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
"Landscape" Original Oil Paint on Canvas , Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
Oil Paint on Canvas
30x42 cm
2023
Original Art Ready to Hang
Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works. She graduated in Painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
Vision
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Auth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Untitled #17
By A.J. Fries
Located in Buffalo, NY
A contemporary oil painting on linen by American artist A.J. Fries.
Artist’s Statement:
These works are an extension of a small series of realistic paintings that I did of graves...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Mega City Redux" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Mega City Redux" is an oil painting that depicts a calm blue background with gold patterning interrupted with bright red and orange floral patterns and bo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lotus No. 7 (Hard Edge Realist Oil Painting of Lotus Leaves and stems)
Located in Hudson, NY
18 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 uti-lized 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
A Personal Throne
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
"A Personal Throne", a figurative work in multi color, including mainly gray and blue with red. Acrylic on paper, 30 x 22.5 inches / framed 35 x 27.5 inches. John Casado’s painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Carnival Suburbian / 2008 framed figurative painting
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Blue and grey with peach abstracted figurative painting in neutral cool colors from Kim Frohsin's "Figures WIth Edges" series. Frohsin, third generation Bay Area Figurative artist—fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache
Sister Loveth
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The artwork "Sister Loveth" by Gobe Joseph is a stunning piece that captures the elegance and beauty of a lady standing in a relaxed pose. The artwork feat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
French coast- 21st Century Contemporary Landscape Painting by Rutger Hiemstra
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
In his studio, with large skylights, Rutger Hiemstra works on various subjects: still-lifes, portraits and, for example, large cloudy skies. In addition, he can also be found outside regularly, to make small 'plein-air' paintings.
A few hours of sitting outside and painting a beautiful painting about it, that 'can not be better', according to Hiemstra.
Rutger worked in Denmark, Switzerland, France and England, he also likes working in his own environment and is easily inspired by simple and daily 'things'. His self-tanned garden fence is also a wonderful subject. Inspiration enough, but time too short to draw and paint all the subjects that pass by.
During our introduction to these artist, at the begin of 2017, it became clear how driven Rutger is. His own compiled book of artists that inspires him and of which he carefully studies the work is always within reach in his studio. When leaving, Rutger shows how he builds up his still lifes. A self-molded table top with potatoes 'scattered' on it. This is a while, downstairs in the living room, and here and there things change. Finally, if the composition really suits him, he will paint it.
In his paintings, Rutger shows us how surprising his still-lifes, small, intimate or colorful and of great size can be. The material expression and atmosphere in the work of this artist is particularly well-suited in all formats.
In January 2018 we had a big exhibition with his works, Dutch newspaper 'NRC' wrote an article about his works with the title: Anti-Depressive medication in paint by Rutger Hiemstra, we totally agree. The works of Rutger make you smile!
The article in het NRC: Hiemstra's still life are antidepressants in paint Gallery Bonnard, Nuenen Rutger Hiemstra paints easter eggs, tompoucen or fresh mint in such a way that you think: but of course deserve a painting!
For a child, Easter eggs are sensational. To begin with, they are bigger, if you are smaller. They have a nice shape: just not round. They shine and come in festive colors. And if you wipe off the wrapper there is no real egg, but chocolate. Later you are grown up and you know those things by now. Every year around Easter they are for sale with containers. They lie in front of the house and office. Easter egg? Yes Nice. But nothing special. Until you see them painted by Rutger Hiemstra (1975). He looks childishly at all those colorful glittering unround marbles - and he knows how to share his elation with it in a still life. Hiemstra makes Easter eggs unusual again, just as he also shows tompoucing, a glass of white wine or fresh mint, a pink cake...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Inside Out
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Waiting
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing of all.
-Luanne Rice
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Victoria II" 2018 painting oil and acrylic on canvas 61x41in
Located in Miami, FL
"Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949)
'Victoria II', 2018
acrylic on canvas
61.1 x 41.4 in. (155 x 105 cm.)
ID: VAL- "
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Take With Water, 2021, female figure, vase & plants, blue & gold painting
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Female figure, vase, foliage, florals; acrylic ink, flashe and pastel on 300g Arches hot press paper; custom framed, shallow shadow box frame. Deep blue, marigold yellow gold.
Fra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Await
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Serene, I fold my hands and wait, nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea
I have no more time
Or fate, for lo!
My own shall come to me
And what is mine shall know my face...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Vague
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
No room for doubt come out to the light, flee from that past that keeps hunting you down. You don’t need to hide anymore, you’re a precious jewel.
Painting
Ships in a well-protected...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
'The Green Shoes', SF Women's College, SF Art Institute, California, Romanoff
By Inez Storer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Storer' for Inez May Storer (American, born 1933) and dated 1979.
Inez Storer first studied at the San Francisco College for Women, the San Francisco Art Institute and the University of California at Berkeley. She later earned a bachelor's degree at Dominican College in San Rafael and, in 1971, a graduate degree in at California State University in San Francisco.
From Inverness...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gouache, Color Pencil
Love Language, Original Painting
By Nava Lundy
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A chic woman wears an alluring expression. Surrounded by roses and gold accents, she echoes the bold yet delicate energy of the flowers. The painting employs ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Model & Painter By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
You May Be Lucky
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Love, with its intense emotions and vulnerabilities, has long been a subject of exploration in art. The artwork titled "You May Be Lucky," created by the talented artist Oluwafemi Afolabi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"My Snow Cone Heart" Colorful Contemporary Pop Diamond Dust Oil Painting Canvas
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” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Glass
"The Resort" Sietse W. Jonker 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Since August 2018 Sietse W. Jonker belongs to the group of artists that we permanently represent in our stock-exposition. In mid-2019, this still-life artist will take part in a group exhibition devoted to still life in painting. His work can be seen all year round and for sale through our gallery. To get to know us, we visited the artist in his studio in Leeuwarden. a centrally located donkey and a window on the Noorderlicht dominate the space together with the still life that he is currently working on. According to the artist, a still life should not be 'made to look', in the final painting it should ultimately be an ordered harmony. The artist himself: That is not always easy and sometimes I am busy with all kinds of objects here in the house. Every now and then something comes up or something is taken away again until I am satisfied. Usually I have a vague idea of what I want, but to give that 'vague idea' a concrete form is quite difficult. The idea then to create a three-dimensional world on a two dimensional level intrigues Sietse Jonker...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Les Ecrins/French Alps
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
This watercolor represents a view of the French Alps in the National natural park of Les Ecrins.
The mauve mountain in the background is painted with oil a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Watercolor
Soul Brothers
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Soul Brother is an original acrylic painting by Emmanuel Daniel created on a primed canvas of 48 diameters. Soul Brother was completed in December 2022...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Infernal Feast" Monochromatic Tablescape with Female Figures and Food
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Infernal Feast" is an original piece by Kay Seohyung Lee made from oil on canvas. This piece measures 24”h x 18”w and comes with a gallery-issued Certificate of Authenticity.
Kay ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pencil Skirt - 5"x7", Black & White, Pencil Skirt, Original Artwork On Paper
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Small artwork is intimate and can personalize spaces. It can be moved around easily and is a great way to build up an art collection. Using paint and pencil, this black and white cla...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
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
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Contemporary Colorful Abstract Cactus, Campbell's Soup, and Luchador Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful contemporary abstract painting by Houston-based artist Ramon Severino. The work features a central cactus in a Campbell's soup can with a pair of sneakers hanging off of it....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Read the Signs Year 2020 Part 1.
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Read the Signs Year 2020 Part 1.
Signed with the artist's initials lower right
Signed with the artist's "Yummy" drystamp lower right corner
Watercolor on Arches paper
Archival framin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Girl with a butterfly. Contemporary Small Scale Oil Painting, Polish artist
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative oil on board painting in brass frame placed under plexiglass by Polish artist living in the USA, Monika Rossa. Frame is an integral part of the painting. Artwork depicts s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Brass
"Cop on Vacation" Brute Gay LGBT Contemporary NYC Male Portrait Painting
By Robert Loughlin
Located in New York, NY
"Cop on Vacation" Brute Gay LGBT Contemporary NYC Male Portrait Painting
Robert Loughlin (1949-2011)
"Cop on Vacation"
Oil and mixed media on canvas
24 h x 30 w inches
Signed and ti...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Artist Birds Golden Sun
By Isabel Rock
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:
Isabel Rock , 'Staring at the Sun' 99.7 x 70.2cm, collaged woodblock print and acrylic ink on 410gsm Somerset Satin paper, 2011
In Isabels own words;
'Staring at the Sun'
The man stood on the mountain and stared at the golden sun. The sun stared back at him, its heat blazed and burnt his eyes, the birds sang a maddening tune like they were pecking at his eardrums.
The man pointed his finger and shouted, ' you lied to me' at the sun.
The sun laughed and said 'you wanted to believe me. I told you what you had already decided in your head to be the most convenient thing for you.'
The man raged and hopped in what looked to the birds like a beautiful dance.
'Trickery, skulduggery!' he shouted. 'villain, thief, abomination!'
The sun blinked and smiled calmly. It had seen a lot from humans, there was nothing that could surprise it now.
*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.
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
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, Woodcut
Ololufe Mi (Love of My Life)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Casket with Pears- 21st Century Contemporary Still-life Painting
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
Fascination- 21st century Dutch painting of a child playing
By Mitzy Renooy
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Mitzy Renooy made this painting in the autumn of 2019.
A child playing in the water. One of her favorite inspiration is the way children move and stay in their own world.
This painting makes an impression due to the simplicity of the brushstrokes and the narrative that is told by artist Mitzy Renooy. Mitzy Renooy finds her inspiration, people in their environment, movement and the ryhthm of life, Cuba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Portrait of Benjamin - Fleur de Lis Background, Oil, Antique Florentine Frame
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
Twenty-first century Classical Portraiture has a casual feel as seen here in "Portrait of Benjamin" by Peter Lupkin. The very masculine Benjamin, with his heavy beard, dark tousled ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Little Dancer 1 &2, 8"x8", Two Original Paintings, Girls Art, Children, Ballet
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Two charming paintings of a little girls dress and tiara hairpiece capturing the innocence and wonder of childhood. The paintings comes to life with soft, flowing brushstrokes. Layer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Illustration Board, Pencil
The Petitioners 1
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
David Stern (Germany, b. 1956), "The Petitioners 1", Oil/ Cotton, 71 x 82, 2016
Keywords: figurative, cabalistic, mysticism, gestural, painting, action,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Oil
Me 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
A lot of people think I’m unhappy because I’m quiet, I’m not unhappy I just appreciate silence in a world that never stops talking
There is a version o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Large Oil on Canvas Nude Painting "Birth of Venus"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This is a unique artwork in oil on stretched canvas by world renowned artist Elly Smallwood. The artwork depicts the artist as Venus, with reference to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil
Super Hero's Bathroom, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Blue, by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Farhad Hussain - Super Hero's Bathroom - 84 x 72 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
Style: Farhad Hussain's colourful work that includes drawings and watercolours besides paintings on canvas, features day to day visual experiences of middle-class urban India. He endows his narrative with iconography and personality through his figuration, their posturing, dress and the surrounding imagery. The drama of subtle complexities of human relationships and social environment are grounded with a sense of satire mixed with pathos. Farhad’s colours help enhance the brightness and aura of his paintings while he also partakes elements from traditions such as the formulaic textile patterns of Indian miniatures. His compositions are often set in a familiar drawing room or a social space, playing out with humour and sarcasm, the narrative psychologies of human life and encounters at various levels. This young artist who has also experimented with sculpture has already carved a niche and an instantly recognizable individualistic style befitting his aesthetics and concerns.
Farhad has chosen to use tempera on cloth for his works, the media allowing him to achieve the desired vibrancy of colours. A slow build-up of images and spontaneous flow of colour while balancing colour and composition simultaneously follow structured formatting. This meticulous planning in the composition and layout is the beginning of a process from where onwards it is very spontaneous and intuitive. Another technique used throughout Farhad’s work is the method of applying the colour: dot-by-dot till the entire area is completely covered. Various elements from miniature paintings, Kalighat paintings, Japanese prints and images from mass media are scrutinized, transformed and transferred on to the surface through the artists own style of expression.
About the Artist and his works :
Born: 1975 in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
Education :
2003: B.F.A. in painting from Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan,
2005: M.F.A. in painting from M.S. University, Baroda.
Solo Exhibitions :
2009 : Presented by Pundole Art Gallery at Museum Gallery, Mumbai
2008 : ‘After the Theatre of Absurdity’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2007 : Art and Soul, Bombay
2006 : Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara & ‘Recent Paintings’, organized by Chatterjee and Lal at Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai.
Group Exhibitions :
2011: 'Between Seasons', Gallery Beyond, Mumbai; Gallery Sumukha, Chennai; 'Melange', The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata; 'The Narrator, Protagonist and the Other', Indigo Blue Art, Singapore & 'New Documents: New Directions in Documentary Photography', presented by Art Konsult at Alliance Francaise de, Delhi.
2010: 'Holy Now', presented by Religare Arts Initiative, New Delhi at Gallery 27, London; 'Snow', The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi in collaboration with Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai & 'Symbols and Metaphors', Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata.
2009: 'Vicissitudes of the Constructed Image', Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore; 'The Urbane Records', The Viewing Room, Mumbai; 'With the Best Intentions', presented by Anant Art at Shridharni Gallery, New Delhi & 1x1 Art Gallery, Dubai
2008: 'Review', Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata & 'Baroda: A Tale of Two Cities', (Part II), Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara
2006 ‘Concern’, The Charity Auction Exhibition, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore; Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore and Hong Kong; Art World, Chennai and Singapore; ‘New Paradigms’, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi & ‘Baroda’s Most Wanted’, The Artist’s Studio, Vadodara
2004: Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara; Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda & Camlin Exhibition, Mumbai
Honours and Awards :
2006: ‘Most Promising Artist’, Runner up, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2004: Nasreen Mohamedi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pyrrhus - Original Oil Painting of a Fighter in Shorts Sitting in the Ring
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
In what appears to be a moment of defeat, the subject sits glassy-eyed in the corner of a boxing ring. A momentary respite, perhaps, before he begins the voluntary abuse to his body...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Humanity
Located in Zofingen, AG
SERIES "MANIFESTATIONS OF DIVINE."
The lotus, or padma (Sanskrit: padma), is one of the oldest and most sacred symbols in spiritual traditions worldwide. It embodies the cosmic force...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Responsibility
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Auth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"My Blueberry Heart" Blue Contemporary Pop Oil Painting with 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” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The First Lady
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tulip Pair, Original painting on paper, Nature, Rose, Flower
Located in Deddington, GB
This drawing is one in a series of botanical line drawings depicting the seasonal flowers of English gardens and the countryside.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Colour Pencil on Paper
Sold...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Man with Hat - small blue, white, male portrait figurative still life oil
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Using layers of thick, expressive brushwork, solid colors and slightly flattened space, Jennifer Hornyak has created an elegant portrait of a man in black shirt and white sun hat. The simple, modern forms outlined in black on an indigo ground emphasizes the stillness of the oil portrait on canvas that is reminiscent of the work of Jean Paul Lemieux...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Seated Female Nude, ' by Paul Wingo, Charcoal/Conte Drawing
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This beautiful framed black and white large scale study of a young female model seated looking away from the viewer, 'Seated Female Nude' captures and embraces the human form. Wingo approaches the nude figure with energetic line and play of light and shadow in a monochromatic palette.
" I have been an Artist for many years. I received my Masters in Fine Art from Wichita State University, in Wichita, Kansas. I have taught art for many years. My work is intentionally loose in rendering, the purpose is to engage the memory of the viewer. I believe that the Artist should lead the viewer to make conclusions of their own. At a distance I have been told that my work appears photographic, yet, upon closer examination the viewer is often surprised to find how much detail their minds-eye has added to the image. I currently reside in Norwalk, Connecticut." -- Paul Wingo
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Paper
Kurt Cobain Journals #11
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Kurt Cobain Journals #11
Mixed Media on torn canvas
Year: 2022
Size: 27x18in
Framed: 32x24in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1619
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Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Metaphysical Still-Life Contemporary Oil Painting
By Paul Rossi
Located in Brecon, Powys
I work in oils, goauche, charcoal, pencil, pen and ink, and less frequently, in acrylic and watercolour. My work takes a figurative approach to space and tends to revolve around the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Posing for the Artist by Judith Williams black and white ballerina on paper
Located in Atlanta, GA
"The unusual shapes coming together in their raw simplistic form, how they interact with each other, the shapes creating their own language. I let them stand alone in their purest fo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Mixed Media
"Cécile", Nude Chubby Woman Laying on her Elbow w/ Flowers Mixed Media Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed.
Raluca Vulcan is a French-Romanian artist who likes to express the life and sensitivity of the human body, mostly through semi-abstract nudes and portraits...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Beholder 3
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
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, Acrylic
Walking on the Beach, 120x100, Acrylic on Canvas and Sand
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Shmuel Golan was born in France.
He began his career as a graphic artist.
His painting is based on the "clear line" technique:
The “clear line" is a style that originated in mediev...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
So We Don't Forget
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Earth tones, totem with female figures, dog, florals; lime wash, acrylic ink, flashe and pastel painting on canvas; custom wood float frame; folk art inspired
Hand signed by the art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Pastel, Acrylic
Surrealist Realism India Canvas Painting Yellow Sunlight Train Tender Portrait
Located in Norfolk, GB
Waking on the Night Train, acrylic on canvas, 66cm x 76cm, 2021
Even in his most realistic images, there is a beautiful exaggeration in the paintings of Peter Rodulfo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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