Joan Barber Blue Ledge American Modern Oil On Canvas
By Joan Barber
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
She has studied with Louie Bunce, Michael Russo, George Johanson. Barber enjoys a national reputation for her figurative work but also paints compelling landscapes and abstracts.
Linen, Oil
Florida Girl in Red Stockings, Oil on Linen, American Modern, 2008
By Joan Barber
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
She has studied with Louie Bunce, Michael Russo, George Johanson. Barber enjoys a national reputation for her figurative work but also paints compelling landscapes and abstracts.
Linen, Oil
Red Leaves Oil Painting on Linen, Modern Figurative, Signed, 43x36in
By Joan Barber
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
She has studied with Louie Bunce, Michael Russo, George Johanson. Barber enjoys a national reputation for her figurative work but also paints compelling landscapes and abstracts.
Linen, Oil
Girl In The Red Robe, Modern Oil Painting on Linen, Framed, 2000s
By Joan Barber
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
She has studied with Louie Bunce, Michael Russo, George Johanson. Barber enjoys a national reputation for her figurative work but also paints compelling landscapes and abstracts.
Linen, Oil
Girl on Pedestal
By Joan Barber
Located in GT. BARRINGTON, MA
She has studied with Louie Bunce, Michael Russo, George Johanson. Barber enjoys a national reputation for her figurative work but also paints compelling landscapes and abstracts.
Linen, Oil
Strategies
By Joan Barber
Located in GT. BARRINGTON, MA
She has studied with Louie Bunce, Michael Russo, George Johanson. Barber enjoys a national reputation for her figurative work but also paints compelling landscapes and abstracts.
Linen, Oil
Perch
By Joan Barber
Located in GT. BARRINGTON, MA
She has studied with Louie Bunce, Michael Russo, George Johanson. Barber enjoys a national reputation for her figurative work but also paints compelling landscapes and abstracts.
Canvas, Oil
Weight of Fire
By Joan Barber
Located in GT. BARRINGTON, MA
She has studied with Louie Bunce, Michael Russo, George Johanson. Barber enjoys a national reputation for her figurative work but also paints compelling landscapes and abstracts.
Canvas, Oil
Running the Keys
By Joan Barber
Located in GT. BARRINGTON, MA
She has studied with Louie Bunce, Michael Russo, George Johanson. Barber enjoys a national reputation for her figurative work but also paints compelling landscapes and abstracts.
Canvas, Oil
Girl in Red
By Joan Barber
Located in GT. BARRINGTON, MA
She has studied with Louie Bunce, Michael Russo, George Johanson. Barber enjoys a national reputation for her figurative work but also paints compelling landscapes and abstracts.
Canvas, Oil
Girl at Red Wall
By Joan Barber
Located in GT. BARRINGTON, MA
She has studied with Louie Bunce, Michael Russo, George Johanson. Barber enjoys a national reputation for her figurative work but also paints compelling landscapes and abstracts.
Canvas, Oil
Black and White
By Joan Barber
Located in GT. BARRINGTON, MA
She has studied with Louie Bunce, Michael Russo, George Johanson. Barber enjoys a national reputation for her figurative work but also paints compelling landscapes and abstracts.
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 48 in W 36 in D 2 in
Mid-Century Michael Russo "Nude Before Mirror" Abstract Mixed-Media Painting
By Michael Russo
Located in Miami, FL
A Mid-Century abstract modern mixed painting media titled "Nude Before a Mirror" by the American artist Michael Russo (1908-1998). A sculptor and artist, Russo was educated...
Wood, Masonite, Paper
Indulgence
By Joan Barber
Located in GT. BARRINGTON, MA
She has studied with Louie Bunce, Michael Russo, George Johanson. Barber enjoys a national reputation for her figurative work but also paints compelling landscapes and abstracts.
Canvas, Oil
River Dance
By Joan Barber
Located in GT. BARRINGTON, MA
She has studied with Louie Bunce, Michael Russo, George Johanson. Barber enjoys a national reputation for her figurative work but also paints compelling landscapes and abstracts.
Canvas, Oil
$1,500Sale Price|40% Off
H 34 in W 44 in
858 - Large Figurative Abstract Red Oil and Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Edith Konrad paints figurative abstract compositions with mixed media on canvas. She layers her expression of her emotional response to the subjects with dynamic texture...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"The Red Dress"
By Joseph Newman
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Joseph Newman (1890 - 1979) Joseph Newman was born in New York City in 1890. He attended the Pratt Institute and the Adelp...
Canvas, Oil
$350
H 36 in W 26 in
Vintage Hockney poster Kammer 1981 Celia in a Black Dress and Red Stockings
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
Printed for Galerie Kammer’s 1981 David Hockney exhibition “Drawings and Prints”, this beautiful poster reproduces Hockney’s drawing Celia in a Black Dress and Red Stockings 1973. Fa...
Lithograph
$2,000
H 48 in W 36 in D 1.5 in
'Samskaras', Contemporary Figurative Nude Oil Painting 48x36 Inches
By Lauren Rinaldi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Samskaras" is an original oil painting by Lauren Rinaldi, debuted at the artist's solo exhibition, "At Arms Length". Lauren Rinaldi works using unbiased portraits of women’s bodies ...
Canvas, Oil
$850
H 15 in W 13.5 in D 1 in
An Elegant 1940s Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman in Red Dress
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
An Elegant 1940s Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman a Red Dress by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A beautifully executed studio portrait, the painting is oil...
Masonite, Oil
$1,350Sale Price|55% Off
H 35.5 in W 19.5 in D 1 in
Passion #2 - Red Nude painting oil/canvas original Paula Craioveanu
By Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Passion #2". Composition with two female nudes, oil on canvas, 35.5x19.5in / 90x50cm Part of "Wings of Gods", solo show. Shipped rolled in a tube for a lower price. Free shipping wi...
Canvas, Oil
$3,800
H 40.75 in W 34.75 in D 1.5 in
Portrait of a Fauvist Nude Figurative, Oil on Linen, Signed, 1993
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored nude by California artist Don Klopfer (1920-2009). Signed and dated "Klopfer 93" upper left corner. Presented in a white slat frame. Canvas size: 40"H x 34"W. Rich...
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$1,032
H 19.75 in W 25.5 in
Back Facing Nude Female In Blue Interior French Modernist Oil Painting
By Jacqueline Boisselot
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Women Portrait by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century 19.75 x 25.5 inches oil on artist paper, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy provenance: from a pr...
Oil
$2,970
H 23.88 in W 18 in
Birgit Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 21st Century, 24x18 in Portrait
By Carolyn Schlam
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Signed on the verso
Canvas, Oil
$7,237
H 47.25 in W 35.44 in D 1.58 in
Large Colourful Expressionist Portrait Oil Painting "Woman with Red Coat"
By André François van Vuuren
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Unique, large oil painting on Belgian linen canvas, stretched on a timber support frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
Linen, Oil
$2,650
H 48.75 in W 32.75 in D 1.5 in
Modernist Blue Nude in Profile - Figurative Abstract
By Allie William Skelton
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold and expressive oil portrait of a modernist nude figure in blue seated in profile with bright yellow flowers by Allie William “Bill” Skelton (American, 1942-1986). Signed and dat...
Canvas, Oil
$14,000
H 68 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
"Untitled" by Shana Wilson - Large Figurative Seated Nude Woman Oil Painting
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966) "Untitled" 2014 Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. About the Artist: Shana Wilson, born in Edmonton in ...
Oil, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
$2,800
H 30 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
The Red Leaf - Abstract Painting - Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
The Red Leaf - Abstract Painting - Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA. Marc Zimmerman creates playful paintings, wheth...
Linen, Oil
$427
H 15.75 in W 13.75 in D 1 in
1960s Signed Princess Figurative Painting, Mixed Media on Artist Board
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3424 Figural painting Mixed media on artist board Image size 12x10" Displayed in a black wood frame Signed Vanzina
Acrylic
$1,370Sale Price|20% Off
H 23.63 in W 31.5 in
Anna - XXI Century, Contemporary Abstract, Figurative Acrylic Painting, Textured
By Michal Sikorski
Located in Warsaw, PL
MICHAL SIKORSKI (born in 1972) He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, at the atelier of Professor Stanislaw Kortyka at the department of painting. PhD in Fine Arts. Assis...
Canvas, Acrylic
$6,318
H 37.8 in W 48.43 in D 0.79 in
Felicité, Abstract Nude, Contemporary, Oil on canvas, Red, Expressionism
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont is a French contemporary painter, born in Paris in 1964. She lives and works in Normandy. Her work, widely exhibited in France and internationally, explores memory, str...
Oil
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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