"Wrapped" (2020) By Daud Akhriev, Original Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Wrapped" (2020) is an original, handmade oil painting.
Canvas, Oil, Board
"Messenger" (2024) By Daud Akhriev, Original Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Messenger" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman in a boat surrounded by birds.
Canvas, Oil, Board
"Ambassador" (2020) By Daud Akhriev, Original Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Ambassador" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a teapot sitting on a floral blanket.
Oil, Board, Canvas
"The Art Tatum Club" - Impressionist Interior and Figurative Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's "The Art Tatum Club" is a stunning impressionist piece, framed at 11 x 14 inches, wired and ready for hanging.
Oil, Linen, Wood Panel
"Andalusian Heartland" Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Andalusion Heartland" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts rolling hills spreading over the landscape with an orchard in the foregrou...
Oil, Board
"Finca Naranja" Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Finca Naranja" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a sunny ledge with blooming glowers with a blue pool in the background.
Oil, Board
"Fondamenta de l'Osmarin" (2021), Original Venetian Cityscape Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Fondamenta de l'Osmarin" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cityscape of a European City's channel encircled by a historic archit...
Linen, Oil
"The Red Door" Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "The Red Door" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an ornate, red door with large doorknobs in a European city.
Oil, Board
"Corridor, Montereggi" Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Corridor, Montereggi" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an interior setting adorned with fine wood furniture in a hallway of woode...
Oil, Board
"Peaceful Afternoon" Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Peaceful Afternoon" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an interior setting adorned with fine wooden furniture and artwork as sunlig...
Oil, Linen
"Reds of Venice" Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Reds of Venice" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a boat floating on a channel within the brick lined walls of Venice, Italy.
Linen, Oil
"Evening Light, Florence" Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Evening Light, Florence" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a street within the terracotta lined walls of an Italian city.
Oil, Linen
"Light of Villa Vitalba" Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Artist Biography: The Soviet educational system singled out 8-year-old Daud Akhriev for special arts training. He painted and drew under the best painters and instructors for the nex...
Linen, Oil
"Piazza Signoria" Oil painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Piazza Signoria" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a European city street and square lined with old brick and stone buildings and ...
Oil, Wood
"Ponte Santa Trinita" Oil painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Ponte Santa Trinita" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a European city square lined with old brick and stone buildings with a stat...
Wood, Oil
"Oltrarno" Oil painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Oltrarno" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a European city street lined with old brick and stone buildings.
Oil, Panel
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H 9.5 in W 11.75 in
"Russian Tea Party: First Cousins" (2016) By Daud Akhriev, Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Russian Tea Party: First Cousins" (2016) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts to two colorful teapots sitting on a countertop.
Oil, Board
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H 10.25 in W 13.25 in
"Russian Tea Party: In a Relationship" (2016) By Daud Akhriev, Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Russian Tea Party: In a Relationship" (2016) is an original, handmade oil painting.
Canvas, Oil, Board
Sold
H 25.5 in W 21.25 in
"Rio de San Maurizio, Venice" (2021) By Daud Akhriev, Original Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Rio de San Maurizio, Venice" (2021) is an original, handmade oil painting.
Canvas, Oil, Board
"Andalusian Farm" Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Andalusion Farm" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a villa on a hill with trees in the foreground and blue sky in the background.
Oil, Board
"Number 17" Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Number 17" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an ornate door with large doorknobs in a European city.
Oil, Board
"Billiard Room, Montereggi" Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Billiard Room, Montereggi" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an interior setting adorned a dining table and its striped tablecloth...
Oil, Board
"View from Ponte de Piscina, Venice" Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "View from Ponte de Piscina, Venice" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a channel within the brick lined walls of Venice, Italy.
Oil, Linen
$14,500
H 25.5 in W 19.5 in D 1.5 in
Robert Elibekian, Concerts, 25.5x19.5 in. Original oil on canvas
By Robert Elibekyan
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Energy and life come together on this oil painting done by Robert Elibekian. Concerts, 25.5x19.5 in. Robert Elibekyan was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1960 he moved to Armenia and ...
Oil
$20,000
H 36 in W 47 in D 1 in
Meeting Figurative Surrealism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Tigran Hovumyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Tigran Hovumyan Figurative Surrealist Oil Painter Artwork Title: Meeting Medium: Original Oil on Linen Dimensions: 36" x 47" x 1" (91 x 120 x 3 cm) Year: 2012 Unframed, Stretched o...
Canvas, Oil
$1,700
H 27.5 in W 35.5 in D 0.8 in
Painter, Figurative Art, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Anatoly Tarabanov
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2011 Style: Figurative Art Title: Painter Size: 27.5" ...
Canvas, Oil
$10,230
H 33.47 in W 39.38 in
Still-Life in Studio - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting by Ksenya Istomina
By Ksenya Istomina
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Still-life in Studio 85 x 100 cm (framed in a black wooden frame 95 x 110 cm) Oil on canvas Ksenya Istomina graduated in 2018 at the 'Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg'. S...
Oil, Canvas
$11,000
H 28 in W 22 in D 0.8 in
Workshop at Maggie Figurative Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Vadim Zang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vadim Zang Title: Workshop at Maggie’s Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2011 Style: Figurative Impressionism Dimensions: 28" x 22" x 0.8" inch (71 x 56 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframe...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$3,455Sale Price|20% Off
H 23.63 in W 31.5 in D 1.19 in
Guardian of time oil/canvas, 60x80cm, 2013
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Igor Maikov (1966) Education: 1981 - 1984 The Art Academy of Latvia 1973 - 1983 Salaspils Primary and Secondary School Exhibitions: 1994 - Group Exhibition «Rol-Art», Latvia ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,000
H 27.56 in W 19.69 in D 1.19 in
Georgian Contemporary Art by Gia Khutsishvili - Archaic Red
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on cardboard Gia Khutsishvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, on July 18, 1966, into a family of artists. He graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts in 1989. Since 1...
Oil, Cardboard
$2,378
H 23.63 in W 19.69 in D 1.97 in
French Figurative Bar Scene Ladies Night Interior Oil Painting Natalia Antadze
By Natalia Antadze
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Natalia Antadze Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 60 x 50 cm Signature: Signed Condition: Very good condition Description A characterful figurative interior scene depicting two el...
Oil
$2,500
H 23.63 in W 31.5 in D 0.79 in
Hutsulska House, Interior Painting, Oil on Canvas, 2007
By Oleksandr Khrapachov
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The interior of a 100-year-old Hutsul house in the Verkhovyna area of the Carpathians. The sketches for the painting were made from life.
Canvas, Oil
Jazz Rehearsal, Original Painting
By Laura (Yi Zhen) Chen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A jazz rehearsal takes shape inside a weathered building. The musicians assemble beneath a lone overhead light spinning from a ceiling fan. They play with such ...
Acrylic
$12,500
H 36 in W 48 in
"The Weary Blues" Acrylic Painting of Interior w/Patrons and Music Colorful
By Dennis K. Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
"The Weary Blues" depicts the interior scene of a Blues bar late at night with a number of patrons socializing, drinking and listening to music. The scene is dramatically rendered in...
Canvas, Acrylic
$950
H 8 in W 10 in D 0.8 in
Messy Room Figurative Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Vadim Zang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vadim Zang Title: Messy Room Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2022 Style: Figurative Impressionism Dimensions: 8" x 10" x 0.8" inch (20 x 25 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery ...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
"Jazz Club"
By Jane Gibbs
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed Lower Left
Canvas, Oil
$2,600
H 40 in W 30 in
Lin Hongdan Impressionist Original Oil On Canvas "Concert 2"
By Lin Hongdan
Located in New York, NY
Title: Concert 2 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 39 x 30 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting is laid on the matt board and appears to be in excellent co...
Canvas, Oil
$12,950
H 59 in W 47 in D 1 in
"Liusana" Figurative Portrait Oil Painting 59" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
By Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Liusana" Figurative Portrait Oil Painting 59" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube. A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a glamorous, femi...
Canvas, Oil
$2,000
H 12 in W 9 in D 0.8 in
Waiting for Guests Figurative Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Vadim Zang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vadim Zang Title: Waiting for Guests Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2017 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 12" x 9" x 0.8" inch (30 x 23 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wra...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$3,637
H 19.69 in W 23.63 in D 0.04 in
Maruzzella Oil Painting on Canvas, Contemporary Portrait, Signed, 2021
By Marco Fariello
Located in Roma, IT
Maruzzella is one of the best works by the artist Marco Fariello realized in 2021. It is an academic drawing of a Portrait of a young woman with an enchanted look. It is an oil pai...
Canvas, Oil
$54,564
H 9.45 in W 10.63 in D 0.2 in
Saint Tropez - Watercolor Drawing by Paul Signac - 1900 ca.
By Paul Signac
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 11x15.2 cm. Saint-Tropez is a wonderful and important original watercolor drawing realized by Paul Signac in 1900 ca.. A marine view with sailing ships is incred...
Watercolor
Mid Century Nude Study
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful oil painting of nude study titled "The Red Table Cloth" by Bay Area, California artist Shirley Loyst (American, b-1928), circa 1960. Exhibition card with title and artist n...
Canvas, Oil
Airplane in landscape - landscape painting
By Jeroen Allart
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful painting by Jeroen Allart is part of his minimalist landscape and animal painting he did in his home country the Netherlands. 'A farm stands before you on the horizon....
Canvas, Oil
$900Sale Price|40% Off
H 11 in W 14 in D 0.03 in
American Ballet Theatre dancer Stephan Jan-Hoff photographed Nude signed
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theatre dancer Stephan Jan-Hoff photographed nude, 1967. Signed on the verso by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the J...
Silver Gelatin
$584
H 6.5 in W 7.25 in
Winter River Landscape with Bare Tree Watercolor and Ink Signed 1985
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Winter River Landscape with Bare Tree Watercolor and Ink Signed 1985 Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 6.5 x 7.25 inches...
Watercolor
Humorous Gentleman's Magazine cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Cartoon sketch, ca. 1955. Pencil on paper, sheet measures 8.5 x 11 inches. Unsigned with editor's notations. From a group of sketches meant to be preliminary drafts for editor appro...
Pencil
$2,500
H 15.36 in W 22.84 in D 0.79 in
"Morris’s lover 2" Original nude oil painting on wood .Nudes across mediums
By Nadezda Stupina
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork presents a masterful blend of human form and intricate botanical patterns, creating a striking visual contrast. Dominating the piece, a reclining female nude is rendered...
Wood, Oil
$397
H 13.78 in W 10.24 in D 0.04 in
Portrait of Woman - Drawing - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is a drawing realized in the early 20th century by an Anonymous French artist. Pencil on paper. The state of preservation is good. The artwork is represented thr...
Paper, Pencil
When the world is renewed
By Mariia Voronchak
Located in Zofingen, AG
At the heart of the painting is a female figure with her face turned upward, gazing at the sky where a bird is flying. Her gaze reaches not only outward but into the unseen realm of ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,200
H 13.75 in W 9.5 in
"Worship" (2020) By Timur Akhriev, Original Realist Gouache Painting
By Timur Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Timur Akhriev's (US and EU based) "Worship" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a lone nude female figure kneeling on a bed of lily pads with pink flowers and bent ove...
Paper, Gouache
Relaxation
By Boris Akopian
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Boris Akopian "Relaxation"
Paper, Watercolor
Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world.
Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history.
By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.
Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.
Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.
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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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A hyperrealist canvas by Heinz Schönhammer transforms a café classic into an unforgettable still life.
With a solo show at the Denver Art Museum and a commission from the Met, the Cree Canadian painter has become an international sensation.