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
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Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - Coffee and Cigarette 8
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bouquet of non-stringing nettle, 70x60cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Bouquet of non-stringing nettle, 70x60cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer Day
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
"Summer Day" is by an up and coming Romanian painter named Stefan Mocanu. He finds the incredible in the everyday and transforms it into a pictorial joy. His use of thick paint ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - Composizione 5
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the Scho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Butterflies (Mariposas)
Located in Denver, CO
Kaitlyn Tucek's portraits capture movement, emotion, and personal narratives on canvas. "Butterflies ( Mariposas)" is charged with elegant movement, as t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Cuban Contemporary Art by Carlos Sablon - Paysage Onirique
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Carlos Sablòn Perez is a Cuban artist born in 1981 who lives & works in Châlons-en-Champagne, France. His talent is quickly recognized in the four corners of the Cuban archipelago as artistic projects duplicated in his native country and elsewhere. First destination for the artist was Colombia. He took part at the Bienal Internacional de Arte in Bogota & also many surrounding fairs in South America. His travels will also take him to Venezuela, Spain, Scotland, Germany & England, through exhibitions and private collections. He is inspired by the fantastic school of Dali, the mythological universe of the anthropologist Carlos Castaneda, or the representatives of the Latin American boom, such as the writer Gabriel García Márquez.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Elene Melikidze - Big Cat
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Elene Melikidze is a Georgian artist born in 1999 who lives & works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She started painting since childhood in various...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Variations #6
Located in New York, NY
The basis of Beatriz's painted scenes is an exploration of the construction of reality. She represents this by analyzing all the things that are contained in a given space — and what...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Tissue Paper
Variations #3
Located in New York, NY
The basis of Beatriz's painted scenes is an exploration of the construction of reality. She represents this by analyzing all the things that are contained in a given space — and what...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Tissue Paper
Girl in Red Kerchief
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
"Girl in Red Kerchief" is by an up and coming Romanian painter named Stefan Mocanu. He finds the incredible in the everyday and transforms it into a pic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Neige - Le Château d'Eau d'Arromanches by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié
Located in London, GB
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Neige - Le Château d'Eau d'Arromanches by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié (B. 1935)
Oil on canvas
100 x 81 cm (39 ³/₈ x...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Femininity - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Women Portrait, Realism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Petite Marine Grise by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié - Oil painting, Landscape
Located in London, GB
Petite Marine Grise by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié (b. 1935)
Oil on canvas
92 x 73 cm (36 ¼ x 28 ¾ inches)
Signed lower right, Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié
Titled, signed and dated on rev...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Chinese Art by Liu Xiaodong - A45
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Liu Xiaodong is a Chinese artist born in Inner Mongolia in 1968 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Inner Mongolia...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Leyli, 150x110cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Leyli, 150x110cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gran via - Madrid
Located in PARIS, FR
It is certainly the most appropriate translation of Pascale Hémery’s work, which takes a look at the places visited on a daily basis and during her travels abroad. This look is the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel
'Jazz Figures', San Francisco Bay Area Woman Artist, Post-Impressionist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, 'Carole Hand' (American, 20th century), dated March, 1998, and titled, 'AEC, ST, C.O.D.'.
A large mixed-media figural collage and painting comprising jazz musicians, possibly members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
This San Francisco Bay area...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Paper
Dogs Greeting a Man - Contemporary Painting, Figurative, Landscape, Blue
Located in Berlin, DE
Dogs Greeting a Man, 2023
acrylic on canvas
245 H x 130 W cm
96 29/64 H x 51 3/16 W cm
The painting by Alexandru Rădvan is about our moments of 'respiro' about the minutes/seconds ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - The Valley Between Us
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Dondi Schwartz is an Israeli artist born in Canada in 1961 who lives and works in the Kibbutz Beeri, Negev, Israel. Schwartz studied art at the Avni School of Arts in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Of flesh and blood Carole Fontana Contemporary painting art flower colour plant
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed and dated lower right
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Fantastic Vase
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Dondi Schwartz is an Israeli artist born in Canada in 1961 who lives and works in the Kibbutz Beeri, Negev, Israel. Schwartz studied art at the Avni School of Arts in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Bsor Valley Scene
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Dondi Schwartz is an Israeli artist born in Canada in 1961 who lives and works in the Kibbutz Beeri, Negev, Israel. Schwartz studied art at the Avni School of Arts in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled _ ''White Inferno'' series.
Located in T'bilisi, GE
The "White Inferno" series features crafted mixed media artworks, blending diverse mediums to create intense visual compositions. Incorporating collage p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Archival P...
Cat Aesthetics
By RU8ICON1
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Cat Aesthetics" by RU8ICON1 is an oil painting on canvas, from 2021. It is a figurative panting that depicts a girl holding baby cubs in RU8ICON1's signature time bending style. Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Last evening of flowery promises, 80x60cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Last evening of flowery promises, 80x60cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Maya Abashidze - So I’m Never Gonna Dance Again
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Maya Abashidze is Georgian artist born in 1984 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was graduated from the Tbilisi State Art Academy in 2010. From May-Jun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Chinese Contemporary Art by Wang Dianyu - Slide Practice
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Wang Dianyu is a Chinese male artist born in 1983 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He is a bachelor of Oil Painting Department at Minzu University of China. Betw...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lying down. Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Vibrant, European art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative acrylic on paper painting by young professional European artist Waleria Matelska. Artwork is minimalistic and composed with synthetic shapes. Painting is vibrant- main col...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
At the Beach - Tempera and Watercolor by Aldo Riso - 1970s
By Aldo Riso
Located in Roma, IT
At the beach is an artwork realized by Aldo Riso.
Mixed colored tempera and watercolor painting.
Titled on lower left.
Frame included: 70.5 x 91.5 cm
This beautiful mixed media...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Tempera
On edge Carole Fontana Contemporary painting art flower colour plant nature
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed and dated lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Earth Boobs 16x20 inch Watercolor Painting
By Nina Bovasso
Located in New York, NY
This is a new painting in the ongoing series of anthropomorphized shapes using the dispersed watercolor pigment technique.
Painted on Arches Watercolor paper, this unique work is 1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Low Cloud, Cornwall
Located in London, GB
Original semi abstract oil painting based on the landscape of North Cornwall.
The use of palette knives as well as large brushes have created texture in the piece and bold brush mark...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Famara Lanzarote
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Wang Dianyu - Homeland
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Wang Dianyu is a Chinese male artist born in 1983 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He is a bachelor of Oil Painting Department at Minz...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
On the other side. Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Vibrant European art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative acrylic on paper painting by young professional European artist Waleria Matelska. Artwork is minimalistic and composed with synthetic shapes. Painting is vibrant- main col...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Liubov Juravliova - Fantasie
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & mixed media on canvas
Liubov Juravliova is a French painter born in Chisinau, Moldova in 1963 who lives and works in Argenteuil, near Paris, France She has been listed at ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Sfinx Oil and Pencil on Panel Swan Angel Teddy Bear Mixed Media In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Sfinx Oil and Pencil on Panel Swan Angel Teddy Bear Mixed Media In Stock
Michael Parkes (1944) studied graphic art and painting at the University of Ka...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Pencil
My dream, 100x120cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
My dream, 100x120cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Enchanted Bluebells, floral art, nature art, affordable art, original art
Located in Deddington, GB
'Enchanted Bluebells' by Jan Rogers is an original work. The piece depicts an enchanting bluebell woodland, dusky and atmospheric with a hint of pink in the sky. A small painting bea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Way home, 120x150cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Way home, 120x150cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Good Catch, Mending the Nets, French Mid Century Port Scene
Located in Cotignac, FR
A large and colourful French mid-century painting of fishermen repairing their nets by Jean-Frédéric Canepa. The painting is signed bottom right and presented in a fine gilded wood f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Chene de Versailles 5 - An Oil Painting on Gold Leaf
Located in New York, NY
This work is a unique piece. It is an oil painting on linen canvas gilded with 24 carat gold leaf.
CS Art comprises of two artists, one French, the other Norwe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold, Silver, Foil, Gold Leaf
Gossip column, 80x100cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Gossip column, 100x80cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Monty/Guitar and Bottle
By Gigi Mills
Located in New York, NY
Gigi Mills' work is born out of her desire to simplify and reduce each moment to its essence; she achieves this by omitting mundane details from life that can often obscure genuine ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
''Looking for Seashells'' Contemporary Oil Painting of Children on the Beach
By Ewa Rzeznik
Located in Utrecht, NL
The Polish artist Ewa Rzeznik reflects reality in her colorful paintings: Fishermen along the French coast, families walking towards the Mon Saint-Michel, children playing in the sur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
''I'm on my Way'' Contemporary Oil Painting of a Girl on a Pink Bike
Located in Utrecht, NL
The Spanish artist Mònica Castanys is inspired by everyday scenes. Moments, femininity and light are the basis of her paintings. Her color palette is r...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Caroline de Piedoue - Lesconil
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Caroline de Piedoue is a French artist born in 1954 who lives & works in Berchères-sur-Vesgre, Eure-et-Loire, France. Her theme of her paintings is largely urban b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Afterimages. Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Vibrant, European art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative acrylic on paper painting by young professional European artist Waleria Matelska. Artwork is minimalistic and composed with synthetic shapes. Painting is vibrant- main col...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Swimmers. Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Vibrant, European art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative acrylic on paper painting by young professional European artist Waleria Matelska. Artwork is minimalistic and composed with synthetic shapes. Painting is vibrant- main col...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Donna Isham Female Portrait Abstract Figurative Colorful Face Pink
Located in Nantucket, MA
Titled Josephine and Jaia, this painting evokes strength and confidence. "Isham's work becomes a catalogue of the human experience that exists outside of any time, space or cultural ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Warm House
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
This small painting depicts the artist's personal journey in being uprooted from her home in Ukraine to the UK--in search of a warm home.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dream - Painting on tondo panel, War diaries series, Ukrainian artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
YARYNA MOVCHAN (b. 1982, Lviv)
In 2003 she graduated from Trush Lviv State College of Decorative and Fine Arts, 2003-2009 she studied in Lviv National Academy of Arts. She was a non-...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Panel
Donna Isham Female Portrait Abstract Figurative Colorful Eyes Pink
Located in Nantucket, MA
Titled Cora, this painting exudes rich colors and with definitive brushstrokes evokes a delicate rendition of a female. This painting will add a richness to any decor.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Free birds. Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Vibrant, European art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative acrylic on paper painting by young professional European artist Waleria Matelska. Artwork is minimalistic and composed with synthetic shapes. Painting is vibrant- main col...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Lemon Tree - Oil Painting by Elena Mardashova - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Oil painting on canvas by Elena Mardashova 70x50 cm, created to bring the feeling of the real alive lemon tree, that could look fantastic on someone's kitchen.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chene de Versailles 6 - An Oil Painting on Gold Leaf
Located in New York, NY
This work is a unique piece. It is an oil painting on linen canvas gilded with 24 carat gold leaf.
CS Art comprises of two artists, one French, the other Norwe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold, Silver, Foil, Gold Leaf
"Roses on the Nile III" Painting 47" x 59" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Roses on the Nile III" Painting 47" x 59" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In 197...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cactus and bird
Located in Jerusalem, IL
Born in Umm al-Fahm in 1982, Karim Abu Shakra was raised in a family renowned for its passion for art and creativity.
The artist says about his artwork: “I ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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.