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Colorful Contemporary figurative painting "Untitled II"
By Khalid Nadif
Located in East Quogue, NY
Bright colored contemporary figurative painting by Moroccan artist Khalid Nadif.
The painting is offered in a simple wood frame.
Size: 40 x 32.5 inches (framed)
Signed on the ba...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Ritorno a Casa - Original Oil on Wooden Panel by C. Benghi - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Ritorno a casa (Homecoming) is a superb original oil painting on wooden panel realized by the contemporary Italian artist Claudio Benghi.
Title, tecnique, dimensions and signature are hand-written with a black marker on the back at the center of the panel. Signed in capital letters with a brown color on the lower margin at the center. In excellent conditions, our artwork demonstrates an incredible mastery of the artistic technique.
Representing a surreal scene: a man or a child is carrying a toy, following a big train-toy. In this oniric scene a child, a bluefish and a watch are floating in an anti...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,165 Sale Price
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By the Lake
By Otto Aguiar
Located in Long Island City, NY
Elegant outdoor dining, in the forefront, composed of three women and a man, seated by a French Versailles-style lake: urns, manicured trees, and water lilies, giving an air of tranquility and repose.
By the Lake...
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$16,000
Barn 28 Augustr 16:56 - Contemporary Expressive Landscape Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"A Time For Her" by Yuroz, 60"x40", Original Oil on Panel, Monochromatic Sepia
By Yuroz
Located in Dallas, TX
In this stunning piece by the renowned artist Yuroz, beautifully encapsulates the timeless themes of love and romance. This artwork invites you to witness a lover's serenade, where a...
Category
Cubist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Swimming at sunset. 2005. Canvas, oil, 90x70 cm
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Igor Maikov (1966)
Education:
1981 - 1984 The Art Academy of Art
1973 - 1983 Salaspils Primary and Secondary School
Exhibitions:
1994 - Group Exhibition «Rol-Art», Latvia
199...
Category
Realist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,721 Sale Price
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UNTITLED (Nude)
By Nicola Bolla
Located in New York, NY
Pigment and aluminum dust on canvased board. Whimsical painting of a figure in the style of a classical nude.
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pigment
Seated Nude Woman Bay Area Figurative School Abstract Expressionist
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated Nude Woman Bay Area Figurative School Abstract Expressionist
Seated wearing a hat by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American,...
Category
American Impressionist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
"Red Apples" Oil cm 79 x 69 Red , Pink
Located in Torino, IT
Red Apples, Fuchsia Pink, Green
Label on the back Galleria Pirra Torino
Published in a monographic catalogue
Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina,...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$7,113 Sale Price
30% Off
The Painted Flag Navy (2004) - figurative, contemporary, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This pop art painting of a Canadian flag is by Charles Pachter.
One of Canada’s much-loved and collected contemporary artists, Charles Pachter is renowned for his iconic pop art ima...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Woman Playing a Cello', Shiraz, Iran, Accademia di Belle Arti di Perugia, Miami
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Hessam' for Hessam Abrishami (Iranian, born 1951) and painted circa 2000.
Titled by artist, 'Color Me Music'.
Paper dimensions: 28 x 21.75 inches.
Hessam Abrisha...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Laid Paper
Two Koi
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic and colorful painting of two Koi. Circa 2000. Signed lower right corner "Linda H." Presented in white painted frame. Image size: 18"H x 36"W.
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$700 Sale Price
20% Off
Chroma sky (Blue key) 12 - Contemporary, Landscape, Light Blue, Pastel, Clouds
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Chroma sky (Blue key) 12, 2007
Acrylic and oil on canvas
(Signed on reverse)
23.62 H x 31.49 W in
60 H x 80 W cm
The artist wrote about how he conceives this work:
"The transform...
Category
Minimalist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
YOUTH AND WISDOM Ciro De Rosa Italian School - Italy Figurative Oil on painting
By Ciro De Rosa
Located in Napoli, IT
Youth and wisdom -Ciro De Rosa Italia 2007 - Oil on canvas cm.60x50
Gold leaf gilded wooden frame cm.82x73 available on request
The painting by Ciro De Rosa is characterized by light...
Category
Old Masters Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
AT THE WINDOW
By Anna Karpowicz-Westner
Located in Three Oaks, MI
This exceptional piece is a shining example of her signature "Looking Out the Window" series. With its vivid palette and masterful interplay of light, the painting invites viewers in...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
American Impressionist Coastal landscape with cliffs by the sea.
Located in Woodbury, CT
American Impressionist French coastal Impressionist scene
Charles Bertie Hall painted scenes all over England, Europe, and America in a traditional Impressionist manner. He exhibite...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impressionist oil sketch of Venice Italy, from the Grand Canal
Located in Woodbury, CT
Impressionist oil sketch of venice, Italy from the Grand Canal.
This sketch painted whilst on a trip to Venice circa 2009.
Charles Bertie Hall painted marine scenes, landscapes, an...
Category
American Impressionist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Brina" Olio cm. 90 x 85 2000 paesaggio innevato
Located in Torino, IT
Paesaggio immerso nel ghiaccio, sui toni del lilla ,viola,rosa e bianco
Perfetto per la vostra casa in montagna o in città per avere la neve tutto l'anno
Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzi...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Elevated View of a Sussex Town in the Countryside of South England in Summer
Located in Preston, GB
Elevated View of Sussex Town in the Countryside of the South of England in Summer, by 20th Century British Artist, Christopher Osborne.
Art measures ...
Category
Photorealist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Star
By Mark Ryden
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The Star"
2004
by Mark Ryden & Marion Peck
Oil on Wood
Signed by both artists
Custom Framed
Category
Surrealist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$295,000
CAVALRY BATTLE - Antonio Savisio -Neapolitan School - Oil on canvas round paint
Located in Napoli, IT
Land Battle - Antonio Savisio Italia 2002 - Oil on canvas diam. cm. 30
Maestro Antonio Savisio drew inspiration from the masterpieces of the great Neapolitan Maestro Salvator Rosa wh...
Category
Italian School Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Statue of Liberty (huge original painting)
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand-signed and dated in acrylic on front by Peter Max. Canvas size 96 x 48
inches. Frame size aprox 100 x 52 inches. Peter Max studio catalog...
Category
Pop Art Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
‘Concert’ A
Located in West Sussex, GB
Moses Feigin (1904-2008) Russian
‘’Concert’’
Oil on canvas: 25x20 inches. Frame: 35x30in. Signed and dated 2000.
The work of Russian avant-garde painter...
Category
Cubist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moulin rouge
By Jean Wallis
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Moulin Rouge
Acrylic on canvas
Wood frame
Signed lower right
Titled and dated May 2003
All the poetry and the vision of a mythical paris by an important p...
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Cubic Young Lovers Figural Painting by Brunelli
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3710b Cubic oil on artist board
Set in a simple gilt wood frame
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting of Boats on River Yealm Devon England by British Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Moorings, River Yealm, Devon, England by British Painter Peter Symonds
Art measures 24 x 16 inches
Frame measures 30 x 22 inches
Peter Symonds is an ar...
Category
Land Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Contemporary clowns at the circus of life, Masquerade .
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The painting sighed lower right. canvas size is 23.5x35.5 inches.
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Untitled" Small Male Child, Dressed for Boxing, Nostalgic, Antiqued Frame
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
Steve Huston worked construction to support himself through college. That experience seems to have heightened his aesthetic interest i...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Maria Vich Original painting. framed
By María Vich
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Maria Vich is an artist from the Balearic Islands. Influenced by her teacher Tito mCittadini, she focuses her work on reflecting the countryside environment, its workers, its landsc...
Category
Fauvist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Black Angel - African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
This powerful and graphically composed image of a black man with white angel wings was painted in a realist style by African American artist ...
Category
American Realist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
PORTRAIT OF UGO FOSCOLO - Antonio Jannone - Italian Oil On Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
PORTRAIT OF UGO FOSCOLO - Oil on canvas cm.50x40, Antonio Jannone, Italy, 2002.
this beautiful portrait of the Italian poet Ugo Foscolo is the painter's pe...
Category
Old Masters Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English Impressionist beach, shore scene with fishing boats, huts and landscape
By Ivan Taylor
Located in Woodbury, CT
English Impressionist beach, shore scene with fishing boats, huts and landscape
Born in North Staffordshire Ivan showed an early interest in art and in drawing and painting. His in...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,360 Sale Price
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"Anna and Arturo", Jacob Collins, Classical Nude, 42x60, Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Dallas, TX
Jacob Collins is a leading figure in the contemporary revival of classical painting. In this beautiful painting, a brunette woman lies in wonder next to a sleeping red-headed man with a goatee in a bed of white silk sheets...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary clowns at the circus of life, The Yellow Flower.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The painting sighed lower right and the canvas size is 23.5" x 31.5".
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cider forest V (diptych) - Contemporary, Landscape, Beige, Brown, Trees, Nature
By Ioan Sbârciu
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Cider forest V (diptych), 2006
Mixed technique: acrylic paint, sparkle, white powder mounted on wooden panel
30.7 H x 94.48 W in ( 30.7 H x 47.24 W in each)
78 H x 240 W cm (78 H x 120 W each)
Signed on each panel
" 'Cider Forest' series is an artistic project carried out by Ioan Sbârciu...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
At Doug's Place
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
At Doug's Place by Lu Haskew
Oil 12x10" image size
Plein Air artists sit by a river discussing on break from the day of painting.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Lu considered it a must to work...
Category
American Impressionist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Peonies", pink and white cm. 68 x 68
Located in Torino, IT
Peonies, pink and white
Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015)
1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina.
1949-56: he began artistic studies in Dn...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$12,552 Sale Price
25% Off
Body 005
Located in Agoura Hills, CA
((Approx 150 lb these are made on 3 hollow closed doors special brackets provided allow them to “ float “ on the wall ))
Harrison Storms’s artwork confronts the spectator with who they are and what it means to be human. Through his process of building up and stripping down his renderings of the human figure, Storms unlocks the synergy between the object and its environment, and between the physical and the metaphysical. Drawing influence from Michelangelo’s Rondanini Pieta and Crucifixion drawings, Italian fresco, and Ken Wilber’s philosophical inquiries, Storms creates images that portray the inevitability of change and its consequences.
Basing his images on the Kouros, a classic Greek male figure...
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Limestone
COUNTRY SCENE - Italian School - Italy - Oil on canvas painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Country scene - Pietro Colonna Italia 2012 - Oil on canvas cm. 30x24
The painter Pietro Colonna depicts in this picture a cheerful and colorful peasant folk dance. The painting is in...
Category
Italian School Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hockey game
Located in Westmount, QC
Armand Tatossian, Canadian, 1948-2012
Hockey game
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 in (picture)
Signed lower right;
framed
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Prosperous Family: Academic Figurative Painting by Mark Beard aka Bruce Sargeant
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative painting on canvas of a family and red tractor against a classic American farm field
"Prosperous Family", painted by Mark Beard under his fictitious persona, Bruce Sargeant
84 x 58 inches unframed, 91 x 65 x 3 inches with a gold painted wood frame
Excellent condition, ready to hang as is
This Academic style figurative oil painting on canvas was painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant, a pseudonym in homage to the fashion photographer, Bruce Weber, and figurative painter, John Singer Sargeant. Here, the artist captures a blue collar American farming family in their field with an old red tractor. The man and woman stand stoically with their young child, dressed in simple white garments, perhaps to symbolize their purity. Rolling mountains...
Category
Academic Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Moonlight Sonata" Figurative Nude Original Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking nocturnal nude figurative fine art painting by California artist John Bowler (American, 20/21st Century), 2001. Signed and dated Bowler 2001 lower right corner (photo image enhanced). Presented in pewter-toned wood frame under glass. Image size: 22"H x 15"W. Framed size: 33"H x 23.50"W. A Granite Bay...
Category
Realist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$600 Sale Price
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Ofrendas by Manuel Mendive, 2001
Located in Miami, FL
“Ofrendas” is a painting by Cuban artist Manuel Mendive, created in 2001. This Acrylic on Canvas represents an encounter between divine creatures. The surrounding environment reflect...
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$26,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Oranges on Table - Oil Painting by Zhang Wei Guang - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Oranges on Table is an original oil painting realized in 1999 by Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror).
Includes frame
Mixed colored oil painting
Hand-signed and dated on the lower margin
Goo...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Garden - Oil on canvas, Figurative realist painting, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
ARTIST:
MAREK OKRASSA. Born in 1975, he studied painting in the studio of professor M. Swieszewski and drawing in the studio of Maria Targonska. Okrassa was twice awarded a grant fro...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
African tribal dance acrylic on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
George Lilanga (1934-2005) - Tribal dance - Acrylic on board
Painting size 61x61 cm.
Frameless.
George Lilanga was born in 1934 in the city of Kikwetu, in the southeast of Tanzania ...
Category
Tribal Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Acrylic
$1,052 Sale Price
26% Off
English Snow covered Winter Landscape with people by a house, rising Sun
Located in Woodbury, CT
Peter has an absolute love of oil painting and especially admires the masters of Dutch Painting of the 17th Century, which is reflected in his own work. Since 1995, after seeing the work of Estonian artist Olav Maran, Peter decided to review his paintings and started researching ‘Still Life’ painters such as Willem Kalf and De Heem. After experimenting with priming his own panels and canvases with different colours, then painting with thick and thin paint and glazing on top, in the way of the old masters, he has developed a style with detail and atmosphere that is essential in his portrayal of fine wine, fruit and cheeses etc.
In a quirky and sometimes conceptual world, Peter makes no apologies for producing traditional subjects where the craftsmanship is evident in every brushstroke. His paintings bring much joy and pleasure to those who understand he has an obvious and underlying love of handling paint and observing his subject using techniques that take many years to acquire. Recently he has changed the view point for some of his paintings, to give them a bold contemporary look.
Peter Kotka...
Category
Modern Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Black Angel - African American Artist - Black Artist
Located in Miami, FL
This powerful and graphically composed image of a black man with white angel wings was painted in a realist style by African American artist Thomas Blackshear...
Category
American Realist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Chroma sky (Blue key) 10 - Contemporary, Blue, Minimalist, Figurative, Landscape
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Chroma sky (Blue key) 10, 2007
Acrylic and oil on canvas
(Signed on reverse)
23.62 H x 31.49 W in
60 H x 80 W cm
The artist wrote about how he conceives this work:
"The transformat...
Category
Photorealist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
ROMANTIC READINGS- In the Manner of G. Boldini Figurative oil on Canvas Painting
By Ciro De Rosa
Located in Napoli, IT
Romantic readings - Ciro de Rosa Italia 2002 Oil on canvas cm.70x55
The beautiful painting by Ciro De Rosa depicts a young noblewoman and a young boy looking at a map, from his portr...
Category
Italian School Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Afternoon Party, Impressionist Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Erik Freyman
By Erik Freyman
Located in Long Island City, NY
A group of finely dressed party-goers walk through a wooded glen in this contemporary Impressionist painting by Erik Freyman. Nicely framed.
Signed lower left
Canvas size: 14 x 20 ...
Category
American Impressionist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Monserrate and Guadalupe (Oil Landscape of Green Mountains in South America)
Located in Hudson, NY
31 x 61 x 1 inches
oil on canvas, framed with thin black wood stripping
This is a contemporary landscape painting of Guadalupe Hill, a 3,317-metre (10,883 ft) high hill...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape, Charcoal on Paper by Modern Artist Suhas Roy "In Stock"
By Suhas Roy
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Suhas Roy - Landscape
Charcoal on Paper
9 x 12 inches, 2007
( Framed & Delivered )
In this untitled 2007 work, Suhas Roy masterfully fuses pastel and ink sketching to create a haunt...
Category
Modern Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
'Harlequin with Guitar', California Modernist, Santa Cruz, University of Maine
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Taylor' for Jonathan Taylor (American, born 1968) and painted circa 2000.
This listed California artist first studied art at the College of the Atlantic in Bal Harbor...
Category
Modern Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self-portrait 3 Male nude 2009, canvas, acrylic, felt tip pen 140x98 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Self-portrait 3
2009, canvas, acrylic, 140x98 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris U...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Felt Pen
$6,503 Sale Price
20% Off
CAVALRY BATTLE - Antonio Savisio - Neapolitan School - Oil on canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Land Battle - Antonio Savisio Italia 2006 - Oil on canvas cm. 40x80
Maestro Antonio Savisio drew inspiration from the masterpieces of the great Neapolitan Maestro Salvator Rosa who...
Category
Italian School Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled, Acrylic on Paper by Modern Artist Prokash Karmakar "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar – Untitled
36 x 30 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas
2008
( Unframed & Delivered )
Karmakar is best known for his landscapes and nudes, which are g...
Category
Modern Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Sailor fisherman in his boat Spain oil on canvas painting seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Domingo Alvarez (Spain 1942) - sailor fisherman in his boat - oil on canvas
Canvas size 46x61 cm.
Unframed.
Category
Photorealist Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Robe 2
By Fides Becker
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Robe 2' 2005, Acrylic and Egg Tempura on Canvas and Cotton Canvas, 210 x 160 cm
The leading theme of the artist’s interventions is the staging of temporality, transience, and chang...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Egg Tempera
$14,345
French Impressionist in the Country side, Original Oil Painting, Field of Vines
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Subject : Small oil painting of a landscape in the French countryside, in excellent condition.
An original work, rich in texture. This handmade oil painting reflects the raw beauty...
Category
French School Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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