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Figurative art

What is figurative art?

Sometimes known as Figurativism, figurative art refers to sculptures and paintings that are clearly or specifically derived from real objects, making them representational. The term figurative art is often used in contrast to abstract art. However, since the emergence of abstract art, figurative art has come to describe any form of modern art that has strong references to the real world or actual situations.
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A

Adams, Derrick

Andersson, Mamma

Appel, Karel

B

Bacon, Francis

Baechler, Donald

Balkenhol, Stephan

Baselitz, Georg

Bernhardt, Katherine

Bin, Yang Shao

Borremans, Michael

Botero, Fernando

Bradley, Joe

Brown, Glenn

C

Calleja, Javier

Canestraro, Livia

Chadwick, Lynn

Chia, Sandro

Claessens, Eva

Clemente, Francesco

D

DabsMyla,

Doig, Peter

Dumas, Marlene

de Bruyckere, Berlinde

de Kooning, Willem

F

Fanzhi, Zeng

Fischl, Eric

Folon, Jean-Michel

Forg, Gunther

Freud, Lucian

G

Ghenie, Adrian

Goud, Laxma

H

Haring, Keith

Havekost, Eberhard

K

KAWS,

Katz, Alex

Kentridge, William

Kneffel, Karin

L

Lange, Thomas

M

Marshall, Kerry James

Minter, Marilyn

Morris, Burton

N

Nara, Yoshitomo

O

Ofili, Chris

Op de Beeck, Hans

Owens, Laura

P

Padamsee, Akbar

Paladino, Mimmo

Panamarenko,

Party, Nicolas

R

Rauch, Neo

Richter, Daniel

S

Sasnal, Wilhelm

Saville, Jenny

Schutte, Thomas

Simmons, Gary

Spiller, David

T

Tabouret, Claire

Tamayo, Rufino

Tuymans, Luc

U

Upadhyay, Chintan

V

Van Hecke, Willem

Varga-Weisz, Paloma

W

Wayne, Thiebaud

Wiley, Kehinde

Willaert, Joseph

Winters, Robin

Wylie, Rose

Z

Zhengjie, Feng

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Artworks Related to Figurative art

Untitled (w/ Sean Kalish) - set

Keith Haring

Untitled (w/ Sean Kalish) - set, 1989

Limited Edition Print

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Untitled (w/ Sean Kalish) #3

Keith Haring

Untitled (w/ Sean Kalish) #3, 1989

Limited Edition Print

Etching

USD 3,600

Untitled (w/ Sean Kalish) #1

Keith Haring

Untitled (w/ Sean Kalish) #1, 1989

Limited Edition Print

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KAWS

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Rose Wylie

Grumpy Girl, 2020

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Nicolas Party

Untitled (Artist's Blanket), 2017

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Gunther Forg

The Reason Why I Work With Maurice, is Because Here the Beer Cost Me Nothing, 1990

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Eva Claessens

Seeking the Silence, 2024

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Sandro Chia

Lonely Explore, 1991

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

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Eva Claessens

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Painting

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Eva Claessens

Dao, 2025

Painting

Acrylic on canvas

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Miroir de la Tauromachie

Francis Bacon

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Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

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Marissa

Alex Katz

Marissa, 2017

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

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Dansaekhwa

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