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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
Bridge overlooking Kings College Cambridge Etching William McWhannel Petrie
Located in London, GB
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Early 19th Century Realist More Art

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Etching

Nov. 23 1865 Confederate Letter concerning long knives for battle. Civil War.
Located in San Antonio, TX
Document Image Size: 8 x 5 Frame Size: 10 x 13 Medium: original document hand written letter Dated Nov. 23, 1865 Letter of assurance, confederate knife maker cut off Yankee heads ...
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1860s Realist More Art

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Ink

Palazzo Bernardo, Venice Large watercolour painting of Palazzo on Grand Canal
Located in ludlow, GB
Palazzo Bernardo on the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy. One of the most recognised and iconic palaces in Venice. A beautiful watercolour study by the late John Miller. “Palazzo Bernard...
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20th Century Realist More Art

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Watercolor

Chroessi Schnell - "Cows IV" - realistic fine nature theme drawing
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Chroessi Schnell - "Cows IV". Realism, fine drawing, nature themes. The cows show the ambivalence between a life in peace and calmness on the meadows of the lower rhine landscape a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist More Art

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Paper

Citroen 15CV - Contemporary Watercolor & Ink Painting, Vintage Car, Realistic
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mariusz Szalajdewicz (b. 1974) Studied at the Faculty of Architecture at Warsaw University of Technology, where he mastered the drawing skill. Architect and urbanist, illustrator.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist More Art

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

BMW 502 (1954)- XXI Century, Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Vehicle, Car
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mariusz Szalajdewicz (b. 1974) Studied at the Faculty of Architecture at Warsaw University of Technology, where he mastered the drawing skill. Architect and urbanist, illustrator.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist More Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Golden Afternoon, Mount Monadnock, NH
Located in Milford, NH
This finely detailed landscape of a stone wall and field beneath Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire on a warm summer afternoon was painted by contemporar...
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2010s Realist More Art

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Oil, Panel

Portrait of Christina Patterson, 5 Years Old
By Aaron Shikler
Located in Milford, NH
A fine portrait of a 5 year old Christina Patterson by American artist Aaron Abraham Shikler (1922-2015). Shikler was born in Brooklyn, New York, studied at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, then studied in New York with the abstract painter Hans Hofmann, but he remained a committed realist throughout his life, under the sway of artists like Degas, Vuillard, Sickert and Sargent. To make a living, he painted clowns and ballerinas for a wholesale company, signing the work “Phil I. Steen” to register his disgust. When Leroy Davis, an Army friend, opened the Davis Gallery in Manhattan in 1953, he began showing Mr. Shikler’s work, which included figure studies, still lifes and landscapes. A turning point came in 1959 when Jane Engelhard...
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Mid-20th Century Realist More Art

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Canvas, Oil

Trousers - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Minimalistic
Located in Warsaw, PL
Tomasz Kozlowski is a Polish artist, born in 1983 in Piotrkow Trybunalski, He lives and works in Lodz. He studied at the faculty of textiles and fashion of the Fine Arts School in Lo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist More Art

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Canvas, Oil

1966 Mercury Commuter Station Wagon, Antique Technical Car Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed and precise illustration of a 1966 Mercury Commuter Station Wagon by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). Signed in the lower right portion of the illustration. This piece is on heavy cardstock. Presented in a new black mat. No frame. Joseph "Joe" Yeager (American, 20th Century) was raised in Cleveland Ohio, where he went to art school at night and started his art career at 19. He was a commercial artist for the Cleveland Press...
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1960s Realist More Art

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Pencil, Postcard, Pen

Pair of Early 19th Century "Conchology" Conch Shells Color Etchings c.1802
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Early 19th Century "Conchology" Color Etchings c.1802 Fantastic pair of hand colored etchings titled "Conchology". Published in London on December 24th, 1802. Each plate s...
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Early 19th Century Realist More Art

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Engraving, Aquatint

Dulwich College J Oliphant Engraving 1775 Harrison's History of London
Located in London, GB
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1770s Realist More Art

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Engraving

Samuel Buck (1696-1779) Ruins of Byland Abbey Yorkshire Engraving Print
Located in London, GB
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1720s Realist More Art

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Engraving

Gate of Honour Gonville and Caius College Cambridge Philip Pimlott etching 1912
Located in London, GB
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1910s Realist More Art

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Etching

Oval plate. Returning from a Bear Hunt. 19th Century. Porcelain, 4, 5x39, 5x26 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Oval plate. Returning from a Bear Hunt. 19th Century. Porcelain, 4,5x39,5x26 cm
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19th Century Realist More Art

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Porcelain

Please Me
Located in East Hampton, NY
Shipped ROLLED Realism. Black and white figurative painting Women that are edgy and sexy. One of a kind Oil on Canvas Paintings. About The Artist: Cindy Press is a visual artist li...
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2010s Realist More Art

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Oil

Turtle traffic
Located in London, GB
with signature (on a turtle swimming in the opposite direction), and the artist's thumbprint (on the reverse) screen print on earthenware, with underglaze paint 37 cm. (14 ½ ) diam...
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2010s Realist More Art

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Ceramic

The American Drawings of John White, 1577-1590
By John White (b.1540)
Located in New York, NY
Title: The American Drawings Of John White, 1577-1590: With Drawings Of European And Oriental Subjects. 2 Vols. Vol. I. A Catalogue Raisonne And A Study Of The Artist. Vol. II. Rep...
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1960s Realist More Art

Map Tabula Asiae IX Pakistan Afghanistan Iran Indian Ocean
Located in Florham Park, NJ
“Tabula Asiae IX Pakistan, Afghanistan, E. Iran” Girolamo Ruscelli (1504 – 1566) Venice, 1561 V. Valgrisi. publisher Copper Engraving with Later Hand-Color Born in Viterbo, Italy, Ruscelli was an Italian polymath, humanist, editor, and cartographer active in Venice during the early 16th century. He is well known for his exacting revision of Ptolemy's Geographia. He was influenced by the 1548 Gastaldi edition. The work was illustrated with 64 double page engraved maps. Twenty-seven were Ptolemaic and thirty-seven were considered “modern maps”. These showed early glimpses of North and South America...
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16th Century Realist More Art

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Copper

Late 19th Century Grape Vine Pryography Wood Burning Art, Double Sided
Located in Soquel, CA
Very fine late 19th Century depiction of grape cluster pyrography (wood burning), C. 1900, double-sided. Perfect gift for wine enthusiast. Unsigned. Primitive still life on verso. Un...
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Late 19th Century Realist More Art

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Wood, Oil

"Conch on the Beach" Realist Still Life
Located in Houston, TX
Lovely oil on canvas titled "Conch on the Beach" by William "Bill" Hoey. Painting has wonderful color and composition and is framed in a gold leaf frame. Artist Biography: Professo...
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1970s Realist More Art

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Oil

Dandelion Field Samples, graphite on panel floral drawing installation
Located in New York, NY
Margot Glass' elegant, silvery graphite dandelion drawings belie the rigor of their process. Once the surface of the paper is prepared, Glass uses a stylus to carefully delineate the...
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2010s Realist More Art

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Panel, Graphite

Mid century Realist Oil Painting of Jesus and Mary Magdelene signed
Located in FR
Jesus and Mary Magdelene Oil Painting Modernist indistinctly signed M....... dated 1955 Dedicated on the reverse and dated 10/4/56 signed Maurice Unusua...
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Mid-20th Century Realist More Art

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Canvas, Oil

Along the Coast, Walberswick, Large Print, Limited Edition, Landscape
Located in Deddington, GB
Along the Coast, Walberswick – Large Canvas Print Limited edition canvas prints by Michael Sanders. These stunning prints are created using fine art archival quality inks and canvas ...
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2010s Realist More Art

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Canvas, Giclée

Salmon spiral
Located in London, GB
with signature (on a salmon swimming the opposite direction), with the artist's thumbprint (on the reverse) screen print on earthenware, with underglaze paint 37 cm. (14 ½ ) diam. ...
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2010s Realist More Art

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Ceramic

Volvo 164 - XXI Century, Contemporary Watercolor & Ink Painting, Vintage Car
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mariusz Szalajdewicz (b. 1974) Studied at the Faculty of Architecture at Warsaw University of Technology, where he mastered the drawing skill. Arc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist More Art

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Oil on Canvas -- Allium
Located in Troy, NY
This still-life painting, oil on canvas, has a dark palette of burgundies, browns, and grays. The artist has assembled some shallots, garlic, and onion. The painting also shows a pan, a knife, and a bottle. The artist has signed the painting in the front and in the back; the painting is sold in a dark wood frame. Bob Blackmon...
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Early 2000s Realist More Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mercedes W18 - XXI Century, Contemporary Watercolor & Ink Painting, Vehicle, Car
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mariusz Szalajdewicz (b. 1974) Studied at the Faculty of Architecture at Warsaw University of Technology, where he mastered the drawing skill. Architect and urbanist, illustrator. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist More Art

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

14th and California
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
At an intersection in Santa Monica, silence holds sway beneath a rapturous composition of clouds at sunset.

About the Artist
Jesse’s scenes of Los ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist More Art

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Oil

Splendor, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This is my kind of garden; in full bloom, and crammed with a splendid variety of pretty things. The subject matter delights me not only because I love gardens...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist More Art

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Watercolor

Trainers - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Minimalistic, Fashion
Located in Warsaw, PL
Tomasz Kozlowski is a Polish artist, born in 1983 in Piotrkow Trybunalski, He lives and works in Lodz. He studied at the faculty of textiles and fashion of the Fine Arts School in Lo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist More Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mt. Lafayette From Sugar Hill, NH
By Erik Koeppel
Located in Milford, NH
This exceptional fall landscape in the white mountains of New Hampshire was painted by contemporary American artist Erik Koeppel (1980-). Koeppel was born in Oregon and later moved to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, where he became well-known for his mastery of traditional techniques used by the 19th and early 20th century landscape painters. Oil on panel, signed lower right, as well as signed, dated, and titled on verso “Mt. Lafayette from Sugar Hill...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist More Art

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Canvas, Oil

Autumn Evening
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Early autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.

About the Artist
Nikolay Rizhankov was born in Moscow, Russia and lived in Armenia for ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist More Art

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Oil

Into the Blue
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
On this artwork I did an interpretation of a simple but beautiful scene, a boat in the blue ocean with reflections and colors.

About the Artist
And...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist More Art

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Oil

Reflections of Serenity, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In this piece, artist Jose Luis Bermudez frames the afterglow into a visual sanctuary full of life. At sunset, the captivating setting is cast in a vibrant fusi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist More Art

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Oil

Magic Sunset: The Golden Symphony of Nature, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Jose Luis Bermudez presents a mesmerizing sunset amidst a verdant hilly landscape. As the sun begins to fade on the horizon, the scene transforms into a visual symphony, vibrant in the remnants of the earth's warmth. The skies glow with golden hues as a lush ecosystem of plants and trees stands tall, bathed in the last glimmers of daylight. "In this ephemeral moment, nature gives us a magical and captivating spectacle," says Jose Luis.The painting arrives with a thin white floating frame.


About the Artist
Artist Jose Luis Bermudez brings to life natural sceneries with breathtaking detail. His realistic oil paintings invite the viewer into a captivating, serene world of golden sunsets and peaceful wetlands. “I offer a fragment of my existence, where you can escape from daily life, visit beautiful scenes and moments, or simply recall a fond memory,” says Jose Luis. Graduating in 2008 with a BA from the San Alejandro School of Fine Arts in Havana, Cuba, he later shared his expertise as a painting teacher at his alma mater. In 2014, he took the leap and moved to Miami, Florida, seeking better opportunities. The decision did not come easy for Jose Luis to leave his home country. Yet, he encountered career obstacles that made him feel artists lacked the resources and opportunities for broader impact, access to more information, and improved working conditions. These challenges became the catalyst for his bold decision to make the move. Today, he paints in a spacious, well-lit studio, which he keeps clean and organized, always accompanied by piano or instrumental music. When he is not painting, he loves connecting with nature. He travels outside the city to places removed from everyday life, breathing fresh air and listening to self-improvement audio books to charge him with energy and continue.


Words that describe this painting: landscape, sunset, realism, oilpaint, foliage, woods, evening, sun, path, hill, trees, sky, trail, shadow, landscape, realism, oil painting, green


Magic Sunset: The Golden Symphony...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist More Art

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Oil

EDWARD BOHLIN 1940s SILVER MOUNTED PARADE SADDLE HOLLYWOOD WESTERN ARTIST
By Edward H. Bohlin
Located in San Antonio, TX
Edward Bohlin silver mounted parade saddle. Black. Great Bohlin Stamp. Cowboy Saddle, Western Saddle. 1940s one of his most desirable periods. Bohlin of Hollywood California. He made all of the saddles and other related western gear for the movies. The Corona was custom made using the original Corona as the sample to copy. Biography Edward Bohlin (1895-1980) Edward H Bohlin Company (Established 1920) Saddlery-Saddle Maker 1895-1980 BP: Sweden LKL: Hollywood, CA. Born in Sweden in 1895, Edward Bohlin ran away from home at age 15, working his way to America on a huge four-mast schooner with dreams of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West in his head. Ed worked cattle drives around Montana before opening his first saddle shop in Cody, Wyoming where he did rope tricks in front of his shop to draw business. He met Tom Mix while performing at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood and Mix convinced Ed to stay and produce silver and leather items in the Los Angeles area. From his humble beginnings to his fame in Hollywood for high-end pieces, Ed crafted more than 12,000 Bohlin saddles...
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1940s Realist More Art

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Gold, Silver

Drifting in Light Wind
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional luminous marine painting with a schooner on the ocean by American artist William R. Davis (b. 1952). Davis was born in Somerville, Massa...
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2010s Realist More Art

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Oil, Panel

Sunset Reflections, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Jose Luis Bermudez captures a majestic sunset from a quiet wetland. He highlights the magnificent twilight with an orange-tinged atmosphere and piercing ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist More Art

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Oil

Ceramic Functional White Three Bowl Set
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original bowl set made by southern California artist, Ron Carlson. The large bowl's dimensions are 5.5 x 3 in. (L x H). The medium bowl's dimensions are 4.75 ...
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2010s Realist More Art

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Ceramic

A locomotive - Contemporary Watercolor & Ink Painting, Realistic Train
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mariusz Szalajdewicz (b. 1974) Studied at the Faculty of Architecture at Warsaw University of Technology, where he mastered the drawing skill. Arc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist More Art

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Sunny Afternoon, Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1865
Located in Milford, NH
William Stanley Haseltine (1835-1900) Sunny Afternoon, Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1865 Oil on canvas; 20.25 in H x 39.75 in W, actual; 30.75 in H x 50 in W x 4 in D, framed. Provenance: Private collection, Bedford, New York Painting is accompanied by a letter of authenticity by Andrea H. Fahnestock Born in Philadelphia to a family of talented artists, Hasseltine began his studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and received his degree from Harvard University in 1854. Upon returning to Philadelphia, he studied art under Paul Weber, before departing to Germany in 1855. There, Haseltine quickly became one of the leading figures among the group of American artists in Dusseldorf. In 1859, he returned to the United States and joined Emanuel Leutze...
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1860s Realist More Art

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life with pumpkins. 1981, cardboard, oil, 82x101 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still Life with pumpkins. 1981, cardboard, oil, 82x101 cm Edgars Vērpe was born in 1958 in Riga. In 1976 he graduated from J. Rozentāls Riga Art High Sch...
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1980s Realist More Art

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Oil, Cardboard

Carlos Blaaker - "Cheetah" - colourful screen print - ready to hang
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Carlos Blaaker - "Cheetah". The cheetah, wild hunter of the savannah. Colourful Screen Print, African Design Art. With suitable, authentic frame, R...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist More Art

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Paper, Color

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