Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world.
Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history.
By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.
Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.
Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.
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19th Century Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Paper
Artist Comments
A cow grazes as it passes by, munching on the grass. Against the burgundy wall of the structure, large white doors provide contrast and frame the body of the ...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Artist Comments
Barns stand as a sanctuary for many farms across America. In this painting, a lit lantern in a high window of the structure acts as a guiding light under the gr...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1990s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache, Watercolor, Illustration Board
1970s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1960s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1970s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1960s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1970s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1970s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Paper
2010s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Paper
1910s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
19th Century Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Board, Laid Paper
Mid-18th Century Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Paper
1930s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1890s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1890s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
1890s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1980s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Handmade Paper, Conté, Graphite, Crayon
1950s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
1950s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
19th Century Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Conté, Graphite
Late 19th Century Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1940s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Graphite, Watercolor, Pen, Gouache
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache, Archival Paper, Pastel
1950s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Illustration Board, Gouache, Ink
1930s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Late 19th Century Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1990s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1870s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1980s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Graphite, Paper
Mid-20th Century Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Laid Paper, Watercolor, Graphite, Gouache
1990s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1830s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1810s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1910s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Archival Paper, Graphite
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Graphite