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Browse Figural and Genre artworks at Caldwell Gallery Hudson.

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.

Images

Image of Henry Bacon's 1881 oil painting titled "Beekeeper's Daughter" showing a young woman in black dress and white apron and cap looking at several bee skeps on shelves attached to the outside of a house.

Henry Bacon
Beekeepers Daughter (1881)
Oil on canvas, 35" x 26"

Image of Emil Barbarini's impressionist oil painting of people in an outdoor Vienna Flower Market.

Emil Barbarini
Vienna Flower Market
Oil on panel, 10" x 16"

Image of John Barber's cubist oil painting "Bread Bakers" showing a man and woman working in a bakery.

John Barber
Bread Bakers (c.1930)
Oil on canvas 22" x 18"

Image of a miniature enamel portrait of George Washington by artist William Birch.

William Birch
George Washington (1822)
Enamel on copper, 3" x 2 1/2"

Image of Louis Bouche's painting entitled "Judgement of Paris" showing a seated man holding an apple in an artist's studio.

Louis Bouche
Judgement of Paris (1948)
Oil on canvas, 40" x 50"

Image of Byron Browne oil painting On the Beach (1959) showing two figures, one sitting and one kneeling next to a boat pulled up on the shore, with a orange sun setting in the distance.

Byron Browne
On the Beach (1959)
Oil on canvas, 20" x 26"

Image of Otis Bullard's 1853 painting titled "Horse Trade Scene" showing one man about to mount a horse that is chewing his pant leg, and another man standing my a mare and foal outside a stable.

Otis Bullard
Horse Trade Scene (1853)
Oil on canvas, 20" x 24"

Image of oil on canvas titled "Girl with Cat" by Hans Burkhardt showing a young girl sitting on a red stool with a white cat in her lap.

Hans Burkhardt
Girl with Cat (1935)
Oil on canvas, 38" x 26"

Image of untitled 1972 abstract pastel of woman's head by Hans Burkhardt.

Hans Burkhardt
Untitled (1972)
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Pastel on paper, 26" x 20"

Image of oil painting showing the artist's wife nude and sitting on folded legs in a chair by Hans Burkhardt.

Hans Burkhardt
The Artist's Wife (1930)
Oil on canvas, 20" x 16"

Image of Clarence Holbrook Carter's modernist 1930 painting titled "Circus Scene" showing a bareback rider and several areal artists

Clarence Holbrook Carter
Circus Scene (1930)
Oil on canvas, 30" x 25"

Image of mixed media painting by Jon Corbino entitled "Circus Jumpers #2" showing two riders jumping off a white horse.

Jon Corbino
Circus Jumpers #2 (c.1950)
Mixed media on paper, 18 1/2" x 24"

Image of John Costigan's impressionist fall oil painting titled "Mother and Child" showing a mother standing and holding an infant in the fall woods with goats lying down beside her.

John Costigan
Mother and Child (c.1925)
Oil on canvas, 40" x 34"

Image of John Costigan's impressionist watercolor entitled "Mother and Children" showing a woman, two children and a goat in a fall landscape.

John Costigan
Mother and Children (c.1953)
Watercolor on paper, 22" x 28"

Image of oil painting by Francis Criss entitled "Winter Morning" depicting a seated woman reading a book with a winter landscape outside her window.

Francis Criss
Winter Morning (c.1938)
Oil on canvas, 20" x 25"

Image of a portrait painting by unknown artist of Commodore David Deacon.

Artist Unknown
Commodore David Deacon (c.1825)
Oil on canvas, 36" x 29"

Image of oil painting by Julio De Diego titled "Homage to the Spanish Republic" showing a couple holding hands and looking downhill at a castle in the distance.

Julio De Diego
Homage to the Spanish Republic (1938)
Oil on masonite, 36" x 30"

Image of abstract oil painting titled "Blueprint of the Future" by Julio De Diego, showing six humanoid figures around a complicated blueprint on a table, with a city in the background.

Julio De Diego
Blueprint of the Future (1943)
Oil on masonite, 30" x 48"

Image of tempera and watercolor painting entitled "Christmas Turkey & the General's Daughter" by Julio De Diego, showing clothed and nude figures in various poses, with several exotic birds.

Julio De Diego
Christmas Turkey & the General's Daughter (c.1965)
Tempera and watercolor on paper, 18" x 24"

Image of Philip Evergood's oil painting titled "Lure of the Waters" showing two naked men, one diving into a lake.

Philip Evergood
Lure of the Waters (1946)
Oil on canvas mounted on masonite,36" x 48"

Image of social realist oil painting by Philip Evergood titled "Eat More Cranberries" showing a white man with fists on hips looking at several people of color who are kneeling or bending over to pick cranberries.

Philip Evergood
Eat More Cranberries (c.1938)
Oil on masonite, 26" x 40"

Image of Arthur B. Frost's painting "The Country Store as a Social Center" depicting a group of people in an old fashioned general store.

A.B. Frost
The Country Store as a Social Center (c.1900)
Ink and gouache on paper, 18" x 28"

Image of William Wallace Gilchrist Jr. impressionist oil painting titled "Girl with Doll" showing a young girl in a white dress and stockings with black shoes, holding a doll and standing in an interior hallway.

William Wallace Gilchrist Jr.
Girl with Doll (1905)
Oil on wood panel, 15" x 10"

Image of Maurice Golubov's abstract oil painting titled "Rescue" showing multiple human figures grouped together and painted in browns and earth tones.

Maurice Golubov
Rescue (c.1945)
Oil on panel, 14" x 17"

Image of oil painting titled "Haymakers, Zeeland" by George Hitchcock showing women in dresses raking cut hay in a field.

George Hitchcock
Haymakers, Zeeland
Oil on canvas, 37" x 46"

Image of oil painting depicting the myth of "Ganymede" as a nude male figure with a flowing red cape, riding the back of a huge eagle with a wine cup in his upheld hand, by unknown Italian school painter.

Italian School
Ganymede
Oil on canvas, 25 1/2" x 30"

Image of abstract oil painting titled "Men Walking #1" by Lester Johnson showing three male figures wearing hats and stepping in an exaggerated manner.

Lester Johnson
Men Walking #1 (1968)
Oil on canvas, 73" x 71"

Image of gouache painting by Yasuo Kuniyoshi titled "Circus Girl" showing a woman in a short dress with feathers in her hair, standing.

Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Circus Girl (c.1945)
Gouache on paper, 11" x 9"

Image of surrealist oil painting entitled "Ancient Revel" by Wesley Lea, depicting animals, multiple nude figures and one robed figure.

Wesley Lea
Ancient Revel (1945-1946)
Oil on canvas, 20" x 28"

Image of modernist wood sculpture entitled "Ancienne Noblesse" by Irving Lehman showing two closely twined figures.

Irving Lehman
Ancienne Noblesse (c.1935-45)
Wood, 18" x 5" x 3 1/2"

Image of Yulla Lipchitz abstract bronze sculpture titled "Woman Dancing About Trees".

Yulla Lipchitz
Woman Dancing About Trees (c.1973-78)
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Bronze, 20" x 10" x 10 1/2"

Image of abstract bronze statue of Yulla with Elaborate Head Piece by Yulla Lipchitz.

Yulla Lipchitz
Yulla with Elaborate Head Piece (c.1973)
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Bronze, 51" x 28" x 27"

Image of oil painting by John Mare titled "Man in Blue" showing a man in a blue coat and vest, standing next to a table or desk with a book and locket on it.

John Mare
Man in Blue (c.1765)
Oil on canvas, 40" x 31"

Image of abstract head and figure painted in oranges, blues, greens and yellows, and titled "Dichotomy Disco" by George McNeil.

George McNeil
Dichotomy Disco (1982)
Oil on canvas, 64" x 76"

Image of abstract oil painting entitled "125th Street Subway" by Jay Milder depicting a large head outlined in red.

Jay Milder
125th Street Subway (1963)
Oil on canvas, 48" x 48" (framed 49" x 49 ½"

Image of impressionist oil painting by Richard E. Miller titled "Mother and Child" showing a woman in a plaid dress, seated and holding a small child.

Richard E. Miller
Mother and Child (1909-1911)
Oil on canvas, 28" x 23 1/4"

Image of oil painting entitled "Hide and Seek" by George Bernard O'Neill showing a young woman sitting in a wingback chair with a child on her lap, while two other children play hide and seek around them.

George Bernard O'Neill
Hide and Seek (c.1869)
Oil on canvas, 30" x 25"

Image of Jane Peterson's oil painting of a busy street corner in Tunis with many people walking along it.

Jane Peterson
A Busy Corner Tunis (c.1910)
Oil on canvas, 24" x 18"

Image of oil painting by Gregorio Prestopino titled "The Happy Farmer" showing a farmer in overalls and a hat, surrounded by five cows.

Gregorio Prestopino
The Happy Farmer (c.1935)
Oil on canvas, 26" x 38"

Image of oil painting by Gregorio Prestopino titled "The Junkman's Serenade" showing a man in a jacket and hat leaning on a truck and singing up to birds in the branches of a tree.

Gregorio Prestopino
The Junkman's Serenade (c.1935)
Oil on canvas, 36" x 26"

Image of white marble sculpture by William Henry Rinehart depicting the Woman of Samaria (1871).

William Henry Rinehart
Woman of Samaria (1871)
White marble, 81" tall, including base

Image of Paul Sample oil painting titled "Cartin' the Leaf" showing a cart, loaded with dried tobacco leaves, being pulled by a white mule with two children on its back.

Paul Sample
Cartin' the Leaf (1942)
Oil on canvas, 26" x 42"

Image of untitled oil painting of children playing jacks on the sidewalk by Eugenie Schein.

Eugenie Schein
Untitled (1943)
Oil on canvas, 10"h x 12"

Image of untitled gouache by Hugo Scheiber depicting a modernist portrait of a woman smoking a cigarette.

Hugo Scheiber
Untitled
Gouache on paper, 11" x 8"

Image of 1889 oil painting by Frank Henry Shapleigh titled "The Plaza Basin, St. Augustine Florida" showing a harbor with boats and town buildings in the background.

Frank Shapleigh
The Plaza Basin, St. Augustine Florida (1889)
Oil on canvas, 10" x 16"

Image of 1939 oil painting by Joseph Solman entitled "ASPCA: Street Near Bellevue" depicting two figures in suits walking down a sidewalk.

Joseph Solman
ASPCA: Street Near Bellevue (1939)
Oil on canvas, 25" x 34"

Image of Moses Soyer's nude portrait of a woman seated on a couch, wearing a red hat.

Moses Soyer
The Red Hat
Oil on canvas, 18" x 14"

Image of Ferdinand Wagner II's oil painting of a girl in an elegant dress and hat holding a bouquet of flowers and a book.

Ferdinand Wagner II
Girl in Elegant Dress
Oil on canvas, 24 1/4" x 19 5/8"

Image of Frederick E. Wright's 1879 painting of "A Musician" depicting a woman in white holding a cello.

Frederick E. Wright
A Musician (1879)
Oil on panel, 8" x 6"

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