Figure painting
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{{for|the hobby of painting miniature figures, figurative paintings and model figures|Figure painting (hobby)}}
[[Image:Edgar_Germain_Hilaire_Degas_032.jpg|thumb|''Woman at her Bath'', by [[Edgar Degas]], ca. 1885.]]
'''Figure painting''' is a form of the [[visual arts]] in which the artist uses a live model as the subject matter of a two-dimensional piece of artwork using paint as the medium. The live model can be either [[nudity|nude]] or partly or fully clothed and the painting is a representation of the full body of the model. It is analogous in most respects to [[figure drawing]], which is usually done in crayon, ink, pencil, watercolor or mixed media on paper. (''See the [[figure drawing]] article for more information about their common characteristics.'')
Some artists well known for figure painting are [[Peter Paul Rubens]], [[Edgar Degas]], and [[Édouard Manet]].
==See also==
* [[Figure drawing]]
* [[Model (art)]]
* [[Nudity]]
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{{commonscat|Nude paintings}}
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[[Category:art genres]]