
"In Death Shall We Meet?" Graphite and Acrylic on Canvas, Symbolism, Indian Art
Located in Houston, TX
This graphite and acrylic painting on canvas is from a series called "Lovers and Assassins." Here you can see Bhatt playing with the idea of seduction, self-sacrifice, persecution, b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Graphite, Canvas
"Be Born From Me #1, " Graphite and Acrylic on Canvas, Symbolism, Indian Artist
Located in Houston, TX
This graphite and acrylic painting on canvas is from a series called "Lovers and Assassins." Here you can see Bhatt playing with the idea of seduction, self-sacrifice, persecution, belief systems, and radicalization.
Amita Bhatt received her BFA from the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, India and her MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland. Bhatt’s work has been exhibited at noteworthy venues such as the Bluestar Contemporary Art Center, Walters Art Museum, The Station Museum of Contemporary Art, and The Project Row Houses, all in the United States as well as Museo Pedro de Osma in Peru. Amita Bhatt has also been the recipient of several prestigious awards and recently served as a Grant Panelist on the National Endowment for the Arts. Bhatt's works are included in many important private and public collections.
Bhatt digs deep into world philosophies and mythologies to answer questions pertaining to our political as well as personal belief systems. Unafraid to explore uncomfortable territories, Amita mines from a range of sources to create hybrid creatures that are often symbolic of man’s psychological condition in an angst-ridden zeitgeist.
In exploring issues of identity and violence, Bhatt’s research led her to the beginnings of mankind. Most ancient creation myths claim chaos to be the central truth marking the beginnings of the world. Should turbulence then be viewed as essential to new beginnings? Bhatt’s characters are packed with irony, humor and indifference, and navigate intense color fields, all in search of wisdom and truth. They mirror the tumultuous times we live in, yet they know that there are deep Karmic mysteries that need to be understood and that HOPE in the end is what will sustain them.
Amita Bhatt
"Be Born From...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Graphite, Canvas
Tat Tvam Asi - You Are Me, Graphite and Acrylic on Canvas, Symbolism, Indian Art
Located in Houston, TX
This graphite and acrylic painting on canvas is from a series called "Lovers and Assassins." Here you can see Bhatt playing with the idea of seduction, self-sacrifice, persecution, belief systems, and radicalization.
Amita Bhatt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Graphite, Canvas
Lounge, large oil painting, figurative, interior, peach, pinks, yellows, oranges
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Medium scale oil painting on panel of interior living room scene with bright yellow, peach, pink, orange, and blue with brown line work. A contemporary, figurative, cozy den setting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Graphite
The Fireman, Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1944
Medium: Oil and Graphite on Paperboard
Sight Size 14.00" x 11.00", Framed 22.00" x 19.00"
Study for cover of The Saturday Evening Post, May 27, 1944
Norman Rockwell disc...
Category
1940s Graphite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Graphite
Price Upon Request
Graphite figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Graphite figurative paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Howard Tangye, Fabio Coruzzi, Daniel Berman, and Liz Barber. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Graphite figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 22.64 inches across are also available Prices for figurative paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $5,137 and tops out at $23,018, while the average work can sell for $7,005.
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