Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight and his wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well k...
Oil, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene Nude
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight and his wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well k...
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Gouache American Modernist Powerline
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight and his wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well k...
Oil, Gouache, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape w Tower
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight and his wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well k...
Oil, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape Pond Tree
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight and his wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well k...
Oil, Board
$850
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Lithograph Island Beach 1933 American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight and his wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well k...
Lithograph
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H 11.2 in W 15.6 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Lithograph Island Beach 1933 American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight and his wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well k...
Lithograph
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H 7.25 in W 4.75 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight and his wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well k...
Oil, Board
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H 7.5 in W 4.5 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight and his wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well k...
Oil, Board
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H 6.5 in W 5.25 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight and his wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well k...
Gouache, Board
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H 7.5 in W 6.5 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene Nude
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight and his wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well k...
Gouache, Board, Watercolor
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H 6 in W 8 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Gouache American Modernist Powerline
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight and his wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well k...
Oil, Board, Gouache
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H 7.75 in W 6 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape Pond Tree
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight and his wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well k...
Oil, Board
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H 6 in W 9 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape w Tower
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight and his wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well k...
Oil, Board
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H 6.5 in W 5.25 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight and his wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well k...
Gouache, Board
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H 10 in W 8 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Mixed Race Family American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight and his wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well k...
Oil, Board
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H 5.5 in W 5 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Bouquet of Flowers
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight and his wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well k...
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
$21,000Sale Price|25% Off
H 81 in W 56 in D 2 in
"Youths Bathing in the Bay of Algiers, " Monumental Painting by Ortega, 1934
By José Ortega
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in tones of turquoise, Mediterranean blue, aqua, sky blue and a range of rich browns, tans and grays, this view of three young men bathing in the bay of Algiers i...
Paint
$4,200
H 18 in W 18 in D 1.5 in
Glimpse of Something That Seemed All Potential - Nude Original Oil Painting
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographic stills, repurposing them...
Oil, Panel
$18,623Sale Price|20% Off
H 58 in W 48.5 in
Huge 1700's Florentine Old Master Oil Painting Eros Triumph over Pan Male Nudes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Triumph of Eros over Pan Florentine School, early 1700's period, unsigned oil on canvas, framed framed: 58 x 48.5 inches canvas: 50 x 40 inches Provenance: private collection, Pa...
Oil
$6,500
H 41.5 in W 18.75 in D 1.5 in
"Standing Male Model from Behind, " Beautiful Male Nude, Three-Quarters Size
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and sensitively painted, this view of a young, nude male model, facing away from the viewer, places him in an artist's studio or atelier, with painters and their easels v...
Paint
MB 702 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Male Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
MB 702 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Male Nude by Mark Beard) graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper 30 x 19 inches unframed Contemporary figurative life study drawing ...
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
$4,200
H 18 in W 18 in D 1.5 in
No One Is Sure - Nude Figures, Intimate Portrayal of a Couple, Original Oil
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographic stills, repurposing them...
Oil, Panel
$5,250
H 40 in W 34 in D 1.5 in
Handing Your Heart to the Heat - Nude Figures, Intimate Portrayal of a Couple
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographic stills, repurposing them...
Oil, Panel
$1,893
H 23.63 in W 31.5 in D 0.79 in
Summer 8 - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
By Bartosz Kolata
Located in Hallein, AT
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Copernicus University UMK, securing a Master of Art degree. He...
Canvas, Oil
$1,650
H 29.75 in W 21.75 in
MB 827 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Two Nude Males by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of two nude males with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 827" graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper 29.75 x 21.75 inches unframed Signed, l...
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
$800
H 22 in W 15 in
MB 001 (Modern, Academic Style Figurative Life Drawing of Muscular Male Nude )
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative male nude drawing on Arches paper by Mark Beard graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper 22 x 15 inches unframed Contemporary figurative life study drawing of ...
Conté, Graphite
$6,036
H 37.41 in W 49.22 in D 1.19 in
HEAT - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
By Bartosz Kolata
Located in Hallein, AT
This work is framed. Unframed size: 90x120 cm, framed 95x125 cm Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicol...
Canvas, Oil
$14,750
H 58 in W 58 in D 1.5 in
'Young Man in Repose' by Podlach - Large Male Intimate Figurative Nude Painting
By Betsy Podlach
Located in Carmel, CA
Betsy Podlach (American, born 1964) "Young Man in Repose" 2009 Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. "Young Man in Repose" is a captivating p...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$12,500
H 26.75 in W 27.5 in D 1.25 in
"Late Afternoon on the Beach", Mid Century Painting w/ Blond Nude Male Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This atmospheric and magical view of a single nude male figure on a California beach is imbued with lovely, unexpected colors and textures which rise up to a sky that is a pale shade...
Paint
$739Sale Price|20% Off
H 25.5 in W 19.75 in
Nude Male Portrait Study 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting
By Jacqueline Boisselot
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Male Nude Figure by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century 25.5 x 19.75 inches oil on artist paper, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy with a small tear top lef...
Oil
"Blond Nude in Blue Room", Mid Century Painting with Male Nude
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sensitively and beautifully painted, this portrait of a young man, blond-haired, ruddy-complexioned and nude, was painted in the 1950s by Vito Tomasello. The subject is looking down...
Paint
$2,130
H 4.73 in W 6.7 in D 0.04 in
Kristine DeBell - Vintage Photo by Helmut Newton - 1970s
By Helmut Newton
Located in Roma, IT
Kristine DeBell is a vintage photo, realized b Helmut Newton in the 1970s. The artwork represent fashion model and actress in 1970s.
Photographic Paper
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.
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