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
Six Red Poppies, 2021
Located in Fairfield, CT
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, and over printed flocking on Somerset 500 gsm Satin Radiant White with deckle edges.
Edition of 60
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Satin Paper
Christina 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
Street 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
Elegant Illusions 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
Three Graces
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Greenwich, CT
Three Graces is an oil on canvas painting, 17.75 x 23.75 inches, signed and dated 'KOSTABI 2019' lower center of image. Framed in a contemporary black frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Room 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
The Green Shirt 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
Clover 7
By Liz Barber
Located in Napa, CA
My paintings are layered bursts of energy inspired by nature’s movement, blending the here and now with memories. Forms and lines fall into a sea of emotion. Shapes and reflections d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
In Our Space
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"In Our Space" by Toheeb Ibrahim is a delightful artwork that captures a moment of joy and playfulness shared between a man and a woman, surrounded by the charming presence of a laid...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic
The Forest 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
Figurative_Moon_Acrylic/Oil Varnish/Canvas_Star Lit Dream, Elise Remender, 2024
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
ELISE REMENDER
'Star Lit Dream'
Acrylic with Oil Varnish on Canvas
42 x 52 in.
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“Since I was young, I have loved nature – the trees, flowers, and butterflie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Canvas, Acrylic
Girl With Harpoon - Florence, Italy, 2020
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and painting and completing his artistic education at Milano’s Brera Art Academy. He lives in Florence, pursuing painting, bas-reliefs in terracotta and in bronze, and bronze sculpture.
Piussi presents an ideal, almost childlike world which can be found below everyday events, a step outside the flow of time, yet still a part of contemporary life, with a nod to Alex Katz and David Hockney. The drama, or lack thereof, is played out in simplified, almost abstract spaces. Pure in intent, Piussi’s oeuvre are inspired by the Early Renaissance.
Snapshot images of a world reduced to its essence, the apparently comic-book style has echoes of Giotto, Paolo Uccello, of medieval illuminations. Rather than mimicking the appearance of nature, Piussi reaches for its essence, without distracting details. Women stand on the shore of quintessentially peaceful seas, self-contained, at ease, unwitting replicas of classical goddesses - a proud diver echoes Neptune holding a trident.
“Queen Kong...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moment 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
To Lollia 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
Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Modern Borrowed Scenery Commute
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Teppei Ikehila is a Japanese artist born in 1978 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. He is graduated from Shimane University in 2001. Since 2000, he has held many priva...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beginning of New Story 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
The Origin - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
Located in Salzburg, AT
This work is framed. Unframed size: 70x80 cm, framed 75x85 cm
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
"Abstract Flowers III" Oil Painting 24" x 21" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Flowers III" Oil Painting 24" x 21" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and at time...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting by Numbers
Located in Greenwich, CT
Painting by Numbers (Wyeth - Christina's World) is an acrylic on canvas painting, 36 x 48 inches, signed 'DEYBER' lower right and framed in a conte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Flirting, 160x130cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Flirting, 160x130cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled - Woman, nude portrait, figurative oil painting, blue & black
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Using pure oil paint, which gives the artwork its unique texture, the artist manages to use two particularly difficult colors to work with: black and blue. In his composition, he cre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Should I Get on Board 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Art has the power to convey complex ideas and emotions through visual means, and Azeez Salami's artwork "Should I Get on Board?" is a prime example of thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, ABS
Echoes of the Present
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Greenwich, CT
Echoes of the Present is an oil on canvas painting, 23.75 x 17.75 inches, signed and dated 'KOSTABI 2018' lower left. Framed in a contemporary black frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Modern Borrowed Scenery DAISO 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Teppei Ikehila is a Japanese artist born in 1978 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. He is graduated from Shimane University in 2001. Since 2000, he has held many priva...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Twilight Serenity, 2021
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Greenwich, CT
Twilight Serenity is an oil on canvas painting, 31.5 x 23.75 inches, signed and dated 'KOSTABI 2021' lower left. Framed in a contemporary black frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Eternal Inspiration
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Greenwich, CT
Eternal Inspiration is an oil on canvas painting, 31.5 x 39.25 inches, signed and dated 'KOSTABI 2007 - 2019' lower right in the image. Framed in a contemporary black frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Peindre le paysage
Located in Montreal, Quebec
When creating his artworks, Éric Lamontagne begins by painting a landscape scene, often with a body of water or cliffs. He then carefully cuts, folds, rips, and slashes the canvas bo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Latino Female Figure Portrait Latin Peruvian Culture Native Realism Color Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Vestido de la Region (Regional Costume) - Cuzco" is an original oil painting on canvas by Abelardo Marquez. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This painting depicts a w...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Wrapped Up" Contemporary Figurative Hand Embellished Giclée with Frame
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Wrapped Up" is a framed hand-embellished giclée print by George Charriez, depicting a seated figure holding a burning cigar and distinguished cane. The figure's face and head have a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Giclée
Green Street, SoHo (Realistic Oil Painting of New York City Building Edifice)
Located in Hudson, NY
Realistic oil painting of New York City edifice by Richard Britell
oil on linen
10 x 8 inches
Framed, hangs flush to the wall
Signed on ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Mein Vater
By Heinz Otto Laub
Located in Wien, 9
Heinz-Otto Laub was born 1944 in Cologne (Germany), studied at the KA Munich under Mac Zimmermann and is actually working in Bonn. He is known in the first place for his surrealistic...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Beauty in Vogue
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The need to see beauty in our natural self and accept our own. Yet appreciation of other cultures is not bad but not at the expense of ours. Seeing ourselves, knowing ourselves, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Meeting 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
Eternal Triangle, Oil on Canvas by Ace Indian Artist Paresh Maity"In Stock"
By Paresh Maity
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Paresh Maity - Eternal Triangle
30 x 48 inches ( Unremed Size )
58.1 x 40.1 Inches ( Framed Size )
Oil on canvas
2015
Paresh Maity is one of India's most lauded contemporary artis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Interior Passion
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Greenwich, CT
Interior Passion is an oil on canvas painting, 20 x 19.75 inches, signed and dated 'KOSTABI 2018' in the image, lower left. Framed in a contemporary black frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tourner en rond
Located in Montreal, Quebec
When creating his artworks, Éric Lamontagne begins by painting a landscape scene, often with a body of water or cliffs. He then carefully cuts, folds, rips, and slashes the canvas bo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Expression-l, Oi on Canvas, Black, Yellow, Red, Blue by Indian Artist"In Stock"
By Paresh Maity
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Paresh Maity - Expression-i
20x 16 inches (unframed size)
Oil on Canvas
2015
( Framed & Delivered )
Style : Paresh has also briefly experimented with abstracts, which was more of fr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Frapper un mur
Located in Montreal, Quebec
When creating his artworks, Éric Lamontagne begins by painting a landscape scene, often with a body of water or cliffs. He then carefully cuts, folds, rips, and slashes the canvas bo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Red Street 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
Expression-VII, Oi on Canvas, Black, Yellow, Red, by Indian Artist"In Stock"
By Paresh Maity
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Paresh Maity - Expression-VII
20x 16 inches (unframed size)
Oil on Canvas
2015
( Framed & Delivered )
Style : Paresh has also briefly experimented with abstracts, which was more of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Princess of the dawn
Located in Spetses, GR
"Discover 'Princess of the Dawn' by Greek artist Nikos Vavatsis, a captivating figurative painting that blurs the lines between reality and abstraction. This oil on canvas masterpiec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The pilgrim of Eéa Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting red mythology oil
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and oil pastel on paper
Hand-signed by the artist lower right
“ News from Eéa ”
“At the time of the last cosmogony I heard from Eéa
In the middle of the water, an isla...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
"Red currants". Flowery detail of a warm landscape.
Located in Segovia, ES
"Red currants". Flowery detail of a warm landscape.
Acrylic on canvas by Elena Narkevich.
Dimension art: 116 H x 89 W cm x 2 cm D
Dimension framed: 135 H x 108 W x 4,5 D cm
Elena Na...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
The Courtship 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
Young lady on yellow chair
Located in Spetses, GR
"Introducing 'Young Lady on Yellow Chair' by Greek artist Marina Koutsospyrou, a captivating figurative painting that radiates sensuality and playfulness. The artwork, measuring 35 b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Milestones - Expressive Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Realism, Landscape
By Robert Bubel
Located in Salzburg, AT
The painting is signed on the back.
The whole artistic output of Robert Bubel centres around subjective emotions and arousing emotion in the beholder. The source of inspiration- tha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Characters 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
The pig and the bird of prey Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting red oil
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Unique work
News from Eéa
“At the time of the last cosmogony I heard from Eéa
In the middle of the water, an island sur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Fujiya Hotel
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Teppei Ikehila is a Japanese artist born in 1978 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. He is graduated from Shimane University in 2001. Since 2000, he has held many priva...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The border trainer Timothy Archer Contemporary art drawing painting blue pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and pastel on paper pasted on canvas
Hand-signed and dated by the artist lower left
News from Eéa
“At the time of the last cosmogony I heard from Eéa
In the middle of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil
SHIT (Dirty Words), 2016
Located in Greenwich, CT
S H I T (Dirty Words) is an acrylic on canvas painting, 48 x 48 inches, signed 'DEYBER' lower right and framed in a contemporary black frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Eclipse, Melancholy serie
Located in Zofingen, AG
The edges are painted
This piece of art weaves together images of a temporary dimming of consciousness, where an individual is immersed in a whirlpool of personal experiences, preju...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Flow II - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Sea View, Love, Realism
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
Paper Prologue- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of virtual world & nude male
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ferenc Erdok
Paper Prologue
35 x 50 cm
Oil on canvas
A unique work where a classical theme as a male nude and todays game world come together.
As a young boy Ferenc Erdok (1988) a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Untitled - Orquid, nature, figurative oil painting, film negatives, blue & black
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Using pure oil paint, which gives the artwork its unique texture, the artist manages to use two particularly difficult colors to work with: black and blue. In his composition, he cre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pig Latin III, 2015 (I Think Therefore I Am)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pig Latin III (I Think Therefore I Am) is an acrylic on canvas painting, 24 x 24 inches, signed 'DEYBER' lower right and framed in a black contemporary frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Conclave, Contemporary Powerful Figurative Oil Painting, Large Format
Located in Salzburg, AT
Jakub Malinowski – Born in 1985. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting at the University of Arts in Poznań. He is engaged in painting and drawing. Since 2011 he has been working in the alma mater...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton 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.