Woodcut Aki
1820s Figurative Prints
Woodcut
People Also Browsed
Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Porcelain
Artist Comments
Artist Nick Bontorno paints a black horse running toward the distant desert bluffs. He renders the subject with minimal representation in the style of primitivi...
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Vintage 1930s Sculptures and Carvings
Porcelain
Artist Comments
A young Latin girl travels the desert on a pink horse in artist Nick Bontorno's piece. The muted background directs the focal point towards the vibrant central ...
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Woodcut
1910s Tonalist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel
1840s Modern Figurative Prints
Paper, Woodcut
1870s Edo Figurative Prints
Ink, Woodcut, Paper
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Woodcut, Monoprint
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Woodcut
Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Woodcut
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Linocut
1960s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media
Antique Late 19th Century French Japonisme Figurative Sculptures
Metal
Early 20th Century Japonisme Sculptures and Carvings
Kunichika Toyohara for sale on 1stDibs
Kunichika Toyohara was born as Ōshima Yasohachi in 1835. Toyohara was one of the last Japanese Ukiyo-e painters. His first signed print is from 1852, but it was only in 1854 that he took the stage name Kunichika. Toyohara is best known for his prints of Kabuki actors, using the woodblock technique. He also painted beautiful women and for some special occasions, historical scenes. Toyohara was certainly a brilliant painter with unmistakable talent and dissipated life.
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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