A gallery of inspiring figurative artists, whom I often reference in my classes as well as my own work.
This list is by no means exhaustive, but it is an enlightening compilation to start with.
These are all figurative artists who have (or had) a strong drawing practice as a base for other work they may have done. If there are websites available for the following artists, the links are available by clicking on the titles.
Go to the Basics of Life Drawing blog post here.
1. Alberto Giacometti
2. Alex Fowler (London, UK)
3. Alex Kanevsky (Philadelphia US)
4. Amy (Huddleston) Scherer
5. Anne Gale (Seattle, WA)
6. Anne Hoover (ON Canada)
7. Anne Magill (Northern Ireland)
9. Arthur Schilling (Rama, ON)
10. Auguste Rodin
11. Aurore de la Morinerie
12. Brian Smith (Toronto, Ontario)
13. Carolyn Pyfrom
14. Catherine Kehoe (Massachusetts, US)
15. Catherine Woskow
16. Christina Sealey
17. David Campbell (Williamsburg, VA)
18. Derek Overfield
19. Don Gale (California, US)
20. Egon Schiele
22. Evan Uglow (UK)
23. Ewa Hauton
25. Harry Carmean
26. Ian Hodgson
24. Graham Watson (UK)
27. Henry Moore
28. Jenny Saville
29. John Hartman (Midland, ON)
30. Jylian Gustlin
31. Karen Darling (Brampton, ON)
32. Lucian Freud
33. Mark Horst
34. Mary Beth McKenzie
35. Michael Reedy
35. Nicolas Uribe
37. Sargy Mann
38. Stan Smith 1929-2001 (UK)
39. Susan Dain (ON, Canada)
40. Ted Fullerton (ON, Canada)
42. Ulrike Bolenz
41. Terry Miura
43. Zsolt Kereszty
