A successful artist entering the twentieth century was more than likely a figurative artist ... yet the advent of abstract painting was an enormous rupture that fractured how art was engaged in, ...

Amy Sillman is an influential contemporary American painter whose practice conflates the abstract and the figurative into large-scale, gestural oil paintings. Born in 1955 in Detroit, MI, Sillman ...

Acclaimed artist Stephen Duffy will showcase his large-scale abstract paintings in ‘Monuments’ at Chester Visual Arts’ immersive gallery ...

John Kørner is a Danish painter best known for his depictions of semi-abstract figurative scenes painted in watery ... The artist was the recipient of the Carnegie Art Award in both 2000 and in 2008.

Figurative cave art is the term used for cave paintings that feature subjects from the real world, rather than abstract concepts. A study published in Science Advances claims there could be more ...

Internationally acclaimed, and arguably one of the leading artists of the twentieth century, British born Henry Moore (1898-1986) is best known for his monumental abstract figurative work. His large ...

Figurative artwork refers to art that depicts animals, humans, or objects from real life; they are not abstract. The painting is not just the earliest piece of figurative art, but it is also the ...

While many of Brodie’s paintings are purely abstract and intuitive, the featureless and ephemeral human figure often shows up in her work. She has a series of elongated figurative abstract ...