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Duality, Abstract Oil Painting
By Gena Brodie Robbins
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gena Brodie Robbins draws deep inspiration from the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 1960s
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Letting Go, Abstract Painting
By Gena Brodie Robbins
Located in San Francisco, CA
Robbins draws deep inspiration from the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This interest
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Path by Maura Petersen - Large Colorful Outdoor Scene - Expressionist Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
, stretching 57" x 46". As a prominent artist whose style echoes the Bay Area Figurative Movement, Petersen's
Category

2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Two Vents No. 2 / Dog Patch San Francisco - acrylic painting
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
, graphic and complex original work of art by Kim Frohsin, who is associated with the Bay Area Figurative
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Gouache, Pigment

One of a Kind
By Doug Smith
Located in Napa, CA
States. Artist Biography With a clear nod to the San Francisco Bay Area figurative movement that
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

With Her Thoughts, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
: abstract, figurative, Bay Area, California, contemporary, expressive, gestural, woman, people, people
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Baur-Schweitzer Malting Company , North Beach Malt House, Sacramento Street, SF
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
courtyard measuring 150 x 60 feet. Kim Frohsin, often associated with the Bay Area Figurative movement
Category

1990s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Laid Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Swimmers Meditation, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
describe this painting: abstract figure, mixed media art, collage, abstract figurative art, bay area
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Prometheus — Mythological Figure in Expressive Red and Black by William Wolff
By William Wolff
Located in Palm Springs, CA
several artists of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, sharing a studio with James Weeks for several years
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Modern Reclining Nude Study of Red Haired Woman
By Patricia Gren Hayes
Located in Soquel, CA
work Unframed. Canvas size: 16"H x 20"W. Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area
Category

1970s American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modern Nude Study of Red Haired Woman Seated in Chair
By Patricia Gren Hayes
Located in Soquel, CA
Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative & Feminist Art Movement artist who studied
Category

1970s American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage California Coastal Field Landscape
By Patricia Gren Hayes
Located in Soquel, CA
-Hayes" and dated "August 1970" on verso. Image: 14"H x 10"W. Bay Area Figurative / Bay Area Feminist
Category

1970s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard

"Entropy 39" Abstract mixed media painting in red, white and light green
By Jylian Gustlin
Located in Edgartown, MA
. Jylian has been influenced by a lifelong love of the Bay Area Figurative artists. For the last several
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite

Swim Lesson, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
summer day. The piece pays homage to the Bay Area figurative movement yet retains its personal charm. The
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Framed
By Sam Francis
Located in Missouri, MO
creations of many of the Abstract Expressionists and the Bay Area Figurative* painters, his work was light
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Color, Lithograph

Framed
Framed
Price Upon Request
Seeing for the First Time, Abstract Painting
By Gena Brodie Robbins
Located in San Francisco, CA
stems from an interest in the Bay Area Figurative movement of the 1950's and 60's. She explores the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Just Beyond the Hill, Abstract Painting
By Gena Brodie Robbins
Located in San Francisco, CA
Atlanta. Her current body of work stems from an interest in the Bay Area Figurative movement of the 1950's
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Colors in Space II" (SF-95) Signed Printer s Proof Lithograph on Archival Paper
By Sam Francis
Located in Soquel, CA
of many of the Abstract Expressionists and the Bay Area Figurative* painters, his work was light and
Category

1960s American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Lithograph

Color Field - Abstract Green and Yellow by Patricia Gren Hayes Acrylic on Canvas
By Patricia Gren Hayes
Located in Soquel, CA
Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative & Feminist Art Movement artist who studied at
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"After Image" Contemporary Abstract Interior
By Narcissus Robert Quagliata
Located in Soquel, CA
the San Francisco Art Institute (under two founding members of the Bay Area figurative school of
Category

1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Are You Sleepy Tonight?" Interior with Nude
By Narcissus Robert Quagliata
Located in Soquel, CA
Institute (under two founding members of the Bay Area figurative school of painting, Elmer Bischoff and
Category

1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Paintbrushes in a Pitcher - Still Life Etching by Don Weygandt (#20/150)
Located in Soquel, CA
, Nathan Oliveira, and Frank Lobdell. Though Weygandt associated with members of the Bay Area Figurative
Category

1990s American Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Etching

Large Abstract Expressionist Colorful Painting Monroe Hodder Slow Dancing
By Monroe Hodder
Located in Surfside, FL
Rothko. Through her involvement with Neri came an affiliation with the Bay Area Figurative School in
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
By Pia Stern
Located in San Francisco, CA
artists who were integral to the Bay Area Figurative Movement including Richard Diebenkorn, David Park
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Midnight Reach
By Pia Stern
Located in San Francisco, CA
influenced by several artists who were integral to the Bay Area Figurative Movement including Richard
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

Full Moon
By Pia Stern
Located in San Francisco, CA
artists who were integral to the Bay Area Figurative Movement including Richard Diebenkorn, David Park
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Night Passage
By Pia Stern
Located in San Francisco, CA
artists who were integral to the Bay Area Figurative Movement including Richard Diebenkorn, David Park
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

Acropolis Dream I
By Pia Stern
Located in San Francisco, CA
artists who were integral to the Bay Area Figurative Movement including Richard Diebenkorn, David Park
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

Self Portrait III
By Pia Stern
Located in San Francisco, CA
artists who were integral to the Bay Area Figurative Movement including Richard Diebenkorn, David Park
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

Self Portrait I
By Pia Stern
Located in San Francisco, CA
artists who were integral to the Bay Area Figurative Movement including Richard Diebenkorn, David Park
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

Self Portrait II
By Pia Stern
Located in San Francisco, CA
were integral to the Bay Area Figurative Movement including Richard Diebenkorn, David Park, Joan Brown
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

Walking Trio, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
this painting: abstract, figurative, figure, Bay Area, color block, large, people, abstract, people
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Toothbrush Variant II
By Robert Bechtle
Located in San Francisco, CA
controlled realism that was distinct from the expressionistic paint-handling characteristic of Bay Area
Category

1960s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

63 Bel Air, from Four Chevies
By Robert Bechtle
Located in San Francisco, CA
Area Figurative art -- then the dominant mode of expression among his local peers and predecessors
Category

1970s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

64 Impala, from Four Chevies
By Robert Bechtle
Located in San Francisco, CA
controlled realism that was distinct from the expressionistic paint-handling characteristic of Bay Area
Category

1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

61 Impala, from Four Chevies
By Robert Bechtle
Located in San Francisco, CA
controlled realism that was distinct from the expressionistic paint-handling characteristic of Bay Area
Category

1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

71 Caprice, from Four Chevies
By Robert Bechtle
Located in San Francisco, CA
that was distinct from the expressionistic paint-handling characteristic of Bay Area Figurative art
Category

1970s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Bay Area Figurative Sketch in Graphite, Circa 1960
By Alysanne McGaffey
Located in San Francisco, CA
Area artist Alysanne McGaffey (1931-2018). McGaffey was part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement and
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Bay Area Figurative Portrait Painting, Circa 1960s
By Alysanne McGaffey
Located in San Francisco, CA
-2018). McGaffey was part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement and graduated from the San Francisco Art
Category

1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

Bay Area Figurative Scene, Oil Paint on Paper, 20th Century
By Jane Rades
Located in San Francisco, CA
Art Salon Collection comes from this period, characterized by the Bay Area Figurative Movement’s rich
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Bay Area Figurative Portrait in Oil, Circa 1958
By Alysanne McGaffey
Located in San Francisco, CA
was part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement and graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in the
Category

1950s Expressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1970 s Bay Area Figurative Drawing in Ink and Charcoal
By Jack Freeman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Art Institute in the late 1960s. Freeman’s style varied between Abstract Expressionism, the Bay Area
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Bay Area Figurative Portrait, Acrylic Painting, Circa 1960s
By Jack Freeman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Art Institute in the late 1960s. Freeman’s style varied between Abstract Expressionism, the Bay Area
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Seated Bay Area Figurative Portrait in Ink, Circa 1960s
By Jane Rades
Located in San Francisco, CA
Institute from 1963-1965. She was influenced by the Bay Area Figurative Movement and Post-Impressionists
Category

1960s Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Vibrant Bay Area Figurative Seated Nude 1950-60s Distemper Painting
By Alysanne McGaffey
Located in San Francisco, CA
-based binder. It has a soft, velvety finish and was commonly used by Bay Area Figurative artists in the
Category

1950s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

Bay Area Figurative Seated Nude Painting with Black Peach, Circa 1950s- 1960s
By Alysanne McGaffey
Located in San Francisco, CA
to study at SFAI with Bay Area Figurative pioneers Joan Brown, Nathan Oliveira, Jay DeFeo, Walter
Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Paint

"Barbara S. Poet" Bay Area Figurative Portrait in Oil, 1978
By Alysanne McGaffey
Located in San Francisco, CA
mid 1950s to study at SFAI with Bay Area Figurative pioneers Joan Brown, Nathan Oliveira, Jay DeFeo
Category

1970s American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Beach Goers
By Jennifer Pochinski
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful Bay Area Figurative painting by California artist Jennifer Pochinski. Framed at 13 x 13
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dolores Park
By Jennifer Pochinski
Located in San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Figurative painter finds inspiration in iconic San Francisco park Framed at 11 x 11 inches
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Men
By Jennifer Pochinski
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful Framed painting by Bay Area Figurative painter, Jennifer Pochinski. Currently part of the
Category

2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lake, Nude, Black Hill
By Paul Wonner
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
into a body of water in a mythic landscape by Bay Area Figurative artist, Paul Wonner. Paul Wonner’s
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Archival Paper, Oil, Watercolor

Modernist Figure Sketch in Graphite, Circa 1960
By Jack Freeman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This circa 1960s graphite on paper nude drawing in the Bay Area Figurative style is by San
Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Figurative Torso Deconstruction Late 20th Century Monochromatic Etching
By Anna Poole
Located in San Francisco, CA
). Poole left Sweden to study at the SF Art Institute in the Bay Area Figurative style. She spent a big
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

Bay Area Cityscape in Ink, Circa 1970s
By Jack Freeman
Located in San Francisco, CA
. Freeman’s style varied between Abstract Expressionism, the Bay Area Figurative Movement, and plein air
Category

1970s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Silver Lining Epiphany
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
lifelong love of the Bay Area Figurative artists.
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Bay Area Coastal Scene in Ink, 1976
By Jack Freeman
Located in San Francisco, CA
. Freeman’s style varied between Abstract Expressionism, the Bay Area Figurative Movement, and plein air
Category

1970s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Figures in the Storm 20th Century Ink
By Jane Rades
Located in San Francisco, CA
at the San Francisco Art Institute from 1963-1965. She was influenced by the Bay Area Figurative
Category

Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

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Bay Area Figurative For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate bay area figurative for your needs in our varied inventory. In our selection of items, you can find Modern examples as well as a Abstract version. If you’re looking for a bay area figurative from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right bay area figurative for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, brown, beige and orange. Creating a bay area figurative has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Alysanne McGaffey, Jack Freeman, Patricia Gren Hayes, Jerry Opper and Gloria Dudfield are consistently popular. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paint, paper and oil paint can add an especially memorable touch. A large bay area figurative can prove too dominant for some spaces — a smaller bay area figurative, measuring 11 high and 8 wide, may better suit your needs.

How Much is a Bay Area Figurative?

The price for a bay area figurative in our collection starts at $245 and tops out at $75,000 with the average selling for $1,250.

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