R.B. Kitaj
Isaac Babel Riding with Budyonny (1962)
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© The estate of R. B. Kitaj

David Hockney
Man in Shower in Beverly Hills (1964)
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© David Hockney

Leon Golub
Wounded Sphinx (1965)
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© DACS, London and VAGA, New York 2023

The term first used by the French critic Michel Ragon, sometimes argued that the move back to figuration occurred during an era of political and social turbulence in Europe and America.

Artists David Hockney and Leon Golub can be seen as examples of new figuration.

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