Figure in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Figure décorative sur fond ornemental, Henri Matisse

Figure décorative sur fond ornemental, 1925.

Figure décorative sur fond ornemental (museum title)

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

Mrs Sara Engel Hervegh, 1786.

Fru Sara Engel Hervegh (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Johan Michael Fant (1735–1813), Doctor of Theology, Court Chaplain and Dean, 1780, Ulrika Pasch

Johan Michael Fant (1735–1813), Doctor of Theology, Court Chaplain and Dean, 1780, 1780.

Johan Michael Fant (1735–1813), teol.dr., hovpredikant… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Study of the figure of the king for the painting "The Vows of John Casimir", Jan Matejko

Study of the figure of the king for the painting "The Vows of John Casimir", 1893.

Studium postaci króla do obrazu "Śluby Jana Kazimierza" (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Pencil sketch of figures in A Wellington sketchbook, c1908-12, Petrus van der Velden

Pencil sketch of figures in A Wellington sketchbook, c1908-12, c. 1908–1912.

Pencil sketch of figures in A Wellington sketchbook… (museum title)

Petrus van der Velden (New Zealander), pencil on paper

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Figure blanche, 1943.

Figure blanche (museum title)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian), oil on cardboard

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, United States

Portrait of a Lady, 1779.

Damporträtt (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Studies for the Libyan Sibyl, Michel-Ange

Studies for the Libyan Sibyl, c. 1510–1511.

Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the… (museum title)

Michel-Ange (Italian), sanguine, rehauts de craie blanche

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Sketch of a Female Figure, Olga Boznańska

Sketch of a Female Figure, c. 1930.

Szkic postaci kobiecej (museum title)

Olga Boznańska (Polish), oil on cardboard

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Sketch of figures, after 1870.

Figurrids (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Figure Study for Christian IV founding Christiania, Adolph Tidemand

Figure Study for Christian IV founding Christiania, 1876.

Christian IV grunnlegger Christiania (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

Figure, c. 1927–1928.

Figura (museum title)

Ismael Nery (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Landscape with figures, Petrus van der Velden

Landscape with figures, 1912.

Landscape with figures (museum title)

Petrus van der Velden (New Zealander), oil on panel

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Self-portrait, 1785.

Självporträtt (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Landscape with figures, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Landscape with figures, 1919.

Landscape with figures (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Fitzwilliam Museum, United Kingdom

Portrait of a Lady, 1780.

Porträtt av en dam (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Sketch of house, cart, figures in A wellington sketchbook c 1908-12, Petrus van der Velden

Sketch of house, cart, figures in A wellington sketchbook c 1908-12, c. 1908–1912.

Sketch of house, cart, figures in A wellington sketchbook c… (museum title)

Petrus van der Velden (New Zealander), pencil on paper

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Portrait of the Dead Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele

Portrait of the Dead Gustav Klimt, 1918.

Kopf des toten Gustav Klimt (museum title)

Egon Schiele (Austrian), chalk on paper

Leopold Museum, Austria

Surrealist Figure with a Reclining Male Character

Figura Surrealista com Personagem Masculino Deitado (museum title)

Ismael Nery (Brazilian), indian ink and graphite on paper

Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Group of Five Figures

Grupo com Cinco Figuras (museum title)

Ismael Nery (Brazilian), iron gall ink on paper

Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein (1749-1802), baron, lieutenant, ambassador to Paris, married to the author Anne Louise Germaine Necker, Ulrika Pasch

Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein (1749-1802), baron, lieutenant, ambassador to Paris, married to the author Anne Louise Germaine Necker, 1796.

Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein (1749-1802), friherre… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Group of Figures, Gadshill, David Roberts

Group of Figures, Gadshill, 1862.

Group of Figures, Gadshill (museum title)

David Roberts (British), gray wash and graphite on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Sketch of a Male Figure, c. 1932.

Szkic postaci męskiej (museum title)

Olga Boznańska (Polish), oil on cardboard

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Table of Monarchs from Gustav Vasa to Gustav III, c. 1787, Ulrika Pasch

Table of Monarchs from Gustav Vasa to Gustav III, c. 1787, 1780.

Regentlängd Gustav Vasa till Gustav III, ca 1787 (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish)

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Nils Esbjörnsson Reuterholm, 1676-1756, married to Hedvig Sofia von Leopold, Ulrika Pasch

Nils Esbjörnsson Reuterholm, 1676-1756, married to Hedvig Sofia von Leopold, 1780.

Nils Esbjörnsson Reuterholm, 1676-1756, gift med Hedvig… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Adolf Ludvig Stierneld (1755–1835), Baron, First Chamberlain and Cavalry Captain, 1780, Ulrika Pasch

Adolf Ludvig Stierneld (1755–1835), Baron, First Chamberlain and Cavalry Captain, 1780, 1780.

Adolf Ludvig Stierneld (1755–1835), friherre… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Figure Study for ʻView to Infinityʼ, Ferdinand Hodler

Figure Study for ʻView to Infinityʼ, c. 1916.

Blick ins Unendliche, Einzelfigur (museum title)

Ferdinand Hodler (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Zoie Ghika (dead ca 1830), princess of Moldau and Wallachia, Alexandre Roslin

Zoie Ghika (dead ca 1830), princess of Moldau and Wallachia, 1777.

Zoie Ghika (död omkr. 1830), prinsessa av Moldau och… (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Portrait of a Lady, 1777.

Damporträtt (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm (1756–1813), Baron, First Chamberlain and President of the Chamber Audit, 1776, Ulrika Pasch

Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm (1756–1813), Baron, First Chamberlain and President of the Chamber Audit, 1776, 1776.

Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm (1756–1813), friherre… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Sketch of a Female Figure, Henryk Siemiradzki

Sketch of a Female Figure, before 1902.

Szkic postaci kobiecej (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Study of a Wing, for the Figure of “Inspiration”, Henryk Siemiradzki

Study of a Wing, for the Figure of “Inspiration”, c. 1899.

Studium skrzydła. studium do postaci „Natchnienia” z… (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Lovisa Sophia af Geijerstam, married Fant (1755–1802), 1780, Ulrika Pasch

Lovisa Sophia af Geijerstam, married Fant (1755–1802), 1780, 1780.

Lovisa Sophia af Geijerstam, g. Fant (1755–1802), 1780 (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Christoffer Bogislaus Zibet, Court Chancellor and Baron, 1784, Alexandre Roslin

Christoffer Bogislaus Zibet, Court Chancellor and Baron, 1784, 1784.

Christoffer Bogislaus Zibet, hovkansler och friherre, 1784 (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Self-portrait, 1914.

Självporträtt (museum title)

Sigrid Hjertén (Swedish), oil on canvas

Malmö Art Museum, Sweden

Figures in Nature, 1937.

Hahmoja luonnossa (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), chalk on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Study of the figure of an officer for the painting “Constitution of 3 May 1791”, Jan Matejko

Study of the figure of an officer for the painting “Constitution of 3 May 1791”, before 1891.

Studium postaci oficera do obrazu „Uchwalenie Konstytucji 3… (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Figures Setting Out in Canoes from a Palm Grove (Wady Feiran), Edward Lear

Figures Setting Out in Canoes from a Palm Grove (Wady Feiran), 1884–1885.

Figures Setting Out in Canoes from a Palm Grove (Wady… (museum title)

Edward Lear (British), gray and black wash on card

National Gallery of Art, United States

Gustav I, 1496-1560, King of Sweden, Ulrika Pasch

Gustav I, 1496-1560, King of Sweden, 1776.

Gustav I, 1496-1560, kung av Sverige (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Nude Female Figure, Study, Ellen Thesleff

Nude Female Figure, Study, 1936.

Alaston naisfiguuri, harjoitelma (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), chalk on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Blue Dancer, 1930.

La danseuse bleue (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

Contrastes d'objets, 1930.

Contrastes d'objets (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

Figures on Beach, 1917.

Figurer på badstrand (museum title)

Sigrid Hjertén (Swedish), oil on panel

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Esbjörn Christian Reuterholm (1710-1773), baron, councillor, married to baroness Maria Gyllenstierna of Lundholm, Ulrika Pasch

Esbjörn Christian Reuterholm (1710-1773), baron, councillor, married to baroness Maria Gyllenstierna of Lundholm, 1780.

Esbjörn Christian Reuterholm (1710-1773), friherre… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Portrait (Human Figure 1)

Retrato (Figura Humana 1) (museum title)

Henrique Bernardelli (Brazilian), watercolor on cardboard

Henrique Bernardelli collection, Brazil

Portrait of Royal Chancellor Nils Barck (1713-1782), Alexandre Roslin

Portrait of Royal Chancellor Nils Barck (1713-1782), 1778.

Porträtt av Hovkanslern Nils Barck (1713-1782) (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Malmö Art Museum, Sweden

Study of a Female Figure, Olga Boznańska

Study of a Female Figure, c. 1930.

Studium postaci kobiecej (museum title)

Olga Boznańska (Polish), oil on cardboard

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

The Bird Catcher, 1936.

Linnustaja (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Male model figure. Study for the figure of Frederik III in the University painting 1887-89, Carl Bloch

Male model figure. Study for the figure of Frederik III in the University painting 1887-89, 1888.

Mandlig modelfigur. Studie til Frederik III's figur på… (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Maria Gyllenstierna of Lundholm (1716- 1783), baroness, married to councillor baron Esbjörn Kristian Reuterholm, Ulrika Pasch

Maria Gyllenstierna of Lundholm (1716- 1783), baroness, married to councillor baron Esbjörn Kristian Reuterholm, 1776.

Maria Gyllenstierna af Lundholm (1716- 1783), friherrinna… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden