$2,450
H 22 in W 18 in
Impressionist mid 20th century still life of flowers in a vase, with poppies
Located in Woodbury, CT
Eric Hebborn who became a world-famous forger. His work is thought to be in many museums as the art
Oil, Canvas
$2,540
H 17.33 in W 13.78 in
FLOWERS - Italian still life oil on canvas painting, J. Robis
Located in Napoli, IT
FLOWERS - Oil on canvas painting cm. 44x35. J. Robis, Italy, 2005. Gold leaf gilded wooden frame cm.54x45 In this delightful oil on canvas, the painter depicts a bouquet of flowers ...
Canvas, Oil
$10,889
H 35.44 in W 25.99 in
"Under the Parasol", 20th Century Oil on Canvas Attributed to Laureano Barrau
Located in Madrid, ES
ATTRIBUTED TO LAUREANO BARRAU Spanish, 1863 - 1957 UNDER THE PARASOL unsigned oil on canvas 35-1/2 x 26 inches (90 x 66 cm.) framed: 44-1/4 x 35-1/2 inches (112 x 90 cm.) PROVENANCE...
Canvas, Oil
$542
H 13 in W 9.5 in D 1 in
Original Oil Painting of Vibrant Still Life with Fruit Bowl and Sliced Fruit
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Vibrant Still Life with Fruit Bowl and Sliced Fruit Artist: Roland Pichard Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card Size: 13 (height) x 9.5 (width...
Oil
$1,160Sale Price|20% Off
H 11 in W 9.5 in
Impressionist English 20th century still life of White and yellow flowers
Located in Woodbury, CT
Impressionist English 20th century still life of off white and White flowers Keith Arthur Johnson was born at South Pickenham, Swaffham, Norfolk in 1931, son of James Arthur Johnson...
Oil
$2,432
H 31 in W 25 in
OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY Calm Seas Gold Gilt Frame
By George Wright
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY Cram Seas GGF Description OLD MASTER LARGE OIL PAINTING 19th Century NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ENGLISH HISTORY “Very Goo...
Oil
$4,800Sale Price|26% Off
H 20 in W 28.5 in D 2.25 in
“The Ballet Performance”
By Jean-Louis-Marcel Cosson
Located in Southampton, NY
Exquisite, original oil on canvas painting of a ballet performance by the well known French artist, Jean-Louis-Marcel Cosson. Signed by the artist lower left. Condition is very go...
Canvas, Oil
$1,396Sale Price|30% Off
H 4 in W 2.5 in D 4.75 in
1950s Norwegian Teak Sitting Bear Figure Sculpture Midcentury in Tjomsland Style
By Arne Tjomsland
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A vintage 1950s solid hand carved teak sitting bear cub figure. Burnished markings; Genuine teak, made in Norway. Designer is unknown, but in the manner of Arne Tjomsland, and from t...
Teak
$7,400
H 3.25 in Dm 10.5 in
Peter Voulkos Signed Modern Anagama Fired California Studio Pottery Wall Plate
By Peter Voulkos
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, beautifully designed, heavy Anagama wood-fired wall plate/charger by American master potter/artist Peter Voulkos who is universally known for his abstract expressionist ...
Pottery, Stoneware
$12,542 / item
H 35.44 in W 47.25 in D 47.25 in
Anemone Armchair Velvet G. Zema for Giovannetti Collezioni
By Giancarlo Zema
Located in Casalguidi, IT
Swimming like happy fishes in the warm shapes of sea, feeling comfortable and protected within the big embrace of a colourful anemone. Swivel seat. Fire retardant polyurethane foa...
Velvet
$1,880Sale Price|20% Off
H 30 in W 25 in D 1 in
Mid Century Spring Garden Still-Life Peonies and Garden Gloves
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous and vibrant mid century spring garden still life of a vase of pink peonies with a pair of garden gloves in the foreground by listed artist Helen Gleiforst (American, 1903-19...
Masonite, Oil
$10,840
H 27.25 in W 40.25 in D 2.5 in
19th Century seascape oil painting of ships & boats at the port of Hull
By Francis Moltino
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Francis Moltino Italian, (1818-1888) The Port of Hull Oil on canvas Image size: 22 inches x 35 inches Size including frame: 27.25 inches x 40.25 inches Provenance: Stacy-Marks A wo...
Canvas, Oil
L'avenue Des Champs-élysees au Crepuscule
By Édouard Leon Cortès
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 13 x 18 inches Framed size: 20 x 25.25 inches Signed lower right
Oil, Canvas
$7,800
H 60 in W 35 in D 0.5 in
Modernist Abstract Ecuadorian Tapestry / Wall Hanging Designed by Olga Fisch
By Olga Fisch
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning Modernist Abstract Ecuadorian Tapestry / wall hanging designed by Olga Fisch.... Of Hungarian origin, Olga Fisch (1901-1991) emigrated in 1933, first to Morocco and in 1939...
Wool
$2,168Sale Price|20% Off
H 17 in W 21 in D 2.5 in
Rural Farm House Scene with Hens in English Countryside by 20th Century Artist
By James Wright
Located in Preston, GB
Rural Farm House Scene with Hens in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, James Wright Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a beautiful ornate frame Art mea...
Oil, Canvas
Mid Century Still-Life with Green Drape
Located in Soquel, CA
Classic mid century still-life of a green drape with vase, by W. Gray (American, 20th Century). Dated and signed by the artist lower right, "57 W. Gray." Unframed. Image, 28.19"H x 2...
Masonite, Oil
$1,080Sale Price|20% Off
H 27 in W 24 in D 2 in
Yellow Mums with Blue Drape - Midcentury Floral Still Life
By Antoni
Located in Soquel, CA
Yellow chrysanthemums in a black vase with a deep blue backdrop come together in a beautiful midcentury still life oil painting by Central Valley and Los Angeles, California artist A...
Masonite, Oil
Emerging in 19th-century France, Impressionist art embraced loose brushwork and plein-air painting to respond to the movement of daily life. Although the pioneers of the Impressionist movement — Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir — are now household names, their work was a radical break with an art scene led and shaped by academic traditions for around two centuries. These academies had oversight of a curriculum that emphasized formal drawing, painting and sculpting techniques and historical themes.
The French Impressionists were influenced by a group of artists known as the Barbizon School, who painted what they witnessed in nature. The rejection of pieces by these artists and the later Impressionists from the salons culminated in a watershed 1874 exhibition in Paris that was staged outside of the juried systems. After a work of Monet’s was derided by a critic as an unfinished “impression,” the term was taken as a celebration of their shared interest in capturing fleeting moments as subject matter, whether the shifting weather on rural landscapes or the frenzy of an urban crowd. Rather than the exacting realism of the academic tradition, Impressionist paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings represented how an artist saw a world in motion.
Many Impressionist painters were inspired by the perspectives in imported Japanese prints alongside these shifts in European painting — Édouard Manet drew on ukiyo-e woodblock prints and depicted Japanese design in his Portrait of Émile Zola, for example. American artists such as Mary Cassatt and William Merritt Chase, who studied abroad, were impacted by the work of the French artists, and by the late 19th century American Impressionism had its own distinct aesthetics with painters responding to the rapid modernization of cities through quickly created works that were vivid with color and light.
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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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