La Prima Vera
1960s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
People Also Browsed
1990s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Linen
Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Illustration Board, Oil
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil
1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Linen
1960s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Board, Oil
19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil, Canvas
19th Century Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1880s Tonalist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Linen
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1890s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1890s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil, Canvas
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.