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
Holiday Print
Located in Bozeman, MT
Electric Coffin is coded within art history and ideologies from archetypes of mysticism. We explore found truths from modernity and a personal historical perspective. A process-drive...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Epoxy Resin, Wood, Mixed Media
Black Pride 7 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The piece is an illustration of the beauty and strength of an African woman.
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Occasionally There Would Be One - Intimate Painting of a Couple, Original Oil
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 pornographi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Populus: Dame Elizabeth Taylor, “Liz”
By Craig Alan
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Contemporary portrait of Elizabeth Taylor.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Painted Word: Wander
By Vera Barnett
Located in Dallas, TX
Inspired by the J. R. R. Tolkien quote "Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost" from the poem "All That is Gold Does Not Glitter" from "The Lord of the Rings." The poem reads:
"All th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Japanese Contemporary Art by Miyuki Takanashi - Pirika and Yume
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media (acrylic, gouache,oil) on canvas
Miyuki Takanashi is a Japanese artist born in 1961 who lives & works in Sapporo in Japan. She is graduated from Hokkaido University of E...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Gouache
The Oracle, Nude Female with Hands Covering Her Breasts, Long Dark Hair
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Oracles provide wise, insightful counsel and were thought to be portals through which the gods spoke directly to people. In Bruno Surdo's "The Oracle", the central female character ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Visitation
Located in Denver, CO
"Visitation" combines digital print making with oil painting to create a dizzying display. This particular work is from the 2022 series "Romantic Overgrowth." Characteristic of the s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Digital
In The Mangrove, 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting, By Anne-Rixt Kuik
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Anne Rixt Kuik graduated in 2017 at The Classical Academy of Arts in Groningen. She then went for study to Australia and Florence (Italy). Anne Rixt as a little child visited the Rij...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Garden Spirit no. 8, Women, Nature, Floral, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Agnese Negriba Garden Spirit no. 8 Original Figurative Painting Natural pigments, acrylic paint, Japanese gouache on handmade paper from India Image Size: 100 cm x 70 cm Sheet Size: ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Pigment
Impasto Painting of Red Trawler on Irish Coast with Lighthouse by Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Impasto Painting of Red Trawler on Irish Coast with Lighthouse by Irish Artist
Art measures 12 x 10 inches
Frame measures 15 x 13 inches
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Sguardo Discreto - Oil Paint by Salvatore Travascio - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Oil painting on wood, framed with wooden rod. This painting is part of a series of works in which the human figure is represented in its most stylized form. We find interlocking game...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
View of Rome - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden paneld realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1970.
Includes a coeval wooden frame cm. 42x53.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Top Hat
By TF Dutchman
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Top Hat", is a unique stained glass shadowbox handmade by TF Dutchman, contains an acrylic and paint marker painting on canvas set in a stained glass box...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Bébé Anaëlle - Painting, Pen and Acrylic on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Jules Disso
1995 - Current
Bébé Anaëlle, 2024
Pen and acrylic on canvas
120 x 130 cm
47 1/4 x 51 1/8 in
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen
Going Retro #2 - 9.5"x15.5", Original Art, Red, Vintage Dress, Black & White
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
In this painting on masonite, the enduring appeal of vintage style is vividly captured. Attention to detail embodies the chic aesthetic of times past. Layers of paint and loose brush...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil
"Abstract Composition 7" Abstract Oil Painting 20" x 24" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Composition 7" Abstract Oil Painting 20" x 24" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fire Birds: Contemporary figurative oil painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A powerful image of Harlequins; they sit in security knowing that behind the turbulence of the world surges all around them. This latest form of the Harlequin from Berlin is vibrant ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Boy- Oil Painting by Anastasia Kurakina - 2010s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original contemporary artwork, realized in 2010s by the emerging artist Anastasia Kurakina.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Good conditions
Not signed
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Some Sort of Sweet Moment
By René Lalonde
Located in Greenwich, CT
Some Sort of Sweet Moment is an acrylic painting on 24 x 24" canvas, signed 'RENÉ LALONDE' lower left and framed in a contemporary black wood frame.
It is difficult to categorize th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
La Marseillaise
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Nude female figure in vibrant and bold red and white, with pink, grey, purple, painting from Kim Frohsin, who is a third generation Bay Area Figurative artist—from the movement that ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Abstract Visage XII" Portrait Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage XII" Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
Ashraf El Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, and he fast made a name for himself...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Atteone Acteon Mythology Greek Rome Oil Painting Contemporary In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Atteone Acteon Mythology Greek Rome Oil Painting Contemporary In Stock
Giovanni Tommasi Ferroni (1967, Rome) descended from an artistic Tuscan family. His grandfather, father, siste...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Timeless - 60"x48" - Jeans, Black And White Painting, Acrylic, Pencil
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
In this painting, the subject matter of timeless and classic jeans takes center stage. Meticulous detail is achieved in this contemporary painting through the combination of paint an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Pencil
Almost
Located in Burlingame, CA
In this cinema noir series of original oil and acrylic painting on wood panels, Myron Stephens realistically recreates images of people and often mundane objects that are masterfully...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Gifts of Autumn - Oil Paint by Elena Mardashova - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Oil painting 'Gifts of autumn', realized by Elena Mardashova in 2023.
On canvas, dimension 50 x 60 cm.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Amethyst Aurora Borealis #2, Lucy Moore, Original painting, Floral painting
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
Amethyst Aurora Borealis #2 – By Lucy Moore [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: H:61 cm x W:91 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:61 cm x W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Submerged Mermaid - Dark Haired, Fair Skinned Mermaid Emerging From the Water
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
A thwarted lover cannot conceal her shame so she jumps into the lake to become a fish but her beauty cannot be hidden - thus the legend of the mermaid is born. Here, Bruno Surdo bri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Psychi 9 - The Soul, oil paint on paper, orange contemporary whimsical butterfly
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a beautiful whimsical original butterfly painting on watercolor paper, currently floated on a matboard, ready to be frame. Painting does not include frame. One of the Owls fr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper, Monoprint, 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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Madonna - Mixed Media by Maurizio Savini - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Madonna is an original Contemporary Arwork realized by the Italian artist Maurizio Savini (b. Rome, 1962) in 2014.
Original Encaustic of chewing gum on board.
Hand-signed by the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Shadow Man: Finale
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Shadow Man:Finale' by celebrated figurative artist Kim Frohsin, painted in 2018. The artwork is 13 7/8" x 10 1/8" and it is professionally framed, 14 7/8 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Lightning Bugs /// Jack Graves Contemporary Lady Woman Landscape Stars Cat Farm
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Lightning Bugs"
Series: Americana
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso
Year: 2025
Medium: Ori...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
"Geisha in Waiting" Figurative Oil Painting 49" x 81" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Geisha in Waiting" Figurative Oil Painting 49" x 81" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Ashraf El Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, and he fast made a name for hims...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Figure Abstract
Located in Carmel, CA
This painting is currently on display at the Zimmerman Gallery in Carmel, CA
Abstract with a figurative bias; the best of opposing worlds unified with pastel color delight, soft yet ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ancient Chinese Coin Series Figural Abstract by Anna Wu Weakland
Located in Soquel, CA
Figural abstract inspired by Chinese art and calligraphy featuring a large totem-like form in textured earth tones with black Chinese characters in bold, black brushstrokes by Anna Wu Weakland...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Oil, Cardboard
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Porto 10
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Contemporary Figurative Still Life Flora Cyanotype Blue White Oil Painting
By Amanda Besl
Located in Buffalo, NY
Cyanotype inspired painting of lush blue and white botanicals. Apparition (2022) by Amanda Besl. Oil on board.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
St. Giorgio e il Drago Oil Painting on Canvas Saint Georges and Dragon In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
St. Giorgio e il Drago Oil Painting on Canvas Saint Georges and Dragon In Stock
Giovanni Tommasi Ferroni (1967, Rome) descended from an artistic Tus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon
Arabische Mandarijnen Arabic Mandarins Tangerin Fruit Still Life In Stock
By Walter Elst
Located in Utrecht, NL
Arabische Mandarijnen Arabic Mandarins Tangerin Fruit Still Life In Stock
Walter Elst Born in Antwerp, Belgium - 1955 After finishing his study Medicine at the University of Brussel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Landscape - Oil Paint by Athos Brioschi - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a modern artwork realized by Athos Brioschi in mid-20th Century.
Mixed colored oil on canvas.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame: 54x44 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Here Comes the Sun" lighthouse and station wagon on the beach by the ocean
By Rob Brooks
Located in Edgartown, MA
From an incandescent sunset on Long Island Sound to an iconic pop-kitsch ice storage bin at the neighborhood corner store, Rob Brooks offers us a visual journey from the real to surr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Party Time, Oil painting by Greg Kessler
By Greg Kessler
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Greg Kessler, American (1966 - )
Title: Party Time
Year: 1995
Medium: Oil and Collage on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 48 in. x 72 in. (121.92 cm x 182.88 cm)
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Abstract and Realistic Astronaut Oil Painting on Board "Proof of Life"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
The artist started with the astronaut theme during Covid 19. These works were influenced by the isolation and questions regarding our identity and place in our world and universe at...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled (In a Meadow)
By Daisy Patton
Located in Denver, CO
From Los Angeles, California, Daisy Patton moved back and forth between Oklahoma and California during her childhood. She spent much of her early years reading adventure and detective tales, history and art history books...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment
San Tropez Palette
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gold and orange yellow with black and white emblazon this figurative mixed media 'San Tropez Palette' abstracted figurative nude from Kim Frohsin's "Figures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media, Pigment
State of Mind - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Mental Health
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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art Richard Boigeol - Le Tableau Anti - Moustique
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on tapestry paper
Richard Boigeol is a French artist born in 1959 who lives & works in Marseille, France. Since childhood, it is with papers for drawing that Richard Boigeol...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Lettura Zodiacale - Oil Painting by Mino Meno - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on plywood realized in 1978.
Hand signed and dated on rear.
Very good condition except for some very minor sign of age.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Apprentice" young boy in a shop showing his newest piece, a duck
By Fred Calleri
Located in Edgartown, MA
Fred Calleri was born in Maryland and has slowly moved westward towards his current home in Santa Barbara, California. On his way, he earned an Illustration and Graphic Design degree...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,111 Sale Price
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Silhouette crane in sunrise (~40% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jay Patel
Silhouette crane in sunrise
Acrylic on Board
Year: 2022
Size: 12x10x1.5in
Signed verso
COA provided
Ready to hang
Ref.: 924802-1120
"The artist ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$148 Sale Price
40% Off
Lemon Tree - Oil Painting by Elena Mardashova - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Oil painting on canvas by Elena Mardashova 70x50 cm, created to bring the feeling of the real alive lemon tree, that could look fantastic on someone's kitchen.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Solidarity - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Surrealism, Africa
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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Cactus by Night I" Oil Painting 79" x 59" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Potted Cactus" Oil Painting 47" x 55" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In 1973 he ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
And Then Comes Wonder - Intimate Painting of a Couple Kissing
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 pornographi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Water Lilies Nocturne - contemporary art waterlilies at night with text water
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Waterlilies Nocturne" is a new 2024 unique acrylic on canvas painting by German mid-career artist Michael Pröpper. It depicts waterlilies in white and pink in a nocturnal water sett...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
A reading one - XXI century, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Colorful
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
MONIKA ROSSA
studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices drawing and easel painting....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Charles James. From the Fashion series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Pencil
Bartoux
Located in Napa, CA
René Romero Schuler is an American painter and sculptor who creates powerful images that speak to the complexities of the human condition and the spirit that connects all human being...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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.