Charles Kinghan
Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Cardboard, Acrylic
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Cardboard, Acrylic
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Cardboard, Acrylic
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Cardboard, Gouache
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Linen, Oil
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Linen
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Gouache, Watercolor, Cardboard
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Gouache, Watercolor, Cardboard
1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Linen
Charles KinghanVintage Original Old Hollywood Portrait -- Peter Lorre with Yellow Scarf, Circa 1940s
1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Linen
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
People Also Browsed
1920s American Modern Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Linocut
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Cardboard, Canvas, Oil
1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Figurative Paintings
Board, Gouache, Graphite
Mid-20th Century Modern Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Panel, Oil
1970s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Cardboard, Oil
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
1930s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Linen
1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Fiberboard, Oil
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1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Cardboard, Gouache
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Linen, Oil
1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Linen
1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Linen, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
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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.
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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