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
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Blossom, Winter Solstice, Abstract Impressionism, Pink, Flowers, Floral
Located in Sungai Petani, Kedah
Abstract: Winter Solstice I, Abstract Impressionism, Pink, Plum Blossoms, Flowers, Florals
Winter Solstice I has a pair sister piece - Winter Solstice II. The pair are abstractive i...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$784 Sale Price
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Thoughts. Oil on canvas, 61x77 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Thoughts. Oil on canvas, 61x77 cm
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Oil Painting on Paper - Color Code II - unframed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful bright vibrant of yellows and golds, with pale blues and silvery grays - oil on paper. A very high resolution photograph is provided here to enable viewing of bot...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blossom, Winter Solstice, Abstract Impressionism, Pink, Flowers, Floral
Located in Sungai Petani, Kedah
Abstract: Winter Solstice I, Abstract Impressionism, Pink, Plum Blossoms, Flowers, Florals
Winter Solstice I has a pair sister piece - Winter Solstice II. The pair are abstractive i...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$784 Sale Price
73% Off
"Foliage" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Located in Culver City, CA
"Foliage" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Yasmine Hassan’s still life portrayals of cacti and other stark foliage can scarcely be described as such, given that it...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
Emerge V Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Henry Walsh, 2022
By Henry Walsh
Located in Deddington, GB
Emerge V by Henry Walsh [2022]
Emerge V by Henry Walsh is an original acrylic painting on a 4cm deep canvas that features a supposed busy atmosphere of many people at leisure, but at the same time is sparse. Henry Walsh’s work begin with snapshots of busy life and by a process of elimination, he refocus’ on the image and on the elements that encapsulate a sober thoughtfulness.
Additional information:
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:50 cm x D:4 cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look.
Henry Walsh artist's works are available to buy online with Wychwood art and in our art gallery. Henry Walsh was born 1978 in Norwich, England and spent his childhood in the Suffolk countryside. Henry studied art at Ipswich College in Suffolk, and then Loughborough University in Leicestershire. In 2000 he moved to London to find work that would further his art career and help to maintain his painting. In Spring 2011 Henry and his family moved from London to the High Peak in Derbyshire. Henry is now a freelance artist & designer concentrating more time to his painting. Artist and painter Henry Walsh comments “My work begins with snapshots of busy city life and by a process of elimination I refocus the image on elements that encapsulate a sober thoughtfulness." "Scattered throughout the hustle and bustle of concrete life, like pools among the rocks, are the parks and squares that provide us with a place to breathe and a time to think. It is a fundamental need of a sane society to be able to stop once in a while and wander from the routine, lift our heads and look at the sky or take in our regular surroundings with a fresh insight.” “Sitting on the top deck of a London bus, I let my mind stroll over the lives of the people on the street, they obtain new life stories; I’m placing myself in their shoes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Untitled 102" Abstract Painting 31" x 24" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 102" Abstract Painting 31" x 24" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certifica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Butterfly Effect, Carne Griffiths, Original painting, Floral, Expressionist
Located in Deddington, GB
The Butterfly Effect by Carne Griffiths
Original and hand signed by the artist
Mixed Media on Watercolour Paper
Image size: H:82cm x w:63.5cm
Complete size of framed work: H:82cm x W:63.5cm
Sold framed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Original artwork painted in ink and tea on 535gsm bockingford watercolour paper.
Sold Framed in a thick off-white wooden frame.
Discover new limited edition prints by Carne Griffiths available to by online and in our art gallery. Originally from Liverpool, Griffiths graduated from the Kent Institute of Art and Design in Maidstone in 1995. After completing a one-year KIAD fellowship and moving to London he served an apprenticeship at the longest-established gold wire embroidery firm in the world. Here he worked as a gold wire embroidery designer for twelve years, eventually becoming the creative director. Carne produced intricate designs for the military and the film, theatre, fashion and advertising industries. His designs were used for the uniforms in the films Valkyrie, The Last King of Scotland...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Arabian Nights" Figurative Painting 9" x 12" inch (1997) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Arabian Nights" Figurative Painting 9" x 12" inch (1997) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Emancipation, 1991
Ink on Paper.
Signed & dated
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Abd Elmalak’s diverse portfolio exemplifies not only his versatility, but perhaps even more importantly his unique ability to blend the conventional and unconventional in thoughtful harmony, which esteemed Modernist and author Hussein Bicar (1913-2002) deemed a “highly intelligent duality between the kinetics of the universe and its stillness.”
The selection of Abd Elmalak’s drawings is reflective of a compositional method that is based on free-flowing and distinct lines and contours that he uses to amalgamate caricature-Esque female figures with monuments and landmarks from his travels, script, animals, and natural elements into interconnected and unified tapestries. His selected paintings explore themes of entrapment, companionship, oppression, emancipation, and faith, which he explores and animate through his demure and virtuous women subjects...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Blenheim - View to the Monument by Jon Rowland, Original painting, Art on Paper
Located in Deddington, GB
Blenheim - View to the Monument by Jon Rowland
Original painting on paper, signed and unframed.
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:42 cm x W:30 cm
One of a series of small sketch paintings that record scenes from key locations in the parkland of Blenheim Palace. Jon is one of six contemporary artists chosen to be part of an exhibition celebrating 300 years of Capability Brown...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Utopian Vision" Abstract Painting 61" x 30" inch by Kinda Adly
By Kinda Adly
Located in Culver City, CA
"Utopian Vision" Abstract Painting 61" x 30" inch by Kinda Adly
Kinda Adly, born in Egypt in 1989, is a self-taught artist. She grew up in Egypt and cur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
Figures. 2008, oil on canvas, 50x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Ali Shamsi (1964)
Born in 1964 in Azerbaijan in a small village at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains on the
banks of a river.
1981 - 1985. Azerbaijan State Institute of Arts.
...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gift III. 1992, a / e, paper, etching, 23x13 cm
Located in Riga, LV
JEKATERINA GRYAZEVA
Born in Latvia, Riga 1968
Education
1979 - 1986 J.Rozentals Secondary Art School (Riga).
1987 - 1993 Academy of Art (Riga, Latvia), department of Graphics,...
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Etching
Encounter
By Judith Berry
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
Canvas, Oil
$11,000
Seven Fires: geometric abstract painting of fire in yellow, red & orange
By Mat Tomezsko
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Free shipping with code ART2021SHIP through December 2021! Mat Tomezko's latest series of mixed media paintings uses evocative materials and imagery of fire, flowers, food, newspaper...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Flower, Floral, Abstract Impressionism, Hibiscus, Mixed-media
Located in Sungai Petani, Kedah
Abstract: Morphing I, Abstract Impressionism, Hibiscus flower, Textured, Mixed-media, Diptych - Morphing II
Morphing I has a pair sister piece - Morphing II. The pair are abstractiv...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$1,584 Sale Price
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Cubes Divided Equally into Three #16: geometric abstraction w/ very peri & blue
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Benjamin Weaver creates spatial tension through his use of contrasting colors arranged in a geometric framework. Imagery and color work both with and against each other to create mov...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Construct: geometric abstract Op Art painting w/ blue & gold cubes & squares
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This geometric abstract Op Art acrylic on panel painting includes squares, rectangles, and cubes in graduated shades of blue outlined in contrasting yellow gold on a blue field. It is signed and dated on the back.
Benjamin Weaver...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel, Wood Panel
Ascending/Descending #10: geometric Op Art abstract painting w/ blue & yellow
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Benjamin Weaver creates spatial tension through his use of contrasting colors arranged in a geometric framework. Imagery and color work both with and a...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Optic Diamond IV - contemporary abstract mixed media painting w/ geometric cubes
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Optic Diamond IV" is a geometric abstract acrylic on canvas painting with mixed media elements. It is a square 36" x 36" canvas that hangs on the diagonal to measure 52" x 52 x 2". ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
Abstract Synapses - Step Out Of The Shadows, Lucy Moore, Original Abstract Art
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
Abstract Synapses – Step Out Of The Shadows by Lucy Moore [2021]
original
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: H:56 cm x W:46 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:56 cm x W:46 cm x D:3.5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Shadow
By Gary Evans
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 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,800
Personaje 1
Located in MADRID, ES
Surrealistic human figure. Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,814 Sale Price
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Outlook (I Dream of Japan)
By Judith Berry
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Personaje 2
Located in MADRID, ES
Surrealistic human figure. Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,814 Sale Price
20% Off
"Chained" Oil Painting 35" x 27" inch by Anastasiia Danilenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Chained" Oil Painting 35" x 27" inch by Anastasiia Danilenko
Artwork ships rolled in tube.
Anastasiia Danilenko is an artist and graphic desig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gold Flowers, Impressionism, Figurative, Spring, Blossoms, Tropical
Located in Sungai Petani, Kedah
I capture the enchanting essence of spring's golden hour, filled with blossoms, vitality, and energy. By wielding brushes and blending bronze dips into rich black fluids, I've crafted a tropical scene set against a natural ecru background. The ecru canvas adds a warm, foundational element, allowing the painting's timeless beauty to shine in any environment.
This artwork, titled "Golden Hour VIII" and created in 2021, features metallique acrylic paint that gives it a gentle luster, enhancing its overall visual charm.
Golden Hour VIII (2021) is signed on the back and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, affirming its provenance and value.
© 2019-2024 Fuen Chin...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Modern Oil on Canvas Abstract Figurative Portrait on Gestural Yellow & Brown
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Precipice
Description: Oil on canvas, figurative, yellow, gestural, modern, abstract
This painting depicts a fraction of a moment caught on the face of its subject. Beautifully rend...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Molson Park
By Gary Evans
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 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Figurative Pop Expressionist Acrylic on Canvas Painting, "Josephine Baker"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind Figurative Pop Expressionist Acrylic on Canvas Painting executed by artist Larry Caveney. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon its purchase or delivery...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
A Conceptualized Acrylic on Paper Painting, "Sail 1"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 12.5x11 conceptually driven Acrylic on Paper Painting executed by artist Paul Hobson. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon i...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Suzanne Winn, Whitehead Sands III, Original Seascape Painting, Affordable Art
By Suzanne Winn
Located in Deddington, GB
Suzanne Winn
Whitesands III
Original Landscape Painting
Oil Paint on Canvas
Image size: H 50cm x W 50cm x D 3.5cm
Sold Unframed
Ready to Hang
Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look.
Whitesands III is a contemporary seascape painting by Suzanne Winn. I find the Pembrokeshire landscape very inspiring. It is wild, rugged and timeless. The light is fantastic and there is an immense energy which flows through the landscape. Whitesands III was inspired by visits to Whitesands Bay – a stretch of coastline where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Pembrokeshire cliffs, beneath the wild moorland of St David’s Head...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract ropes
By Judith Berry
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Raw Renaissance III
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Part of the Raw Renaissance series, these works explore the intersection of painting and sculpture through a richly textural language. Floral patterns—both painted and collaged—evoke...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil, Fabric, Textile
Travel Drawings Series, Pattaya, Pen & Ink on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Yusuf Arakkal - Travel Drawing Series - Pattaya
Pen & Ink on Paper , 10 x 14 inches , 2000
About the Artist & his work :
Born : Yusuf Arakkal (1945 – 2016) was born in Kerala.
Education & Art Career : Both his parents died when he was young. Leaving the comforts of his house behind, he left for Bangalore, lonely but with a passion to become a painter. The hardships that he faced at Bangalore honed the artist in him and sharpened his sensibility. He took a diploma in painting from Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat (KCP), Bangalore and later specialized in graphic print making from National Academy community studios, Garhi, Delhi.
Solo International Show :
1992 - Relays De Monts - Siux, Limousin, France.
1993 - Gallerie Taormina Del Arte - Le Hwre, France.
1994 - Srijana Contemporary Art Gallery - Kathmandu, Nepal & Art Forum Gallery, Singapore.
1996 - Wallace Gallery, Chelsea, New York & Air Gallery, Dower Street, London.
Group International Shows :
1985 - Thirty contemporary Indian Artists at Habana, Cuba ; Contemporary Indian Art show at the National Museum Mexico City, Mexico ; Second Asian Art show, Fukuoka, Japan & Indian Printmaking, Festival of India, USA.
1986 - Sixth biennale de beau Art, Beaumount, France ; Third Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh ; Inaugural exhibition of the National Museum of Modern Art, Seol, Korea.
1994 - Indian printmaking show, Maltwood Art Museum & Gallery Victoria, British Columbia & Indian Contemporary Art Show, Gallery Maya, Hong Kong.
1996 - Indian Contemporary Art show, Nagai Garo, Tokyo, Japan ; 32 Contemporary Indian artists - exhibition and auction by Christies, London & Women in Indian Art, by The Gallery, Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong.
1997 - Auction of Indian Contemporary Art by Christies, London.
Awards :
2005 : Lorenso-De-Medici Gold...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Travel Drawings Series, London 06, Pen & Ink on Paper by Modern Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Yusuf Arakkal - Travel Drawing Series - London
Pen & Ink on Paper , 10 x 14 inches , 2006
About the Artist & his work :
Born : Yusuf Arakkal (1945 – 2016) was born in Kerala.
Education & Art Career : Both his parents died when he was young. Leaving the comforts of his house behind, he left for Bangalore, lonely but with a passion to become a painter. The hardships that he faced at Bangalore honed the artist in him and sharpened his sensibility. He took a diploma in painting from Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat (KCP), Bangalore and later specialized in graphic print making from National Academy community studios, Garhi, Delhi.
Solo International Show :
1992 - Relays De Monts - Siux, Limousin, France.
1993 - Gallerie Taormina Del Arte - Le Hwre, France.
1994 - Srijana Contemporary Art Gallery - Kathmandu, Nepal & Art Forum Gallery, Singapore.
1996 - Wallace Gallery, Chelsea, New York & Air Gallery, Dower Street, London.
Group International Shows :
1985 - Thirty contemporary Indian Artists at Habana, Cuba ; Contemporary Indian Art show at the National Museum Mexico City, Mexico ; Second Asian Art show, Fukuoka, Japan & Indian Printmaking, Festival of India, USA.
1986 - Sixth biennale de beau Art, Beaumount, France ; Third Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh ; Inaugural exhibition of the National Museum of Modern Art, Seol, Korea.
1994 - Indian printmaking show, Maltwood Art Museum & Gallery Victoria, British Columbia & Indian Contemporary Art Show, Gallery Maya, Hong Kong.
1996 - Indian Contemporary Art show, Nagai Garo, Tokyo, Japan ; 32 Contemporary Indian artists - exhibition and auction by Christies, London & Women in Indian Art, by The Gallery, Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong.
1997 - Auction of Indian Contemporary Art by Christies, London.
Awards :
2005 : Lorenso-De-Medici Gold...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Modern Abstract Expressionistic Figurative Painting, "Paradise Lake Shaman" 2021
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original painting by southern California artist, Peter J. Geise. Its dimensions are 10" x 8" x 1.5" (HxWxD). It is acrylic on canvas, it is unframed. A certif...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Modern Abstract Figurative Expressionistic Painting, "Red Shaman" 2015
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original painting by southern California artist, Peter J. Geise. Its dimensions are 11" x 8" x 1.5" (HxWxD). It is acrylic on canvas, it is unframed. A certif...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Circle, Triangle, and Green acrylic on canvas painting by Sadamasa Motonaga
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Sadamasa Motonaga (1922-2011)
The Circle, Triangle, and Green
Executed in 1989
Acrylic on canvas
91.0 x 72.7 cm (35 ⁵³/₆₄ x 28 ⁵/₈ in) not consider...
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Colourful, op-art modern painting "Movimenti Percettivi 70-69"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Ferruccio Gard (Italy, 1940) is one of the pioneers and leading artist representatives of the Neo-Constructivist art, Programmed Art and Optical Art, which he has practiced since 1969. He is considered to be a master of colour, in his painting Gard creates original formal and compositional solutions of forms and colours. Exploring the geometric composition with chromatic and special themes Gards clasps the complexity of black and white and the extremes of the tonal scale of colours.
Gard's work have been the subject of many writers, including Piero Dorazio and Virgilio Guidi, as well as renowned poets art art curators such as Jorge Amado...
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Heather Wilcoxon, Blow Out, Oil on Board, 2007
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Heather Wilcoxon
Title: Blow Out
Medium: Oil on Board
Year: 2007
Size:
BFA San Francisco Art Institute, Painting
MFA San Francisco Art Insti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Ghost
By Judith Berry
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
Canvas, Oil
$5,400
Here and There - 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Light That Won't Turn Off
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece is part of a series I've been working on about my recent trip visiting family in the Philippines. The paintings all contain layered elements of plants, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
COMPOSITION
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil painting on canvas. Unsigned. Canvas size 23.875 x 16.75 inches. Custom framed as pictured.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included....
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$40,000 Sale Price
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Doors of expression
Located in New York, US
Martin worked as the assistant to legendary artist Sam Gilliam for 12 years in his D.C. studio, after graduating from Carnegie Mellon where Sam was his Masters Mentor and guide.
Over the past decade, he has incorporated mixed media and found objects into his abstract expressionist oil paintings on canvas, introducing new textural quality similar to Gilliam arts, which he helped to originate while his assistant. Martin received a B.F.A. degree from SUNY Purchase where he was inspired by figurative and abstract expressionism which evolved into his own style which Sam discovered in recruiting him to come to Pittsburgh to study for his M.F.A. degree with him where he credits his further artistic development with Gilliam.
His works have been acquired by corporate patrons such as the Estée Lauder Companies, Eli Lilly and Company, Citigroup, Agatha Gund (past Chr of M.O.M.A) and Bill Kurtis TV Productions , who produced a TV special on A&E Channel entitled, "The Shattered Mind." His work has been featured in both group and solo exhibitions and presented two solo exhibitions at Fountain House Gallery in support of mental health. The prestigious New York gallery Vivian Horan Fine Art presented a solo exhibition of his work. Martin's work was also showcased in a solo show at the corporate headquarters of Estée Lauder Companies. Martin Cohen...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
"The Evening Crowd, Manhattan"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984)
He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in Chicago as a youth, he took classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, returning to New York when he was 20. From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent), and Anders Zorn.
He accepted a teaching position at the Minneapolis School of Art in 1916, remaining there until 1921. This enabled him to travel to Europe to study Cézanne’s paintings and works of the Old Masters. He traveled to Paris, Prague, Dresden, Berlin, and Munich seeking the works of Titian, Cranach, Rembrandt, Veronese, and Holbein, which gave him new perspective. Vytlacil studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Munich, settling there in 1921. Fellow students were Ernest Thurn and Worth Ryder, who introduced him to famous abstractionist Hans Hofmann. He worked with Hofmann from about 1922 to 1926, as a student and teaching assistant.
During the summer of 1928, after returning to the United States, Vytlacil gave lectures at the University of California, Berkeley, on modern European art. Soon thereafter, he became a member of the Art Students League faculty. After one year, he returned to Europe and successfully persuaded Hofmann to teach at the League as well. He spent about six years in Europe, studying the works of Matisse, Picasso, and Dufy. In 1935, he returned to New York and became a co-founder of the American Abstract Artists group in 1936. He later had teaching posts at Queens College in New York; the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California; Black Mountain College in North Carolina; and the Art Students League.
His paintings exhibit a clear inclination toward modernism. His still lives and interiors from the 1920s indicate an understanding of the art of Cézanne. In the 1930s, his works displayed two very different kinds of art at the same time. His cityscapes and landscapes combine Cubist-inspired spatial concerns with an expressionistic approach to line and color. Vytlacil also used old wood, metal, cork, and string in constructions, influenced by his friend and former student, Rupert Turnbull. He eventually ceased creating constructions as he considered them too limiting. The spatial challenges of painting were still his preference. During the 1940s and 1950s, his works indicated a sense of spontaneity not felt in his earlier work.
He married Elizabeth Foster in Florence, Italy, in 1927 and they lived and worked in Positano, Italy for extended periods of time. Later on, they divided their time between homes in Sparkill, New York and Chilmark, Massachusetts, where Vyt, as he was affectionately called, taught at the Martha's Vineyard Art...
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1930s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary, Floral Portrait. Minas Halaj Floral.
By Minas Halaj
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The artist certificate is included.
Floral Portrait" by Minas Halaj is a captivating masterpiece that seamlessly blends natural beauty with the human form. The artwork features a fi...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Missed Call
Located in Toronto, ON
Capturing the people he sees on the subway, on the street, and in crowded public spaces, in oil paint, this unique painting by Colombian-Canadian, Carlos Delgado...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Floral Mind No. 43, Counterparty Floral, Counterparty Flowers, Floral Mind.
By Minas Halaj
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Floral Mind, mixed media on panel 40×36 inches.
The artist signed the front lower right and the back.
The certificate is included.
"Floral Mind No. 43 " by Minas Halaj is a captiva...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ancient Revel oil painting by Wesley Lea
By Wesley Lea
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed and titled verso on stretcher "Lea Ancient Revel". Subtitled verso on label in artist's hand: "An attempt to marry ancient mineral matter with people".
Exhibited at the 194...
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1940s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bouquet d'Estérel
Located in Miami, FL
Born 1949, Fréjus, France
French artist Evelyne Ballestra studied painting in the South of France before moving to Switzerland where she met her mentor, Rolf Dürig, a master of the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shelter
By Judith Berry
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$15,400
Large Ragged Gloves (Triptych)
By Judith Berry
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
Canvas, Oil
A Musician oil painting by Frederick E. Wright
Located in Hudson, NY
This work of a young musician by Frederick E. Wright is set in an exceptional original Doll & Richards, Boston, frame. The framed dimensions are 16' x 13 1/3" x 1". A hand-written la...
Category
Late 19th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
White Buildings for H.C.
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original tempera on paper painting by emerging contemporary artist Anthony Leone, currently featured in the artist's solo exhibition Grape Farm.
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
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
122001 by Kyoko Sasai
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kyoko Sasai is a renowned Japanese artist, esteemed due to her innovative approaches to cultural representation and unique artistic methodologies.
She liv...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
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