$680Sale Price|20% Off
H 22 in W 26 in D 2 in
Mid Century Mt. Tamalpais in Autumnal Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Northern California artist Robin Blair (American, 20th century). Extensive impasto texturing that brings
Canvas, Oil
$3,145
H 19.69 in W 15.75 in D 1.58 in
Couple #2- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a nude dancing male and female
By Daniela Astone
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Daniela Astone Couple #2 50 x 40 cm Oil on wood Daniela Astone works and lives in Florence. For years she was a teacher on the famous Florence Art Academy. Since 2022 she fulltime ...
Canvas, Oil
$700Sale Price|20% Off
H 26.25 in W 32.25 in D 2.5 in
Mid Century "October Song" Minnesota Autumn Forest Landscape
By Harriet Rose Yule
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed mid century landscape depicting a glorious autumn scene, of a tranquil stream running through a forest full of tress with golden fall foliage, by Harriet Yule (Americ...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$2,500Sale Price|25% Off
H 28 in W 37 in D 2.75 in
Lyn Crafnant, Snowdonia, N Wales Circa 1900 Oil Painting
By Thomas Huson
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Fine landscape painting, this oil on canvas of Snowdonia, Wales is by 19th century British artist Thomas Huson, RI, (1844-1920). Signed by artist in lower left, Thomas Huson was a ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,669Sale Price|20% Off
H 28 in W 40 in
Very Large British Oil depicting famous Naval battle
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, second half 20th century, signed lower left 'Champion' Title: a copy after de Loutherbourg's 1795 painting of Lord Howe's action of 1 June 1794 in th...
Oil, Canvas
Mid Century Novato Afternoon Country Landscape
By Ted Lewy
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century landscape titled "Late Afternoon in Novato" by Ted Lewy (American, 1912-1963). Presented in a rustic wooden frame. Signed "Ted Lewy" and dated "1962" lower righ...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
In the Garden, 10x8" oil on board
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
In the Garden by Lu Haskew Oil Painting of woman with an umbrella in a backyard garden 10x8" image size 14x12" framed Shipping price includes the custom packing necessary for safe t...
Canvas, Oil, Board
Cathedral of the Pacific Landscape, II
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful Impressionist landscape of the Alhambra, California cathedral surrounded by green, yellow and orange trees next to a river, by unknown artist I. Mozaiskaya (Russian, 20th ...
Canvas, Oil
Long Golden Murano Glass Chandelier in Palm Tree Shape
By Barovier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This spectacular long chandelier was entirely handcrafted in Murano. Each single leaf was individually made in high quality blown glass, this is why we can notice very light differen...
Murano Glass
"Emergence, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Brian O'Neill's (US based) "Emergence" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a floral robe slipping from a female figure's shoulders and exposing her ivory back and long...
Silver, Gold Leaf
Twenty-Four-Light Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in New Orleans, LA
This outstanding crystal and doré bronze chandelier crafted by Baccarat is truly a splendid sight to behold. Of monumental size and opulent design, it bears all the hallmarks of that...
Crystal, Bronze
$1,335Sale Price|20% Off
H 18 in W 21.5 in
The Artists Garden Signed Original French Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Guy Benard (French b.1928) signed lower corner. Painter from Rouen, Normandy, exhibited throughout France. Title: Le Jardin du Peintre Medium: signed oil on canva...
Oil, Canvas
$4,839Sale Price / item|36% Off
H 31.5 in Dm 45.28 in
Amazing Palmette Ceiling Light - Four Levels, 163 Amber and Trasparent Glasses
Located in Budapest, HU
Palmette ceiling light made by 163 Murano amber and transparent glasses in a gold metal frame. Murano blown glass in a traditional way. Structure in gold colored metal. Period:1980'...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
$1,113Sale Price|20% Off
H 10.5 in W 14 in
French Impressionist Oil Summer Green House In Rose Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Summer House by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on board, framed frame measures: 10.5 high by 14 inches wide board measure...
Oil
$786Sale Price|27% Off
H 18.12 in W 21.66 in
Modernist scene in Paris oil on canvas painting urbanscape
By Luis Sagasta
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Frameless. Luis Sagasta, an Impressionist Spanish painter, chose as his subjects scenes of the wealthy, such as racecourses and richly-dressed ladies and gentlemen in park settings....
Canvas, Oil
"Sunlit House, Centre Bridge"
By Clarence Raymond Johnson
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Clarence Raymond Johnson (1894 - 1981). Clarence Johnson was an important New Hope School Impressionist pai...
Canvas, Oil
$1,240Sale Price|20% Off
H 25.5 in W 29.5 in D 1.5 in
Elm Trees in Autumn Landscape in Antique Newcomb-Macklin Frame
By Mary H. Brubaker
Located in Soquel, CA
Elm trees in autumn at the edge of Salt Creek, Illinois, by Mary H. Brubaker (American, b. 1891). Signed and dated "Mary H. Brubaker 35" in the lower left corner. Presented in an ant...
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
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.
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