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
"Sunset Illumination, " Landscape Oil painting in Autumn, Sunset
Located in Denver, CO
Michelle Condrat's oil painting "Sunset Illumination" depicts an autumn tree with a brilliant sunset.
"You know you are in a special place when it radiates the colors of luck and fo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
On the bar, 100x110cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
In my paintings, I chose the main character
Gestalt wooden figurine of a man)
and trying to "animate"
his\her
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paste, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$1,500 Sale Price
25% Off
Near Via Senato - Paint by Alberto Gallerati - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Alberto Gallerati (b. 1945) in 1970s.
Hand signed.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Happy Place, Danny Galieote, Oil on Canvas, Ocean Beach, Americana Pop
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
DANNY GALIEOTE
The Happy Place
Oil on Canvas
14 x 11 inches
16.5 x 13.5 inches, Framed
Danny Galieote has a propensity for capturing the quintessentials of Americana in works that ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gardens of delight 12 - Figurative painting, Birds, Realistic, Vibrant colors
Located in Warsaw, PL
Magdalena Nałęcz (b. 1970) She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1995. She received numerous scholarships and prizes: in 1997 the scholarship of the city of Cracow...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Begegnung
Located in Wien, 9
In his painting, Robert Hammerstiel is in constant search of the balance and harmony of form. In his drastic reduction to the physical essentials and the colourful placarding, he cre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blooming Wherever I'm Planted - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,480 Sale Price
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Spotlight Three, abstracted figures, mixed media earth tones
Located in New York, NY
Since moving to Ubud (Bali, Indonesia) in August 2018 Lydia has been investigating the psychological phenomenon known as the Spotlight Effect. The idea of constantly being watched; u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Charcoal, Pastel, Oil, Mixed Media
Jungle Spirit no. 5, Original Art, Women, Floral, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Original painting by Agnese Negriba. Female figure is depicted in a sitting position and is enjoying a moment of contemplation and relaxation in a fragrant and blooming space. The do...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Pigment
When No Answers Are Needed
Located in Zofingen, AG
The portrait of the dreamer in white is a portrait of silence where all striving has stopped. Her closed eyes speak not of detachment, but of deep self-presence. This is a woman out...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
I Love Manhattan - Paint by Dario Cusani - 2000
Located in Roma, IT
TECHNIQUE PHOTO-PAINTING
The technique used was defined as PHOTO-PAINTING by the art critic Silvia Pegoraro of Ravenna Italy and was an Artist's invention in 1994. In fact, since 1964 Dario Cusani had been working with photography and painting which had never been united.
The Artist:
"In 1994 I returned to Naples, the city where I was born and had been missing for 10 years after moving to Rome in 1984. I returned to see the MIRACLE achieved by the G7 with the Presidents of the most powerful countries led by Bill Clinton, US President. It was a wonderful visit to my city reborn in its ancient splendor! I took over 5,000 photos of the squares and monuments of Naples with my Nikon. I returned to Rome and had all the photos printed and put them on various tables and assembled all the various pieces. I immediately realized that parts were missing which I completed with paint. A spontaneous gesture with which I had unconsciously achieved a great innovation: I had combined the REALITY of photography with the DREAM represented by painting. Silvia, my muse who knew me well, when I showed her the first work IMPERATING MALE (R:0176) that I had done she said to me: "Dario you have united the TWO WORLDS of your life: that of your childhood with the sensitivity of the dreamer with the concrete one that they gave you taught your parents with education, training (degree in Economic Sciences) and work started at 15 years old in your family's copper industry. These formative years had distanced myself from those of childhood when I studied the piano and dreamed of becoming an orchestra conductor. I also drew and painted with my imagination in search of the affections I was missing as my parents were busy in the factory rebuilding Italy destroyed by the recently ended war. I then refined PHOTO-PAINTING which developed into DIGITAL PROCESSING having replaced the BRUSH with the MOUSE to fill the gaps left by the photography and complete the REALITY which with painting became another FANTASTIC reality"
SOCIAL RESEARCH
This work is part of the SOCIAL "research" which addresses issues that concern people and the "polis" which in Latin means city but also "political model".
I LOVE MANHATTAN
In 1999 I was invited to have an exhibition at the Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò in New York scheduled for September 2000. So I went to the BIG APPLE for the first time at the age of 50 and was amazed by the great vital energy I felt. Until then I had traveled abroad little because I was busy with studies, sports and already at 19 years old in my family's copper industry and after a few years also with my children who I had looked after a lot since they came into the world.
In NY I took many photos, but this work was born from another image: the map of the phantasmagoric subway!!! It was simple for me, since I was a child I looked at the clouds where I saw many shapes of people, animals etc. I saw at first sight the prow of a Jumbo, the famous giant of the skies, and sketched some sketches.
Upon returning to Rome I was in love with NY and it was easy to see in that map another image that is closely linked to love. The male penis...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Trickster Engery
Located in Columbia, MO
Metra Mitchell holds a BFA in Painting and minor in Art History from Western Kentucky University and an MFA in Painting from Fontbonne University. She has taught studio and art histo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Oxford Street in London at Night with Figures & Red Bus by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Oxford Street in the City of London at Night with a Red London Bus by Contemporary Urban Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. One of the themes of Angel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$23,922 Sale Price
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Where You Don’t Have to Hold Your Back Straight
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this work, the artist portrays a woman who has allowed herself to let go of effort. Her slightly slumped posture is not weakness, but a conscious decision to release the tension o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Skirr VII, Figurative Painting, Miniature Painting, Sledge Snow Art, Landscape
By Henry Walsh
Located in Deddington, GB
Skirr VII is an original figurative painting by artist Henry Walsh. The scene captures a sweet depiction of a man pulling a sleigh with his child on.
Henry Walsh artist's works are a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Santa Monica, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Figures dot the beach in Santa Monica. The bright sun strongly contrasts with the silhouettes of the beachgoers, highlighting their movement and playfulness. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Painting of New York City Taxis in Winter Snow by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of New York City Taxis in Winter Snow by Contemporary British Artist Urban Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield
Art measures 20 x 30 inches
Frame measures 25 x 35 inches
Ang...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
AT THE WINDOW
By Anna Karpowicz-Westner
Located in Three Oaks, MI
This exceptional piece is a shining example of her signature "Looking Out the Window" series. With its vivid palette and masterful interplay of light, the painting invites viewers in...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
"Lunch on the Slope: Courmayeur" skiers among white snow of french alps, diptych
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Lunch on the Slope: Courmayeur" is a contemporary oil painting of skiers trekking among fluffy white snow on the french alps to go to lunch at the popular Italian restaurant. Made ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reflecting - Figurative Painting on Paper, Minimalist, Colorful, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus)
In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Cafe 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
French Contemporary Art by M.-P. Autonne - Poissons à l'Ombre de l'Imagination
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & oil on wooden panel
Marie-Pierre Autonne is a French artist born in 1960 who lives & works in Angers, France. She studied at Penninghen in Paris, France. She worked for se...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Wood Panel
French Contemporary Art by M.-P. Autonne - Blue Dream
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & oil on wooden panel
Marie-Pierre Autonne is a French artist born in 1960 who lives & works in Angers, France. She studied at Penninghen in Paris, France. She worked for se...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Wood Panel
Mashudu Nevhutalu 'The Mighty Pen Has Met Its Match' Painting
Located in San Rafael, CA
Mashudu Nevhutalu (b. 1992)
The Mighty Pen Has Met Its Match, 2020
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right: M. Nevhutalu 20
Unframed: 40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
PROVENANCE:...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Hillside Painting by Marion Maas
Located in New York, NY
Marion Maas (American, b. 1930)
Untitled, c. 1980s
Oil on canvas
21 7/8 x 27 1/2 in.
Framed: 23 1/2 x 29 1/4 x 1 in.
Signed lower right
Landscape, figurat...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anglerfish – Contemporary Marine Life Painting by Zura
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Anglerfish” (2024) by Zura is a captivating acrylic on canvas that delves into the enigmatic allure of deep-sea life. Known for intertwining human and animal forms to explore primal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Sistas" Figurative, Portraits, Words, Frontal, Acrylic
Located in Detroit, MI
“Sistas” is a portrait collection of strong, intelligent women who look capable of taking on and managing whatever life has to hand them. That they are visually beautiful is actually beside the point for Henry has managed to capture in paint their inner beauty flowing from their eyes and features. Henry has sensitively revealed each individual’s personality. These are women you want to know and from whom you want to feel their power.
Henry says that, “Painting is like breathing for me. I do so daily and appreciate my gift and ability. Perfection drives me as I create each piece. It must be unique. It must stand out, and is not complete until that special quality is achieved in my eyes.”
Being able to create is an essential part of my life. It is an extension of my innermost thoughts and imagination. My primary focus of art is realism--using oils and acrylics. Occasionally, I switch mediums and design and build three dimensional pieces. Working mixed mediums, I use various wood, metal and paint, thus allowing me to achieve the visual effects I am looking for. Many of my pieces have been derived from my attraction to Art Deco and Ethnic designs. I am not satisfied until each piece, regardless of the medium or size, has reached the highest possible level of aesthetic quality and craftsmanship I can give it.
I have enjoyed creating art since childhood. While a student at Martin Luther King Jr. high school in Detroit, I created and presented a portrait to then Mayor Coleman A. Young. A scholarship from Center for Creative Studies now the College for Creative Studies afforded me the opportunity to work towards and receive a BA in Fine Arts. Faculty and graduates of CCS include Richard Jerzy, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing (currently director of Lucas Film), Stephen Dinehart (game maker, writer, designer connected with The David Lynch Foundation), Tyree Guyton (international artist), Herb Babcock, Jerome Feretti, Kevin Siembieda (writer, designer and publisher of role-playing games), Renee Radell, Philip Pearlstein, Charles McGee (nationally recognized African American sculptor of animal and dancing spirits), Philip Pearlstein (2000 Honorary Doctorate, Modern Realism style), John Louis Krieger (American Modern), William Girard (American Modern), and Charles Culver.
Mr. Heading understands the joy found in art and how it affects a young person's heart. He has shared his love for art as a mentor/teacher at the Virgil L. Carr Center in Detroit, Michigan. Students not only grew in their art experience, but also exhibited at the Ann Arbor Art Fair.
Winning the 2013 MI Great Artist Competition was an honor for Mr. Heading. He is thankful to Park West Gallery owner Albert Scaglione and Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson for the opportunity. Mr. Heading has been featured on ASPIRE TV, shows at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the National Conference of Artists and other numerous galleries. In addition, he is a book illustrator. His murals create a beautiful focal point and conversation piece on the walls of homes, churches and health care facilities. His art and furniture is enjoyed and treasured by collectors across the United States and Canada. Kohei Suzuki, the former Mayor of Toyota City, Japan has a box designed by Henry. Mr. Heading's work is part of the major TCF Convention Center's permanent collection located in the downtown business district in Detroit, Michigan.
His first attempt at mosaic tile was creating a Tiger sculpture to benefit the Detroit Tigers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Acrylic
Eureka! - Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art Minimalism, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus)
In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Jerusalem Hills
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Dondi Schwartz is an Israeli artist born in Canada in 1961 who lives and works in the Kibbutz Beeri, Negev, Israel. Schwartz studied art at the Avni School of Arts in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Anubis" Figurative Animal Oil Painting 36" x 36" inch by Alina Shimova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Anubis" Figurative Animal Oil Painting 36" x 36" inch by Alina Shimova
ABOUT
Alina Shimova is a young and ambitious artist Russian born, Miami based.
Her creative journey began at ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting of Bergerac Old Town Cafe in France by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Painting of Bergerac Cafe in France by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. Part of her European Series published in 2012 (No.10). The beautiful old town of Berger...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Gesso, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$13,874 Sale Price
30% Off
Portrait of a Young Girl, Oil Painting by Ramon Santiago
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ramon Santiago, American (1943 - 2001)
Title: Portrait of a Young Girl
Year: 1970
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated
Size: 24 x 20 inches
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Play Ball 1906 Brooklyn Dodgers 60x47" Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
Play Ball 1906 Brooklyn Dodgers also know as American Classic was painted by Ceravolo in 1990 for a Baseball exhibit in Miami at Turnberry Isle. It then went on to another Baseball exhibit at R Michelson Galleries in Massachusetts. We are pleased to offer this classic Baseball image at our gallery.
One of The Hampton's most popular urban Pop artists, Ceravolo's art is collected by Elton John, Rod Stewart, Alice Cooper, Pete Davidson and Grant Cardone among others. He has been call the "Rock and Roll Painter" and "Painter of the Stars of Rock" by the media.
We have included in this listing an image of Ceravolo with some of his famous collectors. His paintings can be found in many influential corporate and private collections, including: ELTON JOHN, ROD STEWART, HUGH M. HEFNER, DAVID BRENNER, MONIQUE VAN VOOREN, WARNER BROS., RCA RECORDS AND SCHENLEY INDUSTRIES to name a few. Ceravolo's art came to popular attention when he was commissioned to create five large scale paintings for the lobby of The Palladium Theatre in New York City of Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The wind of change", 100cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
My goal is to make the images of classical art sound in a new way in modern
art. In my works I refer to the cultural heritage of the past,
I process and comprehend the masterpieces o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,150 Sale Price
25% Off
Small Scale Oil Painting by Emerging Contemporary Artist - Distant Self
Located in Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr.
Raminta S.R. Mint, a young and emerging artist, challenges traditional representations of the body, positioning it as a reflection of contemporary society’s fixation on physicality a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Spray Paint, Oil, Cotton Canvas, Canvas
View of Castel Sant'Angelo - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artis...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gordon Hunt, Lets Jump in, Original Coastal Painting, Affordable Art
By Gordon Hunt
Located in Deddington, GB
Lets jump in [2021]
Original
Seascape
Oil on deep edge canvas
Image size: H:30 cm x W:30 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:30 cm x D:30cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cottage in Notgrove, Gloucestershire, Elizabeth Chalmers, Landscape art, 2022
Located in Deddington, GB
Cottage in Notgrove, Gloucestershire by Elizabeth Chalmers [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Pen and Ink with Watercolour
Image size: H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Emerge V, Original painting, Landscape, People, Figurative
By Henry Walsh
Located in Deddington, GB
Emerge V by Henry Walsh is an original acrylic painting on a 4cm deep canvas that features a supposed busy atmosphere of many people at leisure, but at the same time is sparse. Henry...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Board
Mum's Favourite, original art, affordable art, pattern art, still life art
Located in Deddington, GB
Mum’s Favourite [2022]
original
Acrylic on canvas board
Image size: H:30 cm x W:26 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:26 cm x D:0.5cm
Frame Size: H:39 cm x W:34 cm x D:3.5cm
Sold Framed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look.
This contemporary still life features a characterful pot (Mum's favourite!) on a patchwork tablecloth. The rich textures and the colour palette of spice tones are perfectly set off by a French style white wooden frame and will add vibrance and warmth to both traditional and modern homes.
Kerry Louise...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
All Are Welcome
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Ryan Wilks
Title : All Are Welcome
Materials : Holy Water, Watercolor, Glass Shards, and Black 3.0 on Arches Paper
Date : 10-01-2020
Dimensions : 2...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
$1,666 Sale Price
44% Off
Buck Wheat
Located in Greenwich, CT
Buck Wheat is an acrylic on canvas painting, 36 x 36" canvas size, by Robert Deyber, with the 'DEYBER' estate-signature stamp lower right, and framed in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Masque of Comus
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in an undefined setting. The emphasis is almost purely on intuition. The figures are born of their surrounding environment, emerging only partially and fugitively from the layers of pigment.
A narrative is evident but never overt. A crown, a shield, a boat, a wheel. Though the subject has recently coalesced around my reading of Dante and Shakespeare, the settings remain extremely vague- a beach, an interior, a woodland. The paintings are, in the end, meditations on the relationship between the protagonists in a wordless drama. In my paintings, I use a cold wax medium combined with dry pigments, oil paint, and embedded fragments of burlap. The surfaces eventually build up into a dense, rugged terrain."
--Thaddeus Radell
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Jute, Wax, Oil, Wood Panel
Title: "Le bruit des sabots"
By Elodie Huré
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Title: Le bruit des sabots
Technique: oil on canvas
Date: 2019
Size: 54 x 81 cm
490 euros
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
2 Now 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Landscape, Couple, Nature, Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Dead Cowboy" Contemporary Black and White Western Inspired Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract figurative painting by Frisco Pete, The Wild West Art Wrangler. The work features a pair of cowboys, one pointing at a gunshot wound and the other a skeleton, s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Korean Contemporary Art by Yeju Kwon - Great Hope from a Blue Bird
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Yeju Kwon is a Korean artist born in 1993 who lives and works in Seoul, South Korea. She mainly works with acrylic and oil paints, drawing inspiration from nature...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Horse Portrait - Painting by Hans Cortes - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Horse portrait is an original modern artwork realized in the mid-20th century by Hans Cortes.
A mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed by the artist on the lower margin....
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
N130, 40x50cm, oil on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
N130 - 50x40, oil/canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$450 Sale Price
25% Off
"LA FIESTA" Abstract Animal Painting 24" x 36" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"LA FIESTA" Abstract Animal Painting 24" x 36" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Medium: Mixed Media on Board
Khoren Keshishyan is a celebrated American-Armenian painter and artist whose u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Venley
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
Joy II - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Sea View, Realism, Joyful, Child
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Theater 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
Oil, Board
Georgian Contemporary Art by Keta Jikia - Protest
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil & charcoal on cardboard
Keta Jikia is a Georgian artist born in 2002 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She is graduated in 2025 with a degree in International Relations f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Charcoal, Cardboard
Blue and Silver Butterflies Oil Painting on Wood
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Silver Ascension Saturday
Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso.
Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem.
This painting was acquired directly from the ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Concert
Located in New Orleans, LA
The Concert appropriates and marries two disparate art historical references, Titian’s, The Flaying of Marsyas, and Barbara Kruger’s, You Construct Intricate Rituals Which Allow You to Touch the Skin of Other Men. This piece seeks to probe the source and nature of our discomfort with the nude male body. In our culture, the male body is rarely displayed as an object of beauty. When it is, it is automatically described as “homo-erotic,” a term that implies that it appeals only to a niche audience, and denies its relevance or potential appeal to society as a whole. To avoid our discomfort, male nudity...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Les Demoiselles 20 X 30
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Les Demoiselle 20 X 30 Acrylic on canvas
Viewing Patricia Forelle’s work offers a look into her world of fantasy and reality with freeform and whimsy. Her work holds a spirit of fre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Molding of Floral and Ground by Anne Darby Parker, Cubist Figure Oil on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
In Molding of Floral and Ground, Parker fuses abstraction with figuration in a poetic 40 x 30 inch oil on canvas. A female form emerges from layers of terracotta, sage green, ivory, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Connection - Original Dramatic Abstract Figurative Portrait Acrylic Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rooted in introspection and emotional nuance, Xenia Gray’s figurative mixed media works capture the quiet tension between solitude and connection. Her paintings often depict the huma...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Figure on Couch' by Maura Petersen - Figurative Abstract of a Woman Sitting
Located in Carmel, CA
Maura Petersen (American, born 1956)
"Figure on Couch" 2022
Acrylic paint, Canvas, Stretcher bars
The artist signed the bottom right of the painting.
"Figure on Couch" by Maura Pete...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
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