Figurative Paintings
Figurative paintings hold a prominent place in contemporary art, blending traditional techniques with modern influences. Unlike abstract art, they depict recognizable subjects—portraits, landscapes, and everyday scenes—while incorporating innovative stylistic elements. Many contemporary figurative artists push the boundaries of this genre, exploring current themes and diverse techniques. Notable painters such as Eric Fischl, Elizabeth Peyton, Liu Xiaodong, and Jenny Saville bring new dimensions to figurative painting through narrative depth and expressive approaches.
Modern figurative artworks showcase a wide range of styles and mediums, from oil paintings to mixed-media canvases. Some artists embrace a hyperrealistic approach, capturing intricate details with photographic precision, while others favor a looser, more expressive aesthetic influenced by pop art, contemporary expressionism, and street art.
In interior design, figurative paintings are highly sought after for their emotional depth and storytelling power. Whether it's a striking portrait, an urban scene full of movement, or a reinterpreted landscape, these pieces add character and dimension to any space. More and more art collectors and enthusiasts are drawn to figurative contemporary art, captivated by its ability to establish a direct and powerful connection with the viewer.
The demand for figurative paintings continues to grow, fueled by major art fairs and influential galleries worldwide. Constantly evolving, this artistic style reflects societal changes and contemporary concerns while remaining deeply rooted in classical painting traditions. Investing in a figurative painting means acquiring a timeless and emotionally resonant piece, where every brushstroke tells a unique story.
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Place de la Bastille
Eliane Diverly
Painting - 35 x 27 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
€480
Doors in the depths (III)
Gokce Ciftcioglu
Painting - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
€3,200
Bouquet et livre et son marque page
Stéphanie Caroline Guerzoni
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
€1,059
Meeting of Elders (Drawing from the back)
Taju Tijani Mayakiri
Painting - 27.9 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 11 x 15 x 1 inch
€910
We Don't Know How Water Is Blue #2
Tran Trong Vu
Painting - 254 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 100 x 40 x 1 inch
€2,093
Où va-t-on ?
Catherine Jonville
Painting - 100 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
€1,500
Another man's wife
Evans Torngmortey
Painting - 183 x 122 x 2 cm Painting - 72 x 48 x 0.8 inch
€3,500
Brass and Lemons - Nature morte
Nicole Le Gall
Painting - 24 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€250
Au pied de la tour Sallière, Lac de Barberine et Massif du Giffre, Valais
D. Bédard
Painting - 75 x 58 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch
€3,678
Hommes puisant de l'eau dans des oasis
Spilioti
Painting - 21 x 26.2 x 1.5 cm Painting - 8.3 x 10.3 x 0.6 inch
€892
Papillon 5 - Série insectes réalistes
Michèle Duretête-Brodel
Painting - 29 x 29 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 0 inch
€275
Paysage Près d'Aesch à Bâle-Campagne
René Bollmer
Painting - 36 x 28 x 2 cm Painting - 14.2 x 11 x 0.8 inch
€1,114
Intérieur du XIXe
Herman Moller
Painting - 44 x 60 x 0.3 cm Painting - 17.3 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,003
Vue sur un paysage de Toscane
René Grossen
Painting - 22 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,315
Café de la Bourse, Genève
Emile Helfer
Painting - 24 x 33 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 13 x 0.2 inch
€2,073
Nature morte aux bouquins, à la pipe et aux allumettes
S. Pagani
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,337
Paysage Piémontais
Giuseppe Buscaglione
Painting - 31 x 44 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12.2 x 17.3 x 0.2 inch
€1,025
Montagne enneigée, et sapin
Joseph Gautschi
Painting - 72.5 x 45.5 x 2 cm Painting - 28.5 x 17.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,062
Le Sacré coeur - Paris et son architecture
Lucien Dufour
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,875
Portrait d'une jeune femme assise sur un banc
Marcel-René Chassard
Painting - 57.5 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 22.6 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,226
They shall hunger no more
Ida Gudmundsson
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Procès d’une prostitution ordinaire
Tilt
Painting - 43 x 43 x 1 cm Painting - 16.9 x 16.9 x 0.4 inch
€1,800
San Fruttuoso di Camogli - Bagnanti nel porticciolo dei pescatori
Leonida BELTRAME
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,040
Simple Village House
Slava Brodinsky
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,092
“Before Nightfall“
Ivan Schwebel
Painting - 101 x 117 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.8 x 46.1 x 1 inch
€5,005
Citrus Rebellion 1
Pedro Point Verges
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,490
Ocean calling under crystal
Benoit Barbagli
Painting - 25 x 35 x 1 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
€1,800
Almond glossom Majorca
Onofre Prohens
Painting - 22 x 27 x 1 cm Painting - 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
€850
Tea Time - Museum Ludwig Cologne
Linda Moufadil
Painting - 31 x 61 x 1.5 cm Painting - 12.2 x 24 x 0.6 inch
€1,600
Petit tournesol
Didier Chamizo
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€1,600 €1,472
You, Me and a Pollock vibe
Jo Beer
Painting - 80 x 59.9 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,194
Botox Forbidden Fruit
Ben Frost
Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 4.5 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 1.8 inch
€2,850
Qui se ressemble s'assemble
Jean-François Rousselot
Painting - 60 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,200
Varech et autres formes de vie I
Ben Brotherton
Painting - 122 x 78 x 3 cm Painting - 48 x 30.7 x 1.2 inch
€4,200
Verdure printanière - Paysage valloné semi figuratif
Suzanne Vaucelles
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€150
Still Life with Ribbons
Gianni Cacciarini
Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
€1,500
Lavandière bretonne
Marguerita Pillini
Painting - 40 x 24.5 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 9.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,716
Brilliant accompany
Won Chin Tong
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,520
December 20th
Anna Waleron
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€3,900 €3,315
Nature morte gourmande n°1
Michel Petiot (Micha)
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,950
Paysage de campagne
Christian Zwahlen
Painting - 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 14 x 10.8 x 0.2 inch
€1,003
Femmes au foin
Clemente Pugliese-Levi
Painting - 55 x 82 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,538
Cultivos Manchegos
Ulpiano Carrasco
Painting - 97 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
€9,900
Broken But Beating
Stella Zachariassen
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€2,450
Ils nous regardent - série représentation félins
Brigitte Haler
Painting - 20.5 x 25 x 0.2 cm Painting - 8.1 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
€200
Halo of Blooms
Clement Mmaduako Nwafor
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
€4,369
La lecture du journal du matin
Lino Umberto Salini
Painting - 71 x 50.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 28 x 19.9 x 0.2 inch
€2,051
Paysage de campagne avec arbre fruitier en fleurs
Furlani
Painting - 34 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 13.4 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€958
Conker the Squirrel
Remco Schakelaar
Painting - 80 x 60 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.63 x 2 inch
€1,500
Nature morte au modèle de Voilier
A. Séchaud
Painting - 28 x 38 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11 x 15 x 0.1 inch
€892
Dame au parapet
Giuseppe De Santis
Painting - 80 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
Femme cubiste au chapeau
Jean-Luc Beaufils
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€3,500
Suite en négatif, bégaiement en noir et rouge
Daniel Nadaud
Painting - 76 x 56.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22.2 x 0 inch
€350
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Love and Flowers - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
€2,230
Impossible behaviour - 9
Galya Popova
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
lueur rouge, lithographie originale
Christophe Hohler
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.05 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
€660