Clifford Bailey
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints
Drypoint, Etching
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints
Drypoint, Etching
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Acrylic
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints
Drypoint, Etching
Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints
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1920s American Modern Landscape Prints
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Antique 19th Century French Paintings
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints
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1920s American Modern Landscape Prints
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Antique Late 19th Century French Romantic Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Plywood
Vintage 1970s Spanish Modern Shelves
Glass, Wood
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Cardboard, Canvas
Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings
Giltwood, Paint
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1990s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
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Finding the Right figurative-paintings for You
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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