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Industrial Minimalism, Urban Landscape Diptych, Pastel Palette, Modern Cityscape
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Lugar 18&19" is a beautiful painting by Nacho Reina rooted in the language of brutalist architecture. Softened by a contemporary palette, this diptych reinterprets industrial forms...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil

CRAZY LOVE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by artist Daria Kusto. Acrylic on Canvas. The magic flow reality... Painting rolled in a sturdy tube. Shipping from Spain, safely and promptly. In the style of art...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Good Company - Amicus Colorful Authentic Original Contemporary Intense Striking
Located in Pretoria, Gauteng
Title: Good Company - Amicus Colorful Authentic Original Contemporary Intense Striking Love Friendship One-of-a-kind Amīcus - The Latin word meaning to befriend. To be in good com...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic

Mid Century Figurative -- Adventures - Duleich
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century figurative of romantic adventures by Duleich (American, 20th Century). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Duleich '59" lower left. Image size, 30.25"H x 24"W. Framed si...
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1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cloud Fishing - 21st Century, Contemporary, Surrealism, African Nature, Boy
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Cloud Fishing" is a metaphorical exploration of the ephemeral and the unknown. Through my work, I aim to capture the essence of chasing something elusive and intangible – like fishin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

“Autumn Landscape, c. 1910” American Impressionist New England Fall Oil Signed
Located in Yardley, PA
Warm air seems to move through this scene as the eye wanders along a gentle swale dotted with granite boulders, low stone walls and scrubby autumn color. A ribbon of meadow pulls us ...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seaweed Goddess by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Seaweed Goddess by Marc Zimmerman This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA. ABOUT THE ARTIST Marc Zimmerman is a visionary artist whose creations embody a ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Factory Worker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Factory Worker, c. 1936, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 18 ¼ x 36 inches; exhibited in City ...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Symbiotic" (2025) by Dan McCaw, Abstracted, Figural Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Symbiotic" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts three abstracted figures in an interior setting. Artist Statement: Born: 1942 A solid founda...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Balaguer Car Races Schumacher 2001. car original figurative acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
BALAGUER , Alex ( Barcelona 1968 ) During early childhood, Àlex Balaguer began to sketch motorcars symbolic of Maranello’s trademark vehicle. Self-taught in the art world, Balaguer d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Alchemy. Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
70 x 100cm mixed media and oil on canvas. Part of the "Fragments of Self" collection, "Alchemy" evokes transformation and inner evolution. The muted tones with touches of gold swirl...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Ladies Sketch Club" Pauline Palmer, Female American Impressionist Provincetown
Located in New York, NY
Pauline Palmer Ladies' Sketch Club Signed lower left Oil on board 20 x 24 inches Pauline Palmer (1867 - 1938) was one of Chicago's early twentieth-century portrait and landscape pa...
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Zeus and Ganymede - Paula Craioveanu oil canvas Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Zeus and Ganymede", oil and silver leaf on canvas, 39x39in / 100x100cm Inspired by the legend of Zeus and Ganymede. Part of my NeoMythology project. Shipped as it is, stretched. "Z...
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2010s Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Figure on Aqua Couch" - Colorful Modern Fauvist Inspired Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Maura Petersen (American, born 1956) "Figure on Aqua Couch" 2025 Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the bottom left of the painting. "Figur...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Elegant Smartly Dressed Couple Riverside Gardens, Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Elegant Couple by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018) signed lower corner dated 1991 oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 33.5 x 24 inches framed: 38 x 28 inches Very good ...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"In the Silence" (2024) By Stephanie Hartshorn, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stephanie Hartshorn's beautiful original impressionist oil landscape "In the Silence" (2024) depicts an American midwestern plains scene with a large cloud forming above. Artist Bio...
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2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Very Fine Victorian Scottish Signed Oil Painting Panoramic Loch Scene Mountains
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Charles Leslie (British 19th century), signed and dated 1875 Title: The Panoramic Loch. Beautiful and majestic Scottish Highlands loch scene with figures walking alo...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bobby Nightmare (pug dog face helicopter vintage surreal oil painting)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Bobby's Nightmare" by Rudolf Kosow is a striking blend of humor and surrealism, juxtaposing an exaggeratedly expressive pug with an intense military scene. The dog's bulging eyes, lolling tongue, and shocked expression contrast sharply with the highly detailed helicopter and soldiers descending from the sky, creating an absurd and unexpected composition. The painting plays on the idea of a pet's anxiety, turning an ordinary moment of canine surprise into an action-packed, almost cinematic spectacle. The hyperrealistic rendering of the pug’s fur and facial details enhances the surrealism, making the implausible scene feel eerily convincing. With its mix of realism and whimsy, Bobby’s Nightmare captures the chaotic energy of an overactive imagination—whether that of a dog startled by its surroundings or a playful human interpretation of a pet’s exaggerated emotions. keywords; painting on canvas, surrealist painting, americana...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist English 1970 s, Interior with an old record player Port decanter glass
Located in Woodbury, CT
Colin Ruffell is an English painter of interiors, cityscapes, and many other unique subjects. This bold and evocative 1970s painting by English artist Colin Ruffell captures a nosta...
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1970s Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Zura ‘Power of the Red’ – Vibrant Red Bull Artwork on Bold Yellow Background
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The red bull emerges as a powerful symbol of vitality, freedom, and unrestrained energy — a creature caught between instinct and transcendence. In Power of the Red, Zura channels the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Original Mid 20th OIL PAINTING Century English Country Lady in A Summer Garden
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Unsigned Early Mid 20th Century English School TITLE: "Lady In A Garden" MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 87cm x 40cm inc frame CONDITION: very good NOTES: Well composed 1920's ...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hold Onto Your Culture and History - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Art
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This piece of work is encouraging individuals to cherish, preserve and celebrate their cultural heritage. In today's globalized world, cultural identity can become diluted or lost....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Black Blue sea. 2022. Canvas, oil, 80x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Igor Maikov (1966) Education: 1981 - 1984 The Art Academy of Latvia 1973 - 1983 Salaspils Primary and Secondary School Exhibitions: 1994 - Group Exhibition «Rol-Art», Latvia ...
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1990s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modern Still Life Diptych of Ceramic Pots, Realist Kitchen Vessels Citrus Fruits
Located in Barcelona, ES
This modern still life diptych by Gio Bellagio is inspired by ancient Greek ceramic vessels. The pots are adorned with minimalist patterns reminiscent of Greek geometry, emphasising...
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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

A Woman of My Dream II - Original Figurative Portrait Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mohamad Khayata’s original figurative artworks are the result of five years of displacement and deal with themes of migration, memory, and identity. Mohamad’s paintings convey an array of emotions, ranging from bliss and comfort to tension and uncertainty. Many of his paintings portray a sense of transience, which is all the more palpable when considering that Khayata's intimate work is a tribute to displaced people and to their daily life stories that, far from familiar surroundings, are filled with effort and hope. Khayata created this original painting with acrylic on canvas. It is 39 inches tall by 31 inches wide. It is signed by the artist on the back of the canvas. This painting is stretched, wired, and ready to hang. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included with this original work. Born in Damascus, Syria, artist Mohamad Khayata was forced to flee his home country due to ongoing political conflict. Khayata has been living in Beirut, Lebanon since 2012. His work is a resounding call for transformation and unity within his home country. His photography project "Stitching my Syria back" was chosen to be part of Journeys Festival International 2016 as a landmark for the “Look up” project in Leicester, where his photographs were installed on ten buildings. In the last five years, Khayata also participated in ten collective exhibitions across Europe and the Middle East. Holding his BA in Fine Arts obtained at Damascus University, Khayata is a bastion of Syrian legacy, memory, home, and happiness. REPRESENTATION Artplex Gallery Los Angeles, California, USA EXHIBITIONS 2020-23 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles 2019 “Nota Bene,” Artplex Gallery Los Angeles, California 2018 “Takhalli,” 4th edition of the Laboratory of Arts Programme, partnership with The Goethe Institute, City of Beirut, Lebanon Beirut Art Fair, 392RMEIL393 Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon “Umm Al-Zuluf,” 392RMEIL393 Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon “Aegean Sea,” 392RMEIL393 Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon 2017 “Umm Al-Zuluf,” 392RMEIL393 Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon Beirut Art Fair, Beirut, Lebanon Sharjah Art Bienalle, SAFIR “Stitching My Syria Back Together,” The Alexandria Library, Manchester, UK 2016 “Revealing,” Beirut Art Fair, Gallery One Palestine, Beirut, Lebanon Journeys Festival International 2016 TA’AROF workshop, Sharjah Art Bienalle, SAFIR “Look Up,” Project in Leicester Inside Beirut, The Gallerist, Beirut, Lebanon “The Third Space,” British Council in London and Brussels, UK 2015 “Walking on Thread...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Raven Violet - Original Vibrant Sally K Figurative Artwork
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, feminine women, celebrating ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Le Rouge Cloitre sous la neige" oil painting on canvas by Louis Clesse 20Th c.
Located in Gavere, BE
"Le Rouge Cloitre sous la neige" oil painting on canvas by Louis Clesse 20Th c. Wonderfull oil on canvas by Louis Clesse , Belgian School (1889 -1961 ). Clesse was a Belgian figurat...
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1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Gold Leaf

19th century English rural landscapes, with goats by a river and people
Located in Woodbury, CT
LESLIE E.B. SMYTHE 19th-century English rural landscapes, with goats by a river and people. Smythe was an English painter who was active in paintings in both Scotland and England. ...
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1860s Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Reclining Female Nude, by Frederick Lloveras Herrera, Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
In this framed oil painting by Frederick Herrera, a reclining female nude in a stretching pose is featured. The face is not detailed and there is white drapery over the mid-section...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil

Men portrait with a hat
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Henry William Pickersgill, attributed to (London 1782 – London 1875) Portrait of Captain Samuel Wright Oil on canvas H. 92 cm; L. 73 cm Circa 1810/1815 Provenance: – Brother of the ...
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1810s English School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Interior Scene with Lady and Two Children" Sarah Anne Freeman Clarke
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Anne Freeman Clarke Interior Scene with Lady and Two Children, 1883 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 32 x 27 inches Sarah Anne Freeman Clarke was born in Massachusetts in 180...
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1880s Academic Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Beauty in Her Space
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Beauty in her space was created by Tunde Bakare. Tunde created the painting with Oil paint on Ankara Wax Fabrics of 32W by 33H. Beauty in Her Space depic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Fabric, Oil

Ice, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A woman sits cross-legged, peering at the city through binoculars. The scene shows a strong sense of composition and color interplay, with contrasting hues an...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Rockets - Yellow Neo-Expressionist Figurative Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drawing inspiration from cultural icons and global events, Soren Grau's street art-infused Neo-expressionism invites art enthusiasts to be a part of a narrative larger than life. In ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Burner Girl or Dripping Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gabriel Mendoza Burner Girl or Dripping Woman, 2019 Acrylic on canvas 39 x 31 inches This one-of-a-kind acrylic painting on canvas is stretched across wooden stretcher bars. Years ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Le Bain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
“LE BAIN” 24 X 36 INCHES OIL ON PANEL SIGNED AND TITLED RECENT WORK Recent work Pascal Jarrion was born in 1961 in Perpignan, France, a region known for its Catalan culture ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Post-Impressionist Painting By Dick Beer, Stormy Weather in St.Arnoult, 1917
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dick Beer (b. London 1893 - d. Stockholm 1938) Title: Stormy Weather in St.Arnoult Dick Beer was born in London in 1893. His father, John Beer (1853-1906), was a Swedish painter from Stockholm who had a career mainly as a watercolour painter with motifs of horses from racetracks and fox hunts from the countryside. Barely fifteen years old, Dick Beer became an orphan and came to Sweden in 1907. Already in 1908-1909, he started at Althin's painting school in Stockholm. And later, at the Royal Academy of Arts from 1910-1912. His teachers were, among others, Gustaf Cederström, Oscar Björk and Alfred...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pierre Auguste Renoir Apres Le Bain Sanguine Study
Located in Dallas, TX
Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Apres Le Bain is a stunning 22 x 26-inch pencil and Sanguine chalk painting depicting a nude woman after her bath. This large, exquisitely detailed work showc...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Chalk, Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil

"I Rise by Lifting Others" Colorful Abstract Butterfly Painting Acrylic Canvas
Located in New York, NY
The Butterfly series for Ash began as a sentiment to her late Father. Butterflies began to appear in unexplainable ways after his passing, the artist later discovered that Butterflies represent spiritual rebirth, transformation, change, hope, and life - she goes on to say: "The butterfly series draws inspiration from Rivera's quote 'Butterflies can't see their wings. They can't see how truly beautiful they are, but everyone else can.'" After coming to the fruition that Butterflies pose as not only a symbol for beauty and rebirth, Almonte felt a feeling of deep comfort. Her passion for sharing this message of hope and renewal through her colorfully diverse canvases is achieved with resilience leaving her audience glimmering much like the inner voice and the spark of Joie de vivre that fuels her purpose in life to create. This piece is painted on thick gallery wrap canvas and is signed lower right and on verso, it comes with hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed. Art measures 36 x 36 inches Inspired by vibrance and an optimistic outlook on life, Ash Almonte is recognized for her distinct abstract expressionistic style. She is best known for her series of Chandeliers, Butterflies, and Fashion from the Seventh Avenue Design District. Almonte's award-winning works can be found in private and permanent collections around the world. She is motivated by change, compassion for others, and miraculous phenomena that can impact others for good. Her flair and admiration for fashion and art have been a staple of her life since childhood. As a young girl, she would experiment using anything she could find to make art; from tearing apart bushel baskets at her father’s fruit stand, to tearing out old magazine clippings from her mother's magazine collection; anything and everything around her could potentially be used to create. She would continue to seek out opportunities throughout her young adult years, as her love for fashion grew, allowing her to collaborate with celebrity stylists creating looks for top billboard artists, as well as apparel worn at New York Fashion Week for designers Sherri Hill...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Glass, Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Klaudia frontal nude - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Klaudia frontal nude is one of the best works by the artist Marco Fariello. It is made on canvas, painted in oil in 2021. The subject of the work is the representation of a nude of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rocky Cove, Mid-20th Century Landscape/Seascape by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) Rocky Cove, 1947 Oil on canvas Signed lower left 24 x 30 inches 31 x 37 inches, framed Carl Gaer...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

BLUE PULSATING
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Oil painting on cardboard Original art by Grigori Ivanov. Founder of art style "Svetizm" healing paintings with light and color. Ready to hang. Sh...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait Elegant Lady with Parasol
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady by Pio Santini (French 1908-1986) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 34 x 28 inches canvas: 26 x 20 inches Provenance: Private collection, Lyon, France ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Romanian Morning
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior. ABOUT THE ARTWORK "In 'Romanian Morning' from my 'Madeleine' series...
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2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Before the ball. Antique oil on canvas by Charles Baxter
By Charles Baxter
Located in St. Albans, GB
A perfect example of Charles Baxter's work. Two beautiful ladies , one holding a flower, dressed in their best finery. Despite being unsigned, the paint...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

La Chalandiere a Briere - Impressionist River Landscape Oil by Pierre Montezin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled oil on canvas riverscape by sought after French impressionist painter Pierre Eugene Montezin. The work depicts a view of a river in autumn. The trees that line the ...
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1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nelson De La Nuez FREE PARKING SPIRIT Mixed Media Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Nelson De La Nuez (Cuban, b. 1959) Marking(s); notes: signed; ed.5/75; 2015 Materials: mixed media on canvas Dimensions (H, W, D): 24"h, 35.75"w (work...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Inner Pearl
Located in Zofingen, AG
Flower II Inner Pearl (part of the “State of Bloom” series) “Inner Pearl” is part of the “Bloom of State” series, which explores the inner nature of feminine presence. Here, the cl...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Mountain View from Hålland, Åre by Swedish Artist Ante Karlsson-Stig, From 1932
Located in Stockholm, SE
The painting we are selling is a breathtaking mountain view from Hålland in Jämtland, Sweden, created by Ante Karlsson-Stig in 1932. Ante Karlsson-Stig (1885-1967) was a Swedish pain...
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1930s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dongxing Huang Portrait Original Oil On Canvas "Chinese Opera Actor"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Chinese Opera Actor Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 32.5 x 16.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in fair condition. Year: 200...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early-18th Century French School, Ex-Voto Portrait With Emilian Jacobin
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This splendid early 18th-century French oil painting represents an ‘ex-voto’ with Emilian Jacobin and a depiction of the Virgin Mary with Christ and angels. Ex votos are votive offe...
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1710s French School Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Intact", realist painting, abstract design, female figure on yellow background
Located in Dallas, TX
Known for her bold visionary take on figurative realism, Erin Cone has twice been recognized in the national art press as one of the top young emerging artists in the country. After ...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Sketching Wisconsin original oil painting, Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
John Steuart Curry "Sketching Wisconsin," 1946 oil on canvas 31.13 x 28 inches, canvas 39.75 x 36.75 x 2.5 inches, frame Signed and dated lower right Overall excellent condition Presented in a 24-karat gold leaf hand-carved wood frame John Steuart Curry (1897-1946) was an American regionalist painter active during the Great Depression and into World War II. He was born in Kansas on his family’s farm but went on to study art in Chicago, Paris and New York as young man. In Paris, he was exposed to the work of masters such as Peter Paul Rubens, Eugène Delacroix and Jacques-Louis David. As he matured, his work showed the influence of these masters, especially in his compositional decisions. Like the two other Midwestern regionalist artists that are most often grouped with him, Grant Wood (American, 1891-1942) and Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975), Curry was interested in representational works containing distinctly American subject matter. This was contrary to the popular art at the time, which was moving closer and closer to abstraction and individual expression. Sketching Wisconsin is an oil painting completed in 1946, the last year of John Steuart Curry’s life, during which time he was the artist-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The painting is significant in Curry’s body of work both as a very revealing self-portrait, and as a landscape that clearly and sensitively depicts the scenery of southern Wisconsin near Madison. It is also a portrait of the artist’s second wife, Kathleen Gould Curry, and is unique in that it contains a ‘picture within a picture,’ a compositional element that many early painting masters used to draw the eye of the viewer. This particular artwork adds a new twist to this theme: Curry’s wife is creating essentially the same painting the viewer is looking at when viewing Sketching Wisconsin. The triangular composition of the figures in the foreground immediately brings focus to a younger Curry, whose head penetrates the horizon line and whose gaze looks out towards the viewer. The eye then moves down to Mrs. Curry, who, seated on a folding stool and with her hand raised to paint the canvas on the easel before her, anchors the triangular composition. The shape is repeated in the legs of the stool and the easel. Behind the two figures, stripes of furrowed fields fall away gently down the hillside to a farmstead and small lake below. Beyond the lake, patches of field and forest rise and fall into the distance, and eventually give way to blue hills. Here, Curry has subverted the traditional artist’s self-portrait by portraying himself as a farmer first and an artist second. He rejects what he sees as an elitist art world of the East Coast and Europe. In this self-portrait he depicts himself without any pretense or the instruments of his profession and with a red tractor standing in the field behind him as if he was taking a break from the field work. Here, Curry’s wife symbolizes John Steuart Curry’s identity as an artist. Compared with a self-portrait of the artist completed a decade earlier, this work shows a marked departure from how the artist previously presented and viewed himself. In the earlier portrait, Curry depicted himself in the studio with brushes in hand, and with some of his more recognizable and successful canvases behind him. But in Sketching Wisconsin, Curry has taken himself out of the studio and into the field, indicating a shift in the artist’s self-conception. Sketching Wisconsin’s rural subject also expresses Curry’s populist ideals, that art could be relevant to anyone. This followed the broad educational objectives of UW’s artist-in-residence program. Curry was appointed to his position at the University of Wisconsin in 1937 and was the first person to hold any such position in the country, the purpose of which was to serve as an educational resource to the people of the state. He embraced his role at the University with zeal and not only opened the doors of his campus studio in the School of Agriculture to the community, but also spent a great deal of time traveling around the state of Wisconsin to visit rural artists who could benefit from his expertise. It was during his ten years in the program that Curry was able to put into practice his belief that art should be meaningful to the rural populace. However, during this time he also struggled with public criticism, as the dominant forces of the art market were moving away from representation. Perhaps it was Curry’s desire for public acceptance during the latter part of his career that caused him to portray himself as an Everyman in Sketching Wisconsin. Beyond its importance as a portrait of the artist, Sketching Wisconsin is also a detailed and sensitive landscape that shows us Curry’s deep personal connection to his environment. The landscape here can be compared to Wisconsin Landscape of 1938-39 (the Metropolitan Museum of Art), which presents a similar tableau of rolling hills with a patchwork of fields. Like Wisconsin Landscape, this is an incredibly detailed and expressive depiction of a place close to the artist’s heart. This expressive landscape is certainly the result of many hours spent sketching people, animals, weather conditions and topography of Wisconsin as Curry traveled around the state. The backdrop of undulating hills and the sweeping horizon, and the emotions evoked by it, are emphatically recognizable as the ‘driftless’ area of south-central Wisconsin. But while the Metropolitan’s Wisconsin Landscape conveys a sense of uncertainty or foreboding with its dramatic spring cloudscape and alternating bands of light and dark, Sketching Wisconsin has a warm and reflective mood. The colors of the foliage indicate that it is late summer and Curry seems to look out at the viewer approvingly, as if satisfied with the fertile ground surrounding him. The landscape in Sketching Wisconsin is also revealing of what became one of Curry’s passions while artist-in-residence at UW’s School of Agriculture – soil conservation. When Curry was a child in Kansas, he saw his father almost lose his farm and its soil to the erosion of The Dust Bowl. Therefore, he was very enthusiastic about ideas from UW’s School of Agriculture on soil conservation methods being used on Wisconsin farms. In Sketching Wisconsin, we see evidence of crop rotation methods in the terraced stripes of fields leading down the hillside away from the Curry’s and in how they alternate between cultivated and fallow fields. Overall, Sketching Wisconsin has a warm, reflective, and comfortably pastoral atmosphere, and the perceived shift in Curry’s self-image that is evident in the portrait is a positive one. After his rise to favor in the art world in the 1930’s, and then rejection from it due to the strong beliefs presented in his art, Curry is satisfied and proud to be farmer in this self-portrait. Curry suffered from high blood...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Melanin Meditation
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Melanin Meditation" is a captivating artwork created by Ekele Francis that delves into the depths of cultural identity and self-reflection. Francis, kno...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Unapologetic Vogue - 21st Century Mixed Media with Oil, African Fabrics, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Bakare Babatund...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

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Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

"Dove" Original semi-abstract acrylic painting. Large . Vertical.
Located in Oslo, NO
In this painting, I embraced the tactile depth of relief printing with the fluidity of acrylics and oils. Its figurative nature captures the human essence amidst a symbolic and futur...
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2010s 85 New Wave Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Ink, Oil, Acrylic

Shotgun Wedding, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

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A woman wearing a wedding gown stands with a steady grip on a shotgun, her posture and expression radiating focus and determination. She emphasizes strength a...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Large 1700 Italian Old Master Nude Bather with Classical Figures Water Fountain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Italian School, circa 1700's Classical figures in landscape oil on canvas, framed framed: 36 x 32 inches canvas: 30 x 25 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very goo...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

North African Prostitutes Red Light District Tunisia
Located in Miami, FL
For Playboy Magazine, German-American artist and illustrator Franz Altschuler paints a heart-pounding scene of a red-light district in Tunisia. What's immediately distinctive is how ...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Beach Scene with Figures" Impressionistic Oil Painting in Zandvoort Holland
Located in New York, NY
A wonderfully rich beach scene done in Zandvoort Holland in the Mid-20th Century depicting figures in the sand. Some figures are by the water as kids play in the distance. The impres...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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