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"
Henry Bacon
Beekeepers Daughter (1881)
Oil on canvas, 35" x 26"
Rudolf Baranik
Girl (c.1957)
Oil on canvas, 55 1/2" x 34 1/2"
Oscar Berninghaus
The Snow Covered Trail (c.1915)
Oil on fiber panel, 9" x 12"
William Birch
George Washington (1822)
Enamel on copper, 3" x 2 1/2"
Louis Bouche
Judgement of Paris (1948)
Oil on canvas, 40" x 50"
Byron Browne
On the Beach (1959)
Oil on canvas, 20" x 26"
Otis Bullard
Horse Trade Scene (1853)
Oil on canvas, 20" x 24"
Hans Burkhardt
Girl with Cat (1935)
Oil on canvas, 38" x 26"
Clarence Holbrook Carter
Circus Scene (1930)
Oil on canvas, 30" x 25"
Francis Criss
Winter Morning (c.1938)
Oil on canvas, 20" x 25"
Charles Courtney Curran
On the Shore of Lake Erie (1906)
Oil on canvas mounted on masonite, 22" x 18"
Julio De Diego
Homage to the Spanish Republic (1938)
Oil on masonite, 36" x 30"
Julio De Diego
Blueprint of the Future (1943)
Oil on masonite, 30" x 48"
Julio De Diego
Girl in Interior (1935)
Oil on masonite, 31" x 21"
Phillip Evergood
Eat More Cranberries (c.1938)
Oil on masonite, 26" x 40"
Seymour Franks
Ballad for Two Women (1941-42)
Oil on canvas, 40" x 26"
A.B. Frost
The Country Store as a Social Center (c.1900)
Ink and gouache on paper, 18" x 28"
William Wallace Gilchrist Jr.
Girl with Doll (1905)
Oil on wood panel, 15" x 10"
Maurice Golubov
Rescue (c.1945)
Oil on panel, 14" x 17"
George Hitchcock
Haymakers, Zeeland
Oil on canvas, 37" x 46"
Carl Holty
Female Bather by the Sea (1935)
Oil on masonite, 11" x 14"
Frederik Kaemmerer
Portrait of a Woman
Oil on panel, 10" x 5"
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Circus Girl (c.1945)
Gouache on paper, 11" x 9"
John Mare
Man in Blue (c.1765)
Oil on canvas, 40" x 31"
Sally Michel
Winding Stream (1974)
Oil on canvas, 35" x 48"
Sally Michel
Chess Game (1978)
Oil on canvas, 42" x 50"
Richard E. Miller
Mother and Child (1909-1911)
Oil on canvas, 28" x 23 1/4"
George Bernard O'Neill
Hide and Seek (c.1869)
Oil on canvas, 30" x 25"
Jane Peterson
A Busy Corner Tunis (c.1910)
Oil on canvas, 24" x 18"
Gregorio Prestopino
The Happy Farmer (c.1935)
Oil on canvas, 26" x 38"
Gregorio Prestopino
The Junkman's Serenade (c.1935)
Oil on canvas, 36" x 26"
Paul Sample
Cartin' the Leaf (1942)
Oil on canvas, 26" x 42"
Paul Sample
Clown Reading (1933)
Oil on canvas, 30" x 25"
Ferdinand Wagner II
Girl in Elegant Dress
Oil on canvas, 24 1/4" x 19 5/8"
