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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Fine 19th Century Scottish Oil Painting Panoramic Loch Scene Listed artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Loch by Charles Leslie (British 19th century) signed lower corner oil on canvas, framed framed: 15 x 27 inches canvas: 12 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, UK ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Alpine Haymaking 20th Century Realist Oil Painting by German Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Alpine Haymaking Harvesting 20th Century Realist Oil Painting by German Landscape Artist, Wolfgang Heinz (1930–2014). Horses, cart, figures in a beautiful sunny mountain setting near...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

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Oil, Wood Panel

Pancakes with butter and Honey- 21st Century Hyper Realistic Still-life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Heidi von Faber Pancakes, Butter & Syrup Acrylic on linen 100 x 100 cm ( framed/ included in price 105 x 105 cm) Dutch artist Heidi Von Faber lives and works in The Hague. The Sti...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Acrylic

Voyageurs en Hiver (Travellers in Winter) /// Antique Oil Painting Landscape
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Edmond Firey (French, 19th Century-20th Century) Title: "Voyageurs en Hiver (Travellers in Winter)" *Signed by Firey lower left Circa: 1880 Medium: Original Oil Painting on C...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Oil

Huge 17th Century Italian Old Master painting The Return of the Ark of Covenant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Late 17th Century Italian School. The Return of the Ark on the Covenant, Oil on Canvas, in a Fine 17th Century Italian Frame, canvas: 40.25" x 49.75" (102.3 x 126cm) Fine quality and rare 17th century Italian Old Master...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"An Afternoon Along the Seine, Paris" Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas Scene
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional impressionistic depiction of an afternoon along the Seine in Paris by Mario Passoni, on a spring day with the busy activities of people wa...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Resurrection of Christ
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: with “Mr. Scheer,” Vienna, by July 1918; where acquired by: Jindřich Waldes, Prague, 1918–1941; thence by descent to: Private Collection, New York Literature: Rudolf Kuchynka, “České obrazy tabulové ve Waldesově obrazárně,” Památky archeologické, vol. 31 (1919), pp. 62-64, fig. 5. Jaroslav Pešina, “K datování deskových obrazů ve Waldesově obrazárně,” Ročenka Kruhu pro Pěstování Dějin Umění: za rok (1934), pp. 131-137. Jaroslav Pešina, Pozdně gotické deskové malířství v Čechách, Prague, 1940, pp. 150-151, 220. Patrik Šimon, Jindřich Waldes: sběratel umění, Prague, 2001, pp. 166, 168, footnote 190. Ivo Hlobil, “Tři gotické obrazy ze sbírky Jindřicha Waldese,” Umění, vol. 52, no. 4 (2004), p. 369. Executed sometime in the 1380s or 1390s by a close associate of the Master of the Třeboň Altarpiece, this impressive panel is a rare work created at the royal court in Prague and a significant re-discovery for the corpus of early Bohemian painting. It has emerged from an American collection, descendants of the celebrated Czech industrialist and collector Jindřich Waldes, who died in Havana fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. The distinctive visual tradition of the Bohemian school first began to take shape in the middle of the fourteenth century after Charles IV—King of Bohemia and later Holy Roman Emperor—established Prague as a major artistic center. The influx of foreign artists and the importation of significant works of art from across Europe had a profound influence on the development of a local pictorial style. Early Italian paintings, especially those by Sienese painters and Tommaso da Modena (who worked at Charles IV’s court), had a considerable impact on the first generation of Bohemian painters. Although this influence is still felt in the brilliant gold ground and the delicate tooling of the present work, the author of this painting appears to be responding more to the paintings of his predecessors in Prague than to foreign influences. This Resurrection of Christ employs a compositional format that was popular throughout the late medieval period but was particularly pervasive in Bohemian painting. Christ is shown sitting atop a pink marble sarcophagus, stepping down onto the ground with one bare foot. He blesses the viewer with his right hand, while in his left he holds a triumphal cross with a fluttering banner, symbolizing his victory over death. Several Roman soldiers doze at the base of the tomb, except for one grotesque figure, who, beginning to wake, shields his eyes from the light and looks on with a face of bewilderment as Christ emerges from his tomb. Christ is wrapped in a striking red robe with a blue interior lining, the colors of which vary subtly in the changing light. He stands out prominently against the gold backdrop, which is interrupted only by the abstractly rendered landscape and trees on either side of him. The soldiers’ armor is rendered in exacting detail, the cool gray of the metal contrasting with the earth tones of the outer garments. The sleeping soldier set within a jumble of armor with neither face nor hands exposed, is covered with what appears to be a shield emblazoned with two flies on a white field, somewhat resembling a cartouche (Fig. 1). This may be a heraldic device of the altarpiece’s patron or it may signify evil, referencing either the Roman soldiers or death, over both of which Christ triumphs. This painting formed part of the collection assembled by the Czech industrialist and founder of the Waldes Koh-i-noor Company, Jindřich Waldes, in the early twentieth century. As a collector he is best remembered for establishing the Waldes Museum in Prague to house his collection of buttons (totaling nearly 70,000 items), as well as for being the primary patron of the modernist painter František Kupka. Waldes was also an avid collector of older art, and he approached his collecting activity with the goal of creating an encyclopedic collection of Czech art from the medieval period through to the then-present day. At the conclusion of two decades of collecting, his inventory counted 2331 paintings and drawings, 4764 prints, and 162 sculptures. This collection, which constituted the Waldesova Obrazárna (Waldes Picture Gallery), was first displayed in Waldes’ home in Prague at 44 Americká Street and later at his newly built Villa Marie at 12 Koperníkova Street. This Resurrection of Christ retains its frame from the Waldes Picture Gallery, including its original plaque “173 / Česky malíř z konce 14 stol.” (“Czech painter from the end of the 14th century”) and Waldes’ collection label on the reverse. The Resurrection of Christ was one of the most significant late medieval panel...
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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Tempera, Panel

"Blue Jay, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Susan McDonnell's (U.S. based) "Blue Jay" is an original, handmade oil painting of a bird (Blue Jay) perched on top of a rock in a body of water. The paintin...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

DOG TOTEM
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
PLEASE READ;; It is stretched, but if the shipment has to be made to a non-European country, it will be sent unstretched, rolled in a tube Acrylic and markers on canvas
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Permanent Marker

UNTITLED
Located in Aventura, FL
Original fresco tempura painting. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Tempera

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

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Oil

French Contemporary Drawing by Jean-Louis Salvadori - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Louis SALVADORI, né à Ulm en Allemagne, vit et travaille à Toulon (Var) Dès l’âge de 14 ans, Jean-Louis Salvadori s’exprime dans son art et découpe des personnages dans du bois à l’aide d’une scie et les colorie. Dans les années 70 il rencontre le photographe Henry Hermellin avec qui il réalise des portraits en noir et blanc dans différentes expositions communes. Salvadori troque son appareil photo à nouveau pour le pinceau. Depuis les premières expositions de photos à celles de peintures cet artiste polyvalent s’est orienté vers un travail original... Ses œuvres permettent à la suggestion de prendre une place importante. Ce poète, peintre des couleurs, sensible, imaginatif, aborde avec talent la technique mixte mariée à celle du pinceau. Ce qu’il aime surtout, ce sont les portraits, les silhouettes, teintés d’un soupçon de romantisme. Il excelle dans les mises en scène où l’on peut voir des élégantes en représentation, des musiciens créant la fête, des couples tendrement enlacés, …Salvadori n’appartient à aucune école, son talent lui est personnel. Il a comme l’un de ses personnages, « le nez dans les étoiles », et nous invite à le suivre dans son univers de l’imaginaire. EXPOSITIONS 2015 Galerie St Louis, Toulon - Exposition temporaire oeuvres récentes 2014 Exposition "La Belle de Mai" Galerie St Louis, Toulon Galerie Artop, Lille Galerie des Remparts, Mougins "Les singuliers de l'art, l'expo", Galerie St Louis, Toulon Galerie Maznel, St Valéry sur Somme 2013 Galerie Artop, Lille  Galerie St Louis, Toulon Galerie des Remparts, Mougins 2012 Galerie St Louis, Toulon Exposition personnelle Chapelle du Cercle des Arts à Corignac (Galerie Lévy) Galerie Imagine, Bordeaux 2011 Galerie Bourcier-Bonsaï, Oulioules Galerie Imagine, Bordeaux Exposition visites des ateliers Musée de TOULON (du 22 décembre au 22 novembre 2013) Galerie Schôn (Allemagne) Galerie Lévy à Cotignac 2010 Galerie Elizabeth Couturier, Bourgoin Jallieu Galerie des Remparts, Mougins Galerie Pernet, Château d'Oléron Galerie St Louis, Toulon Banque Barclay, Toulon Galerie Bourcier-Bonsaï, Ollioules Espace 213, Tours Grand Baz'Art, Bézu Galerie Lévy, Correns Festival Art Singulier, Brioude Galerie Art et Zen, Le Lavandou 2009 Galerie Elizabeth Couturier, Bourgoin Jallieu Maison du Cygne, Six Fours Les Plages Richart Galery, Barcelone Galerie Imagine, Bordeaux 2008 1er French ARt Festival, Dubaï et Abu Dhabi Artop, Lille Villa Dracaena, La Ciotat Carré du Port, Toulon Galerie Imagine, Bordeaux 2007 Artop, Lille Galerie Elizabeth Couturier, Bourgoin Jallieu 2006 Festival d'Art Singulier, Banne 2005 Galerie St Pierre, Limoges Galerie Damon, Poitiers Galerie St Pierre, Limoges Galerie La Croisée des Arts, Albi Galerie Imagine, Bordeaux Espace contemporain Marceau, Château d'Oléron La Galerie, complexe Gérard Philipe, La Garde Galerie Artop, Lille 2004 Galerie Imagine, Bordeaux (collective) Galerie Amana, Aix en provence Galerie St Louis, Toulon (collective) Galerie Gravero, Le Pradet Galerie Bœuf, Toulon (collective) Galerie Roger Betti, Toulouse Salon des Arts, Toulon Galerie Cravero, Le Pradet 2003 Galerie Robert Bœuf, Toulon Galerie Roger Betti, Toulouse Galerie Imagine? Bordeaux Espace Pernod, Marseille Travaux école maternelle Jules Ferry, Toulon Galerie SMD, Paris Galerie du Prado, Marseille Galerie Damon, Île de Ré Galerie Beaumel, Cajarc Galerie Imagine? Bordeaux Europ’Art, Genève (Galerie Imagine) Galerie Amana, AIx en Provence Galerie Bœuf (exposition personnelle) 2002 Galerie Imagine, Bordeaux Galerie La Forge...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

1956 Ford Thunderbird, Oil Painting by John McCormick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John McCormick, American Title: 1956 Ford Thunderbird Year: 1983 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 18 in. x 32 in. (45.72 cm x 81.28 cm)
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1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century oil painting of figures in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Alfred Dehodencq (French, 1822 – 1882) Figures in the jardin du Luxembourg, Paris Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1871 (lower right) 20 x 31.1/4in. (51 x 79.5cm.) Provenance: Sale, Mi...
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19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Promenons nous dans les bois
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
This is a narrative painting on porcelain with miniatures details. Rose-Marie Crespin describes a walk in the forest. A natural world true trees, flowers and plants. A story between ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Ceramic, Porcelain, Paint

Art Deco Style Portrait of Lady Bobbed Hair Red Jacket Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lady in Red British School, 20th century signed oil on board, framed in heavy thick wooden frame framed: 30 x 23 inches board: 23 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, UK c...
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Summer Landscape with Birches by Austrian Master Gollob Early 20th century Oil
Located in Stockholm, SE
Heinrich Gollob (1886 - 1917) - Austrian painter. Gollob's attention to detail demonstrates his talent for bringing landscapes to life through vibrant colors, textures and the play o...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil

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

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Canvas, Oil

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

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Linen, Oil

RONDO E by Ramon Enrich - Geometric landscape painting, architecture, earth tone
Located in Paris, FR
RONDO E is a unique acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 135 × 181 cm (53.1 × 71.3 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes wit...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Fraternity 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Brothers are not just people related by blood.... here is how I found my brother on the street leaving prints of impact on me... Keep the good brothers that will reflect in your lif...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Birth by Franco Salas Borquez - Contemporary oil painting, seascape, wave, dark
Located in Paris, FR
Birth is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 80 × 80 × 4 cm (31.5 × 31.5 × 1.6 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Vintage English Woman with Duffel Coat & Mary Jane Shoes 1960's 1970's England
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage English Woman with Duffel Coat & Mary Jane Shoes 1960's 1970's England entitled 'The Fall of Desire' by Retro Nostalgic Artist, Paul F Harding. ...
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Late 20th Century English School Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

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

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Oil, Wood Panel

Chroma sky (Blue key) 10 - Contemporary, Blue, Minimalist, Figurative, Landscape
Located in Berlin, DE
Chroma sky (Blue key) 10, 2007 Acrylic and oil on canvas (Signed on reverse) 23.62 H x 31.49 W in 60 H x 80 W cm The artist wrote about how he conceives this work: "The transformat...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Blushing Girl by Raymond Debieve, French Cubist Portrait Painting on Carton
Located in Atlanta, GA
Raymond Debieve (1931-2011) Born in northern France as a twin to brother Michel Debieve (who also become an accomplished artist later in life), Raymond painted his entire life. His ...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

Blood Moon Eclipse Abstract Impressionism
Located in Soquel, CA
Blood Moon Eclipse Abstract Impressionism A vibrant abstract painting in primary colors in watercolor and acrylic paint, by California-based ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Acrylic, Paper

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

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Wood Panel, Oil

Vintage English Woman at a Seaside Beach Resort in Summer 1960's 1970's England
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage English Woman at a Seaside Beach Resort in Summer 1960's 1970's England entitled 'Summer Collection 1' by Retro Nostalgic Artist, Paul F Harding...
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Late 20th Century English School Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

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

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Gouache, Board, Watercolor

"For the Shear Fun of it" Charcoal Painting 29" x 21" inch by Casey Baugh
Located in Culver City, CA
"For the Shear Fun of it" Charcoal Painting 29" x 21" inch by Casey Baugh Medium: Charcoal on paper ABOUT THE ARTIST: Baugh's work can be described as narrative impressionistic re...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Charcoal, Paper

Street Art Painting by Sweet Toof , Oil on canvas Painting , Framed
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Street Artist , Sweet Toof , Oil on canvas in a 19th-century gilt frame is an unmistakable image. This stunning artwork is skillfully framed, adding a touch of elegance to its captiv...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Acrylic on Canvas Painting Titled "Thinking", By Elias Telles
Located in New York, NY
Elias Telles (b.1950, American) Thinking, 2019 Acrylic on Canvas, Found Wood, Metal Brackets 13 x 15 Inches Elias led an adventurous existence before becoming a self-taught painter....
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

A Goodnight Hug by Raymond Debieve, French Cubist Figurative Painting on Carton
Located in Atlanta, GA
Raymond Debieve (1931-2011) Born in northern France as a twin to brother Michel Debieve (who also become an accomplished artist later in life), Raymond painted his entire life. His ...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

"AD 5.23" Abstract Painting 31.5" x 47" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"AD 5.23" Abstract Painting 31.5" x 47" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course completion ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

French Art Deco Cubist Monkey by Gabriel Beauvais 1930s Ceramic
Located in Oakland, CA
French modernist glazed ceramic monkey sculpture by Gabriel Beauvais,1930. This sculpture was made in a turquoise blue glaze ceramic, a stunning color most likely by Kaza Edition in ...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Ceramic

RUM by Ramon Enrich - Geometric landscape painting, architecture, earth tones
Located in Paris, FR
RUM is a unique acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 45 × 60 cm (17.7 × 23.6 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with a ce...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hugo by Raymond Debieve, French Cubist Portrait Painting on Carton
Located in Atlanta, GA
Raymond Debieve (1931-2011) Born in northern France as a twin to brother Michel Debieve (who also become an accomplished artist later in life), Raymond painted his entire life. His ...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

"Within Reach" Abstract Figural Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted figure painting by Juniper Briggs is made with mixed media on Arches paper with deckle edges. It features a colorful palette and captures a woman in yellow shirt and ...
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2010s Cubist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

The first meeting Mohammad Ariyaei Contemporary Iranian painting Iranian art
Located in Paris, FR
Full title : The first meeting of the Prince and his lover in the forest Acrylic paint on paper Hand-signed lower right by the artist THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS OF MOHAMMAD ARIYAEI...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Brocéliande
Located in Miami, FL
Born 1949, Fréjus, France French artist Evelyne Ballestra studied painting in the South of France before moving to Switzerland where she met her mentor, Rolf Dürig, a master of the ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sunny Day
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Acrylic on Panel Painting Titled "Lonely Woman", By Elias Telles
Located in New York, NY
Elias Telles (b.1950, American) Lonely Woman, 2019 Acrylic on Panel, Found Wood, Metal Brackets 15 x 18 Inches Elias led an adventurous existence before becoming a self-taught paint...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Vintage English Woman in Dress on Park Bench in Suburbia 1960's 1970's England
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage English Woman in Dress on Park Bench in Suburbia 1960's 1970's England, entitled 'Summertime Blues' by Retro Nostalgic Artist, Paul F Harding. S...
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Late 20th Century English School Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Acrylic on Canvas Painting Titled "Monterey, California, 1850's" by Elias Telles
Located in New York, NY
Elias Telles (b. 1950, American) Monterey, California, 2019 Acrylic on Canvas, Found Wood, Metal Brackets 21.5 x 25.5 Inches Elias led an adventurous existence before becoming a sel...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Pair of Exceptional Italian 18th Century Still-Life Paintings
Located in Rome, IT
This pair of excellent Italian still life oil on canvas with flowers and fruit with classical ruins on the background and colored drapes create harmony of the composition. Notable ...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Joint II" - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
"Joint II" - Contemporary figurative oil painting of a couple lying together on a bed by Chelsea Gibson Medium: Oil on linen Size 32 x 48 inches. Offered unframed. "Joint II" i...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Vintage English Woman at a Seaside Beach Resort in Summer 1960's 1970's England
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage English Woman at a Seaside Beach Resort in Summer 1960's 1970's England entitled 'Seaside Delight’ by Retro Nostalgic Artist, Paul F Harding. Si...
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Late 20th Century English School Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

The Enchantress - 19th Century Belle Epoque Oil Painting Portrait French Beauty
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Enchantress’ by Nathaniel Sichel (1843-1907). This large fine 19th century oil on canvas, depicting a dark-haired beauty wearing a crown of holly, is signed by the artist and ha...
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Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Love Must Reciprocate
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
What is love worth than this? We breathe in free air. Nature gives us radiant services. Only us was created in his image? His dear son he gave for us. Who then ought to be your Valen...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Torre Velasca
Located in Milano, MI
Urbex is the English acronym for urban exploration and is an activity that consists of searching for and locating abandoned infrastructure with the goal of visiting, photographing and conveying its contents, with particular involvement of methodologies from geography, anthropology, sociology to cultural studies. Her works have been in the past approached to the works of Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945) and Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1770), but in Gullotta's paintings the absence of color makes the spaces particularly ethereal, allowing them to be ideally lifted to new places and to new life. An artist of international caliber who has decided to entrust her return to her homeland to Almach Art Gallery in Milan, while maintaining connections with important galleries, such as Marlborough Fine Art in London and Galerie Koch in Hanover. The artwork represents the famous Velasca Tower in Milan. This artwork was exhibited during the Daniela Gullotta...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Sandstone

Peach blossom, pink and butterflies, on old foreground painting. Innovative
Located in Milan, IT
Margherita Leoni's ability to balance botanical precision and interpretive innovation is evident in this oil painting. The canvas, partly in view and partly prepared with pure gold, ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Thistle, on pure gold foreground. Iconic flower of Loro Piana company
Located in Milan, IT
Interpreting reality with skill and expertise is Margherita Leoni's principal value. She has been studying botany for decades and has an incredible hand that allows her to make water...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Tempera

Spanish Beauty (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Spanish Beauty (Portrait of the Artist's Wife) Oil on canvas, c. 1940's Signed upper right "A.G. Warshawsky" (see photo) According to the daughter-in-law of the artist, this painting...
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1940s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Succulent" - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting on paper
Located in East Quogue, NY
"Succulent" - Contemporary figurative oil painting of male figure by Chelsea Gibson Medium: Oil on paper Size 43 x 42 inches. Offered unframed. "Succulent" is part of Chelsea G...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Wood Panel, Oil

Three Head Portraits of a Young Girl
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Hippolyte Roques (active 1838-1864) Three Head Portraits of a Young Girl Oil on grey wove paper, c. 1850 Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the artist Shepherd Galle...
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1850s Romantic Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Figurative Paintings for Sale

Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.

While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.

Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.

Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.

Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.

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