$4,800
H 19 in W 16.25 in D 2 in
Charles Pompilius figurative Young Female Nude Oil on Panel
Located in Detroit, MI
the intention of her actions. Charles Pompilius is a figurative painter based out of both Detroit
Oil, Panel
Standing nude wearing a red feather flapper.
Located in West Sussex, GB
Konstantin Razumov (Born 1974) Russian Standing nude wearing a red feather flapper. Oil on canvas: 14 x 9 inches. Frame: 20 x 15 inches. Konstantin Razumov's work has been offe...
Oil
$6,200
H 20 in W 16 in
"The Bather" (2024) Oil Painting by Karen Offutt, Female Portrait, Nude
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's (US based) "The Bather" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female in a landscape, bathed in light, with a towel draped around her. The painting ...
Oil, Panel
Figure 1
By Matthew Durante
Located in Denver, CO
Matthew Durante's "Figure 1 2021" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a blue-toned nude female model superimposed over a pink and purple background.
Oil, Acrylic, Panel, Pencil
$2,925Sale Price|25% Off
H 31.5 in W 37.5 in D 1 in
"Europa and the Bull", Bold Art Deco Depiction of Mythological Theme by Darcy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the wildest and most free-spirited depictions of the Europa and the Bull legend we have seen, this painting by Georges Darcy shows Europa with a wild, flowing mane of hair, nu...
Paint
$4,200
H 16 in W 20 in D 2 in
EROTIC Antique ART DECO French Orientalist Reclining NUDE Slave Girl HANDCUFFED
Located in New York, NY
Edmond Malassis was pupil of Gustave Moreau, and became a watercolourist. Malassis worked primarily in the first half of the 20th century. He has been Exhibited in many museums Here...
Oil
Bathers, Oil on Canvas, 1914
By Roger Grillon
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Roger GRILLON (1881-1938), France, 1914. "Bathers". With frame: 114x94 cm - 44.9x37 inches ; without frame: 92x73cm - 36.2x28.75 inches. 30F format. Signed lower lef...
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
H 43.31 in W 31.1 in D 1.19 in
Russian School Art Deco Cubist Gouache on Board Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a beautiful 20th-century Russian Art Deco cubist gouache painting on cardboard. There is no obvious signature on the artwork. Although this painting is a typical example of t...
Gouache, Board, Cardboard
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 41.5 in W 41.5 in D 1 in
"Dance Around Crystal Mountain, " Remarkable Art Deco Painting with Nudes, 1945
By Milton Bond
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Perhaps the most remarkable of all the crystal paintings made by Milton Bond in the 1940s, this depiction of beautiful nude figures, male and female, forming a symmetrical circle aro...
Paint
$4,320
H 17.7 in W 24 in D 0.1 in
Set of 2 Aventure d'une libertine Photographs. From The Secret Album Series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Archival Pigment, Color
$9,500
H 60 in W 36 in
Adjacent Worlds Female Nude with Braids Looking at Her Reflection Thru a Portal
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
A female nude stares at what we are to believe is her reflection yet at closer look we see what looks like a cosmic portal. Is she really staring at her reflection or is this an adj...
Canvas, Oil
$1,555Sale Price|40% Off
H 27 in W 22 in D 0.35 in
Rex (woodcut print, male figure, neutral colors, pattern)
By Susan Kiefer
Located in Kansas City, MO
Susan Kiefer Rex Woodcut on paper Year: 2000 Size: 27x22in COA provided Ref.: 924802-1663 Framed woodcut print. A nude male figure in an armchair with striped and patterned backgrou...
Woodcut, Paper
$18,000
H 25.5 in W 17 in D 9.5 in
"Pulling A Soldier to Safety", Large Art Deco War Memorial Bronze by De Lue
By Donald De Lue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extraordinarily powerful and poignant, this sculpture depicts a powerful nude helmeted soldier carrying and pulling his brother to safety after a serious injury on the battlefield. ...
Bronze
$1,755
H 38 in W 31.25 in D 2.13 in
French 1940s Signed Pastel Drawing of a Woman, Original French Framing
Located in Stamford, CT
French 1940s signed and numbered lithograph of a pastel drawing of a woman Original French framing.
Wood, Paper
$3,416Sale Price|43% Off
H 67 in W 47 in D 1.5 in
"Cafe Society", Surreal Large-Scale Figurative Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"Cafe Society", a large-scale figurative abstract evoking the style of Basquiat, where many faces, figures, and a blue bust with glowing eyes are layered in a surreal, dream-like spa...
Canvas, Oil
$45,000
H 22 in W 18 in D 1 in
Nude Dancer with Ornate Floral Headdress and Japanese Lantern - Carnival
By Theodore Lukits
Located in Miami, FL
A stunning, beautiful nude dancer exhibiting ideal proportions and crowned with an ornate floral headdress holds a luminescent Japanese Lantern. The lantern glows, and the dancer glo...
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,355
H 30 in W 40 in D 1 in
Woman in a Red Hat - Figurative Study Oil on Canvas
By Patricia Gren Hayes
Located in Soquel, CA
Woman in a Red Hat - Figurative Study Oil on Canvas A reclining figure painting by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932), shows a person in a black dress and a Russian Fez...
Canvas, Oil
Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.
Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.
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