Balaguer 235 Classic Car "Ford Gran Torino 1974 " realist acrylic painting
By Alex Balaguer
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
"Ford Gran Torino 1974 Starsky & Hutch" original realist acrylic painting BALAGUER , Alex ( Barcelona 1968 ) During early childhood, Àlex Balaguer began to sketch motorcars symb...
Canvas, Oil
$4,000
H 25 in W 32.5 in
contemporary realist watercolor painting interior red car signs colorful signed
By Bruce McCombs
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Car Museum" is an original signed watercolor by Bruce McCombs. It depicts the front of a gleaming car with other automobile memorabilia with exquisite attention to reflections, ligh...
Watercolor
"Chevrolet Grille (Car), " Watercolor by Bruce McCombs
By Bruce McCombs
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Chevrolet Grille" is an original signed watercolor by Bruce McCombs. It depicts the grille of a highly-polished Chevrolet car. This painting displays McCombs' exquisite attention to...
Watercolor
"Disco Pontiac", Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Benoit Montet
Located in Yardley, PA
Dans cette œuvre vibrante, j'ai canalisé une énergie vive et colorée, évoquant la nostalgie des années disco. La peinture à l'huile donne vie aux couleurs éclatantes, et ch...
Oil
$2,824
H 27.56 in W 45.28 in D 0.71 in
Old Newspaper Acrylic Painting, Realist Style, Signed, 70x115 cm
By Nataliya Bagatskaya
Located in Zofingen, AG
The piece is a dialogue on freedom and grounding, encouraging reflection on life's journey and the stillness found in moments of change. It offers a vibrant addition to any space, co...
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Chevrolet Nomad, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Benjamin Self
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic paint on stretched canvas, I present my painting of a Chevrolet Nomad. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by...
Acrylic
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 24 in W 36 in D 1.5 in
1972 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400 M22, Acrylic Painting, 24 x 36
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1972 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400 M22" is an acrylic painting that depicts a closeup view of the grill of a baby blue 1972 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400 M22....
Acrylic, Canvas
$1,350
H 7.88 in W 19.69 in D 1.19 in
Balaguer 324 Car Races Le Mans 1958 · Ferrari 250 TR/58 original paint
By Alex Balaguer
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Alex Balaguer BALAGUER , Alex ( Barcelona 1968 ) During early childhood, Àlex Balaguer began to sketch motorcars symbolic of Maranello’s trademark vehicle. Self-taught in the art wor...
Acrylic
$4,250
H 31.5 in W 38.88 in
contemporary realist watercolor painting car closeup parking lot signed
By Bruce McCombs
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"'59 Cadillac" is an original signed watercolor by Bruce McCombs. It depicts the back end of a gleaming Cadillac with exquisite attention to reflection and light. 22 1/4" x 29 5/8"...
Watercolor
$4,000
H 32.5 in W 41 in
1980s Vintage American Street Scene Painting, Landscape with Taxi Cabs
By Val Lewton
Located in Surfside, FL
Val Edwin Lewton (May 23, 1937 – April 24, 2015) was a painter and museum exhibition designer. As an artist, he created Realist acrylic paintings and watercolors of urban and suburba...
Acrylic, Archival Paper
$1,200
H 12 in W 12 in
"1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS - Hugger Orange" by Shan Fannin, Acrylic Painting
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
"1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS - Hugger Orange" by Shan Fannin is an original acrylic painting depicting a close up view of a grill and head lamp of a classic orange Camaro. Born 1969 i...
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Ford Thunderbird, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Benjamin Self
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is presented on canvas covered 3mm thick MDF. This painting of a 1960 Ford Thunderbird has been created using acrylic paints and measures 40x50cm ( approx 16" x 20" ) :...
Acrylic
$4,250
H 31.375 in W 39 in
Contemporary watercolor photorealist car closeup painting reflection signed
By Bruce McCombs
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cadillac" is an original photorealistic watercolor painting by Bruce McCombs. The artist signed the piece lower left. It features a deep blue car on a car lot with a domed building ...
Watercolor
$725
H 28 in W 40 in
"1972 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400 M22" Limited Edition Car/Automobile Print
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin’s "1972 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400 M22" is an unframed limited edition giclée print on 230 gsm premium archival matte paper measuring 28 x 40 in (71.12 x 101.60 cm). Un...
Giclée
$2,824
H 25.6 in W 39.38 in D 0.71 in
Error 404: Gasoline Not Found, Realist Acrylic Painting on Canvas
By Nataliya Bagatskaya
Located in Zofingen, AG
A pastel blue convertible with a bold red top stands out against the vast desert. Beside it, a couple shares a quiet moment, their conversation hinting at an untold story. A weathere...
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
$640
H 8 in W 10 in
"1959 Chevrolet El Camino" (2020) By Shan Fannin, Original Acrylic Painting
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1959 Chevrolet El Camino" is an acrylic painting that depicts the closeup view of the taillights of a red 1959 Chevrolet El Camino Born 1969 in California,...
Acrylic, Board
"Bob’s Used Auto Parts" – Oil on Wood Panel, Vintage Car Scene
By Brad Davis
Located in Denver, CO
Brad Davis’s "Bob’s Used Auto Parts" is an oil painting on wood panel measuring 18 x 14 inches, presented in a contemporary frame with overall dimensions of 20 x 16 inches. Framed an...
Oil, Wood Panel
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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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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