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Item Ships From: Continental US
19th Century White Mountain Landscape, Unknown American School
Located in New York, NY
Unknown White Mountain Artist White Mountain Landscape, 19th Century Oil on board 5 x 9 1/4 in. Framed: 7 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.
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19th Century Hudson River School Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

An October Afternoon
By Donald Jurney
Located in Wenham, MA
This is a beautiful original oil on linen panel painting by master painter, Donald Jurney. Donald Jurney (b. 1945) was educated at Columbia University, the Pratt Institute, and the...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Melanie - Original Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, femi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Sky 59" Oil Painting
By James Van Fossan
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 59" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky.
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2010s Photorealist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Notre Dame de Paris" Robert Cabay, French artist, Impressionist style, 1960 c.
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Robert Cabay (French, 1901-1990) Title: Notre Dame de Paris Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: 41 x 31 cm l 16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in Frame: 52 x 42 cm l 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. Immerse...
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20th Century Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Polly" (2024) By Nicolas Martin, Original Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
"Polly" (2024) by Nicolas Martin is an original handmade oil painting on panel that depicts a portrait of a woman wearing a suit and tie on a greyscale background. Nicolas Martin i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Dust & Scarlet" (2023) By Blair Atherholt, Original Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
"Dust & Scarlet" (2024) by Blair Atherholt is an original, handmade oil painting on panel that depicts a still-life featuring a white flower, a red rib...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

"Anytime, Anywhere" by Josh George, Mixed Media Painting, Cityscape with Taxi
By Josh George
Located in Denver, CO
Josh George's (US based) "Anytime, Anywhere" is an original, handmade mixed media painting that depicts a bustling city street lined with tall buildings and a yellow taxi in the fore...
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2010s American Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Mermyade - Contemporary Teal Blue Green Gold Figurative Mermaid Shape, 2024
By June Glasson
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary painting in ink, gouache and pencil on archival paper of a silhouette suggesting a mythical mermaid-like figurative form in teal blue green and gold. Available unframed...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Archival Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil

Sprite and Anemone - Flying Fairy Figure Botanical Pink Flowers, 2022
By David Konigsberg
Located in Kent, CT
In this fantastical contemporary oil painting on canvas, an angel like fairy figure with wings and outstretched arms and dark brown pants floats against a botanical background of pal...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"My Electric Heart" Contemporary Multicolor & Gold Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media

"Sunday at the Chateau de Chambord" Impressionist Interior Scene with Piano
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
A charming depiction of an interior scene with piano. A cozy impressionistic scene with warmth and feeling. Whimsical details through out and beautiful brushwork. This piece captures...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Road to Germantown (En Plein Air Landscape Painting of Snowy Winter Countryside)
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern en plein air winter landscape oil painting on canvas of a white snow-blanketed countryside 'Midsummer' by Joseph Rapp 16 x 20 inches, acrylic on ca...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Colorado Plains" Mountain Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Shingler's (NC based) "Colorado Plains" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts plains with a backdrop of foothills, blue snow-capped mo...
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2010s American Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

UNTITLED (PAINTING ON WOOD)
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media painting on wood. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be cons...
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Late 20th Century Outsider Art Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media

Andrea Bonfils - Reclaimed, Painting 2022
By Andrea Bonfils
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Wax Weave With the use of reclaimed paper and beeswax, Andrea’s organic texture with ripples and bumps evokes the underbelly of a beehive. The uniformity of the cream-colore...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Encaustic

"Halcyon Hues" (2017) By Hadley Rampton, Original Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Hadley Rampton's (US based) "Halcyon Hues" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a forest of trees casting long shadows. Born in Salt Lake City, UT in 1975, Hadley Ram...
Category

2010s Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Neapolitan Fairy - Whimsical Magenta Tone Bird and Dessert Painting on Wood
By JJ Galloway
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JJ Galloway is an internationally collected artist known for her whimsical paintings and sculptures that combine people, animals, and food. Using oils, watercolors, and mixed media, ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Lucky Strike - Original Gary John Iconic Street Art Painting on Newspaper
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 Street Art Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John
By Domenico Puligo
Located in New Orleans, LA
A masterful example of Italian Mannerist painting, this exceptional panel was composed by the renowned Florentine painter Domenico Puligo. Alongside Jacopo Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino, Puligo is remembered as one of the foremost figures of the Mannerist movement that rose to prominence during the 16th century in Florence. This panel of the Virgin Mary with the Christ child and Saint John the Baptist is a characteristic example of his celebrated devotional images, which grace museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Museo del Prado (Madrid), Palazzo Borghese (Rome), and Palazzo Pitti (Florence), among many others. Puligo’s skill with color is fully demonstrated in the beautifully preserved work. Considering its age, the vibrancy and the sheer range of color is remarkable. The Virgin Mary’s crimson dress...
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16th Century Mannerist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Deep Breath" (2022) Oil Painting by Calvin Lai Featuring Two Acrobats
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Deep Breath" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts two acrobats, cast in red light, with the female figure balancing on the male figure. Artis...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel, Canvas

Venetian Canal, Early 20th Century Landscape Scene, Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Venetian Canal, c. 1910-11 Tempera on board Signed lower right 24 x 30 inches 30 x 36 inches, framed Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, ...
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1910s American Modern Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera

"Limelight" Interior Oil Painting of Bar
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Andrew Bailey's "Limelight" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impressionistic interior setting of a restaurant or dining hall. About the Artist: Artist Mar...
Category

2010s Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Mid-Century Art Deco Figurine w. Dogs & Lilies Still Life by Nell Walker Warner
By Nell Walker Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
Romantic still-life of a beautiful porcelain lady and her two dogs - perhaps Borzoi - set among a display of fresh cut lilies by listed artist Nell Walker Warner (American, 1891-1970). Signed "Nell Walker Warner" lower left. Displayed in a giltwood frame with linen liner. Image, 30"H x 36"L. Nell Walker Warner was born in Richardson County, Nebraska on April 1, 1891. She was educated in Colorado Springs, Colorado and graduated from the Lexington College in Missouri in 1910. She moved to California in 1916 where she studied and graduated from the Los Angeles School of Art and Design. After her marriage to Dr. Bion Smith Warner in 1920, the couple settled in La Canada. During the 1920's, Nell was the curator of the Tuesday Afternoon Club in Los Angeles and further studied with Nicolai Fechin, Paul Lauritz and Fritz Werner. Her floral paintings are radiant; an article in the Christian Science Monitor stated, ''California flowers...
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1940s Art Nouveau Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Lobster Fishermen
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Lobster Fishermen" c.1945, is an oil painting on canvas by renown American impressionist artist Claude Curry Bohm, 1894-1971. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 20 x 24 inches, framed size is 26.25 x 30.25 inches. Framed in a new wooden gold leaf plein air style frame. It is in excellent condition, it has been recently revarnish and new keys have been added to the canvas stretcher. Please note the the dark line on the top and left side of the painting are only the shadow, it is not a part of this artwork. About the artist: Claude Curry Bohm, a photographer, painter, and printmaker whose artistic career spanned five decades, was an integral part of the Chicago art scene in the 1920s and a very prominent part of the second generation of the Brown County...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Happy Single 17 - Original Bold Delightful Figurative Pink and Purple Painting
By Gerdine Duijsens
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gerdine Duijsens’ spirited and evocative figures are instantly recognizable and unforgettable. Through lush, bold colors and energetic marks, her paintings emit a sense of pleasure a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Musical Chairs
By Yoko Tanaka
Located in Chicago, IL
With an illustrator’s eye for graphic impact and a wry sense of humor, artist Yoko Tanaka uses only a paint brush and her imagination to conjure whimsical landscapes and playful enco...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Parisian Female Portrait Oil Painting by Vanzina
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-2714 Impressionist woman portrait,oil on canvas displayed in a black wood frame, signed lower left by Vanzina. Image size 19.50 H x 15.50 W
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1960s Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Good Things Come in Threes- acrylic on canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Using the striking imagery that is abundant in the California landscape, queer artist Kory Alexander creates dreamy paintings that are flooded with vibrancy and movement. Kory consid...
Category

2010s Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Friday Morning in Sag Harbor" small village Main Street painted en plein air
By Amy Florence
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Friday Morning in Sag Harbor" is an oil painting of a small village Main Street painted en plein air by Amy Florence. Framed in gold tradition frame made in Italy, 18 x 21.5 inches...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

CE343D - Hyperrealistic Oil Painting: Fusion of Traditional and Photorealism Art
By Jose Carlos Zubiaur
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Combining photorealistic oil painting on canvas with the illusion of computer-rendered graphics, Jose Carlos Zubiaur’s original artworks transcend the depth of a hyperrealistic three...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Feelings
By Sarah Detweiler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
oil, rope, embroidery thread on canvas
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Thread, Oil

In The Studio - November 1977, Photorealist Oil Painting by John Winslow
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large (48 x 48 inch) painting of a scene in the art studio by American artist John Winslow (1938 - ).
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1970s American Realist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Prismatic Polygon XV: geometric abstract painting w/ linear pattern, red, orange
By Jay Walker
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Jay Walker is best known for his large-scale, site-specific installations and collector's pieces created with laser-cut vinyl, colored acrylic sheets, artist-made stencils, tape, and...
Category

2010s Abstract Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Flying Dream I
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Jeni Stallings creates work that often draws from her dreams and personal experiences. She tends to render those moments in a muted, femininity-infused surrealism far from the hard-...
Category

2010s Pop Art Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wax, Oil, Panel

'African Idol' — Mid-Century African-American artist
By Charles Elmer Harris
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Charles Elmer Harris (Beni E. Kosh), Untitled (African Idol), watercolor, c. 1950s. Estate stamped verso, 'Beni E Kosh COLLECTION' and numbered '570' in ink. A fine, spontaneous wat...
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1950s American Modern Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

The Frequency Of A Loving Heart - Colorful Figurative Mixed Media Texture Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the rhythmic world of Amadou Opa Bathily, where tradition meets contemporary artistry. This 35-inch high by 36-inch wide mixed-media original textural artwork, "The Frequen...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

19th century English oil of still life of fruit, German Stein with silver lid
By CHARLES THOMAS BALE
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding English 19th century still life of fruit, a German Stein with silver top in an interior. Charles Thomas Bale was born in Soho, London in 1849, the son of Thomas Bale, a basket maker. His older brother Thomas Charles Bale (1831-1899) was an artist and picture restorer. He lived with his family in St James, Westminster and although little is known about his education, he would have undoubtedly received encouragement and drawing tuition from his brother. Bale started exhibiting in 1866 at the Institute of British Artists, Suffolk Street. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1872, the same year he married Caroline Leathem. Together, they spent their married life in St Pancras. He specialized in still life paintings predominantly of fruit, but he frequently incorporated baskets, a homage to his family’s profession, as well as pottery, glass, and game. Bale’s work was influenced by the English still-life artists George Lance and William Duffield...
Category

1890s Victorian Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

IN HER HEAD IN THE END, Spray Paint and Marker on Old Iranian Rug Signed by the
By Nafir
Located in Palm Desert, CA
IN HER HEAD IN THE END (2021) by Nafir Spray Paint and Marker Pen on Vintage Persian Rug, 200 x 90 cm. Wall Carpet with visible antique signs of use. Artwork in mint condition. The u...
Category

2010s Street Art Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Felt Pen

Lifesaver
By Anne Siems
Located in Bozeman, MT
Anne Siems was born in Berlin, Germany. As a child, she lived for three years near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her first extended stay in the US was as an exchange student. After finish...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Baltic Sea
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. A Certificate of Authenticity will be accompanied with this piece. From the Series "Bunnies". Oil on Wood. Unframed Dimensions 10 x 8 inch...
Category

2010s Post-Modern Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic

Hang Out
By Elisabeth Hoffova
Located in Houston, TX
Small acrylic painting of a group of people gathered outside in front of small buildings in bold graphic lines by artist Elisabeth Hoffova, 1985. Signed lower left. Original one-of-...
Category

1980s Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Andrew Thomas Schwartz Neoclassical Style Painting
By Andrew Thomas Schwartz
Located in New York, NY
Andrew Thomas Schwartz (American, 1867-1942) The Fates, c. 1900 Oil on canvas 30 x 30 in. Framed: 39 1/4 x 39 in. Andrew T. Schwartz was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His early education was in the public schools of his hometown, where he showed great promise as an artist. In 1890, he began intense art study with the famed Frank Duveneck at the Cincinnati ArtAcademy. He later studied with H. Siddons Mowbray at the Art Students League in New York, where he was awarded the Lazarus Scholarship for mural painting to study abroad, which resulted in three years of study in Italy, France, Germany and England. He was, at the time, only the second person to win that award. His work from the Lazarus trip was the subject of an individual show at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He returned to the United States to assist his teacher Mowbray in decorating the University Club and J. P. Morgan's private library in New York. He later worked independently and developed a following as a mural painter. His reputation was certainly enhanced by the mural Christ, the Good Shepherd for the Baptist Church in South Londonderry, Vermont, which was considered at the time one of the best examples of mural painting. Other murals were painted for the Courthouse of New York, the New York YMCA, the Atkins Museum of Fine Art in Kansas City and the Kansas City Life Insurance Company Building. Schwartz also painted a number of other paintings in addition to his murals, including both figurative and landscapes. Many of his landscapes are views of New England. He exhibited extensively at the National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, and other major cities. He was a member of the National Society of Mural Painters, the Salmagundi Club, the Architectural League of New York, Allied Artists of America, American Watercolor Society, the Circolo Artistico of Rome, Italy, and the Union International Des Beaux Arts et Des Lettres of Paris, France. A memorial show of Schwartz's work was held at the Lotus Club of New York City in 1944 through the efforts of the sculptor, Charles Keck. The dean of art critics of the time, Royal Cortissoz, viewed Schwartz's work before the exhibition in Keck's studio and wrote, "Schwartz could saturate an Italian scene in the handsome 'Roman Twilight' but when he came to paint the countryside of his native land he was moved solely by its racy sentiment. He had charm as well as craftsmanship." Perhaps the best tribute one artist can give another was given Schwartz by the famed American artist, Elihu Vedder...
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Early 1900s Other Art Style Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

At the Louvre, Oil Painting
By Faye Vander Veer
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This painting puts the viewer inside one of the main hallways at the Louvre Museum in Paris. The depth draws attention from one figu...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Impressionist Paris Promenade Landscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3247a Oil on canvas of a Paris Street scene Set in a simple white wood frame "
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1990s Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

My Self
By Franz Bergmann
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to have discovered and now present a rare original self portrait by Austrian Expressionist artist, Franz Bergmann (1998-1977) "My Self", is an original oil on canvas, signed, c.1938, with an image dimension of 29 x 24 inches. The painting is in good original condition, the frame has been restored. A biography on the artist appears below, please contact the gallery with any question. Franz Bergmann 1898 - 1977 Franz Walter Bergmann was born on August 6, 1898, in Dimling, Austria, a town northwest of Vienna. His parents were both involved in the arts: his mother was a pianist, and his father was an amateur artist and a violinist. After serving in World War I for three years, he enrolled in the National Academy of Art in Vienna and embarked on a seven-year course of study, focusing on figure painting and portraiture. Although schooled in the academic tradition, Bergmann also adopted elements derived from the more avant-garde German Expressionist style. By 1924 he was exhibiting in Vienna and Stockholm. The following year, he graduated with honors. He left Vienna to tour Europe, and in early 1926 he traveled to the United States. After a brief stay in New York, he moved to Chicago, where he obtained a commission to paint murals for theaters owned by Balaban & Katz. That year his mural sketches were exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago. He then moved to New York, where he joined the staff of the noted Austrian architect and designer Josef Urban...
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1930s Expressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract Expressionist Portrait of a Man
By Daniel David Fuentes
Located in Soquel, CA
Moody portrait of a man by bay area artist Daniel David Fuentes (Xavier Lunt) (American, 1978-2016). From a collection of his works. Unsigned. Unframed...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"A Life That Mattered" (2022) by Lisa Fricker, Original Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lisa Fricker's "A Life That Mattered" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a woman looking down seemingly glancing away from the viewer. This painting mea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Two Women With Fans
By Walasse Ting
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Chinese ink and acrylic on rice paper, stretched on canvas. Artist's stamp upper left. 71 x 38.25 in. 72.25...
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1980s Post-War Continental US - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Rice Paper

"York St." Oil Painting
By Raymond Bonilla
Located in Denver, CO
Raymond Bonilla's (US based) "York St.'" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a red brick house peeking out from lush trees contrasted with blue sky. About the Artis...
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2010s Realist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Head Study with Gray Background
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
This is a painting of a man's head in a silver frame by Mark Beard. This work is made with oil on canvas, measures 12 x 9 inches, and is signed. ...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Cityscape Study 2", (2023) Original Oil Painting by Calvin Lai
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Cityscape Study 2" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts cars with bright city lights. This painting is framed and ready to hang. Artist Bio: ...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Meditation on African Sculpture, mid-century figural abstract painting
By Beni E. Kosh
Located in Beachwood, OH
Beni E. Kosh/Charles Elmer Harris (American, 1917-1993) Meditation on African Sculpture, 1957 Oil on found wood panel Signed and dated lower left 20 x 15 inches Charles Elmer Harris...
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1950s Modern Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Folk Art Mexican Boy Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
Framed 29 X 23 Image 18 X 24 The sweetness that characterizes the work of Mexican painter Jose Maria de Servin (1917-83) is a melancholy and placid one. While he worked in the most modern of styles, he adapted it to an anecdotal folk-art approach distinctly his own. When he was an infant, de Servin's family moved with him to Guadalajara. A city of history and culture, Guadalajara had a thriving artistic community with strong connections to Europe. His brothers Antonio and Miguel became artists as well, and in later years they worked collaboratively. As a teenager, de Servin studied at one of Mexico's Schools of Open-Air Painting, free art-teaching institutions sponsored by the government. Later de Servin became a pupil of the painter Chucho Reyes, known for his improvisational watercolor variations on traditional Mexican themes. This interest in imagery particular to Mexico would be of great significance to de Servin. De Servin also studied under the more traditional painter Jose Vizcarra. In the early 1930s de Servin joined the Pintores Jovenes de Jalisco, or Young Painters of Jalisco. An influence of critical importance to de Servin was Pablo Picasso. One of the originators of Cubism, the Spanish painter soon departed from its quasi-scientific and optical basis to create lively and humorous geometrical abstractions. It was this Cubism, personal and decorative, that de Servin adopted. His earliest Cubist works mimic Picasso, while during the second stage of his career, his works become smooth and polished, with an emphasis on gentle surface textures. After these cautious years, however, a rough boldness enters along with dominating colors of earth and sand. Modernists like de Servin were interested in exploring what they considered primitive artmaking styles. The adoption of a native manner and native themes is in keeping with Modernist tenets, as is the use of nontraditional materials. De Servin's portraits of peasants, large-eyed and simply rendered, recall children's drawings. The rough burlap ground contrasts with the playful imagery and delicate range of color. The figures, all children or child-like adults, are all curves and simple shapes arranged harmoniously. De Servin's cubism is free from grotesquerie as it celebrates the simplicity of its subjects. De Servin worked with the social-realist Jose Orozco on several large mural commissions in Guadalajara, including one at the Legislative Palace. While their styles were dissimilar, both made use of Mexican imagery to glorify the common people. A sought-after muralist in his own right, de Servin brought the rich colors and endearing characters of his panels to his larger-scale work. For 15 years, de Servin taught summer art classes at the University of Arizona. His career was marked by many one-man shows, both in North America and Europe. In recent years, his striking style has attracted increased notice from critics and the public. His style is a unique conglomerate of tradition, history, legends, heroes, old customs and folklore. It is a self-standing style, recognizable, cheerful, whimsical and a happy creation. Naïve art is any form of visual art that is created by a person who lacks the formal education and training that a professional artist undergoes (in anatomy, art history, technique, perspective, ways of seeing). Unlike folk art, naïve art does not necessarily evince a distinct cultural context or tradition. Naïve art is recognized, and often imitated, for its childlike simplicity and frankness. Paintings of this kind typically have a flat rendering style with a rudimentary expression of perspective. One particularly influential painter of "naïve art" was Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), a French Post-Impressionist who was discovered by Pablo Picasso. Naïve art is often seen as outsider art that is by someone without formal (or little) training or degree. While this was true before the twentieth century, there are now academies for naïve art. Naïve art is now a fully recognized art genre, represented in art galleries worldwide. Museums devoted to naïve art now exist in Kecskemét, Hungary; Riga, Latvia; Jaen, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; Vicq France and Paris. "Primitive art" is another term often applied to art by those without formal training, but is historically more often applied to work from certain cultures that have been judged socially or technologically "primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see Tribal art). This is distinguished from the self-conscious, "primitive" inspired movement primitivism. Another term related to (but not completely synonymous with) naïve art is folk art. There also exist the terms "naïvism" and "primitivism" which are usually applied to professional painters working in the style of naïve art (like Paul Gauguin, Mikhail Larionov, Paul Klee). At all events, naive art can be regarded as having occupied an "official" position in the annals of twentieth-century art since - at the very latest - the publication of the Der Blaue Reiter, an almanac in 1912. Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, who brought out the almanac, presented 6 reproductions of paintings by le Douanier' Rousseau (Henri Rousseau), comparing them with other pictorial examples. However, most experts agree that the year that naive art was "discovered" was 1885, when the painter Paul Signac became aware of the talents of Henri Rousseau and set about organizing exhibitions of his work in a number of prestigious galleries. The Earth Group (Grupa Zemlja) were Croatian artists, architects and intellectuals active in Zagreb from 1929 to 1935. The group included the painters Krsto Hegedušić, Edo Kovačević, Omer Mujadžić, Kamilo Ružička, Ivan Tabaković, and Oton Postružnik, the sculptors Antun Augustinčić, Frano Kršinić, and the architect Drago Ibler. A term applied to Yugoslav (Croatian) naive painters working in or around the village of Hlebine, near the Hungarian border, from about 1930. Some of the best known naive artists are Dragan Gaži, Ivan Generalić, Josip Generalić, Krsto Hegedušić, Mijo Kovačić, Ivan Lacković-Croata, Franjo Mraz, Ivan Večenaj and Mirko Virius. Camille Bombois (1883–1970) Ferdinand Cheval, known as 'le facteur Cheval' (1836–1924) Henry Darger (1892–1973) L. S. Lowry (1887–1976) Grandma Moses, Anna Mary Robertson (1860–1961) Nikifor (1895–1968) Poland, Horace Pippin (1888–1946) Jon Serl (1894-1993) United States Alfred Wallis (1855–1942) Scottie Wilson (1890–1972) Gesner Abelard...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Continental US - Figurative Paintings

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Burlap, Oil

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By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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By Sandra Jones Campbell
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
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2010s Expressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

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Located in Atlanta, GA
The framed price is listed. UNFRAMED this piece measures 36"H x 36"W. Dynamic and full of life, Side Hustle is a 36 x 36 inch abstract painting that captures McCarty’s signature flu...
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2010s Abstract Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic

Pair of Vintage Native American Portraits
Located in Soquel, CA
Pair of two vintage portraits of Native American figures, one older and one younger, in profile with braids and headdresses by Victor S. ...
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1960s American Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

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By Charles Richards
Located in New Orleans, LA
Charles Richards was an iconic New Orleans artist whose talent is lesser known only because not as many of his paintings come up for sale as do those of more prolific painters such as George Dureau, Robert Gordy...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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By Orrin A. White
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming painting of church in Mexico during Holy Week attributed to Orrin A. White (American, 1883-1969). Circa 1940. Canvas laid on Masonite then pa...
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1930s American Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Masonite, Oil

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