$22,400
Arab Spring - large, dynamic, narrative, surrealist abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Gregor Hiltner
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Inspired by drawings made by children, Hiltner has created a chaotic narrative of surreal figures and animals drawn in red acrylic across an expanse of raw canvas in this over 6 feet...
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
Acrobats bright tropical colors man and toucan birds humorous narrative
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.
Canvas, Oil
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 and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies.
Canvas, Oil
diptych of Pocket Snowdrop 2 and Pocket White Anemone, Original painting
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
The paintings are set in a black wood layered frame. Additional information: Oil, Oil Paint on Canvas 15 H x 15 W x 3 D cm (5.91 x 5.91 x 1.18 in) Sold framed Please note that insi...
Canvas, Oil
Regina Oil Painting, Modern Figurative Art, Signed, 1980, Unframed
By Eduardo Arroyo
Located in Roma, IT
The composition reflects Arroyo’s well-known practice of reinterpreting symbols of authority, history, and national identity through a language influenced by Pop Art, political narra...
Oil
"We the People" Figurative Narrative "Being Human" vs "Human Being"
By Samuel Wilson 1
Located in San Antonio, TX
Samuel Wilson (Born 1986) San Antonio, TX Image Size: 30 x 24 Medium: Oil on Board "WE THE PEOPLE" When you see them in person you will say UNBELIEVEABLE. From his series "Being Hum...
Oil
Mid Century Golden Age of Illustration- Narrative Art - Norman Rockwell School
By Alex Ross
Located in Miami, FL
But the real story of this storytelling work is that it embodies the lost art of portrait painting and graphic design. Alex Ross borrows on the classical tradition and flaunts his s...
Gouache, Illustration Board
Summer's Light : 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
"Shame Spiral" Hand Crafted Mosaic Kinetic Wall Hanging Sculpture with Oil Paint
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...
Metal
"Yearling Black Bear" - Realist Wildlife Watercolor and Gouache, 2021
By Susan McDonnell
Located in Denver, CO
Susan McDonnell is a realist painter whose narrative paintings grow out of her observations of wild animals in their natural habitats.
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$1,500
Painting the Town Red urban narrative warm southwestern color female figure
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.
Paper, Pastel
To Know My Fate : 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
New York Terrace Cityscape : 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
$3,800
Ficus 1 - gestural, floral, narrative, abstract, still life, acrylic on canvas
By Fiona Ackerman
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Abstract artist Fiona Ackerman continues to be inspired by the staggering beauty of the natural world. In this lush, colourful botanical-themed composition the genus of the plant fam...
Acrylic, Canvas
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
$1,378
Plant and Triangle Geometric Figurative Interior Painting Acrylic on Canvas
By Héctor Francesch
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Keywords: geometric still life painting, symbolic interior painting, contemporary figurative painting, geometric abstraction, anthropomorphic objects, post-Bauhaus painting, colorful...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,378
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
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
$547Sale Price|20% Off
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
$9,600Sale Price|20% Off
"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
Sleepwalking at the Olcott, mystery monochromatic narrative noir
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype on paper
Paper, Monotype
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
$569Sale Price|37% 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
$1,732Sale 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
19th Century Oil on Panel Painting, The Rabbit Duel Anthropomorphic Animal
Located in Madrid, ES
The painting is particularly interesting for its uncommon subject matter, combining animal imagery with a theatrical narrative rarely encountered in traditional landscape or portrait...
Fruitwood
$3,646Sale Price|20% Off
Large Figurative Card Players Oil Painting Latin American Modern Art
By Fernando Botero
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
The composition can also be associated with the broader tradition of Latin American modern figurative painting, with echoes of naïve art, folk painting and narrative genre scenes.
Canvas, Oil
$797Sale Price|36% 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.
Board, Oil
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
$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
$435
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Ironman 02 - original figurative landscape painting - contemporary Art
By Stephanie Ho
Located in London, Chelsea
Ironman 02 by Stephanie Ho is a vibrant original painting, combining a minimalist aesthetic with a lively, contemporary narrative.
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
Golfers 45 - oil painting, figurative artwork, contemporary minimalist art
By Stephanie Ho
Located in London, Chelsea
Golfers 45 by Stephanie Ho is a charming original painting, combining a minimalist aesthetic with an elegant, serene contemporary narrative.
Canvas, Oil
$4,763
Frozen Planet 74 - original figurative landscape painting - contemporary Art
By Stephanie Ho
Located in London, Chelsea
Frozen Planet 74 by Stephanie Ho is a captivating original painting, combining a minimalist aesthetic with a lively, contemporary narrative.
Canvas, Oil
$4,355
Frozen Planet 81 - original figurative landscape painting - contemporary Art
By Stephanie Ho
Located in London, Chelsea
Frozen Planet 81 by Stephanie Ho is a delightful original painting, combining a minimalist aesthetic with a lively, contemporary narrative.
Canvas, Oil
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
$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
Painting is an art form that has spanned innumerable cultures, with artists using the medium to tell stories, explore and communicate ideas and express themselves. To bring abstract paintings, landscape paintings, still-life paintings and other original paintings into your home is to celebrate and share in the long tradition of this discipline.
When we look at paintings, particularly those that originated in the past, we learn about history, other cultures and countries of the world. Like every other work of art, paintings — whether they are contemporary creations or works that were made during the 19th century — can often help us clearly see and understand the world around us in a meaningful and interesting way.
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.
Today, creating a wall of art is a wonderful way to enhance your space, showcase beautiful pieces and tie an interior design together.
No matter your preference, whether you favor Post-Impressionist paintings, animal paintings, Surrealism, Pop art or another movement or specific period, arranging art on a blank wall allows you to evoke emotions in a room while also showing off your tastes and interests. A symmetrical wall arrangement may comprise a grid of four to six pieces or, for an odd number of works, a horizontal row. Asymmetrical arrangements, which may be small clusters of art or large, salon-style gallery walls, have a more collected and eclectic feel.
Download the 1stDibs app, which includes a handy “View on Wall” feature that allows you to see how a particular artwork will look on a particular wall, and read about how to arrange wall art. And if you’re searching for the perfect palette for your interior design project, what better place to turn than to the art world’s masters of color?
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