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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Style: Contemporary
Albert Square Manchester City Scene at Octoberfest by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Albert Square Manchester City Scene at Octoberfest by Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield.
Art measures 24 x 24 inches
Frame measures 29 x 29 inches
Angela Wakefield – “Mancheste...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$9,607 Sale Price
30% Off
Desert swimmers. Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Vibrant, European art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative acrylic on paper painting by young professional European artist Waleria Matelska. Artwork is minimalist and composed with synthetized shapes. Painting is vibrant- there ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Rites- 21st Century Contemporary Still-life Painting with cassette tape
By Erik Zwaga
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lotus Number Four (Hard Edge Floral Still Life Painting of Lotus Leaves)
Located in Hudson, NY
30 x 24 x 1 inches
oil on canvas
Inspired by close observations of the natural world and encounters with still moments that give us pause. Lines, shapes and colors encountered in nature, reveal the cycles of decay and regeneration that are life’s constant state of change. The work has a quiet, meditative quality. The subject is portrayed in a manner true to their existence in a specific time and place and selected based on considerations of visual relationships to formal elements of painting. Aspects of photo realism, hard edge and color field techniques are utilized to isolate the uniqueness of the subject’s detail, as well as emphasize flatness and illusion of depth within the two-dimensional space of the painting.
About the artist:
Frank DiPietro was born and raised in Scranton PA. He received a Bachelor of Art from Bloomsburg University in 1997, majoring in both Painting and Ceramics with a minor in Art History. In 2000 he earned a degree in Art Education from Moore College of Art and Design while continuing his studies in painting. Frank lived in Philadelphia for twelve years painting and teaching at several museums, art centers and schools in the region. In 2010 he and his family moved to Chester County PA, where he currently resides. Frank currently teaches painting classes and workshops at the Delaware Art Museum and Longwood Gardens...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Flight II" (2023) by Carrie Goller, Original Encaustic Painting of Bird Wings
Located in Denver, CO
Carrie Goller's (US based) "Flight II" (2023) is an original, mixed media using encaustic on wood panel that depicts a pair of colorful abstract bird wings on a light blue background...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Mixed Media, Encaustic
Contemporary portrait "Flow of Time in the Window"
Located in Zofingen, AG
I sought to juxtapose the stillness of introspection with the relentless flow of time. The central figure is set against a rustic backdrop. Her flowing garment, stark and almost othe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
The Teleportation
Located in Zofingen, AG
It's hot; we're sitting in a cafe, drinking Coke with ice.
My husband says, "Right now, somewhere in the field, amidst the expanse, inhaling the scent of heated grass..."
I respond, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Peek-A-Boo /// Cowboy-Death Old Wild West Western Figurative Skeleton Gunslinger
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Peek-A-Boo"
Series: Americana
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso
Year: 2024
Medium: Origin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Happiness loves silence, Spring serie
Located in Zofingen, AG
You will receive this painting stretched, with painted edges and completely ready for hanging. Framing is not obligatory and depends only on your preference.
The "Spring" series cap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"No Hay Nada Mas" Figurative Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"No Hay Nada Mas" is a 31in x 43in original oil painting by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood frame.
Artist Statement // Life often strikes me as a string of moments, like a serie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
''Cauliflower I'' Contemporary Dutch Still-life Painting of a Cauliflower
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dutch artist Nico Heilijgers (1964) works in the tradition of the great seventeenth-century painters.
Heilijgers' paintings are characterized by aesthetics, harmony and atmosphere,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Muskokan
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens when I am outside in large open spaces.
Painted images act as a tool. I respond to the spaces my art suggests. That response is usually non-verbal. I am interested in the experience of non-duality that “getting lost” in big spaces can sometimes produce for me. The paintings have gone through a range of artistic treatments with the recent years seeing a focus on space, light, textures, atmosphere and distance.
My landscape paintings are made from memory, not from on-site drawings or photographs. I use memory as a filtering agent to remove non-essential visual elements. When a work is successful, it must have a sense of poetry.
There is nothing “new...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
French Contemporary Art by Marie-Pierre Autonne - Nager Dans Les Bleus
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic and oil on wooden panel
Marie-Pierre Autonne is a French artist born in 1960 who lives & works in Angers, France. She studied at Penninghen in Paris, France. She worked for ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Oil
Goddess of Love - Framed Original Abstract Portrait Painting
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
My Peregrinations 5 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The artist painted this work during his trying times and expressed himself while passing through difficult situations to tell his stories of how he overcame every feature in the pain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mumbo Jumbo NYC#10 - Ironic Figurative Painting with Orange, and Blue Colors
Located in New York, NY
Francks Deceus’ “Mumbo Jumbo NYC#10” is a 30 x 24 inch acrylic paint, color pencil, and collage painting on canvas. The main colors are orange, blue and red....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
The Play XI - Minimalistic Figurative Oil Painting, Beach View, Seascape, Water
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Kitch - Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Sea View, Realism, Swim Floats, Pastel
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Clair, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A young woman gazes forward with a calm and pleasant demeanor. Soft, muted tones emphasize her delicate features, while shadows add depth to her portrait. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
St Ives: Contemporary Seaside Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
The holiday season is in full swing with all our favourite Simeon Stafford characters enjoying themselves on the beach amongst the transient population of tourists who flock to St. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Place To Rest - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Dog, Modern Art
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.
About Artist
Lawrence...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$10,040 Sale Price
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Contemporary still-life expressive acrylic painting of strawberries on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant and expressive artwork titled "Sweet Strawberries" showcases a rich palette of colors that serve as my means of expression.
In this piece, I delve into the beauty of lu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Mirror Room- 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting of a Palace interior
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Sylvia van Opstall
Mirror Room
120 x 120 cm
Framing is possible
The artist Sylvia van Opstall comes from all kinds of "worlds that deal with design and classical painting," the des...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Resplendent Orb - Contemporary Expressionist Sky Scape Painted Silk Wall Hanging
Located in London, GB
Resplendent Orb
This is a unique textile hanging of a clouded sky with expressionistic sun and colours on pink silk satin by British contemporary artist Rose Fulbright...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silk, Cotton Canvas, Cotton, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
''Swimming 1'' Contemporary Oil Painting in Blue of a Girl Swimming
Located in Utrecht, NL
Christine van der Cingel (1966) paints mainly cityscapes, people and animals. In her portraits the emphasis is on movement. It is more about t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pretty In Pink - Three Original Artworks, Framed, 5.75" x 8.5", Dress Paintings
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This is a set of three original artworks on board combining delicate detail with expressive brushwork. The outcome offers a soft, feminine aesthetic, with a flowing pink draped grace...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Illustration Board, Pencil
Honey spoon in Jar- 21st Century Hyper Realistic Still-life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Heidi von Faber
Honey spoon in jar
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 Stillllif...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Italian Contemporary Art by Matteo Nannini - La Sguaiata
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Matteo Nannini is an Italian artist born in 1979 in Bologna who lives and works in Cento, Ferrara, Italy. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. Painter b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sweeties I - Large Format Painting, Figurative Oil Painting, Beach, Sea View
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Kali, Mixed Media on Paper Black, Red Indian Contemporary Artist-In Stock
By Sekhar Kar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sekhar Kar - Kali
Mixed Media on Paper
22 x 30 inches, 2024
( UNFRAMED & DELIVERED )
Style : Sekhar Kar's paintings depict men and women in swirling masses of color with cesspools...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Flower boutique, Vacation on the Happy Island series
Located in Zofingen, AG
You will receive this painting stretched, with painted edges and completely ready for hanging. Framing is not obligatory and depends only on your preference.
This series of works a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gratuitous Violence_Billy Schenck_Oil/Canvas_ Figurative/Text/Pop Western
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
BILLY SCHENCK
"Gratuitous Violence"
Oil on Canvas
37.5 x 37.5 in. framed
Billy Schenck utilizes specific frames of reference in his oil on canvas depictions of the American West, e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Hoe v. Maid" Woman Wearing Lingerie Cleaning Interior in Oil
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Hoe v. Maid" is an original artwork made from oil on panel by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece measures 12”h x 9”w.
Lauren Rinaldi (b. 1983, Brooklyn, NY) is an Americ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Across the Pool - Painting of two children next to swimming pool and mountains
Located in Dallas, TX
"Across the Pool" by Dan Parry Jones. Comes with a custom white wooden frame. Two young children sit at the edge of a tranquil pool, basking under the radiant glow of a full sun as i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
Mountains 24 February 15:31 - Modern Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Nature
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
Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas by Emerging Artist - Together
Located in Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr.
"Together" is a large-format oil on canvas by contemporary Lithuanian painter Gabija Pritkovaite. In her paintings, young artist is questioning our state of being in today‘s world, b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Onka (Numbering) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Expressionist, Women
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Inner Peace 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Inner Peace" by Meshach Charity is a captivating artwork that invites viewers to contemplate the complexities of inner tranquility. In this piece, a y...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,480 Sale Price
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Saint Minecraft XVI (Gestural Abstract, Gaming, Portrait, Creativity, 20% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Golfam Jozdani
Saint Minecraft XVI
2024
Mixed Media on Cardboard; Acrylic, Pencil, Colored Pencil
Size: 9.44 x 14.17 inches (24 x 36 cm)
Signed and dated by hand
COA provided
*Frami...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard, Pencil, Color Pencil
"Being Koi", (2023) Original Oil Painting by Calvin Lai, Koi Fish
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Being Koi" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts koi fish swimming.
Artist Bio:
Calvin Lai's art is a mixture of medicine, meditation, and pe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
In Isolation Series VII
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This architectural wall-hanging artwork titled "In Isolation Series VII" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of collage, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. This p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
Urbis at Night in Manchester City by Contemporary British Urban Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
An Original Painting of Urbis & The Printworks at Night in the City of Manchester, England, by British Cityscape Artist Angela Wakefield. It captures the changing nature of Mancheste...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Gesso, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Resilience
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The underlying body of work is an exploration of texturizing distortion as a language of expression. The works explore an awaking of an Afrocentric consciousness connected to gender,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,800 Sale Price
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BLESSED original blue ultramarine nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired by Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Blessed" Part of "Nude in Interior" series.
Original work on colored paper, with pencil and blue ultramarine tempera on red colored paper, inspired by Matisse...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Untitled 04 - Series 2019, Contemporary Abstract Painting, Textile Lightness
Located in Salzburg, AT
The painting is framed behind glass.
Unframed Size: 74x54cm
Framed: 95x74cm
About Prymon’s Exhibition Dopaminum and his paintings:
”Dopaminum” - Tomasz Prymon
Dopamine – colloquia...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
His Body Like a River - Nude Figures, Intimate Portrayal of a Couple
By Rick Sindt
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 pornographic stills, repurposing them...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Breakfast With Bird Contemporary Still Life Oil Painting
By Paul Rossi
Located in Brecon, Powys
This still life plays with the juxtaposition of exterior and interior space, between still and kinetic life.
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"My Lucky Heart" White & Green Pop Oil Painting on Wood with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Forest Lover by Anne Siems, Portrait painting with tattoo drawing, on paper
By Anne Siems
Located in Dallas, TX
Anne Siems has created this stunning watercolor on Strathmore Cold press paper.
All archival materials.
Paper size: 24x18 inches
Suggested Frame size: 30x24x1.5 inch
ANNE SIEMS
(...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,400 Sale Price
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One Bold Move - Bold Abstract Floral Painting Contemporary Blooms on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant paintings that celebra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
Her Ascent- 21st Century Contemporary painting of a woman in red dress
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tanvi Pathare
Her Ascent
190 x 100 cm
Oil on Canvas
Born and brought up in Mumbai,India, Tanvi Pathare showed a growing interest in Fine Arts since a very early age. Encouraged by family,she began her art education at the prestigious Sir J.J.School of Art in Mumbai and received her Bachelors in Fine Arts(Painting) with outstanding grades,topping the University.
After being allured by the Realistic tradition of painting from nature, Tanvi applied and was Accepted At the Florence Academy Of Art, Florence, Italy(FAA).
Here she was honored By the Best Painting Of the Year from the Intermediate Studio of the School among other awards. She taught in the Academy in their Sculpture Drawing Studio.She was awarded for her Outstanding Performance in Art in her final academic year.
Tanvi presently works in her private studio in Florence while continuing to be an instructor in the Academy’s Drawing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Olaf Schneider, "City Limits", 26x40 Colorful NYC Taxi Cab Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"City Limits", is a 26x40 original oil painting on canvas by artist Olaf Schneider. Depicted is a bustling downtown city street, the taxis are reflecting off of glass from a nearby s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Caprice - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Oil Painting, Portrait, Pop
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Françoise Nielly has explored the different facets of image all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual computer generated animated graphics. It is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$11,731 Sale Price
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Lady in Gold, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"I wanted to capture an air of mystery as my model Staceye gracefully turned around," shares artist Sherri Aldawood. Clad in golden garb, she twirls all while staring confidently ahead. With her background shrouded in shadows, she is cast in soft elegant light.
About the Artist
Sherri Aldawood didn't intend to always paint flowers, but over time her love of gardens started to permeate her art. She focuses on the light and color of the flowers on the canvas. Sherri prefers alla prima, working with wet layers of paint instead of letting them dry. She keeps the paint as wet as possible by using walnut and clove oil to extend the drying time.
Words that describe this painting: figure, figurative, woman, female, portrait, realistic, impressionistic, gold, chiaroscuro, dance, fashion, dress, people, classical, fashion, representational, oil painting, green
Lady in Gold...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Celine - Colorful Abstract Figurative Portrait Original Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by her background in fashion, Atlanta, Georgia-based artist Lindsey McCord creates artworks that encapsulate the fun of being stylish and the a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"The White Dress"
By Xue Mo
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed and dated middle left
Xue Mo (b. 1966)
"Whenever I return to my homeland, a small town in Inner Mongolia, my heart i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
The Lightning by Franco Salas Borquez - Contemporary seascape painting, ocean
Located in Paris, FR
The Lightning is a unique pigments and silver crayon on wood painting by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 80 × 60 cm (31.5 × 23.6 in).
The artwork is signed,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Reflection", Figurative painting by Olha Vlasova
Located in Zofingen, AG
The edges are painted
The painting was part of an exhibition 'Ancestral call' in Switzerland
The "Melancholy" series of paintings reveals the inner world of a person lost in his own emotions. When inner reflection takes precedence over life itself we strive to uncover our essence and understand who we truly are.
This collection delves deep into reflections on self-discovery and one's nature. The paintings are imbued with sadness and quiet serenity, while the blue and purple color palette emphasizes the magical and unreal quality of the scenes depicted.
The symbolism of horses in the paintings embodies inner forces that can be either wild and untamed or tamed and controlled. It reflects the struggle with inner conflict and ambiguity.
The artist hopes that viewers will reflect on their feelings and inner contradictions while contemplating these paintings. Whether they fear sorrow or, on the contrary, seek constant joy without understanding the potential for growth hidden in melancholy.
The purpose of this series is to encourage inner exploration and answer the question of whether melancholy is a problem or a path to emotional growth. The artist believes that the heart of melancholy may be a key to a deeper understanding of oneself and one's emotional landscape.
ABOUT ARTIST
Olha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Tendrils of Warmth
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Tendrils of Warmth' is a figurative portrait by multi-disciplinary artist Kim Frohsin. Professionally framed in an 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Pigment
Looking Beyond - Framed Original Abstract Portrait Painting
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 ou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
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.