Nicholas Briganti
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
People Also Browsed
Early 20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Alfred de Breanski Jnr.Streatley Mill, River Thames, near Goring, Oxfordshire. Substantially Framed.
Mid-20th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Paintings
Canvas
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Canvas
Early 1900s Landscape Paintings
Oil
20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Giclée
Antique Late 19th Century Paintings
Canvas
Early 20th Century Romantic Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Australian Paintings
Canvas
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Wood, Paper
Vintage 1920s Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Wood, Paper
2010s Expressionist More Art
Photographic Paper
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Wood
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.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.