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Mid-17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Oil
Vintage 1940s Italian Table Lamps
Steel
17th Century Baroque Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century French School Nude Paintings
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18th Century Portrait Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
18th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Antique 17th Century Belgian Tapestries
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15th Century and Earlier Gothic Figurative Sculptures
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1840s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Portrait Paintings
Oil, Panel
17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Italian Industrial Table Lamps
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Benches
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1980s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Oil
1980s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Oil
1980s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Oil
1980s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Oil
1970s Contemporary Interior Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Early 2000s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
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1980s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Oil
1980s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas, Paint
Vittorio BelliniVittorio Bellini 'Still Life' 1986 Oil Canvas Contemporary Expressionism Italy, 1986
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Enamel
Vittorio BelliniVittorio Bellini 'Seaside Countries' 2002 Oil Enamel Canvas Landscape Colorful, 2002
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
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Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Enamel
1970s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Oil
1980s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Enamel
Early 2000s Street Art Abstract Paintings
Enamel
Early 2000s Street Art Abstract Paintings
Enamel
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Enamel
Vittorio Bellini'Picasso, Unlikable Genius' 2007 Graffiti Expressionism Oil Mixed Media Canvas, 2007
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.