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: Red
Ganesha, Mythology, Hindu God, Acrylic on canvas, Red by Indian Artist"In Stock"
By Arup Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Arup Das - Ganesha
13 x 11 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas , 2020
( FRAMED ALL IN DELIVERED PRICE )
About the Artist and his work :
Born : 1957 in West Bengal.
Educati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by KEJ - Anthropophages I
By Kej
Located in Paris, IDF
KEJ is a French artist born in 1959 who lives & works in Paris, France. He is considered to belong to the movement of Figuration Libre & Outsider Art. His works are referenced in the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Red Rhino - contemporary oil on canvas, animal painting colorful and playful
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a beautiful and colorful Red Rhino oil painting on a thick (2.5 inch) canvas.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Red anger - Simone Picciotto, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Signed lower right
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by KEJ - Un Petit Monde Glouton
By Kej
Located in Paris, IDF
KEJ is a French artist born in 1959 who lives & works in Paris, France. He is considered to belong to the movement of Figuration Libre & Outsider Art. His works are referenced in the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by KEJ - Un Petit Monde Chaotique
By Kej
Located in Paris, IDF
KEJ is a French artist born in 1959 who lives & works in Paris, France. He is considered to belong to the movement of Figuration Libre & Outsider Art. His works are referenced in the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by KEJ - Un Petit Monde Étrange
By Kej
Located in Paris, IDF
KEJ is a French artist born in 1959 who lives & works in Paris, France. He is considered to belong to the movement of Figuration Libre & Outsider Art. His works are referenced in the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by KEJ - Prédation
By Kej
Located in Paris, IDF
KEJ is a French artist born in 1959 who lives & works in Paris, France. He is considered to belong to the movement of Figuration Libre & Outsider Art. His works are referenced in the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Reflection of a Fire Bird, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
From the Fire Bird series of 2015. Reflections of a Fire Bird emanates the reflection of orange light from his mirror. Orange is a power colour, signifying creativity but also healin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Island for Umberto - Contemporary, Red, Green, Landscape, 21st Century, Painting
Located in Berlin, DE
Island for Umberto (triptych), 2014
Acrylic on canvas
59.05 H x 82.67 W in. ( 59.05 H x 27.55 W in.)
150 H x 210 W cm (each 150 H x 70 W cm)
"Island for Umberto" has the literary so...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Man in Red
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on linen painting by emerging contemporary artist Anthony Leone,
currently featured as part of the artists's solo exhibition Grape Farm.
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"THE LINE UP" Collage on panel, skateboard motifs, pattern, red white blue
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"THE LINE UP" is an original acrylic collage on panel by Jim Houser measuring 18in x 18in.
ABOUT // Jim Houser was born in 1973 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Red Mono Figure: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative painting by John Emanuel
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Standby V - XXI Century, Oil painting, Contemporary Figurative
Located in Warsaw, PL
KAMILA GRUSZECKA ( born in 1989 in Kielce) studied under prof. Leszek Misiak at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. She received her diploma in 2014. She w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hercules after Carracci - 21st Century, Orange, Red, Human, Warrior, Hero
Located in Berlin, DE
Hercules after Carracci, 2014
Acrylic on canvas (Signed front right corner)
111 1 /32 H X 78 47/64 W in.
282 H x 200 W cm
(reproduced at page 126, in the catalogue 'Mythical Flesh' b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by KEJ - Manip Génétic
By Kej
Located in Paris, IDF
KEJ is a French artist born in 1959 who lives & works in Paris, France. He is considered to belong to the movement of Figuration Libre & Outsider Art. His works are referenced in the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by KEJ - Natura
By Kej
Located in Paris, IDF
KEJ is a French artist born in 1959 who lives & works in Paris, France. He is considered to belong to the movement of Figuration Libre & Outsider Art. His works are referenced in the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Fever Nurse vs CowBoy, After Prince
Located in New York, NY
Cao meticulously places each smaller image to form a dynamic gradient from dark to light which tricks the eye into seeing one image. This expertise in contrast is exemplified in all ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Stainless Steel
Robert Loughlin Brute Gay LGBT Contemporary NYC Oil Male Portrait "The Smiths"
By Robert Loughlin
Located in New York, NY
Robert Loughlin Brute Gay LGBT Contemporary NYC Oil Male Portrait "The Smiths"
The 19 x25 oil on metal is signed and titled "The Smiths" on the ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal
Red Indiana Love, 91 cm
By Craig Alan
Located in Miami, FL
Born in 1971 in San Bernardino, California and raised in the Atlanta area, Craig first recognized his creative drive via crayons on his parents' walls, like many inspired young artis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
“Children of the World, Red World”
Located in Southampton, NY
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting by Salvador/American artist, Oscar Molina. Signed lower right. Signed, titled and dated verso. Executed in 2019....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“Children of the World, Red World 2”
Located in Southampton, NY
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting by Salvador/American artist, Oscar Molina. Signed lower right. Signed, titled and dated verso. Executed in 2019....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Magenta IV, Oil on Canvas
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Magenta IV" is an original oil painting on canvas by the artist Clovis Pareiko.
Beauty and aesthetic have always been a major concern for me. I focus my energy on it because I beli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Geometric Abstraction, portrait of Bork- 'Army of Me'
By David Paul Kay
Located in New York, NY
The universe is intricate yet so simple to navigate through with your eyes shut. That fascinates me and inspires pretty much everything I do or create. Imagination is an unique devic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"My Pet Bull" Oil on Canvas of Black Bull with Red Black Gold Blue Grey
Located in Rye, NY
Contemporary figurative oil on canvas painting with brights reds, blacks and gold. Dimensions are 73" x 55".
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Elijah and Elisha
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raimundo de Oliveira, Brazilian (1930 - 1966)
Title: Elijah and Elisha
Year: 1962
Medium: Oil on Panel, signed and dated l.l.
Size: 28.5 in. x 39.5 in. (72.39 cm x 100.33...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Niqab Rocker
By Brian Leo
Located in New York, NY
Niqab Rocker, 2016
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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