Charles Pompilius figurative Young Female Nude Oil on Panel
Located in Detroit, MI
Regardless of which, the viewer's attention is not only attracted to the beauty of the model's figure, but the intention of her actions. Charles Pompilius is a figurative painter ...
Oil, Panel
$3,955 / set
H 13.78 in W 27.96 in D 3.75 in
Pair of Entomology Specimen Display Cases By J T Stockall London Taxidermy Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large and impressive pair of late 19th early 20th century Entomology specimen cases, containing a varied collection of over one hundred insects from around the world pinned to an e...
Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine
Life-Size Art Deco Diana Bronze
By Hans Harry Liebmann
Located in Miami, FL
This is a rare statement piece that commands that eye. It is of museum quality will be the centerpiece of any space. Masterfully crafted details of the human form are finely rendered...
Bronze
Capiz Shell Table Lamp, Model Cornelia
By Dusty Deco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cornelia Table Lamp is a lamp that is made from capiz shells which gives the material an irregular structure. This makes each lamp unique, something that adds to its character and pe...
Brass
$1,093Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.36 in W 14.18 in
Florentine Expressions IX: 1980s Oil on Canvas Portrait Series
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series IX", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inter...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$61,487
H 88.98 in W 70.87 in D 94.89 in
Renaissance Style Oak Tester 4 Poster Bed Armorial Tapestry Bedspread King Size
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
Oak
$2,131Sale Price|20% Off
H 20 in W 24.5 in
Fine 1800's Scottish Sporting Art Oil Painting Gentleman Shooting with Gun & Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Sportsman and his Dogs Scottish School, early 19th century, unsigned oil on canvas, framed in antique gilt frame framed: 20 x 24.5 inches canvas : 16.5 x 20.5 inches Provenance: ...
Oil
$125,000
H 42.52 in W 27.56 in D 22.84 in
Purple Museum Quality Amethyst Centerpiece Mineral Masterpiece Decorative Object
Located in London, GB
A very large, one of a kind epimorph amethyst. This piece is a visual spectacle with the natural sculptural formations of amethyst in a different variety of purple tones. Also disp...
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Roger Méquinion, Museal Ceramic Vase with Antique Decor, 1940s
By Roger Mequinion
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco ceramic vase by Roger Mequinion, France, 1940s. Enameled surface. Sand-etched antique decor. Height : 11.2"(28.5cm), Overall diameter : 7.5"(19cm). 2 original retract...
Ceramic
$39,325Sale Price|60% Off
W 80.71 in L 124.02 in
Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Madrid, ES
Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the Hi...
Wool, Silk
6 Panel Japanese Byobu
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A Japanese screen. A six panel, Japanese Byobu screen depicting white birds perched in a pine tree and flying over a flowing river. Provenance: Private Collection Heather James Fine...
Paper, Pigment
$9,500
H 20.5 in W 17.5 in
Spring Walk, Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas by Lucien Neuquelman
By Lucien Neuquelman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lucien Neuquelman, French (1909 - 1988) - Spring Walk, Year: 1938, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated lower right, Size: 13 x 9.5 in. (33.02 x 24.13 cm), Frame Size: 20.5 x ...
Oil
$3,825
H 13 in W 16.13 in D 1 in
The Bathers: 20th Century Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting
By Harold Knight
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Attributed to Harold Knight (British,1874-1961) The Bathers oil on canvas signed `H. KNIGHT’ (lower right) 13 x 16.1/8 in. (33 x 41 cm.)
Canvas, Oil
$526,056 / set
H 114.5 in W 35.5 in D 5 in
19th Century, Monumental Carved Boiserie Panels from Lartington Hall
Located in London, GB
The Lartington hall carved Boiserie panels by Signor Anton Leone Bulletti. A highly important suite of eight carved and patinated wood panels commissioned by Monsignor Thomas Edw...
Wood, Pine
$88,491
H 149.61 in W 187.01 in D 0.4 in
Impressive Scale Mid-17th Century Flemish Tapestry Depicting Alexander The Great
By Jacob Jordaens
Located in Dubai, AE
Spectacular large scale mid-17th Century Flemish tapestry created after the 1630s design by Jacob Jordaens (d. 1678). Several tapestries of identical design were produced based on dr...
Wool, Silk
The Jester, Post Cover
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist Lower Right The Saturday Evening Post, February 11, 1939, cover illustration Literature The Saturday Evening Post, February 11, 1939, cover illustration Thomas S....
Oil
$52,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 103 in W 134 in D 0.25 in
"Peace, " Monumental Art Deco Tapestry w/ Goddess of Abundance and Nudes, 1945
By Gaston Alfred Henrich
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A unique and remarkable work of art with great historical importance, this monumental Art Deco tapestry celebrating the end of World War II presents a large scene of nude male and fe...
Wool
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.
Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.
Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.
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