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Red Kimono

Neil NagyRed Kimono, 2014

Unavailable|$13,800

Red Kimono

By Neil Nagy

Located in Palm Desert, CA

. Nagy gained exposure to the art of the Bay Area Figurative painters Manual Neri and Nathan Oliveira

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"The Bored" Late 20th Century Charcoal and Graphite Portrait Drawing
"The Bored" Late 20th Century Charcoal and Graphite Portrait Drawing

"The Bored" Late 20th Century Charcoal and Graphite Portrait Drawing

By Anna Poole

Located in San Francisco, CA

Poole (1960-2012). Poole left Sweden to study at the SF Art Institute in the Bay Area Figurative style

Category

Late 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Portrait Study of Man in Hat Late 20th Century Graphite
Portrait Study of Man in Hat Late 20th Century Graphite

Portrait Study of Man in Hat Late 20th Century Graphite

By Anna Poole

Located in San Francisco, CA

-2012). Poole left Sweden to study at the SF Art Institute in the Bay Area Figurative style. She spent a

Category

Late 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Untitled 106-17

Henry JacksonUntitled 106-17

Unavailable|$25,000

Untitled 106-17

By Henry Jackson

Located in Tulsa, OK

In Henry Jackson’s work, there is a strong lineage to well known Bay Area figurative artist

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Cliff

Neil NagyCliff, 2007

Unavailable|$6,500

Cliff

By Neil Nagy

Located in Palm Desert, CA

for an important “Bay Area Figurative” Exhibition where he showed alongside Diebenkorn, Park, Oliveira

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Allegory XII

Neil NagyAllegory XII, 1997

Unavailable|$15,800

Allegory XII

By Neil Nagy

Located in Palm Desert, CA

for an important “Bay Area Figurative” Exhibition where he showed alongside Diebenkorn, Park, Oliveira

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Loose Sketch of a Girl 20th Century Charcoal
Loose Sketch of a Girl 20th Century Charcoal

Loose Sketch of a Girl 20th Century Charcoal

By Jane Rades

Located in San Francisco, CA

Francisco Art Institute from 1963-1965. She was influenced by the Bay Area Figurative Movement and Post

Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Colorful Expressionist Abstracted Figure in Wax Crayon, 1980
Colorful Expressionist Abstracted Figure in Wax Crayon, 1980

Colorful Expressionist Abstracted Figure in Wax Crayon, 1980

By Jack Freeman

Located in San Francisco, CA

. Freeman’s style varied between Abstract Expressionism, the Bay Area Figurative Movement, and plein air

Category

1980s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Wax Crayon

Figures in Late Afternoon Mid 20th Century Graphite

Figures in Late Afternoon Mid 20th Century Graphite

By Jack Freeman

Located in San Francisco, CA

. Freeman's style varied between Abstract Expressionism, the Bay Area Figurative Movement, and plein air

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Monochromatic Nude in Shadow, Ink on Paper Figure, 20th Century

Monochromatic Nude in Shadow, Ink on Paper Figure, 20th Century

By Jack Freeman

Located in San Francisco, CA

Institute in the late 1960s. Freeman’s style varied between Abstract Expressionism, the Bay Area Figurative

Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Colorful Abstracted Nude Figure 1970's Pastel

Colorful Abstracted Nude Figure 1970's Pastel

By Jack Freeman

Located in San Francisco, CA

1960s. Freeman's style varied between Abstract Expressionism, the Bay Area Figurative Movement, and

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Colorful Seated Nude Figure 20th Century Pastel

Colorful Seated Nude Figure 20th Century Pastel

By Jack Freeman

Located in San Francisco, CA

in the late 1960s. Freeman's style varied between Abstract Expressionism, the Bay Area Figurative

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Loose Modernist Figure Late 1970s Ink

Loose Modernist Figure Late 1970s Ink

By Jack Freeman

Located in San Francisco, CA

. Freeman's style varied between Abstract Expressionism, the Bay Area Figurative Movement, and plein air

Category

1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Modernist Sketched Figures 20th Century Graphite
Modernist Sketched Figures 20th Century Graphite

Modernist Sketched Figures 20th Century Graphite

By Jack Freeman

Located in San Francisco, CA

in the late 1960s. Freeman's style varied between Abstract Expressionism, the Bay Area Figurative

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Colorful Abstracted Figure 20th Century Pastel

Colorful Abstracted Figure 20th Century Pastel

By Jack Freeman

Located in San Francisco, CA

in the late 1960s. Freeman's style varied between Abstract Expressionism, the Bay Area Figurative

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Modernist Seated Female Nude Model 1971 Charcoal and Ink
Modernist Seated Female Nude Model 1971 Charcoal and Ink

Modernist Seated Female Nude Model 1971 Charcoal and Ink

By Jack Freeman

Located in San Francisco, CA

Area Figurative Movement, and plein air landscape painting. Estate stamped lower right. Good vintage

Category

1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink

Kneeling Female Nude 20th Century Graphite

Kneeling Female Nude 20th Century Graphite

By Jack Freeman

Located in San Francisco, CA

Institute in the late 1960s. Freeman's style varied between Abstract Expressionism, the Bay Area Figurative

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Young Girl with a Shot of Courage

Young Girl with a Shot of Courage

By Gary Ruddell

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

spent all my time drawing and painting. Bay Area figurative painting made a major impact on my work

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Class Photo Series #161

Class Photo Series #161

By Marshall Crossman

Located in Park City, UT

to San Francisco in 1977, I was influenced by the Bay Area figurative painters. I paint the figure

Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Class Photo Series #101

Class Photo Series #101

By Marshall Crossman

Located in Park City, UT

to San Francisco in 1977, I was influenced by the Bay Area figurative painters. I paint the figure

Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Beach Series #244

Beach Series #244

By Marshall Crossman

Located in Park City, UT

to San Francisco in 1977, I was influenced by the Bay Area figurative painters. I paint the figure

Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Beach Series #189

Beach Series #189

By Marshall Crossman

Located in Park City, UT

to San Francisco in 1977, I was influenced by the Bay Area figurative painters. I paint the figure

Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Beach Series #182

Beach Series #182

By Marshall Crossman

Located in Park City, UT

to San Francisco in 1977, I was influenced by the Bay Area figurative painters. I paint the figure

Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Beach Series #158

Beach Series #158

By Marshall Crossman

Located in Park City, UT

to San Francisco in 1977, I was influenced by the Bay Area figurative painters. I paint the figure

Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Class Photo Series #160

Class Photo Series #160

By Marshall Crossman

Located in Park City, UT

to San Francisco in 1977, I was influenced by the Bay Area figurative painters. I paint the figure

Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Class Photo #156

Class Photo #156

By Marshall Crossman

Located in Park City, UT

to San Francisco in 1977, I was influenced by the Bay Area figurative painters. I paint the figure

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Class Photo #155

Class Photo #155

By Marshall Crossman

Located in Park City, UT

to San Francisco in 1977, I was influenced by the Bay Area figurative painters. I paint the figure

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bearch Series #118

Bearch Series #118

By Marshall Crossman

Located in Park City, UT

to San Francisco in 1977, I was influenced by the Bay Area figurative painters. I paint the figure

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Beach Series #184

Beach Series #184

By Marshall Crossman

Located in Park City, UT

to San Francisco in 1977, I was influenced by the Bay Area figurative painters. I paint the figure

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lauren Yater at Augustine
Lauren Yater at Augustine

Lauren Yater at Augustine

By Hank Pitcher

Located in Santa Barbara, CA

Expressionist return to the figure. He would also connect with Bay Area Figurative artist Paul Wonner and LA

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

What Lies Behind
What Lies Behind

What Lies Behind

By Kathy Jones

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

feel for the Bay Area Figurative painters. My paintings are about silence, solitude, space, and shadows

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Leaning In

Leaning In

By Kathy Jones

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

the Bay Area Figurative painters. My paintings are about silence, solitude, space, and shadows. The

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Not Ready Yet
Not Ready Yet

Not Ready Yet

By Kathy Jones

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

feel for the Bay Area Figurative painters. My paintings are about silence, solitude, space, and shadows

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Entrance
The Entrance

The Entrance

By Kathy Jones

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

feel for the Bay Area Figurative painters. My paintings are about silence, solitude, space, and shadows

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Suited Up
Suited Up

Suited Up

By Kathy Jones

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

the Bay Area Figurative painters. My paintings are about silence, solitude, space, and shadows. The

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Simplicity
Simplicity

Simplicity

By Kathy Jones

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

feel for the Bay Area Figurative painters. My paintings are about silence, solitude, space, and shadows

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ray of Light
Ray of Light

Ray of Light

By Kathy Jones

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

feel for the Bay Area Figurative painters. My paintings are about silence, solitude, space, and shadows

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Pie

American Pie

By Kathy Jones

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

the Bay Area Figurative painters. My paintings are about silence, solitude, space, and shadows. The

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

By the Seaside
By the Seaside

By the Seaside

By Kathy Jones

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

feel for the Bay Area Figurative painters. My paintings are about silence, solitude, space, and shadows

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

All at Once

All at Once

By Kathy Jones

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

feel for the Bay Area Figurative painters. My paintings are about silence, solitude, space, and shadows

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Can I Make It?
Can I Make It?

Can I Make It?

By Kathy Jones

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

feel for the Bay Area Figurative painters. My paintings are about silence, solitude, space, and shadows

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Standing

Still Standing

By Kathy Jones

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

feel for the Bay Area Figurative painters. My paintings are about silence, solitude, space, and shadows

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

New to Me

New to Me

By Kathy Jones

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

feel for the Bay Area Figurative painters. My paintings are about silence, solitude, space, and shadows

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Road Behind

The Road Behind

By Kathy Jones

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

Californian, and by the affinity, I feel for the Bay Area Figurative painters. My paintings are about silence

Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Watching the Boats, Silver Strand Beach

Watching the Boats, Silver Strand Beach

By Timothy Mulligan

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

be a painter. What drove my desire even more was learning about the Bay Area Figurative Movement

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Reflected Light, Hermosa Beach Pier

Reflected Light, Hermosa Beach Pier

By Timothy Mulligan

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

subjects. The first Bay Area Figurative Movement artists such as Richard Diebenkorn, David Park and Elmer

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Blue Room

The Blue Room

By Ryoko Tajiri

Located in Bellevue, WA

, where she became intensely focused on studio art painting. Inspired by the Bay Area Figurative Movement

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Standing Male Figure in Charcoal, Circa 1960s

Standing Male Figure in Charcoal, Circa 1960s

By Alysanne McGaffey

Located in San Francisco, CA

). McGaffey is part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement and graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute

Category

1960s Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Woman with Ivy

Woman with Ivy

By Ryoko Tajiri

Located in Bellevue, WA

, where she became intensely focused on studio art painting. Inspired by the Bay Area Figurative Movement

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Female Nude Sketch 1950-60s Distemper & Charcoal

Female Nude Sketch 1950-60s Distemper & Charcoal

By Alysanne McGaffey

Located in San Francisco, CA

with Bay Area Figurative pioneers Joan Brown, Nathan Oliveira, Jay DeFeo, Walter Kuhlman, and Manuel

Category

1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

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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.