Charles Ross Kinghan
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Gouache, Watercolor, Cardboard
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Gouache, Watercolor, Cardboard
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Linen
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Linen, Oil
1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Linen
Charles KinghanVintage Original Old Hollywood Portrait -- Peter Lorre with Yellow Scarf, Circa 1940s
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
1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Linen
People Also Browsed
2010s American Realist Nude Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board, Canvas
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Board, Gouache
1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Cardboard, Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Antique 1880s Spanish Rococo Paintings
Canvas, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board
1940s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
1970s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Venice Landscape Italian Oil on Canvas Painting in Gilt Wood Frame, Belle Epoque, Early 20th Century
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Linen
1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Linen, Oil
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
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1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Cardboard, Gouache
1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Linen
1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Linen, Oil
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Linen, 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.
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