Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Frank
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Friendship
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Life
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Ascension
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Mixed Media
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - A Journey
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Mixed Media
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Palm Beach
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Rose Horizontal
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Mixed Media
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Black & White
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Mixed Media
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Rose, Rose
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Dog
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Fantastic Vision
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Howard’s End
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Two Actors
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - A Perfect Day
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Mixed Media
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Boys Playing Flute
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Barber Shop
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Barber Shop
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Mixed Media
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Barber Shop
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Mixed Media
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Yellow Horse
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Atropos, The Fates
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Memories of Colors
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Memories of Colors
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Memories of Colors
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Memories of Colors, Kids
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Mixed Media
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - A Time in Russia
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Mixed Media
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Queen is Alive
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Mixed Media
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Death of Marat
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
$7,000
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Memories of Colors, Happy Holiday
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Mixed Media
$10,000
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Memories of Colors, Kids Composition
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Mixed Media
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Burn Them Up O’Connor
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
$25,000
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Burroughs Family, Hale County
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Power of the God
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - A Pilgrimage to San Isidro
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon is Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
$12,000
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Memories of Colors, New York City
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Mixed Media
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Mixed Media
$14,000
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Memories of Colors with My Back
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Mixed Media
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Oil, Canvas
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon Is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on board, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Oil, Board
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon Is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on board, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Oil, Board
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon Is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on board, Framed, 32 x 27 x 5 cm Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Oil, Board
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon Is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon Is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon Is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon Is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon Is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon Is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon Is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - The Moon Is the Sun’s Dream
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
$7,000
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - How Hard it is to Enter the Kingdom
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
$16,000
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - How Hard it is to Enter the Kingdom
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
$16,000
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - How Hard it is to Enter the Kingdom
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Bloom
Located in Seoul, SO
Hee Kyung Kim portrays the moment of life, the breath of nature, and the moments of self-unification with 'Hanji paper', and transmits the traces of the 'Bloom' through her works.
Mulberry Paper
Bloom
Located in Seoul, SO
Hee Kyung Kim portrays the moment of life, the breath of nature, and the moments of self-unification with 'Hanji paper', and transmits the traces of the 'Bloom' through her works.
Mulberry Paper
Bloom
Located in Seoul, SO
Hee Kyung Kim portrays the moment of life, the breath of nature, and the moments of self-unification with 'Hanji paper', and transmits the traces of the 'Bloom' through her works.
Mulberry Paper
Orange Box in Bag
Located in New York, NY
Memento Vivere - what one wants ‘Memento Mori’, a symbolic trope, serves as a reminder of the inevitability of death. Latin for “remember you must die", the phrase insinuates that w...
Linen, Acrylic
Kyung Kim "Alsakan Pollack" Framed Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kyung Kim "Alaskan Pollock" c.1940, Korea. The oil on canvas painting depicts four different species of fish that can be found in South Korea.
Canvas, Paint
Sold
H 12.6 in W 12.6 in D 1.19 in
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - Day Dreaming
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 12.6 in W 12.6 in D 1.19 in
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Yoon Kyung - A Man at the Desk
By Kim Yoon Kyung
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Kim Yoon Kyung is a Korean artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Daegu, South Korea.
Canvas, Oil
"Alaskan Pollock II"
Located in Detroit, MI
Kim Kyung (in Hanja, 金耕, in Hangul 김경) was born in South Korea, his real name, under the current Revised Romanization was Kim Gyeong-Eun (in Hanja 金萬斗, in Hangul 김경은).
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Modern Painting of Sun and Birds by Korean Artist Kyung Kim
Located in Atlanta, GA
Oil on canvas by South Korean artist Kyung Kim. Signed in the left bottom corner. Very good condition.
Canvas
Korean Contemporary Art by Lee Yu Min - Demi Moon
By Lee Yu Min
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on wooden panel with a white frame Lee Yu Min is a Korean artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Daejeon, South Korea. She is specialized in Korean painting, completing ...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Korean Contemporary Art by Lee Yu Min - Hope
By Lee Yu Min
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on wooden panel with a white frame Lee Yu Min is a Korean artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Daejeon, South Korea. She is specialized in Korean painting, completing ...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$650
H 11.82 in W 10.24 in D 1.19 in
Korean Contemporary Art by Lee Yu Min - Look at Me!
By Lee Yu Min
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on wooden panel Lee Yu Min is a Korean artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Daejeon, South Korea. She is specialized in Korean painting, completing her doctoral studi...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Korean Contemporary Art by Lee Yu Min - Let's Go!
By Lee Yu Min
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on wooden panel Lee Yu Min is a Korean artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Daejeon, South Korea. She is specialized in Korean painting, completing her doctoral studi...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$400
H 11.82 in W 10.24 in D 1.19 in
Korean Contemporary Art by Lee Yu Min - Dream Road
By Lee Yu Min
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on wooden panel Lee Yu Min is a Korean artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Daejeon, South Korea. She is specialized in Korean painting, completing her doctoral studi...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Korean Contemporary Art by Lee Yu Min - For You!
By Lee Yu Min
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on wooden panel with a white frame Lee Yu Min is a Korean artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Daejeon, South Korea. She is specialized in Korean painting, completing ...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Korean Contemporary Art by Lee Yu Min - I Think
By Lee Yu Min
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on wooden panel Lee Yu Min is a Korean artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Daejeon, South Korea. She is specialized in Korean painting, completing her doctoral studi...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Korean Contemporary Art by Lee Yu Min - I wish 2
By Lee Yu Min
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on wooden panel Lee Yu Min is a Korean artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Daejeon, South Korea. She is specialized in Korean painting, completing her doctoral studi...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Korean Contemporary Art by Lee Yu Min - Promenade
By Lee Yu Min
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on wooden panel with a white frame Lee Yu Min is a Korean artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Daejeon, South Korea. She is specialized in Korean painting, completing ...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Korean Contemporary Art by Lee Yu Min - My Dream
By Lee Yu Min
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on wooden panel with a white frame Lee Yu Min is a Korean artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Daejeon, South Korea. She is specialized in Korean painting, completing ...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Korean Contemporary Art by Lee Yu Min - My Way
By Lee Yu Min
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on wooden panel with a white frame Lee Yu Min is a Korean artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Daejeon, South Korea. She is specialized in Korean painting, completing ...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$560
H 13 in W 17.72 in D 1.19 in
Korean Contemporary Art by Lee Yu Min - Love is All 2
By Lee Yu Min
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on panel, Lee Yu Min is a Korean artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Daejeon, South Korea. She is specialized in Korean painting, completing her doctoral studies in t...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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.
The artist and activist is the subject of a new show at Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery of Art.
Manhattan's Acquavella Galleries is showing a group of the artist's monumental works that have never been seen together.
Koloman Moser smashed the conservative conventions of art and design in fin-de-siècle Vienna. On the 100th anniversary of his death, the Austrian designer is being celebrated for his radically modern creations.