$11,724
H 27.56 in W 59.06 in D 1.97 in
Lying down- 21 st Century Contemporary Painting of a nude woman lying down
By Egbert Modderman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Dutch painter Egbert Modderman made this painting in the beginning of 2021. 2020 was a very
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 90.56 in W 59.06 in D 1.97 in
St. Martin - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting by Dutch Egbert Modderman
By Egbert Modderman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
EGBERT MODDERMAN WINS BP PORTRAIT AWARD FOR YOUNGSTERS 2020 London (GBR) May 5, 2020 Great
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H 19.69 in W 39.38 in
Covered Head - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting by Egbert Modderman
By Egbert Modderman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
It is 5 years ago that we saw the work of Egbert Modderman for the first time. The work "Sint
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H 44.49 in W 85.83 in D 1.58 in
Calvary-21st Century Contemporary Painting by BP Portrait Award 2020 winner
By Egbert Modderman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Egbert Modderman 'Calvary' 113 x 218 cm ( Framed 117 x 222 cm, frame is included) This painting
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H 39.38 in W 59.06 in D 2.76 in
Job- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Painting about the story of Job
By Egbert Modderman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
EGBERT MODDERMAN WINS BP PORTRAIT AWARD FOR YOUNGSTERS 2020 London (GBR) May 5, 2020 Great
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 78.75 in W 39.38 in D 1.58 in
Icarus-21st Century Contemporary Painting by BP Portrait Award 2020 winner
By Egbert Modderman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
In his newest painting, winner of the BP Portrait Award 2020, artist Egbert Modderman shows the
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H 27.56 in W 47.25 in
Shelter the Homeless- 21st Century Dutch Contemporary Narrative Oil painting
By Egbert Modderman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
EGBERT MODDERMAN WINS BP PORTRAIT AWARD FOR YOUNGSTERS 2020 London (GBR) May 5, 2020 Great
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H 81.5 in W 98.43 in D 47.25 in
Stabat Mater-21st Century Contemporary Narrative Triptych Painting
By Egbert Modderman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
portrays her suffering as Jesus Christ's mother during his crucifixion. In his works Egbert Modderman
Steel
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H 39.38 in W 49.22 in D 1.97 in
Touched- 21st Century Painting of a woman who wants to get touched
By Egbert Modderman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
It has been 5 years since we first saw the work of Egbert Modderman. The work "Sint Martinus" was
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H 43.31 in W 35.83 in
Suzanne - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting of a bathing woman
By Egbert Modderman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
It is 5 years ago that we saw the work of Egbert Modderman for the first time. The work "Sint
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H 37.41 in W 20.08 in D 3.94 in
Esther - 21st Century Dutch Portrait Painting of the Bible story " Esther "
By Egbert Modderman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
EGBERT MODDERMAN WINS BP PORTRAIT AWARD FOR YOUNGSTERS 2020 London (GBR) May 5, 2020 Great
Oil, Wood Panel
Classic Empire Center Table, Oatmeal
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Classic Empire style grey cerused oak oatmeal stained center table with a carved ogee edge, raised on an octagonal pedestal base. Dimensions: 42" W x 42" D x 30" H.
Wood
$357,587
H 52 in W 40 in D 2 in
Exotic - Scottish 1920's exhibited 'Glasgow Girl' art portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning much exhibited 1920's Scottish portrait oil painting is by noted Glasgow Girl artist Norah Nielson Gray. Painted circa 1923, the model for the painting was Rita McIlrai...
Oil
$6,500Sale Price|33% Off
H 16 in W 20 in
Classical 19th century French Nude of a lady in the Barbizon Forest landscape.
By Leon Richet
Located in Woodbury, CT
Classical 19th century French Nude of a lady in the Barbizon Forest landscape. Richet spent much of his adult life in Paris. It was there that he met and became a student of Jules L...
Oil, Canvas
$265,000
H 17 in W 27 in
How Sure Can You Be? McCall's Magazine Illustration of Loving Couple
By Alex Ross
Located in Miami, FL
Alexander Sharpe Ross - or Alex Ross. This mid-century masterpiece is a perfect artistic statement with every formal element in perfect harmony. It's a masterfully balanced comp...
Gouache
$61,890
H 88.98 in W 70.87 in D 94.89 in
Renaissance Style Oak Tester 4 Poster Bed Armorial Tapestry Bedspread King Size
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
Oak
At the Yacht Club
By Edward Cucuel
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Artist Edward Cucuel and his wife Clara Lotte von Marcard spent their first two decades together in Germany, mostly in a villa on Lake Ammersee in Holzhausen near Munich. It is the w...
Canvas, Oil
$204,430
H 57.68 in W 85.44 in
Flemish 17th, Orpheus and Animals, Large Decorative Wall Old Master Painting
Located in Greven, DE
Flemish school, 17th century Orpheus and the animals Oil on canvas, 146,5 x 217 cm Provenance: South German private collection. On an impressive, room-filling format, this painting ...
Canvas, Oil
Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John
By Domenico Puligo
Located in New Orleans, LA
A masterful example of Italian Mannerist painting, this exceptional panel was composed by the renowned Florentine painter Domenico Puligo. Alongside Jacopo Pontormo and Rosso Fiorent...
Oil, Panel
"On the Terrace"
By Frederick Arthur Bridgman
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Rooftops and terraces were popular gathering places for Algerian women, as they afforded an opportunity to enjoy fresh air and sunshine in seclusion. Bridgman painted a number of wor...
Oil
"Manhattan Night Life"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984) He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in Chicago as a youth, ...
Canvas, Oil
$150,316
H 25.6 in W 36.03 in
Place de la République, 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Edouard Léon Cortès
By Édouard Leon Cortès
Located in Madrid, ES
EDOUARD LÉON CORTÈS French, 1882 - 1969 PLACE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE signed "EDOUARD CORTÈS." (lower right) oil on canvas 25-3/4 x 36-1/4 inches (65 x 91.5 cm.) framed: 33-1/2 x 44-1/4 inc...
Oil, Canvas
$268,500
H 51.25 in W 71 in D 1.38 in
La Terrasse Devant La Mer By Jean Pierre Cassigneul
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jean-Pierre Cassigneul b.1935 French La terrasse devant la mer (The Terrace by the Sea) Signed “Cassigneul” (lower left) Oil on canvas laid on panel This monumental, three-panele...
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Nu sur un divan
By Henri Lebasque
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Literature: Bazetoux, Henri Lebasque Catalogue Raisonne (Neuilly, 2008), vol. 1, p. 223 (no. 820) (illus)
Canvas, Oil
$7,564
H 25.88 in W 15.5 in D 1 in
19th Century French oil painting of a nymph playing pipes, a female nude
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Charles Cres (French, 1850-1907) A Wood Nymph playing the pipes signed and dated `Ch. Crès/ 1884’ (lower right) oil on canvas 25.7/8 x 15.1/2 in. (65.8 x 39.4 cm.) Charles Cres was...
Canvas, Oil
$175,000
H 27.25 in W 24.75 in
Saturday Evening Post Cover, Evening Gown May 21st, 1938
By Neysa McMein
Located in Miami, FL
Pastel on board - Saturday Evening Post Cover, Evening Gown May 21st, 1938 - Reproduced version looks better because the Saturday Evening Post Art Director retouched the plates befor...
Pastel
$4,700
H 26 in W 18 in
"Elegance" (2023) by Pegah Samaie, Oil Painting, Partial Nude Female
Located in Denver, CO
Pegah Samaie's captivating original artwork, "Elegance," is a stunning testament to the artist's mastery of oil painting. This 2023 piece, offered directly by the artist, showcases S...
Oil, Panel
Egbert Modderman was born and raised in Groningen in 1989. His oil paintings are inspired by stories in the Bible. Modderman is on permanent display in the United States in a museum specially set up around his work called the Modderman Biblical Art. A large part of the work is currently on loan to the Museum of the Bible in Washington. Modderman lives and works in Groningen. He considers himself more a craftsman than an artist.
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.