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Boat Twelve, 2011
Located in Atlanta, GA
this narrative art personal to the observer. The paintings explore universal truths that are often
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vanitas IV : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Scribe : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sacred Writings Religious and Mythological Narratives Florence Academy Oil
Located in Houston, TX
, encompassing both religious and mythological narratives. Unlike conventional books, these sacred texts are
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Linen
Yes - large, bright, narrative, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Fiona Ackerman
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2002. She has held more than 20 solo exhibitions
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ugo La Pietra Black Bronze Abstract Ad Arte
Located in Brescia, IT
art, narrative art, artistic architecture, neo-eclecticism. He won twice the important prize, Compasso
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
THE FALL - Portrait Painting / Narrative Style / Autumn / Realism / Storytelling
By Mavis Smith
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting by Mavis Smith.
Mavis Smith (b. 1956, Trenton, NJ) studied art and design at
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel
Power On - large, narrative, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Fiona Ackerman
Located in Bloomfield, ON
completed a BFA at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2002. She has held more than 20 solo
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1974 Ugo La Pietra Ad Arte Red Bronze Abstract Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
conceptual art, narrative art, artistic architecture, neo-eclecticism. He won twice the important prize
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ambivalence 1/4 - figurative, male, animal, narrative, bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
BMO 1st Art Nomination as well as grants from Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation and the Ontario Arts
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Downhill (Knight Ave) - tall, narrative, figurative, male, bronze sculpture
By P. Roch Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
will fit.” Roch Smith
He received a BFA (Honours Sculpture) from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Summer
s Light : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
the waiting room, colorful narrative w 4 women and a little boy
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
large scale colorful Oil on canvas narrative painting of little boy surrounded by four ethnically
Category
2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
garden variety nudes, narrative, surreal, whimsical, bright color, outsider
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
American irreverence."
The elements of mystery, escapism, and humor blended with reality define his art. It
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Candy’s" – Oil on Wood Panel, Contemporary Realist Street Scene
By Brad Davis
Located in Denver, CO
addition to any contemporary art collection, particularly those emphasizing realism, narrative art, or the
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fantastical universe of Yvon Taillandier - Vive Bozo Bek et ses amis
By Yvon Taillandier
Located in PARIS, FR
when freed from convention.
Whether you are a collector of narrative art, a lover of French
Category
1970s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Gouache
In Natural Habitat : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Among My Souvenirs : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Turbulence No 2 - large, narrative, corten steel, abstract outdoor sculpture
By Terence McGlade
Located in Bloomfield, ON
"My work explores the relationship between the tyranny of ageing and urban spaces. With influences as diverse as Brancusi and Buckminister Fuller, new synergies are crafted from simp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Arab Spring - large, dynamic, narrative, surrealist abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Gregor Hiltner
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Inspired by drawings made by children, Hiltner has created a chaotic narrative of surreal figures
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bourgeoiscape II : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative
Category
1990s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
1866 Mexican Ex-Voto Retablo Giving Thanks for Healing, Oil on Tin
Located in Denver, CO
collectors of folk, religious, and narrative art.
Category
1860s Folk Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Metal
Acrobats bright tropical colors man and toucan birds humorous narrative
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. His shrewd social observations often translate into eerily humorous figurative scenes and narratives
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Ghosts of Philadelphia 3, dramatic black
white narrative
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype
Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Monotype, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Murmur - bright, dynamic, narrative, painted stainless steel outdoor sculpture
By Marlene Hilton Moore
Located in Bloomfield, ON
has been a recipient of many public art commissions including the prestigious Valiants Memorial
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Chant - bright, dynamic, narrative, painted stainless steel outdoor sculpture
By Marlene Hilton Moore
Located in Bloomfield, ON
has been a recipient of many public art commissions including the prestigious Valiants Memorial
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Whisper - bright, dynamic, narrative, painted stainless steel outdoor sculpture
By Marlene Hilton Moore
Located in Bloomfield, ON
listening.” Marlene Hilton Moore
Marlene Hilton Moore has been a recipient of many public art commissions
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Sing - bright, dynamic, narrative, painted stainless steel outdoor sculpture
By Marlene Hilton Moore
Located in Bloomfield, ON
and the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation. Her work is in the collection of the Canada Council Art Bank
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Wisteria with Butterflies - 21st Century Narrative Painting of a woman
By Anna Maria Vargiu
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Anna Maria Vargiu
Wisteria and the Butterflies
200 x 150 cm
oil on canvas
Anna Maria Vargiu can be called a great talent with her just 30 years.
This paintings she made together w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
I Hope He Knows the Way Home, Original Contemporary Narrative Wooden Sculpture
Located in Boston, MA
I Hope He Knows the Way Home, Original Contemporary Narrative Wooden Sculpture
14" x 24" x 50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Route 66 - Mixed Media on Canvas with Frame, Contemporary Narrative Artwork
By Inés Silvalde
Located in FISTERRA, ES
: Route 66, Inés Silvalde, 2018, mixed media, canvas with frame, contemporary art, surreal narrative
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"We the People" Figurative Narrative "Being Human" vs "Human Being"
Located in San Antonio, TX
taught artist, growing up around art and starting out enjoying drawing. Throughout high school Sam took
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Realm of Imaginary Mystery 2021 (A Tibetan Narrative Wall Painting) BY GADE
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
. Narrative in painting is something that Western modern art and Chinese literati painting have strongly
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Budding Artist urban narrative muted blue colors subway scene
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on linen mounted on board signed and dated on reverse.
Category
2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Board, Oil
“Harbor Stories: The Pulse of Pier 12” Continuous Narrative Acrylic Painting
Located in Pasadena, CA
“Harbor Stories: The Pulse of Pier 12” illustrates a dynamic specific to narrative painting
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Who Are These Angels CXV
By Naoko Paluszak
Located in San Francisco, CA
memories and spark new narratives. “Art is about having a sense of mystery and drama,” she says. Naoko is
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Who Are These Angels CXVI
By Naoko Paluszak
Located in San Francisco, CA
memories and spark new narratives. “Art is about having a sense of mystery and drama,” she says. Naoko is
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Who Are These Angels CXVIII
By Naoko Paluszak
Located in San Francisco, CA
memories and spark new narratives. “Art is about having a sense of mystery and drama,” she says. Naoko is
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sleepwalking at the Olcott, mystery monochromatic narrative noir
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype on paper
Category
2010s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Monotype
Who Are These Angels CIX
By Naoko Paluszak
Located in San Francisco, CA
artist seeks to stir personal memories and spark new narratives. “Art is about having a sense of mystery
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Fisherman
s Fight" oil painting, narrative realism, figures hauling boat in
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Island, Florida. At the age of 11 I started painting after my uncle introduced me to some art in a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Rivers, Sans titre, In Memory of My Feelings (after)
By Larry Rivers
Located in Southampton, NY
"Grandfather" of Pop art, he was one of the first artists to merge non-objective, non-narrative art with
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
To Know My Fate : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
New York Terrace Cityscape : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ficus 1 - gestural, floral, narrative, abstract, still life, acrylic on canvas
By Fiona Ackerman
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Ackerman studied painting at Concordia University and completed a BFA at the Emily Carr University of Art
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Jungle Beast" Contemporary Neutral Toned Abstract Big Cat Animal Lace Painting
Located in Houston, TX
nature makes Hoggg's narrative art relevant to the observer. The paintings explore Jungian truths that
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Moon Flower - lively, narrative, overlapping botanicals, acrylic, oil on canvas
By Fiona Ackerman
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Carr University of Art and Design in 2002. She has held more than 20 solo exhibitions internationally
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Living Holiday Trees : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Diner
By Max Ferguson
Located in Greenwich, CT
, and the soon to open Lucas Museum of
Narrative Art.
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$7,000
Had to tell you- 21st Century Contemporary Narrative Painting, Mother
daughter
By Anna Maria Vargiu
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Anna Maria Vargiu
Had to tell you
180 x 180 cm
oil on canvas
Anna Maria Vargiu can be called a great talent with her just 30 years.
This paintings she made together with four other...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Movie Theatre Nocturne II
By Max Ferguson
Located in Greenwich, CT
, and the soon to open Lucas Museum of
Narrative Art.
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Cousin Lydia
s Last Dream Ride - romantic, narrative, figurative oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1964 and since then the gallery has acquired more than fifty of her paintings and
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ghosts of Philadelphia 7, mysterious monochromatic suggestive of narrative
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype
Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Monotype
Shore Birds
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
), $2,800.
"I chose narrative art from the menu and have never looked back (some people think I can’t look
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Sounding IV - narrative of journey and change, mixed media, tapestry and vessel
By Heather Allen Hietala
Located in Bloomfield, ON
and symbol in this piece offer a narrative of journey and change.
Unusual three dimensional
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Textile
Twilight narrative pastel painting bright color beach scene couples
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
translate into eerily humorous figurative scenes and narratives. Mr. Basso’s works evoke a high level of
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Conversing - a narrative of journey and change, mixed media, paper and vessel
By Heather Allen Hietala
Located in Bloomfield, ON
media work offers a metaphoric narrative about journey, change and solitude.
Heather Allen Hietala
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Ceramic, Paper, Mixed Media
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Narrative Art For Sale on 1stDibs
Surely you’ll find the exact piece of narrative art you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. In our selection of items, you can find contemporary examples as well as an abstract version. If you’re looking for an item from our selection of narrative art from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 18th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a choice in our collection of narrative art to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, black, brown, blue and more. There have been many interesting object in our assortment of narrative art examples over the years, but those made by Indira Cesarine, Craig Alan, Fiona Ackerman, Marc Chaubaron and Stephen Basso are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, fabric and acrylic paint.
How Much is a Narrative Art?
The price for a piece of narrative art in our collection starts at $0 and tops out at $5,807,050 with the average selling for $2,614.