Japhet Art
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints
Etching, Watercolor
Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints
Etching, Watercolor
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints
Etching, Watercolor
Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints
Etching, Watercolor
Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints
Etching, Watercolor
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints
Etching, Watercolor
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Monotype, Paper, Crayon
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 19th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Realist Portrait Paintings
Oil
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Antique 1810s Paintings
Canvas
1910s Realist Figurative Paintings
Oil
Early 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Wood, Canvas, Oil
Antique Late 19th Century Paintings
Canvas
Antique Late 18th Century French Rustic End Tables
Sycamore
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1840s Other Art Style Landscape Prints
Lithograph
Antique 19th Century German Romantic Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Paint
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Nautical Objects
Brass
Recent Sales
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints
Etching, Watercolor
George Cruikshank for sale on 1stDibs
George Cruikshank was a British caricaturist and book illustrator praised as the modern Hogarth during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience. Cruikshank was born in London. His father, Isaac Cruikshank, was one of the leading caricaturists of the late 1790s, and Cruikshank started his career as his father's apprentice and assistant. His older brother, Isaac Robert, also followed in the family business as a caricaturist and illustrator. Cruikshank's early work was a caricature, but in 1823, at the age of 31, he started to focus on book illustration. He illustrated the first, 1823 English translation (by Edgar Taylor and David Jardine) of Grimms' Fairy Tales, published in two volumes as German Popular Stories. On 16th October 1827, he married Mary Ann Walker (1807–49). Two years after her death, on 7th March 1851, he married Eliza Widdison. The two lived at 263 Hampstead Road, North London. Upon his death, it was discovered that Cruikshank had fathered 11 illegitimate children with a mistress named Adelaide Attree, his former servant, who lived close to where he lived with his wife. Adelaide was ostensibly married and had taken the married surname Archibold.
Finding the Right figurative-prints-works-on-paper for You
Bring energy and an array of welcome colors and textures into your space by decorating with figurative fine-art prints and works on paper.
Figurative art stands in contrast to abstract art, which is more expressive than representational. The oldest-known work of figurative art is a figurative painting — specifically, a rock painting of an animal made over 40,000 years ago in Borneo. This remnant of a remote past has long faded, but its depiction of a cattle-like creature in elegant ocher markings endures.
Since then, figurative art has evolved significantly as it continues to represent the world, including a breadth of works on paper, including printmaking. This includes woodcuts, which are a type of relief print with perennial popularity among collectors. The artist carves into a block and applies ink to the raised surface, which is then pressed onto paper. There are also planographic prints, which use metal plates, stones or other flat surfaces as their base. The artist will often draw on the surface with grease crayon and then apply ink to those markings. Lithographs are a common version of planographic prints.
Figurative art printmaking was especially popular during the height of the Pop art movement, and this kind of work can be seen in artist Andy Warhol’s extensive use of photographic silkscreen printing. Everyday objects, logos and scenes were given a unique twist, whether in the style of a comic strip or in the use of neon colors.
Explore an impressive collection of figurative art prints for sale on 1stDibs and read about how to arrange your wall art.