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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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Contemporary
Red Houses No. 1, Norway by Calo Carratala - Snowy landscape painting
Located in Paris, FR
Red Houses No. 1 is a unique oil on laminated wood painting from the Norway series by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 46 × 74 cm (18.1 × 29.1 in).
The art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Untitled
Located in Firenze, FI
Untitled
Mixed media on canvas
Size 100x100 cm
Andrea Stella Florence 1950 - 2019
A gifted genius born in Florence of Greek heritage, resided alternately in two cities that are t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Promenons nous dans les bois
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
This is a narrative painting on porcelain with miniatures details. Rose-Marie Crespin describes a walk in the forest. A natural world true trees, flowers and plants. A story between ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Paint
Pancakes with butter and Honey- 21st Century Hyper Realistic Still-life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Heidi von Faber
Pancakes, Butter & Syrup
Acrylic on linen
100 x 100 cm ( framed/ included in price 105 x 105 cm)
Dutch artist Heidi Von Faber lives and works in The Hague.
The Sti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
The pig and the bird of prey Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting red oil
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Unique work
News from Eéa
“At the time of the last cosmogony I heard from Eéa
In the middle of the water, an island sur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La pêche dans les calanques de Marseille
Located in Barcelona, ES
Contemporary figurative painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Atracción
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
I'm hungry
Located in Barcelona, ES
Portrait of a tiger
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Enredos
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
La isla
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mujer y su inconsciente
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Enigmática
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Estatuas doradas
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
No me dejes
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Castigada contra la pared
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The charge
Located in Barcelona, ES
Portrait of an elephant
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
¿Qué hay detrás de la puerta?
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pelirroja
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Circo
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Desnudo 2
Located in Barcelona, ES
Strokes, lines, points, signs come from the plexus, travel through the arm and hand, reaching the
canvas with the indicated “nerve.”
Lights and shadows complete the possibility of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Cigale
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. The artist uses bright yellow and red to cover half of the painting, which is in stark contrast with the sunflower shrubs at the bottom of the painting. Especially for the cicada...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Cinquième saison
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. The work shows a unique imaginal season that doesn’t exist in reality – the fifth season. In this seas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
L'origine de la civilisation (the origin of civilization)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a dreamy scenery. Looking from a distance, it seems like a huge coral reef in deep sea, and there are some shiny jellyfishes around it. Taking a closer look, we can see some more meaningful signs, like Oracle bones, and some animals on the coral reef. At the same time, there is also a woman with traditional Chinese clothes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Begegnung
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In need of new glasses
Located in Oslo, 03
Unique artwork.
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Der Hundemann
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Baiser passionné (Passionate kiss)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a passionate kiss of two people interwoven together by many red threads. The symbol of red thread can be traced...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
Signal distortion #1 Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting landscape blue red art
Located in Paris, FR
This painting is part of the current exhibition entitled "The fantastic story of the liquid mountain" at Claire Corcia Gallery in Paris.
The liquid mountain is populated by living b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ohne Titel
Located in Wien, 9
Margarethe Hollegha is a Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1935 in Vienna.
The picture is framed with a gilded flat moulding.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
The place of the unsaid #1 Hélène Duclos Contemporary painting art garden eden
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas
Hand-signed lower right
This work is part of the current exhibition entitled "The fantastic story of the liquid mountain" at Claire Corcia Gallery in Paris.
The...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Like Water Flows Around Rocks -21st Cent, Contemporary Painting, Modern Portrait
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Visage Irina Gros Plan
Located in Porto, 13
Visage Irina Gros Plan,2013
Oil on Canvas
A lot delicacy is felt in the traits of the drawings from Philippe Pasqua, which in no way diminishes the strength of each work. Thus, a fl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signal distortion #2 Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting landscape cream art
Located in Paris, FR
This painting is part of the current exhibition entitled "The fantastic story of the liquid mountain" at Claire Corcia Gallery in Paris.
The liquid mountain is populated by living b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Look at things from distance #2 Hélène Duclos 21st Century Contemporary art red
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and acrylic paint on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human condition and the position of being alive – W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
Dialogue
Located in Wien, 9
In his turbulent compositions, lines and colors overlap and condense into figuratively looking scenes. As a figurative informal painter or informal figure painter, he proves in a way...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Resultado Del Deseo - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Japanese
By Mari Ito
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored in Nihonga, Japanese-style painting made with traditional practices, techniques and materials. She moved to Barcelona (Spain) i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Washi Paper, Pigment
Chaos at the Lake Stymphale Timothy Archer 21st Century Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas
Signed lower right
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nestings #1 Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting landscape contemporary art blue
Located in Paris, FR
This painting is part of the current exhibition entitled "The fantastic story of the liquid mountain" at Claire Corcia Gallery in Paris.
The liquid mountain is populated by living beings with a vegetable heart. They roam freely (it seems to us *) between the earth and the air in search of their roots. They bathe and transform in liquid crystal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Catching My Daydreams - 21st Century, Contemporary Painting, Modern Portrait
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Field Nicolas Kennett 21st Century British painting landscape animal bird crow
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on wood panel
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Veduta
Located in Paris, IDF
Nikolai MAKAROV
(Born in 1952)
Veduta
Acrylic on canvas mounted on panel
Signed lower right
70 x 50 cm
2015
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The rebirth of nudity Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century art Outsider Iranian paint
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed lower right
« Here the barbaric or savage ceremonies of New Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival.
Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
23042 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Mixed Media
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"Martí Bofarull’s work fits in with renovation of the urban landscape that has characterized Catalan painting of the last twenty years. Among our artists who have remained loyal to f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Né au soleil (Born in the sunshine)
Located in PARIS, FR
Large circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows in great detail two beautiful sunflowers rising up from the deep sea. Yellow butterflies are around them....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Linen, Oil
45042 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Among the Catalan artists who have remained loyal to figurative techniques, several have successfully fixed their gaze on the architecture, streets and commercial trappings of the mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
No extenuating circumstances #1 Hélène Duclos 21st Century Contemporary art blue
Located in Paris, FR
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human condition and the position of being alive – What is it to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Venice - Julien Calot, 21st Century art, Contemporary figurative painting
By Julien Calot
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Unique work
Discover the new works on canvas by the French emerging and talented artist Julien Calot in his personal ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Beyond Nicolas Kennett 21st Century British painting character skyscape black
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on wood panel
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Pido ayuda
By João Cardoso
Located in MADRID, ES
PIDO AYUDA title means looking for help and this came up when during the painting João Cardoso found an article that had the same title and it was about a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The inseparable I -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Hand-signed and dated lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
The bird behind the curtain -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Signed and dated by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
White and black suite, Caroline Veith 21st Century Contemporary figurative paint
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on cut paper pasted on paper
Signed and dated lower left
Unique work
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Caïn and Abel II
Located in Paris, IDF
Bruno DESPLANQUES
(Born in 1966, France)
Caïn and Abel II
Painting on wood
120 cm x 90 cm
2021
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint
Queen moth -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Signed and dated by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
Magic - 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
Prayer - 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
Bora - Julien Calot, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative painting
By Julien Calot
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Unique work
Discover the new works on canvas by the French emerging and talented artist Julien Calot in his personal ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The mysterious flamboyant -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Signed and dated by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
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