Emmanuel Aubain
1930s Art Deco Landscape Paintings
Oil
People Also Browsed
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Silk
1870s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Oil, Gesso
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
1880s Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
1860s Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Carbon Pencil, Gouache
Early 20th Century Swiss Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
1920s Modern Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
Vintage 1980s Swiss Posters
Paper
1940s Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Gouache, Paper, Pencil
1890s French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Laid Paper, Gouache, Watercolor
1860s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Oil
Vintage 1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Prints
17th Century Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1890s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Oil
19th Century Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
Finding the Right figurative-paintings for You
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.