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Mid Century Golden Age of Illustration- Narrative Art - Norman Rockwell School
By Alex Ross
Located in Miami, FL
storytelling work is that it embodies the lost art of portrait painting and graphic design.
Alex Ross borrows
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
H 20.75 in W 19.75 in D 1 in
With the Pack
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Narrative Art refers to visual imagery which tells stories, engages the imagination, and stirs the
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Naked Narratives
By Kumikaho Oshima
Located in PARIS, FR
themselves.
"Naked Narratives," a thought-provoking piece in the series, captures the essence of Oshima's
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Alternate Timeline (2023) by Keith Garcia
By Keith Garcia
Located in Jersey City, NJ
saturated and bright hues, human figures in various daily activities interspersed with cacti. Narrative art
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Three Tea (2023) by Keith Garcia
By Keith Garcia
Located in Jersey City, NJ
. Narrative art, neo-pop, pop surrealism, low brow art, dreamcore.
Framing available
Hand signed by artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bite It (2023) by Keith Garcia
By Keith Garcia
Located in Jersey City, NJ
aqua hues. Narrative art, neo-pop, pop surrealism, low brow art, dreamcore.
Framing available
Hand
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Well Cat You Better (2021) by Keith Garcia, swimming, landscape, pop surrealism
By Keith Garcia
Located in Jersey City, NJ
art, narrative art, illustrative art, low brow art, neo pop art, fantasy
Swimming, landscape, cat
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Acrylic
Paddle Forward (2021) by Keith Garcia, gray & lavender, cat, monstera plant, pop
By Keith Garcia
Located in Jersey City, NJ
, narrative art, knolling art, design
Palette: gray & lavender, purple, pink, brown, tan, white, blue, clay
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Come What Is
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Still Beating Series
Narrative Art refers to visual imagery which tells stories, engages
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
After You, Me
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Still Beating Series
Narrative Art refers to visual imagery which tells stories, engages
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Totem
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Still Beating Series
Narrative Art refers to visual imagery which tells stories, engages
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Black From Blue
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Still Beating Series
Narrative Art refers to visual imagery which tells stories, engages
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Where Salt Meets Sky
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Still Beating Series
Narrative Art refers to visual imagery which tells stories, engages
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
No Glory In Regret
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Still Beating Series
Narrative Art refers to visual imagery which tells stories, engages
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Empty Roost
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Still Beating Series
Narrative Art refers to visual imagery which tells stories, engages
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hidden Aviary
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Still Beating Series
Narrative Art refers to visual imagery which tells stories, engages
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Storm Warning
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Still Beating Series
Narrative Art refers to visual imagery which tells stories, engages
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fire and Ice
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Still Beating Series
Narrative Art refers to visual imagery which tells stories, engages
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Garden Gate
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Still Beating Series
Narrative Art refers to visual imagery which tells stories, engages
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Heat Lightning
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Still Beating Series
Narrative Art refers to visual imagery which tells stories, engages
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Art Deco Style Portrait of beautiful woman Painting
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angles.
We feel that our work has a little more detail
Category
1960s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Fiberboard, Masonite, Mixed Media
Front Krooks (2023) by Keith Garcia
By Keith Garcia
Located in Jersey City, NJ
references for example to skateboarding tricks ("das pinch"), lucky numbers, remote control cars. Narrative
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hollywood, colorful, playful, narrative, outsider,
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. His shrewd social observations often translate into eerily humorous figurative scenes and narratives
Category
2010s Outsider Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Narrative: Bridled (Hay Horse)
By Craig Alan
Located in Washington, DC
Mixed media - Real hay inside shadow box. Painted with acrylic on top surface of the plexi glass.
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic
Animal Folk Art Painting Narrative Painting Morocco Africa Magician Red/Orange
By Nancy Patterson
Located in Norfolk, GB
This captivating Folk Art painting on board is by the fabulous British Canadian artist Nancy
Category
Early 2000s Folk Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Board, Acrylic
Film Noir. Pulp Mystery That police officer knows you. Saturday Evening Post
By Paul Rabut
Located in Miami, FL
Film noir crime drama painted in a single frame. In narrative art, telling a story in a single
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Spoleto Festival - Original Lithograph by Larry Rivers - 1988
By Larry Rivers
Located in Roma, IT
" of Pop art, because he was one of the first artists to really merge non-objective, non-narrative art
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 25.79 in W 21.66 in D 0.04 in
Lost Alone, Watercolor and Ink on Paper, Figurative Portrait, Nude, Woman, Pose
By SarahGrace
Located in Jersey City, NJ
/ Narrative Art / Emotional Art / Sketchbook / Study / Work on Paper
Blue Frame Included
Certificate of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Ink
Don't Want You, Watercolor, Ink on Paper, Figurative Portrait, Nude, Woman, Pose
By SarahGrace
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Feminist / Narrative Art / Emotional Art / Sketchbook / Study / Work on Paper
Blue Frame Included
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Erró, Hommage à Léger - Pop Art, Figuration Narrative, Signed Print
By Erró
Located in Hamburg, DE
Erró (born 1932 in Iceland)
Léger, 2005
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Dimensions: 46 x 61 cm
Edition of 120: Hand-signed and numbered
Condition: Excellent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Narrative Horse: Arabian (Feather Horse)
By Craig Alan
Located in Washington, DC
Mixed media. Feathers in shadow box, painted with acrylic on top surface of the plexi glass.
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
Strawberry Field (2023) by Keith Garcia
By Keith Garcia
Located in Jersey City, NJ
and red. Narrative art, neo-pop, pop surrealism, low brow art, dreamcore.
Framing available
Hand
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hymnal (2023) by Keith Garcia
By Keith Garcia
Located in Jersey City, NJ
neutrals, pastels and saturated hues, including predominantly gray, blue, green and purple. Narrative art
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dealmaker, businessman character study cigar bird narrative
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. His shrewd social observations often translate into eerily humorous figurative scenes and narratives
Category
2010s Post-Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 24.02 in W 24.02 in D 2.01 in
Erró, Ice Cream for Mao - Signed Print, Pop Art, Figuration Narrative
By Gudmundur Erro
Located in Hamburg, DE
Gudmundur Gudmundsson, aka Erró (Icelandic, b. 1932)
Ice Cream for Mao, 2004
Medium: Lithograph on wove paper
Medium: 77.5 × 59 cm
Edition of 120: Hand signed and numbered
Condition:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Longer You Stay, Watercolor, Ink on Paper, Figurative Portrait, Nude Woman, Pose
By SarahGrace
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Contemporary Feminist / Narrative Art / Emotional Art / Sketchbook / Study / Work on Paper
Horizontal
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Afterschool Hue (2023) by Keith Garcia
By Keith Garcia
Located in Jersey City, NJ
predominantly pink, purple, gray, yellow, green and blue. Narrative art, neo-pop, pop surrealism, low brow art
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
River- love narrative embroidery on fabric
By Iviva Olenick
Located in New York, NY
"Inspired by my Facebook and Instagram feeds, I use embroidery, watercolor, and fabric manipulation to render my own “selfies” and portraits of others. My embroidery and watercolor p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Thread
New Narrative, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Julius Babilonia
Located in Yardley, PA
To communicate my interpretation of the shapes and movements of nature, impacted by the ongoing man made environmental changes. An interpretation of a these notions with the use of s...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Erró, Are You Ready - Pigment Print, Pop Art, Signed Print, Narrative Figuration
By Erró
Located in Hamburg, DE
Gudmundur Gudmundsson, aka Erró (Icelandic, b. 1932)
Are you ready, 2016
Medium: Pigment print
Dimensions: 115 x 111 cm
Edition of 60 + 35 EA: Hand-signed and numbered
Condition: Exc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Interior Prints
Materials
Pigment
Silent - large, figurative, narrative, bronze outdoor sculpture
By Marlene Hilton Moore
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Design and Visual Art, Georgian College in Ontario. Hilton-Moore has been a recipient of many prestigious
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 14 in W 24 in D 14 in
"Suspended Animation" Contemporary Narrative Landscape Framed Photograph
By Tom Chambers
Located in Baltimore, MD
.
Tom completed a B.F.A. from The Ringling College of Art, Sarasota, Florida and has exhibited images
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Crown Jewels, colorful, figurative, outsider, narrative, three women, hats
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. His shrewd social observations often translate into eerily humorous figurative scenes and narratives
Category
2010s Outsider Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Caught! Young Girl uses Doctors Bag to Patch Up her Doll - Alexander Sharpe Ross
By Alex Ross
Located in Miami, FL
told without words. This is traditional narrative art but characterized by an inventive and stylized
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ghosting in NYC- narrative representational embroidered fabric
By Iviva Olenick
Located in New York, NY
"Inspired by my Facebook and Instagram feeds, I use embroidery, watercolor, and fabric manipulation to render my own “selfies” and portraits of others. My embroidery and watercolor p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Thread
Take Home Food- narrative embroidery on fabric
By Iviva Olenick
Located in New York, NY
"Inspired by my Facebook and Instagram feeds, I use embroidery, watercolor, and fabric manipulation to render my own “selfies” and portraits of others. My embroidery and watercolor p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Thread
Brooklyn Bench- narrative representational embroidery on fabric
By Iviva Olenick
Located in New York, NY
"Inspired by my Facebook and Instagram feeds, I use embroidery, watercolor, and fabric manipulation to render my own “selfies” and portraits of others. My embroidery and watercolor p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric
Still Room (2023) by Keith Garcia, Interiors Painting with Landscape Vista
By Keith Garcia
Located in Jersey City, NJ
recently came by.
Palette: shades of green, purple, gray and blue
Narrative art, pop art, neo-pop, pop
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Acrylic
H 16 in W 20 in D 1.5 in
Rooftops : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Stargazers : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Insatiable" Hyperrealistic Narrative Acrylic on Canvas Framed Painting
By Ariel Vargassal
Located in Baltimore, MD
petal. Vargassal's paintings often have uncanny narrative elements, fitting them squarely into the
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paint, Canvas
Rapunzel by the Sea, fairy tale narrative, colorful whimsical fantasy
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rapunzel figure narrative, colorful
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels
Category
2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 40.01 in W 30.01 in D 0.99 in
Our love overflows- love narrative embroidery on fabric
By Iviva Olenick
Located in New York, NY
"Inspired by my Facebook and Instagram feeds, I use embroidery, watercolor, and fabric manipulation to render my own “selfies” and portraits of others. My embroidery and watercolor p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Thread
Sweater - love narrative embroidery on fabric with woman
By Iviva Olenick
Located in New York, NY
"Inspired by my Facebook and Instagram feeds, I use embroidery, watercolor, and fabric manipulation to render my own “selfies” and portraits of others. My embroidery and watercolor p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Thread
Guest List by Keith Garcia, Campground Figurative Landscape Painting
By Keith Garcia
Located in Jersey City, NJ
pinks and earthy browns, peach, green, and gray.
Narrative art, pop art, neo-pop, pop surrealism, low
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
H 12 in W 16 in D 0.875 in
"Forniphilia" Photography, Archival Ink on Aluminum, Figurative, Narrative
Located in New York, NY
"Floral" Photography Printed with Archival Ink on Aluminum
Dimensions: Dimensions 12 x 8in (Limited Edition of 10), 18 × 12in (Limited Edition of 6), 30 x 20 in (Limited Edition of 3...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
"Beacon" Figurative Narrative "Being Human" vs "Human Being"
Located in San Antonio, TX
artist, growing up around art and starting out enjoying drawing. Throughout high school Sam took several
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 24 in W 60 in D 4 in
"Deliverance" Figurative Narrative "Being Human" vs "Human Being"
Located in San Antonio, TX
taught artist, growing up around art and starting out enjoying drawing. Throughout high school Sam took
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 30 in W 24 in D 4 in
"Transcendence" Figurative Narrative "Being Human" vs "Human Being"
Located in San Antonio, TX
taught artist, growing up around art and starting out enjoying drawing. Throughout high school Sam took
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 24 in W 48 in D 2 in
"Masquerade" Figurative Narrative "Being Human" vs. "Human Being"
Located in San Antonio, TX
artist, growing up around art and starting out enjoying drawing. Throughout high school Sam took several
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 27 in W 20 in D 2 in
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How Much is a Narrative Art?
The average selling price for a piece of narrative art we offer is $800, while they’re typically $300 on the low end and $35,000 for the highest priced.