Furious Wings
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Graphite
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Wax, Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Wax Crayon, Oil
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Wax Crayon, Oil
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Wax Crayon, Oil
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Wax Crayon, Oil
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Wax Crayon, Oil
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Graphite
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Wax Crayon
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
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2010s Danish Streamlined Moderne Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Mixed Media, Resin, Wood
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Paper
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
A mannequin posed with the outline of a dress. Artist Diana Rosa's blend of pop and folk art styles gives the form a distinctly human quality, belied only by ...
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Nude Paintings
Acrylic
Vintage 1980s Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Part of a series of biomorphic portraits mixing elements of realism and fantasy, and surrealism and folk art. Artist Diana Rosa says she combined 50 percent m...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Antique 1750s Italian Paintings
Canvas
Vintage 1950s French Paintings
Paint
Artist Comments
"A woman is dancing with a flamingo or imitating the moves of the flamingo," says artist Diana Rosa. "I mixed realism with fantasy and created an exotic and m...
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic, Mixed Media
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Recent Sales
21st Century and Contemporary Mixed Media
Wire
Antique 19th Century European Other Figurative Sculptures
Alabaster, Marble
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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.