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Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett creates representational images of human figures and animals, emphasizing movement in a manner reminiscent of Lucien Freud, Edgar Degas and the photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Elongated and blurry, the horse racing up a hill (Canter Fritz, 2002) and the sinister cat landing a leap (Chien Blanc, 1998) elicit a sense of foreboding enhanced by Bennett’s somber palette; his female figures too reflect a grim sense of humor with their distorted nude bodies. The face of Untitled Figure (1997), for example, is obscured by layers of dark paint. Classically trained as a painter, he initially worked in oil on canvas but discovered that monotype printing enabled him to “literally push the image around,” creating an essential element of motion. To overcome the limited scale of monotypes, however, he switched to painting on slick-surfaced plastic. Tom Bennett’s practice is rooted in the classical tradition where painting and drawing from life is highly regarded. Bennett’s work is heavily influenced by Francis Bacon, Frank Auberbauch and foremost his father, Harry Bennett, who was also an artist. Tom’s time living abroad in Spain and traveling through Eastern Europe and Africa provided the artistic freedom to explore many of the techniques and subject matter that continue to define his practice. Bennett was born and raised in Connecticut. His mediums include monotypes, oil on paper, canvas or styrene board. In a technique that Tom started over 4 years ago, several of his monotypes have been painted over with oil paint using a palette knife, brush, or his fingers to re-purpose the underlying image. These works are a testament to Bennett’s ability to quickly and concisely compose an image with expressive brush strokes, foreshortened figures and expertly rendered light. Tom’s work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions worldwide. Bennett lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently represented by Tabla Rasa Gallery.
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Artist: Tom Bennett
Revelation, abstract female Figure, back view, Paint strokes, colorful

Revelation, abstract female Figure, back view, Paint strokes, colorful

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Conremporay figurative painting created with heavy impasto and agresssive, active brush strokes featuring a semi abstracted female figure viewd from the back. A mixture of representa...

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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Love Scorn, classical gestural abstract male nude figure, dog, blues, earth tone
Love Scorn, classical gestural abstract male nude figure, dog, blues, earth tone

Love Scorn, classical gestural abstract male nude figure, dog, blues, earth tone

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Homage to baroque allegory, symbolic figurative realism. About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett creates representational images of human figures and animals, emphas...

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2010s American Impressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Prosaic, female frontal nude oil painting lively brushwork, earth tones
Prosaic, female frontal nude oil painting lively brushwork, earth tones

Prosaic, female frontal nude oil painting lively brushwork, earth tones

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This oil painting presents a powerful exploration of the fragmented human form and the emotive potential of abstraction. The figure, rendered in a dynamic fusion of expressive brushw...

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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lady of the Flies, blue tones, abstract female figure

Lady of the Flies, blue tones, abstract female figure

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A expressive abstracted figure painted with strong yet ethereal colors and beautiful textures. The painting has biomorphic shapes and an active, dynamic composition.

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2010s Abstract Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Stranger 2, abstract brushwork, seated female nude, skin tones

The Stranger 2, abstract brushwork, seated female nude, skin tones

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Abstracted, expressionist figurative nude.. Figure in semi-fetal position against and abstract field of greys and muted colors. Powerful direct mark-making.

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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Archival Paper

Constraints Oil Painting, Contemporary Figurative, 2010s, Textured

Constraints Oil Painting, Contemporary Figurative, 2010s, Textured

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Expressive figurative oil painting features seated introspective figure rendered in a bold, semi-abstract style with visible textured brushstrokes and earthy palette. The composition...

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2010s Contemporary Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Stranger 1, abstract figure

The Stranger 1, abstract figure

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

An expressionist figure painting composed of greys, muted colors and gentle abstracted shapes, this painting was made by applying oil over a monotype underpainting on paper. The abst...

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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Monotype

Sigularity 2 gestural abstract femalefigure

Sigularity 2 gestural abstract femalefigure

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Abstracted and expressive figurative painting featuring a woman's back and profile in a style that emphases abstract mark-making. It incorporates a variety of techniques, incorporati...

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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Oil, Board

Unfinished Thought, female nude, abstracted figurative painting earth tones
Unfinished Thought, female nude, abstracted figurative painting earth tones

Unfinished Thought, female nude, abstracted figurative painting earth tones

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Expressionist, abstracted figurative female nude About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett creates representational images of human figures and animals, emphasizing mo...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hercules and the Lion (Apologies to Rubens) classical image, male figure

Hercules and the Lion (Apologies to Rubens) classical image, male figure

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

An expressionist homage to Rubens. Active, colorful take on an allegorical painting based on Greek Mythology. Active movement, aggressive brush strokes combine for a powerful and mil...

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2010s Symbolist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Insomnia
Insomnia

Insomnia

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Expressionist figurative nude oil painting on fine printmaking paper. Colorful, active movement, broad brushstrokes, expressionist feel.

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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Ecstatic Fatigue, abstracted female figure, nude
Ecstatic Fatigue, abstracted female figure, nude

Ecstatic Fatigue, abstracted female figure, nude

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Oil on board. Abstracted, expressionist, figurative. Cool and warm greys with heightened color.

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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Posthumous, abstract nude female figure, grey, blue

Posthumous, abstract nude female figure, grey, blue

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Abstract Expressionist figurative painting. Cool greys and a textured abstracted surface reveals a subtle yet powerful nude figure in hidden repose.

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fatuous, oil painting, male figure, art historical classical theme

Fatuous, oil painting, male figure, art historical classical theme

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Award winning painter Tom Bennett was raised in a painter's household, learned to paint from his father. Born in Norwalk, Ct., the painter/printmaker lived in Brooklyn, NY until movi...

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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Pete's Going Away, " colorful gestural abstraction, multiple figures

"Pete's Going Away, " colorful gestural abstraction, multiple figures

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

An abstract figurative oil painting on board. Active, expressive movement with powerful paint application. An abstract homage to Caravaggio.

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2010s Abstract Impressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Oil, Board

Truro Beach, colorful abstract female sun bather

Truro Beach, colorful abstract female sun bather

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Oil painting on board of expressionist figure in repose. Expressive, energetic brush strokes, colorful palette.

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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Spoke 1, nude, blue tones, suggests sky water

Spoke 1, nude, blue tones, suggests sky water

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Oil painting of semi-abstracted female nude against a moody, ambiguous cloudy sky. The figure appears both an ethereal part of and emerging from another world.

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2010s Symbolist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Muddy Company oil on monotype

Muddy Company oil on monotype

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

provocative female figure Oil on paper Tom Bennett’s practice is rooted in the classical tradition where painting and drawing from life is highly regarded. Bennett’s work is heavily influenced by Francis Bacon, Frank Auberbauch and foremost his father, Harry Bennett, who was also an artist. Tom’s time living abroad in Spain and traveling through Eastern Europe and Africa provided the artistic freedom to explore many of the techniques and subject matter that continue to define his practice. Bennett was born and raised in Connecticut. His mediums include monotypes, oil on paper, canvas or styrene board. In a technique that Tom started over 4 years ago, several of his monotypes have been painted over with oil paint using a palette knife, brush, or his fingers to repurpose the underlying image. These works are a testament to Bennett’s ability to quickly and concisely compose an image with expressive brush strokes, foreshortened figures and expertly rendered light. Tom’s work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions worldwide. Bennett lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently represented by Tabla Rasa...

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2010s Neo-Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Late Winter (self portrait) earth tones, abstracted gestural portrait
Late Winter (self portrait) earth tones, abstracted gestural portrait

Late Winter (self portrait) earth tones, abstracted gestural portrait

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

An expressive and introspective portrait of a man, rendered in a loose, gestural style that emphasizes texture, color and emotion over realism. The composition is dominated by the fa...

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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Purdah, dark tones, gestural abstract w figures, black, grey monochromatic

Purdah, dark tones, gestural abstract w figures, black, grey monochromatic

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Oil on canvas, abstracted image of moody figure, with expressionist movement in brush application. Dark grays and blacks with higher intensity red colors popping.

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2010s Abstract Impressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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Find a wide variety of authentic Tom Bennett figurative paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of figurative paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Tom Bennett in oil paint, paint, canvas and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the Expressionist style. Not every interior allows for large Tom Bennett figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 16 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Akos Biro, Michael Baxte, and Christina Major. Tom Bennett figurative paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $750 and tops out at $3,850, while the average work can sell for $1,500.