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Style: American Realist
The Gateway
Located in New York, NY
Signed (lower right): ELEANOR PARKE CUSTIS
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Indian Chief, 30's - gouache, 29x23 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Gouache on paper by the native american artist Mopope. Dimensions framed: 35x28 cm.
Stephen Mopope was born on 27 August 1898 near the Redstone Baptist Mission on the Kiowa Reserva...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Rome - Piazza Navona at Dawn", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's (US based) "Rome - Piazza Navona at Dawn" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a plaza in Italy surrounded by old buildings and filled with sculptur...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Rancher "Pete"
By Patience Hilda Street
Located in Soquel, CA
Oil portrait of a rancher with cowboy hat, by Patience Street (née Lloyd) (English, 1905-2010). Signed by the artist in the lower left corner. There are multiple notes on the frame o...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Social Realist GREEN STAIRS Architectural Street Scene Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil on artist's board, late 20th century, signed P. Zimmerman Reminiscent of the Mid Century Social Realist and WPA works of Ben Shahn this captures an architectural street scape.
P...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Arak, male nude angel climbing wall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Arak is a model I use frequently, he lives in Paris. The energetic brushstrokes approach Goya in expressionism. The background on the wall is a color field around the foot image, l...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Diner Americana Series USA by Leading British Urban Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
American Diner Americana Series USA by Leading British Urban Landscape Artist.
Art measures 24 x 18 inches
Frame measure 29 x 23 inches
Angela Wakefield has twice been on the front...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Acrylic, Board
Truest Self, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
<p>Artist Comments<br>Artist Amber Flora Reid paints a realistic portrait of a woman in monochromatic colors. The subject covers her face with her hands adorned with rings. Part of h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Main Street, Sag Harbor
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of the village of Sag Harbor, New York; a popular summer destination. Bretzke captures this quaint village in the off-season, bare branches on trees and an overcast ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Menagerie Tent: Ringling Brothers Circus" Charles Baskerville, Elephants Camels
Located in Larchmont, NY
Charles Baskerville
Menagerie Tent: Ringling Brothers Circus, 1940
Signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
Oil on canvas
22 x 30 inches
Provenance:
Private Collection, U...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
African Tribal Celebration: Alex Haley Roots for Readers Digest
By Noel Sickles
Located in Miami, FL
Complex and detailed epic scale history painting of an African tribal celebration with an on looking king. The work has an abundant amount of detail from the style and character of t...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Raggedy Ann Dolls by Grace Pischner Miller
Located in Soquel, CA
Grace Pischner Miller was born in Washington on January 12, 1912. She painted primarily in watercolors. She specialized in landscapes and seascapes of California.
Two paintings of "R...
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1960s "Rib Cage" Oil on Canvas Painting Art Institute of Chicago
Located in Arp, TX
Edith Isaac-Rose
"Rib Cage"
c.1960
Oil on canvas
28"x36" framed in natural wood gallery frame 29.5"x37.5"
Painted on two canvases
Unsigned, came from a portfolio of her work
Edith I...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Inner Beauty" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Judith Dickinson's (US based) "Inner Beauty" is an oil painting that depicts an young blonde woman in a blue dress sitting in a dark interior.
Artist Bio:
Judith considers her lov...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WPA Workers Mid 20th Century Realism American Scene Figurative Modern 1930
Located in New York, NY
Harry Gottlieb (1895 - 1993). Oil on board. Signed and dated 1930 lower right. Framed. Image size, 18 x 24 inches.
Harry Gottlieb, painter, screenprinter, educator, and lithograph...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1950s Original Illustration of Man at Breakfast Table "Post" Advertisement
Located in New York, NY
This piece was completed and published in "This Week Magazine" May 4, 1958 for an advetisment with "Post." The slogan reads in the magazine above the illustration:
"Any Cereal my fa...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Gouache
Oil Painting Still Life Tablescape with Coffee & Oranges 1972 Israel Eli Levin
Located in Surfside, FL
Eli Levin (born 1938)
Israeli Still Life, 1972
Oil on canvas mounted on masonite
Dated and signed lower right: 1972 ISRAEL / ELI LEVIN
Frame: 18.38 x 26.25 Canvas 15 5/8 x 23 in.
...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
Main Street, Sag Harbor
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Main Street, Sag Harbor" is an oil painting, painted en plein air, from direct observation. A typical lazy summer afternoon, here on Main Street in Sag Harbor, NY. Carmody expertly...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Tall Grass" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Derek Harrison's (US based) "Tall Grass" is an oil painting that depicts a female form walking through tall dried grass, with a white shawl wrapped around her hair and shoulders
A...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern. Signed upper right and verso 8 x 10 inches oil on board.
BIO
The son of a men's haberdasher, Mervin ...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Things That Nobody Knows But Me
Located in Albuquerque, NM
Julia Lambright, Things Nobody Told Me, 2022, egg tempera on panel
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Egg Tempera
Halloween
Located in Burlingame, CA
Halloween - an iconic American painting by James Torlakson who is known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint intaglio etchings.
Torlakson’s photorealism subj...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Excise", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Zack Zdrale's (US based) "Excise" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts one man pulling some clouded entity from another man with great effort and physical strain.
B...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Horseman and cattle
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Horseman with Cattle" c.1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist John Stanford. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Underworld Nymph
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Scene from Arabian Nights with Moroccan Interior Architecture
Located in Brookville, NY
Harry Humphrey Moore is well known for his interior scenes of Japanese women or Morrocan interiors with figures. He was one of the first artists to go to Japan to paint. His record...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Swimming Hole" WPA 20th Century American Scene Realism Modernism Gay Figurative
Located in New York, NY
"Swimming Hole" WPA 20th Century American Scene Realism Modernism Gay Figurative. Signed lower right
29 x 28 inches.
Provenance: Collection of Seymour Stein
Barridoff Galleries, Mai...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hard Right Turn
Located in Austin, TX
"Hard Right Turn" is an original oil on canvas painting by Gary Jack Thornton.
The painting depicts an exhilarating scene of the American Old West. A black and white cow charges t...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Snow by the Cabin" Impressionistic Winter Snow Scene Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
A quaint depiction of Figures in the snow by the Cabin in the Country. Nemethy uses fine detailed techniques with wonderful impressions. We can feel the warmth of the piece with uniq...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"RMNP Trail Ridge Road," Mixed Media Painting
By JC Spock
Located in Denver, CO
JC Spock is a mixed media artist who specializes in nostalgic art with a contemporary edge. Each painting incorporates multiple layers of acrylic paints, inks, pastels and vintage ep...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Nude with Light Blue" Oil Painting
By Jacob Dhein
Located in Denver, CO
Jacob Dhein's (US based) "Nude with Light Blue" is an oil painting that depicts a nude female figure with her black robe parted with a white patterned background
Bio/artist statemen...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Only a Fall of Rain - Contemporary realism oil painting cityscape artowrk photo
Located in London, Chelsea
Contemporary realist Michael Steinbrick delivers a hyper realistic cityscape scene painted in oils. Intricately rendered rain drops in the foreground suggest a the convincing texture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beach Scene With Dog (Panoramic Oil Landscape Painting of Blue Ocean and Dog)
Located in Hudson, NY
37 x 84 inches
oil on canvas, unframed (thin wood stripping only)
Contemporary landscape oil painting of the beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Deep blue tidal pools form in the for...
Category
1990s American Realist Figurative Paintings
On the Road to the Cocktail Lounge, Social Realist Scene, Figurative Americana
Located in Doylestown, PA
"On the Road to the Cocktail Lounge" is a 20 x 24 inches, oil on canvas landscape and figurative scene of a group of people travelling in their car in "The Hillbillies" style. The 20...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stories, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
<p>Artist Comments<br />Two children lean into the composition, looking out past the viewer. "The expressions of each eye are different, and each tells a different story," says artis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman and Rock, 1975
By Scott Prior
Located in Concord, MA
SCOTT PRIOR (born 1949)
Woman and Rock, 1975
Oil on masonite
11 x 13 3/8 inches
Signed and dated verso: Prior 1975
Framed
PROVENANCE
The artist
Ann and Graham Gund, Cambridge, Mas...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Artichokes
By Sarah Lamb
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Artichokes" is an oil painting, painted in the realist style of Trompe L'Oeil, which means "To Trick the Eye". A rustic wooden bowl holds two whole artichokes, and another artichoke...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Water Hunters ( Cowboys in the Old West
Located in Miami, FL
Meticulously rendered account of three prospectors trying to rustle up some water before they can dig up some gold. Magazine Illustration of the Old West, American West, Cowboys
...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Casein
Come Be My Love
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This well-rendered gouache illustration by artist and illustrator Wesley Snyder features a bubbly blonde sweetheart in a white tennis skirt and a pink sweater emblazoned with the nic...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Transformation
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a nude woman hovering a hairs breath over a lily pond, blue butterflies swirling around her, possibly lifting her into the twilight sky with them. Her arms are ex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dissent
Located in Scarsdale, NY
'Dissent' 2005 by American artist, Chester Arnold. Oil on canvas, 46 x 54 in. This painting presents a richly painted, aerial view of protesters circa 2005, in the midst of the Iraq ...
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Narrative figurative landscape of a relaxing afternoon in Hyde Park, London
Located in Charleston, US
Magical outdoor realism in a grand scale is a fascinating conversation piece for an important indoor space. Kathryn Freeman, American, was living in London and visiting serene Hyd...
Category
1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Morning Run" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lani Vlaanderen's (US based) "Morning Run" is an oil painting that depicts a pinto horse playfully frolicking and running
Bio/artist statement:
Living in the mountains near Rocky ...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Fire Road
Located in Burlingame, CA
One of the finest American contemporary realist painters, Willard Dixon has painted Northern California coastal landscapes for 35 years. His work captures the undeniable beauty of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Ocean Beach Surfers
Located in Burlingame, CA
Beautiful beach scene featuring surfers on California's Ocean Beach, includes its familiar Seal Rocks, a man and his dog and other surfers wading out to sea. The scene celebrates the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Irises
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted from life, a grouping of irises stand tall against a black backdrop. A classical painting subject and style, with a fresh and intriguing touch. Iris blossoms range from buds ...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Konig Cafe
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A plein air depiction of an outdoor Dutch Cafe.
Artist Bio
Rachel Personett was born in Hawaii, but raised in Colorado. Being the daughter of a pilot she has always traveled extensi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hyperrealistic Portrait of a Woman with Chain Link Fence
Located in Houston, TX
Green-toned hyperrealistic figurative painting by Texas artist Kevin Peterson. The painting depicts a woman in a white dress sitting by a lush green scene. To the sides are separate ...
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Wanton By Night
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A feisty redhead is caught in a private moment in this voyeuristic and menacing published pulp painting that was used as the cover of Ecstasy Books #15 "Wanton By Night." The image i...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Tully Lumber Mill, Orange, Massachusetts," Dorothy Eaton, WPA Factory Rural
Located in Larchmont, NY
Dorothy Eaton
Tully Lumber Mill, Orange, Massachusetts, 1935
Signed and dated lower right
Oil on canvas
17 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches
Dorothy Eaton was born in East Orange, New Jersey in 1...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Young Woman with Pink Rose Chicago Circa 1900
Located in Soquel, CA
Lovely turn of the century portrait of a young woman with pink rose by Lylian Root Hulbert (American, 1872-1959). Signature lower right "L. Root Hulbert ". And on verso bottom "J. R...
Category
Early 1900s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Happy Sisters - Portrait of two black girls - Hyperrealism - Royal portraitist
Located in Antwerp, BE
A portrait of two young girls by the Royal Portraitist Chen Yanning.
Both the artist as well as the sitters of this magnificent portrait are from racial minorities. It's a sweet im...
Category
1990s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
African American Realist Oil Painting Baseball Outsider Folk Art Andrew Turner
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
Title: Home Run
Genre: Realism, sports, baseball
Subject: People
Medium: Oil (this might be acrylic, it feels like oil) on canvas
Country: United States
Dimensions: framed 23 X 25 s...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Beautiful Blond Hair and Blue Eyed Woman - Mid Century Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
This brilliantly rendered female portrait by a major American post-war illustrator known for his stunningly glamorous women. Notice how all the elements of the composition work tog...
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Fiberboard, Graphite
Evening Beach III / oil on canvas - family beach ocean figurative realism
Located in Burlingame, CA
A tranquil oil painting featuring an early evening sunset with people strolling on a beach in front of a majestic sky from Willard Dixon, who is one of the finest American contempora...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dispute
Located in Napoli, IT
Eclectic artist, born in Atri in Abruzzo in 1980, he works in the field of contemporary art with conceptual creations from the age of 18 years. He currently lives in Puglia.
In his s...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Man on a Park Bench
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Harry McCormick, American (1942 - )
Title: Man on a Park Bench
Year: circa 1985
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 58 x 72 in. (147.32 x 182.88 cm)
Frame Size: 6...
Category
1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Venice Beach
Located in Burlingame, CA
Horizontal beach scene including a visual zest of color with the inclusion of people - a man and his dog - enjoying the atmospheric light on the water and shore. Blue sky with long ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
