A Diverse Presentation of Superior Figurative Art

Since figurative art first came into existence several thousand years ago on the walls of caves, millions of artists have contributed to the innovation, evolution and historical advancement of this genre.

Extraordinary examples of figurative art are presented on this website. Each artist brings their own unique stylistic interpretation, life-enhancing inspiration, and valuable contribution to this form of artistic expression. They are Maria Belik, Cheraine Collette, Roopa Dudley, Dr. Michael Durst, Luba Shapiro Grenader, Guimond, Corina Ioana, Natalie Oliphant, Kristen Palana, Bren Sibilsky, Frantisek Strouhal, Carole Claude T., and Romeo Varga.

Also featured in this presentation are historical luminaries Fernando Botero, Mary Cassatt, Leonardo da Vinci, Henri Matisse, Henri Rousseau, and Vincent van Gogh.

Bren Sibilsky

Bren Sibilsky is a sculptor in the style of classical representation with baroque undertones. She excels in creating full standing figures, equestrian statues, portraits, and reliefs. She pushes classical subjects to daring emotive heights. Visit her page.

Roopa Dudley

Roopa Dudley has created a bold, captivating portrait series in which she excels in the style of contemporary realism with elements of Magic realism, “gravitating towards Steampunk Art and Graphic Design”. Visit her page.

Natalie Oliphant

Natalie Oliphant is a leading eco-artist who transforms body forms and mannequins and other discarded items into new life-affirming sculptures that resonate with symbolic and metaphorical references. Visit her page.

Frantisek Strouhal

Frantisek Strouhal creates ethereal figurative artworks that are imbued with a surreal essence that is profoundly engaging. He employs the ancient, meticulous oil printing technique on watercolor paper.  Visit his page.

Luba Shapiro Grenader

Luba Shapiro Grenader conveys profound insight into human psychology through her visceral, thought-provoking 3-d series titled “Soul Weavings: Transcending Through Deconstruction and Renewal.” Visit her page.

Carole Claude T.

Carole Claude T. is an enlightened story-teller who creates awe-inspiring, narrative, mixed-media art with symbolic characters that convey insight about the universe, spirituality, human experience, and nature. Visit her page.

Maria Belik

Maria Belik creates profound figurative works of art that resonate with imaginative symbolism and evocative metaphorical references. She conveys a range of universal human emotions and concepts… Visit her page.

Corina Ioana

Corina Ioana has unleashed her expansive range of ingenuity in her self-portrait painting “Validation is for Parking”, with its dynamic juxtaposition of images, text, and Pop art elements. Visit her page.

Dr. Michael Durst

Dr. Michael Durst is an artistic messenger of elation, hope, and wellbeing. He combines his masterful skills in color with his proficiency for conveying his love for humanity, nature, and all living creatures. Visit his page.

Guimond

Guimond creates ebullient paintings inspired by human subjects and nature. She applies a rhythmic interplay of vibrant colors, dynamic geometric and fractal patterns, and curvilinear organic forms.  Visit her page.

Romeo Varga

Romeo Varga has created a profound, contemporary digital fine art series titled “Relinquish”, “non-finito” portraits. His subjects represent distinctive archetypes and portray pivotal states of being. Visit his page.

Kristen Palana

Kristen Palana creates “Sacred Geometry”art with a diverse interplay of organic and geometric shapes, fractals, reoccurring patterns and golden ratios to convey universal knowledge and ancient wisdom. Visit her page.

Cheraine Collette

Cheraine Collette creates resplendent photographic paintings steeped with enlightened symbolic and metaphysical references. Her allegorical panoramas lure us into mystical and mysterious realms. Visit her page.

Figurative Art by Luminaries from Art History

Henri Rousseau

Henri Rousseau described this painting as depicting a woman reclining on a couch in Paris, dreaming she is listening to a flute player in the jungle. The subject of a reclining nude may have been inspired by Titian’s painting “Venus of Urbino”.

Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt was among the Impressionist artists and is renowned for her tender and loving series of paintings on the theme of the mother and child. She became proficient in the use of pastels and created her most important works in this medium.

Fernando Botero

Fernando Botero portrayed human figures in his signature style with voluminous forms and in scenes of everyday life. “The Musicians” exemplifies the Naïve Art movement, specifically Primitivism.

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh created many figurative paintings including portraits, self-portraits and depictions of peasant labourers. His bold use of color, expressive line and thick application of paint inspired avant-garde artistic groups like the Fauves and German Expressionists.

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci is widely regarded to have been a genius who epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal. The “Mona Lisa” is his best known work and is the world’s most famous individual painting. It is considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance.

Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse’s “The Green Stripe” (also known as “The Green Line” or “Madame Matisse”) is a painting of his wife. The vertical green stripe down the middle of her face was consistent with the techniques and values of Fauvism.

Gustav Klimt

In many of his paintings Gustav Klimt captured human emotions and his use of gold leaf and oil heightened luminosity. His main focus was the female body and often with erotica. Life, love, and death were important themes of his work.

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