$2,500
H 15.75 in W 12.75 in D 1.25 in
Sunday Drive in the Hills - Gouache on Cardboard
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed landscape with a house and car by Edward K. Williams (American, 1870-1950). A large house sits atop a hill, looking down over a road that runs along the river.
Gouache, Cardboard
$1,200
H 17 in W 13 in D 1.25 in
"View of the Empire State NYC in Snow" Impressionistic Ashcan School Style
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
An impressionistic depiction of a figure in the snow with cars and buildings in the busy City Streets. The Empire State Building is portrayed in the background as the snow filled str...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$3,040Sale Price|20% Off
H 24 in W 18 in D 1 in
Early 20th Century Figurative -- The Paper Boy and His Comics
By Louise Miller Clark
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful 1940s figurative of paper boy reading the comics by Louise Miller Clark (American, 20th Century). Signed "Louise Miller" lower right. Unframed. Image size, 24"H x 18"W. ...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 40 in W 36 in D 2 in
Early 20th Century Seascape of Capri, Amalfi Coast
Located in Soquel, CA
Luminous early 20th Century seascape of Capri on Amalfi Coast by Albert Wenk (German, 1863-1934), 1913. Signed and dated lower left corner. Condition: Previously relined; professiona...
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
1900's Horses at the Trough
By William Lemos
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century oil painting of two horses at watering trough by William M. Lemos, Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist (American, 1861-1942), circa 1900. Writing on verso is in ...
Oil, Cardboard
$34,394
H 16 in W 19.5 in
La Roses de Bagatelle - Fauvist Landscape Oil Painting by Louis Valtat
By Louis Valtat
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed fauvist oil on canvas landscape circa 1910 by French painter Louis Valtat. This stunning piece depicts a view of Bagatelle Park in the north of France in summer when all of th...
Canvas, Oil
$47,968
H 19 in W 24 in
Place de la Republique - Le Soir - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Edouard Cortes
By Édouard Leon Cortès
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist oil on canvas landscape circa 1950 by sought after French painter Edouard Cortes. The work depicts an evening scene of the Place de la Republique square in Paris...
Oil, Canvas
$1,120Sale Price|36% Off
H 13 in W 15.5 in
"The Green Parasol, " Henry Hannig, American Impressionist, Woman in Beach Scene
By Henry Hannig
Located in New York, NY
Henry Charles Hannig (1883 - 1948) The Green Parasol Oil on canvas mounted on board 6 x 7 3/4 inches Provenance: R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, Illinois Private Collection, Lake Orio...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$12,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 10.25 in W 14.25 in D 0.13 in
"San Anton Palace Malta" Early 20th Cent. Garden and Fountain Watercolor Russian
Located in Soquel, CA
A significant early 20th century landscape watercolor of the paradisical gardens at San Anton Palace in Attard, Malta by Nicholas Krasnoff, 1920 (Russian, 1864-1939). This beautiful ...
Paper, Watercolor, Illustration Board
$26,000
H 19 in W 23 in D 2 in
Haystack with Resting Figures, Exhibited, Scottish Colourist c1920
By John Maclauchlan Milne
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Scottish artist John Maclauchlan Milne, RSA, (1885-1957) is a contemporary of Scottish Colourists Peploe, Fergusson, Cadell and Hunter. Like the other Colourists Milne traveled to Fr...
Canvas, Oil
Rota, Spanish Landscape -- Pobre Casa Cadiz
By John Sackas
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful Spanish landscape of a humble farm in Rota, Cadiz, Spain with horses, a cow with two herons, one of which is on cow's back by San Francisco artist John Sackas (American, 19...
Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board
"Road to Argus"
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to offer this piece by Walter Emerson Baum (1884 - 1956). Born in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, Walter Baum was one of the only members...
Canvas, Oil
Sunset, Rockport Harbor
By Emile Albert Gruppe
Located in Milford, NH
A colorful Cape Ann, Massachusetts marine harbor scene with boats docked by American artist Emile Albert Gruppé (1896-1978). Gruppé was born in Rochester, NY, and is renowned for his...
Canvas, Oil
"A Day on the Beach"
By Martha Walter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Martha Walter (1875-1976). Born in Philadelphia in 1875, Martha Walter attended Girls’ High School followed ...
Oil, Board
"Bonfire"
By William Langson Lathrop
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: William Langson Lathrop (1859 - 1938) Deemed the “Father of the New Hope Art Colony”, William Langson Lathrop was born in W...
Canvas, Oil
"Autumn Afternoon in Luxembourg Garden"
By Martha Walter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Martha Walter (1875-1976) Born in Philadelphia in 1875, Martha Walter attended Girls’ High School followed by the Pennsylva...
Oil, Board
"Sunlit House, Centre Bridge"
By Clarence Raymond Johnson
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Clarence Raymond Johnson (1894 - 1981). Clarence Johnson was an important New Hope School Impressionist pai...
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.
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