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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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Contemporary
Clavier, Olive Trees - Jos Leurs, 21st Century Contemporary by Dutch Artist
By Jos Leurs
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Jos Leurs
Clavier, Olive Trees
40 x 50 cm
with frame ( included in price) 45 x 55 cm
acrylic on canvas
Jos Leurs is a Dutch Impressionistic Plein Air Painte...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Park of Versailles
Located in Pasadena, CA
GROSPERRIN Claude (1936-1977)
Painter and lithographer, Casa Velasquez Award in 1961, close to the painters of The Poetic Reality ... Landscape architect, painter of horses...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fontana di Trevi
Located in Milano, MI
Urbex is the English acronym for urban exploration and is an activity that consists of searching for and locating abandoned infrastructure with the goal of visiting, photographing an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Sandstone, Stone
Breakfast TV - XXI century, Figurative-abstract painting, Colorful
By Dawid Polony
Located in Warsaw, PL
DAWID POLONY (born in 1988) Dawid Polony studied at the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studios of graphics (prof. Tomasz Daniec), painting (prof...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Russian Contemporary Art by Yuriy Demiyanov - In November
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life - 1950s - Pio Semeghini - Painting - Contemporary
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and dated by the artist lower right. Includes a beautiful contemporary wooden gilded frame. In excellent conditions.
References:
- Catalogo della mostra di Pio Semeghini...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Pink Color as Shelter
Located in Boxholm, SE
Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden. This is how she writ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - A Corner in Rome
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Dondi Schwartz is an Israeli artist born in Canada in 1961 who lives and works in the Kibbutz Beeri, Negev, Israel. Schwartz studied art at the Avni School of Arts in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunset (Nude on Armchair 3) original painting by Paula Craioveanu workinprogress
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Night" work in progress please come back
Original painting. size 35.4x27.5in / 90x90cm .
Shipped stretched, as it is, ready for hanging.
Artist Statement
"I started by paint...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fruits - Oil Paint by Gianpaolo Berto - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Fruits is a modern artwork realized by the artist Gian Paolo Berto in 1967.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Signature, title and date on the back
Inc...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figure in Red in Front of the Train - Oil Paint by Eliano Fantuzzi- 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure in red in front of the train is a modern artwork realized by the artist Eliano Fantuzzi in the mid-20th century.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Includes frame.
Hand ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Two Figures at Table - Oil Paint by Eliano Fantuzzi- mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Two figures at table is a modern artwork realized by the artist Eliano Fantuzzi.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Includes frame.
Hand signed on the lower margin and on the back.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape with Boats - Oil Paint by Mustapha Yehya - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with boats is a modern artwork realized by Mustapha Yehya.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rose - Oil Painting by Giovanni Omiccioli - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rose is a modern artwork realized by Giovanni Omiccioli in the mid-20th century.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sky Before the Storm, Dreamy Urban Landscapes Diptych, Purple, Blue, Black, Rock
Located in Barcelona, ES
The paintings of Aleix Font (Sabadell, Spain, 1984) function as a narrative between the collective and the individual world, exploring space and its interactions with concepts such a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
"Leaving the Circus", Original painting, Figurative art, Women, Pastel, Ethereal
Located in Deddington, GB
Acrylic painting on linen canvas. Inspired by the Circus.
The painting shows a blurred portrait of a female. Pastel blues, greys, pinks and white fill the composition with an ethere...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Matter and Spirit by Franco Salas Borquez - Contemporary painting, seascape
Located in Paris, FR
Matter and Spirit is a unique quartz sand, marble powder and binders painting by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 80 × 64 × 10 cm (31.5 × 25.2 × 3.9 in).
The...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Marble
GROWING UP (#10) by Zoran Šimunović - Large framed painting, bright colors, pink
Located in Paris, FR
GROWING UP (#10) is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Zoran Šimunović, dimensions are 180 cm × 150 cm (70.9 × 59.1 in). The artwork is sold framed. Dimensions of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Butterfly
Located in Oslo, NO
In this acrylic creation, I've explored the delicate interplay of human grace with nature's ethereal beauty. It's a tribute to quiet resilience and transformation, much like the gent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Going for a Swim" Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting
Located in Lisboa, PT
"Going for a Swim" Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting 2023
Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang.
"A quiet moment for introspection and disconnection. The elongated limbs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
FlatIron view
By Nathan Neven
Located in PARIS, FR
FlatIron view (technique mixte, 117x117cm) est une pièce unique de l'artiste Nathan Neven.
Né en 1979. Vit et travaille en Irlande.
Originaire de Thaïlande, Nathan Neven a grandi en...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Bird and Keeper" Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting 2023
Located in Lisboa, PT
Bird and Keeper - Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting 2023
Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang.
"Sometimes we find comfort in the most unexpected of forms or size. A prot...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
NIGHTFALL IN THE APENNINES
By Tom Mabon
Located in London, GB
"Nightfall in the Apennines" presents a captivating scene of the Apennines under the night sky. The moonlight casts a gentle, silvery white glow over the ochre soil, rustic houses, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Ribbons - Oil Paint by Gianni Cacciarini - 1970s
By Gianni Cacciarini
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with ribbons is a modern artwork realized by Gianni Cacciarini.
Mixed colored oil on board.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes an elegant frame (with some loss).
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
FULL MOON OVER ROUSSILLON
By Tom Mabon
Located in London, GB
"Roussillon Study" showcases the town of Roussillon under the cover of night, a town in southern France known for its distinctive red rock soil. Illuminated by moonlight, the reddish...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunday Best
By Wencke Uhl
Located in Bonn, NW
Original painting. Acrylic and paper on high quality canvas stretcher. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 70 x 90 cm 27.5 x 35.4". The sides are painted and it’s ready to hang...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Parchment Paper, Acrylic
Sweet Memories - Oil Paint by Elena Mardashova - 2024
Located in Roma, IT
Original oil painting 'Sweet memories', realized by Elena Mardashova in 2024.
On canvas, 60 x 50 cm,
Excellent condition.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wide Mountains (triptych) - Painting by Johanna Winkelgrund - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
The landscapes painted by Johanna Winkelgrund in the 2020s are abstract and representational.
Following the color alone, she dispenses with the human figure here.
Only in a few exc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ROUSSILLON STUDY II
By Tom Mabon
Located in London, GB
"Roussillon Study" showcases the town of Roussillon under the cover of night, a town in southern France known for its distinctive red rock soil. Illuminated by moonlight, the reddish...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
ROUSSILLON STUDY I
By Tom Mabon
Located in London, GB
"Roussillon Study" depicts the town of Roussillon under the night sky, a place renowned for its unique red ochre soil in southern France. Bathed in moonlight, the reddish soil and th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
THE DAY SHONE CLEAR. LAKE LUGANO
By Tom Mabon
Located in London, GB
"The Day Shone Clear. Lake Lugano," with its calming palette of grey-blue and green, portrays the peaceful landscape surrounding Lake Lugano. In the foreground, the serene lake surfa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Benjamin Cohen, Study of Four Figures and an Interior, 2011
Located in Manchester, GB
Benjamin Cohen, Study of Four Figures and an Interior, 2011
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
198.5 x 304.5 cm (78.15 x 119.88 in)
Original Artwork
Benjamin Cohen
Benjamin Cohen, born in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Benjamin Cohen, Study of Six Figures and an Interior, 2011
Located in Manchester, GB
Benjamin Cohen, Study of Six Figures & Interior, 2011
Acrylic & Bitumen on Canvas, Diptych
167.5 x 296 cm (65.94 x 116.54 in)
Original Artwork
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Girl with a butterfly. Contemporary Small Scale Oil Painting, Polish artist
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative oil on board painting in brass frame placed under plexiglass by Polish artist living in the USA, Monika Rossa. Frame is an integral part of the painting. Artwork depicts s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Brass
ROUSSILLON STUDY III
By Tom Mabon
Located in London, GB
"Roussillon Study" showcases the town of Roussillon under the cover of night, a town in southern France known for its distinctive red rock soil. Illuminated by moonlight, the reddish...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Elene Melikidze - Untitled 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Elene Melikidze is a Georgian artist born in 1999 who lives & works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She started painting since childhood in various media. Her other profession is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Elene Melikidze - Rooster
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Elene Melikidze is a Georgian artist born in 1999 who lives & works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She started painting since childhood in various media. Her other profession is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Elene Melikidze - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Laminated oil on canvas
Elene Melikidze is a Georgian artist born in 1999 who lives & works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She started painting since childhood in various media. Her other pro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modality 6. Abstraction Oil Painting on Board, Colorful, Polish artist
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Abstract oil on high impact styrene painting by Polish artist living in the USA, Monika Rossa. Artwork is colorful. It can be exhibited vertically or horizontally.
MONIKA ROSSA
stu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modality 4. Abstraction Oil Painting on Board, Colorful, Polish artist
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Abstract oil on high impact styrene painting by Polish artist living in the USA, Monika Rossa. Artwork is colorful. It can be exhibited vertically or horizontally.
MONIKA ROSSA
stu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modality 3. Abstraction Oil Painting on Board, Colorful, Polish artist
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Abstract oil on high impact styrene painting by Polish artist living in the USA, Monika Rossa. Artwork is colorful. It can be exhibited vertically or horizontally.
MONIKA ROSSA
stu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modality 2. Abstraction Oil Painting on Board, Colorful, Polish artist
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Abstract oil on high impact styrene painting by Polish artist living in the USA, Monika Rossa. Artwork is colorful. It can be exhibited vertically or horizontally.
MONIKA ROSSA
stu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modality 1. Abstraction Oil Painting on Board, Colorful, Polish artist
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Abstract oil on board painting by Polish artist living in the USA, Monika Rossa. Artwork is colorful. It can be exhibited vertically or horizontally.
MONIKA ROSSA
studied painting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modality 8. Abstraction Oil Painting on Board, Colorful, Polish artist
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Abstract oil on high impact styrene painting by Polish artist living in the USA, Monika Rossa. Artwork is colorful. It can be exhibited vertically or horizontally.
MONIKA ROSSA
stu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Elene Melikidze - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Elene Melikidze is a Georgian artist born in 1999 who lives & works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She started painting since childhood in various media. Her other profession is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl with a butterfly. Contemporary Small Scale Oil Painting, Polish artist
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative oil on board painting in brass frame placed under plexiglass by Polish artist living in the USA, Monika Rossa. Frame is an integral part of the painting. Artwork depicts s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Brass
Girl with a bird. Contemporary Small Scale Oil Painting, Polish artist
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative oil on board painting in brass frame placed under plexiglass by Polish artist living in the USA, Monika Rossa. Frame is an integral part of the painting. Artwork depicts s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Brass
Landscape at 11.18 AM
Located in Sempach, LU
"This painting is from the series ""Landscapes"", in which repulsed not by a lot of details, but covering a vast space in which everyone can find his own world, this time I decided t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mystical feeling
By Nathan Neven
Located in PARIS, FR
Mystical feeling (technique mixte, 100x100cm) est une pièce unique de l'artiste Nathan Neven.
Né en 1979. Vit et travaille en Irlande.
Originaire de Thaïlande, Nathan Neven a grandi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Diptych of Hot Fields and Patchwork Fields, Original Painting, Summer
Located in Deddington, GB
Colourful contemporary landscape of summer fields and Colourful landscape with warm fields and a farmhouse in the distance.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Hot Fields by Ana Bianchi [2024]...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Ahn Sung Kyu - Venice at Dawn
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Ahn Sung Kyu is a Korean artist born in 1966 who lives and works in Suwon, South Korea. Sung-Kyu is an artist who has intensively focused on painterly space and visual...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Georgian Contemporary Art by Elene Melikidze - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Elene Melikidze is a Georgian artist born in 1999 who lives & works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She started painting since childhood in various media. Her other profession is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ORIGINAL EXPRESSIONIST Scottish figurative oil painting by JEANETTE LASSEN
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Jeanette Lassen (1924-2008) Scottish
TITLE: "Contemplating Their Next Move"
SIGNED: lower left
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 67cm x 62cm inc frame
CONDITION: excellent
DETA...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Walking Home IV, Original Painting, Contemporary Figurative, Urban Landscape Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Colourful urban landscape with figures.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Walking Home IV by Ana Bianchi [2023]
Original painting
Oil paint on Canvas
Signed by artist
Complete Size of framed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Maya Abashidze - Stars Look Very Different Today
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Maya Abashidze is Georgian artist born in 1984 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was graduated from the Tbilisi State Art Academy in 2010. From May-Jun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Step Forward - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic and Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Mountains 12 April 09:54 - Modern Nature Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
This Means War - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic and Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, 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.