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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
Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Odishvili - Phantasmagory
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas (Plastic frame) 30 x 35 x 3 Mariam Odishvili is a Georgian artist born in 1994 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She mainly uses...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Cardboard

"No Way"
Located in Rye, NY
A contemporary commentary on the human condition in Vietman. Nguyen draws inspiration from Basquiat while applying surreal expressionism through his own lens. The painting uses col...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1970s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Lithograph

The Naughty - Acrylic Painting Colors Blue Red Yellow Black Grey Orange
Located in Sofia, BG
"The naughty" is an abstract style painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard Halimi. Through his art, he has a very sharp and unique style of bright and colorful expression...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Marriage of Reason - Painting Pastel on Paper Black White Brown Red Pink Blue
Located in Sofia, BG
"Marriage of reason" is an abstract and figurative painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard Halimi. Through his art, he has a very sharp and unique style of bright and col...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

A President Sacred Asshole - Pastel on Paper Black White Brown Red Blue Yellow
Located in Sofia, BG
"The sacred asshole president" is an abstract and figurative painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard Halimi. Through his art, he has a very sharp and unique style of brig...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Cheers, Life is not always Pink, Pastel on Paper Black White Brown Red Pink Blue
Located in Sofia, BG
"Cheers, Life is not always Pink" is an abstract and figurative painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard Halimi. Through his art, he has a very sharp and unique style of b...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

It's My Wish - Painting Pastel on Paper Black White Brown Red Pink Blue Orange
Located in Sofia, BG
"It's my wish" is an abstract and figurative painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard Halimi. Through his art, he has a very sharp and unique style of bright and colorful ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

At the Bordelle, At her Limit - Abstract Painting Purple Red White Brown Green
Located in Sofia, BG
"At the Bordelle At her Limit" is an abstract and figurative painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard Halimi. Through his art, he has a very sharp and unique style of bri...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

That was Life - Painting Pastel on Paper Black White Brown Red Pink Blue
Located in Sofia, BG
"That was Life" is an abstract and figurative painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard Halimi. Through his art, he has a very sharp and unique style of bright and colorful...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Self-Portrait in the Privacy of Insane - Yellow Black White Brown Blue Grey
Located in Sofia, BG
"Self-portrait in the privacy of insane " is an abstract style painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard Halimi. Through his art, he has a very sharp and unique style of br...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Little Night Open Window - Acrylic Sponge on Paper Yellow Orange White Brown Red
Located in Sofia, BG
"Little night, open window" is an abstract and figurative painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard Halimi. Through his art, he has a very sharp and unique style of bright ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Long Way - Acrylic Sponge on Paper Yellow Orange White Brown Red
Located in Sofia, BG
"Long way" is an abstract and figurative painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard Halimi. Through his art, he has a very sharp and unique style of bright and colorful expr...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

I Love You, Also - Abstract Pastel on Paper Yellow Orange White Brown Red
Located in Sofia, BG
"I love you, also" is an abstract and figurative painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard Halimi. Through his art, he has a very sharp and unique style of bright and color...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Lithograph

Encounter
Located in Montreal, Quebec
The themes visited in this show stem from a desire to extend the vocabulary of my painting while forming a metaphor for the chaos of contemporary life. The title, Escalade, has differing and complimentary functions in English and French. Continuing to paint, over a lengthening career, the medium poses more questions than answers. The title is a reference to my attempt to overcome these difficulties through the expansion of my painting language. The title also refers to the escalation of crises in the world at large. It is the larger picture in which I am a small person trying to make my way. In a concrete sense, the title also refers to a strategy I have taken in a number of these paintings. That is, to re-examine very small paintings...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

My neighbors told me - Large Abstract Painting Yellow Black White Brown Blue
Located in Sofia, BG
"My neighbors told me" is an abstract style painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard Halimi. Through his art, he has a very sharp and unique style of bright and colorful ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Tenec 9 - Figurative acrylic Painting Yellow Blue Brown White Red Black Pink
Located in Sofia, BG
"Tenec 9" is a modern, figurative, abstract art line painting by Maestro Anatoliy Stankulov The painting is unframed. The vivid colors of his paintings bring emotion happiness, lov...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Tenec 8 - Figurative acrylic Painting Yellow Blue Brown White Red Black Pink
Located in Sofia, BG
"Tenec 8" is a modern, figurative, abstract art line painting by Maestro Anatoliy Stankulov The painting is unframed. The vivid colors of his paintings bring emotion happiness, lov...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Tenec 5 - Figurative acrylic Painting Yellow Blue Brown White Red Black
Located in Sofia, BG
"Tenec 5" is a modern, figurative, abstract art line painting by Maestro Anatoliy Stankulov The painting is unframed. The vivid colors of his paintings bring emotion happiness, lov...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Tenec I - Figurative acrylic Painting Yellow Blue Brown White Red Black
Located in Sofia, BG
"Tenec I" is a modern, figurative, abstract art line painting by Maestro Anatoliy Stankulov The painting is unframed. The vivid colors of his paintings bring emotion happiness, lov...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Shadow & Fog I
Located in New York, NY
Shadow & Fog I, 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 dive into ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Oil

Shadow & Fog II
Located in New York, NY
Shadow & Fog II, 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 dive into...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Oil

Tumultuous Shadow
Located in New York, NY
Tumultuous Shadow, 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 dive in...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Oil

Not Tranquility
Located in New York, NY
Not Tranquility, 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 dive into...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Oil

Restless Thoughts
Located in New York, NY
Restless Thoughts, 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 dive in...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Oil

U and I in Little Toy Shop
Located in New York, NY
U and I in Little Toy Shop, 2017 Mixed media on canvas 51.18 x 35.48 inches Dafni Athanasopoulou (1993, Athens) is a painter and model on the rise. Devoted...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Tree of Knowledge II (Tapestry of Nature) : abstract work of art
Located in New York, NY
Abstract work of art with figurative elements by Elizabeth Myers Castonguay. Her work is dedicated to creating art about human equality and preservation of the biodiversity of nature. This painting is a complex work of art that incorporates abstraction and figurative elements. One can notice images of books, human hands, bitten apple and even an entire beautiful landscape in this canvas. Stark contrast of dark background with bright shapes and elements create drama and tension. This work can become a unique gift and will be a wonderful addition to any space, be it a living room of a modern home or a lobby of a commercial building. Elizabeth Myers Castonguay is an accomplished artist, whose work was exhibited at Denise Bibro...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Metal

Frammenti Angelici, 2014
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jacopo Scassellati was born in Sassari (Sardinia) in 1989 where he still resides today. His family is originally from Umbria. Very early on, he disp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, 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

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

Lover's Tree - Painting White Gold Leaf Blue Grey Black Brown
Located in Sofia, BG
"Lover's Tree" is a painting by Stefano G. The painting is unframed. He uses mixed techniques on his artworks “The impressions of Stefano's paintings on the viewer is so mighty, m...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Eliashvili - Rebel
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Eliashvili - Lonsome
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Eliashvili - Dancer
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Carro degli Dei (diptych), 2013
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jacopo Scassellati was born in Sassari (Sardinia) in 1989 where he still resides today. His family is originally from Umbria. Very early on, he displayed a strong predisposition for ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Other
Located in Montreal, Quebec
The themes visited in this show stem from a desire to extend the vocabulary of my painting while forming a metaphor for the chaos of contemporary life. The title, Escalade, has differing and complimentary functions in English and French. Continuing to paint, over a lengthening career, the medium poses more questions than answers. The title is a reference to my attempt to overcome these difficulties through the expansion of my painting language. The title also refers to the escalation of crises in the world at large. It is the larger picture in which I am a small person trying to make my way. In a concrete sense, the title also refers to a strategy I have taken in a number of these paintings. That is, to re-examine very small paintings...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Web of Desire #1 (Large Study for experiments in Pure Painting)
Located in New York, NY
Web of Desire #1 (Large Study for Pure Painting), 2013 Acrylic on canvas 76 x 84 inches Signed, dated and titled on verso. Lee Wells is a conceptual artist, curator, and writer...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Ghost
Located in Montreal, Quebec
The themes visited in this show stem from a desire to extend the vocabulary of my painting while forming a metaphor for the chaos of contemporary life. The title, Escalade, has differing and complimentary functions in English and French. Continuing to paint, over a lengthening career, the medium poses more questions than answers. The title is a reference to my attempt to overcome these difficulties through the expansion of my painting language. The title also refers to the escalation of crises in the world at large. It is the larger picture in which I am a small person trying to make my way. In a concrete sense, the title also refers to a strategy I have taken in a number of these paintings. That is, to re-examine very small paintings...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hills, Projection & Fire
Located in Montreal, Quebec
The themes visited in this show stem from a desire to extend the vocabulary of my painting while forming a metaphor for the chaos of contemporary life. The title, Escalade, has differing and complimentary functions in English and French. Continuing to paint, over a lengthening career, the medium poses more questions than answers. The title is a reference to my attempt to overcome these difficulties through the expansion of my painting language. The title also refers to the escalation of crises in the world at large. It is the larger picture in which I am a small person trying to make my way. In a concrete sense, the title also refers to a strategy I have taken in a number of these paintings. That is, to re-examine very small paintings...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Venus 8 (Lung)
Located in New York, NY
Venus 8 (Lung), 2009 ink on synthetic paper 30 x 22 in / 762 x 558 mm unframed drawing Christina McPhee’s expansive abstract paintings, drawings, photographs, and videos test or query how can we know, and who is we? Moving from within a matrix of measurement, observation and contingent effects, her work resists characterization as product, and continually accesses fields outside itself. For her, process equals trial. Her work emulates potential forms of life, in various systems and territories, from a perspective of the non-self– a world beyond identity. McPhee’s dynamic, performative, physical engagement with materials, in both her analogue and digital works, is a seduction into surface-skidding calligraphic gestures and mark-making. The tactics of living are in subterfuge, like the ‘dazzle...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Archival Ink

Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 9
Located in New York, NY
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 9, 2016 Acrylic on museum board mounted to board Artwork size - 8 x 6.5 inches Framed Size - 16 x 20 inches signed and dated on recto Lee We...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Flying Logs
Located in Montreal, Quebec
The themes visited in this show stem from a desire to extend the vocabulary of my painting while forming a metaphor for the chaos of contemporary life. The title, Escalade, has differing and complimentary functions in English and French. Continuing to paint, over a lengthening career, the medium poses more questions than answers. The title is a reference to my attempt to overcome these difficulties through the expansion of my painting language. The title also refers to the escalation of crises in the world at large. It is the larger picture in which I am a small person trying to make my way. In a concrete sense, the title also refers to a strategy I have taken in a number of these paintings. That is, to re-examine very small paintings...
Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Vultus, 2015
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jacopo Scassellati was born in Sassari (Sardinia) in 1989 where he still resides today. His family is originally from Umbria. Very early on, he disp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Presence
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mixed-media on wood, Jean-Baptiste Valadie (France, 1933), framed, in perfect condition
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Presence
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La Vie, 2000
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jean-François LARRIEU (1960) (France) is an artist born in 1960 The oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a painting sold in 1991, at...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Football Team Sports Action Painting Abstract Expressionism, Sports Illustrated
Located in Miami, FL
Football players cloaked in oversized Browns jackets are seen from behind running off the field. Always the graphic innovator, legendary illustrator Bob Peak creates a radical composition by leaving the bottom two-thirds of the picture plane empty of detail. To convey a sense of motion, Peak uses broad strokes of paint similar to the action painters Franz Kline and Willem de Kooning, who were the dominant force in the fine art world in the 1960s. Clearly, one can see a cross-over influence from Fine Art to commercial illustration as Peak strikes a balance between abstract versus figurative art. This work was done on an assignment for Sports Illustrated...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Charcoal, Acrylic

Off Target (triptyque)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I think of my paintings primarily as landscapes. Recently, these landscapes appear to be more manufactured than organic. At first glance the subjects seem to be monumental forms such...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Roundabout - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract vs Figurative, Acrylic
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Kerry’s education followed the principles of the Bauhaus . He has practiced professionally in all three disciplines of Art, Design, and Architecture. Often as the liaison between the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

It’s Really Very Easy
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I think of my paintings primarily as landscapes. Recently, these landscapes appear to be more manufactured than organic. At first glance the subjects seem to be monumental forms such...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Borden Screen Saver
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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman with Shawl
Located in Boston, MA
Michael Azgour's work has been extensively collected, awarded and celebrated worldwide. He is a painting and drawing teacher at Stanford University and his works can be seen in publi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Milan
Located in Boston, MA
"Milan" is an exceptional example of Michael's most recent body of work, continuing his exploration of perception vs. reality. Michael's work has received many accolades and awards, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Garden of Paradise
Located in Boston, MA
"Garden on Paradise" is an exceptional example of Michael's most recent body of work, continuing his exploration of perception vs. reality. Michael's work has received many accolades...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Longing
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I think of my paintings primarily as landscapes. Recently, these landscapes appear to be more manufactured than organic. At first glance the subjects seem to be monumental forms such...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Encounter
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I think of my paintings primarily as landscapes. Recently, these landscapes appear to be more manufactured than organic. At first glance the subjects seem to be monumental forms such...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Wooden Moat
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I think of my paintings primarily as landscapes. Recently, these landscapes appear to be more manufactured than organic. At first glance the subjects seem to be monumental forms such...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

French Contemporary Art by Danielle Maillet-Vila - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork sold with American box in black color Danielle Maillet-Vila is a French artist born in 1945 who lives and works in Barbizon, France. She first moved into fashion industry an...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Art by Danielle Maillet-Vila - Swing
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Danielle Maillet-Vila is a French artist born in 1945 who lives and works in Barbizon, France. She first moved into fashion industry and started her own business at ju...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Boxer Knockout Punch - Esquire Magazine Mid- Century Sports - Action Painting
Located in Miami, FL
Brilliant American Illustrator Bob Peak captures the fury and power of a punch to the face with rapid broad strokes of the brush. Combined with a somber color scheme and gestural bru...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

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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