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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.

Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.

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Style: Contemporary
On the other side. 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 minimalistic and composed with synthetic shapes. Painting is vibrant- main col...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Le Forgeron, Oil Painting, Figurative, Contemporary Realism
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Oil Painting, Handmade artwork and Unique Work. Medium : Oil painting on naturel wood panel. Artist : Jade Boissin Subject : Le Forgeron (FR -Title) The blacksmith (...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Karen Lynn, Crowd in Vivid Colour 6, Figurative Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Karen Lynn Crowd in Vivid Colour 6 Figurative Artwork Paint on Canvas Sold Unframed (Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Unconditional Love
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

Nosiness - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Woman Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Academy of Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics Design Department in Gdańsk, in 1994. He realized installation art, graphics ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Yellow - Orange Storm Sewer - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Academy of Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics Design Department in Gdańsk, in 1994. He realized installation art, graphics ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hunt Slonem, Sea Turtle and Horse, rare unique early oil painting, signed Framed
Located in New York, NY
Hunt Slonem Underwater scene: Sea Turtle and Sea Horse, 1980 Oil on canvas painting Signed and dated 1980 on the back of the canvas Unique, coveted early on oil canvas painting. Fram...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Balaguer Car Races Le Mans 1960 Ferrari 250 TR59 orig. acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
BALAGUER , Alex ( Barcelona 1968 ) During early childhood, Àlex Balaguer began to sketch motorcars symbolic of Maranello’s trademark vehicle. Self-taught in the art world, Balaguer d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early Morning- 21st century Contemporary Dutch Winter Landscape Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This landscape painting 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 visua...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

The Pastry Chef
Located in Burlingame, CA
Figurative nude with complex color—pink, green, grey and yellow— rhythm, and overall design by Kim Frohsin. 'The Pastry Chef' abstracted nude acrylic and mixed media painting in Froh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media, Pencil, Pigment

Balaguer 13 Classic Car Jim Clark. Lotus 25. original painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Jim Clark. original painting BALAGUER , Alex ( Barcelona 1968 ) During early childhood, Àlex Balaguer began to sketch motorcars symbolic of Maranello’s trademark vehicle. Self-taught...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Pasqualina - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Marco Fariello in 2023, depicting a dominican woman. Excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity by the Artist.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
Mixed Technique Collage, Textile, Acrylic on Canvas
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Textile, Acrylic

Mesdames et Messieurs
Located in Kansas City, MO
"Mesdames et Messieurs" Acrylic and Marker on Canvas Year: 2024 Size: 47.24 x 31.39 x 1.18 inches Signed and titled by hang COA provided *On Stretcher Frame Ready to hang Various C...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Permanent Marker

Kitovras, 120x120cm, oil on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Kitovras, 120x120cm
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Connected Blue
Located in Dallas, TX
The "Heads“ for which he is known serve as his starting point for creative explorations. He uses different styles and mediums to explore the facets of these heads and delve deeper an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Strength in Love
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist: Ryan Wilks Title: Strength in Love Medium: Gold Leaf, Lapis Lazuli, Watercolor, Holy Water, Pen and ink on 243 year old Bible page. Year: 2019 Dimen...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Gold Leaf

A Life Well Lived
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: James, Clarence Title: A Life Well Lived Date: 2023 Medium: Acrylic, Aerosol, Oil Stick on Canvas Unframed Dimensions: 70" x 67" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Prov...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Mnemosyne - XXI Century Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting Portrait Warm Tones
By Boguslaw Jagiello
Located in Warsaw, PL
Boguslaw Jagiello is a Polish artist born in 1960. He went to the Academy of Fine Arts of Poznan and studied at the Faculty of painting, graphic arts and sculpture. In 1984, he obtai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sunrise Color Field
Located in Bozeman, MT
Daphne Sweet, artist working and living in Missoula, Mt. Using acrylic, oil, clay, and fabric. Bouncing between classical references and personal allegory, the paintings and found ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Mixed Media, Pop Art Collage of Female Figure w Floral_Charm Orchid_Greg Miller
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
GREG MILLER "Charm Orchid" Acrylic, Collage 48 x 48 in. Signed verso by artist Drawing from the diverse cultural and geographic makeup of his Californian roots, Greg Miller explor...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Night Nude on Armchair2 original painting Paula Craioveanu 39x23in Expressionist
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Night (Nude on Armchair 2). Part of my "Nude on Armchair" series. Original painting. size 39x23in / 100x60cm . Shipped stretched, as it is, ready for hanging, from Florida, US. See...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Large Colorado Modernist Oil Painting Wharf Street Plein Air New Orleans Street
Located in Surfside, FL
Joellyn T Duesberry Wall on Wharf Street, #513, New Orleans, LA 1976. Oil on linen Dimensions: (Frame) H 50.5" x W 66.5". sight size 50 x 66" Joellyn Toler Duesberry (1944 – 2016) was a plein air landscape artist who worked in oils. She said that her paintings echo the work of John Marin and Milton Avery. Of her art, Duesberry said, "I am not interested in a realist painting, I am not interested in an abstract painting. I am interested in the tension." Joellyn Duesberry was born on June 30, 1944 in Richmond, Virginia. Growing up in rural Virginia instilled in her a love for the land. She said, "All my life I think I've unconsciously tried to recreate the place where bliss or terror first came to me. Both emotions seemed so strong that I had to locate them outside of myself, in the land. This goes back to a childhood habit of living in rural Virginia and seeking woods and creeks and lakes for solitary refuge; places where I could sketch and paint." She decided to start painting at age ten after being given a pair of red tennis shoes and walking on the beach, inspired by the colorful juxtaposition of sand, shadow, and shoe. Soon thereafter she decided that "Women artists existed and she needed to be among them." She received a BA with Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, in art history and painting, from Smith College in 1966. In that year she was awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. While at Smith, she "honed her skills by making countless copies of masterworks." She took her master's degree at New York University Institute of Fine Arts. Despite her degrees, she is considered to be a self-taught artist. Joellyn Duesberry was a plein air painter, who began "her canvases outdoors on an easel and finished] them in the studio, frequently making monotypes in between." She moved to Denver in 1985, and embraced the Colorado landscape in her art. In that year she received an Individual Painting Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to work with Richard Diebenkorn. In 1997, Duesberry won the Benjamin Altman Landscape Prize from the National Academy of Design. While she had a World Views residency with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) from 1998-1999, Duesberry painted city studies in studio space in some vacant offices of the World Trade Center's North Tower. She says that, because of her connection to the World Trade Center, the tone of her painting saddened after 9/11. In 2005, a PBS documentary was made of Joellyn Duesberry's life, work, and creative process titled Joellyn Duesberry: Dialogue with the Artist. Her works are held by institutions such as Metropolitan Museum of Art and Smith College Museum of Art. Publications 1998: A Covenant of Seasons: Monotypes by Joellyn T. Duesberry, Poetry by Pattiann Rogers, 2011: Elevated Perspective: The Paintings of Joellyn Duesberry, SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS Elevated Perspective: The Paintings of Joellyn Duesberry, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Joellyn Duesberry: A Passion for the Land, Leslie Levy Fine Art, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ Joellyn Duesberry: A Passion for Western Land, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO Joellyn Duesberry Monotypes: Hidden Treasures, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO Joellyn Duesberry: Solace on Safari, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Tremaine Gallery, The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT. Recent Monotypes, James Graham & Sons, Madison Avenue, New York, NY Joellyn Duesberry: Monotypes, Lizan-Tops Gallery, Easthampton, NY The Garden Paintings, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO Joellyn Duesberry: Paintings, Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO Joellyn Duesberry, Graham Modern, Madison Avenue, New York, NY Joellyn Duesberry: Paintings and Monotypes, Carol Siple Gallery, Denver, CO Joellyn Duesberry, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS Significant Women Artists, Curtis Arts & Humanities Center, Greenwood Village, CO Finding Abstraction, Gallery 1261, Denver, CO Rocks on Paper, Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY Summer Landscape Show, Greenhut Gallery, Portland, ME Defining the West: 200 Years of American Imagery, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Roots, Landing Gallery, Rockland, ME Annual Professional Painters’ Exhibition, The Century Association, New York, NY Glory of Landscapes, Pelham Art Centre, New York, NY Salon du Musee, Featured Artist, Salon d Arts at Gallery 1261, Denver, CO Small Works, Gallery 1261, Denver, CO The Urban Myth, Vision of the City, Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA The Art of Printmaking, paying homage to Open Press,Archer Concept Group,Denver,CO Twenty Years: Paintings: Joellyn Duesberry, Bunny Harvey...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Found - Original Abstract Yellow and Black Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Melissa Chalhoub, a 2014 graduate of Saint Joseph University in Beirut, seamlessly navigates the realms of cinema and visual art. With a background in directing and sound design for ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Merged - Original Abstract Figurative Colorful Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Melissa Chalhoub, a 2014 graduate of Saint Joseph University in Beirut, seamlessly navigates the realms of cinema and visual art. With a background in directing and sound design for ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic

"Stepping Out in Paris" Figure wearing Chanel in Paris Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
A very whimsical depiction of a woman stepping out in her little white dress on the runway in France. This piece captures the essence of fashion in ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Family of Man - 21st Century Contemporary Acrylic Portrait by Dutch Poen de Wijs
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Poen de Wijs died a few years ago after a sickbed. His oeuvre lives on. He achieved international fame in the second half of the last century in which abstract, experimental painting...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Such a Situation ... - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Existentialism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Kotlicki is a constantly searching artist. Treading his own path, aiming at defining himself, giving his work a clear identity, he came across the avant-garde. He would back off the ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

On Your Tomb, They Won't Smell Nice
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
On Your Tomb, They Won't Smell Nice is an original painting by Obeka Simon. Simon created On Your Tomb, They Won't Smell Nice with Oil on a 40W by 45H inches primed canvas. Simon Obeka...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique beauty - Oil Paint by Elena Mardashova - 2024
Located in Roma, IT
'Antique beauty'. Oil painting on canvas 50 x 60 cm, 2024. 
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Boxed In; Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Samantha Millington’s unique style of figurative art pops and zings from the canvas. Both thoughtful and thought provoking Millington’s paintings are a joy to hang and enjoy. Oil an...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Pastel, Oil

"Rico (Father)" Life-size Figurative Work of Man in Foliage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Rico (Father)" is an original artwork by Alain Jean-Baptiste and measures 72"h x 24"w. This work is made from oil paints on canvas and ships with a gallery-issued ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil

Monkey, owl and raven- Polish Master Of Art, Animals pyramid, Pastel
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANDRZEJ FOGTT (born in 1950) He graduated from the PWSSP in Poznań in 1974 where he studied in the studios of prof. Z.Kępiński and M. Abakanowicz. Initially, his art was considered t...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Cardboard, Pastel

L;amour et Lumiere
Located in West Hollywood, CA
L'amour et Lumiere is a recently completed original oil painting by Fidan Kim, one that contains an incredible amount of detail and imagery. There is a surreal aspect to Ms. Kim’s wo...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

N.U.F.U.2.
Located in Kansas City, MO
"N.U.F.U.2." Acrylic and Marker on Canvas Year: 2024 Size: 15.50 x 15.50 x 0.46 inches Signed and titled by hand COA provided *On Stretcher Frame Ready to hang N.U.F.U. stands for ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Permanent Marker

'Collse Watermolen' (Watermill) - 21st Century Contemporary Landscape Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This portrait of the this Dutch Watermill is made by Dutch artist Eric Schutte. The painter painted it, standing in the landscape, en plein air with the watermill (also painted by V...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Stai Fuori dal Mio Giardino Numero 1 (Botanicals, Burgundy, Butterflies 50% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katrina Revenaugh Stai Fuori dal Mio Giardino Numero 1 Archival Pigment Ink, Acrylic, Spray Paint and Gold Leaf on Birch Panel Year: 2024 Size: 10 x 8 x 1.75 inches Signed: On Verso ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Highland Cow by Dawne Raulet Contemporary Cow Mixed Media with Black, White
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Highlands Cow" by Dawne Raulet is a striking original painting that beautifully captures the majestic presence of a Highland cow against a rich, dark background. With remarkable det...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Board

A Beach Screen - Contemporaty Oil on canvas, Figurative realist painting
Located in Warsaw, PL
PROVENANCE: The Gallery of Katarzyna Napiorkowska is one of the first commercial art galleries in Poland. For over 30 years, the gallery has been presenting contemporary paintings, g...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nude Ascending
Located in Palm Desert, CA
On a recent trip to the Caribbean, Nansi and David were frequently surrounded by large shoals of Palometa fish, a privilege which inspired this painting, “Nude Ascending”. The motif, a nude swimmer interacting peacefully-almost spiritually-with ocean life, has become one of the trademarks of the husband and wife collaborative duo. Nansi Bielanski Gallup & David C. Gallup are fine artists living in Southern California and in the small island...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Gordon Hunt, Turquoise Cove Rendezvous, Contemporary Cornish Seascape Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Turquoise cove rendezvous [2021] Original Seascapes Acrylic on deep edge canvas Image size: H:76 cm x W:76 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:76 cm x W:76 cm x D:76cm Sold Unframed...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Soo Young - Queen of Silla 8
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on hanji paper (Korean traditional paper) Kim Soo Young is a Korean artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Seoul, South Korea. Through over two decades of deep imme...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Pink Gin
By Lara Schnitger
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Lara Schnitger (b.1969). Pink Gin, 1999. Collage of cut vintage papers on illustration board, measures 10 x 14.25 inches. Measures 17.5 x 21.5 inches framed. Provenance: Anton Kern Gallery. Search terms: woman artist; Feminist artist: Feminist Lara Schnitger 1969 Born in Haarlem, Netherlands 1987-1991 Koninklijke Academie voor beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag 1991-1992 Academie Vyvarni Umeni, Prague 1992-1994 Ateliers ´63, Amsterdam 1999-2000 C.C.A., Kitakyushu, Japan Lives and works in Los Angeles and Amsterdam Solo Exhibitions 2018 Suffragette City, Frieze Live, Frieze Art Fair, Randall's Island, NY 2017 Don't Let The Boys Win, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany Suffragette City, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany Lundgren Gallery, Mallorca, Spain 2016 In Real Life: Lara Schnitger, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA 2015 Suffragette City, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Rheims, France Suffragette City, Parcours, Art Basel, Lichthof Building, Basel, Switzerland 2014 PINK POP Festival, Bonnefantenmuseum Pavilion, Maastricht, Netherlands Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, UK Never Alone, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY 2012 Lara Schnitger, Wilhelm Müller: Colored Fabrics, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany Lara Schnitger & My Barbarian: The Butterfly’s Evil Spell, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY 2010 Damned Women, Modern Art, London, UK Two Masters and Her Vile Perfume, Sculpture Center, New York The Artist's Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 2009 Anton Kern Gallery, New York Dance Witches Dance (with My Barbarian), Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State, Los Angeles 2008 Museum of Modern Art Arnhem, Holland, Netherlands Dance Witches Dance (with My Barbarian), Museum Het Domein, Sittard [cat.] Double Happiness, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin 2007 Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London Anton Kern Gallery, New York 2005 My Other Car is a Broom, Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden traveling to Stroom den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands [cat.] Anton Kern Gallery, New York [cat.] Blacks on Blondes, Triple Candie, New York 2004 Air 2 Paris, Paris 2003 Liesje Leerde Lotje lopen langs de lange Lindenlaan, Revalidatie Centum Friesland, Beesterswaag, Netherlands 2002 Civilized Special Zone, Lara Schnitger and Matthew Monahan, Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY 2001 Statements, Basel Art Fair, Basel Raum Aktuellekunst, Martin Janda Gallery, Vienna Project Room, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA 2000 Kunstwerke, Berlin Gozaimas, Lara Schnitger and Matthew Monahan, Bureau Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1999 Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY Up & Co, New York, NY 1998 Hyper Space, Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich Basel Art Fair, Galerie Daniel Blau SpaceInvader, Vleeshal, Middelburg, Netherlands 1997 University of Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY 1996 Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY Group Exhibitions 2018 Other Walks, Other Lines, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (opening November) Pussy, King of the Pirates, Maccarone, Los Angeles, CA “Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.), curated by Emmanuelle Lainé, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France bitch MATERial, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, Germany Reclaimed, Linda Pace Foundation, San Antonio, TX 2017 3. Berliner Herbstsalon, Maxim Gorki Theatre, Berlin, Germany Brightsiders, curated by Adam D. Miller, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of Eros, curated by Eric Fischl Hall Art Collection, Reading, VT Do Disturb, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France 2016 Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947 – 2016, Hauser, Wirth & Schimmel, Los Angeles, CA [cat.] Reveal the Rats, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA 2015 NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from The Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL Poor Art - Rich Legacy. Arte Povera and Parallel Practices 1968-2015, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway Beating around the bush Episode #4, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2014 Beating around the bush Episode #2, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2013 Girls Just Want to Have Funds, La Mama Gallery, New York, NY Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings and Mixed Media Artworks, The Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York, NY 2012 My Barbarians Collaboration / Performance, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY More to Tell, Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands Chasm of the Supernova, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA Niki de Saint Phalle Tirs: Reloaded, Getty’s Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival Without Hope, Without Fear, Mottahedan Projects, Al Quoz, Dubai, UAE The Butterflies Evil Spell, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY 2011 The Artist's Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Investigation of a Dog: Works from the FACE collections, Magasin 3 Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden; La Maison Rouge, Paris, France 2010 Ordinary Madness, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA Investigation of a Dog: Works from the FACE collections, Ellipse Foundation, Cascais, Portugal; Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy 2009 Group Exhibition, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles Strike a Pose, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London Directions, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy Double Dutch, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill Investigations of a Dog, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (re)Visions:(di)Visions, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire 2008 Sonsbeek Sculpture Exhibition, Arnhem Attribution problems, Johann König, Berlin Carried away, Museum Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, NL 2007 Read Me! Text In Art, Armory Art, Pasadena Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st century, New Museum, New York Wild West, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin USA Today, Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia To Be Continued…, Magasin 3 Stockolm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden Frac des pays de la loire, Carquefou, France Don’t Let the Boys Win, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland Fantastic Politics, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway Eight Sculptors from Los Angeles, Sabine Knust, Munich Uneasy Angel/Imagine Los Angeles, Sprueth Magers, Munich 2006 Lara Schnitger, Lily Van Der Stoker, Sue Williams, Modern Art Inc., London Ridykeulous, Participant Inc., New York, NY La Retour de la Colonne Durutti, Gallery Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin USA Today, The Saatchi Gallery, London Implosion, Anton Kern Gallery, New York The “F” word, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, USA Red Eye: L.A. Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL 2005 THING New Sculpture from Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA Both Ends Burning, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles [cat.] Follow Me: A Fantasy, curated by Malik Gaines, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Forms after David, Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy My Barbarian, Powerplant, Toronto, Canada 2004 Obsession, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL M.B. The Mary Blair...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper

Purple and violet exotic flower, by Italian fine watercolourist
Located in Milan, IT
Petrea subserrata Watercolour cm72.5 x 100.5. Contemporary Art Botanical watercolourist. Born in Bergamo in 1974. She graduated from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan in 1997...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Mirrich – 2019 Mixed Media on Panel, Figurative Pop-Inspired Portrait with Cat
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Mirrich (2019) is a vibrant mixed media work by Inés Silvalde, created with acrylic paint, relief paste, and marker on panel. Measuring 27 x 21 x 3 cm and presented in a natural wood...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting - Contraposicion
Located in Vilnius, LT
In this work, a solitary figures stand grounded against a stark, muted background, gazing toward something unseen—something the viewer is left to imagine. Dressed in white, the figur...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Canvas, Oil

Terminator - interior art, made in grey, sepia, white, black, red, pink color
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Photographically accurate realism and conceptualism, peacefully coexisting on the canvases of Pavel Polanski. His canvases are gray with different depths of tone, almost monochrome a...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Movement (#172) - Original Oil Painting of Nude Female Back in Warm Skin Tones
Located in Chicago, IL
Richard Gibbons Movement (#172) oil on panel 43h x 22w in 109.22h x 55.88w cm Richard Gibbons 1972–1973 American Academy in Rome Archaeological Study Grant 1950 Born in Toledo, OH ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Raspberries - Oil Paint by Elena Mardashova - 2024
Located in Roma, IT
'Raspberries'.  Original oil painting on canvas 40 x 40 cm, 2024. 
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Just a Girl
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. Just a Girl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Sunrise Tunnel (2022), oil on canvas, earth tones, greenhouse, farm landscape
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Sunrise Tunnel (2022), oil painting on canvas, earth tones and pastels, outdoor greenhouse, farm landscape, silos and green hills in background, skyscape, sunrise colors "Sunrise Tunnel" by Delilah Ray...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Surrealist Large Painting Royal College Art LGBTQ+ Female Blue Birds Paradise
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024. Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow. Artwork Details: Paradise Island, 148x111.5cm, ink, acrylic paint and mixed media on paper, 2013 Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown In Isabel's own words: Paradise island It truly was paradise on paradise island. No plastic bottles touched these shores, no human hand had exploited the rich minerals and resources of the land, no complicated administrative tasks affected the residents. The birdmen who lived there were united in one common purpose, and that was to wait for The Egg. They waited day and night in a fever of excitement, hours and days and sometimes weeks went past and they did not grow weary, this only increased their anticipation. They stretched their arms to the sky and called for The Egg to bless them by falling. Deep in the hearts of the birdmen was a thing never spoken of and rarely even aknowledged to themselves, a common secret, that when The Egg actually fell it was not as good as the anticipation of it. *Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free. About Isabel Rock and her work: Taking inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints and Indian miniature painting Rock has developed a unique collage technique that combines bold structures with large-scale woodblock prints and intricate detailing. The subject is a grand mixture of humour, drama, hidden morals, fanciful characters, modern culture, mythical beings and fantastical situations. Rock creates a world that pulls you in and demands your attention. Quality of line is paramount, the drawings are created using a dipping pen and acrylic ink. An essential tool is a squirrel’s hair brush that gives incredible fine lines and was purchased on her travels in India. Born in Hammersmith, London in 1981, Rock knew her destiny was to be an artist. Studying Fine Art Printmaking at The University of Brighton and graduating with First Class Honours in 2004 she went on to do a Masters Degree at The Royal College of Art in London, continuing her studies in printmaking and drawing, graduating in 2008. Her first solo show at Bearspace Gallery in Deptford, London in April 2009 sold out and was the beginning of a career that continues to rise. Rock participated in the first ever India Art Fair represented by Art 1821...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic and acrylic ink on paper Signed in pencil, verso 10.5 x 8 inches, sheet 18.5 x 16 inches, frame This work is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Price includes frame.
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Ink

Three Graces
Located in Bozeman, MT
Daphne Sweet, artist working and living in Missoula, Mt. Using acrylic, oil, clay, and fabric. Bouncing between classical references and personal allegory, the paintings and found ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled 19 - Series 2019, Contemporary Abstract Painting, Textile Lightness
Located in Salzburg, AT
About Prymon’s Exhibition Dopaminum and his paintings: ”Dopaminum” - Tomasz Prymon Dopamine – colloquially referred to as the hormone of love and happiness. Why is this organic che...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Oil Painting of Female Blonde Nude Figure on Bed by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of Female Blonde Nude Figure on Bed by Contemporary British Artist Mark Clark (b.1959). Renowned for his superb technique and skilled draftsm...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Copper

When Life Seems Blurry
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The average African Child is usually faced with uncertainty and struggles relating to his future, with only a handful going on to attain higher learning at a serious cost with a so-c...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Double - Oil Paint by Salvatore Travascio - 1996
Located in Roma, IT
"Double" is an oil painting on paper with a wooden stand, a wooden rod serves as a frame. This painting is part of a series of works where the human figure is at the height of its st...
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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