Sietse Jonker
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
Sietse W. Jonker"The Valuable Collection" Sietse W. Jonker 21st Century Contemporary Oil Paint, 2018
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
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A minimalist realistic still life of an open pomegranate by artist Christopher Garvey. The tart fruit is cut in three portions with its seeds scattered around a...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Antique 19th Century Italian Victorian Paintings
Canvas, Giltwood
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
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Artist Christopher Garvey presents a group of varying glassware in different colors, sizes, and shapes. Set against a tonal background, the focus is drawn to th...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s American Realist Animal Prints
Lithograph
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Paintings
Paper
Antique 18th Century European Romantic Paintings
Wood, Canvas, Paint
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Artist Christopher Garvey presents a realistic display of glassware and ceramics set atop a wooden table joined by billiard balls. A soft light brightens the sc...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Antique 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Paint
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This painting was done from life in the alla prima style, meaning all in one sitting before the paint begins to dry. The artist chose the subject and color pa...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
20th Century Italian Country Paintings
Wood
Antique 19th Century Paintings
Canvas
A Close Look at Contemporary Art
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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Finding the Right figurative-paintings for You
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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