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
Portrait of Jean-Paul Sartre Yankel Contemporary painting portrait art oil paint
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas
Unique work
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Caroline de Piedoue - Cruche, Raisin & Mangue
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
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Iles Lavezzi
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
French Contemporary Art by Caroline de Piedoue - Le Blanc et le Banc
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
French Contemporary Art by Caroline de Piedoue - Cruche, Raisin aux 3 Mangues
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
Chinese Contemporary art by Du Ke - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Du Ke is a Chinese male artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tongzhou district, Beijing, China. He was graduated from the Painting Departmen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Neighbor", Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Justin Wheatley's (US based) "Neighbor" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts the blue exterior of a house with white trimmed windows.
About the Artist:
Justin Whe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
I Almost Went Crazy When Mario Got Busted II, abstract w head fruit text
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil, graphite, clay on panel. Abstract mixed media work on panel. Images include text, still life and figurative elements. White tones, aqua and red.
Dimitri is noted for his use o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Clay, Oil, Wood Panel, Graphite
French Contemporary Art by Caroline de Piedoue - Vic au Vélo
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
"Pick the roses quickly", 100cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
My goal is to make the images of classical art sound in a new way in modern
art. In my works I refer to the cultural heritage of the past,
I process and comprehend the masterpieces o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Les bras ouverts 15
Located in SAINT-PAUL-DE-VENCE, FR
Série des "bras ouverts" de l'artiste Nathalie Deshairs.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Large figure Yankel Contemporary painting figurative art blue portrait oil paint
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas
Unique work
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
At the edges of the eyelashes Carole Fontana Contemporary painting art flower
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Unique work
Hand-signed and dated by the artist lower right
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ladies Choice
By Cindy Press
Located in Tulsa, OK
CINDY PRESS
Ladies Choice
Press considers how style reflects how we engage with the world around us. “Clothes are a personal decision and what we choose to wear is the way we express...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Circus, The Party Is Here! Oil On Board Signed Patrick Franc And Dated 1962
Located in Paris, FR
The Circus, The Party Is Here!
Oil on board signed bottom left Patrick Franc and dated 1962
Dimensions: 50 x 65 cm ( 19.685 x 25.591 inches)
Dimensions with frame: 56 x 71 x 1 c...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue grey Yankel Contemporary painting figurative art blue colour portrait
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Bodies - Painting on tondo panel, War diaries series
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
Many-eyed - 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
Strawberry Land - 21st Century Contemporary Painting
Located in Vienna, AT
Strawberry Land (Erdbeerland) - 21st Century Contemporary Painting
Painting is rolled up and has to be put on a stretcher.
Catharina Bond‘s work deals with culturally constructed pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Danielle Launay - Petite Ruine au Printemps en Grece
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas
Danielle Launay is a French artist born in 1954 who lives and works in Paris, France. She started to work in the world of photography by working for L’Oréal as...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"The Ancient Testament" Pop Art Painting 55" x 79" inch by Gosha Ostretsov
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Ancient Testament" Pop Art Painting 55" x 79" inch by Gosha Ostretsov
Born in 1967, in Moscow
Lived in Paris for ten years (1988 - 1998), now lives and works in Moscow.
PUBLIC...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
''Falaises'' Contemporary Oil Painting of People on a French 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
Canvas, Oil
Chinese Contemporary art by Du Ke - Blue Sofa
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Du Ke is a Chinese male artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tongzhou district, Beijing, China. He was graduated from the Painting Departmen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Chinese Contemporary art by Du Ke - Country Dance
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Du Ke is a Chinese male artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tongzhou district, Beijing, China. He was graduated from the Painting Departmen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer end- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a woman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Victor Schegin 'Seehund'
Summer end
130 x 97 cm
oil on canvas
The French artist Victor Schegin 'Seehund' lives and works in Paris.
At the age of 15, young Victor discovered tagging...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
''Marée Basse'' Contemporary Oil Painting of People on a French Beach, Dog
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
Canvas, Oil
"Cairo Street" Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cairo Street" Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In 1973 he m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
''In the Surf'' Contemporary Oil Painting of Children Playing 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
Canvas, Oil
Chinese Contemporary art by Du Ke - Facing the Sea
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Du Ke is a Chinese male artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tongzhou district, Beijing, China. He was graduated from the Painting Departmen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Olivier de Provence 11- An Oil painting on Gold Leaf
Located in New York, NY
This is a unique painting. It is an oil painting on 22 carat gold leaf gilded on a canvas.
CS Art comprises of two artists, one French, the other Norwegian. Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold, Silver, Foil, Gold Leaf
French Contemporary Art by Caroline de Piedoue - Les Tuileries
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
Wrapped Up In A Daydream #17, meadow art, original art, affordable art
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
'Wrapped Up In A Daydream #17' is an original semi-abstract painting by Lucy Moore. She says: "Using my signature stringy grass technique I have created a bountiful vibrant meadow. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Promenade des Anglais
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
Imke- 21st Century Contemporary Portrait of a young Ginger Girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Imke
16 x 16 cm ( it will be delivered framed/ frame is included: size with frame 18 x 18 cm )
Acrylic paint on wood
The Dutch artist Jantina Peperkamp likes to paint portraits of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
GARDEN SPIRIT LADY
By Nina Bovasso
Located in New York, NY
This painting on canvas 16 x 20 inches began as an atmospheric abstract landscape painting. A face appeared and I decided to allow it to live in the canvas rectangle.
She is quite ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
''Sunday Afternoon'' Contemporary Oil Painting of Family 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
Canvas, Oil
The House Always Wins - Black and white figurative painting
By David Lyle
Located in East Quogue, NY
Nostalgic yet comical black-and-white monochrome figurative painting titled "The House Always Wins" by David Lyle featuring a group of children playing Blackjack.
Oil on panel - Of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Red Swimsuit, Arial Beach Art, Seascape Painting, Figurative Art, Coastal Art
Located in Deddington, GB
An original painting inspired by the North Coast of Cornwall.
Lenny Cornforth original art paintings for sale with Wychwood Art online and through their gallery in Oxfordshire. Endlessly enthralled by the Atlantic ocean, Lenny Cornforth takes inspiration from the northern coast of Cornwall, using layers of translucent colour and texture to construct vibrant and emotional paintings evoking the joyful colours of the landscape around her. Working in both oil and acrylic each piece develops gradually, each layer establishing the shapes within the painting. A keen sailor and surfer, Lenny often draws on her own experiences in the sea, days walking the costal paths and summers lying in the sand to inform her compositions. Much of her work is based on the Camel Estuary where she learnt to sail. After graduating from Newcastle University with a degree in Fine Art, Lenny has exhibited widely in the UK including Oxford Castle, Edinburgh Art Fair, Waterperry Gardens and the Scin Gallery in London. Nonetheless she has always been drawn back to Cornwall, where she currently lives near Bodmin with her husband and son, two dogs and 50 dorset sheep.
Red Swimsuit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Black Robe” Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Black Robe” Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Pastel on paper. Framed.
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws up...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Bussaghia, Bouée Bleue
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
Oreum (Volcanic Cone)
Located in Seoul, KR
Oreum is a small volcanic cone in the Jeju Island in South Korea. The word 'Oreum' is the Jeju dialect which means climb. There are more than 360 Oreums throughout the island and the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Mulberry Paper, Pigment
World On A Wire
By Andrew Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
In highly developed nations today there is a widespread alienation and loneliness that engenders fear and distrust, a restrictive self-righteousness of thought, and a dread of what-c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
HUMO
Located in New Orleans, LA
STARSKY BRINE’s paintings and drawings captivate audiences with their distinctive style and a recurring theme, the search for the nature of humanity. In his bold works, the artist focuses on characters that are built from a combination of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic features, as well as the appropriation of elements from comics and toys from his childhood.
On the one hand, these characters distort reality to venture into an environment of subcultures and urbanism created by the spontaneous intuition of his strokes and the appropriation of the contemporary iconography. On the other hand, they move within the realm of fantasy. In particular, the animals paired with their human characters evoke associations with fairy tales or comics. They are reminiscent of the world of theatre, in which fantasy and poetry but also comedy often serve as catalysts for the creation of critical meaning.
With his works, Brines often questions the interplay of good and evil against the background of the worldwide socio-political climate. Yet Brines does not interpret his themes as ‘black and white.’ They are complex and nonlinear, with charming disruptions, quite serious and yet full of humor.
Brines is personally influenced by his mother and art historically influenced by Latin American figurative art, the German Neoexpressionism, the Italian Transavantgarde, and the COBRA group. His works oscillate between figuration and abstraction. Brines holds a degree in Fine Art from the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Superiores de Artes Plásticas Armando Reverón...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint, Paint
Large landscape oil painting titled 'Celtic Furniture' by Hugues Claude Pissarro
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE
'Celtic Furniture' by Hugues Claude Pissarro (b. 1935)
Oil on canvas
92 x ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - L.A 2 Characters
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
Georgian Contemporary Art by Keti Shapatava - Family 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Keti Shapatava is a Georgian artist born in 1995 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was introduced to the world of art at Anastasia Virseladze Art Gymnasium ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Keti Shapatava - Family
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Keti Shapatava is a Georgian artist born in 1995 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was introduced to the world of art at Anastasia Virseladze Art Gymnasium ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Keti Shapatava - Untitled 4
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Keti Shapatava is a Georgian artist born in 1995 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was introduced to the world of art at Anastasia Virseladze Art Gymnasium ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Keti Shapatava - Untitled 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Keti Shapatava is a Georgian artist born in 1995 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was introduced to the world of art at Anastasia Virseladze Art Gymnasium ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Mozaic Table, original art, affordable art, floral art
Located in Deddington, GB
Andrea Humphries' art is available online and in our art gallery in Deddington. She explains: "I was interested in the structure of the plant in this still life painting - a semi-suc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Acrylic
SIN QUE ESTO NOS DISTRAIGA
Located in New Orleans, LA
STARSKY BRINE’s paintings and drawings captivate audiences with their distinctive style and a recurring theme, the search for the nature of humanity. In his bold works, the artist focuses on characters that are built from a combination of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic features, as well as the appropriation of elements from comics and toys from his childhood.
On the one hand, these characters distort reality to venture into an environment of subcultures and urbanism created by the spontaneous intuition of his strokes and the appropriation of the contemporary iconography. On the other hand, they move within the realm of fantasy. In particular, the animals paired with their human characters evoke associations with fairy tales or comics. They are reminiscent of the world of theatre, in which fantasy and poetry but also comedy often serve as catalysts for the creation of critical meaning.
With his works, Brines often questions the interplay of good and evil against the background of the worldwide socio-political climate. Yet Brines does not interpret his themes as ‘black and white.’ They are complex and nonlinear, with charming disruptions, quite serious and yet full of humor.
Brines is personally influenced by his mother and art historically influenced by Latin American figurative art, the German Neoexpressionism, the Italian Transavantgarde, and the COBRA group. His works oscillate between figuration and abstraction. Brines holds a degree in Fine Art from the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Superiores de Artes Plásticas Armando Reverón...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint
Georgian Contemporary Art by Keti Shapatava - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Keti Shapatava is a Georgian artist born in 1995 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was introduced to the world of art at Anastasia Virseladze Art Gymnasium ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper by Contemporary Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Gouranga Beshai - Untitled - 22 x 28 inches ( unframed size )
Mixed Media on Paper, 2022
Style : Drawing inspiration from Hemen Mazumdar, Gouranga too has fashioned many a numerous woman in semi - nude forms bringing to pivotal attention the beauty of a woman .He has achieved a solid and steady reputation as a professional emerging Bengal artist . His meticulous execution on canvases and paper are irresistible visuals, both in terms of its charming figurative content and its very fascinating colors. Gaurango is a master in handling the wash technique of painting. He meticulously works on the paper to create simple but deeply arresting appeal in his works.
His works attempts to bring back realism to complete and titillate our visual senses.
About the Artist and his work :
Born : 1968, West Bengal.
Solo Shows :
2000 : Academy of Fine Arts , Kolkata.
2003 : Presented by Tara Glass Syndicate Kolkata, No...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
I just wanna play
Located in New Orleans, LA
STARSKY BRINE’s paintings and drawings captivate audiences with their distinctive style and a recurring theme, the search for the nature of humanity. In his bold works, the artist fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Keti Shapatava - Untitled 5
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Keti Shapatava is a Georgian artist born in 1995 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was introduced to the world of art at Anastasia Virseladze Art Gymnasium ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Friends, 150 х 110 cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Friends, 150 x 110 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
SUCH AS YOUR
Located in New Orleans, LA
STARSKY BRINE’s paintings and drawings captivate audiences with their distinctive style and a recurring theme, the search for the nature of humanity. In his bold works, the artist focuses on characters that are built from a combination of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic features, as well as the appropriation of elements from comics and toys from his childhood.
On the one hand, these characters distort reality to venture into an environment of subcultures and urbanism created by the spontaneous intuition of his strokes and the appropriation of the contemporary iconography. On the other hand, they move within the realm of fantasy. In particular, the animals paired with their human characters evoke associations with fairy tales or comics. They are reminiscent of the world of theatre, in which fantasy and poetry but also comedy often serve as catalysts for the creation of critical meaning.
With his works, Brines often questions the interplay of good and evil against the background of the worldwide socio-political climate. Yet Brines does not interpret his themes as ‘black and white.’ They are complex and nonlinear, with charming disruptions, quite serious and yet full of humor.
Brines is personally influenced by his mother and art historically influenced by Latin American figurative art, the German Neoexpressionism, the Italian Transavantgarde, and the COBRA group. His works oscillate between figuration and abstraction. Brines holds a degree in Fine Art from the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Superiores de Artes Plásticas Armando Reverón...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint
Summer 9 - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
Located in Salzburg, AT
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Copernicus University UMK, secur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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.