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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.

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Style: Contemporary
Color:  Red
Russian Contemporary Art by Anna Bukhareva - Sacred Fire
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on board
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Russian Contemporary Art by Anna Bukhareva - But if I Were Someone Else?
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on board
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Vermilion - Modern Expressive Abstract Flower Oil Painting, Large Format, Red
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

French Contemporary Art by Claudie Baran - When flowers makes you feel weird
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Framed - 122 x 112 x 4 cm
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fervent Love - Modern Expressive Abstract Flowers Oil Painting - Large Format
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

Jimi - Painting by Salvatore Petrucino - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Jimi is an original acrylic painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Petrucino in 2022. Hand-signed. Perfect conditions.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Pear Never Break - LOVE - Contemporary Art, Figurative
Located in Coquitlam, BC
Artist: Chaoji Zhang Born in 1985 Shandong China, and currently living in Beijing When drawn an object or a group of objects, the parts out of the object will naturally become...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

XXI Century - Painting by Salvatore Petrucino - 2016
Located in Roma, IT
XXI Century is an original acrylic painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Petrucino in 2016. Hand-signed on the lower right. Technique, dimensions, and date are written ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Bells, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Orange Colors Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anil Kumar Yadav - Bells, 16 x 12 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas , 2021 STYLE : Anil Kumar Yadav is an Artist from Kolkata who was born in ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Let it be
Located in MADRID, ES
With thoughts on 21st century humans and their future, João Cardoso concludes that technology brings tools for two extremes. Thus, technology, as a much n...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Felt Pen, Acrylic

The War, Acrylic on Canvas by Contemporary Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Samir Sarkar - The War - 60 x 42 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas Style : He says, “All my paintings have people wearing some headgear that has a face painted on them. Thi...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Sound-70, Acrylic on Canvas by Contemporary Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Samir Sarkar - Sound-70 - 72 x 36 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas Style : He says, “All my paintings have people wearing some headgear that has a face painted on them. Th...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Me and My Big Strong Capable Hands (With Tiny Horses)
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Me and My Big Strong Capable Hands (With Tiny Horses)," (2021) by artist Anne-Louise Ewen is an oil painting on canvas, measuring 24" x 20" x 1.5". The painting features pink, oran...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Georgian Contemporary Art by Alexander Sandro Antadze - Nu Pogodi
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Bawa Biwi, Oil Reverse on Acrylic Sheet (Set of 2) by Contemporary "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Shyamal Mukherjee - Bawa Biwi - 8 x 9 inches (unframed size) Oil Reverse on Acrylic on Acrylic Sheet , 2021 ( Set of 2 ) ( FRAMED AND READY TO HANG DOOR DELIVERED ) About the...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Bawa Biwi, Oil Reverse on Acrylic Sheet (Set of 2) by Contemporary "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Shyamal Mukherjee - Bawa Biwi - 8 x 9 inches (unframed size) Reverse on Acrylic on Acrylic Sheet , 2021 ( Set of 2 ) ( FRAMED AND READY TO HANG DOOR DELIVERED ) About the Arti...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Feroz Khan - Untitled Acrylic on Canvas, 18 x 20 inches About Artist : Mohammad Feroz Khan was born in 1978 and brought up in Delhi. He have not undergone any formal training in Ar...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Teatrino - Itaca - Oil Painting on Canvas by Marco Amici - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Teatrino - Itaca is an original artwork realized by Marco Amici in 2000s Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Hand-signed, and titled by the artist on the back.
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Spanish Contemporary Art by Leticia de Prado - Luna Roja
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas infused with rhinestones & silk mixed media Leticia is a Spanish artist who enjoys creating art from everyday used and mostly disposed off items bringing them back in glitter and glamor. She is best known for her extraordinary recycled collage monumental artworks on discarded cargo wood pallets indulging with many different media including dried tree...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Yellow by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Gouranga Beshai - Untitled - 36 x 60 inches ( unframed size ) Acrylic on Canvas ** Shipped in roll form. Style : Drawing inspiration from Hemen Mazumdar, Gouranga too has fashioned ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Durga 1, Mixed Media on Paper, Red Colours by Contemporary Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Gouranga Beshai - Durga-1 - 22 x 28 inches ( unframed size ) Mixed Media on Paper ** Shipped in roll form. Style : Drawing inspiration from Hemen Mazumdar, Gouranga too has fashione...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Durga 2, Mixed Media on Paper, Red Colours by Contemporary Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Gouranga Beshai - Durga-2 - 22 x 28 inches ( unframed size ) Mixed Media on Paper ** Shipped in roll form. Style : Drawing inspiration from Hemen Mazumdar, Gouranga too has fashione...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Brian Leo 'Elephant In The Room'
Located in New York, NY
Brian Leo Elephant In The Room 2018 Acrylic tin stretched canvas 20 x 20 inches Brian Leo was born in New Jersey in 1976, and is currently livin...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

A fusion - Figurative Acrylic Painting on Paper, Vibrant red, Abstraction
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus) In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Red Mono Figure: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative painting by John Emanuel
Located in Brecon, Powys
Very pretty Emanuel pose. "it is the figure , not the nude I am interested in..." J Emanuel Image 20.5" x 14" Matted 25.5" x 19" Signed Originally from Bury, in the North of Engl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Incomplete Investigation, Acrylic on Canvas, Red by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prasanta Sahu - Incomplete Investigation - 36 x 36 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Prasanta’s inventiveness in his works lies as much i...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Velvet Poppy - colorful, expressive, minimal, abstract floral, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this dramatic painting of a single blossom by Pat Service, the colour palette is rich and bold—burgundy red and deep purple and the texture appears to be velvety soft. Reminiscent...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Play with me, 60x80cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
play with me, 60x80cm
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Contemporary Chinese Art by Liu Xiaodong - Red
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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Art by Danielle Launay - Soleil de Feu
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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Nightfall - 21st Cent., Contemporary, Abstract, Oil Painting, Gold Leaf
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Russian Contemporary Art by Anna Bukhareva - Les Amoureux
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on board
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Incredible India, Acrylic & Ink on Paper by Contemporary Indian Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Kapil Anant - Incredible India Acrylic & Ink on Canson Paper (Mixed Media) 8.3 x 11.8 inches ( Set of 18 works ) Inclusive of shipment in rolled form. Kapil Anant was born in 1998. ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Orange Contemporary Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rahim Mirza - Untitled Acrylic on Canvas, 18 x 18 inches (unframed size) Born in 1969, Rahim Mirza completed his art education at Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal, where he studied printmaking. Mirza’s current body of work however, is largely made up of acrylics on canvas. The leaf occupies a central motif in much of his work, representing, perhaps, a multiplicity of emotions; while the appearance of the first leaf signifies Spring and renewal, the shedding of the brown leaves in Autumn heralds the onset of winter. It is these subtleties and the complexity of the simple motif that intrigue the artist. While Mirza focuses on the leaf, he chooses to remove it from its natural environment. Thus while the leaf is a prominent symbol in his work, there generally is no sign of a tree or any context beyond its form. In its multiplicity, the artist creates rhythm and meaning that is far beyond its reach. Mirza had his first solo exhibition at Crimson Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2000. This was followed by others at Archer Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, in 2001; and Diara art Gallery in 2002. His work has also been a part of group shows like 'Collective Spaces' at M.E.C. Art Gallery, New Delhi, in 2006; 'Anadi' at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, in 2000; and 'Vibgyor' at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, also in 2000. Mirza has also participated in 'Samvet', the Madhya Pradesh exhibition at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, in 1999; the Tokyo International Print Triennial in 1998; the 8th All India Art...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Russian Contemporary Art by Anna Bukhareva - Slaughtering
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on board
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Russian Contemporary Art by Anna Bukhareva - The Rape of Europa
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on board
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Russian Contemporary Art by Anna Bukhareva - Within or Without You
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on board
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Five Flowers Blue on Red - colorful, minimal, abstract, floral, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This joyful, colourful painting is by one of Canada’s finest landscape artists, Pat Service. Here, the avid gardener uses bold colours-royal blue, black and white against a bright r...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Contentment
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

Nandi #2
Located in Singapore, SG
Nandi means bull and bull denotes religion. This religion is the vahana of Lord Mahadev, so, in conventional language it is said to be the bull of religion. In these paintings the a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor

Lady with Bird and Cat /// Contemporary Pop Art Painting Wine Glass Interior
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Lady with Bird and Cat" *Signed by May lower right. It is also signed and dated on verso Year: 2020 Medium: Or...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Paint, Canvas

Klage (Die orangene Stadt)
Located in Wien, 9
In his painting, Robert Hammerstiel is in constant search of the balance and harmony of form. In his drastic reduction to the physical essentials and the colourful placarding, he cre...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Blockade Stillleben (Hommage à Karl Schmidt Rottluff)
Located in Wien, 9
In his painting, Robert Hammerstiel is in constant search of the balance and harmony of form. In his drastic reduction to the physical essentials and the colourful placarding, he cre...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lady with Bird and Cat II /// Contemporary Animal Figurative Modern Painting Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Lady with Bird and Cat II" *Signed by May lower left. It is also signed and dated on verso Year: 2020 Medium: ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Paint, Canvas

Orange Bowl Hutch "Bunny Painting" Stunning Original Oil Painting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem Original Oil Painting on Canvas. Signed on Verso. Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem. This painting was acquired directly from the artist and has the Artist's ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The owl
Located in Singapore, SG
"The owl, patron bird of Goddess Athena, has a history that goes beyond the common association with wisdom and knowledge. In ancient Egypt, owls were known to...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Tempera, Handmade Paper

Tiros III - Contemporary Futuristic Space Painting (Red+Blue+Black+Gold)
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Tiros III" is an original pop art painting by LA-based artist Casey Courey-Pickering aka Hero. Hero’s collection of works focuses on “movement through the spectrum of light, time and space, and what possibilities exist at the intersection of imagination, innovation, and choice.” This particular work features an astronaut appearing to fall past concentric circles. With intensely saturated colors of red, gold, black, and blue this piece captivates the eyes. In this series, the artist uses diamond...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Wood Panel

Winter Dawn III - 21st Cent., Contemporary, Abstract, Oil Painting, Gold Leaf
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Gold Leaf

A Little Wine
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This painting is inspired by everyday life .... the struggles and the chaos. In the midst of it all, We have choices to take pleasure in little things too. Painting Ships in a well-...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Acrylic

Kinda Sorta, Contemporary Figurative Painting, Mixed Media on Panel
Located in Austin, TX
Jasmine Zelaya is a multi- disciplinary first generation Honduran- American artist based in Houston, Texas. The daughter of parents who immigrated to the U.S. in the early 1970’s, mu...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Latex, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Gouache, Panel

Hopefulness
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another da...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Red Nude - original one of a kind oil painting by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Red Nude oil on canvas Original, one-of-a-kind, painting. FRAMED with gold minimalist frame Part of "Nude in Interior" solo show, March 2022. Artist Statement "I started by painti...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Art by M.-P. Autonne - L’Ombre Eperdue du Bonheur
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed composition on wooden panel
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Hunter - Contemporary Powerful Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Jakub Malinowski – Born in 1985. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting at the University of Arts in Poznań. He is engaged in painting and drawin...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Unspoken- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a boycouple
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis Unspoken 63 x 45 cm Oil on wood panel First we can announce some wonderful news! 3 May 2022 Tania Rivilis did win the first price of the Royal Academy of Portraitpain...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Omoge Awelewa (The Beauty Maiden)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Solace IV
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Solace IV is an intricate 21st-century painting. Here Damilola Ajegbomogun attempts to broaden the discourse on the concept of beauty. It raises the question of what is wrong with bo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hugged - Figurative Painting on Paper, Minimalist, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus) In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

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.

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