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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Diner
Located in Greenwich, CT
Born in New York City in 1959, Max Ferguson started as a filmmaker, making award-winning animated films as a teenager. But it was while he was a visiting student at an art school in ...
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Early 2000s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

'The Green Shoes', SF Women's College, SF Art Institute, California, Romanoff
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Storer' for Inez May Storer (American, born 1933) and dated 1979. Inez Storer first studied at the San Francisco College for Women, the San Francisco Art Instit...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gouache, Color Pencil

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

Venezia
Located in Firenze, FI
Title: "Venezia" Media: Oil on canvas size: 50 x 70 cm Sergio Scatizzi Lucca 1918 – Florence 2009 Art and nature are the themes of Scatizzi’s work of a journey through contemporan...
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Return Of Columbus In Chains To Cadiz By Emanuel Leutze
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emanuel Leutze 1816-1868 American Return of Columbus in Chains to Cadiz Signed E. Leutze / Philadelphia (lower right) Oil on canvas Painted by the artist in 1842, this masterpiec...
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19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

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

Passeggiata a cavallo a Trieste
Located in Roma, RM
Alfredo Tominz (Trieste 1854 – 1936), Passeggiata a cavallo a Trieste Dipinto ad olio su tela di cm 69 x 110 firmato e datato 1890 in basso a destra. Provenienza: Asta Stadion Trie...
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Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, 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

Golden Age of Illustration Romance Story, Man Woman Relationship - Green Yellow
Located in Miami, FL
This impeccably rendered mid-century double portrait of a quarreling man and woman exhibits a supreme academic training knowledge lost in almost all contemporary art. It features an ...
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1960s Romantic Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Gouache, Pencil, Graphite

Portrait of Wife
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Beautiful impressionistic portrait of Soviet master, Aleksei Belykh's, wife. Belykh was a Russian artist from Sverdlovsk. This painting is signed and dated and in great condition. ...
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1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Chronos and the blade of destiny Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting myth
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and oil pastel on canvas Unique work Hand-signed by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil

Cleopatra Queen of Egypt 17' century Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing painting of Cleopatra oil on canvas with a gilt wood frame. Attributed to Giuseppe Diamantini (Fossombrone 1621-Venice 1705) The dramatic subject of the painting depicts th...
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Late 17th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Soviet Allegory, Contemporary Art, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara Harutyunyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Metal Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art, Title: Soviet Allegory...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Metal

Staring in the past
Located in PUIFLIJK, NL
Francien Krieg, a contemporary Dutch artist, gives a new dimension to figurative painting with her penetrating and unfiltered portraits. Krieg, who received her art education at the ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Sunset Over a Frozen Landscape
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Sunset over a Frozen Landscape by George Augustus Williams British 1814 - 1901 Oil on canvas Canvas size: 13 x 20 inches Framed size: 17 x 24 inches Monogrammed lower left
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19th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Carnaval Kawaii
Located in OIA, ES
🔸 _Title: Carnaval kawaii 🔸 _Artist: Diego Tirigall 🔸 _Year of Creation: 2024 🔸 _Dimensions: 160 W x 100 H x 2 D cm 🔸 _Medium: Enamel, Spray paint, Acrylic and Oil Stick 🔸 _Su...
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2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings

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Enamel

Bird of Paradise II
Located in Queenston, ON
A study in flight and motion.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

La pêche dans les calanques de Marseille
Located in Barcelona, ES
Contemporary figurative painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

In the Den
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 29.00" x 25.00" Signature: Signed Upper Right
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Estética (A. Gades)
Located in Barcelona, ES
Figurative work
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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

Rajasthan Gypsy Dance. Large Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Paul Wadsworth is one of the UK’s leading exponents of Expressionist paintings. His pieces are heavily worked with layers of richly applied paint, the result is paintings that sing w...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Atracción
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Picador et Cigarière
Located in PARIS, FR
Bernard Buffet (French, 1928 – 1999) was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor. An extremely prolific artist, he produced a varied and extensive body of work. His style was excl...
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Lithograph

Study for Cain was a Plowman - Pastel Russian Art
Located in London, GB
This work is hand signed in pencil by tha artist "Abel Pann" at the lower left corner. It is also inscribed “Jerusalem” next to the signature. The work is titled in French in pencil ...
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Charcoal, Pastel, Paper

Estatuas doradas
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

La isla
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

No me dejes
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Pelirroja
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Caviar
Located in El Portal, FL
The idea of ​​this painting is to paint Soviet cans of caviar but at the same time to stylize the artworks to Campbell’s soup by American artist Andy Warhol.
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings

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Oil

City Scene with Faces casein tempera on canvas by Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed and dated "Vytlacil 32" lower right Provenance: Estate of the artist #1584; Martin Diamond Fine Art Exhibitions: 1990 Graham Gallery, NYC (label verso) About this artist: B...
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1930s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Tempera, Casein, Canvas

Buamdong Honey House
Located in Seoul, SO
Lim Jin Sil Lim Jin Sil expresses the coexistence of self and others and the sense of heterogeneity resulting from the differences between different worlds through old media such a...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Cigale
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. The artist uses bright yellow and red to cover half of the painting, which is in stark contrast with the sunflower shrubs at the bottom of the painting. Especially for the cicada...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic

The Party
Located in New York, NY
2023, Acrylic on canvas
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Figurative Ink Painting N.2 'Vessels II' by Dmitry Samygin
Located in Paris, FR
Figurative Ink on Cotton paper Painting N.1 'Vessels II' by Dmitry Samygin H.27 x 19.5 cm About Dmitry Samygin Furniture and Product Designer. His approach relies on simple forms and clarity in ideas with carefully chosen materials to expose the essence of an object. His products exemplify humanistic design, comfort in everyday use and ergonomic function. He is a prize-winner in international competitions. He has taken part in exhibitions in Paris, Milan and Moscow, collaborates with European and Russian production, architectural and design companies. Since 2021 Dmitriy's design has been presented in a permanent exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Moscow. Dmitry's graphics and designs are in private collections all over the world. Samygin's Awards 2023 I+D / Design Now / winner (product design & decor) 2021 Red dot / Modul 2021 I+D magazine award / Shelter (covers for the sculptures of Moscow State Architectural Museum) 2020 Best 2020 AD Russia 2019 Andrew World...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Cotton, Paper, Ink

The Hug
Located in BARCELONA, ES
A lo largo de sus años de experimentación, Cesc Abad (Barcelona, 1973) ha desarrollado un interés especial por el hombre y su relación y efecto sobre la naturaleza. Después de años d...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Harmony 3
Located in New York, NY
2023, Acrylic on Canvas
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Haitian Couple in Bed Simultaneously Adjusting their Radios, Surrealism
Located in Miami, FL
Wilson Bigaud is an idea artist in who showcases visual ideas in many of his paintings. In this work, a married Haitian couple tunes their radios in sync as they lie in bed. Bigaud was greatly interested in radios, which appeared in many of his works. This work rises to the level of Surrealism in that Bigaud is doing more than just depicting a normal bedroom moment. There is something very strange and bizarre in the couple's synchronized actions. Also of note, it looks like the woman is swallowing the edge of the radio. Signed lower right in a handmade and hand-painted frame. Wear to the edges of board, including delamination in the corners, some dents and losses. Frame rubbing with associated wear. Areas of white discoloration to the bed and headboard...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Cinquième saison
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. The work shows a unique imaginal season that doesn’t exist in reality – the fifth season. In this seas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic

Untitled by Anton Kushaev - Surrealist diptych painting, acrylic on canvas, 2020
Located in Basel, BS
The diptych Untitled is part of the Cameo series by Anton Kushaev. Cameo (from the Old French camaieu - treasure, jewel) is a kind of gem, a carved semi-precious stone with a convex ...
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2010s Symbolist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Gouache on Board Painting Titled "Barbecue Stand", by Aaron Bohrod, circa 1935
Located in New York, NY
Aaron Bohrod, 1907-1992 Barbecue Stand, circa 1935 Gouache on board Signed Lower left: “Aaron Bohrod” Inscribed and signed on verso Bohrod-1 Provenance: Private estate, Rhode Island...
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1930s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Happy Feet
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
"Happy Feet," is by an up and coming Moldovan painter named Stefan Mocanu. Stefan, lives painting. He finds the incredible in the everyday and transforms it into a pictorial joy. ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

ANGELES EN LA TIERRA
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
This painting is unique, like all the works of art by the fascinating artist Carmen Gutiérrez; made of acrylics, oils, gold and silver inks and as a practical and sublime method of b...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Silver, Gold Leaf

"La lluvia de la semilla" colorful, figurative, organic, ink painting
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Through fluid strokes, rhythmic details, and archaic beings, the work shows us the artist's interest in exploring color. This abstract landscape is built by stages of primary colors,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Aquatint

Lavandaie, ca 1905
Located in BLARICUM, NL
OTTO VAN REES Freiburg im Breisgau 1884-1957 Utrecht WASSENDE VROUWEN I LAVANDAIE 1905 Oil on canvas 43 x 52 cm. Signed: lower left ‘OvR’ Particularities: ID 35. Provenance: Pri...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

SONIDO DEL AGUA
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
This unique painting begins with her new ZIGZAG series in which we can see her surrealist airs shared with her colleague and ex-husband Pedro Friedeberg, like all the works of art by...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Venus with Putti Oil on Canvas with Gilt-wood Frame
Located in Rome, IT
French 19' century painting oil on canvas . Young Venus nude figure surrounded by delicious playing putti . Finely carved and gilt-wood frame of the same period . Measurements w...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Cleopatra Queen of Egypt 17' century Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing painting of Cleopatra oil on canvas with a gilt wood frame. Attributed to Giuseppe Diamantini (Fossombrone 1621-Venice 1705) The dramatic subject of the painting depicts th...
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Late 17th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

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Oil

EINT
Located in PARIS, FR
After the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona and after graduating in art history, he discovered the United States. He met Julian Schnabel, Ed Ruscha and David Hockney. Back in Europe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

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

L'origine de la civilisation (the origin of civilization)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a dreamy scenery. Looking from a distance, it seems like a huge coral reef in deep sea, and there are some shiny jellyfishes around it. Taking a closer look, we can see some more meaningful signs, like Oracle bones, and some animals on the coral reef. At the same time, there is also a woman with traditional Chinese clothes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic

Bathing by the Big Rock, American Impressionist Landscape and Beach Scene
Located in Doylestown, PA
This Impressionist beach scene and landscape was painted by American artist Martha Walter. The 15 x 18 oil on board is framed in a 22K gold reproduction frame and is signed "Martha W...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Board, 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

Marinas II
Located in Miami, FL
“Marinas III” 2021 Enamel Paint on Wallpaper 51 1/2 x 38 3/4 inches $3000 USD ------- Laura Gonballes is an artist who lives and works in Barcelona, Spain with visual language in...
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2010s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Bamboo Paper

Lagrimas de mujer
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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Early 2000s Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Mujer con dudas
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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Early 2000s Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Mujer angustiada
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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Early 2000s Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Te ves?
Located in MADRID, ES
Las emociones negativas retienen toda la atención, impidiendo atender otra cosa.
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Gouache, Pen

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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