White Pine
Located in San Francisco, CA
paper by noted British artist Tessa Beaver, 1932-2018. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 50/125 in
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Tessa Beaver
New England Locust Tree
Located in San Francisco, CA
on wove paper by noted British artist Tessa Beaver, 1932-2018. It is hand signed, titled and numbered
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
New England Tamarack
Located in San Francisco, CA
on wove paper by noted British artist Tessa Beaver, 1932-2018. It is hand signed, titled and numbered
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Flowering Red Maple
Located in San Francisco, CA
wove paper by noted British artist Tessa Beaver, 1932-2018. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 24
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Plane Tree
Located in San Francisco, CA
paper by noted British artist Tessa Beaver, 1932-2018. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 34/125 in
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Located in San Francisco, CA
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Located in San Francisco, CA
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Located in San Francisco, CA
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Conversation, Morrocco (Morocco)
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Color Photography
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Located in San Francisco, CA
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Lithograph
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Located in San Francisco, CA
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Materials
Oil
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Located in San Francisco, CA
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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By Erté
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Late 20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
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By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Screen
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Located in San Francisco, CA
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Lithograph
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By Emile Bellet
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Located in San Francisco, CA
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Lithograph
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Located in San Francisco, CA
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Located in San Francisco, CA
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Oil
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By Charles Bragg
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Late 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
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A Close Look at Modern Art
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Finding the Right Figurative-prints-works-on-paper for You
Bring energy and an array of welcome colors and textures into your space by decorating with figurative fine-art prints and works on paper.
Figurative art stands in contrast to abstract art, which is more expressive than representational. The oldest-known work of figurative art is a figurative painting — specifically, a rock painting of an animal made over 40,000 years ago in Borneo. This remnant of a remote past has long faded, but its depiction of a cattle-like creature in elegant ocher markings endures.
Since then, figurative art has evolved significantly as it continues to represent the world, including a breadth of works on paper, including printmaking. This includes woodcuts, which are a type of relief print with perennial popularity among collectors. The artist carves into a block and applies ink to the raised surface, which is then pressed onto paper. There are also planographic prints, which use metal plates, stones or other flat surfaces as their base. The artist will often draw on the surface with grease crayon and then apply ink to those markings. Lithographs are a common version of planographic prints.
Figurative art printmaking was especially popular during the height of the Pop art movement, and this kind of work can be seen in artist Andy Warhol’s extensive use of photographic silkscreen printing. Everyday objects, logos and scenes were given a unique twist, whether in the style of a comic strip or in the use of neon colors.
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