Port en Provence
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Port en Provence" c. 1920 in an oil painting on canvas by noted French artist Jean
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jean Guindon
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The Pediatrician
By Charles Bragg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Pediatrician" c.1970 is a lithograph by noted American artist Charles Bragg, 1931-2017. It is signed and titled in the plate as issue. The image (Stone mark)...
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Late 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La Tour Eiffel, Vue de Paris
By Pierre Sichel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Pierre Sichel (French, 1899-1976) Title: La Tour Eiffel, Vue De Paris Year: 1934 Medium: Oil on board Board size: 7.75 x 9.35 inches Signature: Signed lower left Con...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lucien MainssieuxLandscapes with sea. Two paintings on hardboard, one is signed., c.1935
$1,750
H 20.25 in W 24.25 in D 1 in
Landscapes with sea. Two paintings on hardboard, one is signed.
By Lucien Mainssieux
Located in San Francisco, CA
These paintings "Landscape" are 2 oils on hardboard by noted French fauvist artist Lucien Mainssieux 1885-1958. One of the two is signed at the lower left corner by the artist, the o...
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Mid-20th Century Fauvist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Astley David Middleton CooperIndian Encampment by the River, American Frontier Art, 1890
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 26.625 in W 36.625 in
Indian Encampment by the River, American Frontier Art
By Astley David Middleton Cooper
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Astley David Middleton Cooper (American, 1856 - 1924) Signed: A.D.M. Cooper 90 " Indian Encampment by the River ", 1890 Oil on Board 20" x 30" Housed in a Walnut Frame with a L...
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Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Winners and Loosers
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Winners Loosers" is a color offset lithograph by renown western artist Arnold Friberg, 1913-2010. It is hand signed and inscribed/numbered "Artist Proof, 84/100"...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
In Cima Del Mundo
By Man Ray
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork in an original color lithograph by artist Man Ray (American, 1890-1976) It is signed and numbered 7/110 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 19 x 16 inches, and th...
Category
1970s Dada Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Senza Titolo
By Man Ray
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled, Senza Titolo,1962 is a color lithograph on Arches watermarked paper by artist Man Ray (American, 1890-1976) It his hand signed and numbered out of the edition o...
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Late 20th Century Dada Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Not for Sale
By Charles Bragg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Not for Sale" c.1980 is an original etching on paper by noted American artist Charles Bragg, 1931-2017. It is hand signed and inscribed Trial Proof in pencil by ...
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Late 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Tamaracks in Winter
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tamaracks in Winter" c.1992, is an oil painting (mixed media) on hardboard by German/American artist Frank Kecskes Jr. It is signed at the lower right corner by ...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flowers Market
By Hans Figura
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Hans Figura (Austrian, 1898-1978) Title: Marche aux Fleurs Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Color etching with aquatint Edition: Unknown Plate mark (Image) size: 8.5 x 6.5...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Cote de Lassange, Grenoble Belldone
By Florent Chade
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Florent Chade (French, 1896-1985) Title: Cote de Lassange, Grenoble Belldone Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Oil on board Board size: 10.75 x 13.75 inches Signature: Signe...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tresses
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tresses" c.1990 is a watercolor on Wove paper by Crow Indian artist Penni Anne Cross A.K.A. (Alawa-Sta-We- Ches) 1939-2016. It is hand signed and titled in ink ...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Le Nid (The Nest)
By Jean Pierre Serrier
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Le nid ( The Nest)" 1962 is an oil painting on canvas by renown French artist Jean Pierre Serrier, 1834-1989. It is signed, Titled, dated and inscribed "Paris" at the l...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Seventh Day
By Charles Bragg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Seventh day" c.1990 is an original color lithograph by noted American artist Charles Bragg, 1931-2017. It is hand signed, and numbered 80/300 in pencil by th...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Landscape with House
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with House" c.1925 is a oil painting on canvas by Danish artist Axel Olsen Haldrup, 1890-1976. It is signed at the lower right corner. The canvas size is 17 x...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Creation #34
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Creation #34" c.1990 is mixed media, light acrylic paint and pastel on museum board paper by noted American artist Robert Inman, 1927-2016. It is signed at the l...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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A Close Look at Impressionist Art
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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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.
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