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Figurative Painting
The term has been particularly used since the arrival of abstract art to refer to artists that retain aspects of the real world as their subject matter, though in a general sense figurative also applies retrospectively to all art before abstract art
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FIGURATIVE ART
Figurative art describes any form of modern art that retains strong references to the real world and particularly to the human figure
The term has been particularly used since the arrival of abstract art to refer to artists that retain aspects of the real world as their subject matter, though in a general sense figurative also applies retrospectively to all art before abstract art.
Modern figurative art can be seen as distinct from modern realism in that figurative art uses modern idioms, while modern realists work in styles predating post-impressionism (more or less). In fact, modern figurative art is more or less identical with the general current of expressionism that can be traced through the twentieth century and on.
Picasso after about 1920 is the great exemplar of modern figurative painting, and Alberto Giacometti from about 1940 is the great figurative sculptor. After the Second World War figuration can be tracked through the work of Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and the other artists of the School of London, and through pop art, neo-expressionism, and new spirit painting.
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RELATED TERMS AND CONCEPTS
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Abstract art
Modern realism
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Post-impressionism
Expressionism
School of London
Pop art
Neo-expressionism
New spirit painting
New spirit painting is a term which refers to the resurgence of expressionist painting around 1980
SELECTED ARTISTS IN THE COLLECTION
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Alberto Giacometti
1901–1966
Pablo Picasso
1881–1973
Francis Bacon
1909–1992
Lucian Freud
1922–2011
R.B. Kitaj
1932–2007
SELECTED ARTWORKS IN THE COLLECTION
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