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"The Hunt" Figurative Painting 13" x 20.5" inch by Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Hunt" Figurative Painting 13" x 20.5" inch by Ahmed Saber Medium: acrylic, ink & colored pencil on paper AHMED SABER - BIO Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil

'Reclining Nude in Interior', California Post-Impressionist, Louvre, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with estate stamp. Framed dimensions: 21 H x 1.5 D x 24.75 W inches Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Vic...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Hard Way
Located in Paris, IDF
Marker, ink, acrylic, pastel & watercolor on paper, Unstretched Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studi...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker

"The Kiss - In Paris" Figures Kissing in Paris with Poodle Oil Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the excitement of High-End Fashion, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composi...
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2010s American Impressionist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Archival Paper

Rare Modernist Hungarian Rabbi Pastel Drawing Gouache Painting Judaica Art Deco
Located in Surfside, FL
Rabbi in the synagogue at prayer wearing tallit and tefillin. Hugó Scheiber (born 29 September 1873 in Budapest – died there 7 March 1950) was a Hungarian modernist painter. Hugo Scheiber was brought from Budapest to Vienna at the age of eight where his father worked as a sign painter for the Prater Theater. At fifteen, he returned with his family to Budapest and began working during the day to help support them and attending painting classes at the School of Design in the evening, where Henrik Papp was one of his teachers. He completed his studies in 1900. His work was at first in a post-Impressionistic style but from 1910 onward showed his increasing interest in German Expressionism and Futurism. This made it of little interest to the conservative Hungarian art establishment. However, in 1915 he met the great Italian avant-gardist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and the two painters became close friends. Marinetti invited him to join the Futurist Movement. The uniquely modernist style that he developed was, however, closer to German Expressionism than to Futurism and eventually drifted toward an international art deco manner similar to Erté's. In 1919, he and his friend Béla Kádar held an exhibition at the Hevesy Salon in Vienna. It was a great success and at last caused the Budapest Art Museum to acquire some of Scheiber's drawings. Encouraged, Scheiber came back to live in Vienna in 1920. A turning point in Scheiber's career came a year later, when Herwarth Walden, founder of Germany's leading avant-garde periodical, Der Sturm, and of the Sturm Gallery in Berlin, became interested in Scheiber's work. Scheiber moved to Berlin in 1922, and his paintings soon appeared regularly in Walden's magazine and elsewhere. Exhibitions of his work followed in London, Rome, La Paz, and New York. Scheiber's move to Germany coincided with a significant exodus of Hungarian artists to Berlin, including Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Sandor Bortnyik. There had been a major split in ideology among the Hungarian avant-garde. The Constructivist and leader of the Hungarian avantgarde, Lajos Kassák (painted by Hugó Scheiber in 1930) believed that art should relate to all the needs of contemporary humankind. Thus he refused to compromise the purity of his style to reflect the demands of either the ruling class or socialists and communists. The other camp believed that an artist should be a figurehead for social and political change. The fall out and factions that resulted from this politicisation resulted in most of the Hungarian avant gardists leaving Vienna for Berlin. Hungarian émigrés made up one of the largest minority groups in the German capital and the influx of their painters had a significant effect on Hungarian and international art. Another turning point of Scheiber's career came in 1926, with the New York exhibition of the Société Anonyme, organized by Katherine Dreier. Scheiber and other important avant garde artists from more than twenty-three countries were represented. In 1933, Scheiber was invited by Marinetti to participate in the great meeting of the Futurists held in Rome in late April 1933, Mostra Nazionale d’Arte Futurista where he was received with great enthusiasm. Gradually, the Hungarian artists began to return home, particularly with the rise of Nazism in Germany. Kádar went back from Berlin in about 1932 and Scheiber followed in 1934. He was then at the peak of his powers and had a special flair in depicting café and cabaret life in vivid colors, sturdily abstracted forms and spontaneous brush strokes. Scheiber depicted cosmopolitan modern life using stylized shapes and expressive colors. His preferred subjects were cabaret and street scenes, jazz musicians, flappers, and a series of self-portraits (usually with a cigar). his principal media being gouache and oil. He was a member of the prestigious New Society of Artists (KUT—Képzőművészek Új Társasága)and seems to have weathered Hungary's post–World War II transition to state-communism without difficulty. He continued to be well regarded, eventually even receiving the posthumous honor of having one of his images used for a Russian Soviet postage stamp (see image above). Hugó Scheiber died in Budapest in 1950. Paintings by Hugó Scheiber form part of permanent museum collections in Budapest (Hungarian National Museum), Pecs (Jannus Pannonius Museum), Vienna, New York, Bern and elsewhere. His work has also been shown in many important exhibitions, including: "The Nell Walden Collection," Kunsthaus Zürich (1945) "Collection of the Société Anonyme," Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut (1950) "Hugó Scheiber: A Commemorative Exhibition," Hungarian National Museum, Budapest (1964) "Ungarische Avantgarde," Galleria del Levante, Munich (1971) "Paris-Berlin 1900-1930," Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1978) "L’Art en Hongrie, 1905-1920," Musée d’Art et l’Industrie, Saint-Etienne (1980) "Ungarische Avantgarde in der Weimarer Republik," Marburg (1986) "Modernizmus," Eresz & Maklary Gallery, Budapest (2006) "Hugó Scheiber & Béla Kádár," Galerie le Minotaure, Paris and Tel Aviv (2007) Hugó Scheiber's paintings continue to be regularly sold at Sotheby's, Christie's, Gillen's Arts (London), Papillon Gallery (Los Angeles) and other auction houses. He was included in the exhibition The Art Of Modern Hungary 1931 and other exhibitions along with Vilmos Novak Aba, Count Julius Batthyany, Pal Bor, Bela Buky, Denes Csanky, Istvan Csok, Bela Czobel, Peter Di Gabor, Bela Ivanyi Grunwald, Baron Ferenc Hatvany, Lipot Herman, Odon Marffy, C. Pal Molnar...
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Early 20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache

Seated Figure (Abstract Woman Collage).
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Sam Maitin (1928-2004). Seated Figure, ca. 1970. Charcoal, gouache and decorative paper collage. Measuring 15.5 x 20.5 inches; 22.75 x 27.75 inches framed. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Period frame original to the piece in mahogany with natural wood grain on sides and 22k gold leaf gilt face. After graduating from Simon Gratz High School, Maitin won a scholarship to the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts). A painter, printmaker, sculptor, muralist, graphic designer, political activist, and beloved teacher, Maitin headed the Visual Graphics Communication Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication from 1965–1972 and served on the board of Woodmere Art Museum from 1995–2004. He received a number of awards, including a 1968 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. He created murals and other public art for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University’s Kornberg School of Dentistry, the Please Touch Museum, and Hahnemann University Hospital, among others. Maitin's work is museum collections in the United States and Europe, including (but not limited to): Philadelphia Museum of Art Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Museum of Modern Art, New York Tate Gallery, London Bauersche Geisserie, Germany Oakland Museum, California Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts The Currier Gallery of Art...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Gouache

Spring Rain by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, flowers, wisteria
Located in Paris, FR
Spring Rain is a unique painting by contemporary artist Chen Yiching. The painting is made with mineral pigments on Japanese paper mounted on wood, silver leaf, dimensions are 110 × ...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

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Silver

Magoo Magoo - Original Abstract Figurative Cartoon Pop Art Painting by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paper Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

"Workers" Russian Constructivist 1920s Modern Social Realism Cubism Figurative
Located in New York, NY
"Workers" Russian Constructivist 1920s Modern Social Realism Cubism Figurative VLADIMIR VASIL’EVICH LEBEDEV (1891-1967) "Workers" Gouache on paper Monog...
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1920s Constructivist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

"The Mighty Fry" Original French Fries Pop Street Art by Gary John on Newspaper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paper Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

"Sunshine Sally" Abstract Figure Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted figure painting by Juniper Briggs is made with mixed media on cold pressed paper with deckle edges. It features a warm contrasting yellow-gold and pink palette with a...
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2010s Cubist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

"026 - Plein Air-Golden, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "026 - Plein Air-Golden, CO" is a gouache painting depicting valley full of vibrant plants and bright green grass. Artist bio/statement Judd Mercer is a c...
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2010s Impressionist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Lamentation of Christ oil on paper laid on canvas
By Annibale Carracci
Located in New York, NY
The composition repeats that of a large altarpiece designed by Annibale Carracci for the church of San Francesco a Ripa, Rome (now in the Louvre, Par...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Paper Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Oil

"Forest Floor in Late October" (2024) By Quang Ho, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Quang Ho's "Forest Floor in Late October" (2024) is a beautiful impressionist oil paper on paper that depicts a large mass of fallen autumn leaves. About the artist: Quang Ho was b...
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2010s Impressionist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Paper

Seated Figure
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Carmen Cicero (b.1926) Seated Figure, ca. 1960's. Gouache on paper. image measures 8 x 12 inches Signed lower right. Excellent condition. Carmen Cicero was born on August 14, 19...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

India Miniature Painting Pahari School Late 19th Century Forest Mythology Scene
Located in Norfolk, GB
Paper Size: 24.5 x 18.3 cm Mount Size: 35.8 x 27.8 cm More details to follow
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Late 19th Century Other Art Style Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pigment

Chicago Jewish Modernist Judaica Painting Simchat Torah WPA Artist Israeli Flags
Located in Surfside, FL
This has young ISraeli pioneers dancing with the flag as typical of works of the late British mandate Palestine era early state of Israel. Genre: Modern Subject: Figurative (stained glass style) Medium: Mixed media gouache on paper Hand signed lower left Alexander Raymond Katz, Hungarian / American (1895 – 1974) Alexander Raymond Katz was born in Kassa, Hungary, and came to the United States in 1909. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In the late 1920s, he worked as a director of the Poster Department at Paramount Studios. He was appointed the Director of Posters for the Chicago Civic Opera in 1930. During the Great Depression, notable architect Frank Lloyd Wright urged Katz to become a muralist. In 1933, he was commissioned to paint a mural for the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. In 1936, he painted the mural History of the Immigrant for the Madison, Ill., post office. Katz’s works were included in various exhibitions and now are part of several museum collections, including those of the Art Institute of Chicago; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Jewish Museum, New York. His murals, bas-reliefs and stained glass designs adorn more than 200 Jewish synagogues in the United States. Katz and other Jewish artists in Chicago who expressed Jewish and Biblical themes were inspired by the artist Abel Pann (1883-1963). Pann, who is regarded as the leading painter of the Land of Israel, exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago in 1920. Early in his career, Katz began to explore the artistic possibilities inherent in the characters of the Hebrew alphabet. He developed aesthetic and philosophical interpretations of each letter and became the leading innovator and pioneer in the field of Hebraic art. Katz applies this concept in the woodcut Moses and the Burning Bush. Hebrew letters appears in Moses’ head, his cane and inside the flame. The initial of Moses’ name crowns his head. The letter in the flame is the first letter of the name of God. A combination of images and Hebrew letters appeared commonly in illustrations of the scene Moses and the Burning Bush in the Haggadah, the book of Passover. The symbolism of the burning bush corresponds to the motifs of A Gift to Biro-Bidjan. Among the fourteen participating artists were notable Chicago modernists Todros Geller, Mitchell Siporin...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Abundance of Apollo Study
Located in New Orleans, LA
Ginger Williams Cook is a painter, published illustrator, and arts educator based in Jackson, MS. Her paintings have been featured in numerous exh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Acrylic

Contemporary colorful abstract portrait of woman acrylic painting on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This captivating artwork, "Woman in a Blue Dress", was created by Natalya Mougenot, a French artist of Russian heritage born in Kazakhstan. The piece offers an abstract portrayal of...
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2010s Abstract Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

"Pears and Salt Air" Abstract Figure Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted figure painting by Juniper Briggs is made with mixed media on cold pressed paper with deckle edges. It features a vibrant contrasting orange and blue palette with an ...
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2010s Cubist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Hugged - Figurative Painting on Paper, Minimalist, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus) In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

"Colombo"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Ludwig Hans Fischer (1848–1915) – "Colombo" (1889) An exceptional original watercolor by Austrian artist Ludwig Hans Fischer (1848–1915), titled "Colombo" (1889). This vibrant and m...
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19th Century Realist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

1950s "Black Floor" Mid Century Bay Area Figurative Movement Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedman Opper Black Floor c. 1940-1950's Gouache on Paper 15" x 18" Unframed *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 3-5 weeks. From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann. San Francisco Abstract Expression A free-spirited wave of creative energy swept through the San Francisco art community after World War II. Challenging accepted modes of painting, Abstract Expressionists produced highly experimental works that jolted the public out of its postwar complacency. Abstract Expressionism resulted from a broad collective impulse rather than the inspiration of a small band of New York artists. Documenting the interchanges between the East and West Coasts, she cites areas of mutual influence and shows the impact of San Francisco on the New York School, including artists such as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt. San Francisco's Beat poets...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

"PESCADO" Painting (FRAMED) 40" x 30" inch by Isaac Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"PESCADO" Painting (FRAMED) 40" x 30" inch by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil stick & aerosol on paper Size framed: 43.5" x 33.5" inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Isaac Pelayo is a head on crash ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Baroque Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil Crayon, Spray Paint

Shorebirds in the Surf an Original Pastel by Gregory Biolchini
Located in Soquel, CA
Shorebirds in the Surf an Original Pastel by Gregory Biolchini Shorbirds in the Florida Surf by Gregory Biolchini (American, B- 1948). Lively pastel with eager Shorebirds hunting for...
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1980s American Impressionist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Laid Paper

"You Go Girl" - Figural Original Oil Pastel and Acrylic On Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist painting depicting a figurative girl in full party mode by Bay Area figurative artist Carol Bowie (American, 20th C). The figure is made up of multicolored ab...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Regal Being - Original Black and Red Crown on Newsprint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paper Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

"Literary Cats, " Collage on wood by Zoa Ace, Cat and Kitten
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "Literary Cats" is an original, handmade mixed media collage that depicts a cat holding her kitten and reading a book. The piece is a collage on wood and is read...
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21st Century and Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

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Wood, Paper

Contemporary impressionist floral acrylic painting paper "Narcissus of spring"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary floral painting, created by French artist Natalya Mougenot, captures the essence of spring with a striking arrangement of narcissus flowers in a pot. Mougenot's wor...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

"China Town" Ernest Fiene, 1925 Modernist Watercolor on Paper Chinatown Scene
Located in New York, NY
Ernest Fiene China Town, 1925 Signed and dated to lower right ‘Ernest Fiene 1925’. Watercolor on paper 18 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches Ernest Fiene was born in Elberfeld, Germany in 1894. As a teenager, Fiene immigrated to the United States in 1912. He studied art at the National Academy of Design in New York City from 1914 to 1918, taking day classes with Thomas Maynard and evening classes with Leon Kroll. Fiene continued his studies at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in New York from 1916 to 1918, adding classes in printmaking at the Art Students League in 1923. Fiene began his career as an artist in 1919 with his first exhibition of watercolors at the MacDowell Club arranged by his mentor Robert Henri. In 1923 the Whitney Studio Club mounted a large exhibition of his works. The following year he had an exhibition at the New Gallery in New York, which completely sold out all fifty-two works, including paintings, watercolors, drawings, and etchings. With the proceeds of sales from the New Gallery exhibition, Ernest Fiene and his younger brother Paul, a sculptor, built studios in Woodstock, New York in 1925. In the early Twenties Ernest Fiene painted mostly landscapes of Woodstock and both the Ramapo and Hudson River Valleys. The first monograph from the Younger Artists Series was published on Fiene in 1922. Published in Woodstock, the series went on to include Alexander Brook, Peggy Bacon, and Yasuo Kuniyoshi. The book reproduced 1 illustration in color and another 27 reproductions in black and white. Around 1925 Fiene became fascinated with the intensity, excitement, and opportunities for color harmonies New York City offered as a subject. His paintings shifted to urban and industrial themes with architecture, industry, and transportation becoming his subjects. By 1926 Fiene had attracted the dealer Frank K.M. Rehn, who gave him a one-man exhibition that year, which travelled to the Boston Arts Club. C.W. Kraushaar Galleries gave Fiene a one-man exhibition of urban, landscape, portrait, and still life paintings in 1927. Julianna Force, the director of the Whitney Studio Club and first director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, included two of Fiene’s paintings in a fall exhibition in 1928. The Whitney Studio Club showed Fiene’s paintings in a two-man exhibition with Glenn O. Coleman that year and acquired three of Fiene’s paintings. Also in 1928 Fiene became affiliated with Edith Halpert’s Downtown Gallery where he had an exhibition of 20 lithographs in the spring. Fiene sold his house in Woodstock in 1928 to spend more of his time in New York City. With so many successful exhibitions, Fiene returned to Paris in 1928-29 where he rented Jules Pascin's studio and studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. In France, Fiene painted both landscape and urban subjects developed from ideas influenced by Cubist geometry and the use of flat areas of broad color. Upon returning to New York in 1930, Fiene used this new approach to continue to paint New York skyscraper and waterfront subjects, as well as to begin a series of paintings on changing old New York based on the excavations for Radio City Music Hall and the construction of the Empire State Building. Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries exhibited this series, titled “Changing Old New York,” in 1931. Fiene also has solo exhibitions at Rehn Galleries in 1930 and 1932. Fiene’s oil paintings are exhibited at the Chicago Arts Club in 1930 as well. Fiene was included in the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans in December of 1931. Visiting New York, Henri Matisse saw the exhibition and called Fiene’s Razing Buildings, West 49th Street the finest painting he had seen in New York. Fiene had two mural studies from his Mechanical Progress series exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition Murals by American Painters and Photographers in 1932. Fiene sent View from my Window which depicts Fiene working on a lithograph stone while looking out his window to the newly completed Empire State Building to the Carnegie International in 1931. In 1932 Fiene participated in the first Biennial of American Painting at the Whitney Museum and his prints were included in exhibitions at the Downtown Gallery and the Wehye Gallery. In the same year, Fiene was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship to further study mural painting in Florence, Italy. On his return from Italy in 1933 Fiene re-engaged himself in New York City life and won several public and private mural projects. Fiene resumed his active exhibition schedule, participating in two group exhibitions at the Whitney Museum and a one-man exhibition of recent paintings at the Downtown Gallery in January 1934. In 1933 he purchased a farm in Southbury, Connecticut, which added Connecticut scenes to his landscape subjects. This was also the year Fiene began to spend summers on Monhegan Island, Maine, where he painted seascapes, harbor scenes, and still lifes. Fiene’s landscape paintings attracted numerous commissions as part of the American Scene movement. Through the fall and winter of 1935-36, Fiene took an extended sketching trip through the urban, industrial, and farming areas of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Most of the twenty-four Pennsylvania urban and rural paintings from this trip were featured in an exhibition held at the First National Bank in Pittsburgh in October of 1937 by the Pittsburgh Commission for Industrial Expansion. Fiene said of these works that he formed rhythm, opportunity for space and color, and integrity in the Pennsylvania mill and furnace paintings. Fiene received the silver medal for one of the Pittsburgh paintings...
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1920s Modern Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"HUNTING SCENE II" Lithograph by Ynez Johnston
Located in Pasadena, CA
"Hunting Scene II," a lithograph by American artist Ynez Johnston created in 1964, is part of a series published by the International Graphic Arts Society (IGAS) in September 1965. L...
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1960s Modern Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper

Abeni (We Prayed for Her and She Arrived) -21st Century, Contemporary Figurative
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. The ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit
Located in London, GB
'Still Life with Flowers and Fruit', gouache on art paper, by French artist, Michel Debiève (1964). As is usual with this artist, the joy is in the detail he has rendered. What is no...
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1960s Modern Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Coffee Peloton XXXI, Figurative Painting, Cycling Art, Sports Painting, Coffee
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Peloton XXXI by Eliza Southwood [2022] Coffee Peloton XXXI is an original coffee on paper drawing by artist Eliza Southwood. It features a peloton of cyclists painted in coff...
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2010s Impressionist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Coffee

Cemetery Collage - Original Colorful Figurative Pop Art Painting by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paper Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

"Nocturnal Bloom" - Hyperrealistic Color Pencil & Airbrush Koi Painting, 2025
Located in Denver, CO
Tanner Valant's "Nocturnal Bloom" (2025) is a striking hyper-realistic artwork created using color pencil and airbrush on vellum paper. Measuring 29 x 23 inches unframed (73.66 x 58....
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2010s Paper Figurative Paintings

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Vellum, Color Pencil

Figurative Nude Study - Watercolor and Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative Nude Study - Watercolor and Charcoal on Paper Watercolor and charcoal painting of a nude reclining woman by acclaimed bluegrass musician and San Francisco artist Katherin...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor

Abstract figurative acrylic painting on paper "Woman in a turquoise dress"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork named " Woman in a turquoise dress" presents a dynamic female figure painted in bold, expressive brushstrokes. This piece makes part of the artworks dedicated to "Wom...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Madras Collection of Watercolour Drawings on Paper and Card India early 20th C
Located in Norfolk, GB
Collection of three large watercolours two of which are framed. With 15 other ink drawings by the fabulous Irish Artist Ismaena R Warren, a prolific book illustrator. All made in Mad...
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Early 20th Century Other Art Style Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, India Ink, Acrylic

Bombshell Bright 2 - Oil Pastel Abstract Figurative Portrait
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by her background in fashion, artist Lindsey McCord creates vibrant portraits that encapsulate the confidence that comes with the fun of being stylish and chic. Her figures ...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Contemporary figurative oil pastel painting of young Frida Kahlo on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary figurative portrait of a young Frida Kahlo, titled Frida's Resilient Bloom, was meticulously crafted by French artist Natalya Mougenot using Sennelier oil pastels o...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

"Sunday Service", Mid-Cent Figurative Village Scene with Church, Frank Serratoni
Located in Soquel, CA
"Sunday Service, a lovely mid-century figurative village street scene by Frank Serratoni (American, 1908-1970), c. 1940s. A family is shown strolling through the tree-lined street of a quaint village towards a red church...
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1950s American Impressionist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Cardboard, Screen

Bunch of Roses, Oil on Paper
By Gustave Lino
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on Paper Mounted on Cardboard by Gustave Lino (1893-1961), France, 1950s. Bunch of Roses. Format: 12P. Signed: "Lino" (see photo). Dimensions: With frame: 73.5 x 58.6 cm (28.9 x...
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1950s Realist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Cardboard

TROPIC 1 by Ramon Enrich - Landscape painting, earth tones, architecture, city
Located in Paris, FR
TROPIC 1 is a unique acrylic on paper mounted on wood painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 94.5 × 134 cm (37.2 × 52.8 in). The artwork is signed, sold frame...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Wood

Kees Van Dongen Circus Performers 1900s Vintage Vibrant Figure Fauvist Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Les Artistes du Cirque" is an original painting in ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper by leading Fauvist artist Kees Van Dongen, signed in the lower right. In the piece, two circus performers stand against against a wall. On the left, a pale woman in a blue leotard with red flowers on the shoulder stands with her arms crossed, looking out at the viewer. The painter fills in her tights with delicate white brushstrokes, lending them an almost iridescent appearance. Her strawberry blond hair is piled on top of her hair according to the fashion of the period. On the right, an African man stands in a vivid orange toga, looking somewhere off to the left. His feet are clad in bright white shoes...
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Early 1900s Fauvist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

"Orange hydrangea in a vase" ( contemporary colorful floral art)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary colorful florla artpiece features a bouquet of blooming vibrant orange hydrangea in a vase. This artwork belongs to my “Floral” series which is full of expressiv...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Ink with Trio II by Anne Darby Parker, Contemporary Cubist Figure on Paper
Located in Atlanta, GA
unframed size is 18"H x 12"W. Charleston native and celebrated native, Anne Darby Parker, has spent her life creating. As a young child she learned to knit from her mother and grand...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media

Breeze II by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, floral, light tones
Located in Paris, FR
Breeze II is a unique painting by contemporary artist Chen Yiching. The painting is made with mineral pigments, gold and silver leaf on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

Materials

Silver, Gold Leaf

India Modern Contemporary Painting Girl with Flowers Indistinctly Signed
Located in Norfolk, GB
Girl with Flowers C 1970 Watercolour and mixed media on Paper Image Size: 35.5 x 24.5 cm Frame Size: 51.5 x 41 cm Full description to follow
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1970s Other Art Style Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Fine 18th Century French Old Master Ink Wash Drawing Cain & Abel Fighting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Cain et Abel' Circle of Franois Devosge (1732-1811) French pencil drawing with watercolour wash on paper size: 12.25 x 9 inches private collection, France The painting is in overall...
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18th Century Old Masters Paper Figurative Paintings

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Washi Paper, Color Pencil

"Pink Power, " Collage on wood by Zoa Ace, Barbie in Gown
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "Pink Power" is an original, handmade mixed media collage that depicts a Barbie Doll in a white gown with a pink lipstick. The piece is a collage on wood and is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

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Wood, Paper

1950s "Too Much" Mid Century Nude Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedman Opper Too Much c. 1940-1950's Gouache on Paper 15" x 18", framed wood gallery frame float mount 21.5"x19.5" From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann. San Francisco Abstract Expression A free-spirited wave of creative energy swept through the San Francisco art community after World War II. Challenging accepted modes of painting, Abstract Expressionists produced highly experimental works that jolted the public out of its postwar complacency. Abstract Expressionism resulted from a broad collective impulse rather than the inspiration of a small band of New York artists. Documenting the interchanges between the East and West Coasts, she cites areas of mutual influence and shows the impact of San Francisco on the New York School, including artists such as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt. San Francisco's Beat poets...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Monet’s Dahlias by Lumi Mizutani - Landscape painting, Giverny, flowers, garden
Located in Paris, FR
Monet’s Dahlias is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with pigments and Indian ink on Japanese paper mounted on panel, dimensions are 31.8 ×...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, India Ink, Panel, Pigment

Winter Forest - Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape Oil Pastel Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

"The Salamander Pond" (2024) by Deb Komitor, Original Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"The Salamander Pond" (2024) by Deb Komitor (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is ready to hang. Deb Komitor was born and raised in Ohio and now resides in C...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache, Board

Exquisite India Miniature Persian European Illustration Erotic Signed 1921
Located in Norfolk, GB
Couple at play Watercolour on paper laid to board 21cm x 14cm Mounted 39cm x 29cm 1921 Signed with Monogram Bottom right This is an exquisitely executed watercolour painting that ...
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1920s Other Art Style Paper Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Laid Paper

India Modern Contemporary Painting Girl with Flowers Indistinctly Signed
Located in Norfolk, GB
Girl with Flowers C 1970 Watercolour and mixed media on Paper Image Size: 35.5 x 24.5 cm Frame Size: 51.5 x 41 cm Full description to follow
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1970s Other Art Style Paper Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Los Ninos De Calle - Original Painting Colorful Commercial Building Cars on Road
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danny Brown’s artworks allocate an intrinsic connection between himself and the diverse communities occupying Los Angeles. Brown combines art history, streetwear trends, and pop art ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Ink

Surrealist Painting Royal College Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Banana Blue Heads
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024. Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow. Artwork Details: (A), 48x60cm, acrylic ink and acrylic paint on paper, 2011 Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown In Isabel's own words: Banana Boat...
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2010s Surrealist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen

Crowning Essence - 21st Century Mixed Media with Oil and African Women Fabrics
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Bakare Babatund...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Newsprint

Seated Figure (Abstract Woman Collage).
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Sam Maitin (1928-2004). Seated Figure, ca. 1970. Charcoal, gouache and decorative paper collage. Measuring 15.5 x 20.5 inches; 22.75 x 27.75 inches framed. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Period frame original to the piece in mahogany with natural wood grain on sides and 22k gold leaf gilt face. After graduating from Simon Gratz High School, Maitin won a scholarship to the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts). A painter, printmaker, sculptor, muralist, graphic designer, political activist, and beloved teacher, Maitin headed the Visual Graphics Communication Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication from 1965–1972 and served on the board of Woodmere Art Museum from 1995–2004. He received a number of awards, including a 1968 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. He created murals and other public art for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University’s Kornberg School of Dentistry, the Please Touch Museum, and Hahnemann University Hospital, among others. Maitin's work is museum collections in the United States and Europe, including (but not limited to): Philadelphia Museum of Art Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Museum of Modern Art, New York Tate Gallery, London Bauersche Geisserie, Germany Oakland Museum, California Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts The Currier Gallery of Art...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Gouache

Etude de travailleurs - Impressionist Figurative Watercolor by Henri Cross
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Impressionist watercolour on paper circa 1890 by French Neo-Impressionist painter Henri Edmond Cross. The work is a rear view study of three workers in standing and kneeling position...
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1890s Impressionist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Interior of a dacha - Tempera by L. and R. Brailowsky - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Interior of a Dacha is an original painting in tempera on paper realized by Leonid and Rimma Brailowsky. Hand-signed on the lower right. The state of preservation of the artwork i...
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Early 20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Tempera

"Magical Realism" 2021
Located in New York, NY
Pitanius "Magical Realism" 2021 Japanese Sumi Ink on Paper. 22" x 28" inches. Artwork comes with the frame. About the artist Pitanius was born in 1...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Sumi Ink

Mickey & Minnie (huge original on paper)
Located in Aventura, FL
Stencil and mixed media on paper. Hand signed on front; signed and dated on verso with studio catalog number and thumbprint. Artwork is in excellent condition. Mr. Brainwash studio...
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2010s Street Art Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Screen, Stencil

Composition with Head
Located in Stockholm, SE
A vibrant composition or portrait in a constructivist style by artist Lars Englund (born 1933), signed and dated "LED 56" (1956). This is an early work by the artist in which he has ...
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1950s Constructivist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Crayon, Pastel, Mixed Media

Abeni (We Prayed for Her and She Arrived) -21st Century, Contemporary Figurative
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. The ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Bombshell Bright 3 - Oil Pastel Abstract Figurative Portrait
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by her background in fashion, artist Lindsey McCord creates vibrant portraits that encapsulate the confidence that comes with the fun of being stylish and chic. Her figures ...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

At home
Located in Zofingen, AG
SERIES "MANIFESTATIONS OF DIVINE." “The Clear Light of Consciousness” or “The Luminous Skies”—Abhasvara, a cosmological term in ancient Buddhist scriptures, describes divine beings ...
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2010s Abstract Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Floral acrylic painting paper "Bouquet of white gerbera daisies in a blue vase"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary vivid expressive floral painting "Bouquet of white gerbera daisies in a blue vase" is an exuberant celebration of florals, capturing the essence of vivacity and fre...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Paper Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Surrealist Painting Royal College Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Rodeo Orange Blue
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences whi...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen

Hit The Pop Hole - Original Pop Art Food Painting by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene during the Art Basel Miami art fair in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Paper Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Trust, " Collage on wood by Zoa Ace, Cat in Gown with Birds
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "Trust" is an original, handmade mixed media collage that depicts a cat in a dress with a lace collar and several birds. The piece is a collage on wood and is re...
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21st Century and Contemporary Paper Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper

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