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Wartime / Head Study No. 76

Wartime / Head Study No. 76

By Kim Frohsin

Located in Burlingame, CA

And is ready for framing. A wonderful figurative mixed media work from Kim Frohsin who is a master draftsman and associated with the Bay Area Figurative Movement — third generation.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Charcoal, Crayon, Mixed Media, Gouache, Color Pencil

Big Baloo / Head Study No. 86

Big Baloo / Head Study No. 86

By Kim Frohsin

Located in Burlingame, CA

And is ready for framing. A wonderful figurative mixed media work from Kim Frohsin who is a master draftsman and associated with the Bay Area Figurative Movement — third generation.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Charcoal, Mixed Media, Gouache, Color Pencil, Crayon

Figure no. 2, 2025
Figure no. 2, 2025

Figure no. 2, 2025

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

John Goodman’s work is rooted in the traditions of early modernism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement. Renowned for his thick impasto and restrained palette, he creates painterly s...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Figure no. 1, 2025
Figure no. 1, 2025

Figure no. 1, 2025

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

John Goodman’s work is rooted in the traditions of early modernism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement. Renowned for his thick impasto and restrained palette, he creates painterly s...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Seattle Musing
Seattle Musing

Seattle Musing

By Kim Frohsin

Located in Burlingame, CA

Keywords: Figure, Bay Area Figurative, nude, woman, beige, cream, ivory, bedroom,

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Acrylic, Pigment, Mixed Media, Ink

Odd Fellows No 37
Odd Fellows No 37

Odd Fellows No 37

By Mary Robertson

Located in Burlingame, CA

Wayne Thiebaud Steeped in the Bay Area figurative movement, Mary Robertson’s oeuvre focuses on an area she knows intimately—Northern California's Russian River, where she has been...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman with Cel Phone
Woman with Cel Phone

Woman with Cel Phone

By Mary Robertson

Located in Burlingame, CA

Wayne Thiebaud. Steeped in the Bay Area figurative movement, Mary Robertson’s oeuvre focuses on Northern California's Russian River, where she has been painting for over 25 years.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pointillist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Portrait No. 13, 2008 Oil on Canvas, Contemporary, Signed, 54x42 in

Portrait No. 13, 2008 Oil on Canvas, Contemporary, Signed, 54x42 in

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

Goodman’s work has been deeply influenced by the Bay Area Figurative Movement which grew out of the work of David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira and others. 

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait no. 17, 2008
Portrait no. 17, 2008

Portrait no. 17, 2008

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

Goodman’s work has been deeply influenced by the Bay Area Figurative Movement which grew out of the work of David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira and others. 

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait no. 15, 2008

Portrait no. 15, 2008

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

Goodman’s work has been deeply influenced by the Bay Area Figurative Movement which grew out of the work of David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira and others. 

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Landscape #12, 2020, 2021

Landscape #12, 2020, 2021

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

Goodman’s work has been deeply influenced by the Bay Area Figurative Movement which grew out of the work of David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira and others. 

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Head No. 13, 2010

Head No. 13, 2010

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

Goodman’s work has been deeply influenced by the Bay Area Figurative Movement which grew out of the work of David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira and others. 

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Head No. 6 Tami, 2018 - oil on wood panel

Head No. 6 Tami, 2018 - oil on wood panel

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

Goodman’s work has been deeply influenced by the Bay Area Figurative Movement which grew out of the work of David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira and others. 

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Grey and Tan Abstract Expressionist Texture Mid-Century Abstract by Peter Witwer
Grey and Tan Abstract Expressionist Texture Mid-Century Abstract by Peter Witwer

Grey and Tan Abstract Expressionist Texture Mid-Century Abstract by Peter Witwer

By Peter Witwer

Located in Soquel, CA

Reflecting the dynamic evolution of American Mid-Century painting from the Abstract Expressionism of the 1940s/50s into the Bay Area Figurative movement of the 1950s/60s Witwer’s wor...

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Plaster, Oil

Feet Up / nude - mixed media acrylic on paper
Feet Up / nude - mixed media acrylic on paper

Feet Up / nude - mixed media acrylic on paper

By Kim Frohsin

Located in Burlingame, CA

Keywords: Figure, Bay Area Figurative, girl, woman, red hair, sleeping, bedroom, calm, pink, blue

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media, Pigment

Figure no. 10, 2020
Figure no. 10, 2020

Figure no. 10, 2020

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

Goodman’s work has been deeply influenced by the Bay Area Figurative Movement which grew out of the work of David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira and others. 

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Head No. 11, 2018

Head No. 11, 2018

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

Goodman’s work has been deeply influenced by the Bay Area Figurative Movement which grew out of the work of David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira and others. 

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Horse No. 1, 2002

Horse No. 1, 2002

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

Goodman’s work has been deeply influenced by the Bay Area Figurative Movement which grew out of the work of David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira and others. 

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Abstract No. 5, 2015

Abstract No. 5, 2015

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

Goodman’s work has been deeply influenced by the Bay Area Figurative Movement which grew out of the work of David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira and others. 

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paint...

Materials

Ink, Ballpoint Pen

Abstract No. 4, 2015

Abstract No. 4, 2015

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

Goodman’s work has been deeply influenced by the Bay Area Figurative Movement which grew out of the work of David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira and others. 

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paint...

Materials

Ink, Ballpoint Pen

Labyrinth no. 3
Labyrinth no. 3

Labyrinth no. 3

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

Goodman’s work has been deeply influenced by the Bay Area Figurative Movement which grew out of the work of David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira and others. 

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Gaza: Contemporary Figurative Painting in Oil and Alkyd on Linen
Gaza: Contemporary Figurative Painting in Oil and Alkyd on Linen

Gaza: Contemporary Figurative Painting in Oil and Alkyd on Linen

By Roy Borrone

Located in Burlingame, CA

Roy Borrone, who is associated with the California Bay Area figurative movement. Rich in color, with the haunting elegance that is always associated with his work, ‘Gaza’ is painted ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Wax, Oil, Alkyd, Wood Panel

Fireboat with Flag
Fireboat with Flag

Fireboat with Flag

By Kim Frohsin

Located in Burlingame, CA

A rare and very early oil and wax medium painting from American artist, Kim Frohisn, who is generally associated with the West Coast's Bay Area Figurative movement, started by Elmer ...

Category

20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wax

Stacked Tubes
Stacked Tubes

Stacked Tubes

By Mary Robertson

Located in Burlingame, CA

Stacked river tube graphite drawing from Mary Robertson who is steeped in the Bay Area figurative movement. Her Mary oeuvre focuses on Northern California's Russian River, where she ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Water...

Materials

Graphite, Paper

Crossing California Orchards Acrylic Painting, Contemporary 21st Century Art

Crossing California Orchards Acrylic Painting, Contemporary 21st Century Art

By Timothy Mulligan

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

Inspired by the Bay Area Figurative Movement, Mulligan blurs the line between abstraction and realism, transforming everyday scenes into wondrous plays of color, line and form.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Portrait of William T. Brown - Abstract Expressionist Figurative Oil Painting
Portrait of William T. Brown - Abstract Expressionist Figurative Oil Painting

Portrait of William T. Brown - Abstract Expressionist Figurative Oil Painting

By Elaine de Kooning

Located in Palm Desert, CA

William Theophilus Brown became a leading Bay Area Figurative painter; de Kooning mentored him in postwar New York, and her sports and basketball canvases shaped his "Football" series.

Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American modernist drawing of a nude woman by a San Francisco Bay Area artist
American modernist drawing of a nude woman by a San Francisco Bay Area artist

American modernist drawing of a nude woman by a San Francisco Bay Area artist

By Erle Loran

Located in Colfax, CA

As an educator Loran worked for more than 40 years, from 1937 to 1981 as a professor of art at University of California, Berkeley where he influenced many young Bay Area artists.  He...

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Blast

Blast

By Kim Frohsin

Located in Burlingame, CA

Kim Frohsin, who is often associated with the Bay Area Figurative movement, began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Ol...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Acrylic

Untold Story no. 32
Untold Story no. 32

Untold Story no. 32

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

He is an American Postwar and Contemporary painter who draws inspiration from the early modernists and the Bay Area Figurative Movement. Using his signature thick impasto paint and a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Untold Story no. 8
Untold Story no. 8

Untold Story no. 8

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

He is an American Postwar and Contemporary painter who draws inspiration from the early modernists and the Bay Area Figurative Movement. Using his signature thick impasto paint and a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untold Story No. 6, Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 2022
Untold Story No. 6, Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 2022

Untold Story No. 6, Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 2022

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

He is an American Postwar and Contemporary painter who draws inspiration from the early modernists and the Bay Area Figurative Movement. Using his signature thick impasto paint and a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Figure no. 2
Figure no. 2

Figure no. 2

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

He is an American Postwar and Contemporary painter who draws inspiration from the early modernists and the Bay Area Figurative Movement. Using his signature thick impasto paint and a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untold Story no. 17
Untold Story no. 17

Untold Story no. 17

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

He is an American Postwar and Contemporary painter who draws inspiration from the early modernists and the Bay Area Figurative Movement. Using his signature thick impasto paint and a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Candies: Blackground
Candies: Blackground

Candies: Blackground

By Kim Frohsin

Located in Burlingame, CA

Artist signed front by Kim Frohsin, who is often associated with the Bay Area Figurative movement, began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was ...

Category

1990s Pop Art Still-life Prints

Materials

Monotype

Last One Standing

Last One Standing

By Kim Frohsin

Located in Burlingame, CA

Kim Frohsin, who is associated with the Bay Area Figurative movement, began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera,...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Ink, Monotype, Paper, Pencil

Sucker No 1
Sucker No 1

Sucker No 1

By Kim Frohsin

Located in Burlingame, CA

An early, wonderful oil on panel, still life Sucker in a wrapper, in green, orange and red, from Kim Frohsin, who is often associated with the Bay Area Figurative movement, began exh...

Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Neighbors No 3
Neighbors No 3

Neighbors No 3

By Mary Robertson

Located in Burlingame, CA

Steeped in the Bay Area figurative movement, Mary Robertson’s oeuvre focuses on an area she knows intimately—Northern California's Russian River, where she has been painting for over...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...

Materials

Watercolor

Many Tubes / oil on canvas
Many Tubes / oil on canvas

Many Tubes / oil on canvas

By Mary Robertson

Located in Burlingame, CA

Wayne Thiebaud. Steeped in the Bay Area figurative movement, Mary Robertson’s oeuvre focuses on an area she knows intimately—Northern California's Russian River, where she has been ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

House In The Green - Original Acrylic On Paper
House In The Green - Original Acrylic On Paper

House In The Green - Original Acrylic On Paper

By Honora Berg

Located in Soquel, CA

Mat: 24"H x 28"W Paper: 16"H x 20"W Image: 15"H x 19"W Estate Stamp "Larry Miller Fine Art" for Estate of Honora Berg: purchased by Carlson Galleries direct from the estate of Honora...

Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Two Boats and a Can

Two Boats and a Can

By Mary Robertson

Located in Burlingame, CA

Wayne Thiebaud. Steeped in the Bay Area figurative movement, Mary Robertson’s oeuvre focuses on an area she knows intimately—Northern California's Russian River, where she has been ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled Abstract Landscape Oil Pastel Painting Figurative Abstraction
Untitled Abstract Landscape Oil Pastel Painting Figurative Abstraction

Untitled Abstract Landscape Oil Pastel Painting Figurative Abstraction

By John Evans

Located in Surfside, FL

John Evans (American, b. 1945), Untitled oilstick on paper, signed in pencil lower center, gallery label (Allan Stone Gallery, New York) affixed verso, sheet: sight size is 22"h x 3...

Category

1990s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

Believe, Abstract Painting
Believe, Abstract Painting

Believe, Abstract Painting

By Gena Brodie Robbins

Located in San Francisco, CA

Her current body of work stems from an interest in the Bay Area Figurative movement of the 1950's and 60's.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Morning Fog", blue, orange, grey, palette knife, landscape, seascape, cove
"Morning Fog", blue, orange, grey, palette knife, landscape, seascape, cove

"Morning Fog", blue, orange, grey, palette knife, landscape, seascape, cove

By Paul Norwood

Located in Edgartown, MA

I draw my inspiration from many different sources. The Bay Area figurative artists, the colorist approach of Fairfield Porter and the abstraction of Sonia Delaunay.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Bread no. 4
Bread no. 4

Bread no. 4

By Kim Frohsin

Located in Burlingame, CA

A wonderful original work of art by Kim Frohsin, who is often associated with the Bay Area Figurative movement. Frohsin began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Bread no. 3
Bread no. 3

Bread no. 3

By Kim Frohsin

Located in Burlingame, CA

A wonderful original work of art by Kim Frohsin, who is often associated with the Bay Area Figurative movement. Frohsin began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Trees in Bloom Along the River Landscape in oil on Heavy Cardstock
Trees in Bloom Along the River Landscape in oil on Heavy Cardstock

Trees in Bloom Along the River Landscape in oil on Heavy Cardstock

By Honora Berg

Located in Soquel, CA

Board size: 14.75"H x 22"W Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985) was an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist who studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with ...

Category

1950s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Abstracted River Canyon Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Abstracted River Canyon Landscape in Oil on Canvas

Abstracted River Canyon Landscape in Oil on Canvas

By Honora Berg

Located in Soquel, CA

Board size: 20.5"H x 25.75"W Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985) was an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist who studied at the San Francisco Art Institute wit...

Category

1950s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard, Canvas

Abstract Composition in Pink and Black in Acrylic on Cardboard
Abstract Composition in Pink and Black in Acrylic on Cardboard

Abstract Composition in Pink and Black in Acrylic on Cardboard

By Honora Berg

Located in Soquel, CA

Art size: 21.25"H x 14"W Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985) was an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist who studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with Da...

Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Acrylic

Mid Century Impressionist Still Life in Tissue Paper on Cardboard
Mid Century Impressionist Still Life in Tissue Paper on Cardboard

Mid Century Impressionist Still Life in Tissue Paper on Cardboard

By Honora Berg

Located in Soquel, CA

Honora Berg, an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist, studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff and James Budd Dixon.

Category

1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Paste, Tissue Paper

Self Portrait No. 2
Self Portrait No. 2

Self Portrait No. 2

By Kim Frohsin

Located in Burlingame, CA

Kim Frohsin, who is often associated with the Bay Area Figurative movement, began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Ol...

Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

Boxstrip Monument
Boxstrip Monument

Boxstrip Monument

By Kim Frohsin

Located in Burlingame, CA

Kim Frohsin, who is often associated with the Bay Area Figurative movement, began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Ol...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Acrylic

Untold Story no. 22
Untold Story no. 22

Untold Story no. 22

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

He is an American Postwar and Contemporary painter who draws inspiration from the early modernists and the Bay Area Figurative Movement. Using his signature thick impasto paint and a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

California Dreamin' Number 57 - important painting contemporary pop
California Dreamin' Number 57 - important painting contemporary pop

California Dreamin' Number 57 - important painting contemporary pop

By Kim Frohsin

Located in Burlingame, CA

Kim Frohsin, who is strongly associated with the Bay Area Figurative movement, began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

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Bay Area Figurative For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate bay area figurative for your needs in our varied inventory. In our selection of items, you can find Modern examples as well as a Abstract version. If you’re looking for a bay area figurative from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right bay area figurative for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, brown, beige and orange. Creating a bay area figurative has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Alysanne McGaffey, Jack Freeman, Patricia Gren Hayes, Jerry Opper and Gloria Dudfield are consistently popular. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paint, paper and oil paint can add an especially memorable touch. A large bay area figurative can prove too dominant for some spaces — a smaller bay area figurative, measuring 11 high and 8 wide, may better suit your needs.

How Much is a Bay Area Figurative?

The price for a bay area figurative in our collection starts at $245 and tops out at $75,000 with the average selling for $1,250.