Williamsji Maveli writes, " From a canvas to the creator...."

From a canvas to the creator....

Figurative art is nothing but,  sometimes written as figurativism, to describe real art work—particularly paintings and sculptures—that is clearly derived from real object sources, and is therefore by definition is representational. "Figurative art" is often defined in contrast to abstract painting or other related art works.

Since the arrival of abstract art the term figurative has been used to refer to any form of modern art that retains strong references to our own real living world.
Painting and sculpture can therefore be divided into the categories of figurative, representational and abstract, although, strictly speaking, abstract art  is derived from a figurative or other natural source. However, "abstract" is sometimes used as a synonym for non-representational art and non-objective art, i.e. art which has no derivation from figures or objects.
Figurative paintings are always in vogue. Since the beginning of our human history. However, the parameter of maturity and quality of the content has slowly shifted its focus from the canvas to the creator.

 Figurative art is not synonymous with figure painting, the art that represents the human figure, although human and animal figures are frequent subjects in the world of art and culture.

Williamsji Maveli
 

Painting Copyright & Courtesy to Honorable Indian Poetess/Artist Dr.Deepa Chandran Ram. Artist  Dr Deepa Chandran Ram with one of her paintings.