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
Magoanine Verde, Untitled 8
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Magoanine Verde started in 2023 as a photogr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Digital
Magoanine Verde, Untitled 4
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Magoanine Verde started in 2023 as a photogr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Digital
Magoanine Verde, Untitled 7
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Magoanine Verde started in 2023 as a photogr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Digital
Magoanine Verde, Untitled 6
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Magoanine Verde started in 2023 as a photogr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Digital
Ancestors Heritage - Cusco, Peru, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Grace Diehl
Located in Yardley, PA
The Cusco vase is symbolic of the Peruvian heritage. Included in this still life is a metal stand in the background that is rusted and has a nice corroded patina which gives an Old W...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Sugars, Photorealist Serigraph by Ralph Goings
By Ralph Goings
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ralph Goings, American (1928 - 2016)
Title: Still Life With Sugars
Year: 1981
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 300; 40 AP's
Image Size: 19 x 20 inc...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Screen
San Maurizio
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the San Maurizio Church of Milan.
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. H...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Family
Located in San Francisco, CA
An excellent example of Molinari's photorealistic technique, the level of detail in rendering the subtle fluctuations of the crumpled surfaces, as well as the play of light and shado...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Moss Landing - 1965 Original Black and White Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Moss Landing - 1965 Original Black and White Photograph
Original black and white photograph of Moss Landing in 1965 by Al Weber (American, 1930-2016). The photograph shows Moss Land...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
72A
Located in San Francisco, CA
An excellent example of Molinari's photorealistic technique, the level of detail in rendering the subtle fluctuations of the crumpled surfaces, as well as the play of light and shado...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Still life with Pears- original realism still life painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Pears" is a captivating masterpiece that pays homage to the intrinsic beauty and timeless allure of this delectable fruit. Executed with meticulous precision and infused with the sp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Glass Giants"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Mayer Productions as a children’s book illustrator. It was a job where he used his artistic abilities although it was not an outlet for a serious painting career. (He has a written and illustrated a book of his own that is awaiting a publisher). John then worked in the field of graphics at Leslie Roy Designs where he became production manager.
Until recently John has been a full time conservator for Yost Conservation. Working primarily on 19th century American Art...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Ogni Giorno, Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Brand new painting entitled Ogni Giorno, Italian for Every Day. Inspired by a trip to Agrigento, Sicily. It shows a man working in a supermarket. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Master of the city, Digital on Paper
By Fikry Botros
Located in Yardley, PA
a gargoyle on the top of the Notre dame Cathedral in Paris looking over the city of light :: Digital :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Digital
Milano Palazzo Reale
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the Royal Palace of Milan.
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Blue Mirror - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 17.5 x 23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater nude photograph of a beautiful young woman diving in the pool.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment print on archival paper w...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deep Anesthesia - underwater nude photograph - archival print 17 x 23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a nude model diving in blue light on a black background.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment print on archiva...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dragon Mouth Trip - underwater black&white nude photograph - archival print
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white nude photograph of a model diving in a swimming pool
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment print on archival pa...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Spiral Martini"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Mayer Productions as a children’s book illustrator. It was a job where he used his artistic abilities although it was not an outlet for a serious painting career. (He has a written and illustrated a book of his own that is awaiting a publisher). John then worked in the field of graphics at Leslie Roy Designs where he became production manager.
Until recently John has been a full time conservator for Yost Conservation. Working primarily on 19th century American Art...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
"Star Confetti"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Mayer Productions as a children’s book illustrator. It was a job where he used his artistic abilities although it was not an outlet for a serious painting career. (He has a written and illustrated a book of his own that is awaiting a publisher). John then worked in the field of graphics at Leslie Roy Designs where he became production manager.
Until recently John has been a full time conservator for Yost Conservation. Working primarily on 19th century American Art...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Pantheon
Located in Milano, MI
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works between Milan and Barcelona. He bega...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Lightness of Being
By Lynette Cook
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Lightness of Being' - depicts a white brick building with warm sunlight and shadows cascading across the facade of the warm bricks with white inset window. Birds flying are reflecte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
San Pietro
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken at San Pietro - Rome
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works be...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Superhero
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Cesar Santander Superhero Original Oil Painting -- Please watch video in listing
16" x 20" original painting on board.
This is a unique, original painting of which no copies have bee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Solar power, Digital on Paper
By Fikry Botros
Located in Yardley, PA
A beautiful sunflower on a black background :: Digital :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: S...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Digital
The landing, Digital on Paper
By Fikry Botros
Located in Yardley, PA
Multiple shots of a blue heron landing on a tree top. The photo is in black and white, emphasizing the grace of those fantastic birds in their flight :: Digital :: Photorealism :: Th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Digital
Stbo097-Contemporary, Abstract, Minimalism, Modern, Pop art, Geometric, Acrylic
Located in London, London
Stq097, 1997
His work has been shown in Reina Sofía Museum of Madrid, Royal Academy of London, Arco Madrid, Pinta Art Fair, London, London Art Fair, The Other Art Fair, London, and...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Coming home, Digital on Paper
By Fikry Botros
Located in Yardley, PA
A great white egret landing on a tree and one of his (her) chicks is waiting. It is easy to imagine that they are having a conversation together. The photo was featured in the Daily...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Digital
Tori Amos Vintage Print 12"x16" by Jake Chessum
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, US
Original hand-printed vintage 12x16” darkroom print from photographer Jake Chessum of Tori Amos. Printed by Jake in the 90's, at the time of the photo shoot.
Jake recalls the sessio...
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Beastie Boys Adam Yauch MCA Vintage Darkroom Print by Jake Chessum
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, US
Original hand-printed vintage print from photographer Jake Chessum of Beastie Boys Adam Yauch, know as MCA, playing double bass in the studio in 1994.
Printed by Jake back in the d...
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A Course in Miracles
By Audrey Flack
Located in Fairlawn, OH
A Course in Miracles
Dye transfer photograph, 1978
From: 12 Photographs: 1973-1983, Plate 7 of 12
Signed in ink
Edition: 50, this example an Artist's Proof (7/10)
Printer: Guy Stri...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
Dye Transfer
The Hunter, Mid-Century Photo Realist Drypoint Etching Portrait, Limited Edition
By Gilbert Schoenbrod
Located in Soquel, CA
An incredible photo-realist drypoint etching of a Native American man by Gilbert Adam Shoenbrod (American, 1903-1996), 1937. Titled "The Hunter", this hyper detailed portrait depicts...
Category
1930s Photorealist Art
Materials
Drypoint
Cold Song III - underwater photograph - archival pigment print
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a man diving in the pool with bouquet of flowers
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment print on archival paper w...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Time to Save
By Audrey Flack
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Time to Save
From: 12 Photographs: 1973-1983,
Plate 8 of 12
Dye transfer photograph, 1979
Signed in ink
Edition: 50, this example an Artist's Proof (7/10)
Printer: Guy Stricherz
Pu...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
Dye Transfer
Nude Studies 2
Located in Dallas, TX
From Dallas,Texas, Francisco has always had an innate interest in the arts. He began sketching at an early age. A self-taught artist, his influences include many of the early 20th ce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Charcoal
Nude Woman in Bathtub w Mirror Reflections Photorealism erotica 1977 watercolor
By Hilo Chen
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
An amazing, 1977 photorealist watercolor painting by Photorealism artist, Hilo Chen, of a nude woman in Bathtub with her reflection seen in the wall m...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Awakening The Inner Glow
By Mike Dargas
Located in Dallas, TX
The works of Mike Dargas elude a clear temporal distinction. Even if the representations can stand as indications of a contemporary Western zeitgeist, the images lose their temporal ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
"Future Love" Oil Painting 72" x 60" inch by Casey Baugh
By Casey Baugh
Located in Culver City, CA
"Future Love" Oil Painting 72" x 60" inch by Casey Baugh
Medium: oil on canvas
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Baugh's work can be described as narrative impressionistic realism. Specializing i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Boats Sailing At Sunset, Santa Cruz - Color Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Boats Sailing At Sunset, Santa Cruz - Color Photograph
Color photograph of sailboats at sunset in front of the Breakwater Lighthouse in Santa Cruz, California by John F. Hunter (Ame...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Ink, Photographic Paper
'Promise of Spring' Contemporary Painting of a blue tit bird on a branch, yellow
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Promise of Spring' by Ben Waddams is a Contemporary Realist Wildlife oil painting of an English Blue Tit bird on a branch. With such incredible detail you almost expect the bird to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Henry Miller And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge - 1954 Original Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Henry And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge" - 1954 Original Photograph
1954 original black and white silver gelatin photograph of Henry and Eve Miller at their house on Partington Ri...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Ink, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Duomo
Located in Milano, MI
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works between Milan and Barcelona. He bega...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
White peonies in a cold color, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
White peonies in a cold color :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Location: Elena Podmarkova...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Red roses, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Professional paints, gallery stretch canvas. Such a painting requires painstaking work for several months, the technique of multi-layered painting. The painting will be covered with ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Capitola, California Venetian Hotel Color Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Santa Cruz, California’s Capitola Venetian Hotel Color Photograph
Color photograph of the Venetian Hotel located in Capitola Village, California by John F. Hunter (American). The vi...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Photographic Paper
BLUE PLATE OBSESSION
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Black Keys "Red Vision 2" Phoenix AZ 2022 by Larry Niehues
Located in Austin, US
The Black Keys “Red Vision 2” Phoenix AZ 2022, signed limited edition prints by The Black Keys official photographer Larry Niehues.
The Black Keys relatio...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kaleidoscope - underwater black&white nude photograph - archival print 17x23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a young women kaleidoscopically multiplied into a lacy artwork.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Teal Ribbons and Copper Thread - Photorealistic Drawing on Collotype
Located in Soquel, CA
Teal Ribbons and Bronze Thread - Photorealistic Drawing
Highly detailed drawing by Patricia Pearce (American, b. 1948). The base layer of this piece is a collotype, but the ribbons ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Paper, Pen, Pencil, Color Pencil, Lithograph
LITHOGRAPHS Greenwich Village NYC, Signed Mezzotint, Art Gallery, Photorealism
By John Baeder
Located in Union City, NJ
LITHOGRAPHS Greenwich Village NYC by the American photorealist artist John Baeder is a limited edition mezzotint printed using hand printmaking techniques on archival, cream colored ...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
Mezzotint
EMCS #14
Located in New York, NY
Brad Nelson (American, b. 1977)
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Summer fruits-original modern realism still life oil painting- contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Irina Trushkova's "Summer Fruits " exemplifies contemporary realism within the realm of Impressionism, offering viewers an immersive experience in a moment of pure and unadulterated ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tori Amos 1994 Vintage 12"x16" Darkroom Print by Jake Chessum
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, US
Oginal hand-printed 12x16” darkroom vintage print from photographer Jake Chessum of Tori Amos. Printed by Jake in the 90's, at the time of the photo shoot.
Jake recalls the session...
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Photorealist art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, purple, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Alex Sher, Gregory Block, Lowell Nesbitt, and Ian Hornak. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Photorealist art, so small editions measuring 0.79 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $11 and tops out at $585,000, while the average work sells for $2,404.