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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
Serene Boy in a meditative pose, Green-brown , Canvas, Contemporary Indian Art
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prasenjit Sengupta - Untitled - 48 x 48 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches Inclusive of shipment in roll form. About the Artist : Born in 1964, Prasenjit Sengu...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Birds of Paradise
Located in New York, NY
With each subsequent exhibition, Green has expanded the botanical content from single trees, bushes and weeds to now entire gardens--teeming with growth and rich with animal and plant life. Depicting plants blooming and thriving during the night, her cast of anthropomorphic characters includes Starlings, Stargazer Lilies, King and Queen Proteas, Peace Lilies, Royal Mushrooms and Monarch Butterflies. Enveloped in darkness yet illuminated by the starry sky, Green’s lush and mystical environments invite viewers to sit amidst the gardens of metaphors and uncover the stories within. "Birds of Paradise...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

BLACK CODES - Portrait of the Artist's Daughter Adorned in African Tribal Makeup
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Adhesive, Acrylic, Vinyl

"Cream Soda, " Acrylic Painting on Canvas Board signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cream Soda" is an original acrylic painting on canvas board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the artwork on the back. This artwork depicts an abstract...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Phaedra's Horse, Oil on canvas, mysterious and whimsical pop art portrait master
Located in Dallas, TX
MICHELE MIKESELL b. 1973, Alabama, USA In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesell completed her Master of Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma in Norman in 2004. “Creating individuals is what I find most interesting in the studio. It is my hope that these portraits will be familiar characters to the viewer, subjects we recognize and identify with. My work consistently travels along a general vein of the universal human experience. This particular group of paintings...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

View over London Bridge, Barry Wilson, Contemporary Art, Cityscape art
Located in Deddington, GB
View Over London Bridge by Barry Wilson [2021] original and hand signed by the artist Acrylic paint with gold leaf on box canvas Image size: H:49.5 cm x W:99.5 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:49.5 cm x W:99.5 cm x D:4.5cm Frame Size: H:53 cm x W:103 cm x D:5.5cm Sold Framed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look View Over London Bridge is an original signed acrylic painting with gold leaf on box canvas of a beautiful gold cityscape view of London from a bridge with three figures in the foreground looking over the water to the skyline. Barry Wilson, artist, has original artworks for sale with Wychwood Art in their art gallery and online. Barry Wilson is a member of NAPA and trained at the Camberwell School of Art and was taught by influential artists such as Bruce Mclean, Cornelia Parker, Jock Mcfadden and Ian Mckeever...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Justice
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

South Winds
Located in Bozeman, MT
Daphne Sweet, artist working and living in Missoula, Mt. Using acrylic, oil, clay, and fabric. Bouncing between classical references and personal allegory, the paintings and found ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Indian King, Wash on Paper, Blue, Green by Indian Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Mintu Naiya - King - 16 x 9 inches ( unframed size ) Wash on Paper ** Shipped in roll form. About the Artist & his Art work : Born : November, 1976. Education : Graduate from Calc...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Washi Paper

Befitting - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Religious, Women
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. About Artist Bor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Jute, Mixed Media, Oil

Ballerinas
Located in Toronto, ON
10" x 8" Unframed Mixed Media on Paper Hand Signed by Rachel Isadora
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Ship of fools. 2010. Oil on canvas, 100x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Ship of fools. 2010. Oil on canvas, 100x60 cm Dagnia Cherevichnik (1974) Born in 1974 in Riga. Professional education: 1986-1993 – J. Rozentals Riga Art Secondary School; 1995 - 200...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

Nuts and Bolts
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, signed (lower left), 40cm x 56cm, (51cm x 67cm framed). The picture is good condition and the work comes directly from the artist. Painter, draughtsman and teacher, b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

One Direction - contemporary art work, oil painting figurative girls walking
Located in Hamburg, DE
"One Direction" is a 2020 unique oil on canvas painting by German mid-career artist Michael Pröpper. Comes with certificate on back. Inspired by the ly...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Pencil

French Contemporary Art by Josette Dubost - Escapade
Located in Paris, IDF
Josette Dubost is a French artist born in 1936 who lives & works in Solliès-Pont, France.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Expressionist Figurative Oil Painting "Witnesses"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This oil painting on Belgian linen canvas depicts people and situations with whom the artist have had contact. Whilst the works are not strictly speaking, portraits of specific peopl...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

ABOVE IT ALL - Contemporary Realism / Male Figure Swimmer / Ladder Journey Sky
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting by Eric Zener Eric Zener (b. 1966, Astoria, OR) completed his BA in 1988 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. As an artist he has been engaged in a que...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Senza Titolo - Oil Paint by Salvatore Travascio - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
"Senza titolo" is an oil painting on canvas mounted on a wooden frame created by the artist Salvatore Travascio in 1991. This painting is part of a series of works in which the hum...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Mythology
Located in Dallas, TX
Born in 1933, and reared in Virginia, Otis Huband began his formal art education after 4 years in the Navy. He earned his BFA and MFA at Richmond Professional Institute of the Colleg...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Moonlit Wings by Dawne Raulet Contemporary Moth Mixed Media, White, Black
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stockbroker turned artist Dawne Raulet stumbled into painting when she least expected it. Frazzled by a fulltime financial career and two small infants at home and in desperate need ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

Demolition Derby
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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Glass, Epoxy Resin, Wood, Mixed Media

Narcissus with Venus Effect
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Porto Bleu
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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Blue Painting of “Wakashima Gonemon Swimming Underwater” Ukiyo-e Print
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary interpretation of “Wakashima Gonemon Swimming Underwater” by Taiso Yoshitoshi. Signed and dated in front lower right corner by artist...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Festival, Tempera & Charcoal on Acid Free Paper by Contemporary Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subha Basu - Festival Tempera & Charcoal on Acid Free Paper, 17 x 22 inches, 2019 Born - 1982 at Kolkata. B.V.A from The Indian College of Art & Draftsmans...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Tempera

Eleanor Woolley, Street Shadows 4, Original landscape
Located in Deddington, GB
Street Shadows 4 by Eleanor Woolley [February 2021] original Oil Paint on Gesso Board Image size: H:20 cm x W:20 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:20 cm x W:20 cm x D:2cm Sold...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Amethyst Aurora Borealis #2, Lucy Moore, Original painting, Floral painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Amethyst Aurora Borealis #2 – By Lucy Moore [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Acrylic on canvas Image size: H:61 cm x W:91 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:61 cm x W...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Whitehall by Day - contemporary impressionism London cityscape pianting traffic
Located in London, GB
David Hinchliffe has been painting, exhibiting and selling his work in galleries since the age of 12. He has won numerous competitions as a young artist (Sunday Mail Art Prize, ABC A...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Chinese Contemporary Art by Lexi Caiqin - Drying Rice
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Lexi Caiqin or Ding Caiqin is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Nantong. Jiangsu in China. He was born in Daoxiang Village is a village built around...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Jo Haran, Pooled Petals, Original floral paintings
Located in Deddington, GB
Pooled Petals by Jo Haran [2021] original Watercolour, gouache and gesso Image size: H:63.5 cm x W:49 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:67 cm x W:53 cm ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Watercolor, Gouache

After the Flood
Located in Bozeman, MT
Robin Crofut-Brittingham is a multidisciplinary artist and writer. Her work focuses on the creation of real and imagined worlds, inspired by nature. Originally from Western Massachus...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Maple, Paper, Watercolor

Twilight Serenity, 2021
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.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Georgian Contemporary Art by Elene Melikidze - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Laminated oil on canvas Elene Melikidze is a Georgian artist born in 1999 who lives & works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She started painting since childhood in various media. Her other pro...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Inspired by Aspens
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Inspired by Aspens' by celebrated figurative artist Kim Frohsin, painted in 2018. The artwork is 15 x 11 1/2 inches and it is professionally framed in a museum quality white maple h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Mixed Media, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil

Terrace Garden Airport View Series-2, Acrylic on Canvas by Indian "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Uday Mondal - Terrace Garden Airport View Series-2 - 36 x 72 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas , 2018 Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style : His paintings present detail...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Walking Down the Strand - contemporary impressionism London oil painting
Located in London, GB
Based in his homeland of Australia, David has painted extensively throughout his travels in the United States and the UK, where he is regularly represented by select commercial galle...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Waterlily Pool stunning contemporary floral painting by Sarah Warren
Located in London, GB
Painted with acrylics on stretched canvas. In this painting, Sarah wanted nature to speak, like a silent language. 'Waterlily Pool' is a work of imagination and was born out of a f...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Untitled, Oil & Acrylic on Canvas with Fiber Glass by Contemporary “In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Pragnesh Patel - Untitled - 36 x 48 inches Oil & Acrylic on Canvas with Fiber Glass Inclusive of shipment in Stretched Form This work cannot be rolled ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Fiberglass, Acrylic

Trick or Treat, Figures in Various Costume and a Dog, Oil on Panel, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Master painter Bruno Surdo brings humor to the painting "Trick or Treat". His classically posed figures sport various Halloween costumes and stand in front of a factory. The painting is framed in a simple black frame. Bruno Surdo Trick or Treat oil on panel 18h x 24w in 45.72h x 60.96w cm BRS046 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden Mike & Jill Rose SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bruno Surdo: The Method Artist Responds, by Lucia Mauro, June 26, 2014, anitathemovie blog An Exhibition of Exhibitionism: Bruno Surdo’s ‘Respond’, by Carrie McGath, July 1, 2014, The Chicagoist Website, Arts and Entertainment “Inspired Environs: A renowned designer decks out his Loop abode in art and texture” Modern Luxury, Men’s Book, Spring 2014 “Master Class” What’z Up Magazine, Fort Wayne, 2011 ”9/11 Painting will be on Display” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 2011 “Illuminated Images” Fort Wayne Reader, 2011 “Two Faces of Beauty” American Art Collector Magazine, Issue #3 and #59, 2006/2010 “Art and Calamity” Art Papers, 2009 “Versions of the Present, Techniques of the Past” American Artist Magazine, 2004 “Living Artists” Crow Book Publishing, Chicago, IL 2004 “The New Master” by Craig Keller, Chicago Social Magazine, 2004. “Tragedy, Memory, and Honor,” by William Hageman, Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2002 “Mural Depicts Tragedy of 9/11” Art Section...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Emeka", Muscular Bare-Chested Bald Man with Bent Knee
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 nudes and portraits.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Nude Woman on Striped Chair #1 in Charcoal and Gouache on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Woman on Striped Chair #1 in Charcoal and Gouache on Paper Black and white painting of a woman by acclaimed bluegrass musician Katherine "Kathy" Kallick (American, b. 1952). Th...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Gouache

Large Colourful Abstracted Exotic Figurative Painting "Sisterhood"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, medium to large scale exotic figurative painting with vivid colours and details. The painting style shows influences from the post-impressionists and fauvists, yet is unden...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Wax, Oil, Acrylic

Mini Windbreak Beach, Lenny Cornforth, Contemporary art, Seascape, Aerial view
Located in Deddington, GB
Mini Windbreak Beach by Lenny Cornforth [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Acrylic on canvas Image size: H:28 cm x W:28 cm Complete Size of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Wrestling the Shadows
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Wrestling the Shadows' is a figurative portrait by multi-disciplinary artist Kim Frohsin. Professionally framed in a white ash hardwood floater frame, with an opening on the back, to reveal the artist's signature, title of the painting, and year of its making - 2007. Ready for hanging and also suitable to sit of a table as a sculpture. Frohsin’s work is held by the San Jose Museum of Art, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, the Office of the Governor, State Capital, Sacramento, and the United States Department of State. Her work is also in numerous corporate and private collections, among them the Morgan Flagg Family Collection, Buck Fine Arts, Adobe Systems, Inc Neiman Marcus and the Gap, Inc. Frohsin began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De Staebler in an exhibit of "Four Figures from the Bay." With Wayne Thiebaud as the juror, she won the California Society of Printmakers' Award in 1996, and the following year exhibited at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in "Bay Area Art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Carbon Pencil, Pigment

Simply Cool Hues
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Simply Cool Hues' is a figurative portrait by multi-disciplinary artist Kim Frohsin. Professionally framed in a painted black hardwood floater frame, with an opening on the back, to reveal the artist's signature, title of the painting, and year of its making - 2008. Ready for hanging and also suitable to sit of a table as a sculpture. Frohsin’s work is held by the San Jose Museum of Art, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, the Office of the Governor, State Capital, Sacramento, and the United States Department of State. Her work is also in numerous corporate and private collections, among them the Morgan Flagg Family Collection, Buck Fine Arts, Adobe Systems, Inc Neiman Marcus and the Gap, Inc. Frohsin began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De Staebler in an exhibit of "Four Figures from the Bay." With Wayne Thiebaud as the juror, she won the California Society of Printmakers' Award in 1996, and the following year exhibited at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in "Bay Area Art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Pigment

Simple Buddha Girl
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Simple Buddha Girl' is a figurative portrait by multi-disciplinary artist Kim Frohsin. The art is 9 3/4 x 8 3/4, professionally framed in an white ash hardwood floater frame measuri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Pigment

Chinese Contemporary Art by Jia Yuan-Hua - Countryside
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas I am trying to use simple geometric elements to express the real beauty. As you can see, the countryside under the blue sky and clouds, this minimalist rural landscap...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mary Had a Little Lamb
Located in Columbia, MO
One of the most prolific and acclaimed illustrators of the 20th century, Mark English produced work for such publications as McCalls, Time, Sports Illustrated, and Redbook before co-...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Gouache, Illustration Board

Blossoming - figurative painting
Located in New York, NY
A farm stands before you on the horizon. A windmill majestically slices the blue sky. A bird, painted in taut brushstrokes, struts on a branch. These are tranquil images; horizon far...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Risk The Time, Acrylic on Canvas by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Birendra Pani - Risk The Time - 66 x 42 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas , 2009 ** Will be delivered in rolled form. Should you want the work in ready to hand condition please contact gallery for freight calculation. In this series of works - “Boy - Dancer”, Gallery Kolkata revisits the artists very popular and well lauded ‘Boy Dancer’ suite of paintings on the plight of traditional Gopitua dancers from his native land, Odisha. The boy dancers who perform a devotional dance ritual are quickly declining in today’s cosmopolitan world. Pani entwines his empathy for the dying art with an opinion on our post-Modern era. In that respect, Pani does not try to create nostalgia for the decline in the taste for the dancers, instead he problematizes the issue by bringing in a dispassionate view of the issue. The ten canvases on display in this exhibition, features the Gopitua dancers in different situations. The canvases are a hyper-real portrait, far & close shots of a Gopitua dancers with liquid innocent eyes and a small smile playing upon his lips as he confronts the viewer. The blade is a recurring motif in Pani’s work and it has multiple functions and meanings. In this instance its meaning is rather clear — one where modernity eclipses tradition. Style : His fresh, perspective and contemporary canvases have loud and vivid images and use colors like green and shocking pink unashamedly. Pani says his works are preoccupied with exploring contemporary materials, culture and current lives of people, the negligence of local places, their culture, history, memory and their identity in present times. Further he feels the consumerist attitude has penetrated deep into the human psyche. Human beings are being consumed by the commodity rather than them consuming it. In his works, Pani explore the struggles, contradictions, dichotomies and critical reflections of the embodied selves with changes in value, knowledge and culture in our present society. “I have extensively used body parts like brain, heart and other organs, and everyday objects like capsule, syringe, blade etc to create a new visual language. Deriving from life experiences, my idea is to create a new vision by the juxtaposition of the above experience with the rich legacy, diverse visual culture and sensibility of the vast tradition of Odisha’s miniatures and Pata paintings, stone carvings, monumental visuals of temples and dance forms like Gopitua dance and Chhau-dance in Odisha.” Pani, thus attempts to create a new phenomenology and the reinvention of ‘self’ in a globalized and yet very localized world. About the Artist and his work : BORN : 1969, Bhadrak, Odisha, India. FINE ARTS EDUCATION : 1997-1999 MFA – (First class with Distinction) Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda. 1991-1997 BFA - Kala Bhavan, Viswa Bharati University, Shantiniketan, West Bengal. 1987-1990 2nd world “Studio for Fine Arts”, Bhadrak, Odisha. SOLO EXHIBITION IN INDIA AND ABROAD : 2017 Towards a new Viewership / Audience & Reproduction Aesthetics, Curated by Dr. Rajashree Biswal, organized by New Bridge India and North Odisha University, Baripada, Odisha. 2016 “Mahanadi”- A Journey through History, Memory and Culture curated by Maurice O Riordan of Australia at Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi. 2015 Re-Vision / Relationship- a visual literary engagement of Birendra Pani and poet Jayanta Mahapatra, curated by Dr. Rajashree Biswal, and organized by New Bridge India, Forum on Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, Sarat Chandra Library, Baripada and Revenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha at Revenshaw University, Cuttack. 2012 “Soft- Subversion” at Red Earth Art Gallery, Baroda. 2011 “Re – Vision” at Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata. 2010 “Re – Vision” at Gallery Sumukha, Bengalore. 2009 “Re – Vision” at Gallery Espace New Delhi and R.L.Fine arts, New York. 2007 “Boy Dancer’’-The convergence and continuum, at Gallery Espace, New Delhi. 2007 “Boy Dancer’’-The convergence and continuum, at Faculty Gallery, M.S.U., Vadodara. 2006 “Risk’’-The Double Edge of Society, at Gallery Espace, New Delhi. 2005 “Echo” at Kaleidoscope Art...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Contemporary Figurative Abstract Oil Painting Nude Lady with red background.
Located in ludlow, GB
Contemporary Figurative Abstract Oil Painting Nude Lady with red background. Oil on Canvas, mounted on stretchers and Framed. A Large bright seated nude figure with red background and bright colourful paint application. "Red Nude...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Re Vision, Acrylic on Canvas by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Birendra Pani - Re Vision - 66 x 42 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas , 2010 ** Will be delivered in rolled form. Should you want the work in ready to hand condition please contact gallery for freight calculation. In this series of works - “Boy - Dancer”, Gallery Kolkata revisits the artists very popular and well lauded ‘Boy Dancer’ suite of paintings on the plight of traditional Gopitua dancers from his native land, Odisha. The boy dancers who perform a devotional dance ritual are quickly declining in today’s cosmopolitan world. Pani entwines his empathy for the dying art with an opinion on our post-Modern era. In that respect, Pani does not try to create nostalgia for the decline in the taste for the dancers, instead he problematizes the issue by bringing in a dispassionate view of the issue. The ten canvases on display in this exhibition, features the Gopitua dancers in different situations. The canvases are a hyper-real portrait, far & close shots of a Gopitua dancers with liquid innocent eyes and a small smile playing upon his lips as he confronts the viewer. The blade is a recurring motif in Pani’s work and it has multiple functions and meanings. In this instance its meaning is rather clear — one where modernity eclipses tradition. Style : His fresh, perspective and contemporary canvases have loud and vivid images and use colors like green and shocking pink unashamedly. Pani says his works are preoccupied with exploring contemporary materials, culture and current lives of people, the negligence of local places, their culture, history, memory and their identity in present times. Further he feels the consumerist attitude has penetrated deep into the human psyche. Human beings are being consumed by the commodity rather than them consuming it. In his works, Pani explore the struggles, contradictions, dichotomies and critical reflections of the embodied selves with changes in value, knowledge and culture in our present society. “I have extensively used body parts like brain, heart and other organs, and everyday objects like capsule, syringe, blade etc to create a new visual language. Deriving from life experiences, my idea is to create a new vision by the juxtaposition of the above experience with the rich legacy, diverse visual culture and sensibility of the vast tradition of Odisha’s miniatures and Pata paintings, stone carvings, monumental visuals of temples and dance forms like Gopitua dance and Chhau-dance in Odisha.” Pani, thus attempts to create a new phenomenology and the reinvention of ‘self’ in a globalized and yet very localized world. About the Artist and his work : BORN : 1969, Bhadrak, Odisha, India. FINE ARTS EDUCATION : 1997-1999 MFA – (First class with Distinction) Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda. 1991-1997 BFA - Kala Bhavan, Viswa Bharati University, Shantiniketan, West Bengal. 1987-1990 2nd world “Studio for Fine Arts”, Bhadrak, Odisha. SOLO EXHIBITION IN INDIA AND ABROAD : 2017 Towards a new Viewership / Audience & Reproduction Aesthetics, Curated by Dr. Rajashree Biswal, organized by New Bridge India and North Odisha University, Baripada, Odisha. 2016 “Mahanadi”- A Journey through History, Memory and Culture curated by Maurice O Riordan of Australia at Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi. 2015 Re-Vision / Relationship- a visual literary engagement of Birendra Pani and poet Jayanta Mahapatra, curated by Dr. Rajashree Biswal, and organized by New Bridge India, Forum on Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, Sarat Chandra Library, Baripada and Revenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha at Revenshaw University, Cuttack. 2012 “Soft- Subversion” at Red Earth Art Gallery, Baroda. 2011 “Re – Vision” at Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata. 2010 “Re – Vision” at Gallery Sumukha, Bengalore. 2009 “Re – Vision” at Gallery Espace New Delhi and R.L.Fine arts, New York. 2007 “Boy Dancer’’-The convergence and continuum, at Gallery Espace, New Delhi. 2007 “Boy Dancer’’-The convergence and continuum, at Faculty Gallery, M.S.U., Vadodara. 2006 “Risk’’-The Double Edge of Society, at Gallery Espace, New Delhi. 2005 “Echo” at Kaleidoscope Art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Modern Borrowed Scenery Shibuya
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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"La Barque” Landscape Oil Painting 5" x 8" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"La Barque” Landscape Oil Painting 5" x 8" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concept and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Olf by Ramon Enrich - Contemporary landscape painting, architecture, figurative
Located in Paris, FR
Olf is a unique acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 40 × 60 cm (15.8 × 23.6 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with a cer...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled, Watercolour on Paper by Contemporary Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raju Sarkar - Untitled Watercolour on Paper, 10 x 10 inches, 2021 (Shipment in a roll form) Raju Sarkar is a resident of Kolkata. He completed his BVA (pa...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Great Wave
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Fabian Jean graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University. He has had solo exhibitions in Montreal, Toronto and Halifax and has been included in several group exhi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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