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Modern Figurative Paintings

MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Vibrant Mid Century Summer Still Life Oil Painting Dated 1975
Located in Rochester, NY
Mid century impressionist still life painting. Brilliant colors. Pears and daises. Signed with monogram "Y D W". Dated 1975. Oil on board. Framed.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Kabbalists, Hassidic Rabbis Judaica Colorful Modernist Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Joseph Wolins 1915-1999 Wolins was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He studied at the National Academy of Design from 1935 to 1941 under Leon Kroll. He also studied in Europe in ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"There are Two of You" Early Modern Original Foley's Ad Layout of Woman & Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
Early modern original watercolor and gouache ad layout for Foley's by Houston portraitist Robert C. Joy. The work features a central reflection of a woman doing her makeup while wear...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Composition With Figures. Figurative Gouache Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Excellent work from this Indian Born (1930) artist, who moved to South Africa. She has received International critical aclaim and her work rarely reaches the market Reddy’s style of...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

"The Faces We Wore" WPA Family American Scene Figurative Abstract Woman Artist
Located in New York, NY
"The Faces We Wore" WPA Family American Scene Figurative Abstract Woman Artist Juanita Guccione (1904 - 1999) The Faces We Wore 20 x 16 inches Oil on...
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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Charming, Colorful 1930s Painting of a Young Woman Knitting by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming, colorful 1930s painting of a young woman knitting by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin. A harmonious palette of cheerful yellows, reds and blues, where a young...
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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of an Arched Interior with Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of an Arched Interior with Figures by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933) Unsigned Medium: oil painting on board, unframed Painting size: 4.5 i...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Modern French Figurative Oil Painting Reclining Nude on a Sofa with Blue Blanket
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modern French Figurative Oil Painting Reclining Nude on a Sofa with Blue Blanket by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933) Unsigned Mediu...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Colour Based Drawings, Mixed Media on Paper by Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Color Based Drawings, 13 x 9.5 inches ( Unframed sizes ) Acrylic, Watercolour, Pen &Ink on Handmade Paper, 2003 ( Unframed & Delivered ) Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Mas...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Pen

Modern Cubist Inspired Male Portrait Painting of a Bearded Man with a Red Tie
Located in Houston, TX
Modern Cubist inspired portrait painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features a male figure wearing a white jacket, blue shirt, and red tie. Signed in ...
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

1940's French Signed Modernist Oil Painting Nude Figure in Room Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude in Interior by Maurice Delavier (French mid 20th century) signed and dated 1944 oil on board, unframed board: 18.5 x 14.5 inches inscribed verso provenance: private collection, ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Untitled, Figurative, Acrylic on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar – Untitled 28 x 20 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Paper, 2004 ( Unframed & Delivered ) In this bold acrylic on paper, Prokash Karmakar juxtaposes a dyna...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

1960's French Modernist Signed Oil Figure in Navy Blue Hat, Unique Work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: A. Bertin, French 1965, signed and inscribed verso Title: Figure in Blue Medium: oil painting on board, framed Size: framed: 18.5 x 12.5inches painting: 18 x 11.5...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Portrait #13 and #3, Diptych. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not just works of art; they embody a tangible testimony of the deep need for social inclusion at a national level. In an Italy undergoing co...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Figures Strolling in a Tree-Lined Park
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Figures Strolling in a Tree-Lined Park by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933) Signed Medium: oil painting on board, unframed Painting size:...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Nude Woman with Flowing Hair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Nude Woman with Flowing Hair by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933) Unsigned Medium: oil painting on board, unframed Painting size: 9.75 i...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

What a Life
Located in Los Angeles, CA
What a Life, c. 1930, mixed media on board, 18 x 24 inches, signed lower left; titled on label; exhibited at The San Francisco Art Association Fifty-Second Annual Exhibition at the P...
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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson Signed British Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lord Nelson British school, late 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 16.5 x 13.5 inches canvas: 14 x 11 inches provenance: private collection, London condition: very go...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Fisherman, Watercolor by Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Fisherman Year: 1982 Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed and dated l.r. Image Size: 15.5 x 19 inches Size: 20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66.04 cm)
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Lone Figure in a Rolling Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Lone Figure in a Rolling Landscape by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933) Unsigned Medium: oil painting on board, unframed Painting size: ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Friends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Born: New York August 26, 1924. Education : Parsons School of Design Study with Moses Soyer. COLLECTIONS : Albrecht Gallery Musuem Montclair Museum Reading Museum Joslyn Art Museu...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century Modern Swedish Figurative Oil Painting - Stillness in the Sunlight
Located in Bristol, GB
STILLNESS IN THE SUNLIGHT Size: 44 x 51.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A nostalgic and subdued mid-century modernist style composition, executed in oil onto canvas by the esta...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Man in Red and Blue" Mid 20th Century Portrait Painting Dated 1959
Located in Rochester, NY
Modernist portrait of a young man in rich reds and blues. Signed on reverse H. Friedlander, 1959. Oil on board. Unframed.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Three Figures In Washed Out Tones
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Juliet in Prayer - Oil Paint by Miloslava Vrbova - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Painting on plywood realized by Miloslava Vrbova (1909-1991) in the mid-20th century, depicting a scene from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. Good condition, framed.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Untitled, Figurative, Gouache on Paper by Gobardhan Ash "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Gobardhan Ash - Untitled Gouache on Paper 13 x 8 inches ( Framed & Delivered ) In this tender composition, Gobardhan Ash captures an intimate moment of familial connection through s...
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Large 1960's British Modernist Oil Painting Tall Nude Lady Standing in Studio
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Studio Nude Modern British artist, 1960's label verso oil on board, unframed board: 21.5 x 12 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: good and sound condition
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"San Sebastian" Awesome Larger Mid Century Austin Texas piece.
Located in San Antonio, TX
Kelly Fearing (1918-2011) Austin Artist Image Size: 42.25 x 30 Frame Size: 48.5 x 36.5 Medium: Oil/Gaouche "San Sebastion" Biography Kelly Fearing (1918-2011) The following information is from the artist's obituary, University of Texas Education News Prominent Artist and Art Educator Kelly Fearing Dies at 92 AUSTIN, Texas — Artist, art educator and University of Texas at Austin Professor Emeritus Kelly Fearing died on March 13 at his home in Austin, at the age of 92 due to congestive heart failure. Fearing was a professor emeritus in university's Department of Art and Art History. He taught at the university from 1947-87, and was presented the College of Fine Arts' E. William Doty Award in 2007, the college's highest honor recognizing him as an individual of distinction in his field who has demonstrated extraordinary interest in the college. "Kelly Fearing was the quintessential Renaissance man," said College of Fine Arts Associate Dean Ken Hale. "He was an artist, an author and an educator. His talent was extraordinary. He worked in almost all traditional mediums and excelled in oil painting and collage. Fearing was very well educated in all of the arts and enthusiastically passed that knowledge on to literally thousands of students. The University of Texas and the state of Texas have benefited greatly from the creativity and generosity of Kelly Fearing. His passing is a loss for us all." Born in Fordyce, Ark., Fearing was raised in Louisiana, studied art at Louisiana Tech University, earned a master's degree from Columbia University and went to Fort Worth during World War II to serve his country in a defense job. While being trained in graphic drafting for a company that was making bombers for the U.S. military, Fearing was introduced to other aspiring artists in the Fort Worth area. This group of avant-guard printmakers and artists became known as the Fort Worth Circle, and Fearing was one of its core members. Collectively, they were instrumental in introducing modernist ideas to Texas art. After teaching at Texas Wesleyan College from 1945-47, he came to The University of Texas at Austin as the Ashbel Smith Professor in Art in 1947. He retired from the university in 1987 and continued to work as a professional artist. His art has been referred to as magical realist, mystical naturalist and Romantic surrealist. As a pioneer in art education in America, Fearing founded The University of Texas Junior Art Project, the first visual arts outreach program of its kind in Texas. The program offered children of all ages and from all economic backgrounds free, university-based instruction and exposure to the arts. Kelly Fearing has been an important artist working in Texas since the 1940s. After doing his graduate work at Columbia University in New York City, Fearing established himself as a surrealist painter and print maker in Fort Worth, and then became one of the founding members of the art faculty at the University of Texas at Austin. He has had recent exhibitions at the Valley House Gallery in Dallas, Texas, and at the Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery in Austin, Texas. Fearing lives and works in Austin, Texas. Courtesy of Flatbread Press and Gallery Added note: Kelly Fearing died of congestive heart failure in 2011 in Austin, Texas. William KELLY FEARING (1918-2011) Born in Fordyce, Arkansas, Kelly Fearing entered college as an accounting major but quickly discovered his intense interest in art. He studied art at Louisiana Tech University and later at Columbia University. He taught public school briefly before relocating to Texas to teach art at the university level in El Paso and Fort Worth before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights · 1918 Born in Fordyce, Arkansas · 1941 BA, Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, Ruston, Louisiana · 1941-42 Teacher, Winfield Public Schools, Louisiana · 1943-45 Guest Professor, Texas Western College, El Paso, Texas · 1945-47 Instructor, Texas Wesleyan College, Fort Worth, Texas · 1950 MA, Columbia University, New York, New York · 1947-87 Professor of Art, University of Texas at Austin, Texas · 2007 Recipient, William E. Doty Award · 2009 Recipient, Texas Biennial Tribute Artist · 2011 Died in Austin, Texas Selected Prizes, Awards · Texas General/Annual: Purchase Prize 1956; Cash Prize 1945, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963; Recommended for Purchase Prize 1949, 1950 1945 Cash Prize, The Aquarist, oil 1947 Cash Prize for Dream of Jacob, oil 1949 Cash Prize and Recommended for Purchase Prize, The Red Sea, oil 1950 Recommended for Purchase Prize, Man in a Tide Pool, oil 1953 Cash Prize, Tobias and the Angel, oil 1954 Cash Prize, Landscape with Peacock, oil 1955 Cash Prize, St. John in the Wilderness, oil 1956 Purchase Prize, Yellow After the Rain, oil 1963 Cash Prize, Sleeping Philosopher in a Landscape Developing, oil · Fort Worth Local: First Prize 1945; Popular Prize 1944 1944 Popular Prize, USO Street Dance 1945 First Prize, The Kite Flyers, oil · Texas Fine Arts: Purchase Prize 1954; Cash Prize 1952, 1955 (2 works), 1956 1952 Cash Prize 1954 Purchase Prize 1955 Cash Prize for Watercolor, watercolor 1955 Cash Prize, Spring Festival 1956 Cash Prize · Other Exhibitions: Purchase Prize 1945 Texas Print Exhibition; Merit Award 1956 DD Feldman; Honorable Mention 1962 Longview National Invitational 1945 Purchase Prize, The Collector, etching, 5th Annual Texas Print Exhibition 1962 Honorable Mention, Longview National Invitational Selected Exhibitions · 1941 Solo, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana · 1944 24th Exhibition of the Southern States Art League, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas · 1944 Fort Worth Local Artists Annual, Fort Worth Art Association Gallery, Public Library, Fort Worth, Texas (popular prize) · 1944 6th Texas General Exhibition 1944-1945, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Witte Museum, San Antonio; University of Texas at Austin, Texas · 1945 Fort Worth Local Artists Annual, Fort Worth Art Association Gallery, Public Library, Fort Worth, Texas (purchase prize) · 1945 7th Texas General Exhibition 1945-1946, circulated: Witte Museum, San Antonio; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; University of Texas at Austin, Texas (cash prize) · 1945 Prints of Fort Worth Artists, Fort Worth Art Association Gallery, Public Library, Fort Worth, Texas · 1945 5th Annual Texas Print Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas (1st prize) · 1946 8th Texas General Exhibition 1946-1947, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas · 1947 55 Works of Modern Art Owned in Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas · 1947 6th Annual Texas Print Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas · 1947 9th Texas General Exhibition 1947-1948, circulated: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas (cash prize) · 1948 10th Texas General Exhibition 1948-1949, circulated: Witte Museum, San Antonio; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas 1945 Prize, 5th Annual Texas Print Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas · 1948 Watercolors by 16 Texas Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas · 1948 University of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas · 1949 Solo, Fresno State College, Fresno, California · 1949 11th Annual Texas Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture 1949-1950, circulated: Witte Museum, San Antonio; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas (cash prize and recommended for purchase prize) · 1950 Texas Wildcat, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California · 1950, 1960, 1963 Artists West of the Mississippi, Colorado Springs Art Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado · 1950 12th Annual Exhibition of Texas Painting and Sculpture 1950-1951, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (recommended for purchase prize) · 1951 Newcomers: First Showing of a New Generation, Downtown Gallery, New York, New York · 1952 Annual Juried Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas (cash prize) · 1952 Imaginative Paintings by Kelly Fearing, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California · 1952 Young Collections 1952, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas · 1952 Kelly Fearing, Betty McLean Gallery, Dallas, Texas · 1952 Texas Contemporary Artists, M. Knoedler & Company, New York, New York; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas (catalogue) · 1952 Solo, Cotton Memorial Galleries, Texas Western College, El Paso, Texas · 1952 14th Annual Exhibition of Texas Painting and Sculpture 1952, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas · 1953 University of Texas Faculty Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas · 1953 Solo, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California · 1953 15th Annual Exhibition of Texas Painting and Sculpture 1953, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas (cash prize) · 1954 149th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 1954 Sacred Art, Catholic University, Washington, DC · 1954 Seventeen Years: An Exhibition of the First Prize Winners in the 17 Annual Exhibitions of Work by Fort Worth Artists Held by the Fort Worth Art Association, Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas (catalogue) · 1954 16th Annual Exhibition of Texas Painting and Sculpture 1954, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas (cash prize) · 1954 Annual Juried Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas (purchase prize) · 1954 Religious Art Today, Brown Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts · 1954-56 Artist’s Panorama Traveling Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 1955 Two Texas Artists (Kelly Fearing and Mildred Wood Dixon), Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas · 1955 Pittsburgh International, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · 1955 Solo, Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas · 1955 The World Around Us: 100 Years of American Landscape, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas · 1955 Annual Juried Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas (cash prize for watercolor) · 1955 Spring Arts Festival, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas (cash prize) · 1955 Young Collections 1955, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas · 1955 17th Annual Exhibition of Texas Painting and Sculpture 1955-1956, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth; Witte Museum, San Antonio; Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas (cash prize) · 1955, 1959, 1963 Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois · 1956 6th Southwestern Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, traveled to: Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana; Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, Texas; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; Texas Tech College Museum, Lubbock; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; University of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Oklahoma A&M College, Stillwater · 1956 Gulf-Caribbean Art Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg; Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado (catalogue) · 1956 Young Collections 1956, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas · 1956 Annual Juried Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas (cash prize) · 1956 Merit Award, D. D. Feldman Collection of Contemporary Texas Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (1958, Dallas???) · 1956 D. D. Feldman Collection of Contemporary Texas Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas · 1956 18th Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1956-1957, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin; Museum, Texas Tech, Lubbock, Texas (purchase prize) · 1957 Survey of Painting in Texas, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, circulated by American Federation of Arts (catalogue) · 1957 22nd Annual Midyear Juried Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio · 1957 Summer Group Exhibition, Edwin Hewitt Gallery, New York, New York · 1957 Young Collections 1957, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas · 1958 Religious Art of the Western World, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas · 1958 20th Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1958-1959, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio; TFAA, Laguna Gloria Gallery, Austin; Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont; San Angelo Art Club, San Angelo; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas · 1959 Made in Texas by Texans, Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art, Sheraton-Dallas Hotel, Dallas, Texas (catalogue) · 1959 21st Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1959-1960, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio; Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont; Museum, Texas Tech, Lubbock; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas · 1960 Southwestern Art: A Sampling of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas · 1961 Invitational Exhibition of Painters Born in Arkansas, Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas · 1962, 1963, 1975 Invitational, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Texas (honorable mention 1962) · 1963 University of Texas Art Faculty—Past and Present, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas · 1963 25th Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1963-1964, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Centennial Art Museum, Corpus Christi; Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont; El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso; Witte Museum, San Antonio; University of Texas at Austin, Texas (cash prize) · 1963 The Versatile Shell, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas · 1963 59th Annual Exhibition of Western Art, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado · 1963, 1966 Christocentric Exhibition, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois · 1964 Solo, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas · 1964 New York World’s Fair, Texas Pavilion, New York, New York · 1964-65 The Bird in Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona and the Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas · 1966 Solo, Gallery of Visual Arts, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana · 1967 Solo, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin, Texas · 1968 Texas Painting and Sculpture 1968, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas · 1969 Solo, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas · 1971 Texas Painting and Sculpture 71, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas · 1971–72 Texas Painting and Sculpture: The 20th Century, Pollack Galleries, Owen Arts Center, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, traveled to: Witte Confluence Museum, HemisFair Plaza, San Antonio; University Art Museum, University of Texas at Austin; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth; The Museum, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas (catalogue) · 1974 Solo, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas · 1977 Solo, DuBose Gallery, Houston, Texas · 1978 U.S. Drawings, Museum, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas · 1978 Solo, L and L Gallery, Longview, Texas · 1979 Made in Texas, Huntington Gallery, University Art Museum, University of Texas at Austin, Texas (catalogue) · 1981 Solo, Spencer Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Arkansas, Monticello, Arkansas · 1981 Solo, Moffett Gallery, School of Art and Architecture, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana · 1983 Images of Texas, Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, traveled to: Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi; Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas (catalogue) · 1984 Works from the Friends Collections, Art Gallery, School of Art and Architecture, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana · 1985 Solo, Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas · 1986 Solo, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas · 1986 Beyond Regionalism: The Fort Worth School (1945-1955), Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas · 1992 Prints of the Fort Worth Circle, 1940-1960, Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Texas · 1992 Kelly Fearing: The Influence of “The Fort Worth School,” 1939-1955, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas · 1995 Solo, Flatbed Press & Gallery, Austin, Texas · 1996 Solo, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas · 1997 Jupiter’s Loves and His Children, Georgia Art Museum, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia · 1998 Early Texas Art: A Collectors’ Exhibition, Museum of the Big Bend, Alpine, Texas · 1999 Kelly Fearing: A Search for Mystical Concepts, Pascal/Robinson Galleries, Houston, Texas · 2000 Solo, Flatbed Press & Gallery, Austin, Texas · 2001 First Light: Local Art and the Fort Worth Public Library 1901–1961 . . . A Centennial Exhibit, Fort Worth Central Library, Fort Worth, Texas (catalogue) · 2002 The Mystical World of Kelly Fearing: A Sixty Year Retrospective, traveling exhibition, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas; Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas; Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas (catalogue) · 2002-03 The Eyes of Texas—The Lone Star State as Seen by Her Artists, San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, Texas; Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas (catalogue) · 2005 Celebrating Early Texas Art: Treasures from Dallas-Fort Worth Private Collections, 1900-1960, Fort Worth Community Center, Fort Worth, Texas (catalogue) · 2007 A Life of Art: 1943-Present, Lotus Asian Art...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Naughty
Located in Pine Plains, NY
Trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Cockrill's approach addresses imagery from Golden children's books with a sense of contemporary irony and humor. Published in "The A...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Paint

20th Century French Modernist Drawing Of Black And White Flowers In Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed verso original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edg...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Milly
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
George Petrie (1790–1866) - Romantic Irish Landscape, Oil on Canvas This captivating oil on canvas by the renowned Irish artist George Petrie, often referred to as the "Father of Ir...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Il y a toujours quelque chose dans l'air, parfois (surrealism, birds, Belgian)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Philip Verhoeven Il y a toujours quelque chose dans l'air, parfois (surrealism, birds, Belgian art) Acrylic and Marker on Canvas Year: 2024 Size: 15.75 x 15.75 inches Signed and titl...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Permanent Marker

Mid 20th Century French Oil Bull Fighter Matador with Bull Yellow & Red Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Bull Fight Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front oil painting on canvas 16 x 13 inches. All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artists estate in France. The painting is in very good and presentable condition. Ginet-Lasnier, the wife of the painter Jean Lasnier...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Modernist Signed Painting Portrait Young Bather at Seaside
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front and inscribed verso Ginet-Lasnier, the wife of the painter Jean Lasnier, was born in the Seine-Maritime...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Interior Scene with Fabric Sellers
Located in Astoria, NY
Ferdinand Fagerlin (Swedish/German, 1825-1907) Attributed, Interior Scene with Fabric Sellers, Oil on Canvas, 19th century, apparently unsigned, gil...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Que le spectacle commence (circus, 1920s, 1930s, entertainment, ~32% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Philip Verhoeven Que le spectacle commence (circus, 1920s, 1930s, entertainment) Acrylic and Marker on Canvas Year: 2024 Size: 15.75 x 15.75 inches Signed and titled by hand COA prov...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Permanent Marker

A Cafe in Madrid, Oil on Board Painting, Signed and Dated 1950, English Artist
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, signed and dated '50 bottom right, entitled on reverse Image size: 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (34.5 x 23 cm) Original frame Exhibitions 1989, Belgrave Gallery, 22 Mason's Yard, Duke Street, St. James', London SW1 'Clifford Hall (1904-1973) 15th June - 14th July, no.12. Clifford Hall Clifford Hall was born in Wandsworth in 1904, and spent his youth in nearby Richmond upon Thames...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

traveling musicians oil on board painting modernism art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil measures 70x50 cm. Frame measures 83x63 cm. Painter of landscapes and figures, in whose characterization he deepens psychologically capturing the character, Albert Roca has won...
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Neighborhood Geometry
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Moscow, Idaho,and raised in Seattle, Robert Jessup received his BFA from the University of Washington in 1975 and his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1979. His work has be...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait - Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli, 1930s.  H 160 x 110 cm. Oil paiting on canvas. Hand signed lower left margin. Good cond...
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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Modern Pastel Figurative Drawing of a Seated Resting Sumo Wrestler with Kimono
Located in Houston, TX
Modern pastel drawing of a sumo wrestler resting after a match with a kimono or blanket draped over his shoulders. Signed by the artist in the front lower right corner. Currently hun...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Pastel

Modern Pastel Figurative Drawing of a Sumo Wrestler in a Mawashi from Behind
Located in Houston, TX
Modern pastel drawing of a sumo wrestler wearing a mawashi as he prepares for a match. Signed by the artist in the front lower right corner. Currently hung in a black frame with a li...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Pastel

Still life with Flowers - Oil Paint - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with flowers is an artwork realized in the mid-20th century.  Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm. Hand signed bottom left. Good conditions
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Late Mid Century Interior Scene, A Villa at Cannes, South of France. Oil, Board
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century oil on board of an interior scene with seated female figure by Bill Brown. Initial signed and dated 76 bottom right and titled to the reve...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Large Belgian Modernist Signed Oil Portrait of Sorrowful Lady in Blue Scarf
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pierre LaFille, Belgian late 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 42.5 x 35 inches canvas: 39 x 32 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modern French Oil Painting Seated Woman in an Expressive Interior Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modern French Oil Painting Seated Woman in an Expressive Interior Scene by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933) Unsigned Medium: oil painting on board, unframed Painting size: 7....
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modern French Oil Painting Portrait of a Woman Expressive Figurative Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modern French Oil Painting Portrait of a Woman Expressive Figurative Study by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933) Unsigned Medium: oil painting on canvas board, unframed Paintin...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Figures Celebrating Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Figures by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on card size: 19.5 x 13 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Girl with Butterfly"
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on masonite painting done in 1945 by Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed lower right and dated lower right, 1945. In original wood and gilt frame 37.5 by 31.5 inc...
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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modern French Oil Painting Two Reclining Nudes in a Red and Blue Abstract Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modern French Oil Painting Two Reclining Nudes in a Red and Blue Abstract Scene by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933) Unsigned Medium: oil painting on board, unframed Painting ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Modern French Oil Painting Woman Reading in a Chair Figurative Interior Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modern French Oil Painting Woman Reading in a Chair Figurative Interior Scene by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933) Unsigned Medium: oil p...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Large French Contemporary Modernist Oil Painting Figures Playing on Sunny Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Beach Games Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) oil painting on textured canvas 29 x 24 inches. All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artists estate in France. The painting is in very good and presentable condition. Color: Pink, green, black and white Ginet-Lasnier, the wife of the painter Jean Lasnier...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"A Drink"
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 9.5 x 12.75 Frame Size: 17 x 20 Medium: Color Etching "A Drink" Biography Margaret Putnam (1913-1987) Margaret Putnam left...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Etching

Mid Century Modern Vintage Swedish Figurative Oil Painting - Under Cotton Skies
Located in Bristol, GB
UNDER COTTON SKIES Size: 46 x 54.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A quiet and introspective mid-century modernist figurative painting, executed in oil onto canvas by the establi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Untitled"
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas painting by Jean Calogero. Circa 1950. Signed lower right. Condition: Good. Overall in museum quality gold leaf frame 17.5 by 15.75 inches. Provenance: Manhattan Co...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Untitled"
"Untitled"
$1,200 Sale Price
25% Off
Salon Rojo by Carlos Nadal - Figurative painting, oil on canvas, Modern art
Located in London, GB
Salon Rojo by Carlos Nadal (1917-1998) Oil on canvas 89 x 116 cm (35 x 45 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed lower right, Nadal Signed, titled and dated on the reverse Executed in 1992 This work is...
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstracted Figure in Nature in Ink and Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Figure in Nature in Ink and Pastel on Paper Beautiful and unique abstract piece of a figure in nature by Frank Rowland (American, 1927-2012). The graceful and simplifie...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

A new adventure
Located in Zofingen, AG
shipped in roll A New Adventure She knows how to draw attention — red dress, stockings, veil. Too bold? Exactly as planned. Naivety is a carefully staged role, and mystery is part ...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Polka Dot Game
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this work, naive playfulness meets quiet resilience. The heroine, dressed in polka dots, seems to have stepped out of an old film — part actress, part observer of her own life. "P...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Man with Dummy/Wilderness, 2006
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Moscow, Idaho,and raised in Seattle, Robert Jessup received his BFA from the University of Washington in 1975 and his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1979. His work has be...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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