1950s "Bent" Mid Century Figurative Nude Painting Bay Area Figurative
Located in Arp, TX
artists. Documenting the interchanges between the East and West Coasts, she cites areas of mutual
Paper, Gouache
Sold|$1,300
Mid Century Bay Area Figurative Movement Abstract Painting San Francisco Museum
By Jerry Opper
Located in New York, NY
daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann. Done in the style of the Bay Area Figurative painters of
Paper, Gouache
1950s "Leaning" Figurative Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann. Done in the style of the Bay Area Figurative painters of that time and
Paper, Gouache
1950s "Nude with Chair" Figurative Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann. Done in the style of the Bay Area Figurative painters of
Paper, Gouache
Sold|$2,600
Girl in Blue Kayak
By Mary Robertson
Located in Burlingame, CA
Blue Kayak Canoe with a girl navigating a serene river scene from important Bay Area figurative
Watercolor, Rag Paper
Purple Figurative Abstract
By Kristin Cohen
Located in Soquel, CA
Cookinham a bay area figurative and abstract expressionist painter. Unsigned, from a collection of her works
Canvas, Oil
Sold|$1,750
Figura II, acrylic standing figurative facing right, green walking in park
Located in San Diego, CA
studying with private mentors. Mike is inspired by the Bay Area Figurative Art movement and spends much
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$9,100
Iris 2
By Jylian Gustlin
Located in Edgartown, MA
. Jylian has been influenced by a lifelong love of the Bay Area Figurative artists. For the last several
Epoxy Resin, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media
Sold|$9,200
Aphrodite 7
By Jylian Gustlin
Located in Edgartown, MA
. Jylian has been influenced by a lifelong love of the Bay Area Figurative artists. For the last several
Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media, Oil Pastel
Sold|$8,900
Illustris 6
By Jylian Gustlin
Located in Edgartown, MA
. Jylian has been influenced by a lifelong love of the Bay Area Figurative artists. For the last several
Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media, Oil Pastel
Sold|$7,200
"Golden Hour" abstract figurative acrylic painting of kids in swimsuits jumping
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists, the
Canvas, Acrylic
1950s "Ghost" Figurative Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
, Gustav Friedmann. Done in the style of the Bay Area Figurative painters of that time and contemporaries
Paper, Gouache
Sold|$17,000
"Tower at Night"
By Francis Livingston
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
monochromatic style until he began to study the work of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, including Richard
Oil, Panel
Sold|$4,500
Girl with Gear
By Mary Robertson
Located in Burlingame, CA
Area figurative movement. Robertson’s oeuvre focuses on Northern California's Russian River, where she
Canvas, Oil
Sold|$8,000
Figure No. 1, 2018
By John Goodman
Located in Burlingame, CA
work has been deeply influenced by the Bay Area Figurative Movement which grew out of the work of David
Oil, Wood Panel
Sold|$1,800
Figura
Located in San Diego, CA
inspired by the Bay Area Figurative Art movement and spends much time painting figures of his imagination
Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media
Sold|$1,300
Personaje
Located in San Diego, CA
inspired by the Bay Area Figurative Art movement and spends much time painting figures of his imagination
Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media
Sold|$4,200
Ciclista
Located in San Diego, CA
inspired by the Bay Area Figurative Art movement and spends much time painting figures of his imagination
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Sold|$14,000
Figure in White
By John Goodman
Located in Burlingame, CA
from the early modernists and the Bay Area Figurative Movement. Using thick oil paint that the artist
Canvas, Oil
Sold|$2,400
Me, Myself, I
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
associated with the Bay Area Figurative Movement that was started by David Park, Wayne Theibaud, Richard
Acrylic, Color Pencil, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media, Pigment
Sold|$5,000
Skipping Stones
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists
Oil
Sold|$4,500
Big Splash
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists
Oil
Sold|$5,300
Floating
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists
Canvas, Oil
Sold|$4,500
Cooling Off
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists
Canvas, Oil
"Splash" Impasto painting of three girls jumping into blue water
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$4,500
The Drop
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists
Canvas, Oil
Sold|$7,200
"Letting Go" abstract acrylic painting of four kids in swimsuits jumping in sun
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$4,800
Second Thoughts
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists
Oil
Sold|$4,700
Big Brother
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists
Oil
Untitled, Walking Figure on Gray
Located in San Diego, CA
, continuing to paint over time, and later studying with private mentors. Mike is inspired by the Bay Area
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$30
Leaning in Chair, Mid-Century Figurative Gouache and Charcoal on Paper
By Gloria Dudfield
Located in Arp, TX
ceramics. She exhibited with many of the most notable painters of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, Elmer
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
Sold|$2,900
And The Night Grew Young
By Sheryl Daane Chesnut
Located in Edgartown, MA
Chesnut has always been drawn to figurative work and abstract expressionism and influenced by the Bay Area
Mixed Media
"Hera 11" Large-Scale Gestural Figurative Mixed Media Painting
By Jylian Gustlin
Located in Edgartown, MA
. Jylian has been influenced by a lifelong love of the Bay Area Figurative artists. For the last several
Mixed Media
Sold|$3,500
"Mid Air" Boys in Breen Blue and Yellow Bathing Suits Jumping into Water
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists, the colorist approach of Fairfield Porter and
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$5,800
"1, 2, 3 Jump" impasto painting of kids jumping from a bridge into blue water
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists, the colorist approach of Fairfield Porter and
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$5,300
"Beach Read" Painterly Impasto Bright Blue Turquoise Yellow Red Woman on Towel
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists, the colorist approach of Fairfield
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$6,600
"Rite of Summer" Impasto painting of four kids jumping into deep blue water
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists, the colorist approach of Fairfield Porter and
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$5,200
"Boys of Summer" Impasto painting of four boys jumping into deep blue water
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists, the colorist approach of Fairfield Porter and
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$4,500
"Freefall" Impasto painting of kids jumping from a bridge in to blue water
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists, the colorist approach of Fairfield Porter and
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$5,500
Jaws Bridge Jump
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
. The Bay Area figurative artists, the colorist approach of Fairfield Porter and the abstraction of
Canvas, Oil
Sold|$6,200
"Lookers and Leapers" acrylic painting of children leaping into the blue ocean
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$7,200
"Swan Dive" Oil painting of a boy in yellow swim trunks diving with arms out
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists, the
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$7,200
"Freedom" acrylic impasto painting of woman, yellow bikini diving, blue bullseye
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$7,200
"Sunshine" portrait of a woman in a sunhat and sunglasses, yellow, blue, green
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Sold|$7,200
"The Push" impasto acrylic painting of kids juming off a bridge light blue sky
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists
Canvas, Acrylic
"Athena 10" High Energy Gestural Figurative Large Scale Mixed Media Painting
By Jylian Gustlin
Located in Edgartown, MA
sense of future. Jylian has been influenced by a lifelong love of the Bay Area Figurative artists. For
Mixed Media
Sold|$3,400
Isa as Dreamer
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
WIth Edges" series. Frohsin, third generation Bay Area Figurative artist—from the movement that
Acrylic
Sold|$2,500
Barbara in Red
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Bay Area Figurative Movement that was started by David Park, Wayne Theibaud, Richard Diebenkorn, Elmer
Acrylic, Color Pencil, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media, Pigment
Sold|$8,200
"Over the Edge" side profile of four people jumping off a bridge into the water
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
piece in their own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$8,200
"Who's Next?" impasto painting of kids jumping off the Jaws bridge into water
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
piece in their own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$11,000
"On Three" impasto acrylic painting of 4 kids jumping into deep blue water
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
piece in their own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$7,600
"Free Falling" Vertical acrylic painting of kids jumping from bridge into water
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
piece in their own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$8,600
"Summer Kids" acrylic palette knife painting of kids in swimsuits jumping
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
piece in their own minds eye. I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$3,500
"Paddle" impasto painting of man with paddle on orange, red and green background
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists, the colorist approach of Fairfield Porter and
Canvas, Acrylic
"Bathing" impasto painting of woman with orange, red and green background
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists, the colorist approach of Fairfield Porter and
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$5,800
"Deep Blue" impasto painting of kids jumping from a bridge into blue water
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists, the colorist approach of Fairfield Porter and
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$4,000
Lorraine Black Silhouette
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
"Figures WIth Edges" series. Frohsin, third generation Bay Area Figurative artist—from the movement that
Acrylic, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media, Pencil, Pigment
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