$1,434
Surreal Geometric Interior Painting With Palm Tree and Figurative Vessel
By Héctor Francesch
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Part of the ongoing series La Vida Interior, the work reinterprets traditional still life painting and domestic imagery through a visual language where objects acquire emotional pres...
Canvas, Acrylic
Bourgeoiscape II : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
By Audrey Ushenko
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative realism. Her works are rich, complex figurative and still life paintings.
Linen, Oil
Cousin Lydia's Last Dream Ride - romantic, narrative, figurative oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this fantastical, dream-like scene by celebrated Winnipeg artist, Esther Warkov, ‘Lydia,’ a female child with angel-like wings, wearing period dress straddles a majestic white hor...
Canvas, Oil
Roy Carruthers, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse I: War, 1971, Monumental Oil on
By Roy Carruthers
Located in North Miami, FL
This work reflects Carruthers’s thoughtful approach to symbolic subject matter and stands as a strong example of his mid-career output, suitable for collectors interested in figurati...
Canvas, Paint, Wood
Flemish Oil on Board Love Scene, Netherlands, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
This Flemish oil on board painting dates to the 17th century and was produced in the Netherlands during a period marked by strong narrative painting and refined genre scenes.
Wood, Paint
Unknown Shapes Dreamlike Surreal Interior Scene Painting Acrylic on Paper
By Nico Pearleyes
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Combining surreal imagery, architectural space and ambiguous organic forms, the painting invites the viewer into a suspended narrative where familiar spatial logic begins to dissolve.
Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil
1927 Mexican Ex-Voto Retablo of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Oil on Tin Folk Art
Located in Denver, CO
Hand-painted in oil on tin by an anonymous folk artist, this devotional work exemplifies the rich tradition of Mexican ex-votos—narrative paintings created in gratitude for divine in...
Metal
Living Holiday Trees : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
By Audrey Ushenko
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative realism. Her works are rich, complex figurative and still life paintings.
Canvas, Oil
$6,200
Moon Flower - lively, narrative, overlapping botanicals, acrylic, oil on canvas
By Fiona Ackerman
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A fantastical arrangement of blue—turquoise, royal and sky-blue flowers amid spherical shapes, Moon Flower is one of a new series of abstract oil and acrylic paintings created by Fio...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$2,600
Queen of the Night, narrative, partial nude figure, red colors, ethnic fabrics
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ABOUT the artist: Audrey Frank Anastasi is a prolific feminist artist, working in painting, drawing, collage, mixed media, & printmaking. She is also curator, gallerist, educator an...
Canvas, Oil
$12,000
"Untitled" Mernet Larsen, Abstract, Hard-Edged, Shades of Purple, Dark Colors
Located in New York, NY
Over the last 40 years, Larsen has developed her careful and unique way of painting to bring ideas from life into her art. Larsen became serious about representation in 1999 when sh...
Paper, Oil
$652Sale Price|31% Off
Spanish Bull Festival Scene Oil Painting Rural Post Impressionist Spain Europe
By Juan Soler
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
ARTISTIC CONTEXT / INSPIRATION Collectors drawn to the works of Spanish masters and Mediterranean narrative painting may recognize echoes of artists such as Joaquín Sorolla in the h...
Board, Oil
Larry Rivers Modernist Male Figure Original Charcoal Mid 20th C.
By Larry Rivers
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rivers belonged to the second generation of the New York School of painters, although unlike most of his contemporaries he stayed away from abstraction instead preferring narrative p...
Charcoal
$1,802Sale Price|20% Off
My Granny Polli, Oil on Canvas Portrait, Signed, Modern, 1990
Located in Genève, GE
• Zurab Kurchishvili painting • My Granny Polli 1990 • Contemporary figurative painting • Oil on canvas portrait • Narrative figurative art • Interior scene painting • Post-S...
Oil, Canvas
Sleepwalking at the Olcott, mystery monochromatic narrative noir
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype on paper
Paper, Monotype
$948Sale Price|27% Off
Mediterranean Figurative Painting of Vagabond and Daughter Spanish Modern oil
By Albert Roca
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
An exceptional piece for collectors of Spanish figurative art, modern European painting, emotional portraiture or Mediterranean interiors with soul and narrative presence.
Oil, Board
1955 Mexican Ex-Voto Retablo of St. Francis Restoring a Home, Folk Art
Located in Denver, CO
Its rich storytelling, historical authenticity, and devotional subject make it an exceptional addition to collections of Mexican folk art, Spanish Colonial traditions, religious imag...
Metal
"Little Audrey Goes on a Trip #2" original painting by Randall Berndt
By Randall Berndt
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present work is an excellent example of the narrative paintings of Randall Berndt. In the painting, we see a woman in a carved canoe among sculptures and wooden structures - with...
Canvas, Acrylic
New Year's Day, Y2K : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
By Audrey Ushenko
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative realism. Her works are rich, complex figurative and still life paintings.
Canvas, Oil
$8,800
One Long Day - lively, narrative, overlapping botanicals, acrylic, oil on canvas
By Fiona Ackerman
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Inspired by 17th century botanical illustrations of women naturalists, Fiona Ackerman’s beautiful acrylic series of paintings are delicately detailed compositions of natural images—f...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$441
Pocket Cabbage and Pocket Peas In A Pod Diptych, Original Painting, Veggies
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Dani Humberstone uses the symbolism of ripe fruit to illustrate the narrative. Painting directly from life allows her to translate three dimensions into two and capture the essence o...
Canvas, Oil
$5,500
Green Grid Play - bright, colourful, geometric abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Colour and the grid are the focus of Ristvedt's paintings that through one's lens of experience will reveal a narrative.
Canvas, Acrylic
Vintage Traditional Batuan Gambuh Painting by Sudana of Batuan, Bali
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage Traditional Batuan Gambuh Painting by Sudana of Batuan, Bali. A large sumptuous narrative painting in shaded colors on a framed and stretched canvas rendering a composite of ...
Canvas
Buried Seeds
By Ginger Williams Cook
Located in New Orleans, LA
The series illuminates key figures - Medusa, Persephone, Demeter, Cassandra, and Pandora - as gestural, vibrant meditations on the gravity of inherited myth and ancestral burden. The...
Paper, Crayon, Latex, Acrylic
Ascending the Bramble
By Ginger Williams Cook
Located in New Orleans, LA
The series illuminates key figures - Medusa, Persephone, Demeter, Cassandra, and Pandora - as gestural, vibrant meditations on the gravity of inherited myth and ancestral burden. The...
Paper, Crayon, Acrylic
17th Century Japanese Folding Screen
Located in Camarate, PT
A six-panel folding screen with a narrative painting showing from a bird’s-eye view a spring landscape with cherry blossoms and cryptomeria trees by a river with a bridge.
Gold Leaf
Serpentine
By Ginger Williams Cook
Located in New Orleans, LA
The series illuminates key figures - Medusa, Persephone, Demeter, Cassandra, and Pandora - as gestural, vibrant meditations on the gravity of inherited myth and ancestral burden. The...
Paper, Cotton Canvas, Latex, Permanent Marker
The Leopards
By Ginger Williams Cook
Located in New Orleans, LA
The series illuminates key figures - Medusa, Persephone, Demeter, Cassandra, and Pandora - as gestural, vibrant meditations on the gravity of inherited myth and ancestral burden. The...
India Ink, Acrylic, Paper
Loyal Companion
By Ginger Williams Cook
Located in New Orleans, LA
The series illuminates key figures - Medusa, Persephone, Demeter, Cassandra, and Pandora - as gestural, vibrant meditations on the gravity of inherited myth and ancestral burden. The...
Paper, Permanent Marker
Harvest Burnt Sienna
By Ginger Williams Cook
Located in New Orleans, LA
The series illuminates key figures - Medusa, Persephone, Demeter, Cassandra, and Pandora - as gestural, vibrant meditations on the gravity of inherited myth and ancestral burden. The...
Permanent Marker, Ink
Harvest Contour
By Ginger Williams Cook
Located in New Orleans, LA
The series illuminates key figures - Medusa, Persephone, Demeter, Cassandra, and Pandora - as gestural, vibrant meditations on the gravity of inherited myth and ancestral burden. The...
Paper, Permanent Marker
Harvest Bowl
By Ginger Williams Cook
Located in New Orleans, LA
The series illuminates key figures - Medusa, Persephone, Demeter, Cassandra, and Pandora - as gestural, vibrant meditations on the gravity of inherited myth and ancestral burden. The...
Paper, Cotton Canvas, Latex, Permanent Marker
Flower Chain
By Ginger Williams Cook
Located in New Orleans, LA
The series illuminates key figures - Medusa, Persephone, Demeter, Cassandra, and Pandora - as gestural, vibrant meditations on the gravity of inherited myth and ancestral burden. The...
Paper, India Ink
19th century English Victorian sketch portrait of two Young Girls
Located in Woodbury, CT
The exchange of glances between the figures lends the work a quiet psychological depth, characteristic of Victorian narrative painting at its most thoughtful. The brushwork is delic...
Canvas, Oil
$4,875Sale Price|25% Off
Purvis Young Original Painting Two Faces Large 4 Foot Signed Oil on Board
By Purvis Young
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Young's work is often described as belonging to the category of "outsider art," though his career also reflects affinities with contemporary muralism, assemblage, and social narrativ...
Oil, Board
1878 Mexican Ex-Voto Retablo of Miraculous Healing, Oil on Tin Folk Art
Located in Denver, CO
Rich in faith, history, and personal narrative, this rare 19th-century devotional painting exemplifies the storytelling tradition that has made Mexican ex-votos among the most sought...
Metal
John Evans Eccles (British, 19th Century) "The Disappointed Lover" C. 1884
Located in Atlanta, GA
The scene is especially appealing for its layered theatricality: the plumed hat, slashed and patterned costume, carpet, architectural interior, and glimpse of garden or daylight beyo...
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
"Eye Feel So Seen" Kaleidoscopic Pattern of Eye Reflection in Wood Frame
By Sarah Detweiler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sarah Detweiler is a Philadelphia area-based visual artist translating her experiences as a mother into figurative and narrative paintings with hand embroidery. She has a BFA in Visu...
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Judith Beheading Holoferne - Oil painting by G.R. Badaracco - Late 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mindful of the lesson from Cortona and Maratta, Badaracco developed a wholly personal style in harmony with the cultural orientation of painting in Genoa, initially approaching mainl...
Oil
$5,700
"Feral Forties", Woman in Wolf Mask in a Forest with Felted Embellishment
By Sarah Detweiler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Audiences can bask in Detweiler’s revelry, as she parades in costumes that both cover her body and reveal her authentic self in her paintings. Sarah Detweiler is a Philadelphia are...
Canvas, Oil, Wool, Acrylic
ABSTRACT Pastel Shark Artwork by Contemporary Artist Martin Paaskesen
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In his work practice, he explores expressionistic and narrative painting. His approach is very intuitive and impulsive and originates from a huge urge to explore an imagery that bala...
Linen, Oil, Acrylic
ABSTRACT Pastel Shark Artwork Contemporary Artist Martin Paaskesen Pink
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In his work practice, he explores expressionistic and narrative painting. His approach is very intuitive and impulsive and originates from a huge urge to explore an imagery that bala...
Linen, Oil, Acrylic
$5,572
ABSTRACT Pastel Shark Pink Artwork Contemporary Artist Martin Paaskesen Textil
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
In his work practice, he explores expressionistic and narrative painting. His approach is very intuitive and impulsive and originates from a huge urge to explore an imagery that bala...
Linen, Oil, Acrylic
$3,213Sale Price|20% Off
The Post Party Geometric Figurative Still Life Interior Painting Acrylic on Canv
By Héctor Francesch
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Keywords: geometric figurative painting, anthropomorphic still life, contemporary interior painting, post-pop painting, theatrical composition, colorful contemporary art, symbolic st...
Canvas, Acrylic
$7,500
Large Abstract Beach Scene Oil Painting Woman with Children Raoul Middleman
By Raoul Middleman
Located in Surfside, FL
His cityscapes reveal the underbelly of post-industrial rot, his narrative paintings give contemporary life to his personal obsessions.
Oil, Canvas
Third Man 3, night, city scape, monochromatic, narrative
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from FILM NOIR series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett crea...
Archival Paper, Monotype
Taylor Family
By Roy De Forest
Located in Hollywood, FL
In the late 1950s, De Forest departed from the prevailing abstract expressionist style and embarked on creating narrative paintings that embraced popular and fantastical imagery.
Charcoal, Pastel, Glitter, Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Burning Bush Forrest landscape solo female figure biblical narrative
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies.
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Family Gathering – The Christening Ceremony”
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The warm, candlelit atmosphere, classical furnishings, and rich textiles emphasize the historical setting of the 18th century, making this a genre painting in the tradition of Europe...
Canvas, Oil
$9,187
Scilla, 21-st Century Italian Charcoal Drawing of a nude woman by Daniela Astone
By Daniela Astone
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
The classical structure and narrative paintings show a technique that is special.
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
$1,540Sale Price|30% Off
'Playing with Socks', San Francisco Women's College, San Francisco Art Institute
By Inez Storer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
From Inverness, California, north of San Francisco and working from a studio in Point Reyes, Inez Storer creates mixed-media narrative paintings, collages and assemblages in naive-so...
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gouache, Color Pencil
$3,000
1972 Gestural Oil Painting Boat in Harbor Figural Abstraction Raoul Middleman
By Raoul Middleman
Located in Surfside, FL
His cityscapes reveal the underbelly of post-industrial rot, his narrative paintings give contemporary life to his personal obsessions.
Oil, Board
erotica al fresco, narrative architectural fantasy w female nudes
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on toned paperABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies.
Paper, Pastel
$1,500
Carousel humorous dreamlike narrative story expressive human condition greys
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
His shrewd social observations often translate into eerily humorous figurative scenes and narratives. Mr. Basso’s works evoke a high level of inquiry.
Pastel, Archival Paper
Pocket Green Gooseberry 2 c
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Dani Humberstone uses the symbolism of ripe fruit to illustrate the narrative. Painting directly from life allows her to translate three dimensions into two and capture the essence o...
Canvas, Oil
Very Shiny Very Red Apple
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Very Shiny Very Red Apple by Dani Humberstone Original Painting Oil Paint on Canvas 31 H x 31 W x 4 D cm (12.20 x 12.20 x 1.57 in) Sold framed SIZE: Image si...
Canvas, Oil
Environmental Prognostication Coil Narrative "Homo Sapiens R.I.P."
By Richard Erdoes
Located in Miami, FL
"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot," Joni Mitchell said. - - Created in 1969, at the dawn of the American environmental movement, artist Richard Erdoes draws a seque...
Ink, Gouache, Illustration Board
$743,750
"Windows"
By Jacob Lawrence
Located in Lambertville, NJ
In 1940, Lawrence completed “The Migration Series”, a sixty-panel set of narrative paintings depicting the Great Migration of African Americans relocating to the North form the South...
Gouache
$850
builder of cities, sand castle colorful beach fantasy narrative, blue, tan tones
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies.
Pastel, Archival Paper
Born to Kill, monochromatic, crime, narrative, high contrast, drama
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from FILM NOIR series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett crea...
Archival Paper, Monotype
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Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.
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