His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting.

他的艺术生涯跨越了大约五十个年头，抽象和形象油画两者都有所造诣。

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The themes can be figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, and the techniques can be divided into figurative painting and freehand painting.

题材可分人物、山水、花鸟等，技法可分具象和写意。

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Figurative painting is figurative painting show the importance of language form.

具象表现绘画是具象绘画的重要语言形式。

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The exhibit's final piece, Still Life With Old Shoe, announces a new stage in the life and work of the artist: a return to figurative painting.

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"Landscape with a farm, " a second figurative painting by Dutch artist Mondrian -- who is better known for his abstract works -- was left behind as the burglar ran away.

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Here, works from various times and places illustrate thematic points the popularity of fables and histories, the uses of figurative painting, the evolution of the Koran from a horizontal to vertical format.

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