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
Frank Shifreen 'Critical Eye'
Located in New York, NY
Frank Shifreen
Critical Eye
2021
18 x 24 inches
Acrylic on Canvas
Signed, titled and dated on verso
These new works start from polar opposite impulses which juxtapose the purity an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Turkmen Contemporary Art by Amir Kerr - Overprotection Escape
By Amir Kerr
Located in Paris, IDF
Being responsible for a loved one, we, out of great and excessive love, try to control the situation in all manifestations of his life. Forgetting that mistakes sculpting out the cha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Never Give Up - contemporary, figurative painting of people on the move
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Never Give Up" is a 2019 unique oil on canvas painting by German mid-career artist Michael Pröpper. Comes with certificate on back. It depicts a female and male figure on the move...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$2,368 Sale Price
20% Off
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Formentera Ses Illetes 09
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
Radicchio di Treviso - 21st Century Contemporary Realistic Still life Painting
By Bart Koning
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Bart Koning (Dutch artist)
Radicchio di Treviso
28,7 x 37,6 cm ( framed included 29,1 x 38 cm)
Oil paint on wood panel
We're proud to introduce Dutch/ German artist Bart Koning.
In...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
New Field (Landscape with Fluffy Clouds across a Vast Field)
Located in Hudson, NY
New Field (Landscape with Fluffy Clouds across a Vast Field) by David Konigsberg
2025, oil on panel, 23.5 x 24 inches
Konigsberg is a conceptual realist who works across media and p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Room - Painting by Giovanni Gromo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas mounted on a wooden table, realized by Giovanni Gromo in 1980s.
Hand monogrammed.
Good condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Chene de Versailles 5 - An Oil Painting on Gold Leaf
Located in New York, NY
This work is a unique piece. It is an oil painting on linen canvas gilded with 24 carat gold leaf.
CS Art comprises of two artists, one French, the other Norwe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold, Silver, Foil, Gold Leaf
Vanishing Houses 5 - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic and Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Maya Abashidze - We are Strange in our Worlds
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Maya Abashidze is Georgian artist born in 1984 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was graduated from the Tbilisi State Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Yves in Tangier. 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
Paper, Gouache, Acrylic
More 4940
Located in Napa, CA
More 4940 by Kate Salenfriend
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Ro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Brilliant Bluff
By Amanda Brown
Located in New Orleans, LA
Amanda Joy Brown is a visual artist and educator based in Nashville, TN. Brown earned her MFA in the painting program at the Savannah College of Art and Design. During her time there...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Caroline de Piedoue - L'Escalier
Located in Paris, IDF
Caroline de Piedoue is a French artist born in 1954 who lives & works in Berchères-sur-Vesgre, Eure-et-Loire, France. Her theme of her paintings is largely urban but also beach scene...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
French Contemporary Art by Marie-Pierre Autonne - Le Vase Jaune de Hoi An
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic and 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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Cho Mun-Hyun - Landscape with a Moon Jar
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Tolomashvili - Untitled 5
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on fabric canvas
Nino Tolomashvili is a Georgian painter born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. After completing her schooling, she pursued her studies a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
THE SHADOW II - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Women's Portrait
By Jarek Puczel
Located in Salzburg, AT
The Polish artist Jarek Puczel catches the calmness of apparently simple and unspectacular situations with an impressive modesty and apparent ease. He creates an interesting and tens...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Houses in the Countryside - Oil Paint by Pino Romanò - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Pino Romanò (1934) in 1990s.
Hand signed.
Titled on rear.
Very good condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Wang Dianyu - Dog 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Wang Dianyu is a Chinese male artist born in 1983 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He is a bachelor of Oil Painting Department at Minzu University of China. Betw...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Contemporary Art by M.-P. Autonne - Le Bleu des Horizons
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic and 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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Wood Panel
Rainbow Bunnies with Diamond Dust Oil Painting on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Glisten Galore
Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso.
Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem.
This painting was acquired directly from the artist and ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Inspiration Catcher. Girl, light, horizontal, bird, decorative painting
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting "Inspiration Catcher" takes the viewer into the space between reality and imagination. The artist captured a fleeting moment - the very moment when an idea is born in th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Pastel
Klage (Die orangene Stadt)
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
Korean Contemporary Art by Cho Mun-Hyun - Landscape with a Moon Jar
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
"Ask Alice" contemporary realist portrait in colorful abstract oil painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Ask Alice" depicts a realist portrait of a woman within an otherwise abstract oil painting.
Nick Weber (b.1971), living and painting in Springs, NY (abou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$9,500 Sale Price
42% Off
Georgian Contemporary Art by Maya Abashidze - So I’m Never Gonna Dance Again
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Maya Abashidze is Georgian artist born in 1984 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was graduated from the Tbilisi State Art Academy in 2010. From May-Jun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
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
Riding into Battle
Located in Bozeman, MT
Biography
Creating paintings inspired by western movies and by Remington and Russell, he is a native of the West, having been born and raised in rural Colorado. He studied art at Ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
45025 Sailing In Manhattan - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Among the Catalan artists who have remained loyal to figurative techniques, several have successfully fixed their gaze on the architecture, streets and commercial trappings of the mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Over Here, " Surreal Acrylic Painting on Canvas Panel by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Over Here" is an original acrylic painting on canvas panel by Reginald K. Gee. The artist initialed the piece on the back. This artwork features an abstracted figure in pink waving ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Panel
Tiger King
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
Wood, Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary figurative textured oil painting mother and child colorful signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dora Y Su Bebe" is Peruvian artist Ernesto Gutierrez's 2001 oil on jute canvas.
20" x 20" art
29" x 31" framed
Ernesto Gutierrez was born in Lima, Peru in 1939, his father a Spani...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Jute, Oil
Ficus (Night) - Contemporary Plant Oil Pastel Painting, Vibrant Colors
By Janusz Kokot
Located in Salzburg, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
The flowers
Located in Segovia, ES
"Still life with apples and strawberries" oil on canvas by Elena Narkevich
This artist is very close to naif art.
Dimension framed: 57 H x 49 W x 4 D cm
Dimension not framed: 35 H x ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Magnifying Mirror - Paint by Alberto Gallerati - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Alberto Gallerati in 1980s.
Hand signed. Titled on rear.
Very good condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$710 Sale Price
20% Off
Fiber, Mixed Media, Hand Stitched: 'Dragon's Breath!'
Located in New York, NY
Ann Vollum’s artistic practice is deeply rich and evocative, blending elements of personal history, cultural influences, and a commitment to sustainability....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
View of the Tomb of Cecilia Metella in Rome - Paint by Roberto Caruso - 1999
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Roberto Caruso in 1999.
Hand signed and dated.
Excellent condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman and Water Lilies_America Martin_Acrylic/Linen_Female Figurative_Floral
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman and Water Lilies"
Acrylic on Linen
53.5 x 96.5 in. Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspiration f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
$24,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Amphibian Man male nude painting larger than life original by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Amphibian Man, acrylic on canvas, 200x100cm, 80x40in
The painting was inspired by an amphibious creature called Ichtyandro, half man half fish, able to live and breath in both worlds...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Moon -21st Century Contemporary Realistic Sky Painting of the Moon
By Bart Koning
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Bart Koning (Dutch artist)
Moon
39,1 x 48,9 cm (Framed included in price 39,5 x 49,3)
Oil paint on wood panel
We're proud to introduce Dutch/ German artist Bart Koning.
Incredibly ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Georgian Contemporary Art by Luka Tsetskhladze - Spontaneous Work
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Serie Dibujos Felices 2 - Original Orange Watercolor and Ink Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sergio Valenzuela “Valenz” is a contemporary Guatemalan artist who tells stories with everyday objects, primarily expressing them with graphite and acrylic on canvas. His artworks pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Medicinal Plants, Papaver Somiferum L. (Opium)
By Peggy Kliafa
Located in New York, NY
MEDICINAL PLANTS, PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM L. (OPIUM), 2013
Tempera on paper
49,5 x 38,5 cm
Born in 1967 in Trikala, she grew up in Athens, Greece, where s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Archival Paper
Georgian Contemporary Art by Luka Tsetskhladze - Abstract Composition 04
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Black Stilt Houses by Calo Carratalá - Tropical forest landscape, black, white
Located in Paris, FR
Black Stilt Houses is a unique pencil on wood painting by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 203 × 213 cm (79.9 × 83.9 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Pencil
Two horses. Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic, Polish art
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Abstract painting by Polish artist living in USA Monika Rossa. Painting depicts two horses running, it is in warm colors. The background is abstract and it is dynamic.
MONIKA ROSSA ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bleu Conversation 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Linen, acrylic paint, linocut.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic, Linocut
$5,760 Sale Price
20% Off
"Bound by Love" by Anne Siems, Portrait painting with tattoo drawing, on paper
By Anne Siems
Located in Dallas, TX
Anne Siems has created this stunning watercolor on Strathmore Cold press paper.
All archival materials.
Paper size: 44x44 inches
Silver wood Frame size: 50x50x1.25 inch
ANNE SIEMS
(b. 1965, Germany)
Artist Statement
I was born in Berlin, Germany. From 1969 to 1971 I lived near Buenos Aires, Argentina. My first extended stay in the US was as an exchange student in 1986. Then in 1991, after finishing my MFA in Berlin, I moved to Seattle, WA.
My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect drawings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$5,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Georgian Contemporary Art by Keta Jikia - Untitled 7
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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 from Caucasus U...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Outward Bound", Figurative Oil Painting, Nature, Woman by Water, Blue, Green
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative blue, green, brown, white, and beige painting titled "Outward Bound" is an original oil painting by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - Tan 2020 No.2
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the Scho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Flesh of the trees VII
Located in BARCELONA, ES
“Much like the human body, trees carry marks of time—scars, textures, and changes that reveal their history. For me, the older a tree is, the more interesting it becomes. Its bark is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Luka Tsetskhladze - Trooper
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Virgin Mary (Valoszinu Sodo Szuz Maria) - Figurative landscape painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
Figurative surrealist still life landscape painting of the Virgin Mary by contemporary Hungarian artist Attila Szűcs.
The painting featu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Unknown Legend" colorful portrait of an enigmatic face in nature, oil painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Unknown Legend" is a colorful portrait of an enigmatic face in nature, an oil painting.
Nick Weber (b.1971), living and painting in Springs, NY (about a b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Horses
Located in New York, NY
Acrylics, inks, archival spray on custom stretched canvas. Triptych of Two Horses at play. Subdued palate.
About the Artist:
My process often moves m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$16,000
Georgian Contemporary Art by Natia Sapanadze - Archangel Michaela
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper, Framed 22 x 17 x 2 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
MIROIRS D'ARTISTE (3D WALL SCULPTURE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Mirrored glass and silkscreened plexiglass wall sculpture. Incised artist signature and edition on verso. From the EA edition of 20 (there is also the main edition of 99).
Artwork...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Plexiglass, Screen
$19,200 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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.
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