Realist Nude 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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20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper
Early 2000s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Chalk, Pastel, Cardboard, Pencil
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Chalk, Crayon, Pastel
2010s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Tempera, Paper, Permanent Marker
2010s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Tempera, Permanent Marker
2010s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Permanent Marker, Tempera, Paper
1970s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal
2010s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Permanent Marker, Tempera
2010s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Tempera, Paper, Permanent Marker
1920s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
1910s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Carbon Pencil
Early 2000s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Chalk, Pastel, Cardboard, Pencil
Early 2000s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Chalk, Pastel, Cardboard, Pencil
Mid-20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Chalk
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal
1910s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper
Mid-20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper
20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper
Early 2000s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel
20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper
20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper
20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper
20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper
20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper
20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper
Early 20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Wood, Paper, Pastel
Early 20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Wood, Paper, Pastel
1990s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil
Early 2000s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Conté
Early 19th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache, Paper, Graphite
1930s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Paper, India Ink
20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Wax Crayon, Crayon
Early 2000s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Chalk, Pastel, Pencil, Cardboard
1960s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Chalk, Paper
1970s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Graphite
20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Wax Crayon
2010s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Vellum, Charcoal
2010s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Conté, Paper, Charcoal
1970s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Conté, Paper
1960s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Graphite
20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Crayon, Wax Crayon
2010s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Graphite
1970s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Graphite, Paper
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Graphite, Paper
19th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
2010s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Wax Crayon, Charcoal, Rag Paper
1940s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, India Ink
Mid-20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
1970s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper
1970s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper
1970s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Graphite
1970s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Conté
1970s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Conté, Paper
1970s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Graphite
Early 2000s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel