Antique Ag Face
1830s Art Deco Figurative Prints
Lithograph
People Also Browsed
1940s American Realist Landscape Prints
Offset
1930s Modern Portrait Prints
Linocut
1950s Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Barware
Silver Plate
1930s More Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Prints
Screen
1990s Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Foam Board, Felt Pen
1980s Prints and Multiples
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Vintage 1950s French Posters
Paper
Vintage 1940s Swiss Posters
Paper
Vintage 1940s French Posters
Paper
1910s American Realist Landscape Prints
Lithograph
1970s More Prints
Paper
1930s More Prints
Paper
1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples
Lithograph, Paper
1910s Figurative Paintings
Oil
Finding the Right figurative-prints-works-on-paper for You
Bring energy and an array of welcome colors and textures into your space by decorating with figurative fine-art prints and works on paper.
Figurative art stands in contrast to abstract art, which is more expressive than representational. The oldest-known work of figurative art is a figurative painting — specifically, a rock painting of an animal made over 40,000 years ago in Borneo. This remnant of a remote past has long faded, but its depiction of a cattle-like creature in elegant ocher markings endures.
Since then, figurative art has evolved significantly as it continues to represent the world, including a breadth of works on paper, including printmaking. This includes woodcuts, which are a type of relief print with perennial popularity among collectors. The artist carves into a block and applies ink to the raised surface, which is then pressed onto paper. There are also planographic prints, which use metal plates, stones or other flat surfaces as their base. The artist will often draw on the surface with grease crayon and then apply ink to those markings. Lithographs are a common version of planographic prints.
Figurative art printmaking was especially popular during the height of the Pop art movement, and this kind of work can be seen in artist Andy Warhol’s extensive use of photographic silkscreen printing. Everyday objects, logos and scenes were given a unique twist, whether in the style of a comic strip or in the use of neon colors.
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