Genre art is the pictorial representation of scenes from everyday life. The artist can utilize imaginary, realistic, or romanticized subject matter in the depiction of domestic settings, interiors, markets, outdoors activities, country and city street scenes, and leisure activities. Figural art is a broader application of the genre theme, and can depict everything from a single figure or portrait, to a crowded event or venue. Both traditional and modern artists can create genre and figural art, with each style bringing it's unique aesthetic concerns to the subject matter.
Michel Arnoux
Girl with Bird (c.1860)
Oil on panel, 10 1/2" x 8 1/2"
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Henry Bacon
Beekeepers Daughter (1881)
Oil on canvas, 35" x 26"
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Emil Barbarini
Vienna Flower Market
Oil on panel, 10" x 16"
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John Barber
Bread Bakers (c.1930)
Oil on canvas 22" x 18"
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Oscar Berninghaus
The Snow Covered Trail (c.1915)
Oil on fiber panel, 9" x 12"
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William Birch
George Washington (1822)
Enamel on copper, 3" x 2 1/2"
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Louis Bouche
Judgement of Paris (1948)
Oil on canvas, 40" x 50"
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Byron Browne
On the Beach (1959)
Oil on canvas, 20" x 26"
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Otis Bullard
Horse Trade Scene (1853)
Oil on canvas, 20" x 24"
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Hans Burkhardt
Ballerinas (1949)
Oil on canvas, 26" x 20"
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Hans Burkhardt
Girl with Cat (1935)
Oil on canvas, 38" x 26"
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Hans Burkhardt
Untitled (1972)
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Pastel on paper, 26" x 20"
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Martha Cahoon
Couple by Farmyard
Oil on canvas, 13" x 16"
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Clarence Holbrook Carter
Circus Scene (1930)
Oil on canvas, 30" x 25"
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Jon Corbino
Circus Jumpers #2 (c.1950)
Mixed media on paper, 18 1/2" x 24"
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John Costigan
Mother and Child (c.1925)
Oil on canvas, 40" x 34"
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John Costigan
Mother and Child (c.1955)
Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"
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John Costigan
Mother and Children (c.1953)
Watercolor on paper, 22" x 28"
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Francis Criss
Winter Morning (c.1938)
Oil on canvas, 20" x 25"
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Eleanor Parke Custis
At the Dry Dock, Gloucester, MA (c.1924)
Gouache on paper, 12" x 14"
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Artist Unknown
Commodore David Deacon (c.1825)
Oil on canvas, 36" x 29"
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Julio De Diego
Homage to the Spanish Republic (1938)
Oil on masonite, 36" x 30"
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Julio De Diego
Blueprint of the Future (1943)
Oil on masonite, 30" x 48"
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Julio De Diego
Girl in Interior (1935)
Oil on masonite, 31" x 21"
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Julio De Diego
Girl in Doorway (1933)
Oil on masonite, 11" x 7 3/4"
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Philip Evergood
Lure of the Waters (1946)
Oil on canvas mounted on masonite,36" x 48"
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Phillip Evergood
Eat More Cranberries (c.1938)
Oil on masonite, 26" x 40"
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Seymour Franks
Ballad for Two Women (1941-42)
Oil on canvas, 40" x 26"
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A.B. Frost
The Country Store as a Social Center (c.1900)
Ink and gouache on paper, 18" x 28"
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William Wallace Gilchrist Jr.
Girl with Doll (1905)
Oil on wood panel, 15" x 10"
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Maurice Golubov
Rescue (c.1945)
Oil on panel, 14" x 17"
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George Hitchcock
Haymakers, Zeeland
Oil on canvas, 37" x 46"
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Malvina Hoffman
Mongolian Dancer
Bronze, 20 1/4" x 15" x 6 3/8"
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Italian School
Ganymede
Oil on canvas, 25 1/2" x 30"
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Lester Johnson
Men Walking #1 (1968)
Oil on canvas, 73" x 71"
Signed and dated verso
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Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Circus Girl (c.1945)
Gouache on paper, 11" x 9"
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Irving Lehman
Ancienne Noblesse (c.1935-45)
Wood, 18" x 5" x 3 1/2"
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John Mare
Man in Blue (c.1765)
Oil on canvas, 40" x 31"
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George McNeil
Dichotomy Disco (1982)
Oil on canvas, 64" x 76"
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Jay Milder
125th Street Subway (1963)
Oil on canvas, 48" x 48" (framed 49" x 49 ½"
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Richard E. Miller
Mother and Child (1909-1911)
Oil on canvas, 28" x 23 1/4"
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Walter Mruk
Homage to Mabel Dodge (1919)
Oil on canvas, 24" x 35"
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George Bernard O'Neill
Hide and Seek (c.1869)
Oil on canvas, 30" x 25"
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William Palmer
Parisian Park (1927)
Oil on canvas, 27" x 35"
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Jane Peterson
A Busy Corner Tunis (c.1910)
Oil on canvas, 24" x 18"
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Gregorio Prestopino
The Happy Farmer (c.1935)
Oil on canvas, 26" x 38"
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Gregorio Prestopino
The Junkman's Serenade (c.1935)
Oil on canvas, 36" x 26"
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William Henry Rinehart
Woman of Samaria (1871)
White marble, 81" tall, including base
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Paul Sample
Cartin' the Leaf (1942)
Oil on canvas, 26" x 42"
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Paul Sample
Clown Reading (1933)
Oil on canvas, 30" x 25"
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Eugenie Schein
Untitled (1943)
Oil on canvas, 10"h x 12"
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Hugo Scheiber
Untitled
Gouache on paper, 11" x 8"
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Frank Shapleigh
The Plaza Basin, St. Augustine Florida (1889)
Oil on canvas, 10" x 16"
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Joseph Solman
ASPCA: Street Near Bellevue (1939)
Oil on canvas, 25" x 34"
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Moses Soyer
The Red Hat
Oil on canvas, 18" x 14"
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Ferdinand Wagner II
Girl in Elegant Dress
Oil on canvas, 24 1/4" x 19 5/8"
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Frederick E. Wright
A Musician (1879)
Oil on panel, 8" x 6"
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