Figurative art, artwork that is derived from real object sources
The rise of the Neoclassical art of Jacques-Louis David ultimately engendered the realistic reactions of Gustave Courbet and Édouard Manet leading to the multi-faceted figurative art of the 20th century.
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Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), a French painter in the classical style whose work predominantly features clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color; served as an alternative to the more narrative Baroque style of the 17th century.
Gasperina is also the birthplace of internationally collected figurative artist Antonio Diego Voci 1920-1985.
This is a body of work ranging from life drawing to expressive figurative paintings depicting personifications of the condition humaine.
Although his paintings are widely recognised for their distinctive figuration, the themes and ideas behind the paintings remain conceptually abstract.
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Though he worked in a variety of styles from abstract to figurative, his name is identified with a series of figurative sculptures depicting the life of people living and working along the Singapore River.
Dawn Okoro (b. 1980, in Houston), is an artist who paints figurative art works inspired by fashion and popular culture.
Éric Joisel (Montmorency, November 15, 1956 – Argenteuil, October 10, 2010) was a French origami artist who specialized in the wet-folding method, creating figurative art sculptures using sheets of paper and water, without the use of any adhesive or scissors.
RifRaf (born 1965) in Hamilton, New Zealand is an figurative artist and painter based in New Zealand, known for monumental images of large women.
Pazner Malkin conceived, researched, and designed the documentary exhibition "Jewish Figurative Art: The First 3000 Years", which went on display in 1996 at the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism in Detroit, Michigan.