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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
Africa People Watching
Located in Brecon, Powys
A large original painting on canvas inspired by the artist's love of Africa, its sights, sounds, its people and especially its artwork, which he has studied for many years 60 inch...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Audrey Hepburn" Breakfast at Tiffanys Haute Couture Oil Painting on Canvas
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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Canvas, Oil

Rainbow Mandala, Mid Century Abstract Red and Yellow Acrylic Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Rainbow Mandala, 1983 Acrylic on scintilla Signed and dated lower right 30 x 22 inches Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of na...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Under the Table and Dreaming, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero features two of his granddaughters in this heartwarming painting. "When the family gets together at my house, my two oldest granddaughte...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil

'Lovely Memories, ' by Dragana Milovic, Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This surrealistic acrylic painting on canvas by Dragana Milovic depicts her impressions and dream images after moving to the central US. As a Serbian ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Ring Three" Abstracted Caryatid Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous abstracted figurative of Caryatids titled "Ring Three" by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed, titled, and dated "Warner 1970" on verso. Displayed in rustic wood ...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Laid Paper

"1277 Seduction Series" Abstract, Figurativ, 21st Century, Acrylic
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. Art Awards Winner 2019 - Art Fair Leipzig König combines modern painting with acry...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Clay, Acrylic

1980's FRENCH ABSTRACT OIL PAINTING - SIGNED & DATED - AMAZING SHAPES AND COLOUR
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Composition" French School, circa 1985 indistinctly signed lower corner oil painting on card, unframed painting: 19.75 x 25.5 inches Superb French abstract oil painting -...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1980's FRENCH ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING - SIGNED - BLURS OF COLOUR
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Composition" French School, 1980's signed lower right hand-side, oil painting on card, unframed painting: 25 x 19.75 inches Superb French abstract oil painting - depicti...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Goldie - Met Gala" Figure with Gown French Haute Couture Oil Painting on Canvas
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 compositions are both dramatic and invigorating, capturing the fleeting moment of innocence swept up in bold color and seemingly controlled movement. "Goldie - Met Gala" demonstrates a whimsical expression of femininity and formality; a stunning display of understated grandeur. It is as if the shape's only purpose is to hold the magnificent colors. This piece is signed lower left by the artist and is painted oil and mixed media on canvas and it comes housed in a contemporary white floater wood...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

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

Gold. Orchid. Synadena
Located in Zofingen, AG
Original portrait painting by the German artist Ljubow Jung. Jung is a professional artist and clothes designer. Romantic female images, nature, flowers, and birds - this is the wor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Large Colorful MCM Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modernist Ralph Rosenborg
Located in Surfside, FL
Ralph Rosenborg (American, 1913-1992) Mountain Weed with Two Clouds, oil on jute canvas, canvas is hand signed recto and verso, artists label and Snyder Fine Art gallery label, The p...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Jute, Oil

Large & Colorful Abstract Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wonderfully bright and colorful abstract oil painting, on a very large scale, measuring 36 x 26inches in size. The painting displays a wonderful mixture of various bright colors - gu...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Abstract figurative woman painting on paper "There is freedom within us"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant artwork called 'Freedom within us " showcases a bold and abstract representation of the human form, employing a striking palette of vivid colors and dynamic brushwork. T...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"Invitation" (2024) By Dan McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's "Invitation" created in 2024, is a striking oil painting measuring 24 x 18 inches. This original artwork features an abstract composition of a figure, rendered with rich ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

LARGE FRENCH OIL EXPRESSIONIST ABSTRACT PORTRAIT OF WOMAN - LILAC PURPLE COLOURS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1970's Title: Abstract portrait of a woman Medium: oil painting, on canvas. Size: canvas: 27.5 x 31.5 inches Provenance: private col...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil on Canvas "Azul Arroyo"
Located in Fresno, CA
“Azul Arroyo” is 60”x48”. Central figure in blue with white accents on a background ranging from white to deep blue/black. The foreground exhibits heavy strokes and Arnold’s “8” fig...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Just me" (small acrylic figurative art naive painting of a woman)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork called " Just me" with a woman holding her red silk robe captures a moment of reflection. This artwork is about attitude which adds beauty...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

R. Poch three eyes original acrylic
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
. original acrylic painting Born in Badalona (Barcelona). Photographer and advertising film director. Founding partner of the advertising production company La Cosa de las Peliculas...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Contemporary colorful abstract portrait of woman acrylic painting on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract artwork titled "Contemplating future dreams " was created by Natalya Mougenot, a French artist of Russian descent, born in Kazakhstan. It is part of a ser...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Interior, large, colorful figural abstract red, orange, blue acrylic of couple
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres (American, 1927-2013) Interior, 1976 acrylic on canvas signed lower right, signed and titled verso 50 x 59.5 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1950, he was immediately drafted and served for two years in the army as a mural painter. He received his Master of Arts from Kent State in 1961. A frequent exhibitor at galleries and museums and winner of multiple May Show prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Western Reserve University. Very little in Richard Andres’ childhood would have predicted his love of classical music, mid-century-modern architecture and certainly not his lifelong passion for art and in particular abstract art. Richard’s father, Raymond, had no more than a third-grade education, and his mother, Clara, was one of thirteen children – only three of whom lived into adulthood and none of whom attended high school. They lived, when Richard was a boy, in a dingy area of Buffalo, NY in a walk-up apartment situated above a tavern. Raymond and Clara supplemented the income from their factory jobs in the bar downstairs with Raymond playing ragtime on the piano and Clara serving drinks. This often left Richard and his two older brothers at home alone to fend for themselves. The two older boys, Raymond and Russell, were - unlike Richard- rather rough and tumble and entertained themselves with stickball, boxing and the like. Richard, on the other hand, from a very young age liked to draw, or better yet even, to paint with the small set of watercolors he received for Christmas one year. Paper, however, at the height of the depression, was hard to come by. Luckily, Clara used paper doilies as decoration for the apartment and Richard would contentedly paint and then cut up doilies, gluing the pieces together to create collages. At eight-years-old, he discovered the Albright-Knox Museum (then known as the Albright Art Gallery) and spent several hours a week there studying the paintings. He was particularly fond of Charles Burchfield‘s landscapes, enamored with their ‘messiness’ and thinking that they somehow captured more ‘feeling’ than works he was previously familiar with. For his tenth Christmas, he asked for and received a ‘how-to’ paint book by Elliot O’Hare. Through this self-teaching, he assembled the portfolio needed for acceptance to Buffalo Technical High School where he studied Advertising Arts. In his Junior year, he was encouraged to enter a watercolor painting, “Two Barns,” in the national 1944-45 Ingersoll Art Award Contest and was one of twelve grand prize winners – each one winning one hundred dollars. More importantly the painting was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute Galleries, which resulted in his winning a national scholarship to the Cleveland School of Art (The Cleveland Art Institute). He flourished at the art school under the tutelage of faculty members such as Carl Gaertner, as well as that of visiting artists such as William Sommer and Henry George Keller. He would say in later years that Gaertner, in particular, influenced his attitude toward life as well as art. “Gaertner,” Andres said, “believed that there was no need to be a ‘tortured artist’, that an artist should rather enjoy beauty, family, and life in general.” Free to spend his days as he chose, he wandered the Cleveland Art Museum for most of the hours he was not attending classes or painting; the remaining time was spent drinking coffee at a local hangout with art school friends – which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy, it took him the entire summer of 1948 to build up his courage to ask her out. Over that summer he ‘thought about Avis’ and worked in a diner to save money. He also used the hundred-dollar prize money won in High School to visit the first Max Beckmann retrospective in the United States at the City Art Museum in St. Louis. Over a half century later he spoke of that exhibit with a reverence usually reserved for spiritual matters, “I walked in and it was like nothing I had ever seen before... the color...It just glowed.” Returning to campus in the Fall, the first thing he did was go to the coffee shop in hopes of finding Avis. He did, and she, upon seeing him, realized that she was also smitten with him. They quickly became known as ‘the couple’ on campus, and a year later, with Richard being drafted for the Korean war, they were quickly married by a Justice of the Peace, celebrating after with family at Avis’s Cleveland home. As a gift, faculty member John Paul Miller...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Quarantine - Original Oil Painting 40" x 30"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The painting was inspired by feelings of loneliness and social distancing during the pandemic. The canvas is made to look like a cracked mirror with a jester in a red hat on the other side. The cracks spread from where the jester touched it with his wine glass. Life in the painting seems to be broken into many tiny pieces, where the central character is reflected holding his guitar, the only thing remaining after all love was drained out of his life. Quarantine reminds the viewer to cherish life in its fullness and the people that are dear to them. The painting is signed by the author and can be framed or unframed. It can decorate any corner of the room based on individual preference. The painting is signed on the back and on the front. The painting is framed. Unframed dimensions: 40" x 30" x 1.5” Framed dimensions 46" x 36" x 2" Sergiy Andreyev...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract impressionist nature acrylic on paper "Serenity in the mountains"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract impressionist nature painting, infused with a touch of modernity and expressive flair, is titled "Serenity in the Mountains." Vibrant and evocative, this ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Musician Trio No 1
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Title: "Musician Trio No. 2 : Exploring the Movement of Music Through Art" Koko, a classically trained musician, has created a captivating series of paintings titled the "Musician" ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"True Friends" ( contemporary colorful painting of three women in swimsuits)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork makes part of my new period in my artistic expression. This painting dedicated to "Women" series is a special one since it is all about my strong deep personal transfor...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Oil, Canvas

"Paris at Night" Abstract Figure in Chanel Gown Haute Couture 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, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

The visit
Located in BARCELONA, ES
In The Visit, Fanni Kopacsi reimagines the 16th-century painting The Visitation by Jakob and/or Hans Strüb through a raw and deeply tactile contemporary lens. Created using recycled ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Spray Paint, Acrylic, Canvas, Fabric, Textile

"Gold and Pink in Paris" Abstract Figure Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting 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, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Sunday with Sophia, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Faye Vander Veer paints a fine summer day in Tuscany. Figures emerge onto a sunlit alley making their way about the cit...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil

In and Out, mid-century figural abstract vibrant yellow geometric painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) In and Out, 1963 Acrylic on paper Signed and dated lower right 22 x 30 inches Figural abstract vibrant yellow geometric painting. Cl...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

"Sky Full of Stars" Abstract Figure in Chanel Gown Haute Couture Painting
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, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

"Kinetic Knot No. 2/6" 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

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pen

"My Old School Heart" Multicolor Gold Contemporary Oil Painting & Floater Frame
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic display of love encapsulated in these elegant hearts, leaving us with impressions of color and impasto paint effortlessly. Create an installation to fill any space, they are perfect as a big group or just single. This painting is signed by the artist verso and it comes comes housed in a beautiful white floater frame and ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso. Art measures 12 x 9 inches Framed measures 13.5 x 10.5 inches Inspired by whimsey and purity of the feminine form, Cindy Shaoul is known for her impressionistic and abstract style. She is best recognized for her series ‘Brides’, ‘Dripping Dots’ and ‘Hearts’, as well as her ‘Plein-Air’ street scenes of quintessential New York locations. Shaoul’s works can be found in hundreds of private and corporate collections worldwide. Since her first group show at Parsons School of Design in 2009, her work has been showcased internationally – from Italy to South Korea – and has been shown at various art fairs nationwide including Miami, Palm Beach, Dallas, and New York. Shaoul has had numerous solo exhibitions and has garnered the attention of notable celebrities such as Emma Roberts, Lily Collins, Ashley Park, Catherine Deneuve and John Malkovich. Her love of painting began at the age of 18 when she was on Thanksgiving break from college. She painted a 9-foot colorful, abstract mural in her mother’s art...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Three Dancers, Abstract Oil on Board by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Three Dancers (60) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board Size: 14 in. x 24 in. (35.56 cm x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 17.5 x 28 inches
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1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Three sisters. Faith, Hope, Love. Birds
Located in Zofingen, AG
Original portrait painting by the German artist Ljubow Jung. Jung is a professional artist and clothes designer. Romantic female images, nature, flowers, and birds - this is the wor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Fractal #1
Located in Zofingen, AG
Original portrait painting by the German artist Ljubow Jung. Jung is a professional artist and clothes designer. Romantic female images, nature, flowers, and birds - this is the wor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Contemporary semi-abstract portrait of women acrylic painting on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Together We Are Unbreakable" by Natalya Mougenot is a captivating abstract piece created with acrylic paints on heavyweight professional paper. Part of a series dedicated to women,...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

The Traveler -- Abstracted Figurative Dutch Figurative Movement
By Aafje Dijkstra-Van Der Vegt
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling abstract figural painting by Aafje Van der Vegt (Dutch, b. 1949). Signed lower right. Wood frame. Image, 24"H x 33"L. Born in 1949, Aafje Van de Vegt is an artist and has...
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cityscape, Abstract, Acrylic, Black, White by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Tapas Ghosal - Untitled - 24 x 24 inches (unframed size) Acrylic Dry Pastel & Pigment on Canvas, 2014 It will be delivered in a roll form. Style : In Hindu philosophy, the 'Antahka...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic, Pigment

"Dazzling in Venice" Figure Chanel Gown Haute Couture 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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Oil, Archival Paper

Contemporary colorful abstract acrylic painting of woman's body on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This abstract piece "Sensitive elegance" is part of Natalya's series dedicated to "Women," where the artist explores the complexities of womanhood and femininity. Through this work,...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

"1185 abstract fashion" - Abstract, Figurative Painting, 21st Century, Acrylic
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger Koenig b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. Koenig combines modern painting with acrylic with old...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Clay, Acrylic

SIGNED FRENCH ABSTRACT NUDE PAINTING - ROUEN PAINTER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Nude" by Roger Herson (French 1922-2008) signed lower right hand-side, gouache and crayon on card, unframed painting: 19.5 x 15.5 inches Superb original abstract painting...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

"Parisian Iridescence" Abstract Figure Gown Haute Couture 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, Acrylic

"The Gallery". Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Christopher Barrow has studied the smallest details of life in urban society and translated these details into engaging paintings. His scenes are familiar to us but also ever so slig...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"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

"Samba Copacabana" Abstract Expressionism
Located in Soquel, CA
"Samba Copacabana" Abstract Expressionism A vibrant abstract painting in pastel peach, contrasting black and white, and shimmering metallic gol...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

"Valentina" Figure with Gown French Haute Couture 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

"Basquiat" Contemporary Homage to Basquiat and Street Art by Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Portrait of Basquiat - troubled enfant terrible of the street art scene in downtown Manhattan in the 1970's & 80's. Wearing his trademark Armani suits Basquiat worked in fast, furiou...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

"Moonday through Sunday" - Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold figurative abstract composition by Brigitte McReynolds (German, 20th Century). Titled, signed, and dated on verso ("Moonday through Sunday" © Brigitte McReynolds 1999 Acrylic on...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Figure in Shadows, Signed Oil on Board by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Figure in Shadows (19) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board, signed verso Size: 15 in. x 12 in. (38.1 cm x 30.48 cm)
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1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Nude with Crown, Signed Abstract Oil on Board Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Nude with Crown (23) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board, signed Size: 22 in. x 20.5 in. (55.88 cm x 52.07 cm)
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1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Oil on Canvas “A58”
Located in Fresno, CA
"A58" is 72” x 66”. The electric blues on black stand out from the figure on a mixed background of medium earth tones and heavy textures. Frank Arnold’s paintings exhibit the highest...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract painting of two Matisse inspired nude figures in Pink and White
Located in Woodbury, CT
Acquiring a contemporary English abstract figure painting inspired by Henri Matisse in Pink and White from me is an invitation to bring a vibrant and modern expression of artistic e...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Laid Paper

Figure with Hands Raised, Abstract Oil on Board by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Figure with Hands Raised (17) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board (Double-Sided) Size: 18 in. x 10 in. (45.72 cm x 25.4 cm)
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1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Figure Study, Abstract Charcoal Drawing by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Figure Study (35) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Charcoal on Board Size: 17.5 in. x 20.5 in. (44.45 cm x 52.07 cm)
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1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Board, Charcoal

In the Gloaming, colorful abstract group of figures
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Figurative abstraction. Painting will be mounted to support frame and ready for hanging.
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

A New Hope, Helen Howells, Oil on Canvas, Landscape Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
A New Hope by Helen Howells [2022] " A New Hope" is an original oil on canvas landscape painting by Helen Howells. It was inspired by the mountains of Sout...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

White Dancer, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A whimsical portrait of a dancer in an expressionist tutu. "I wanted to create an image coordinating the model's brilliant white cotton candy hair with her da...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Abstract figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract figurative paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Cindy Shaoul, Simon Richard Halimi, Frank Arnold, and Judith Berry. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 1 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 $121 and tops out at $570,000, while the average work sells for $2,500.

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