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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Hermanus Koekkoek The Elder (After), On The Scheldt
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century oil painting after Dutch artist Hermanus Koekkoek the Elder (1815-1882) depicts a view on the Scheldt River with fishing ‘hoogaars’ and figures. Moored upon c...
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1880s Dutch School Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Manhattan Midtown Rain, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A person walks down a rainy Manhattan street under a blue umbrella. Glowing storefronts line the sidewalk, adding warmth to the cool, wet surroundings. Inspired...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Large nudes in landscape oil painting, French figurative painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large oil on board of three nudes in a landscape by French artisit René Mendès France (1888-1985). This post impressionist oil painting is ideal for a bathroom. Using a variety of ...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Among the Trees by Geri Eubanks, Framed Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
In Geri's own words: "My love for art began in my early teens when I signed up for art class in high school and soon discovered that I had a passion for drawing and oil. Growing up i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Antique Italian painter - 18th century landscape painting figures- Oil on canvas
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Landscape with shepherds at rest. 44 x 61 cm. Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame. Condition report: Lined canvas. Good condition of the...
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Early 18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

FREEDOM
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas. Original art by Daria Kusto. Shipped well protected, rolled in a tube, unframed from Spain.
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2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Nightmare - figurative, blue brush strokes on canvas, Medium Modern Contemporary
Located in London, GB
Developed in London in 2019 and 2020, this project focuses on the idea of dreaming, and although the emerging compositions are closed and defined they are also very dynamic and vibra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Woman by The Lake - Late 19th Century Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous 19th Century figurative landscape of a woman by a lake looking wistfully at boaters by J. Glover (American, 19th Century), c.1870's. Signed lower left "J. Glover." Unframed....
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Original Painting of Forest Landscape in Northern Ireland by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Post-War Oil Painting of Tollymore Forest in Northern Ireland by 20th Century Modern Artist, Denis Thornton (1937-1999) Art measures 30 x 20...
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1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton, Oil

Dancers 7 - Red and Black Figures Embracing the Love of Movement and Life
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel, an internationally collected artist, effortlessly channels vitality and sensuality through her awe-inspiring collection of abstract and figurative paintings. With an u...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Paper

"A World in a Flower" figurative oil painting girl nature dreamy meditation zen
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
"A World in a Flower" is a Buddhist saying, similar meaning like what William Blake's poem says, to see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in th...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Space Junk 15 - Original One of a Kind Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s work is influenced by Egyptian hieroglyphs, graffiti, and his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in his creative life. He covers the canvas with unique imagery...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Evening Comes" (2023) By Kim Lordier, Pastel on Archival Board Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Kim Lordier's "Evening Comes" (2023), a beautiful pastel painting on archival board, depicts an autumn landscape cast over by the warm evening sunset. Artist Statement and Bio: “I ...
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2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Board, Pastel

Archetypes-The Mother, Maiden, Queen, Huntress, Wise Woman, Mystic, Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Symbols abound in this monumental painting by Bruno Surdo. Each of the subjects on this canvas is dependent upon the other. They require the presence of the others for balance and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

River Landscape of Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Oil Painting of River Landscape of Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands by 20th Century Artist, Robert Egginton. Art measures 30 x 22 inches Frame measures 36 x 28 inches Presented in the highest quality hand-finished off-white Frinton moulding. Robert Egginton was born in Devon in 1943 and is a landscape painter in watercolours and oils. He paints mainly Scottish scenes in an accurate pictorial manner, with a bright palette. He is the grandson of Wycliffe Egginton RI (1875-1951) and nephew of Frank Egginton...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Cotton, Cotton Canvas, Board

4th Earl of Chesterfield - 18th Century English Georgian Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
The painting – which depicts Philip Stanhope, the 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773) wearing a red velvet coat and the star of the Royal Order of the ...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Parisian Storm" Abstract Figure w Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
An abstract, whimsical and bold depiction of a woman standing gracefully in a white gown against a blue, silver and peach background with delicate details. This piece captures the es...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Machiavellian Browser
Located in New Orleans, LA
Machiavellian Browser depicts a screenshot of some issues black men face in the 21st century. Machiavellianism in psychology refers to a personality trait that sees a person so focus...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Le hameau en ete - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel landscape circa 1930 by French post impressionist painter Victor Charreton. This stunning work depicts a view of a French hamlet in summer - the buildings in the ...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"The Artist at Work" Romantic Parisian Impressionistic Oil Painting of Figures
Located in New York, NY
Louis Van Der Pol (Dutch, 1896-1982) was active in the 20th Century and lived in Holland. He was known for his large format elaborate romantic portrait paintings and city street scen...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

French school Still Life - Basket of apples - 20th century Signed AUC
Located in Zofingen, AG
Still life Basket of apples Harmonious composition of apples and basket from J Muller (probably an artist from Alsace - France) ⭐Structural Analysis : ⭐ Regarding the structure of...
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1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Blonde Nude Leaning on a Stool in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Blonde Nude Leaning on a Stool in Oil on Canvas Beautiful modern impressionist figure painting of a nude woman by bay area artist George Wishon (American, b.20th Century). A contras...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

At The Warehouse - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman, Dog
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Mid Century French Post Impressionist Oil on Canvas Man Working in Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Working in the Fields by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed and stamped verso oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 21 x 26 inches very good condition provenance: from the a...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Impressionist Nude, Atmospheric Colour, Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Impressionist Nude, Atmospheric Colour, Oil Painting By French artist Garnvault, 20th Century Signed by the artist verso Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas size: 15 x 21.5 inche...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Girls Outside a Florentine Bar Florence Impressionism 12 x 16 2024 Duomo
Located in Houston, TX
Girls Outside a Florentine Bar by James Crandall Oil on canvas panel 12” x 16” Also shown is "Girl with Aperitivo" which is 16' x 12" and is available. This Florentine painti...
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2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Gustav Adolf Kuntz (After), Greetings From The World / The Nun Of Monza
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century German oil painting depicts the ‘Nun of Monza’, Sister Virginia Maria, staring longingly through a cell window while in prayer. It’s a fictionalised depiction...
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1910s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Bouquet of Flowers
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintings. This is a miniature watercolor and gouache vibrant, colorful bouquet of flowers in a vase. Simka Simkhovitch (Симха Файбусович Симхович) (aka Simka Faibusovich Simkhovich) (Novozybkov, Russia May 21, 1885 O.S./June 2, 1885 N.S.—Greenwich, Connecticut February 25, 1949) was a Ukrainian-Russian Jewish artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career and then had several showings in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals for the post offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Beaufort, North Carolina. His works are in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born outside Kyiv (Petrograd Ukraine) into a Jewish family who owned a small department store. During a severe case of measles when he was seven, Simcha Simchovitch sketched the views outside his window and decided to become an artist, over his father's objections. Beginning in 1905, he studied at the Grekov Odessa Art School and upon completion of his studies in 1911 received a recommendation to be admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Though he enrolled to begin classes in architecture, painting, and sculpture at the Imperial Academy, he was dropped from the school roster in December because of the quota on the number of Jewish students and drafted into the army. Simchovitch served as a private in the 175th Infantry Regiment Baturyn [ru] until his demobilization in 1912. Re-enrolling in the Imperial Academy, he audited classes. Simka Simkhovitch exhibited paintings and sculptures in 1918 as part of an exhibition of Jewish artists and in 1919 placed 1st in the competition "The Great Russian Revolution" with a painting called "Russian Revolution" which was hung in the State Museum of Revolution. In 1922, Simkha Simkhovitch exhibited at the International Book Fair in Florence (Italian: Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Firenze). In 1924, Simkhovitch came to the United States to make illustrations for Soviet textbooks and decided to immigrate instead. Initially he supported himself by doing commercial art and a few portrait commissions. In 1927, he was hired to paint a screen for a scene in the play "The Command to Love" by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar which was playing at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. Art dealers began clamoring for the screen and Simkhovitch began a career as a screen painter for the theater. Catching the attention of the screenwriter, Ernest Pascal, he worked as an illustrator for Pascal, who then introduced him to gallery owner, Marie Sterner. Simkhovitch's works appeared at the Marie Sterner Gallery beginning with a 1927 exhibit and were repeated the following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a showing of works at the Helen Hackett Gallery, in New York City and later that same year he was one of the featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. The exhibit was coordinated by Marie Sterner and included four watercolors, including one titled "Nudes". He is of the generation of Russian Soviet artists such as Isaac Pailes, Serge Charchoune, Marc Chagall, Chana Orloff, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, and Ossip Zadkine. In 1936, Simkhovitch was selected to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in the post office and courthouse in 1938 depicted a plantation theme. Painted on the wall behind the judge’s bench, “Pursuits of Life in Mississippi”, a depiction of black workers engaged in manual labor amid scenes of white professionals and socialites, was eventually covered over in later years during renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of Jackson. His impression of pre-civil rights Mississippi was evidently Greek Revival column houses, weeping willow trees, working class families, and the oppression of African Americans. He painted African American men picking cotton, while a white man took account of the harvest and a white judge advised a white family, calling it Pursuits of Life in Mississippi. Though clearly endorsed by the government and initially generally well-received, the mural soon raised concerns with locals as the climate toward racial segregation began to change. The main concern was whether depictions that show African Americans in subjugated societal roles should be featured in a courtroom. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won praise at an exhibition in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1940, Simkhovitch's second WPA post office project was completed when four murals, "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat", "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright", "Sand Ponies" and "Canada Geese" were installed in Beaufort, North Carolina. The works were commissioned in 1938 and did not generate the controversy that the Jackson mural had. The main mural is "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright" and depicts a shipwreck which had occurred in Beaufort in 1866. "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat" depicted the lighthouse built in 1859 and the mail boat that was running mail during the time which Simkhovitch was there. The boat ran mail for the area until 1957. "Sand Ponies" shows the wild horses common to the North Carolina barrier islands and "Canada Geese" showed the importance of hunting and fishing in the area. All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Watercolor, Board

The Queen , 1947, by French Transgender Artist JM Poulain
Located in Paris, FR
By French famous Transgender artist, Michel Marie Poulain (Born Paris December 5, 1906. Died 1991) this rare oil on canvas it represents the Queen and he...
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1940s Feminist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Beauty From Within
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity About Artist Segu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Antique English Oil Painting 'The Knight Errant' Pre-Raphaelite Nude & Knight
By John Everett Millais
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Knight Errant English School, circa 1900 after the painting by John Everett Millais (1829-1896) oil painting on board, framed board: 13 x 10 i...
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Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antonius Bernardus Dirckx (1878-1927) - Oil, Fishing Boats At Dawn
By Anton Dirckx
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. Well presented in a gilt frame with pierces foliate ornamentation. On canvas.
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Newlyn Harbour: Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
This is an archetypal Stafford painting. Cheery tugs and Cornish fishing boats bobbing about in the harbour as they busy themselves with their days routine and the townsfolk watching...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Blue nude" Oil cm. 50 x 60 1953
Located in Torino, IT
blue,nude Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989) From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to technical and expressive results dominated by an imp...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mini Landscape Oil Painting - At the Water's Edge
Located in Bristol, GB
At the Water's Edge Oil on Canvas Board Size: 24.5 x 27 cm (including frame) A small but very impactful mid century modernist composition in oil, painted onto canvas board. With a ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

Cottage by a River - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Antoine Guillemet
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas riverscape circa 1900 by French impressionist painter Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemet. The work depicts a view of a cottage beside a river on a bright summer's d...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

18th century French Moonlit Harbour painting - Provenance Count Brobrinsky
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large 18th century French painting depicting a Moonlit Mediterranean harbour scene This beautiful high quality painting was part of the collection of Count Bobrinskoy (Bobrinski). T...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Brothers Keeper' Unique Painting, 2022
Located in New York, NY
'Brothers Keeper' Unique painting, 2022 is signed by the Artist on verso. Troy Jones (b. 1974) is a contemporary artist born and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey. He lives and work...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Inner Nature 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women on African Fabric
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. “Don’t let the n...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Nude Figure with Florals, Woman in Beige and Dandelion by America Martin, 2024
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Woman in Beige And Dandelion" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 40 x 30 in. ; 41.5 x 31.5 in Framed Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America M...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Ladies Day Sunbathing & Swimming by the Shoreline with Umbrellas and High-Rises
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bustling Day at the Beach by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches oil painting on board, unframed condition: the painting is in very good condition. It has previously...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Vintage French Figurative Oil Painting "A Family Man's Fantasy"
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5150 French oversized Surreal oil on canvas A Man's Fantasy Framed
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1960s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Diagonal V
Located in Wien, 9
The artwork is signed, titled and dated verso. The artwork shows a realistic cat illustration set against a beige background. He plays with the shadow of the animal, this takes up ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Turtle Watching by Laura McCarty, Large Framed Contemporary Abstract Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
The framed price is listed. UNFRAMED this piece measures 40"H x 40"W. Born and raised in Georgia, from a young age, Laura developed a deep love for an array of creative outlets. Des...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic

Sue Anderson - Framed Contemporary Oil, Shrimpers
Located in Corsham, GB
Original work in oil. Shrimpers walking out to sea. Well-presented in a lime-washed frame. Signed to the lower right. On canvas on stretchers.
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

At the Bend - Abstracted Russian Landscape Yuri Gusev
By Yuri Gusev
Located in Soquel, CA
Impressionist landscape of a river at the edge of the woods by Yuri Gusev (Russian, b. 1928). There is a kneeling figure between the trees in the foreground. Presented in a pink-hued...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Red Houses No. 1, Norway by Calo Carratala - Snowy landscape painting
Located in Paris, FR
Red Houses No. 1 is a unique oil on laminated wood painting from the Norway series by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 46 × 74 cm (18.1 × 29.1 in). The art...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Summers Evening in the Scottish Highlands Antique Oil Painting Sunset Loch View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Summers Evening in the Highlands by Frank Hider (c. 1861–1933) signed, titled verso oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 17 x 25 inches canvas: 12 x 20 inches Provenance: Private ...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

French Contemporary Art by M.-P. Autonne - Bleu Loire
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & oil on wooden panel Marie-Pierre Autonne Born in Paris in 1960, Marie-Pierre Autonne studied in a Montessori method school. At the same time, she took drawing lessons in t...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Au bout des yeux
Located in PARIS, FR
Acrylic on canvas original painting 40 x 70 cm (Encadrée) 38 x 61 cm 15.75 x 27.56 in
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1990s French School Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Pancakes with butter and Honey- 21st Century Hyper Realistic Still-life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Heidi von Faber Pancakes, Butter & Syrup Acrylic on linen 100 x 100 cm ( framed/ included in price 105 x 105 cm) (Signed on front right below, see picture H. VON FABER)) Dutch artis...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Linen

'Story Time', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Additionally signed, verso, dated March 1928 with artist's New York City ...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Illustration Board

Killearn, Loch Lomond, Scotland ORIGINAL ANTIQUE SCOTTISH OIL PAINTING signed
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist: John Campbell Mitchell RSA (1865-1922) Scottish Title: “Killearn, Loch Lomond, Scotland” Medium: oil on canvas Size: 92cm x 62cm inc frame Notes: Born In Campbeltown Scotl...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Large Painting of Classic New York City in Rain with Figures by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Large Original Painting of a Classic 1990's Busy New York City Scene in the Rain, with Yellow Taxis, Cars and Figures, by British Urban Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. This is a ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Linen, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Oranges. Montilla Oil on canvas. Orange, Yelow, Fuchsia Expressionist Still-Life
Located in Segovia, ES
"Oranges" oil on canvas. Expressionist colorful still life. Measurements: (H) 61 x (W) 46 x (D) 2 cm. Framed: (H) 81 x (W) 66 x (D) 4 cm Expressionist still life with ...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Harvesting Cotton - Original Oil Painting - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Harvesting Cotton is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1981. Mixed colored oil on canvas Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower margin Included a brown wooden...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Flower lady
Located in London, GB
"Thanks to this psychological analysis, my paintings show emotions that people never experience in the mirror or through a photograph."- says the artist. Anastasia dialogues with t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Cotton, Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Robert Thorburn Ross RSA, Carding, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-19th-century oil painting by Scottish artist Robert Thorburn Ross RSA (1816-1876) depicts a seated woman carding wool within a rustic interior. Robert Thorburn Ross RSA was...
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1850s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Figurative Paintings for Sale

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.

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