The landmark Contemporary Bay Area Figurative Painting exhibition featuring a dozen artists at the Oakland Art Museum in 1957 had all the major names — Richard Diebenkorn, David Park ...

Philip Pearlstein is an American painter widely regarded as one the greatest figurative artists of the last century. Pearlstein’s work is often composed of multiple nude models in complex interiors, ...

Fred Bugs pseudonym of Federico Cabras is an Italian draftsman and painter considered one of the most promising figurative artists of his generation; the second half of the 1900s. Each of Fred ...

Lucian Freud was one of the major figurative painters of the 20th century. Working in an uncompromisingly confrontational style, his portraits and nudes were rendered with a thickly laden brush. Often ...

New York is a city that quickly cycles through artistic trends, so it's been surprising that figurative painting has hung on for the better part of a decade. But now, there are signs that ...