Contemporary art includes sculpture and figurative paintings. His paintings often combine abstract and figurative elements. Guston's early art was figurative and representational. He began to make large, gestural paintings which combined figurative and abstract imagery. Some abstract nouns developed etymologically by figurative extension from literal roots. The literal sense pertains to the meaning of the words themselves, including any figurative meanings. Bromide has both literal and figurative meanings. The "Woman series" are decidedly figurative paintings. It can both be figurative and literal. In addition to his figurative works, which include allegories and portraits, he painted landscapes. I wanted to take something figurative and make it literal. This is the only such depiction of Troilus' death in early figurative art. Engraved figurative imagery has sometimes been added. Her early work was figurative and semi-impressionist. In Karlsruhe, he studied under Peter Dreher, a realist and figurative painter.