$950
H 10 in W 8 in
Danubia, Symbolic Painting of Two Headed Goddess Female Nude, Green Sepia Tones
By Oliver Hazard Benson
Located in Chicago, IL
Hazard’s paintings are produced directly from his imagination and deals with a mixture of imagery he has
Acrylic, Panel
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H 36 in W 24 in
"Athena" Female Nude Goddess Portrait in Black and White BDSM Art
By Michael Albano
Located in Danvers, MA
Michael Albano's black and white series explores the female figure through light and shadow as well
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel
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H 31 in W 42 in
The Valkyre - Very Large 19th Century Nude Oil Painting - Female Warrior Goddess
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
This is a very large fine 19th century oil painting depicting a nude female warrior with shield and
Oil
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H 11 in W 9 in
Innocence - Young Female Goddess with a Pink & Orange Veil and a Red Background
By Richard Gibbons
Located in Chicago, IL
"Innocence" is portrait of a young goddess with flowing brown hair and a halo of ivy over a pink
Oil, Panel, Canvas
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H 24.5 in W 45 in
A Dream Of Venus by Noland Anderson, African American Female Goddess & Children
Located in Charleston, SC
painting Realism Festival painting Caribean festival Goddess Painting of Goddess Black boy Black child
Oil, Board
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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