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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
Portrait of Dave Winfield, American Major League Baseball Right Fielder
Located in Hudson, NY
Portrait of Dave Winfield Edward Avedisian 20 x 14 inches, acrylic on stretched canvas Armenian-American artist, Avedisian was best known for his work made in New York City during the 1960s: brilliantly colored, boldly composed canvases that combined Minimalism’s rigor, Pop’s exuberance and the saturated tones of Color Field painting. He was largely recognized for a series of Beach Ball paintings that emerged in the early 1960's and into the later 1960's the artist began painting larger horizontal paintings, featuring vertically intersecting beacon-like stripes that highlighted characteristics from both the Post-Painterly and Color Field movements. In this portrait, Avedisian using his signature use of color, combining bright rusty reds and oranges against a metallic green gold backdrop. A major work from Avedesian's color-stripe series was featured on the cover of Artforum's January 1969 issue (pictured here). Also pictured are photographs of the artist c. 1970 in his studio in New York City and catalog pages from Avedisian's inclusion in the American Painting Now Expo at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, MA in Dec 1967 - Jan 1968. The exhibition, organized by art critic Alan Solomon, featured one of Avedisian's signature Beach Ball paintings alongside large works by Robert Motherwell and Jim Rosenquist. About the subject: Dave Winifield is American former Major League Baseball right fielder born in 1951 and who played for six teams (San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins, and Cleveland Indians) during his 22 year long career. He had the winning hit in the 1992 World Series with the Blue Jays over the Atlanta Braves. Winfield retired in 1996 and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001, in his first year of eligibility. About the Artist: In the 1960’s, Edward Avedisian was one of the youngest of those luminaries producing a grand new abstract painting. Shown first at Ivan Karp and Dick Bellamy’s Hansa Gallery and then at Robert Elkon, Avedisian’s insouciant mix of pop playfulness, color field cool and high formalist style put his art in a unique, and at the time generously rewarded, position. Paintings made it onto the cover of Artforum, were purchased by all the major museums, were among the few abstract works shown as representative of America’s post-war achievement at Expo 67 in Montreal and comprised a cornerstone in histories of the period written by Barbara Rose, among others. The artist was largely influenced by his Color-Field predecessors, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman. Throughout the 1960's and into the mid 1970's the artist was celebrated in the Manhattan art scene, contributing to the Post-Painterly Abstraction movements with contemporaries Helen Frankenthaler, Andy Warhol, Jules Olitski, and Larry Poons. Museum Collections: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York Brooklyn Museum, New York Chrysler Art Museum, Norfolk, Virginia Denver Art Museum, Colorado Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas The Larry Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York, Purchase Los Angeles County Museum, California Neuberger Museum, SUNY, Purchase, New York Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum *above description text is supported by Alexandra C. Anderson's article on Edward Avedesian in Artforum's January 1969 issue. NY Times Obituary, published Aug 23, 2007 by Roberta Smith: Mr. Avedisian was best known for his work in the 1960s: brilliantly colored, boldly composed canvases that combined Minimalism’s rigor, Pop’s exuberance and the saturated tones of Color Field painting. A frequent motif was a cluster of bright seedlike orbs corralled at the center of a vibrant monochrome field by larger rings of color, creating an image that could resemble a buoyant cross-section of some unknown fruit. Mr. Avedisian was born in Lowell, Mass., in 1936 and studied art at the Boston Museum School. By the late 1950s he was living in New York, part of a generation of promising young painters that included Frank Stella, Larry Poons and Darby Bannard. From 1958 to 1963 Mr. Avedisian had six solo shows in New York galleries, including two at the Robert Elkon Gallery, where he continued to show almost every year until 1975. By the early 1960s Mr. Avedisian was a rising star. During that decade, his work appeared on the cover of Artforum, in “The Responsive Eye” exhibition of Op Art at the Museum of Modern Art and in four annuals at the Whitney Museum of American Art. His paintings were widely sought by collectors and acquired by major museums in New York and elsewhere. In the mid-1970s Mr. Avedisian moved to Hudson and became less visible. His paintings soon began shifting toward representation; he took to calling his abstract paintings “a period style.” But he continued to be well served by his feeling for color, scale and surface. His landscapes described his surroundings in blunt, flat shapes and singing hues reminiscent of those of Marsden Hartley and Paula Modersohn...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untouchable Love - Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Male Nude, Red, Tree
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untouchable Love, 2018 Acrylic on canvas (Signed front left corner) 82.67 H × 47.24 W in. 210 H × 120 W cm Into the artwork “Untouchable Love” , the artist reinterprets the myths of...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Figurative/Portrait_Earth Tones_Woman on Lawn Blanket_America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Woman on Lawn Blanket" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 45 x 80 in. 46.75 x 81.75 in Framed Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

For Tomorrow's Festival
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Ademola Ajayi's evocative artwork, "For Tomorrow's Festival," captures a poignant moment of intergenerational connection and tradition. In this heartwarm...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Fabric, Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic, Pencil

Marigold, Watercolour on Paper, Orange, Green Colour by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Dileep Sharma - Marigold Watercolour on Paper 36 x 48 inches ( Unframed Size ) About thwe Artist & his works : Born in 1974 in Mandawar, Rajasthan, Dileep Sharma completed his MFA...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"Populus: Shift in the Spectrum" Contemporary Figurative Mixed Media on Board
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Populus: Shift in the Spectrum" is an unframed original mixed media work on board by Craig Alan, depicting a crowd of figures gathered into clusters that form a spherical shape in a...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Board

Rebirth 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Rebirth" is a compelling artwork created by Dennis Onofua, showcasing a young woman in a standing posture. The title suggests a powerful theme of transf...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Enamel

Rebirth 2
Rebirth 2
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The Disciples
Located in New York, NY
David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics on canvas 71 inches by 81 inches Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity available Keywords: red, abs...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Train Blue Revisted- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a sparkling Interior
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Sylvia van Opstall Train Blue Revisted 90 x 90 cm Framing is possible Additional pictures of the painting will be placed soon. The artist Sylvia van Opstall comes from all kinds o...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Sistas" Figurative, Portraits, Words, Frontal, Acrylic
Located in Detroit, MI
“Sistas” is a portrait collection of strong, intelligent women who look capable of taking on and managing whatever life has to hand them. That they are visually beautiful is actually beside the point for Henry has managed to capture in paint their inner beauty flowing from their eyes and features. Henry has sensitively revealed each individual’s personality. These are women you want to know and from whom you want to feel their power. Henry says that, “Painting is like breathing for me. I do so daily and appreciate my gift and ability. Perfection drives me as I create each piece. It must be unique. It must stand out, and is not complete until that special quality is achieved in my eyes.” Being able to create is an essential part of my life. It is an extension of my innermost thoughts and imagination. My primary focus of art is realism--using oils and acrylics. Occasionally, I switch mediums and design and build three dimensional pieces. Working mixed mediums, I use various wood, metal and paint, thus allowing me to achieve the visual effects I am looking for. Many of my pieces have been derived from my attraction to Art Deco and Ethnic designs. I am not satisfied until each piece, regardless of the medium or size, has reached the highest possible level of aesthetic quality and craftsmanship I can give it. I have enjoyed creating art since childhood. While a student at Martin Luther King Jr. high school in Detroit, I created and presented a portrait to then Mayor Coleman A. Young. A scholarship from Center for Creative Studies now the College for Creative Studies afforded me the opportunity to work towards and receive a BA in Fine Arts. Faculty and graduates of CCS include Richard Jerzy, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing (currently director of Lucas Film), Stephen Dinehart (game maker, writer, designer connected with The David Lynch Foundation), Tyree Guyton (international artist), Herb Babcock, Jerome Feretti, Kevin Siembieda (writer, designer and publisher of role-playing games), Renee Radell, Philip Pearlstein, Charles McGee (nationally recognized African American sculptor of animal and dancing spirits), Philip Pearlstein (2000 Honorary Doctorate, Modern Realism style), John Louis Krieger (American Modern), William Girard (American Modern), and Charles Culver. Mr. Heading understands the joy found in art and how it affects a young person's heart. He has shared his love for art as a mentor/teacher at the Virgil L. Carr Center in Detroit, Michigan. Students not only grew in their art experience, but also exhibited at the Ann Arbor Art Fair. Winning the 2013 MI Great Artist Competition was an honor for Mr. Heading. He is thankful to Park West Gallery owner Albert Scaglione and Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson for the opportunity. Mr. Heading has been featured on ASPIRE TV, shows at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the National Conference of Artists and other numerous galleries. In addition, he is a book illustrator. His murals create a beautiful focal point and conversation piece on the walls of homes, churches and health care facilities. His art and furniture is enjoyed and treasured by collectors across the United States and Canada. Kohei Suzuki, the former Mayor of Toyota City, Japan has a box designed by Henry. Mr. Heading's work is part of the major TCF Convention Center's permanent collection located in the downtown business district in Detroit, Michigan. His first attempt at mosaic tile was creating a Tiger sculpture to benefit the Detroit Tigers...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Masonite, Acrylic

"Abstract Flowers III" Oil Painting 24" x 21" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Flowers III" Oil Painting 24" x 21" inch by Ashraf Zamzami ABOUT A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and at time...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Service, 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a waiter in a restaurant
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Flip Gaasendam The Service 55 x 50 cm Oil on Canvas This painting is framed (included in price) 60 x 55 cm This painting is made by Flip Gaasendam. An important member of the 'Dutch Northern Figurative Painters' . His paintings are called 'Poems in paint' . The place where he painted this work is at Schiermonnikoog, one of the Islands in the north of the Netherlands. He likes to stay and work on the island and pains he typical sphere of the old Dutch sphere in that famous Hotel, Hotel van der Werff. Flip Gaasendam tells with his paintings what he likes, there, in those places, he paints. His recognizable loose touch, carefully chosen colors, spherical landscapes, interiors and portraits have been part of the permanent collection of Galerie Bonnard for years. hat is, we believe, a good description of the works of this highly esteemed artist. "Poetry in paintings" is also a statement that fits with the work and can be read in the numerous descriptions that can be found about the artist. The artist himself says that he wants to put life to a halt in his work. He says the following about his way of working: 'Because I am an aquarellist from home, I learned how to paint transparently in tone and tone. I also use that in my oil paints. My work is classified as post-impressionistic. When I paint, however, I forget everything about art history. I like a lot of things, from Alma Tadema to Andrew Wyeth, but I am a painter of today. It therefore goes too far to say that I consciously go back to the past. I work unorthodox. I do not apply the paint with a fixed method. I brush with wipes, use the palette knife, work with my hands, etc. That my palette is heavily controlled by the color green, is because I often make a painting blond with cobalt and ocher. My themes are often nostalgic and romantic. as a child, I thought the morning mist was beautiful, and with the light effect in the Groninger station restoration it is just as well. ' This modest artist can rightly be called one of the forerunners of the new impressionism...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Rue de Paris
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Motion Capture Studio 7 - Original Oil on Linen Painting with Multiple Figures
Located in Chicago, IL
Motion Capture #9 explores the conventional representation of females in Western figurative art yet contrasting it with the contemporary imagery of that subject via computer-based im...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"The Wanderer", (2022) Original Oil Painting by Calvin Lai, Male Nude
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "The Wanderer" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a tattooed male nude walking. Artist Bio: Calvin Lai's art is a mixture of medicine, medi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Lanscape VIII - Contemporary Atmospheric and Contemplative Nature Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
A few words of the artist about his art: When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements, contrasts of verticals and levels. I juxtapose the smooth surfac...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Oil

Girl in Her Cultural Bead 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Woman
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This artwork is a wonderful portrait of grace and elegance, capturing the essence of boundless beauty and uniqueness of cultural heritage. The subject, a stunning black Yoruba girl i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

ALS ICH CHAN - Contemporary Geometric Landscape painting, earth tones
Located in Paris, FR
ALS ICH CHAN is a painting by Spanish contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, whose work revolves around conversation between architecture and landscape, inviting the viewer on a visual st...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Early Birds- 21st Century Contemporary Impressionistic Dutch Painting with Cows
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This painting is by Dutch Impressionist painter Erik van Elven. This young artist likes to paint in the style of the Dutch Masters, but also has deve...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Single Rower
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Single Rower n.d. Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite 37.25 x 71.5 inches (94.6 x 181.6 cm) $8,500 + $800 framing This work is off...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Masonite, Oil

Let Forever Be, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Set against a tranquil sandy backdrop, two women share an intimate moment of connection and serenity. The soft blended brushstrokes convey a timeless elegance...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Desert 5 - Young Polish artist, Social commentary, Realistic tempera painting
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANNA WARDĘGA-CZAJA Graduated from the Painting Department at the Academy of Fine Art in Cracow, Poland in 2021. She's dealing with easel painting, wall painting as well as drawing. F...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Egg Tempera

Happy Together Man - Evocative Figures Celebrating Life with a Drink
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gerdine Duijsens’ spirited and evocative figures are instantly recognizable and unforgettable. Through lush, bold colors and energetic marks, her paintings emit a sense of pleasure a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Tolomashvili - 76
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on bristol paper Nino Tolomashvili is a Georgian painter born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. After completing her schooling, she pursued her studies at th...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Abstracted Figures, Seated Females, Gestural, Time Machine by Rebecca Jack
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Rebecca Jack "Time Machine" Oil and Acrylic on Canvas 45 x 75 in. __________________________ Rebecca Jack, an intuitive painter, creates vibrant, figurative works that highlight ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Oil, Canvas

Lady with dinosaur
Located in Zofingen, AG
The edges are painted The painting is a story of inner acquaintance and complete acceptance of one's own peculiarities and oddities. This ironic canvas tells the story of a girl wh...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Timeless Audrey Hepburn - Textural Original Figurative Pop Art on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playing with the interaction between positive and negative space, strong colors on neutral backgrounds, Canadian artist Virginie Schroeder creates pop art portraits and iconic pop cu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic

Phaedra's Horse, Oil on canvas, mysterious and whimsical pop art portrait master
Located in Dallas, TX
MICHELE MIKESELL b. 1973, Alabama, USA In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesell completed her Master of Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma in Norman in 2004. “Creating individuals is what I find most interesting in the studio. It is my hope that these portraits will be familiar characters to the viewer, subjects we recognize and identify with. My work consistently travels along a general vein of the universal human experience. This particular group of paintings...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Jump II - Modern Figurative Minimalistic Oil Painting, Sea View, Realism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Head Wrap
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Head wrap...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Head Wrap
Head Wrap
$2,600 Sale Price
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FRANCOISE WITH HAMSTER
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on board. Hand signed on front by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered.
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

FRANCOISE WITH HAMSTER
FRANCOISE WITH HAMSTER
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Summer Is To Hot - New Expressionism, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Born in 1966 in Wroclaw. Works mainly in oil and acrylic painting. He studied at Wroclaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Professor Konrad Jarodzki and Andrzej Klimczak Dobrzani...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Georgian Contemporary Art by Elene Melikidze - Abstraction
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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Chrysler Building 42nd Street New York City Art by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Painting of the Chrysler Building on 42nd Street, New York City, by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield Art measures 20 x 30 inches Frame measures 25 x 35 inches ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

GROWING UP (#1) by Zoran Šimunović -Large framed painting, bright colours, green
Located in Paris, FR
GROWING UP (#1) 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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Parisian Burlesque
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Parisian Burlesque' is a figurative portrait by multi-disciplinary artist Kim Frohsin. Professionally framed in a white ash hardwood floater frame, with an opening on the back, to reveal the artist's signature, title of the painting, and year of its making - 2008. Ready for hanging and also suitable to sit of a table as a sculpture. Frohsin’s work is held by the San Jose Museum of Art, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, the Office of the Governor, State Capital, Sacramento, and the United States Department of State. Her work is also in numerous corporate and private collections, among them the Morgan Flagg Family Collection, Buck Fine Arts, Adobe Systems, Inc Neiman Marcus and the Gap, Inc. Frohsin began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De Staebler in an exhibit of "Four Figures from the Bay." With Wayne Thiebaud as the juror, she won the California Society of Printmakers' Award in 1996, and the following year exhibited at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in "Bay Area Art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Highway - 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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Armand - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait painting realized by Marco Fariello in 2022. Oil on canvas. Head of an artist's friend in a Raphaelian pose. 
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Inner Nature 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women on African Fabric
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“Listen to your inner nature… for it is a deep and powerful source of wisdom, beauty and truth, ever flowing through you… Learn to trust it, trust your intuition, and in good time, a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

I Love Figs - 21st Century contemporary Hyper realistic oil painting of figs
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Jean Paul Marsman (Dutch artist) I Love Figs 30 x 30 cm (framed, included in price 33 x 33 cm) Oil paint on wood Craftsmanship: The work is painted so realistically that everything...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Shield Me - Nude Figures, Intimate Portrayal of a Couple, Original Oil on Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"In Our Nature", Dog in Landscape with Tennis Balls Oil Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"In Our Nature" is an original oil on canvas painting by American painter Katherine Fraser measuring 23.5”h x 28.5”w. This piece is from Katherine's newest series, which just recent...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Moremi -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Historic, African Woman, Acrylic
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide 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 Authent...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Oil

The Prayer - Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Beach View, Landscape, Sunshade
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Orange Peel Curls, Glossy Bold Minimalist Still Life Painting with Fruit
Located in New York, NY
Orange Peel Curls by Lori Larusso (2024) is a compact, vivid composition rendered in acrylic and pigmented varnish on panel. The slick, ultra-glossy surface reflects light, giving th...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Varnish, Acrylic, Panel

Portrait 25-5, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A stylized portrait of a woman emerges from a stark black background. Colorful dots construct her face and upper body, forming subtle contours and shadows tha...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

The Alchemist -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa Man Reading a Book
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure 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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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

De La Saint - Original Oil on Canvas Abstract Figurative Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Harvest Dreams" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach-Martucci's "Harvest Dreams" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a field mouse standing on a small jack o'lantern as ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Innocence - Framed Original Abstract Portrait Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist Alessandro Casetti's paintings metaphorically represent all the emotions, fears, and hopes that populate our daily life inside and outside of our own bodies. Through a...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Abstracted Figure, Female Figure_Women Pick Fruit by America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Women Pick Fruit" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 69 x 81 Inches 69.5 x 82.5 In. Framed Signed painting by America Martin. Exploring the identity of both her namesake and ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Sweet Melodies - Original Sally K Figurative Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

''Restaurant, Brasserie'' Cosy Dutch Painting of a Restaurant on the Outside
Located in Utrecht, NL
The relaxed atmosphere is characteristic of the oil paintings by Dutch artist Laetitia de Haas (1948). Her work radiates a distinction and tranquilit...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Radiance of Dreams - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, African
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure 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 (Issued by the Gal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Fruitier d'Azur 7
Located in New York, NY
This work is a unique piece. It is a gilded oil painting on linen canvas with 12 carat gold leaf. CS Art comprises of two artists, one French, the other Norwegian. They have been p...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Gold, Silver, Foil, Gold Leaf

The Abyss - Original Oil Painting of Nude Figures Wandering Into a Body of Water
Located in Chicago, IL
This beautiful grouping of nude figures wandering into the abyss are seen from behind in various states of undress. Master painter Bruno Surdo creates compelling and mysterious narratives in his classically inspired artworks. Bruno Surdo The Abyss oil on canvas 24h x 48w in 60.96h x 121.92w cm Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden Mike & Jill Rose SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bruno Surdo: The Method Artist Responds, by Lucia Mauro, June 26, 2014, anitathemovie blog An Exhibition of Exhibitionism: Bruno Surdo’s ‘Respond’, by Carrie McGath, July 1, 2014, The Chicagoist Website, Arts and Entertainment “Inspired Environs: A renowned designer decks out his Loop abode in art and texture” Modern Luxury, Men’s Book, Spring 2014 “Master Class” What’z Up Magazine, Fort Wayne, 2011 ”9/11 Painting will be on Display” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 2011 “Illuminated Images” Fort Wayne Reader, 2011 “Two Faces of Beauty” American Art Collector Magazine, Issue #3 and #59, 2006/2010 “Art and Calamity” Art Papers, 2009 “Versions of the Present, Techniques of the Past” American Artist Magazine, 2004 “Living Artists” Crow Book Publishing, Chicago, IL 2004 “The New Master” by Craig Keller, Chicago Social Magazine, 2004. “Tragedy, Memory, and Honor,” by William Hageman, Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2002 “Mural Depicts Tragedy of 9/11” Art Section...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"My Saturday Night Fever Heart" Oil Painting on Wood with White Floater Frame
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Mixed Media

Sunset 3 - Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Landscape View, Colourful Realism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Salt Marsh Herring Cove)
Located in East Quogue, NY
Landscape painting titled "Untitled (Salt Marsh Herring Cove)" by Cobi Moules - Oil on canvas Driven by the desire for adventure and discovery, Cobi Moules embraces the beauty of nature all the while shifting its weight through the exaltation of his own existence within, and as part, of it. This is best exemplified by the way he incorporates multiple self-portraits throughout his compositions. The multiplicity of self takes both precedence over, as well as integration into, the landscape creating a world with a sense of excitement, self-worth and play. The locations of Moules’ compositions are equally important. All of the locations were previously depicted in paintings by the Hudson River School. Through the exploration of the grand American landscape and the reflection on mid-19th century American...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Judas Medal- 21st Century Still-life painting of a tin with dry Judas Medal
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This still-life is made by Dutch painter Erik Zwaga. The painter started in the style of the romantic school, Erik Zwaga began to search more and more for his own visual language...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

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