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Photorealist Art

PHOTOREALISM

A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.

Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.

The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.

Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”

The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.

On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.

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Style: Photorealist
Pop Art Vintage Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print "Royal Flush" Audrey Flack
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and titled in ink by the artist from edition of 50 (plus proofs). Color Photo printed at CVI Lab by master printer Guy Stricherz. Published by Prestige Art Ltd. From the color saturated 1980's. Royal Flush, cigars, Jack Daniels Whiskey, cash, playing cards and beer. Boys night out. perfect for the man cave or bachelor pad. Audrey L. Flack (born May 30, 1931 in New York City, New York) is an American artist. Her work pioneered the art genre of photorealism; her work encompasses painting, sculpture, and photography. From Audrey Flack: 12 Photographs 1973 to 1983. A set of this portfolio is in the collections of the Harvard Art Museums. The Kodakchrome photos were photgraphed with a NIkon camera, the Ektachrome photographs were taken with a Hasselblad camera. Each negative was printed on a 20 X24 inche fiber based paper, dry mounted wth seal MT5 dry mounting tissue to 4 ply 100% cotton fiber board by Arnon Ben-David and Ari Rivera Gonzales under the supervision of Carol Brower. Flack has numerous academic degrees, including both a graduate and an honorary doctorate degree from Cooper Union in New York City. Additionally she has a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Yale University and attended New York University Institute of Fine Arts where she studied art history. In May 2015, Flack received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Clark University, where she also gave a commencement address. Flack's work is displayed in several major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Flack's photorealist paintings were the first such paintings to be purchased for the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection, and her legacy as a photorealist lives on to influence many American and International artists today. J. B. Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, organized a retrospective of her work, and Flack’s pioneering efforts into the world of photorealism popularized the genre to the extent that it remains today. Flack attended New York's High School of Music & Art. She studied fine arts in New York from 1948 to 1953, studying under Josef Albers among others. She earned a graduate degree and received an honorary doctorate from Cooper Union in New York City, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Yale University. She studied art history at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. 1953 New York University Institute of Fine Arts, New York City 1952 BFA, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 1948-51 Cooper Union, New York City Career Flack's early work in the 1950s was abstract expressionist; one such painting paid tribute to Franz Kline. Most influential amongst her early supporters was the Bauhaus artist Josef Albers. It was he who persuaded Flack to take up a scholarship at Yale with the mission of shaking up the institution's stuffy academic reputation. The ironic kitsch themes in her early work influenced Jeff Koons. But gradually, Flack became a New Realist and then evolved into photorealism during the 1960s. Her move to the photorealist style was in part because she wanted her art to communicate to the viewer. She was the first photorealist painter to be added to the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in 1966. Between 1976 and 1978 she painted her Vanitas series, including the piece Marilyn. The critic Graham Thompson wrote, "One demonstration of the way photography became assimilated into the art world is the success of photorealist painting in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is also called super-realism, radical realism, or hyper-realism and painters like Richard Estes, Chuck Close, and Audrey Flack as well, often worked from photographic stills to create paintings that appeared to be photographs." In the early 1980s Flack's artistic medium shifted from painting to sculpture. She describes this shift as a desire for "something solid, real, tangible. Something to hold and to hold on to." Flack discusses the fact that she is self-taught in sculpture. She incorporates religion and mythology into her sculpture rather than the historical or everyday subjects of her paintings. Her sculptures often demonstrate a connection to the female form, including a series of diverse, heroic women and goddess figures. These depictions of women differ from those of traditional femininity, but rather are athletic, older, and strong. As Flack describes them: "they are real yet idealized... the 'goddesses in everywoman.'" Flack has claimed to have found the photorealist movement too restricting, and now gains much of her inspiration from Baroque art. Flack is currently represented by the Louis K. Meisel Gallery and Hollis Taggart Galleries. Her work is held in the collections of museums around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Allen Memorial Art Museum, and the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, Australia. She was awarded the St. Gaudens Medal from Cooper Union, and the honorary Albert Dome professorship from Bridgeport University. She is an honorary professor at George Washington University, is currently a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania and has taught and lectured extensively both nationally, and internationally. Flack lives and works in New York City and Long Island. Audrey Flack is best known for her photo-realist paintings and was one of the first artists to use photographs as the basis for painting. The genre, taking its cues from Pop Art, incorporates depictions of the real and the regular, from advertisements to cars to cosmetics. Flack's work brings in everyday household items like tubes of lipstick, perfume bottles, Hispanic Madonnas, and fruit. These inanimate objects often disturb or crowd the pictorial space, which are often composed as table-top still lives. Flack often brings in actual accounts of history into her photorealist paintings, such as World War II' (Vanitas) and Kennedy Motorcade. Women were frequently the subject of her photo realist paintings. In her Neoclassical public sculpture of gilded bronze angels...
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1980s Photorealist Art

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer

River Narew - Contemporary Watercolor Painting, Blue and Green, Water Landscape
Located in Warsaw, PL
LUDOMIR SŁUPECZAŃSKI (b. 1934, d. 2012) graduated from the Faculty of Architecture after studies accomplished at the atelier of professor Jan Bogusławski in 1959. Since 1955, he has ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Watercolor, Paper

Untitled (Large Desert)
Located in New York, NY
Medium: Lithograph Printer and Publisher: Cirrus Editions, Los Angeles Catalogue reference: MMA 4 Edition size: 65, plus proofs Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, lower margin
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1970s Photorealist Art

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Lithograph

Cheerful Cheers - Original Photorealist Scrabble and Martini Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her hyper realistic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Acrylic, Canvas

Surrealist landscape by Gregory Crewdson, Untitled (Natural Wonder Series)
Located in White Plains, NY
'Untitled (Natural Wonder Series)' by Gregory Crewdson, 1995. C-print, Ed. 6, 30 x 40 in. Best known for staging complex, cinematic scenes to dramatic effect, the featured color C-pr...
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1990s Photorealist Art

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C Print

"Transformations"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Artist statement In our quick paced culture, we are hyper-stimulated with visual media, which has caused our sense of vision to become blind to many things of incredible loveliness ...
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2010s Photorealist Art

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Oil

Studio 54 Portfolio, 1977-1981 (36 prints)
Located in White Plains, NY
'Studio 54 Portfolio, 1977-1981' by American photographer, Allan Tannenbaum. Archival pigment prints, Ed. 11/30, 36 prints. Image: 6 x 9 in. / Paper: 11 x 14 in. This rare 36-print portfolio features photographs taken between 1977-1981 at the famed nightclub, Studio 54. Images of well-known celebrities include such luminaries as Liz Taylor, Andy Warhol, Bianca Jagger, and Michael Jackson. Allan Tannenbaum's career in photography spans more than four decades. Born in Passaic, New Jersey, in 1945, he received a B.A. in Art from Rutgers University in 1967, where he photographed for The Targum – the campus newspaper – and made films for his art courses. In 1973, when the SoHo Weekly News commenced publication, Tannenbaum became the Photo Editor and Chief Photographer. The newspaper started out as an eight-page free paper, but soon became a popular newsstand seller that rivaled the established Village Voice. Tannenbaum relentlessly covered the art world, music scene, politics, show business, and nightlife until 1982 when the SoHo News folded. Tannenbaum has also done documentary and feature photography in places like Thailand, Indonesia, Palau, Jordan, Bahrain, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Brazil, Israel, Iceland, and Mexico. He has covered numerous political campaigns, nominating conventions and news stories in the U.S. such as the Oklahoma City bombing and the Columbine massacre. His work has appeared in many photo books and exhibitions, as well as appearing regularly in NEWSWEEK, TIME, LIFE, ROLLING STONE, PARIS MATCH, and STERN. His photographs have graced the covers of TIME three times, and NEWSWEEK five times. He now works as an international photojournalist contributing to various noted publications including Time, Life, and Newsweek. He is the author of three other books of his photography, including New York in the 70s (Feierabend, 2003), New York (Feierabend, 2004), and John and Yoko: A New York Love Story...
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1970s Photorealist Art

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Archival Pigment

Dandelions Suite
Located in London, GB
The complete set of six mezzotints. Each signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 24 in pencil. Printed on mold-made Hahnemüller paper. Published by Pace Editions, Inc., New...
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1990s Photorealist Art

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Mezzotint

"Corinthian Columns, " Watercolor signed by Bruce McCombs
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Corinthian Columns" is an original signed watercolor by Bruce McCombs. It depicts the capitals of two Corinthian columns and other decorative stonework. This painting displays McCom...
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1990s Photorealist Art

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Watercolor

Davis
Located in Fairfield, CT
Born and raised in France, Anouk Masson Krantz moved to the United States in the late 1990s. She earned her bachelor's degree and worked at Cartier’s New York corporate office. Anou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Pigment

Archie's ghost board
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andrew Blauschild is an artist who began photographing the New York surf, seascape and art cultures in the late 80s accumulating one of the richest archives of New York's underground...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Dye Transfer

Ditch
Located in Fairfield, CT
This is from an edition of 6. Frame is an additional $1,500. Andrew Blauschild is an artist who began photographing the New York surf, seascape and art cultures in the late 80s accu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ditch 1 16 Summer
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andrew Blauschild is an artist who began photographing the New York surf, seascape and art cultures in the late 80s accumulating one of the richest archives of New York's underground...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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C Print

Twin fin ghost board
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andrew Blauschild is an artist who began photographing the New York surf, seascape and art cultures in the late 80s accumulating one of the richest archives of New York's underground...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Dye Transfer

Under the boardwalk
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andrew Blauschild is an artist who began photographing the New York surf, seascape and art cultures in the late 80s accumulating one of the richest archives of New York's underground...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Dye Transfer

Venice 16
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andrew Blauschild is an artist who began photographing the New York surf, seascape and art cultures in the late 80s accumulating one of the richest archives of New York's underground...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Poles
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andrew Blauschild is an artist who began photographing the New York surf, seascape and art cultures in the late 80s accumulating one of the richest archives of New York's underground...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Dye Transfer

Untitled
Located in Fairfield, CT
Born and raised in France, Anouk Masson Krantz moved to the United States in the late 1990s. She earned her bachelor's degree and worked at Cartier’s New York corporate office. Anou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Pigment

Baptist Church 1
Located in Fairfield, CT
Born and raised in France, Anouk Masson Krantz moved to the United States in the late 1990s. She earned her bachelor's degree and worked at Cartier’s New York corporate office. Anou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Pigment

Plum Orchard 4
Located in Fairfield, CT
Born and raised in France, Anouk Masson Krantz moved to the United States in the late 1990s. She earned her bachelor's degree and worked at Cartier’s New York corporate office. Anou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Pigment

Boardwalk
Located in Fairfield, CT
Born and raised in France, Anouk Masson Krantz moved to the United States in the late 1990s. She earned her bachelor's degree and worked at Cartier’s New York corporate office. Anou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Pigment

Brickhill Marsh
Located in Fairfield, CT
Born and raised in France, Anouk Masson Krantz moved to the United States in the late 1990s. She earned her bachelor's degree and worked at Cartier’s New York corporate office. Anou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Pigment

Balthazar
Located in Fairfield, CT
Born and raised in France, Anouk Masson Krantz moved to the United States in the late 1990s. She earned her bachelor's degree and worked at Cartier’s New York corporate office. Anou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Pigment

Willow
Located in Fairfield, CT
Born and raised in France, Anouk Masson Krantz moved to the United States in the late 1990s. She earned her bachelor's degree and worked at Cartier’s New York corporate office. Anou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Pigment

Solitaire
Located in Fairfield, CT
Born and raised in France, Anouk Masson Krantz moved to the United States in the late 1990s. She earned her bachelor's degree and worked at Cartier’s New York corporate office. Anou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Pigment

Aerial Curves
Located in Fairfield, CT
Born and raised in France, Anouk Masson Krantz moved to the United States in the late 1990s. She earned her bachelor's degree and worked at Cartier’s New York corporate office. Anou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Pigment

Tryst
Located in Fairfield, CT
Born and raised in France, Anouk Masson Krantz moved to the United States in the late 1990s. She earned her bachelor's degree and worked at Cartier’s New York corporate office. Anou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Pigment

Sanctuary
Located in Fairfield, CT
Born and raised in France, Anouk Masson Krantz moved to the United States in the late 1990s. She earned her bachelor's degree and worked at Cartier’s New York corporate office. Anou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Pigment

Windswept
Located in Fairfield, CT
Born and raised in France, Anouk Masson Krantz moved to the United States in the late 1990s. She earned her bachelor's degree and worked at Cartier’s New York corporate office. Anou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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Pigment

Camino de los indios
Located in Fairfield, CT
Gustavo Ten Hoever was born in Uruguay and attended photography school in Montevideo, Uruguay. He moved to New York in 1986 and now divides his time between Paris and New York. After an eye opening time spent traveling into the Brazilian Amazon, he began shooting for his first photo exhibit, Full Moon People, covering the indigenous people of this region. Since then, the artist has traveled continuously and exhibited globally, while his editorial work can be seen in publications around the world. Publications featuring his work include I-D Magazine, French Vogue, Wall Street Journal Magazine, US Vogue, Arena, and the New Yorker. His clients include Hermes, Dosa, Editions Gallimard, Persol, Dunhill, Jose...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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C Print

Macon
Located in Fairfield, CT
Gustavo Ten Hoever was born in Uruguay and attended photography school in Montevideo, Uruguay. He moved to New York in 1986 and now divides his time between Paris and New York. After an eye opening time spent traveling into the Brazilian Amazon, he began shooting for his first photo exhibit, Full Moon People, covering the indigenous people of this region. Since then, the artist has traveled continuously and exhibited globally, while his editorial work can be seen in publications around the world. Publications featuring his work include I-D Magazine, French Vogue, Wall Street Journal Magazine, US Vogue, Arena, and the New Yorker. His clients include Hermes, Dosa, Editions Gallimard, Persol, Dunhill, Jose...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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C Print

Melancholy Che
Located in Fairfield, CT
Gustavo Ten Hoever was born in Uruguay and attended photography school in Montevideo, Uruguay. He moved to New York in 1986 and now divides his time between Paris and New York. After...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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C Print

Maremma Vista
Located in Fairfield, CT
Gustavo Ten Hoever was born in Uruguay and attended photography school in Montevideo, Uruguay. He moved to New York in 1986 and now divides his time between Paris and New York. After...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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C Print

Rancho Flying Cloud
Located in Fairfield, CT
Gustavo Ten Hoever was born in Uruguay and attended photography school in Montevideo, Uruguay. He moved to New York in 1986 and now divides his time between Paris and New York. After an eye opening time spent traveling into the Brazilian Amazon, he began shooting for his first photo exhibit, Full Moon People, covering the indigenous people of this region. Since then, the artist has traveled continuously and exhibited globally, while his editorial work can be seen in publications around the world. Publications featuring his work include I-D Magazine, French Vogue, Wall Street Journal Magazine, US Vogue, Arena, and the New Yorker. His clients include Hermes, Dosa, Editions Gallimard, Persol, Dunhill, Jose...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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C Print

Rancho Garzon
Located in Fairfield, CT
Gustavo Ten Hoever was born in Uruguay and attended photography school in Montevideo, Uruguay. He moved to New York in 1986 and now divides his time between Paris and New York. After...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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C Print

Solar
Located in Fairfield, CT
Gustavo Ten Hoever was born in Uruguay and attended photography school in Montevideo, Uruguay. He moved to New York in 1986 and now divides his time between Paris and New York. After an eye opening time spent traveling into the Brazilian Amazon, he began shooting for his first photo exhibit, Full Moon People, covering the indigenous people of this region. Since then, the artist has traveled continuously and exhibited globally, while his editorial work can be seen in publications around the world. Publications featuring his work include I-D Magazine, French Vogue, Wall Street Journal Magazine, US Vogue, Arena, and the New Yorker. His clients include Hermes, Dosa, Editions Gallimard, Persol, Dunhill, Jose...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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C Print

Time
Located in Fairfield, CT
Gustavo Ten Hoever was born in Uruguay and attended photography school in Montevideo, Uruguay. He moved to New York in 1986 and now divides his time between Paris and New York. After an eye opening time spent traveling into the Brazilian Amazon, he began shooting for his first photo exhibit, Full Moon People, covering the indigenous people of this region. Since then, the artist has traveled continuously and exhibited globally, while his editorial work can be seen in publications around the world. Publications featuring his work include I-D Magazine, French Vogue, Wall Street Journal Magazine, US Vogue, Arena, and the New Yorker. His clients include Hermes, Dosa, Editions Gallimard, Persol, Dunhill, Jose...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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C Print

With Infinite Gratitude
Located in Fairfield, CT
Gustavo Ten Hoever was born in Uruguay and attended photography school in Montevideo, Uruguay. He moved to New York in 1986 and now divides his time between Paris and New York. After an eye opening time spent traveling into the Brazilian Amazon, he began shooting for his first photo exhibit, Full Moon People, covering the indigenous people of this region. Since then, the artist has traveled continuously and exhibited globally, while his editorial work can be seen in publications around the world. Publications featuring his work include I-D Magazine, French Vogue, Wall Street Journal Magazine, US Vogue, Arena, and the New Yorker. His clients include Hermes, Dosa, Editions Gallimard, Persol, Dunhill, Jose...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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C Print

Without seeing you I cannot see
Located in Fairfield, CT
Gustavo Ten Hoever was born in Uruguay and attended photography school in Montevideo, Uruguay. He moved to New York in 1986 and now divides his time between Paris and New York. After an eye opening time spent traveling into the Brazilian Amazon, he began shooting for his first photo exhibit, Full Moon People, covering the indigenous people of this region. Since then, the artist has traveled continuously and exhibited globally, while his editorial work can be seen in publications around the world. Publications featuring his work include I-D Magazine, French Vogue, Wall Street Journal Magazine, US Vogue, Arena, and the New Yorker. His clients include Hermes, Dosa, Editions Gallimard, Persol, Dunhill, Jose...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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C Print

Rancho Tipi
Located in Fairfield, CT
Gustavo Ten Hoever was born in Uruguay and attended photography school in Montevideo, Uruguay. He moved to New York in 1986 and now divides his time between Paris and New York. After an eye opening time spent traveling into the Brazilian Amazon, he began shooting for his first photo exhibit, Full Moon People, covering the indigenous people of this region. Since then, the artist has traveled continuously and exhibited globally, while his editorial work can be seen in publications around the world. Publications featuring his work include I-D Magazine, French Vogue, Wall Street Journal Magazine, US Vogue, Arena, and the New Yorker. His clients include Hermes, Dosa, Editions Gallimard, Persol, Dunhill, Jose...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

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C Print

Dj Princesse
Located in Paris, FR
Jerome Romain lives and works in Montpelier, France He defines his painting as Classic Painting for Contemporary History " The world as a representation " His oil on canvas painting...
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2010s Photorealist Art

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Oil, Canvas

L'Opération
Located in Paris, FR
Jerome Romain lives and works in Montpelier, France He defines his painting as Classic Painting for Contemporary History " The world as a representation " His oil on canvas painting...
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2010s Photorealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

La Bataille de Fibonacci
Located in Paris, FR
Jerome Romain lives in Montpelier, France Classic Painting for Contemporary History He defines his painting as " The world as a representation " His oil on canvas paintings are born ...
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2010s Photorealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Se faire les ongles
Located in Paris, FR
Jerome Romain lives in Montpelier, France Classic Painting for Contemporary History He defines his painting as " The world as a representation " His oil on canvas paintings are born ...
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2010s Photorealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled
By Albert Ranger-Patzsch
Located in New York, NY
RENGER-PATSCH, Albert. Untitled 1925-30.Gelatin Silver print, 8 7/8 x 6 3/8";. Printed on Verso: Upper right hand corner: Stamped A. RENGER-PATSCH, Wamel-Dorf Ober Sest I.W.Bo...
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1920s Photorealist Art

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Photographic Paper

Mille et un Secrets
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original oil on linen. Hand signed on right.
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2010s Photorealist Art

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Oil

Hi Fi, from American Signs portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM HI FI, from American Signs portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009' a...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Art

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Screen

Art, from American Signs portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM Art, from American Signs portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009' and...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Art

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Screen

Blues, from American Signs portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM Blues, from American Signs portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009' a...
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Photorealist Art

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Screen

M, from American Signs portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM M, from American Signs portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009' and n...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Art

Nite, from American Signs portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM NIte, from American Signs portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009' an...
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Photorealist Art

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Screen

Rialto, from American Signs portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM Rialto, from American Signs portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009' ...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Art

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Screen

Drinks, from American Signs portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM Drinks, from American Signs portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Art

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Screen

Hot, from American Signs Portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM Hot, from American Signs Portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009' and...
Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Art

Materials

Screen

Star, from American Signs Portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM Star, from American Signs portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009' and numbered edition of 100 in pencil -- Robert Cottingham B. 1935, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK Born in 1935 in Brooklyn, Robert Cottingham is known for his paintings and prints of urban American landscapes, particularly building facades, neon signs, movie marquees, and shop fronts. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1955 through 1958, he earned a BFA at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, in 1963. Cottingham began his professional artistic career as an art director for the advertising firm Young and Rubicam in the early 1960s. Although he is typically associated with Photorealism, Cottingham never considered himself a Photorealist, but rather a realist painter working in a long tradition of American vernacular scenes. In this respect, his work often draws parallels to a number of American painters such as Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Edward Hopper, and Charles Sheeler. Cottingham’s interest in the intersections of art and commerce derive from his career as an adman and the influence of Pop art. Many of his paintings convey an interest in typography and lettering, as well as an awareness of the psychological impact of certain isolated words and letters. In his facades, techniques from advertising, namely cropping and enlarging, often produce words of enigmatic or comical resonance such as “Art,” “Ha,” or “Oh.” Cottingham’s enlarged sense of scale is reminiscent of James Rosenquist’s work, while his interest in text suggests the influence of Robert Indiana and Jasper Johns. In general, Cottingham viewed his work as continuing the legacy of Pop artists such as Andy Warhol, who also had a background in advertising. In 1964, Cottingham relocated to Los Angeles for work. There, inspired by the drastically different environment of the West Coast metropolis, he began to commit seriously to painting. Fascinated by Hollywood’s exaggerated glitz and the downtrodden atmosphere of the downtown, Cottingham saw in Los Angeles the relics of a bygone commercial heyday and desired to capture its kitschy and uncanny atmosphere, bathed in the near perpetual sunlight of Southern California. In 1968, Cottingham ended his advertising career in order to devote all his time to painting. In the late 1960s, he started using photography in his practice, first as an initial reference point for his process. After selecting a photograph, he translates it into black-and-white drawings by projecting the image onto gridded paper...
Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Art

Materials

Screen

untitled
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yrjo Edelmann, Finnish (1941 - ) Title: Untitled Year: 1993 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 44 in. x 44 in. (111.76 cm x 111.76 cm)
Category

1990s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

Lace Glove.
By Ervin Marton
Located in New York, NY
MARTON, Ervin. Lace Glove. Ca 1930. Vintage photogram. Artist and copyright on verso. Ervin Marton was a Hungarian artist and photographer who became an...
Category

1930s Photorealist Art

Materials

Photogram

Life
By Linda Rosenzweig Prince
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Linda Rosenzweig Prince from 1981. A photo-realistic painting of of news stand magazines piles forming a layered landscape. Signed and dated verso, framed in cherr...
Category

1980s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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