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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.

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Style: Contemporary
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Untitled 4 (Sitting Man) - Modern Landscape Painting, Joyful, Colorful
Located in Salzburg, AT
Anna Ładecka is a Paris-based polish illustrator and painter. Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Master of Art - Diploma in painting and lithography and obtained a scholar...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Amlodi's Nightmare, - Highly Detailed Surrealist, Original Painting on Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a version of the Renaissance motif known as "Death and the Maiden". I think the motif generally was meant to condemn Voluptus (born of the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Acrylic

Canadian Contemporary Art by Christian Frederiksen - Self Portrait as Narcissus
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on paper
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Paper

Self-portrait 5 Male nude 2009, canvas, acrylic, felt tip pen 140x98 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Self-portrait 5 2009, canvas, acrylic, 140x98 cm Juris Utāns (1959-2022) was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially a...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Felt Pen, Canvas, Acrylic

Bikiniland
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A moment in time - the bikini clad women are oblivious to their surroundings - lost in an e-book, sunk into a sandy slumber, placing a towel on a chair, checking her cell phone while...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oltremare 6
Located in Milano, MI
I am not afraid to define it as a metaphysical painting, - says Angelo Crespi - and right in the suffix "beyond" (in Greek "meta") also of the title "Oltremare" the intent to climb over the wall of the sensible and the real is revealed. There is another vein to which the new paintings of Nahmad refer and it is that of Romanticism, in the strong idea that art should represent the sublime, not the beautiful. The skies like John Constable, thick with purplish blue clouds (such as "Rainstorm over the Sea" of 1828 which anticipates by a century modernity), the stormy seas like William Turner, give the viewer the idea of infinity and vastness of nature compared to the finitude and misery of the human. If Caspar Friedrich...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Canadian Contemporary Art by Christian Frederiksen - Beet Soup
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on illustration board
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Illustration Board

Centaur 2008, canvas, mixed media, 180x140 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Centaur 2008, canvas, mixed media, 180x140 cm Juris Utāns (1959-2022) was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris Utan...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Height of Summer III, Original painting, Floral, Botanical art, Wild Flower pink
Located in Deddington, GB
Height of summer III is an original wild flower oil painting by artist Dylan Lloyd. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Height of summer III by Dylan Ll...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Cuban Contemporary Art by Carlos Sablon - Jules
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.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Three Graces” Oil Painting 47" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Three Graces” Oil Painting 47" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long wh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled - Surreal Chaotic Urban Café Scene, Original Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Ben Duke Untitled oil on canvas 55h x 63w in 139.70h x 160.02w cm BSD033 Ben Duke b. 1977 Louisville, KY Education 2006 M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 2002 B.F.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 2001 Summer School of Music and Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT Selected Exhibitions 2023 Ben Duke & Suk Ja Kang: New Work, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2022 This Is Home, Crooked Tree Arts Council, Petosky, MI 2020 Benjamin Duke: Paintings, Vickers Theater, Three Oaks, MI 2019 Family Reunion, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH 2018 Wrap It Up, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Portraits and Place: Select Works from Gallery Victor Armendariz, curated by Corporate Art Advisory, Metropolitan Capital Bank, Chicago, IL Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2017 Distortion, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions: Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 The Suburbs Eyes: Picturing the Sprawl, (invitational), Ernestine M Raclin Gallery, Indiana University, South Bend, IN 2014 21 and Counting, The Painting Center, New York City, NY A River Without Banks, Paul Collins Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI The Contemporary Figure, Ben Duke and Robert McCann, Moss-Thron Gallery of Art, Fort Hays, KS 2013 Benjamin Swallow Duke and Nathan Barnes, Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture, Bozeman, MT Benjamin Swallow Duke and Esther Randall, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH Thresholds, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE 2012 Sublime Rupture, Target Gallery, Catalog with Essay by Dominique Nahas, Alexandria, VA 2011 Identity In Itself, Lapham Gallery, Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Center, Glens Falls, NY Benjamin Duke, Tony Shumsky, Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH Upheaval, [traveling solo exhibition] University Art Gallery, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI 2010 Kuandu Museum Residency Show and Open Studio, Kuandu Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Upheaval, [traveling solo exhibition] Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO Floating, Fitton Art Center, Hamilton, OH 2009 Disrupted Particulars, Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton Township, MI Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Notwishstanding, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art), 7th Regiment Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY Biennial 25, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN 2008 We Drew a Circle and Called it and Island, Garden City Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan Benjamin Duke and Teresa Dunn, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI Imaginary Cities, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL Awakening, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2007 SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art), 7th Regiment Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Palm Beach 3, Palm Beach County Convention Center, Ann Nathan Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL Above and Beyond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Darkness: World and Culture, Caladan Gallery, Beverly, MA Baker Arts Center 10th National Juried Exhibition, Liberal, KS Nude International, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY 2006 Launch: Graduate Thesis Show, Baltimore, MD (solo) Second Chance: Brewer’s Art, Baltimore, MD (solo) Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI Academy 2006, Conner Contemporary, Washington, DC. Opening Exhibition, Touchet Gallery, Baltimore, MD Only Human, School 33, Baltimore, MD Go Figure, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD 2005 Emerging Artists, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD real vs. Real, City Café, Baltimore, MD Artscape Art Fair, Baltimore, MD Group Show, Hoffberger Gallery, Baltimore, MD 2004 Clamor, Rose Wagner Center for the Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (solo) Boxing, Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD 2003 Paintings, Finch Lane Gallery. Salt Lake City, UT (solo) Regional Show, Saint George Art Museum, Saint George, UT Show us Your Stuff, Left Bank Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT Spring Salon, Springville Art Museum, Springville, UT 2002 Trasa Urban Arts, Salt Lake City, UT 2001 Seen and Unseen, Union Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (solo) Professional Experience 2006-present Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 2006-2005 Instructor, Ruriart Community Art Center, Ellicott City, MD 2004-2003 Instructor, Peterson Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT Selected Awards 2015 Alfred and Trafford Klots...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Impotent and aggressive. Horse sisters 2009, canvas, mixed media, 120x140 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Impotent and aggressive. Horse sisters 2009, canvas, mixed media, 120x140 cm Juris Utāns (1959-2022) was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

The Musician, Large Lating American Modernist Oil Paintng
Located in Surfside, FL
Alexis Duque Imaginatively charting the psychological experience of space, Alexis Duque produces paintings and drawings of buildings and domestic interiors stacked and conglomerated ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Great Wave
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Fabian Jean graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University. He has had solo exhibitions in Montreal, Toronto and Halifax and has been included in several group exhibitions throughout Canada including, recently, Rideau Hall, Ottawa. Jean’s work can be found in public and private collections, including the Department of External Affairs (Canadian Embassy – The Hague), Musée du Québec, Royal Bank of Canada, Summit Maritime and the Royal Victoria...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

As the Sun Breaks Through, Gordon Hunt, Figurative art, Landscape painting 2022
Located in Deddington, GB
As the sun breaks through by Gordon Hunt [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Acrylic on deep edge canvas Image size: H:61 cm x W:61 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:61...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Consone II, Original painting, Figurative, Circle art, Spots, Geometric, Acrylic
Located in Deddington, GB
Consone II 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. The composition was inspired by images of segregation and connection in parks during lockdown. 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: Consone II by Henry Walsh [2020] Original painting 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. Image size: Height: 50.00cm (19.69 in) Width: 50.00cm (19.69 in) Complete size of unframed painting Height: 50cm (19.69 in) Width: 50cm (19.69 in) Depth: 4cm (1.57 in) ARTIST BIOGRAPHY: 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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

''Archeological Find'' Contemporary Dutch Painting of a Skeleton
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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Populus: Dame Elizabeth Taylor, “Liz”
Located in Washington, DC
Contemporary portrait of Elizabeth Taylor.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Passing Through
Located in Detroit, MI
Passing Through acrylic on canvas 40 x 50 in Part of the Looney Series
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Contemporary Figurative Still Life Flora Cyanotype Blue Square Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Cyanotype inspired square painting of lush blue and white botanicals speckled with bursts of a warm, ghostly yellow. Voltage (2022) by Amanda Besl. Oil on board.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Silhouettes_2022_Jane Maxwell, Female Figurative Collage, Mixed Media/Paper
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
JANE MAXWELL "Silhouettes" Mixed Media on Paper 33" x 31" Unframed ; 38.5" x 35.75" Framed Jane Maxwell’s artwork approaches the female body with an affectionate and celebratory feminist perspective. Extending her focus on female empowerment and fashion to swimwear, Maxwell’s silhouettes emerge from the dimensional, textural, backgrounds clad in the vestiges of paper ephemera. Maintaining texture through layering and building up the surface, the enigmatic quality of the works is reiterated by Maxwell’s use of ads and billboard materials that reveal words and phrases that tease us with alluring allusions. The anonymous figures have a definitive flair and attitude, keeping us at a distance as they swim and sunbathe, while pulling us further into their multi-dimensional narratives. Jane Maxwell's current work largely focuses on women, body image and the feminine ideal. Her collages are deeply layered works, combining color, texture and text that surround and become the female figure. Maxwell's artistic voice grew out of a passion for vintage materials, modern fashion and design - mingled with a deep fascination for pop culture and female icons. In the late 1990's she studied mixed media at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and at the Decordova Museum School in Lincoln, Massachusetts. She graduated with a BA in Literature from Middlebury College...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Ganesha, Acrylic on Canvas, Brown Color by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sudipta Kundu - Ganesha Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x 24 inches , rolled and shipped . For framed delivery contact us for the additional costs From Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA. Paintings...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Amethyst Aurora Borealis #2, Lucy Moore, Original painting, Floral painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Amethyst Aurora Borealis #2 – By Lucy Moore [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Acrylic on canvas Image size: H:61 cm x W:91 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:61 cm x W...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Yangtze River Bridge Reverse Glass Painted Mirror, c. 1969
Located in Chicago, IL
This reverse glass mirror painting depicts the Yangtze River Bridge, the first heavy bridge designed and built solely by the Chinese and a great s...
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint

Roman Night - Oil on Canvas by Giovanni Stradone - 1954
By Giovanni Stradone
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Night is an original modern artwork realized by Giovanni Stradone in 1954. Oil Painting on board. Signed, titled and dated on the back Includes frame Provenance Galleria Ve...
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1950s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Embrace - Contemporary Figurative Ink, Watercolor 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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Harlem 125 - Work on Paper Depicting the New York City Harlem Neighborhood
Located in New York, NY
Francks Deceus's Harlem 125 is a 18 x 24 inches mixed media work . The medium is acrylic and silkscreen on paper. It depicts an African American couple ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Sky Fall 33, Figurative Artwork, Minimalist Utopian Painting, People Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Sky Fall 33 by Stephanie Ho [2017] In my new series of paintings, I remain faithful to my interest in observing human activities in the metropolitan city life...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Arctic Fox" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Thorgrimur Einarsson's "Arctic Fox" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a white fox in an arctic tundra landscape. About the Artist: Thorgrimur is an Icelandic artist...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Ganesha, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Orange Color by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sudipta Kundu - Ganesha Acrylic on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches , rolled and shipped . For framed delivery contact us for the additional costs From Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA. Paintings...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Sweet Mystery Of Life
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by paintings created by old masters and the immersive nature she experienced in the Black Forest, German artist Katharina Husslein paints in a representational hyperrealisti...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

African Child
Located in Palm Desert, CA
The young African boy is wearing native Zimbabwean dress to reflect the historic clothing of village life. Carole Garland captures the questioning look of the boy and his wonder why are these visitors here? The colorful burnt red stencils enhance the trim design of his costume. Carole Garland has shown in many Southern California venues, most recently at TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station; realART Gallery, Agoura Hills; West Los Angeles Art Gallery; the Rose Cafe; the Santa Paula...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Boy In The Lake 1 - Large Format Landscape Oil Painting, Lake View, Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Agnieszka Zawisza (born 1970) is a painter, visual artist and art teacher. She studied at the Warsaw Art Academy, Department of Painting (1994-2000),...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sea Urchins - Oil Painting by Giovanni Omiccioli - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sea urchins is an original artwork realized in the mid-20th Century by Giovanni Omiccioli (February 25, 1901 – March 1, 1975). Original Colored oil on canvas. Includes frame Hand-signed on the lower right corner Includes frame Giovanni Omiccioli (February 25, 1901 – March 1, 1975), was an Italian painter belonging to the modern movement of the Scuola romana...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Kastanjes in Bolster met Blad Chestnut Still Life Oil Painting Panel In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Kastanjes in Bolster met Blad Chestnut Still Life Oil Painting Panel In Stock Gerrit Wijngaarden (1936, Dedgum) is a self-taught artist. At first ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Lathyrus in Vase- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Still-life Oil Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
The young Dutch artist Lars van Wieren is seen by many as a great talent. We get that! Through one of our artists we were made aware of Lars' work. W...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Dancer
Located in New York, NY
Dancer, oil Paint on canvas, 26 inches x 22 inches. 2020. This painting is part of the series “Instances of an Existential Crisis and Three Birds”, which represents the internalizati...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Walk, Don't Walk, Ali Mourabet, Contemporary art, Original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Walk Don’t Walk by Ali Mourabet [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Acrylic on canvas Image size: H:80 cm x W:80 cm Complete Size of Unframed W...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is included in numerous private and museum collections, among them the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, and the UB Anderson Gallery (all of which are located in Western New York...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Rise & Grind
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Magical Basquiat
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Crayon, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint

Entanglement - Contemporary Ink Ecoline 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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Maa Kali, Watercolour & Gouache on Paper, Yellow Contemporary Artist “In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Bhaskar Chitrakar - Maa Kali- 15 x 11 inches (unframed size) Watercolor & Gouache on Paper, 2022 About the Artist & his works : Born : 1978. Bhaska...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

The Worth of Venus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Lego Madonna" 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 x 12"w. This ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil

"Arabian Cafe II” Oil Painting 47" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Arabian Cafe II” Oil Painting 47" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concept and th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Stinchcombe Hill, Rupert Aker, Original painting, Landscape art, Oil on Canvas
Located in Deddington, GB
Stinchcombe Hill 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 Fr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Georgian Contemporary Art by Salome Khubashvili - Behind the Door
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Portrait Turquoise” Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait Turquoise” 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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Pastel, Paper

Tulip - Contemporary Expressive Nature and Flower Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Katarzyna Swinarska is a contemporary visual artist working with painting and video which often follows the convention of video performance. She creates also multimedia projects wher...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Memories of a Hill Walk, Helen Howells, Original painting, Landscape art
Located in Deddington, GB
Memories of a Hill Walk [2022] original and hand signed by the aritst Oil Paint 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Golden Entanglement - Contemporary Ink Ecoline 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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Isolation I, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Guigen Zha paints a contemporary piece by combining Chinese art with a geometric landscape. A lady wearing a traditional hanfu observes the other element...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Populus: Homage to Van Gogh
Located in Washington, DC
Contemporary portrait of Vincent Van Gogh. Miniature paintings in composition.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

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...
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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

Contemporary figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

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