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20th C. Figurative Abstract Painting Cleveland School African American Artist
By Beni E. Kosh
Located in Beachwood, OH
. Kosh’s work is noted in the catalog Yet Still, We Rise: African American Art in Cleveland 1920 – 1970 and
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20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Venus, Modern Abstract Figurative Sculpture #37
By Doris Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful small scale abstract figurative stone Venus sculpture by Doris Ann Warner (American
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone

Abstract Figure Contemporary Stone Sculpture Small Modern African Signed Earthy
By Aaron Perkins Chikumbirike
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Drover" is an original yellow & green opal serpentine stone sculpture by Aaron Perkins Chikumbirike, a contemporary Shona stone sculptor. The artist signed the piece. It depicts an ...
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Early 2000s Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Folk Art Mexican Boy Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
"primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

Folk Art Mexican Girl Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
"primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

'African Idol' — Mid-Century African-American artist
By Charles Elmer Harris
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
recognition. Kosh’s work is noted in the catalog Yet Still, We Rise: African American Art in Cleveland 1920
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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Africa - Collage Painting in Orange - African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
African American artist Alvin Hollingsworth created an inventive and intriguing close-up portrait
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1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Burlap, Wood, Oil

Alabama Surreal Folk Art Oil Painting African American Woman, Flower Headdress
By Maltby Sykes
Located in Surfside, FL
" written on the stretcher verso It is a Surrealist Folk Art figure of an African woman oil painting on
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1960s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Africa Female Artist Stone Sculpture Figure Celebrate Modern Contemporary Signed
By Colleen Madamombe
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Celebrations (C-56)" is an original black serpentine stone sculpture by Colleen Madamombe. The artist signed the piece, and it weighs 228 pounds. This piece features a woman with a ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Pair of African American Portraits
By Josef Presser
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Josef Presser (Poland, United States, 1907 - 1967) “Pair of African American Portraits” 9 x 7
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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century Michael Loew
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Voyage to Central Africa- Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Voyage to Central Africa is a Silver Salt  Print realized in the Early 20th Century. Good
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Wise Up We All From Africa
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
of modern society. The painting is laced with meaning and interwoven with art history, allowing
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Crocodile Hunters in Africa - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Crocodile Hunters in Africa is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

'6th City Wire Works' — Mid-Century African-American Artist
By Charles Elmer Harris
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
the Sho Nuff Art Group, a collective of African-American artists, and Karamu House, a center for
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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Landscapes in Northern Africa - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscapes in Northern Africa is a series of 8 original Vintage b/w Photographs realized by an
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Landscape in Northern Africa - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape in Northern Africa is a series of 8 original Vintage b/w Photographs realized by an
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Landscape in Northern Africa - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape in Northern Africa is a series of 8 original Vintage b/w Photographs realized by an
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Landscape in Northern Africa - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape in Northern Africa is a series of 8 original Vintage b/w Photographs realized by an
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Landscape in Northern Africa - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape in Northern Africa is a series of 8 original Vintage b/w Photographs realized by an
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

African Stone Sculpture Birds Animals Family Mother Children Outdoors Siblings
By Gerald Takawira
Located in Milwaukee, WI
was an African Shona artist. His father John Takawira was also a Shona artist. This carving depicts a
Category

1980s Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Portrait of African Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
exhibited regularly at the Salons de L'Art Libre, Salon de L'Union des Artistes, and in major Parisian
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting African Model In Purple
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
exhibited regularly at the Salons de L'Art Libre, Salon de L'Union des Artistes, and in major Parisian
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Three African Figures Standing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
exhibited regularly at the Salons de L'Art Libre, Salon de L'Union des Artistes, and in major Parisian
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sydney Kumalo Bronze Minimalist African Modernist Sculpture Figural Female Nude
Located in Surfside, FL
notions of "naive" and "tribal" African art, and yet still hold fast to the core of the old legends and
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting North African Town & Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
exhibited regularly at the Salons de L'Art Libre, Salon de L'Union des Artistes, and in major Parisian
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape in Northern Africa - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Views of Venice and Veneto is a series of original Vintage b/w Photographs realized by an anonymous artist in the Early 20th Century. Goos conditions except for being aged. The art...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

French North African Orientalist Oil Painting Hareem Interior Two Ladies
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Hareem Interior French Orientalist School, late 20th century (painted after an earlier style) oil on canvas, framed framed: 30 x 34 inches canvas: 20 x 24 inches provenance: priv...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Sistas" Figurative, Portraits, Words, Frontal, Acrylic
By Henry Heading
Located in Detroit, MI
Modern), and Charles Culver. Mr. Heading understands the joy found in art and how it affects a young
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Masonite, Acrylic

Hero - African American Baseball Player, Boxer, Soldier, and Businessman
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
International Revue of African-American Art and The Village Voice, as well as being included in " 100 New York
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Large Donald Saff Surrealist Pop Art Aquatint Etching African Elephant
By Donald Saff
Located in Surfside, FL
Modern Art, NY. Additionally, Saff had solo exhibitions at Dyansen Gallery, NY (1982), at I. Feldman
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
/inventor and an English art dealer, she grew up in an international environment. Her father encouraged
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20th Century American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Color

Wise Up We All From Africa. Large Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
of modern society. The painting is laced with meaning and interwoven with art history, allowing
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Queen" African American Female Portrait, Rich Browns & Lavenders, Sculptural
By Henry Heading
Located in Detroit, MI
is an extension of my innermost thoughts and imagination. My primary focus of art is realism--using
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Views of Venice and Northern Africa - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Views of Venice and Northern Africa is a series of 8 original Vintage b/w Photographs realized by
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
/inventor and an English art dealer, she grew up in an international environment. Her father encouraged
Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Color

Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
/inventor and an English art dealer, she grew up in an international environment. Her father encouraged
Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Color

Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
/inventor and an English art dealer, she grew up in an international environment. Her father encouraged
Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Color

Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
/inventor and an English art dealer, she grew up in an international environment. Her father encouraged
Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Color

'African Queen' Shona stone sculpture signed by Chenjerai Chiripanyanga
By Chenjerai Chiripanyanga
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'African Queen' is an original opal serpentine stone sculpture signed by the contemporary
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Devil: No Horns, Burning in Hell, African American Harlem Renaissance
Located in Miami, FL
Art Gallery. He is in the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum, The African Museum in
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"Madam Suburbia #III - Doing Dishes" Figurative in Oil on Canvas
By Patricia Gren Hayes
Located in Soquel, CA
"Madam Suburbia #III - Doing Dishes" Figurative in Oil on Canvas African-American woman at her
Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Make Africa Great Again - Wood Panel Yellow Green White Blue Purple Orange Red
By Eric Liot
Located in Sofia, BG
"Make Africa Great Again" is a wood decorated colored Panel. It is created by the French artist
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Plexiglass

'Rhino & Baby Rhino' Contemporary Bronze Animal Sculpture of African Rhinos
By Tobias Martin
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Gibbons and Alfred Gilbert, Martin combines centuries old techniques with modern technology and materials
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

'Elephant' Bronze Wildlife contemporary sculpture of an African Elephant. Brown
By Tobias Martin
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Gilbert, Martin combines centuries old techniques with modern technology and materials. He has sculpted
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Upper Room" Modern Abstract Figurative Female Lithograph Edition 10/75
By John Biggers
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative lithograph by renowned artist John Biggers. The work features a trio of
Category

1980s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

African American Mother and Child by Peggy Dodds Circa 1940's
By Peggy Dodds
Located in Rochester, NY
National Association of Women Artists, New Jersey Watercolor Club, Modern Art Society of New Jersey
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Performer w African Mask, Asian Fan, predominantly black and white oil on panel
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
painting other women, the human face, and figure. Whether working with figurative descriptions or with the
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2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

20th Century French Oil Figures in North African Street Market with Old Pots
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Market Sellers French School, mid/ last quarter 20th century signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 7 x 9 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: good and sound...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

African zoomorphic puppet head sculpture from the Bozo Tribe in Mali.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century zoomorphic African puppet head sculpture from the Bozo tribe in Mali. This
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

A. J. Bennett - Light and Shade - Post Impressionist Painting, South Africa 1919
Located in Meinisberg, CH
are left with a good South African School work of art painted in, for its time very modern European
Category

1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

"Fanti Fishing Boat" Modern Abstract Figurative Woodcut Print 47 of 86
By John Thomas Biggers
Located in Houston, TX
the Museum of Modern Art in New York. After serving in the United States Navy, Biggers transferred to
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Meschac Gaba Inkjet Pigment Print Photograph African Conceptual Art Dollar Bill
Located in Surfside, FL
Market", Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York City, "Museum of Contemporary African Art", Tate Modern
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Inkjet

Spring Break Morning #2 - Allegorical Figurative Painting, Red, Yellow, and Blue
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
publications such as The International Revue of African-American Art and The Village Voice, as well as being
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Flowers - Figurative Painting Canvas Colors Blue Red Grey Yellow Pink
Located in Sofia, BG
"Flowers" is a colorful art line painting by Maestro Vittorio Angini About the artwork: TECHNIQUE
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mumbo Jumbo #5 - Figurative Painting with Red, Pink, and Green Colors
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
; His work has been featured in publications such as The International Revue of African-American Art and
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Mumbo Jumbo BK#11 - Ironic Figurative Painting with Pink and Blue Colors
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
book under the same-titled, where he attempted to capsulate the complexities of the African American
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Mumbo Jumbo BK#1 - Ironic Figurative Painting with Pink and Blue Colors
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
publications such as The International Revue of African-American Art and The Village Voice, as well as being
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media

Next Door - Figurative Painting Canvas Colors Blue Red Grey Yellow Pink
Located in Sofia, BG
"Next door" is a colorful art line painting by Maestro Vittorio Angini About the artwork
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mumbo Jumbo NYC#10 - Ironic Figurative Painting with Orange, and Blue Colors
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
book under the same-titled, where he attempted to capsulate the complexities of the African American
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media

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