Tony Sheath
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Board, Oil
People Also Browsed
Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Antique 19th Century American Paintings
Canvas
Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Paper
Antique 1820s English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Oil
Vintage 1950s American Victorian Paintings
Paint
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Glass
Vintage 1950s German Paintings
Canvas
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Venice Landscape Italian Oil on Canvas Painting in Gilt Wood Frame, Belle Epoque, Early 20th Century
Antique Mid-19th Century Scottish Victorian Paintings
Paint
Antique Mid-19th Century American Paintings
Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century English Paintings
Other
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Recent Sales
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
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.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.