Contemporary Figurative Paintings
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
Style: Contemporary
Color: Gray
Love - SOLD - Commission available
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on canvas set in white wooden frame. Abstract and figurative depending on how close or far you are from the piece. The word LOVE is the focus. Small amount of paint crea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
''Cauliflower II'' Contemporary Dutch Still-life Painting of a Cauliflower
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dutch artist Nico Heilijgers (1964) works in the tradition of the great seventeenth-century painters.
Heilijgers' paintings are characterized by aesthetics, harmony and atmosphere,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Old City 6
Located in Singapore, SG
"City of joy" - Kolkata. Old roads, old buildings, auto rickshaws, trams, trains and a variety of typical colours and sounds make this city beautiful in its own way. This city even h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled (Mountain view of Schroon Lake) - Figurative landscape oil painting
By Cobi Moules
Located in East Quogue, NY
Landscape oil painting, "(Mountain view of Schroon Lake)," by Cobi Moules - Oil on canvas
Driven by the desire for adventure and discovery, Cobi Moules embraces the beauty of nature...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Composition in Blue and Green- 21st Century Dutch Realistic Still-life painting
By Henk Boon
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Henk Boon
Composition in Blue and Green
Oil on canvas on wood
100 x 120 cm
Frame included 107 x 127 cm
The still-life paintings of Dutch painter Henk Boon ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Francesco - Oil on Canvas by Anastasia Kurakina - 2015
Located in Roma, IT
Francesco is a superb original oil on canvas realized in 2015 by Anastasia Kurakina .
Signed and dated on the lower right margin.
In excellent conditions.
This Contemporary artw...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Tomato Milk - Acrylic Paint and Ink by EMPHI - 2015
Located in Roma, IT
This original artwork Tomato Milk was realized by the Italian artist EMPHI in 2015.
Acrylic paint and ink on cardboard from the series Tuttifrutti.
Certificate of authenticity pro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Populus: Dame Elizabeth Taylor, “Liz”
By Craig Alan
Located in Washington, DC
Contemporary portrait of Elizabeth Taylor.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
insula Isola Island Oil Painting on Canvas Black and White Building In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
insula Isola Island Oil Painting on Canvas Black and White Building In Stock
Maya Kulenovic’s paintings have been exhibited in over thirty solo exhibitions and many more group shows...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Populus: Marilyn–Silly Little Dress
By Craig Alan
Located in Washington, DC
The popular and innovative American Neo-Pop artist Craig Alan was born in San Bernardino, California, in 1971. Although Alan was inclined to creativity and the visual arts from an early age, it was not until his family moved to New Orleans, where he truly developed a sense of artistic purpose in earnest. Alan’s first concentrated attempts at visual expression were through street portraiture, which provided him with the experience and means to purchase art supplies and further his informal artistic studies.
Craig Alan attended the University of Mobile in Alabama, where he pursed a degree in the visual arts. During his time at the university, Alan garnered academic recognition and earned awards for excellence in studio art practice. He participated in Art with a Southern Drawl, one of the university’s most popular art exhibitions, which featured forty-two of Alan’s artworks.
The artist’s specialty has been and is predominantly figurative works, with Alan seeking new and innovative modes or re-working historical modes of figural representation. He has experimented with and incorporated elements of make-up/cosmetic artistry, set design, sculpture, and traditional figure drawing in his oeuvre. And his shadowbox series, which combines seemingly contrasting and contradictory elements—dresses made of ribbons and feather; shells made of pierced-paper and sticks—and transcends the traditional two-dimensional art form.
Craig Alan has received his greatest popular acclaim from collectors for his POPULUS series. Through an intricate process of deconstruction and construction, Alan re-creates iconic images of popular figures through the working and reworking of hundreds of miniature, individuated figures viewed from an aerial or birds-eye-view. His images of celebrities, heroes, or recognizable sites, such as the U.S. Capitol or Statue of Liberty, invite close, slow viewing and scrutiny, that ultimately reveals greater thematic associations and allusions through finely rendered hand details.
Craig Alan’s variety of series of art-making—Populus, Narrative, and Motivo—reveals, through different modes of expression, the artist’s knowledge of and proficiency with the art historical figurative...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The wild grass Caroline Veith Contemporary drawing flora red art
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint and ink on tracing paper
hand-signed and dated lower right
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Populus: Homage to Van Gogh
By Craig Alan
Located in Washington, DC
Contemporary portrait of Vincent Van Gogh. Miniature paintings in composition.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Red Rover, Red Rover" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Michelle Jader's "Red Rover, Red Rover" is an original, handmade oil painting on 2 acrylic panels that depicts a child playing on a playground toy and t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Impressionist Oil on Canvas Street Scene "Street Seller"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique oil painting, drawing heavily from the post-impressionist movement.
A gloomy night-time street scene, typical of Glanville's work.
Oil on stretched canvas, ready to hang.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hoe v. Maid
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Hoe v. Maid" is an original artwork made from oil on panel by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece measures 12”h x 9”w.
Lauren Rinaldi (b. 1983, Brooklyn, NY) is an Americ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Tidal Retreat, Helen Howells, Contemporary painting, Original art, 2022
Located in Deddington, GB
Tidal Retreat by Helen Howells[2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Oil on Canvas
Image size: H:76 cm x W:102 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:76 cm x W:102 cm x D:3.5cm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
September Light, Albert Bridge Landscape Painting by Marie Robinson, 2022
Located in Deddington, GB
September Light, Albert Bridge by Marie Robinson [2022]
Marie Robinson’s September Light, Albert Bridge is an original urban landscape painting of the iconic Albert Bridge spanning ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Canvas
Electric Thames III, Sarah Adams, Landscape art, Cityscape , 2022
By Sarah Adams
Located in Deddington, GB
Electric Thames III by Sarah Adams [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: H:48 cm x W:58 cm
Framed Size: H:48 cm x W:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Red Billboard_2022_Jane Maxwell, Female Figurative Collage, Mixed Media/Paper
By Jane Maxwell
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
JANE MAXWELL
"Red Billboard"
Mixed Media on Paper
37" x 31" Unframed ; 42.5" x 35.5" Framed
Jane Maxwell’s artwork approaches the female body with an affectionate and celebratory fe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Crossing at 42st at 5am - contemporary impressionism New York oil painting
Located in London, GB
Based in his homeland of Australia, David has painted extensively throughout his travels in the United States and the UK, where he is regularly represented by select commercial galle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
New pond 1 - figurative wall sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful 3D wall sculpture by David Gerstein consist of 3 layers of laser cut pieces that are assembled on the wall.
As all of Gerstein's pieces, it is very colorful, dynamic a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal
Collector
Located in Singapore, SG
This painting illustrates the personal satisfaction (that cannot be described in words) of an art collector when enjoying the works in his collection.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Leaving" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Shelli Langdale's "Leaving" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a white horse in a green field with a red balloon hovering above its form.
Artist Bio:
Shelli Langdal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
''Archeological Find II'' Contemporary Dutch Painting of a Skeleton of a Dog
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dutch artist Nico Heilijgers (1964) works in the tradition of the great seventeenth-century painters.
Heilijgers' paintings are characterized by aest...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
My Loneliness is Killing Me
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "My Loneliness is Killing Me" is an original artwork made from oil on paper by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece is shipped with the pictured white frame and measures 15"h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Interlude no. 8 Oil Painting on Panel Face Portrait In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Interlude no. 8 Oil Painting on Panel Face Portrait In Stock
Maya Kulenovic’s paintings have been exhibited in over thirty solo exhibitions and many more group shows and art fairs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Nude, Figurative, Pastel on Paper by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sanatan Dinda - Untitled - 28 x 20 inches (unframed size)
Pastel on Paper, 2010
shipment without frame
Style : Sanatan Dinda discovers the beautiful amidst the ruins of a dilapidated city; his work becomes lyrical while he puts his signature on the curves and cleavages of sculpted human bodies. Born in the intestines of North Kolkata, the lanes and by lanes of Kumartuli, the squalor and the dirt, the refinement and nuances of a traditional craft of idol-making, the ancient river, the lonely bathing places taught him everything. Poverty all around, Sanatan had enough courage, even in his formative years, to convince himself that eternity could be invented, here and now, in a day. His art, both sculpture and painting, engages in a dialogue between tradition and modernity. Today, his work can be considered to be a prime example of contemporary Bengali visual culture. For last few years, Sanatan has been trying to stress upon traditional clay-sculpting – primarily the local popular sculpture...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media
2-9-22 (Diptych) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Natia Sapanadze - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beautiful Chaos #7, Lucy Moore, Floral art, Acrylic on Canvas, 2022
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
Beautiful Chaos #7 – By Lucy Moore [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: H:76 cm x W:76 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:76 cm x W:76 cm x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Lunacy II
Located in Detroit, MI
Lunacy II
acrylic on canvas
40x40 in
Part of the Looney series
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
No Name
Located in Sempach, LU
In fact, everything is fed up, life is fed up, Avatar is fed up,
eyesight is failing, we need more and more light, the heating in the workshop is electric...
In short, as I painted i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
La Luz 10, Movie set Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
La Luz 10, 2021 by Jose Ricardo Contreras González
From the series La Luz
Oil on canvas
Image size: 30 H cm. x 40 W cm.
Mounted on a stretcher.
Signed on verso
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
It Is Lazy - Contemporary Ink, Ecolina Painting, New Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grażyna Rigall is a painter, illustrator, author of stage designs and music videos. - The artist is interested in the merging of the world of fauna and flora with the world of man, p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Ink
"Sunkissed Winter 1959D" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Bryanna Marie's "Sunkissed Winter 1959D" is an original, handmade oil painting on a copper coin that depicts warm sunlight reflecting off a winter stream and fresh snowfall.
About ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Georgian Contemporary Art by Natia Sapanadze - Yes
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper, Framed 19 x 14 x 2 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Canadian Contemporary Art by Pepe Hidalgo - Nuremberg Celestial Phenomenon I
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Elite
Located in New Orleans, LA
Akihiko says of his work…
My body of work is an experiment in rejecting conventional views of painting, reconsidering the very act of viewing, and reassessing traditional oil painti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurative landscape painting-Landscape outside the window No.1
Located in Beijing, CN
Jin Peng, born in 1996 in Feixian County, Linyi, Shandong Province Chinese nationality
2015-2019 Undergraduate in the representational performance studio of the Oil Painting Depart...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chaise 19, Minimalist, Pop Art, painting, Figurative, Poolside, Male
Located in Riverdale, NY
Chaise #19 by California artist Jeffrey Palladini is a minimalist figurative painting featuring a male figure. It is Oil and Charcoal on Wood Panel. It is 12x48. With the wood fram...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Oil, Wood Panel
You and Me - Contemporary Painting, Blue, White, Beige, Couple, Woman, Interior
Located in Berlin, DE
You and Me, 2019
Oil on canvas (Signed on reverse)
35 7/16 H x 23 5/8 W in.
90 H x 60 W cm
In his paintings, Radu Rodideal speaks about the concept of loneliness. Everybody is born...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Canadian Contemporary Art by Pepe Hidalgo - Earth's Vibration
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas, diptych
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
London Summer by Rachel Tighe, Westminster, Original Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Located in Deddington, GB
A painting of a walk from Trafalgar Square to Westminster in the hustle and bustle of London.
Additional information:
London Summer by Rachel Tighe [2022...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
1-9-22 (Diptych) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
‘Family Time ‘Figurative Contemporary Original Painting Colorful 36" x 41
Located in Carmel, CA
Innocent is an artist who harnesses the beauty of colours to create a certain brilliance in his work that portrays the graceful ambience of the African culture.
Using his dexterity a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Canadian Contemporary Art by Pepe Hidalgo - The Presence
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas, diptych
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Calf" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a Dutch Calf, Cow
By Paul Jansen
Located in Utrecht, NL
The oil paintings of the contemporary Dutch artist Paul Jansen invites the viewer to look beyond the standard picture within the frame. It feels as if the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Canadian Contemporary Art by Pepe Hidalgo - Interaction
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Canadian Contemporary Art by Pepe Hidalgo - Expression of Love
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1-4-22 (Diptych) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer Fresh I, Suzanne Winn, Contemporary Landscape painting for sale
Located in Deddington, GB
#2209B by David Jones [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Ink on Paper
Image size: H:40 cm x W:29 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:29 cm x D:0.1cm
Sold Unfra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Canadian Contemporary Art by Pepe Hidalgo - Goya's Dog Scratiching Itself
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
The Winding Thames, Sarah Adams, Original painting, Cityscape, London art
By Sarah Adams
Located in Deddington, GB
The Winding Thames by Sarah Adams [2021]
original and hand signed by the artist
Acrylic on Canvas
Image size: H:48 cm x W:58 cm
Complete Size of Unframed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Haight Ashbury
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on linen
Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Belarusian Contemporary Art by Tatiana Radsivilko - In the dark
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Polzeath Rocks, Rupert Aker, Contemporary Landscape art, Oil on Canvas, 2022
By Rupert Aker
Located in Deddington, GB
Polzeath Rocks by Rupert Aker [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Oil on board
Image size: H:30 cm x W:30 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:30 cm x D:2cm
Fram...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Canadian Contemporary Art by Pepe Hidalgo - Man 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Figurative Watercolor paintin- Gong jianyu
Located in Beijing, CN
Gong Jianyu, (1990-), China,graduated from Jilin Normal University, graduated from the Department of Watercolor University of Northeast Normal University, and Professor Wang Huiyu. H...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Contemporary figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary 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 America Martin, Alexandru Rădvan, Sax Berlin, and Adam Mysock. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Fabric and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 0.75 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 $13 and tops out at $254,827, while the average work sells for $3,411.