Richard Combes Paintings
British, b. 1963
Richard Combes creates remarkably lifelike oil paintings that explore the relationship between vacant spaces and the solitary people who fleetingly occupy them.
Decaying inner-city building interiors, rain-soaked streets and solemn storefronts are the subjects of choice for the British artist’s award-winning realist work. Combes’s carefully rendered depictions are a love letter to disused spaces that time and the elements have left bedraggled and dilapidated. He has cited Impressionist and Surrealist art as having been influential for him, and his background as an architect provides him with a keen insight into the themes he explores in his work.
Combes was born in Manchester. He graduated from the architecture program at the University of Liverpool and immediately secured work in his field of study. Combes eventually felt dissatisfied with his career choice, as he began to notice that he was more interested in sketching the neglected and largely vacant spaces than finishing his architectural renderings that would form their replacement. Combes made a change — he moved to New York City and earned his MFA at the New York Academy of Art.
Combes was elected as a full member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 2004. His work has earned international acclaim and a lengthy list of prizes and awards. Combes’s paintings have been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, and his work is in the private collections of many celebrities and prominent figures.
On 1stDibs, find original Richard Combes landscape paintings, still-life paintings and other art.
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Artist: Richard Combes
CONVERGENCE - Realism / New York City / Subway
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Original painting by Richard Combes
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
JAM ON BREAD - Food Still Life / Pop Art / Photorealism / Kitchen
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten or the forlorn, perhaps indications or remnants of a time before.
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
CENTER POINT - Photorealism / Exposed Red Brick Wall / Contrast
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten corners of New York City, subway stations, the cobblestone streets with puddles in Tribec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
REFLECTION CENTRAL PARK SOUTH - Contemporary Realism / New York Citys / Autumn
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil Painting by Richard Combes
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
NIGHT REFLECTION - Realism / New York Cityscape / Dark Scene
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil Painting by Richard Combes
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
MORNING RAINFALL CENTRAL PARK - Landscape / Contemporary Realism / Water
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Richard Combes
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
CENTRAL PARK / 5TH AVENUE REFLECTION - Realism, Autumn, New York City
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Richard Combes
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
FALL REFLECTION CENTRAL PARK - Realism / Cityscape / Autumn
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Richard Combes
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
FALLEN LEAVES CENTRAL PARK - New York City, Realism, Autumn, Leaves
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Richard Combes
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
THE DESERTED STREET - Contemporary Cityscape / Realism / New York City
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Original painting by Richard Combes
Quiet Manhattan puddles become networks of color and texture in the new oil paintings by Richard Combes. Timeworn streets make fertile subject mat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
GHOST SIGN ON A WALL - Photorealism / Contemporary Cityscape / Bombay Sapphire
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Richard Combes featuring a Bombay Sapphire sign.
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
6TH AVENUE REFLECTION - New York City / Rainy Street Scene / Photorealism
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil painting by Richard Combes.
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
BARN WINDOW - Photorealism / Old Red Barn / Weathered Farmhouse / Reflection
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Quiet Manhattan puddles become networks of color and texture in the new oil paintings by Richard Combes. Timeworn streets make fertile subject matter...
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
SLICE OF BREAD WITH NUTELLA - Still Life / Food / Photorealism / Kitchen
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten or the forlorn, perhaps indications or remnants of a time be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ICE FLOW - Photorealism / Water and Ice / Winter City Scene
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Richard Combes.
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Oil
BLUE DISCO BALL - Photorealist Painting / Mirrored Image / Reflections / Cobalt
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Richard Combes captures the reflective surface of this mirrored relic of a bygone era with academic precision. Continuing with his focus on the forgotten corners of New York, this di...
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
THE OLD SINK, NYC - Basement Interior / Tiles and Pattern / Realism / Rustic
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten corners of New York City, subway stations, the cobblestone s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
COMMUNICATION, NYC - Elevator / Interior / Male Figure / Old Building / New York
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten corners of New York City, subway stations, the cobblestone streets with puddles in Tribec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
SUNDAY MORNING - Hyperrealist Street Corner / Cobblestones / Red brick / Shadows
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten corners of New York City, subway stations, the cobblestone streets with puddles in Tribec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
THE KITCHEN, NYC - Interior / Tiles / Pattern / Realism / Sink / Rustic
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten corners of New York City, subway stations, the cobblestone streets with puddles in Tribec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait in Christmas Decoration II, Contemporary Realism, Figurative, NYC
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Fascinated by the reflections in common, everyday objects, Richard Combes reinvents the act of the selfie by depicting himself and his cell phone in the convex mirror of a Christmas ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
EMPTY BOX - Still Life / Cardboard / Everyday Objects / Neutral Colors
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten or the forlorn, perhaps indications or remnants of a time before.
Category
2010s Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
DOWNTOWN PLATFORM FRANKLIN ST. SUBWAY - Photorealism / NYC Train Station
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten corners of New York City, subway stations, the cobblestone streets with puddles in Tribec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Snow Tracks in Central Park, Contemporary Landscape, Oil Painting, City Park
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten corners of New York City, subway stations, the cobblestone streets with puddles in Tribec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
L.A. DECO (EASTERN COLUMBIA BUILDING LOS ANGELES) - Blue / Photorealism
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten corners of New York City, subway stations, the cobblestone streets with puddles in Tribec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
DUMBO WALL - Contemporary Realism / City Architecture / Brooklyn / Red
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten corners of New York City, subway stations, the cobblestone streets with puddles in Tribec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ALUMINUM FOIL PINNED TO A WALL - White wall / Mixed Materials / Still Life
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten corners of New York City, subway stations, the cobblestone streets with puddles in Tribec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
REFLECTED RAILING - Puddle on Cobblestone / Hyper-realism / Reflection in water
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten corners of New York City, subway stations, the cobblestone streets with puddles in Tribec...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
GUTTED INTERIOR, photo-realism, empty room, grey tiles, white walls, building
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten corners of New York City, subway stations, the cobblestone streets with puddles in Tribec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
SPACE FOR RENT - Realism / Empty Room with tiled floors and white walls
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten corners of New York City, subway stations, the cobblestone streets with puddles in Tribec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
EARLY MORNING COLLISTER STREET - Contemporary painting / NYC Exterior / Realism
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting by Richard Combes
Category
2010s Contemporary Richard Combes Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Richard Combes paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Richard Combes paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, red and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Richard Combes in oil paint, paint, canvas and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Richard Combes paintings, so small editions measuring 20 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of James Isherwood, The Connor Brothers , and Mary Titus. Richard Combes paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $7,000 and tops out at $42,000, while the average work can sell for $16,000.