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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.
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022John Singer Sargent painted a number of notable people during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some of his most famous subjects include the writer Robert Louis Stevenson and U.S. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. You'll find a range of John Singer Sargent art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 27, 2024You can see John Singer Sargent paintings at a number of museums. The largest collection of the American artist's work is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. Other institutions that have Sargent's work in their collections include the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge, Massachusetts; the Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston; the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois; the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas; and the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of John Singer Sargent art.
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