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Style: American Realist
"Cliffs of Vernazza" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's (US based) "Cliffs of Vernazza" is an oil painting that depicts a seaside city on the precipice of a steep cliff
Bio/artist statement:
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Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Reclining Figure" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's (US based) "Reclining Figure" is an oil painting that depicts a woman in white reclining in a deep blue interior
Bio/artist statem...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untold" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Linda Adair's (Germany based) "Untold" is an oil painting that depicts an angel like figure in an interior space
Linda Adair is a contemporary figurative ...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$4,480 Sale Price
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"Valley of the Rocks" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison's (UK based) "Valley of the Rocks" is an oil painting that depicts an arid landscape with clouds and towering rock formations.
Sometimes they are silent epic landscap...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Blue Cat, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stephanie Buer's (US based) "Blue Cat" is an oil painting that depicts a white exterior wall with graffitied Blue Cat.
Stephanie Buer, now based in Portland, had spent over a decad...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Army Poker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This work is part of our exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s
Army Poker, c. 1943, probably tempera on board, signed upper right, 16 x 20 inches, inscribed verso a) “Army Poker / Mervin Honig / 421 W 42 St. N.Y.C.,” b) “Mervin Honig / US Army Air Force – Seymour Johnson Field – Goldsboro, NC / Circa 1943,” and c) “(This painting was done before men was (sic) shipped off to the Mariana Islands (Saipan) The Second World War.” Note: four pencil sketches for this work included
Mervin Honig was a New York-based painter and illustrator who is best known for his realistic depictions of everyday life and sports themes. Honig was raised in Brooklyn and recalled almost never being without a paintbox in hand from the time he started elementary school. Honig had a deep reverence for the Old Master painters, Vermeer and Bellini, as well as the Americans Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins. He initially studied art from 1939 through 1941 with Francis Criss. At the outbreak of World War II, Honig worked as a mechanic for Republic Aviation, but in August 1942, he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps and was stationed at Seymour Johnson Field in Goldsboro, North Carolina. During the war, Honig began to exhibit nationally, including as part of the Portrait of America exhibitions which originated at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and traveled around the country, as well as at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. He painted Army Poker in 1943 while stationed at Johnson Field. In this work, Honig draws inspiration from Paul Cezanne's The Card Players (Metropolitan Museum of Art), with a similar placement of the four figures, but Cezanne's table is replaced with an Army cot, the pipe rack with a soldier's mess kit and the drapery in the right background with a heap of discarded uniforms. Unlike the vibrancy of Cezanne's composition, the limited palette of Honig's work suggests the drabness and monotony of stateside Army life.
After being discharged from military service, Honig furthered his studies with Amadee Ozenfant in 1946 and Hans Hoffman from 1947 through 1950. Additional exhibitions included the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Academy of Design, the Wadsworth Atheneum, the Provincetown Art Association, and the National Academies Galleries of the Allied Artists Association. He was represented by the venerable Frank Rehn...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Tempera
"Surrealist Violin" Photorealist Oil on Canvas Painting of Violin and Notes
Located in New York, NY
A surrealistic Nemethy from a brand new series which fuzes photorealism with surrealism in a most interesting current style. With the finest details, Nemethy creates an atmosphere th...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Keeler" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison's (UK based) "Keeler" is an oil painting that depicts an arid landscape with clouds and road leading to a small unassuming building.
Sometimes they are silent epic lan...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Pink Bird Series - Pink", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's (US based) "Pink Bird Series - Pink" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman with a pink bird perches on her shoulde...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Ice" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison's (UK based) "Ice" is an oil painting that depicts an arid landscape with clouds and a small unassuming building.
Sometimes they are silent epic landscapes of the Dese...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
“Truck” American Modern realist oil painting, freight box-truck, clean lines
By Doug Reina
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Doug Reina is a two time Pollock-Krasner grant recipient whose studio is in Setauket, New York.
Reina is a full-time artist who creates paintings both on location, as well as in his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Quoting Sagan" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Nevin's (US based) "Quoting Sagan" is an oil painting that depicts a human skull situated with books and letter blocks, and other various object...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Conjuring" Mixed media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's (US based) "Conjuring" is an oil painting that depicts a woman in profile with her red tinted hair blowing in the wind with golden light highlighting her hair and form.
Biography & Artist Statement:
Christopher has been an artist since early childhood, when he would watch Bob Ross on PBS and mimic the famed oil painter’s art with crayons. He considers himself a self-educated artist, with his studies ranging from personal training with contemporary masters, to classical academic art technique, with much inspiration from 19th Century art and the Impressionist Movement. Christopher lived in Italy for a time, immersing himself in Italian culture and art, which continues to influence his painting. His fan base has grown considerably since his return to the US, gaining the attention of Lucasfilm and Marvel Fine Art, which both signed him as an officially licensed artist in 2016. Other clients include George Lucas, Major League Baseball, Louisville Slugger, and Fender Guitars.
Christopher’s painting skills are not his only talent in the arts. He has won several national swing dance championship competitions, and also studies tango and blues dancing. He has played guitar since the age of 12, and during his time as lead guitarist for a rock band, he opened for Blue Oyster Cult...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Mixed Media
Alfa Romeo Auto Show, Pop Art Acrylic Painting on Board by Dennis Simon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Simon’s automotive illustrations have been featured in Road & Track, Sports Car International, Automobile, Thoroughbred and Classic Cars, Classic and Sportscar, and Vintage Motorsport magazines. Favorite projects document automotive racing history, and he has designed over 60 original automotive racing posters for such clients as UNOCAL, Michelin, BF Goodrich, SVRA’s Bahama Vintage Grand Prix, and a series of Monterey Auction posters. Simon designed and illustrated the cover of the Indianapolis 500...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Illustration Board
Surya
Located in Burlingame, CA
The paintings from Willard Dixon's "NEWS series" are generally taken from small black and white newspaper photos from the artist's daily reading of the news. He changes the images somewhat by cropping them, taking things out, adding color, etc. But the image is definitely something seen originally by someone else. “I must say”, says Dixon, “I have rather strong feelings about these images myself. I see them at least in part as an homage to the intrepid photographers on the front lines who are telling truth to the world about what’s actually going on out there.” This is 'Surya', which is hindu for sun; A 48 x 60 inch oil on canvas painting depicting a kaleidoscope of colorful women...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$12,000
Eugene Meeks English oil painting of a woman at a well titled "Roma", dated 1871
Located in New York, NY
Antique Guy Meeks oil painting of a woman at a well.
Signed lower right: G Meeks, Roma, 1871
Framed dimensions: 24 1/2 x 21 in.
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Profile
By Ryan Morse
Located in Denver, CO
Portrait in profile
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Knight’s Lodging
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition American Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s
Knight’s Lodging, 1941, oil on canvas panel, signed and dated lower left, 16 x 20 inches, exhi...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Outrunning Karma" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Linda Adair's (Germany based) "Outrunning Karma" is an oil painting that depicts a lone female figure shrouded by darkness on all sides.
Linda Adair is a...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Winter Sunset
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Winter Sunset" c.1990, is an oil painting (mixed media) on hardboard by German/American artist Frank Kecskes Jr. It is signed at the lower right corner by the ar...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Unity", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's (US based) "Unity" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman reclining in a white dress as golden patterning swirls around her form.
Bio/artist statement:
Christopher has been an artist since early childhood, when he would watch Bob Ross on PBS and mimic the famed oil painter’s art with crayons. He considers himself a self-educated artist, with his studies ranging from personal training with contemporary masters, to classical academic art technique, with much inspiration from 19th Century art and the Impressionist Movement. Christopher lived in Italy for a time, immersing himself in Italian culture and art, which continues to influence his painting. His fan base has grown considerably since his return to the US, gaining the attention of Lucasfilm and Marvel Fine Art, which both signed him as an officially licensed artist in 2016. Other clients include George Lucas, Major League Baseball, Louisville Slugger...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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 Wakefie...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Acrylic, Board
"Breathe" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Bernard Lee's (US based) "Breathe" is an oil painting that depicts a figure clutching their chest as soft white feathers fall all around the blue backgroun...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Steel Magnolia, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist David Shepherd paints a hyperrealistic image of an eye surrounded by dewy magnolias in full bloom. He explores the idea of united humanity by obscuring the identity of his subject. "As we move forward in history, we move past the limitations of gender and race to see all people as equal and able to have a voice in society and be seen as beautiful," says David. The piece draws a symbolic comparison between the uniqueness of every flower and the singularity of a person.
About the Artist
Canadian artist David Shepherd fuses techniques from both old and modern masters to create contemporary interpretations of the human form. While offering strong nods to pop art and cubism, the work remains grounded by David’s training in 19th Century academic realism. Combining discrete techniques within a single tableau is initially jarring to the viewer, creating an unexpected visual complexity in the work and demonstrating the artist’s breadth of skills. “I think in the future we will be much more interested in works of art that show a mastery of multiple styles,†says David. Each artwork effectually suggests the surreal nature of human existence within a convoluted modern society.
Words that describe this painting: flower, floral, portrait, child, realism, hyperrealism, photorealism, eye, beauty, rainbow, bright, love, petals, detailed, oilpaint, people, people, flora, realism, oil painting, white
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Healthy Choices II, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist David Shepherd paints a hyperrealistic close-up image of lips sipping on a flower. A torrent of dewy nectar drips slowly to the subject's mouth. Her sp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
One Perfect Rose, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Inspired by how the sunlight illuminated the petals of a rose, artist Sherri Aldawood paints a portrait of her model Alana holding a freshly cut bloom. She paints her enveloped in a warm glow, revealing her and the flower's ethereal beauty. The model poses tenderly in a white dress with a Bardot neckline. The colors of summer shimmer vibrantly in the background.
About the Artist
Sherri Aldawood didn't intend to always paint flowers, but over time her love of gardens started to permeate her art. She focuses on the light and color of the flowers on the canvas. Sherri prefers alla prima, working with wet layers of paint instead of letting them dry. She keeps the paint as wet as possible by using walnut and clove oil to extend the drying time.
Words that describe this painting: woman, female, people, portrait, face, figure, figurative, John Singer Sargent, rose, garden, Joaquin Sorolla, Susan Lyon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rabbi with Torah, Oil Painting by Sandu Liberman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Sandu Liberman, Romanian/Israeli (1923 - 1977)
Title: Rabbi with Torah Scroll
Year: Circa 1970
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dedicated verso
S...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oculus, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Part of David Shepherd's latest series of hyperrealist paintings focusing on women's faces. A sensual portrait rendered in extremely precise painting. Among o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 ...
Category
1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Aleppo
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Aleppo' by Willard Dixon, These paintings are generally taken from small black and white newspaper photos from Willard Dixon’s daily reading of the news. He changes the images somewhat by cropping them, taking things out, adding color, etc. But the image is definitely something seen originally by someone else. “I must say”, says Dixon, “I have rather strong feelings about these images myself. I see them at least in part as an homage to the intrepid photographers on the front lines who are telling truth to the world about what’s actually going on out there.”
Willard Dixon
Born: Kansas City MO, 1942
Education: Art Students League, New York, NY
Cornell University
Brooklyn Museum School
San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969
Awards and Commissions
N.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989
California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998
Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998
Teaching
1989-90: San Francisco State University
1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar
1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CA
One Man Exhibitions
2020: Evening Light, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield
2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY
2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY.
2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY
2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA
1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery)
1994: Fischbach Gallery
1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery
1992: Fischbach Gallery
1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA
1990: Fischbach Gallery
1989: William Sawyer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rowing to Shore - Nautical Seascape in Gouache on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Noble nautical scene of a small rowboat coming to shore from a larger sailing vessel by George A. Robbins (American, 1918-2010). In the foreground, sever...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
trompe l'oeil
Located in GB
The work belongs to the American School of trompe-l’œil painting, a genre that flourished in the 19th century, delighting viewers with illusions of reality. The composition presents ...
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Figurative portrait of a young girl "GirlFriends #1"
Located in East Quogue, NY
Figurative portrait oil painting on panel of a young girl by Judith Raphael
Size: 7 x 5 inches (unframed)
Judith Raphael creates portraits invented from various sources, including photos from family albums, children, grandchildren, cell phone snaps of friends, magazines, and always art history. Influenced by European painters like Balthus, Lucien Freud, and Paula Rego. Raphael portrays young girls whom she adapts in aggressive postures to gently mock the macho stance of classical male sculpture...
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Unwinding, Surreal Green Pastoral Contemporary American Realist Landscape
Located in New York, NY
"Wind-up" is a surreal oil painting on wood that invites viewers into a quiet, dreamlike landscape. Painted in rich greens with soft gradients of light, the work features a rhythmic ...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Never Going Back, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A hyperrealistic painting of a close-up view of an eye framed by glistening white and pink flower petals. Part of artist David Shepherd's series investigating...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Oil Painting Pickup Crossing Gregory Sumida California Artist Americana
Located in Surfside, FL
Gregory Sumida (American, b.1948)
'Pick-Up Crossing'
Oil paint on masonite board.
Hand signed lower right
1976
Depicting a rural landscape and buildings, in a linen-lined pickled w...
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
The Flashlight by Eldridge Cleaver Black Panther - Playboy Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Nocturne illustration of 1960s Black America, depicting a short story by Eldridge Cleaver. Illustrator Marvin Hayes uses a radically graphic compositional devise by inserting the sto...
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Board
Healthy Choices, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
In this provocative hyperrealist painting, artist David Shepherd uses honey and leaves as symbols of health, well-being and sexuality. "By only showing a part...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Self Portrait, Sketch" oil painting, the artist in thought red shirt, realist
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Self Portrait, sketch" is a realist oil on canvas painting. It is a self portrait of the artist, Steven Levin, sitting in a warmly lit room on a chair with a vase full of paint brus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Native American Portrait, American Western Art Oil Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Native American Portrait, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm), Description: An unfinished...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 "Raggedy Ann...
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
"Winter Deer, " American Realist, Landscape with Figure and Animals, MFA, Tate
By George Henry Boughton
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Though he was born in Norwich, England in 1833 and lived in London for the second half of his life, George Henry Boughton’s formative years as a self-taught artist began in Albany, New York, where his family settled in the 1830’s. Recognized as a leading landscape and genre painter in the United States and abroad, Boughton illustrated editions of Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle...
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
VIVA LAS VEGAS – Sunlit Caesar's Palace Pool with Bathers, Oil on Canvas, 30x40
By Richard Baker
Located in Palm Desert, CA
As if envisioned for a Hollywood film, "Viva Las Vegas" is a striking work of Contemporary Realism by American artist Richard Baker. Painted in oil on canvas, this frozen moment capt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring
Located in New York, NY
Karl Hartman’s Spring (2024) is a finely rendered celebration of the seasonal shift from winter to new growth. Painted in oil on a 12 x 12 inch aluminum panel, the composition is a c...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$1,900
Forging a Crankshaft
Located in Marco Island, FL
This dynamic image of two men forging a crankshaft was done for the GM Waldorf Exhibition sometime between 1949 to 1961. The General Motors exhibition at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Modernist Oil Painting Social Realist Kids and Cat in Red Wagon WPA Style
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil on artist's board, 20th century, signed Paul Zimmerman Reminiscent of the Mid Century Social Realist and WPA works of Ben Shahn this captures a group of tenement children of mixe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modern Shaped Ceramic Duo, Contemporary Pottery on Pink Background, Paper, 2024
Located in Barcelona, ES
This modern still life diptych by Gio Bellagio is inspired by ancient Greek ceramic vessels. The pots are adorned with minimalist patterns reminiscent of Greek geometry, emphasising...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
"Outdoor Restaurant" 24"x28" oil on canvas, signed on reverse
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
24"x28" oil on canvas, signed on reverse. This painting features a scene at andoutdoor restaurant with two figures being served drinks under the canopy of patio umbrellas. Amy Hill...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Minna Citron, Lambs' Creel
By Minna Citron
Located in New York, NY
This serene subject, the Lambs' Creel relates to Minna Citron's mural project focusing on the Tennessee Valley Authority. It was such a new ...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Icy River" Oil Painting
By Rick Howell
Located in Denver, CO
Rick Howell's "Untitled 2" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a snow lined stream reflecting the blue and rust colored shimmer of cold water melt flowing into the distance.
About the Artist:
Rick Howell's landscape paintings deftly fuse the influences of the Old Masters, the American Romantic Landscape movement, and the tonal colors, loose brushwork, and softness of form displayed in the Barbizon school. Howell’s art is notable for its poetic and atmospheric interpretation of the land, as derived from his direct on-site observations and impressions.
A master of light, color, and shadow, Howell creates highly ordered scenes which consciously juxtapose hazy or blurred elements with sharp and refined details. A master of the tonalist landscape, Howell often utilizes the overall tone of colored atmosphere or mist to elicit an emotional response. Howell’s work demonstrates extraordinary sensitivity to time and place, to the endless variety of forms and colors of landscape in the Southwest, and to expressing the quiet contemplative beauty of nature, capturing the nuances of place through his use of subtle gradations of color and light.
Howell often painted en plein air for weeks at a time, even in harsh winter months. While Howell was neither purely a realist nor an impressionist painter, his works convey both the earthly and the ethereal to capture the full essence of a locale as observed and felt on location. As a fourth-generation native of New Mexico, Howell had a deep connection with the Southwest; in particular, he drew considerable inspiration from the wilderness that surrounded his studio at the mouth of the Conejos Canyon in the Southern San Juan Mountains...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Painted Ladies" (2025) By Greg Gandy, Original Realist Oil CItyscape Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Painted Ladies" (2025) is a beautiful handmade impressionist still-life oil painting by American realist Greg Gandy, depicting a view over the Victorian rows of San Francisco, the s...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Apples" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Apples" is a still life oil painting that depicts a glass bowl of reddish Apples sitting in situ with a knife and halved Apple slices in a dark interior. ...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mary Vincent and the Convict, Good Housekeeping Illustration - Mid Century
By Al Parker
Located in Miami, FL
Al Parker was one of America's greatest and most inventive illustrators. He did work for magazines such as: Chatelaine, Collier's, Ladies' Home Journal and Woman's Home Companion. ...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Gouache, Pencil
"The Ordell, Brooklyn Bridge" Margaretha E. Albers, New York Urban Cityscape
Located in New York, NY
Margaretha E. Albers
The Ordell, Brooklyn Bridge
Signed LR
Oil on artist board
12 x 16 inches
Provenance
Kennedy Galleries, New York
Private Collection, New York
St. Lifer Art, New...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Neighbors Snowy branches, bird nests, gnome-like forms casein tempera painting
By Alan Bray
Located in New York, NY
Alan Bray’s Neighbors is a masterful casein tempera painting capturing the quiet beauty of winter. Delicate, snow-covered branches contrast against a crisp blue sky, while two bird n...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Casein, Panel
Portrait of a Man with Blue Eyes
Located in Soquel, CA
Realistic portrait oil painting on canvas of a man in a suite and tie by Ralph Edward Joosten (American, 1928-2009). Unsigned and unframed without glass. Image size: 24"H x 18"W.
M...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Robin in Lilac, surrealist pastoral oil painting
Located in New York, NY
Both spare and dynamic, Karl Hartman’s hyper-saturated countrysides and surreal depictions of Americana perfectly match the vividness of our late-summer h...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Holding, Surreal Landscape Painting, Green Field with Fence, Small Art
Located in New York, NY
Laura Von Rosk’s Holding (2024) from her evocative Fence series, invites viewers into a surreal landscape where order and tension meet in delicate balance. Featured in the Pushing Bo...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Panel
Manning de Villenueve Lee Early 20th Century India
Located in San Francisco, CA
Manning de Villenueve Lee:1894-1980. Well listed American painter and illustrator with Auction records up to $22,500. This spectacular painting is one of our favorites. Probably pain...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Senator" William Gropper, Social Realism, WPA Political Art, Caricature
Located in New York, NY
William Gropper
Senator
Signed lower center
Oil on board
16 x 12 1/4 inches
ACA Galleries, New York
Private Collection, New York
Bonhams, American Art Online, August 23, 2023, Lot 3...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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