$1,713
Chopped Aurelia - Joran van der Haar, 21st Century Contemporary Painting
By Joran van der Haar
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Joran van der Haar Chopped Aurelia (Butterfly) 20 x 20 cm (framed included in price) 22 x 22 cm Oil paint on panel Joran van der Haar studied the education Illustration at the acade...
Oil
Speckled Wood Butterfly - Joran van der Haar, 21st Century Contemporary Painting
By Joran van der Haar
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Joran van der Haar Speckled Wood Butterfly 20 x 20 cm (framed included in price) 22 x 22 cm Oil paint on panel Joran van der Haar studied the education Illustration at the academy ...
Oil
$1,713
Hornet Moth - Joran van der Haar, 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting
By Joran van der Haar
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Joran van der Haar Hornet Moth 20 x 20 cm (framed included in price) 22 x 22 cm Oil paint on panel Joran van der Haar studied the education Illustration at the academy of arts in U...
Oil
Flowers-21st Century Contemporary Flower Painting of a Tulip vase with Flowers
By Joran van der Haar
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Joran van der Haar Flowers 104 x 80 cm ( framed 116 x 92 cm, frame is included in price) oil on canvas The realistic painted "17th century style' bouquets by Joran van der Haar, ar...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
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H 55.12 in W 47.25 in
"Paphiopedilum" Joran van der Haar, 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting
By Joran van der Haar
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Joran van der Haar studied the education Illustration at the academy of arts in Utrecht.
Oil
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H 39.38 in W 39.38 in
Owl Butterflies - Joran van der Haar, 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting
By Joran van der Haar
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Joran van der Haar studied the education Illustration at the academy of arts in Utrecht.
Oil
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H 47.25 in W 47.25 in D 1.97 in
Tulips in red and yellow in Red Vase -21st Century Realistic Flower Painting
By Joran van der Haar
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Joran van der Haar Red vases with Tulips 120 x 120 cm ( framed 130 x 130 cm, frame is included in price) oil on canvas The realistic painted "17th century style' bouquets by Joran ...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
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H 31.5 in W 47.25 in D 1.97 in
Flowers in Delft blue vase with bicycles -21st Century hyper Realistic Painting
By Joran van der Haar
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Joran van der Haar Red vases with Tulips 120 x 120 cm ( framed 130 x 130 cm, frame is included in price) oil on canvas The realistic painted "17th century style' bouquets by Joran ...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$871Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.82 in W 9.45 in D 0.79 in
Cicada, 2020. Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 cm
By Liene Liepina
Located in Riga, LV
Works of Liene Liepina are full of life and joy because of photography-like, realistic details on the one hand, and intense and slightly artificial colors on the other. The artist gi...
Canvas, Oil
$2,292
H 31.5 in W 19.69 in
FLOWERS -Dutch School - Italian Still Life Oil on Canvas Painting
By Carlo De Tommasi
Located in Napoli, IT
Flowers - Carlo De Tommasi Italia 2011 - Oil on canvas cm. 80x50 In this precious oil painting, Carlo De Tommasi is inspired by the compositions of the Dutch Balthasar van der Ast, ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,980
H 39.38 in W 51.19 in D 1.19 in
In a world of temporary things you are my forever - K.Husslein flower Still life
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
This is a beautiful oil painting of an array of flowers in a vase in front of a dark background. Reminding us of old master paintings, this is a brand new painting full elegance and ...
Canvas, Oil
$250
H 5 in W 5 in D 1 in
"Mini Hybrid 105" - Contemporary Butterfly Acrylic Painting on Wood, 2026
By Stacy D'Aguiar
Located in Denver, CO
Stacy D'Aguiar (American, b. 1974) "Mini Hybrid 105," 2026 Acrylic on wood 5 x 5 in (12.7 x 12.7 cm) Signed on verso Unframed, but ready to hang. A butterfly with a striped wing on ...
Wood, Acrylic
$250
H 5 in W 5 in D 1 in
"Mini Hybrid 101" - Contemporary Butterfly Acrylic Painting on Wood, 2026
By Stacy D'Aguiar
Located in Denver, CO
Stacy D'Aguiar (American, b. 1974) "Mini Hybrid 101," 2026 Acrylic on wood 5 x 5 in (12.7 x 12.7 cm) Signed on verso Unframed, but ready to hang. A butterfly with mismatched wings s...
Wood, Acrylic
$2,712
H 29.93 in W 29.93 in D 1.19 in
Vase of Spring Light, Original Contemporary Realism, Oil on Canvas Still Life
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Vase of Spring Light by Ann Goldberg captures the vibrant cont...
Canvas, Oil
$1,225
H 32 in W 28 in
The Mystery of Growing Things - Colorful Still Life Flowers in Vase Painting
By Katharina Husslein
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by paintings created by old masters and the immersive nature she experienced in the Black Forest, German artist Katharina Husslein paints in a representational hyperrealisti...
Canvas, Oil
$3,040Sale Price|20% Off
H 24 in W 18 in
Surreal Floral Still Life Painting, Patterns, XOXO by Joerg Dressler
By Joerg Dressler
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
JOERG DRESSLER "XOXO" Acrylic on Panel 24 x 18 inches _____________________________________ Joerg was born in Hanau, Germany. He received his MFA from the Hochschule für Gestaltung ...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$17,000
H 24 in W 20 in
Madison Flury, Butterfly Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed Verso, 24x20 in
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil on canvas, 2025 Signed Verso Bunnies by Hunt Slonem When Hunt Slonem enters his studio each morning, he warms up by painting bunnie...
Canvas, Oil
$250
H 5 in W 5 in D 1 in
"Mini Hybrid 104" - Contemporary Butterfly Acrylic Painting on Wood, 2026
By Stacy D'Aguiar
Located in Denver, CO
Stacy D'Aguiar (American, b. 1974) "Mini Hybrid 104," 2026 Acrylic on wood 5 x 5 in (12.7 x 12.7 cm) Signed on verso Unframed, but ready to hang. A butterfly with mismatched wing pa...
Wood, Acrylic
Oil Painting by Henry Schouten "A Vase of Flowers"
By Henry Schouten
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting Pair by Henry Schouten "A Vase of Flowers" 1857 -1927 Using his psuedonym 'Jos Klaus' which he used for his flower paintings Belgian painter who studied under Alfred Ven...
Oil
$2,880Sale Price|20% Off
H 20 in W 16 in
Surreal Floral Still Life Painting, Silent and Unseen III by Joerg Dressler
By Joerg Dressler
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
JOERG DRESSLER "Silent and Unseen III" Acrylic on Panel 20 x 16 inches _____________________________________ Joerg was born in Hanau, Germany. He received his MFA from the Hochschul...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$250
H 5 in W 5 in D 1 in
"Mini Hybrid 103" - Contemporary Butterfly Acrylic Painting on Wood, 2026
By Stacy D'Aguiar
Located in Denver, CO
Stacy D'Aguiar (American, b. 1974) "Mini Hybrid 103," 2026 Acrylic on wood 5 x 5 in (12.7 x 12.7 cm) Signed on verso Unframed, but ready to hang. A butterfly rests at the center of ...
Wood, Acrylic
$2,710
H 40 in W 39 in
When I Imagine Your Hand In Mine - Floral Bouquet Textural Still Life Painting
By Katharina Husslein
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by paintings created by old masters and the immersive nature she experienced in the Black Forest, German artist Katharina Husslein paints in a representational hyperrealisti...
Canvas, Oil
$3,100
H 39 in W 51 in
To Love And Be Loved - Still Life Floral Artwork Original Oil Painting
By Katharina Husslein
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With a contemporary perspective on landscape painting and inspired by paintings created by old masters, German artist Katharina Husslein paints in a representational manner to captur...
Canvas, Oil
$1,345
H 19.69 in W 15.75 in D 0.79 in
Summer Flowers-Original Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas, Contemporary Art
By Natalia Shaykina
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. A luminous celebration of nature’s abundance, Summer Flowers ...
Canvas, Oil
Airplane in landscape - landscape painting
By Jeroen Allart
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful painting by Jeroen Allart is part of his minimalist landscape and animal painting he did in his home country the Netherlands. 'A farm stands before you on the horizon....
Canvas, Oil
Joran van der Haar studied illustration at the Utrecht School of the Arts from 1998–2002. After this training, he obtained his teaching qualification at the same academy between 2002–04. From 2006, he worked as a teacher in Hardenberg and combined this with artistry. Joran himself says, “It’s amazing to listen to Ludovico Einaudi’s music and paint for hours and hours. The smell of oil paint and mediums. Lock yourself from the outside world and everything around you and focus on the painting on your easel." Joran created his style after he graduated, but he started with drawing collages on which he used pen and ink and digital techniques to create colorful prints, which would be stuck onto Dibond en poured in epoxy. In 2014, he started painting with oil paint. After he saw an exhibition in a museum, he decided to paint insects and flowers.
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.