Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
REALIST STYLE
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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Style: Realist
Botanical Studies, Pair of Watercolours on Silk on Handmade Paper, Anemones
Located in Cotignac, FR
A pair of fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk of anemones by La Roche Laffitte. The works are signed bottom right. Both are titled. The silk has been mounted on h...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Gouache
Botanical Studies, Watercolours on Silk on Handmade Paper, Set of Three Tulips.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A set of three fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk of tulips by La Roche Laffitte. The works are signed bottom right. Some are titled and numbered (see photos) Th...
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Late 20th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Gouache
Still life of Aubergine and Red Pepper in a Basket in minimal style watercolour
Located in ludlow, GB
John Napper 1916 - 2001
British Artist.
A friend of Sir Gerald Kelly who taught him along with Sir Thomas Monnigton, President of the Royal Academy. He was a war artist in Ceylon. ...
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1990s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Flower Pots: Contemporary Pastel Still Life Painting
By Keith Bowen
Located in Brecon, Powys
This gorgeous pastel is an unusual painting from Keith Bowen, more known for his studies of Snowdonia and its rural communities. We believe that this picture may have been painted during his time in Provence. The work is very reflective of Provencal light and imagery; sunny terrace and terracotta pots with bright Summer flowers, plants and a little tree...
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20th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Gun from Clue
By A.J. Fries
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mixed media drawing by American artist A.J. Fries.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper, Gouache
Exquisite Rose Drawing (unique) done in graphite, hand signed with provenance
Located in New York, NY
Lowell Nesbitt
Untitled Rose, 1983
Graphite on Lanaquarelle Watercolor Paper
Signed and dated on the front
Framed
Unique, poignant, exquisitely rendered graphite drawing on watercolor paper with deckled edges. This work is framed and ready to hang; frame bears Alan Brown Gallery (Hartsdale) label verso. It was acquired from the Estate of Noel Frackman, renowned art historian, scholar, writer, and professor with a lifelong passion for 20th Century Art - and a close personal friend of Lowell Nesbitt. She earned a M.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in English Literature and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University. She was an art critic for the Patent Trader Newspaper and the Scarsdale Inquirer, contributing editor for Arts Magazine, author of numerous catalogs including ''John Storrs'', for the Whitney Museum of American Art. For 19 years she was a faculty member at Purchase College, State University of New York.
Measurements:
Framed: 13 inches by 13 inches x .5
Artwork: approx. 10.5 inches by 10.5 inches
Lowell Nesbitt Biography:
Lowell Blair Nesbitt, painter, printmaker, draughtsman, and sculptor, was born in Baltimore, Maryland on 4 October 1933. He studied at Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
Nesbitt worked in abstraction until Robert Indiana suggested in the early 1960s that he explore realism in his paintings. As subjects for his work he favored studio interiors, articles of clothing, piles of shoes, his Rottweiler, the Neo-Classical facades of 19th century cast iron buildings, and Manhattan's bridges. He was also famous for his enormous paintings and prints of roses, lilies, irises, and other flowers. In 1980, the United States Post Office issued...
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1880s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Mixed Media
Summer Orchard, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This realistic watercolor captures a still life with a vivid touch. The bright red pottery symbolizes the summer sun, casting its rays upon a Granny Smith apple...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Infusion, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The teapot's handle and spout mirror the stems of the plums. The interplay of the sturdy, metallic exterior of the container with the vibrant and soft flesh and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Spring Rain, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Wooden spools convey a natural landscape reminiscent of towering cliffs. Hues of blue threads form a vista mimicking rain pouring down on dry land. The interpla...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Orange Tea with Honey, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
In this watercolor still life, a stack of large, plump oranges forms a column, with a tea bag resting on top. A honey bee buzzes by, leaving its shadow on the f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Dorothy Fitchew - 20th Century British Watercolor Illustration of Flower Fairies
By Dorothy Fitchew
Located in London, GB
DOROTHY FITCHEW
(1889-1975)
“I Must Go Seek Some Dewdrops Here,
And Hang a Pearl in Every Cowslip’s Ear.”
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act II, Scene I
Signed l.l.: DOROTHY FITCHEW
...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
19th Century British School watercolour still life of Blackberries
Located in London, GB
BRITISH SCHOOL
(19th Century)
Blackberries
Watercolour and bodycolour, circular
Unframed, in mount only
Diameter 8 cm., 3 ¼ in.
(mount size 21.5 by 21 cm., 8 ½ by 8 ¼ in.)
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
19th Century British School Still Life Watercolour of Holly and a Cherry
Located in London, GB
BRITISH SCHOOL
(19th Century)
Still Life of Cherry and Holly Leaf
Watercolour and bodycolour
Unframed, in mount only
10.5 by 7.5 cm., 4 ¼ by 3 in.
(mount size 25 by 21 cm., 6 by 8...
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Late 19th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
and the Word was, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A still life rendered in a realist tradition using watercolor. The bowls sit beside each other, with a curled purple ribbon bridging the gap between the rustic ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
PELICANS
Located in Tallahassee, FL
Original. Part of Artist's Personal Collection.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
John Ward, RA - 20th Century British Still Life Watercolour Drawing
Located in London, GB
JOHN STANTON WARD, RA, RWS
(1917-2007)
Glasses, Branches and Paper
Signed and dated 1960
Pen and ink, pencil and watercolour
47 by 63 cm., 18 ½ by 24 ¾ in.
(frame size 64.5 by 80.5 cm., 25 ¼ by 31 ¾ in.)
Provenance:
Private collection since 1961.
Ward was born in Hereford, where his father, Russell Stanton Ward, ran an antiques shop and restored paintings. He studied at the Hereford School of Arts and Crafts before winning a place to the Royal College of Art in 1936, where he studied under Gilbert Spencer, Charles Mahoney and Alan Sorrell and won the prize for drawing. During World War II he served in the Royal Engineers, using his drawing skills to design pillboxes, and later taking part in the D-Day landings. He was posted to Belgium after the war before returning to the Royal College to graduate in 1946.
Ward worked as a painter, illustrator and teacher, happy to work in oils, watercolour, pastel and pen and ink. He painted portraits, landscapes, interiors and architectural subjects, undertaking portraits of members of the royal family, businessmen and celebrities including the Princess of Wales, the Princess Royal and the christenings of Prince William and Prince Harry. Fifteen of his portraits are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery and he held one man shows at Agnew’s and the Maas Gallery. As a prolific illustrator he worked on guides to Herefordshire and North Yorkshire and produced illustrations for Vogue magazine from 1948 to 1952 and illustrated many books including Laurie Lee’s Cider with Rosie (1959) and H E Bates...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
'Still Life', Washington Watercolor Society, Corcoran, Smithsonian, Who Was Who
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Combs' for Frances Hungerford Combs (American, 1876-1973) and painted circa 1935.
This early Washington, D.C. painter and teacher was a member of the Washington Watercolor Club, Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society and the Washington Art Club. Combs was employed as a drawing teacher at the Corcoran Gallery and School of Art (1902-1914) and her work was included in their exhibition, 'Woman at the Corcoran'. Thomas Jackson Simmons, college president of Wake Forest University...
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1930s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Easel with drapery
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): Easel with drapery, 1892, Pen drawing
Technique: Pen drawing on Paper
Inscription: Signed and dated lower left: "Leo. 6. Jan. 1892".
Da...
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19th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Ancestry, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Dwight Smith depicts a realistic still life of a green jar brimming with apples. He creates a representation of our origin–our roots as the driving for...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Hyperrealist Charcoal on Archival Paper Botanic Artwork "Britton Rosea"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
In Henk Serfontein's recent series of charcoal drawings, Fragile Flora, he continues his investigation into the fragile, the intimate and the ethereal. In his plant portraits he capt...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Orchard Blues, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Dwight Smith presents a still life of plump red pears painted in the realist tradition. The three fruits rest in white bowls with a little yellow bird ta...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Study with Torso, Hands, and Umbrella - The characteristic of the inconspicuous
Located in Berlin, DE
Paul Friedrich Meyerheim (1842 Berlin - 1915 ibid.). Sketch of a female torso with hands and an umbrella. Pencil on paper, 27.5 x 22.5 cm (visible size)...
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1890s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Hyperrealist Charcoal on Archival Paper Artwork "Still Life with Muybridge"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This recent series of charcoal drawings by Henk Serfontein, MOMENTUM, is inspired by the work of Eadweard Muybridge. There is a play between realism and surrealism, with the almost p...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Hyperrealist Charcoal on Archival Paper Still Life Artwork "Turning Around"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This recent series of charcoal drawings by Henk Serfontein, MOMENTUM, is inspired by the work of Eadweard Muybridge. There is a play between realism and surrealism, with the almost p...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Hyperrealist Charcoal on Archival Paper Still Life Artwork "Turning Pages II"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This recent series of charcoal drawings by Henk Serfontein, MOMENTUM, is inspired by the work of Eadweard Muybridge. There is a play between realism and surrealism, with the almost p...
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2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Les Arcs, France, photographic style realist art , original art, affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
Samantha Gare
Les Arcs, France
Pen, Marker and Pastel on Mountboard
Unframed
51cm x 76cm
Landscape, skiing, black and white, mountain, snow, France
Please note that insitu images are...
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2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pen, Permanent Marker, Pencil
Pencil drawing of a staircase on a forest path by skillful italian artist
Located in Milan, IT
Drawing size: 50 x 37.5 cm
Paper size: 74 x 58 cm
Sara Menon was born in 1985 in Palmanova and lives and works in Aquileia, in the province of Udine.
She specialized in the restoration of paintings and wooden sculptures in Mantua, a profession she still pursues today, while continuing to experiment with other art forms such as painting, sculpture and illustration.
Her passion and activity as a naturalistic and scientific illustrator began in 2002, when she collaborated with medical examiner Gianpiero Ceci, producing a series of anatomical-surgical plates to accompany her publications, mainly related to the field of obstetrics and gynecology.
In 2010, through the European Institute of Design in Milan, she had the opportunity to meet and get to know the illustrator Massimo Demma, who allowed her to refine the method and painting techniques used in scientific investigation and the rendering of natural data, as well as further knowledge in the field of naturalistic illustration. She had the opportunity to publish some naturalistic plates for the publishing house Il Prato...
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2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
African Ngil Mask. Watercolour on Handmade Paper on Vélin d'Arches.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Watercolour on handmade paper of a 'Ngil' mask applied to Vélin d'Arches paper by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Titled to the centre and signed by the artist to the left.
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a 'Ngil' mask in light yellow/ochre on high quality hand-made paper. An extremely chic and elegant watercolour.
This contemporary artist, born in 1943 specialises in watercolour studies on hand-made paper. With his highly detailed and precisely painted studies he invites us into the magical world of cultural objects, flora and fauna. The treasures of nature along with tribal regalia is his main inspiration. All of his work is beautifully observed and executed down to the smallest detail.
The secret brotherhood of the ngil used large wooden masks (called nkukh or asu ngi, i.e. 'the face of the ngi'), with stylised human figures, grotesquely accentuated features, decorated with engravings reminiscent of warriors' scarifications. These masks were more or less large, sometimes polychrome, some with monoxys horns (in South Cameroon and Rio Muni), others simply coated with whitish kaolin, the symbolic colour of spirits. Father H. Trilles had several opportunities to see and even photograph them during his journey through Fang country, from Rio Muni to South Cameroon (1899-1901).
The initiation was an opportunity to reveal to the neophytes, in the greatest secrecy, that the masks were not mysterious beings from the beyond but only wooden accessories...
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Late 20th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
African Senoufo Figure. Watercolour on Handmade Paper Laid on Vélin d'Arches
Located in Cotignac, FR
Watercolour on handmade paper of a 'Senoufo' figure applied to Vélin d'Arches paper by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Titled to the bottom centre.
A beautifully observed and detai...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Watercolor
Hyperrealist Charcoal on Archival Paper Botanic Artwork "Ruschia Crassa"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
In Henk Serfontein's recent series of charcoal drawings, Fragile Flora, he continues his investigation into the fragile, the intimate and the ethereal. In his plant portraits he capt...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
"HONKY DONKIN" DONKEY GRAPHITE PENCIL DRAWING BURRO FRAMED 22 X 17 #2 PENCIL
Located in San Antonio, TX
Howard Halbert
(Born 1957)
Texas Artist
Image Size: 14 x 9
Frame Size: 22 x 17
Medium: Graphite # 2 pencil only
"Honky Donkin" Donkey
HALBERT - Biography
Halbert was born and raised in North Central Texas, and early on developed an interest in portraying the horses, cattle and every day occurrences of the west, in pencil. Eventually Halbert became a partner in a large ranching operation, which kept him away from his art for many years. A few years ago, he picked up a pencil and began to pursue his dream of becoming a professional artist. " I believe my passion and love of horses and the western way of life show in my work. I thank God for this gift which allows me to share with others what I truly enjoy. " Halbert credits Texas artist George Hallmark...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Remembrance, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Dwight Smith paints a still life of a flower vase placed on a heap of kegs. A mass of warm-hued wine barrels stack against a contrasting aged wooden buil...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
1920's Historical Fashion Illustration of Lady in 17th Century Dress
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely detailed historical figurative fashion illustration painted in watercolor in 1921, of a lady in 17th century dress; complete with a full blac...
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1920s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
William Shackleton - Camellia, pencil and watercolour by British Symbolist
Located in London, GB
WILLIAM SHACKLETON, NEAC
(1872-1933)
Camellia, Kew
Signed, extensively inscribed and dated ‘98
Pencil and watercolour
Framed
33.5 by 27 cm., 13 ¾...
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Late 19th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Arthur Wardle - Convolvulus - British watercolour on linen
Located in London, GB
ARTHUR WARDLE
(1864-1949)
Convolvulus
Signed
Watercolour and bodycolour on linen
21 by 13.5 cm., 8 ¼ by 5 ¼ in.
(frame size 34.5 by 27 cm., 13 ½ by 10 ½ in.)
Arthur Wardle was bo...
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Early 20th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Intervention 2. 2012, canvas, oil, 70x90 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Intervention 2. 2012, canvas, oil, 70x90 cm
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1970s British watercolour of Rusting Cars by Ian Hay
Located in London, GB
IAN HAY
(Born 1940)
Cars Rusting
Signed l.r.: Ian Hay; bears title and dated 1973 on exhibition label on the backboard
Watercolour and gouache
Framed
44 by 88 cm., 17 ¼ by 34 ¾ in...
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1970s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Garden Views #4, Fiddlehead Fern with Dragonfly
Located in Burlingame, CA
Susan Manchester’s drawings of feathers and flora are meditations on the ephemeral nature of life, and they reflect the artist’s fascination with beau...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Crayon, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Garden Views #3, Tulip with Butterfly
Located in Burlingame, CA
Susan Manchester’s drawings of feathers and flora are meditations on the ephemeral nature of life, and they reflect the artist’s fascination with beau...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Handmade Paper, Conté, Graphite, Crayon
Untitled Tree 3, realist ballpoint pen still life drawing, 2021
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
Dina Brodsky is a contemporary realist miniaturist, painter and curator. She was educated at University of Massachusetts, Amherst and the New York Academy of Art, where she received her MFA. She lives and works in New York City. She has taught privately, and in several institutions including the Castle...
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2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Untitled Tree 1, realist ballpoint pen still life drawing, 2021
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
Dina Brodsky is a contemporary realist miniaturist, painter and curator. She was educated at University of Massachusetts, Amherst and the New York Academy of Art...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Untitled Tree 2, realist ballpoint pen still life drawing, 2021
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
Dina Brodsky is a contemporary realist miniaturist, painter and curator. She was educated at University of Massachusetts, Amherst and the New York Academy of Art, where she received her MFA. She lives and works in New York City. She has taught privately, and in several institutions including the Castle...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Early 20th Century British School watercolour of Butterflies and Fuschia
Located in London, GB
BRITISH SCHOOL
(Early 20th Century)
Butterflies and Fuschia
Watercolour and bodycolour over traces of pencil on blue paper
Unframed, in mount only
33 by 24 cm., 13 by 9 ½ in.
(mou...
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Early 20th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Sitting Ducks
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Patricia Hunter - American
Title: Sitting Ducks
Year: 1985
Medium: Watercolor
Sight size: 18 x 24 inches.
Matted size: 24 x 30 inches
Signatur...
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1980s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Gentleman's Library - Fine Still Life Painting with Books & Map of Lincolnshire
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A very interesting signed and dated 1942 watercolour still life depicting the corner of a gentleman's library with books, antique map of Lincolnshire and an early wine bottle.
Very...
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1940s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Two Dandelions with Bud, gold acrylic ink botanical still life on panel
By Margot Glass
Located in New York, NY
Margot Glass’s rendering of detail demands close attention. Her play with positive and negative space—the almost imperceptible shade of translucence between leaf veins, or the rich p...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wood Panel, Ink
Tonal Study For Parrot Tulips, Saco River Valley
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderfully detailed tonal study by contemporary American artist James Aponovich (b. 1948). Born in Nashua, NH, Aponovich lives in New Hampshire and has become very well known nati...
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2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Early 19th Century British Design for a Carriage by Samuel Hobson
Located in London, GB
SAMUEL HOBSON
(fl. 1815-1837)
Carriage Design
Signed l.r.: Sam Hobson
Bodycolour, gum arabic, gold paint and pen and ink
Unframed in conservation mount o...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, India Ink
Full Blue Moon, Handmade Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, Cosmos, Deep Blue Space
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Blue Moon" shows an outstanding full moon with all its details.
Details:
+ Title: Blue Moon
+ Year: 2022
+ Edition Size: 50
+ Stamped and Certificate of Authenticity provided
+ Measurements : 70x100 cm (28x 40 in.), a standard frame size
+ All cyanotype prints are made on high-quality Italian watercolor paper
WHAT IS A CYANOTYPE?
The cyanotype (a.k.a. sun-print) process is one of the oldest in the history of photography, dating back to the 1840's.
Cyanotypes were then made famous by Anna Atkins, considered the first female photographer. Inspired by nature, we feel the need to look back at a craft that is handmade, analogue, and using an all-natural light source: the sun.
Our cyanotypes are made by coating high-quality Italian watercolor paper with a light-sensitive emulsion. We then expose it in direct sunlight for several minutes using a photo negative to get the best image quality. Finally, the print is washed and fixed with water to stop the reaction and prevent fading.
What you get is an amazing, royal blue image...
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2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Emulsion, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and Whit...
Original watercolour Victorian children's book illustration by Sowerby
Located in London, GB
JOHN GEORGE SOWERBY
(1849-1914)
Tailpiece for “A Rainy Day”
Watercolour heightened with white, circular
Unframed, in mount only
Diameter 7 cm., 2 ¼ in.
(mount size 25.5 by 20 cm., 10 by 8 in.)
Reproduced:
J G Sowerby & Thomas Crane, At Home, Marcus Ward & Co, 1881, p.17.
The current work was reproduced in Sowerby and Crane’s 1881 children’s book...
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1880s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Fortuny Rose drawing
Located in Burlingame, CA
Fortuny Rose, original drawing created with Conté & Pastel on Fabriano watermarked, handmade paper, by Susan Manchester. Museum quality frame included...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Graphite
Rosehip. oil on cardboard, 23x27, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Rosehip. Oil on cardboard, 23x27,5 cm
Category
1970s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
1920's Illustration of a Country Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely detailed figurative illustration of a young woman leaning against a fence. The woman is wearing a plaid dress and bonnet with a black ribbon. Some of the landscape has been il...
Category
1920s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Paper, Watercolor
The Ease of Ascent: Night Heron
Located in Burlingame, CA
Susan Manchester’s drawings of feathers and flora are meditations on the ephemeral nature of life, and they reflect the artist’s fascination with beau...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Pastel, Archival Paper
"PUSHING HORNS" IMAGE: 20 X 30 GRAPHITE DRAWING
Located in San Antonio, TX
Halbert
(Born 1957)
Texas Artist
Size: 20 x 30
Frame: 33 x 40
Medium: Graphite Drawing
"Pushing Horns"
HALBERT - Biography
Halbert was born and raised in North Central Texas, and early on developed an interest in portraying the horses, cattle and every day occurrences of the west, in pencil. Eventually Halbert became a partner in a large ranching operation, which kept him away from his art for many years. A few years ago, he picked up a pencil and began to pursue his dream of becoming a professional artist. " I believe my passion and love of horses and the western way of life show in my work. I thank God for this gift which allows me to share with others what I truly enjoy. " Halbert credits Texas artist George Hallmark for recognizing his talent and encouraging him to pursue his calling. Halbert has participated in many Art and Museum Shows across the country including Cheyenne Frontier...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Treasured Gift
Located in Burlingame, CA
Treasured Gift - a single feather, original drawing created with gouache and pastel on handmade paper by Susan Manchester. 21 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches. Pro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper, Pastel
Water Hyacinth - Early 20th Century Botanical watercolour of by Arthur Wardle
Located in London, GB
ARTHUR WARDLE
(1864-1949)
Study of a Water Hyacinth
Signed
Watercolour and bodycolour on linen, framed
33.5 by 23 cm., 13 ½ by 9 in.
(frame size 52.5 by 43 cm., 21 ¾ by 17 in.)
A...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"READY AND WILLING" 16 X 12 GRAPHITE DRAWING WESTERN HORSE COWBOY
Located in San Antonio, TX
Halbert
(Born 1957)
Texas Artist
Image Size: 16 x 12
Frame Size: 21 x 25
Medium: Graphite Drawing
"Ready and Willing"
HALBERT - Biography
Halbert was born and raised in North Central Texas, and early on developed an interest in portraying the horses, cattle and every day occurrences of the west, in pencil. Eventually Halbert became a partner in a large ranching operation, which kept him away from his art for many years. A few years ago, he picked up a pencil and began to pursue his dream of becoming a professional artist. " I believe my passion and love of horses and the western way of life show in my work. I thank God for this gift which allows me to share with others what I truly enjoy. " Halbert credits Texas artist George Hallmark for recognizing his talent and encouraging him to pursue his calling. Halbert has participated in many Art and Museum Shows across the country including Cheyenne Frontier...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Realist still-life drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Realist still-life drawings and watercolors 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 still-life drawings and watercolors created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Dwight Smith, Dina Brodsky, Margot Glass, and Nikos Kanarelis. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Watercolor and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Realist still-life drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 2.5 inches across are also available. Prices for still-life drawings and watercolors 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 $76 and tops out at $9,000, while the average work sells for $1,879.
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