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Style: Post-War
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride, Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape
By Walter Thomas Sacks
Located in Soquel, CA
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride - Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape A bright, crisp morning and a sleigh ride through new snow in Stowe, Vermont...
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1940s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century Post-War Painting of Mountain River in Ireland by Modern Artist
Located in Preston, GB
20th Century Post-War Painting of Mountain River Scene in the Mournes in Ireland, by Modern Artist, Denis Thornton (1937-1999) Art measures 30 x 16 inc...
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1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton, Oil

Man Reaching Down: Tondo
Located in London, GB
Alkyd-oil on Masonite, signed and dated (middle left), 61cm (diam.), (83cm diam. framed). (This work was kept by the artist for his personal collection. It remained in his collection...
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1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

“Montmartre, Rue Norvins et Sacre-Coeur”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed original oil on canvas painting of a busy street scene in Montmartre, Paris. The scene is Rue Norvins with Sacre-Coeur in the background. Signed by the artist lower left. Titled on stretcher verso. Circa 1950. Condition is very good. The painting is housed in its original frame of chestnut wood with wide gold liner. Overall framed measurements are 21.5 by 23.5 inches. Provenance: A Osprey, Florida collector. Krafft, Andre (Born, Paris, 1911-1986). A French twentieth century painter Andre Krafft...
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1950s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Against the Glass
Located in London, GB
Alkyd-oil on Masonite board, 102cm x 83cm, (124cm x 104cm framed). The painting comes directly from the artist. Michael Leonard is most probably most famous for his portrait of HM ...
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Early 2000s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Alkyd

Citizens in a Spanish town oil on canvas painting urbanscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sebastià Congost (1919-2009) - Citizens - Oil on canvas Sebastià Congost i PLA, also called Sebastià Congost (September 1919 in Olot - August 7, 2009) was a Catalan painter in the ...
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1990s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Colorful abstract dog
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is from my priate collection created by Jean Remlinger who has a figurative style reminiscent of the works of Francis Bacon. It is probably an acrylic gouache , as a print...
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1950s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Gouache, Lithograph

Alan, Bella, Brick and Slate
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on Masonite board, signed and dated (lower middle), 70cm x 70cm (91cm x 91cm framed). Price on request This work depicts Alan and his dog, Bella, on Michael Leonard’s balcon...
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1970s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"Family Life"
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a important, rare social realism oil painting by the WPA (Works Project Adminstration) artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Oil on canvas; signed and dated lowe...
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1930s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original Post-War Painting of Mournes from Duldrum Ireland by Modern Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Post-War Oil Painting of Mournes from Dundrum Ireland by 20th Century Modern Artist, Denis Thornton (1937-1999) Art measures 30 x 20 inches Frame measures 36 x 26 inches (...
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1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton, Oil

Rivera Bagur 8 WALKING THE DOG IN WINTER original naif pastel painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Miguel RIVERA BAGUR. 1919-1993 Baleares artist. Spain. Chief Representative of the art Naif in Spain. His work is characterized by the precision of his portraits, especially in gest...
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1970s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Original Post-War Oil Painting of Stormy Day in Kerry Ireland by Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Post-War Oil Painting of Stormy Day in Kerry Ireland by Irish Artist Denis Thornton (1937-1999) Art measures 24 x 18 inches Frame measures 30 ...
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1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton, Oil, Board

WORK IN THE FIELDS - Mixed technique on cardboard by Achille Beltrame
Located in Napoli, IT
Work in the fields - Achille Beltrame italia - Mixed technique on cardboard cm. 45 x 22 . Mesaure with wooden frame are cm. 54 x 32
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Cardboard

Original Post-War Oil Painting of Mulroy Bay Donegal Ireland by Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Post-War Oil Painting of Mulroy Bay Donegal Ireland by Irish Artist Denis Thornton (1937-1999) Art measures 22 x 16 inches Frame measures 27 x...
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1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton, Oil

Post War Modern Landscape Pickaxe Man On Hill, Joergen Boberg, 1950's
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Landscape painting with working man by renowned Danish artist Joergen Boberg (1940-2009) is 11,8in (H) x 11,8 (B) / 30cm (H) x 30cm (B). Signed 'B' and dated '57' in upper left corn...
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1950s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Assemblage with Mirror on Monumental Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale abstract assemblage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Lively assemblage with various items: Paintings, small mirrors, biological illustrations of bird...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Polystyrene, Wood, Paper, Oil, Stretcher Bars

The Vegetable Seller, Mauritius
Located in London, GB
Tempera on board, 87cm x 60cm (framed 106cm x 78cm). Stuart Maxwell Armfield (1916-2000) was renowned for his use of the traditional egg tempera technique, a skilled process that us...
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1940s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Egg Tempera, Board

Seated Nude - Original Abstract Expressionist on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated Nude - Original Abstract Expressionist on Canvas Abstract expressionist figurative composition of a woman by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American, 1933-1979...
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1970s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Original Post-War Painting of Island in Northern Ireland by Modern Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Post-War Oil Painting of Island in Northern Ireland by 20th Century Modern Irish Artist, Denis Thornton (1937-1999) Art measures 30 x 20 inche...
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1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton, Oil

Florida
Located in Greenwich, CT
Florida is an oil and ink mixed media artwork mounted on panel, 24 x 20 inches, signed and dated 'STEINBERG/1969' lower right. Inscribed '22 Florida' verso in pencil. Framed in a con...
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20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Oil

Matthew Spender “#16 Remote Foreground” oil on canvas 1981 Beach Scene - framed
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Oil on canvas 13 x 20 inches Signed and dated center right: "Matthew Spender / 1981" Titled on canvas overlap verso: "#16 Remote Foreground" Retail: $2...
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1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Vintage Abstract Expressionist -- "Their Feet Are Those Of Lions In The Hills"
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic abstract expressionist painting by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Oil on masonite. Titiled on verso "Their Feet are Those ...
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20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Conversation in the Theater - Expressionist Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold and expressive large scale figurative abstract painting of two people conversing in a theater, with a silhouette of a third figure in the foreground, by Jane Voitle Mellin (Amer...
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1970s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Bay Area Figurative Original Oil Painting -- Motherhood
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Bay Area Figurative of Mother and Baby in Oil Paint on Laid Paper Original oil painting depicting a modern twist of a mother and baby by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985), ...
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1950s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board, Laid Paper, Stretcher Bars

Vanitas (unfinished)
Located in London, GB
Alkyd-oil on board, 81cm diam., (100cm diam framed). Although most famous for his portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth in the National Portrait Gallery, London, from the late 1970s up un...
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Early 2000s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

The Fall of Icarus
Located in London, GB
Gouache on paper, signed (lower left) and titled (lower right), 68cm x 88cm, (88cm x 108cm framed). The work is framed behind museum quality non-reflective UV glass. A realist pain...
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1960s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Boy from Mansos, " Karl Zerbe, Green Figurative "Degenerate" Art Collage
Located in New York, NY
Karl Zerbe (1903 - 1972) Boy from Mansos, 1963 Collage and acrylic on canvas 35 x 23 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Lee Nordness Galleries, New York Karl Zerbe was born on September 16, 1903 in Berlin, Germany. The family lived in Paris, France from 1904–1914, where his father was an executive in an electrical supply concern. In 1914 they moved to Frankfurt, Germany where they lived until 1920. Karl Zerbe studied chemistry in 1920 at the Technische Hochschule in Friedberg, Germany. From 1921 until 1923 he lived in Munich, where he studied painting at the Debschitz School, mainly under Josef Eberz. From 1924 until 1926 Karl Zerbe worked and traveled in Italy on a fellowship from the City of Munich. In 1932 his oil painting titled, ‘’Herbstgarten’’ (autumnal garden), of 1929, was acquired by the National-Galerie, Berlin; in 1937, the painting was destroyed by the Nazis as "Degenerate art...
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1960s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Two Women With Fans
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Chinese ink and acrylic on rice paper, stretched on canvas. Artist's stamp upper left. 71 x 38.25 in. 72.25...
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1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Rice Paper

Swimmer
Located in Atlanta, GA
Maxwell Doig was born in Huddersfield. He graduated from Manchester School of Art in 1988 with a BA in Fine Art and went on to pursue his postgraduate stu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Figure in a Psychoscape III
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, signed (lower right), 24.5cm x 19cm (40cm x 35cm framed). Renowned as Australia’s foremost surrealist painter and poet, James Gleeson’s o...
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1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

American Street Scene
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Irving Norman. "American Street Scene" is a macabre social surrealism city scape, oil on canvas in a bold palette of reds, blues, and yellows by artist Irving Norman. T...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting of Tree Lined River in a Forest in Ireland by Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of Tree Lined River in a Forest in Ireland by Irish Artist, Denis Thornton (1937-1999) Art measures 14 x 10 inches Frame measures 18 x 13 inches Angie Wakefield: Ph...
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1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton, Oil

Untitled (Rope Dancer series)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled (Rope Dancer series)" is an acrylic on canvas made by Jack Roth in 1980. The artwork is 18 x 30 1/8 inches. It weighs less thn 50 lbs. The work is signed and dated in penci...
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Late 20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Nativity Process" Water Colors & Pencils on Paper 19" x 12" inch by Ragheb Ayad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Nativity Procession" Water Colors & Pencils on Paper 19" x 12" inch by Ragheb Ayad signed & dated Water Colors & Pencils on Paper Ragheb Ayad was born i...
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20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Rivera Bagur WALKING THE DOG IN WINTER original naif pastel painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Miguel RIVERA BAGUR. 1919-1993 Baleares artist. Spain. Chief Representative of the art Naif in Spain. His work is characterized by the precision of his portraits, especially in gest...
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1970s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

"Nurturing" Pastel on Paper Painting 13" x 19" inch (1964) by Ragheb Ayad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Nurturing" Pastel on Paper Painting 13" x 19" inch (1964) by Ragheb Ayad signed & dated Ragheb Ayad was born in Cairo on the 10th of March 1892 and insc...
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20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Figure in a Lanscape
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, 62cm x 42cm, (70cm x 50cm framed). The picture is in good condition. Plummer trained at the Royal Academy Schools in the early 1950s, championed by Stanley Spencer and Sir Herbert Read, he was the recipient of the coveted Leverhulme Scholarship. In a mixed career which included illustration work for The National Trust, anatomical illustration for Guys Hospital and teaching, painting ran parallel to his commercial work. Plummer specialised in the medium of egg tempera, as well as oil painting, a technique little used since the frescos of the Renaissance, he often worked on a large scale, but in tremendous detail, combining Classical iconography and formal composition with visual exploration evocative of William Blake and...
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1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Seated Nude in Blue - Original Abstract Expressionist on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated Nude - Original Abstract Expressionist on Canvas Abstract expressionist figurative composition of a woman in Blue by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American, 1...
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1970s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Black Flowers
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Donald Sultan. "Black Flowers: is a flock, enamel, and spackle on tile over masonite executed in a dark palette of black, reds, and grays an...
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Early 2000s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Untitled" is a figurative painting, oil on canvas in blues and browns by Korean, Post-War artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower left, "...
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Late 20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Letter
Located in Roma, RM
Giovanni Costantini (Rome 1872 - 1947), THE LETTER Oil painting on canvas 93 x 88 cm, signed lower left, titled on back. In the years between 1915 and 1921 he painted 45 paintings ...
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Early 20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Girl in Red Jacket", Galina Pshenitsina, Post-War, Figurative, 32x23 in., Oil
Located in Dallas, TX
Galina Vasilevna Pshenitsina was born in 1940 in the town of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod). She began her studies at the Art School named after Johanson in St. Petersburg. In 1959, she...
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Early 2000s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bacchanal
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Irving Norman. "Bacchanal" is a macabre social surrealism painting, oil on canvas in a dark palette of reds, blues, and blacks by artist Irving Norman. The artwork is u...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Paracentese de L'homme C Post-Minimalist Original Art Monumental Museum Piece
Located in Soquel, CA
Paracentese de L'homme C Post-Minimalist Original Art Monumental Museum Piece by Peruvian artist Emilio Rodriquez-Larrain (Peruvian, 1928-2015). His work was featured at MOMA as part of their permanent collection and was exhibited as part of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection exhibit in 1969. The artists is significant and works of this quality are in the Metropolitan Museum, auction high is $25,000. Stunning post-minimalist earth toned abstract with organic forms titled "Paracentese de L'homme C" (Paracenthesis of the man C) by Peruvian artist Emilio Rodriquez-Larrain (Peruvian, 1928-2015), 1964. This was entered into the XXXII 1964 Venice Biennale, arguably one of the most prestigious art events. Signed on verso and entry label for XXXII 1964 Venice Biennale, and Staempfli Gallery label attached to verso. Condition: Very good: professionally cleaned, structurally sound with no issues beyond normal wear with age. Image size: 56.50"H x 55.50"W. Presented in rustic wood slat shadow box frame. Emilio Rodríguez Larraín was a Peruvian postwar and contemporary painter and sculptor who was born in 1928. He was trained at the Lima School of Engineers (currently the National University of Engineering) from 1945 to 1949. This is how he entered art and was able to learn tools and techniques that would help him in his future works. In the 1950s he ventured into painting under the influence of the French architect and abstract art painter Jean Dewasne, thus developing a painting style based on the abstract and the geometric until his trip to Europe where he migrated to the style of modernist informalism. and made paintings that alluded to the cultures of ancient Peru. His work demonstrates versatile artwork of horizontal geometric constructions, expressive paintings and architectural interventions categorized as post minimalism. Received a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation award for his art. Fellow: Awarded 1976 Field of Study: Fine Arts Competition: Latin America & Caribbean His work was featured at MOMA as part of their permanent collection and was exhibited as part of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection exhibit in 1969. key galleries and museums, including the Revolver Galeria, Lima and the Galeria Lucia de la Puente. His work has also been exhibited in Lima, Madrid, Florence, Venice, Milan, Bergamo, Frankfurt, Berlin, Copenhagen, Mexico City, and Paris. In 2016, the Lima Art Museum presented a retrospective exhibit of his paintings and sculptures, calling Rodriquez Larraine "An important avant-garde sculptor, architect and painter who knew how to adapt to the artistic changes of the time and play a very important role in the visual arts of Peru." The piece we offered the front over of Staempfli Gallery's exhibit of Rodriquez-Larrain work. The write-up of Rodriquez-Larrain's work by The New Yorker, November 3, 1962 states: "Talk story about Emilio Rodriguez-Larrain, a Peruvian painter, who currently has 46 paintings on display at the Staempfli Gallery. A photograph of Emilio, distributed by the gallery, showed a great resemblance to Zero Mostel. He doesn't look like Mostel at all. The picture was taken in Paris last May, when he had the mumps. He was born in Lima in 1928, the son of an industrialist. His father's family came to Peru in the 17th century. Mr. Staempfli met Emilio in Llansa, Spain, last summer. Gordon Washburn, the director of fine arts at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, who had shown him last year, told Staempfli to look up Emilio, because he knew a tailor in Llansa who would make you a corduroy suit...
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1960s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board, Stretcher Bars

"Spring 1945", Galina Pshenitsina, Post-War, Figurative, 38x31, Impressionist
Located in Dallas, TX
Galina Vasilevna Pshenitsina was born in 1940 in the town of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod). She began her studies at the Art School named after Johanson in St. Petersburg. In 1959, she...
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1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Arman Sliced Blow Lamp and Paint on Canvas Yellow Background Black & Gold Drips
Located in Paris, FR
Arman 2003 Sliced blow lamp and paint on canvas Unique work Signed « Arman » on the edge below Artwork accompanied by a certificate from A.R.M.A.N Fondation....
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Early 2000s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Canvas

Vintage Abstract Expressionist Nude Figurative - Heavily Textured Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Abstract Expressionist Nude Figurative - Heavily Textured Oil on Canvas Abstract expressionist figurative composition of a nude woman by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry...
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1970s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'A Night out at the Cinema'. Italian Mid-Century Oil on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-century impressionist oil on board of a cinema forecourt. The artist is unknown but the painting is signed bottom right. Quite likely an Italian artist as the oil painting was fr...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Untitled, Figure Study
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled, Figure Study" is an abstract figurative Post War pastel on paper paintings by Hans Burkhardt in 1967. The artwork is 21 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches and, with the frame, is 28 3/4...
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20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Untitled (Abstract Figure Study)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled (Abstract Figure Study)" is an abstract figurative Post War mixed media on paper painting by Hans Burkhardt in 1979. The artwork is 22 1/2 x 15 inches and, with the frame, ...
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20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Untitled, portrait of artist in studio
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled, portrait of artist in studio" is an abstract figurative Post War pastel on paper painting by Hans Burkhardt in 1971. The artwork is 25 x 19 1/2 inches and, with the frame,...
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20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

"Hay Pickers"
By William Attila Krusoe
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas Relined with new stretcher bars Overall with gold leaf frame 30 x 36 inches
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1930s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Soil Au Petit"
Located in Austin, TX
By Gérard Valtier Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 21" x 25" Framed This painting by Gérard Valtier (1950), titled "Soil au Peptit," depicts an elegant outdoor gathering scene, bathed in...
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Late 20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Alirio Palacios Paisaje azul, 1997, Natural pigments on paper mounted on wood
Located in Miami, FL
Alirio Palacios Paisaje azul, 1997 Natural pigments on paper mounted on wood 150 x 160 cm 59 x 62.9 in. The artwork is signed and dated on the fro...
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1990s Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"In the Fields" Pastel Painting 8" x 12" in (circa 1970) by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"In the Fields" Pastel Painting 8" x 12" in (circa 1970) by Inji Efflatoun Stamped by artist's estate Not signed Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has par...
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20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Pastel, Archival Paper

Rabbi holding Torah, Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - ) Title: Rabbi holding Torah Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r. Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)
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Late 20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Rabbi, Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - ) Title: Rabbi Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r. Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)
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1960s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Nathan Oliveira. "Untitled" is a Bay Area Figurative Painting, oil on canvas in a brown and tan palette by American artist Nathan Oliveira. The artwork is signed in the lower right, "Oliveira 64". A Californian whose work is of preeminent importance during the post war period, Oliveira is most often associated with Park, Diebenkorn and the other artists with whom he sketched early in his career. Yet it was not an oversight when Oakland Museum director Paul Mills chose not to include Oliveira in the 1957 exhibition “Contemporary Bay Area Figurative Painting.” All came to figuration by initiating a sophisticated dialogue with abstraction, yet it is Oliveira, the often characterized ambivalent loner among Bay Area artists whose work is most often compared to Alberto Giacometti, Francis Bacon, or Willem de Kooning with whom he shared walls and space at The Images of Man exhibition held in New York at the Museum of Modern Art in 1959. During the early years, Oliveira’s lone figures often suggested an existential angst similar to that of Giacometti, but there was also a weightlessness and a transcendent aura that envelopes these figures; they appear as elemental, universal and eternal projections of selfless consciousness better understood within the bodiless realm of metaphysics. These qualities would remain in his work throughout his long career, yet he would find other themes to explore — the natural world where the essential nature of birds and animals exist in equal profundity with their human counterparts, the transient world of evanescent perception when memory must reconstruct momentary experience, and later, the ‘site’ paintings and monoprints that suggest the abandoned remnants of a long-lost civilization or tribe uncovered at an archeological dig. Through and through, flesh to bones, and bones to dust Nathan Oliveira has left us with a legacy of art that will surely remain untarnished by time or changing trends. His work exists within a realm rarely achieved by artists striving in a similar mode of expression. Unclouded by ego or wayward sentiment, it is also in the warmth and humble nature...
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Late 20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Post-war figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Post-War figurative paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, green, purple, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Irving Norman, Inji EFFLATOUN, Michael Leonard, and Donald Roy Purdy. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Post-War figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 8.67 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $989 and tops out at $200,000, while the average work sells for $15,290.

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