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Abstract Figurative Paintings

ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
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Two Faced Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Fantastical two faced figure with elements of abstraction by San Francisco artist Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th century). Unsigned, from a collec...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paper

Sunny Bistro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guided by her passion for life and her spirit, French Canadian painter Zabel creates vibrant artworks filled with romance and immersive textures. With a belief that art is all about ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Kinetic Knot No. 2/4" Abstract Representational Knot Painting Work on Paper
Located in New York, NY
This piece represents a part of the artist's "Kinetic Knots" series which symbolizes shapes of the knots that are not planned. It is like the “Dao” grabbing the artist and the power ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pen, Black and White

My Old Man Plays the Trombone, Works Out at the Track , face paper doll forms
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Plexiglass, collage, foamboard In 2012, Dimitri received Fellowships in Painting from the Vermont Studio Center and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. In 2013, he was elect...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Plexiglass, Foam Board

GHST
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"GHST" is an original acrylic work on panel by Jim Houser measuring 10in x 10in. ABOUT // Jim Houser was born in 1973 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the city where he currently res...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Wood Panel

SOH - figurative portrait sculpture in 3D with suspended dried paint strokes
By Chris Dorosz
Located in New York, NY
Item description S.O.H acrylic paint on monofilament, metal, hemp on board 14 H x 9.25 W x 11 D inches 2018 Rosh from Chris Dorosz is a suite of small busts, each an individual scul...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Metal

Cabernet - Large Original Abstract Figurative Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gerdine Duijsens’ spirited and evocative figures are instantly recognizable and unforgettable. Through lush, bold colors and energetic marks, her paintings emit a sense of pleasure a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Woman, Dog & Spring Flowers, Large Scale Figurative Abstract with Petroglyphs
Located in Soquel, CA
Woman, Dog & Spring Flowers, Large Scale Figurative Abstract with Petroglyphs by Cindy Kane Absolutely stunning large scale abstract expressionist painting titled "Bending Forward," by San Francisco and now Martha's Vineyard artist Cindy Kane (American, b. 1957). This unique monumental piece, created in 1987, has a netherworld primal quality depicting a petroglyph-like blonde woman and her animal spirit dog bending toward a flower-strewn earth. Additional petroglyph vignettes add mystery to narrative. Signed and dated "Kane '87" upper right. Unframed. Image size: 66.5"H x 84"W. Her early works were influenced by her memories of these hieroglyphs, and embellished with symbols from her dreams. “I hope [that viewers] get what I get from my work, which is enjoyment, visual satisfaction, and a story — whatever their own story is,” she said. “I can’t give them one, but I can tell my own, and the story they take with them is something personal.” Her early work was influenced by the experience of living and working at the bottom of the Grand Canyon National Park, where she had the opportunity to document Anasazi Indian pictographs in pen and ink drawings. These images would inform her work for years to come. While working in Grand Canyon National Park, she became familiar with the Anasazi Indian ruins...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Saturday Shoppers, Provincetown"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed lower left. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame. Nancy Maybin Ferguson (1872 - 1967) A native Philadelphia, Nancy Ferguson wa...
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1910s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Saturday Dancing Night
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Hurricane part II acrylic on canvas gallery wrap. Malgosia Kiernozycka was born in Wroclaw, Poland. She graduated high school at the School of Fine Arts and received a scholarship f...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

FINE 18TH/ 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN OLD MASTER DRAWING - HEAD PORTRAIT OF CHILD
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Old Master Drawing" Italian School, 18/19th century pencil/ charcoal/ sanguine drawing on paper, unframed paper size: 15.5 x 10 inches Fine quality 18/19th century Italian Old Mas...
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Mid-19th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Pencil

Seated Figure
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful figural abstraction by American artist, Alan Tompkins (1907-2007). Seated Figure, 1956. Oil on Devoe academy board measures 11 x 13 inches; 15....
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1950s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

Surrendering Compulsion
Located in New York, NY
Surrendering Compulsion, 2018 Oil and charcoal on canvas 42 x 57 inches Signed and dated on verso The Decent Series The realization that wholeness comes from self reflection and a d...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Charcoal

After the Bath Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative abstract painting by San Francisco artist Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th century). From a collection of his works. Eggleston is a San Francisco Abstract Expressionist...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Summer Mood" Portrait of Young Girl with Sunglasses Oil Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
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...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Shadow
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Gary Evans is widely recognized for his distinctive painting practice that spans two decades. Evans’ vibrant paintings challenge traditional notions of perception and our experience ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Building on Tupper
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Gary Evans is widely recognized for his distinctive painting practice that spans two decades. Evans’ vibrant paintings challenge traditional notions of perception and our experience ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Molson Park
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Gary Evans is widely recognized for his distinctive painting practice that spans two decades. Evans’ vibrant paintings challenge traditional notions of perception and our experience ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Allison Mills
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Gary Evans is widely recognized for his distinctive painting practice that spans two decades. Evans’ vibrant paintings challenge traditional notions of perception and our experience ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Thoughtful
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This piece transforms brightly colored abstract forms into the figure. The overall warm color palette and dynamic contrasting values create a striking balance...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Poise
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas, limited edition of 20 - artwork can be shipped in a tube or framed in a crate
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Kabuki Oil Painting
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Medium: Oil on linoleum This ceiling to floor large scale classic work is a masterpiece by one of Mexico's most noted contemporary artist today. In its purest style, Lazard disfig...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Tree Glyph 18
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original encaustic and collage on canvas by American contemporary painter Mark Lavatelli.
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Encaustic

Nudes in Flowers of Michel Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful figurative nude in bed of flowers of "Michel" by Berkeley artist Patricia Gren Hayes (American, 20th Century), circa 1990. Signed mid right and on verso. Unframed. Size: 29...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Goldfish Abstraction
By Norma Auer Adams
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial early work in watercolor, abstract expressionist painting of "Goldfish" By Norma Auer Adams (Norma Jean Anderson) painter and writer. Signed lower right N. Adams and exhi...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Expressionist Abstract by Armand Rottenberg (French 1903-2000) Signed oil painting on board, unframed Board size: 29 x 21 inches provenane: the artists estate, France Stunning origi...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Between
By Diane Green
Located in White Plains, NY
"Between" by Diane Green, 2015, Oil on canvas , 40 x 42 inches. Predominant tones of yellow paired with earth tones. Diane Green's paintings are layered, detailed, and delicate. The figures she includes are abstracted from their context, forming a narrative that isn't fully stated. Her work explores a process of layering that searches for meaning, where the painting reveals itself. The meaning is suggested. She is very influenced by art from China...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Unfinished Story", Contemporary Expressionist Modern Self-Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative and expressive contemporary self portrait titled "Unfinished Story" by Alexander Gore (Russian, b. 1958), 2010. Signed upper left edge. Unframed. Image, 15"H x 11"W. Ale...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Paper, Cardboard

"Topology with Knot 1/2" Abstract Representational Knot Painting Work on Paper
Located in New York, NY
This piece represents a part of the artist's "Kinetic Knots" series which symbolizes shapes of the knots that are not planned. It is like the “Dao” grabbing the artist and the power ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Paper, Watercolor

"Sketch No.33/2" Geometric Abstract Representational Knot Painting Work on Paper
Located in New York, NY
This piece represents a part of the artist's "Kinetic Knots" series which symbolizes shapes of the knots that are not planned. It is like the “Dao” grabbing the artist and the power ...
Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Pen, Watercolor

Swish-pan, Stacked Deck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(b. 1956) Mark Vinci is a Phoenix-based mixed media artist and a recipient of the prestigious Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. Through his abstract work, Vinci documents what he fee...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Mid Century Yellow and Blue Large Scale Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning and expressive large scale oil painting by mid-century San Francisco artist Louis Earnest Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Signed "Nadalini" lower right. Unframed. Image size...
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1950s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

858 - Large Figurative Abstract Red Oil and Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Edith Konrad paints figurative abstract compositions with mixed media on canvas. She layers her expression of her emotional response to the subjects with dynamic texture...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Modern Abstract Female Figure Statement 1990s Portrait Painting Large Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Abstract Woman" is an original oil painting by Matthew Schaefer. It depicts a woman in bright shapes and lines instead of solid form and naturalism. Matthew Schaefer's painterly sty...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Rosie" Abstract Haute Couture Figure in Gown Oil Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
An abstract, whimsical and bold depiction of a woman standing gracefully in a white gown against a pink background with delicate details. This piece captures the essence of fashion i...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Caroline, Abstract Figure on Paper
Located in New York, NY
An abstract, whimsical and bold depiction of a woman standing gracefully in a white gown against a yellow background with delicate details. This piece captures the essence of fashion...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Scarlett, Abstract Figure on Paper
Located in New York, NY
A very whimsical and bold depiction of a woman standing gracefully in a white gown against a pink, blue and yellow glowing background.. This piece captures the essence of fashion in ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

"Going to Paris n' Not looking Back" Abstract Portrait Oil Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
An abstract, whimsical and bold depiction of a woman from the 1920's looking out into the distance. She seems to be a mysterious character, with a wonderous stare . Done in a very mo...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Savannah, Abstract Figure on Paper
Located in New York, NY
A very whimsical and bold depiction of a woman standing gracefully in a white gown against a pink, and intense red background.. This piece captures the essence of fashion in Pairs. D...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Swollen Lips Small Balls
Located in New York, NY
oil on wood panel 21x21 Emily Roz (b. 1972, New Haven, CT) received an MFA in Fiber from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BA from Hampshire College where she studied Art History, Lite...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Kiera" Abstract Haute Couture Figure on Paper Wearing Chanel Gown
Located in New York, NY
A very whimsical depiction of a woman standing gracefully in a white gown against a viridian green and yellow background. This piece captures the essence of fashion in Pairs. Done in...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Singing At the Moon, Wolf in a Tux - Abstract Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
A tongue in cheek swipe at the futility of it all. A well heeled gent (Wolf) in a Tux bays at the moon at his good fortune, by G. Lester (American, 20th Ce...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Peasant Woman
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original acrylic on paper by American artist Richard Huntington entitled "Peasant Woman".
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1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

FAT BACK WITH TATTOOS - Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Painting, textural
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
"Fat Back with Tattoos" is part of the latest on-going series from Eleanor Aldrich. These "behind the lawn chair" vantage points provide Aldrich with the perfect subject matter to convey her mixed media approach. More info below: Eleanor Aldrich was born in Springerville, Arizona. A participant at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, she also holds an MFA in Painting & Drawing from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she currently lives. She earned her BFA in Painting & Drawing through the Academie Minerva (Groningen, the Netherlands) and Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. She was a participant in the Drawing Center’s first Open Sessions. Eleanor has had solo shows in Boston, Nashville, Knoxville, Flagstaff, AZ, and at the University of Alabama. Her work has been shown at Saltworks Gallery (Atlanta, GA), the Drawing Center (New York, NY), Grin (Providence, RI) and Ortega y Gasset (New York, NY). Her work was chosen for 1708 Gallery’s ‘FEED 2013’ (Richmond, VA). She has been awarded an Endowment for the Arts through the Whiteman Foundation, and the Herman E. Spivey Fellowship. Her work has been included in New American Paintings and on Artforum. Aldrich's work is textural and alchemical; she matches materials – often industrial sealants – and techniques to the subject matter they look like, thereby approaching a likeness without realistic rendering. She attributes her appreciation of mystery and the possibility of transformation in her work to her Catholic upbringing, in which materials were transformed and images held power over life. Her work intersects modernist painting, her own experiences, and the physicality of the body. Sometimes her work is about the application – paint is combed, piped, sprinkled and sprayed, reflecting traditional feminine work and crafts. Often the subject matter acts as a metaphor. The lines of a lawn chair seat serves as a veiled reference to the grid, and its breakdown – presumably by human weight – to an imagined encounter with the human body. *Make sure to use the "view in a room...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Silicone, Paper, Oil, Panel

5319 - Original Figurative Abstract Artwork on Canvas Mounted on Board
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Edith Konrad paints figurative abstract compositions with mixed media on canvas. She layers her expression of her emotional response to the subjects with dynamic texture...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Board, Canvas, Mixed Media

Femme de petite vertue à la cigarette Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fabulous original French oil painting, depicting this "Femme de petite vertue", seated within an interior smkoing a cigarette. Beside her on the table, sits a bowl of strawberries an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Untitled 838 - Original Figurative Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Edith Konrad paints figurative abstract compositions with mixed media on canvas. She layers her expression of her emotional response to the subjects with dynamic texture...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Board

Furry
Located in New York, NY
Oil on wood panel 21x21 Emily Roz is known for her (sometimes lurid) hyper-detailed oil paintings and drawings depicting scenes from nature. Her macroscopic paintings referencing th...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

White, from the Inevitable Feeling Series, 2016
Located in New York, NY
Misha Milovanovich White from the Inevitable Feeling Series, 2016 Acrylic & oil pastel, ink, enamel and celulose paint on canvas. 72 x 59 cm Hovering between painting, drawing and watercolour sketches, her new work represents a form of personal expression that is less concerned with the impact and novelty of popular culture and more about the quiet uncovering of emotion. Her trademark organic forms are still present though now they are empathetic rather than explosively joyful. The colours are softer, somewhat washed out and hazy, as if half-perceived or remembered. The colour palette and the energy of the mark making reference to the now buried source material -  abstracted Hentai illustrations, Japanese manga-infused depictions of male dominance, rape and power fantasies. The never-satisfied, always distracted state in which this dislocated field of sexual aggression persists stands in for our instantly redundant, surface only culture- transactional, bullying and ephemeral.   Her paintings are sensorially rich and and yet muted, the masses of fleshy intersections and writhing calligraphy feel like they are moving out of the immediate present and floating up out of time.   They are soaked in the in nuances of early modernism- Klee, Miro and Matta. She explores emotive, expressionistic tender spaces in these lyrically rendered conceptual paintings - densely layered works that operate in the enigmatic gaps between rational structure and spontaneity. Misha also echoes Kandinsky and his sensuality of musical movement, evoking his concerns with the spiritual, all emerging naturally from the rich soil she has carefully laid down in her previous work. The language and texture of her materials are important to Misha who prepares her own pigment- paying great attention to form, surface and the moment-to moment physicality of her practice. Misha Milovanovich is a Belgrade-born artist living and working in London. Misha works across several mediums, from sculpture to painting and live art. Characterised by vivid colour, optical movement and energetic visual cadences, Misha's visual work fuses a diverse repertoire of images and forms. She often features discarded shards of consumerism - unloved icons of disposability and careless consumption. Misha's work is often a symphonic abstraction. Her colourful, densely layered works are held in a state of tension between order and chaos, rational structure and spontaneity. She combines depth and surface relief, orchestrating bold contrasts of form, texture and space in her pictures. An intimate colour palette of bodily fluids - red, pink, white, black, yellow and brown - animate the writhing forms and the refracted memories of cartoonish cultural production. A cultural polymath, Misha is constantly engaged in observing society and it’s distortions of desire, lust and attitudes to the body. Traditional techniques have been studied and absorbed and although her work is partly conceptual, it's execution always reflects these hard won technical abilities. Misha's main subject matter is emotion, so naturally her work is highly personal and biographical in ways that create a direct, emotional response from the viewer. Empathy and the universals of human experience - passion, nostalgia, desire and disgust are inescapable in her work. Misha is herself a ‘displaced’ person, having left Serbia for London in her late teens she still carries within her a ‘stranger’s perspective’ and perceives the world as an outsider, someone ever alert to the non-verbal subtleties of communication. Misha's artistic progenitors include her mentor Martin Kippenberger, Wassily Kandinsky and Phillip Guston as well as contemporary artists Gilbert and George, Keith Tyson, Robert Pruitt...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Our Heads Are Round So That Our Thoughts Can Change Directons- Picabia
Located in New York, NY
Misha Milovanovich Our Heads Are Round So That Our Thoughts Can Change Directons- Picabia from the Inevitable Feeling Series, 2016 Acrylic & oil pastel, ink, enamel and celulose paint on canvas. 72 x 59 cm Hovering between painting, drawing and watercolour sketches, her new work represents a form of personal expression that is less concerned with the impact and novelty of popular culture and more about the quiet uncovering of emotion. Her trademark organic forms are still present though now they are empathetic rather than explosively joyful. The colours are softer, somewhat washed out and hazy, as if half-perceived or remembered. The colour palette and the energy of the mark making reference to the now buried source material -  abstracted Hentai illustrations, Japanese manga-infused depictions of male dominance, rape and power fantasies. The never-satisfied, always distracted state in which this dislocated field of sexual aggression persists stands in for our instantly redundant, surface only culture- transactional, bullying and ephemeral.   Her paintings are sensorially rich and and yet muted, the masses of fleshy intersections and writhing calligraphy feel like they are moving out of the immediate present and floating up out of time.   They are soaked in the in nuances of early modernism- Klee, Miro and Matta. She explores emotive, expressionistic tender spaces in these lyrically rendered conceptual paintings - densely layered works that operate in the enigmatic gaps between rational structure and spontaneity. Misha also echoes Kandinsky and his sensuality of musical movement, evoking his concerns with the spiritual, all emerging naturally from the rich soil she has carefully laid down in her previous work. The language and texture of her materials are important to Misha who prepares her own pigment- paying great attention to form, surface and the moment-to moment physicality of her practice. Misha Milovanovich is a Belgrade-born artist living and working in London. Misha works across several mediums, from sculpture to painting and live art. Characterised by vivid colour, optical movement and energetic visual cadences, Misha's visual work fuses a diverse repertoire of images and forms. She often features discarded shards of consumerism - unloved icons of disposability and careless consumption. Misha's work is often a symphonic abstraction. Her colourful, densely layered works are held in a state of tension between order and chaos, rational structure and spontaneity. She combines depth and surface relief, orchestrating bold contrasts of form, texture and space in her pictures. An intimate colour palette of bodily fluids - red, pink, white, black, yellow and brown - animate the writhing forms and the refracted memories of cartoonish cultural production. A cultural polymath, Misha is constantly engaged in observing society and it’s distortions of desire, lust and attitudes to the body. Traditional techniques have been studied and absorbed and although her work is partly conceptual, it's execution always reflects these hard won technical abilities. Misha's main subject matter is emotion, so naturally her work is highly personal and biographical in ways that create a direct, emotional response from the viewer. Empathy and the universals of human experience - passion, nostalgia, desire and disgust are inescapable in her work. Misha is herself a ‘displaced’ person, having left Serbia for London in her late teens she still carries within her a ‘stranger’s perspective’ and perceives the world as an outsider, someone ever alert to the non-verbal subtleties of communication. Misha's artistic progenitors include her mentor Martin Kippenberger, Wassily Kandinsky and Phillip Guston as well as contemporary artists Gilbert and George, Keith Tyson, Robert Pruitt...
Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

BimbiBerryBaba from the Inevitable Feeling Series
Located in New York, NY
Misha Milovanovich BimbiBerryBaba from the Inevitable Feeling Series, 2016 Acrylic & oil pastel, ink, enamel and celulose paint on canvas. 72 x 59 cm Hovering between painting, drawing and watercolour sketches, her new work represents a form of personal expression that is less concerned with the impact and novelty of popular culture and more about the quiet uncovering of emotion. Her trademark organic forms are still present though now they are empathetic rather than explosively joyful. The colours are softer, somewhat washed out and hazy, as if half-perceived or remembered. The colour palette and the energy of the mark making reference to the now buried source material -  abstracted Hentai illustrations, Japanese manga-infused depictions of male dominance, rape and power fantasies. The never-satisfied, always distracted state in which this dislocated field of sexual aggression persists stands in for our instantly redundant, surface only culture- transactional, bullying and ephemeral.   Her paintings are sensorially rich and and yet muted, the masses of fleshy intersections and writhing calligraphy feel like they are moving out of the immediate present and floating up out of time.   They are soaked in the in nuances of early modernism- Klee, Miro and Matta. She explores emotive, expressionistic tender spaces in these lyrically rendered conceptual paintings - densely layered works that operate in the enigmatic gaps between rational structure and spontaneity. Misha also echoes Kandinsky and his sensuality of musical movement, evoking his concerns with the spiritual, all emerging naturally from the rich soil she has carefully laid down in her previous work. The language and texture of her materials are important to Misha who prepares her own pigment- paying great attention to form, surface and the moment-to moment physicality of her practice. Misha Milovanovich is a Belgrade-born artist living and working in London. Misha works across several mediums, from sculpture to painting and live art. Characterised by vivid colour, optical movement and energetic visual cadences, Misha's visual work fuses a diverse repertoire of images and forms. She often features discarded shards of consumerism - unloved icons of disposability and careless consumption. Misha's work is often a symphonic abstraction. Her colourful, densely layered works are held in a state of tension between order and chaos, rational structure and spontaneity. She combines depth and surface relief, orchestrating bold contrasts of form, texture and space in her pictures. An intimate colour palette of bodily fluids - red, pink, white, black, yellow and brown - animate the writhing forms and the refracted memories of cartoonish cultural production. A cultural polymath, Misha is constantly engaged in observing society and it’s distortions of desire, lust and attitudes to the body. Traditional techniques have been studied and absorbed and although her work is partly conceptual, it's execution always reflects these hard won technical abilities. Misha's main subject matter is emotion, so naturally her work is highly personal and biographical in ways that create a direct, emotional response from the viewer. Empathy and the universals of human experience - passion, nostalgia, desire and disgust are inescapable in her work. Misha is herself a ‘displaced’ person, having left Serbia for London in her late teens she still carries within her a ‘stranger’s perspective’ and perceives the world as an outsider, someone ever alert to the non-verbal subtleties of communication. Misha's artistic progenitors include her mentor Martin Kippenberger, Wassily Kandinsky and Phillip Guston as well as contemporary artists Gilbert and George, Keith Tyson, Robert Pruitt...
Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Pink, from the Inevitable Feeling Series, 2016
Located in New York, NY
Misha Milovanovich Pink from the Inevitable Feeling Series, 2016 Acrylic & oil pastel, ink, enamel and celulose paint on canvas. 72 x 59 cm Hovering between painting, drawing and watercolour sketches, her new work represents a form of personal expression that is less concerned with the impact and novelty of popular culture and more about the quiet uncovering of emotion. Her trademark organic forms are still present though now they are empathetic rather than explosively joyful. The colours are softer, somewhat washed out and hazy, as if half-perceived or remembered. The colour palette and the energy of the mark making reference to the now buried source material -  abstracted Hentai illustrations, Japanese manga-infused depictions of male dominance, rape and power fantasies. The never-satisfied, always distracted state in which this dislocated field of sexual aggression persists stands in for our instantly redundant, surface only culture- transactional, bullying and ephemeral.   Her paintings are sensorially rich and and yet muted, the masses of fleshy intersections and writhing calligraphy feel like they are moving out of the immediate present and floating up out of time.   They are soaked in the in nuances of early modernism- Klee, Miro and Matta. She explores emotive, expressionistic tender spaces in these lyrically rendered conceptual paintings - densely layered works that operate in the enigmatic gaps between rational structure and spontaneity. Misha also echoes Kandinsky and his sensuality of musical movement, evoking his concerns with the spiritual, all emerging naturally from the rich soil she has carefully laid down in her previous work. The language and texture of her materials are important to Misha who prepares her own pigment- paying great attention to form, surface and the moment-to moment physicality of her practice. Misha Milovanovich is a Belgrade-born artist living and working in London. Misha works across several mediums, from sculpture to painting and live art. Characterised by vivid colour, optical movement and energetic visual cadences, Misha's visual work fuses a diverse repertoire of images and forms. She often features discarded shards of consumerism - unloved icons of disposability and careless consumption. Misha's work is often a symphonic abstraction. Her colourful, densely layered works are held in a state of tension between order and chaos, rational structure and spontaneity. She combines depth and surface relief, orchestrating bold contrasts of form, texture and space in her pictures. An intimate colour palette of bodily fluids - red, pink, white, black, yellow and brown - animate the writhing forms and the refracted memories of cartoonish cultural production. A cultural polymath, Misha is constantly engaged in observing society and it’s distortions of desire, lust and attitudes to the body. Traditional techniques have been studied and absorbed and although her work is partly conceptual, it's execution always reflects these hard won technical abilities. Misha's main subject matter is emotion, so naturally her work is highly personal and biographical in ways that create a direct, emotional response from the viewer. Empathy and the universals of human experience - passion, nostalgia, desire and disgust are inescapable in her work. Misha is herself a ‘displaced’ person, having left Serbia for London in her late teens she still carries within her a ‘stranger’s perspective’ and perceives the world as an outsider, someone ever alert to the non-verbal subtleties of communication. Misha's artistic progenitors include her mentor Martin Kippenberger, Wassily Kandinsky and Phillip Guston as well as contemporary artists Gilbert and George, Keith Tyson, Robert Pruitt...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

"After Work"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower right Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984) He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in C...
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Eduardo Infante, Emerald Cape, 2017
Located in New York, NY
This pastel and oil on paper, depicts a female figure wearing a lime green mask and cape. She's wearing a pink flower in her hair and on each shoulder. The entire figure has been s...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Blue, from the Inevitable Feeling Series, 2016
Located in New York, NY
Misha Milovanovich Blue from the Inevitable Feeling Series, 2016 Acrylic & oil pastel, ink, enamel and celulose paint on canvas. 72 x 59 cm Hovering between painting, drawing and watercolour sketches, her new work represents a form of personal expression that is less concerned with the impact and novelty of popular culture and more about the quiet uncovering of emotion. Her trademark organic forms are still present though now they are empathetic rather than explosively joyful. The colours are softer, somewhat washed out and hazy, as if half-perceived or remembered. The colour palette and the energy of the mark making reference to the now buried source material -  abstracted Hentai illustrations, Japanese manga-infused depictions of male dominance, rape and power fantasies. The never-satisfied, always distracted state in which this dislocated field of sexual aggression persists stands in for our instantly redundant, surface only culture- transactional, bullying and ephemeral.   Her paintings are sensorially rich and and yet muted, the masses of fleshy intersections and writhing calligraphy feel like they are moving out of the immediate present and floating up out of time.   They are soaked in the in nuances of early modernism- Klee, Miro and Matta. She explores emotive, expressionistic tender spaces in these lyrically rendered conceptual paintings - densely layered works that operate in the enigmatic gaps between rational structure and spontaneity. Misha also echoes Kandinsky and his sensuality of musical movement, evoking his concerns with the spiritual, all emerging naturally from the rich soil she has carefully laid down in her previous work. The language and texture of her materials are important to Misha who prepares her own pigment- paying great attention to form, surface and the moment-to moment physicality of her practice. Misha Milovanovich is a Belgrade-born artist living and working in London. Misha works across several mediums, from sculpture to painting and live art. Characterised by vivid colour, optical movement and energetic visual cadences, Misha's visual work fuses a diverse repertoire of images and forms. She often features discarded shards of consumerism - unloved icons of disposability and careless consumption. Misha's work is often a symphonic abstraction. Her colourful, densely layered works are held in a state of tension between order and chaos, rational structure and spontaneity. She combines depth and surface relief, orchestrating bold contrasts of form, texture and space in her pictures. An intimate colour palette of bodily fluids - red, pink, white, black, yellow and brown - animate the writhing forms and the refracted memories of cartoonish cultural production. A cultural polymath, Misha is constantly engaged in observing society and it’s distortions of desire, lust and attitudes to the body. Traditional techniques have been studied and absorbed and although her work is partly conceptual, it's execution always reflects these hard won technical abilities. Misha's main subject matter is emotion, so naturally her work is highly personal and biographical in ways that create a direct, emotional response from the viewer. Empathy and the universals of human experience - passion, nostalgia, desire and disgust are inescapable in her work. Misha is herself a ‘displaced’ person, having left Serbia for London in her late teens she still carries within her a ‘stranger’s perspective’ and perceives the world as an outsider, someone ever alert to the non-verbal subtleties of communication. Misha's artistic progenitors include her mentor Martin Kippenberger, Wassily Kandinsky and Phillip Guston as well as contemporary artists Gilbert and George, Keith Tyson, Robert Pruitt...
Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

The Fortune Teller
By Roland Berthon
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas painting done in heavy impasto paint. Signed lower right. Has 2 patches that are much bigger than actual holes. Each repair is half the size of a dime and is not visible from the front of the painting. Original bill of sale from the Gallerie Ferrero in Geneve comes with the painting. Titled in French verso "La Cartomancienne" which translates to the fortune teller...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"King Oedipus (Sketch)" Abstract Geometrical Figure Painting Work on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Wolfgang Leidhold is a prominent contemporary German painter, drawing upon mythological, geometric, religious, and historical themes to depict his whimsical vision of the world. Infl...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Oil, Acrylic

Eduardo Infante, Hidden between the leaves - Ocultas entre las hojas, 2012
Located in New York, NY
Orginal spray paint, varnish and pastel on paper, loosely depicts two young and mysterious women in what could be seen as a foggy, tropical forest. Abstract green outlined leaves ov...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Paper, Spray Paint

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