Neo Rauch creates figurative oil paintings that blend contemporary sensibilities with narrative portraiture, similarly placing figures within evocative everyday and dreamlike environments using rich, painterly technique.

Cecily Brown paints figurative scenes in oil on canvas that capture leisure, the body, and fleeting moments with a loose contemporary approach, closely paralleling Olowska's interest in figures within casual, sensory settings like the beach.

Marlene Dumas engages deeply with figurative portraiture and representation in contemporary painting, exploring the human figure with psychological depth and painterly freedom that resonates strongly with Olowska's approach to portraying individuals in intimate moments.