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Style: American Realist
"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
Bellmen
Located in Greenwich, CT
Signed upper right
Unframed Dimensions: 16 x 20 inches
Framed Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 27 inches
Paul G. Oxborough studied at Minneapolis College of Art and Design and Atelier Lesueur,...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, 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
"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
20% Off
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
"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
Loose Lips Sink Ships, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"The flowers hide the face so that you don’t make assumptions about the model, you focus on the beauty of existence," states artist David Shepherd. "You appreciate that they are a person without any impressions of their character. When I compose a painting I think back to my childhood memories. It ties in with what I was saying above. When you’re a child it’s much easier to make friends and enjoy people. That innocence allows for such pure emotion. I always try and get back to that feeling when I’m composing my work."
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: flowers, floral, portrait, realism, hyperrealism, photorealism, hyperreal, face, beauty, eye, rainbow, calm, calming, love, lips, people, large, people, flora, realism, oil painting, pink
Loose Lips...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pink Flower Blossoms, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by Florence Hasenflug
By Florence Hasenflug
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Florence Hasenflug, American (1914 - 2010)
Title: Pink Flower Blossoms
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. and verso
Size: 44 x 66 in. (111.76 x 167.64 cm)
Fr...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American School Portrait of a Girl
Located in Astoria, NY
American School, Portrait of a Blonde Haired Girl, Oil on Canvas, circa 1865, label to verso reading "Annie Budelman Leonard, Gene's Grandmother at the age of about 4 or 5", giltwood...
Category
1860s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Check!, Oil Painting
By Jesse Aldana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This painting shows live-action role players under a bright early evening sky as the day's story wraps up," describes artist Jesse Aldana. "The women in the ...
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
"Tuscany Hillside" Oil painting of rural Italian landscape, dirt road on green
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a landscape in Tuscany. Rolling hills, a winding dirt-road, Cyprus trees, and a small farm-house cottage, underneath a pale blue sky. Rows of vines descend the hil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen, Panel
Antique American Impressionist Painting Red Riding Hood Framed 19th Century
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original antique American painting by Samuel Knight Wright, depicting the fairytale character of "Little Red Riding Hood" on her way to gr...
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Market Woman- American Regionalist Oil Painting of Mid-Century City Life
Located in Marco Island, FL
Mid-century city life is captured in this Clyde Singer painting, Market Woman, where he depicts a woman with her shopping in 1955. An accomplished American Scene painter, Singer su...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Interior J&L Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania American Industrial Scene Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
An interior scene of industrial America where workers kept the production of steel going in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This detailed and atmospheric painting shows the hard work and ...
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism
Located in New York, NY
"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism
Gerrit Van Sinclair (1890 – 1955)
Parade
20 x 15 inches
Oil on board, c. 1940s
Signed lower right
Fram...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Migrants
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Migrants' 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
$12,000
Wind Up, Surreal Landscape with Twisting Fence and Green Grassy Field
Located in New York, NY
This small surreal landscape painting by Laura Von Rosk features a dreamlike fenced meadow rendered in soft green tones, with rolling hills fading into a misty distance. Titled Wind ...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Elk River" Oil Painting
By Gordon Brown
Located in Denver, CO
Gordon Brown's (US based) "Elk River" is an oil painting that depicts trees on a green river embankment.
Bio/artist statement:
"My paintings are all about light and mood," says Co...
Category
2010s 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
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
Self Wearing Bag (leather, satchel, brown, oil painting, vintage, monochrome)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Self Wearing Bag" is a striking oil painting that explores themes of identity, burden, and possession. The hyperrealistic rendering of a worn leather bag, gripped tightly by a parti...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,213 Sale Price
28% Off
Film Still #2 (portrait, western movie, cowboy, Hat, shadow, monochrome art)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A crooked smile creeps from the shadow of a cowboy hat, casting unease beneath the bright desert sky. In Film Still #2, Kosow captures the sinister edge of Americana with cinematic p...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
After The Shower-Mid-Century Street Scene Oil Painting. Realist Urban America.
Located in Marco Island, FL
American life is captured in this Clyde Singer painting, After the Shower (1949), where he depicts a woman walking down the street after a storm with her umbrella in hand. An accompl...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"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
Santa Claus Christmas Eve original Southern Air Transport Illustration
Located in San Francisco, CA
Incredibly detailed Original illustration of Santa Claus on what I imagine is Christmas Eve. He must be falling behind schedule as he has commandeered planes instead of reindeers. I ...
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Nemesis
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams often references historical painting themes and styles in order to throw into relief western tropes in figurative art. Here as part of the artist's series Myths and Lies,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$13,000
The Sentry's Vigil, Framed Oil Painting by Stanley Borack
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Stanley Borack, American (1927 - )
Title: The Sentry's Vigil
Year: 1977
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 22 x 27 inches
Frame: 33 x 37 inches
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hubs Landing
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Hubs Landing" is an oil painting of a marina. Painted en plein air, by Carl Bretzke.
Painting Dimensions: 12 x 16 inches
Framed dimensions: 17 x 21 inches
Carl Bretzke is a rep...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Vintage Americana Oil Painting, "Paper Box" Robert Sarsony, ACA Gallery
By Robert Sarsony
Located in Surfside, FL
Robert Sarsony
Oil on gesso and masonite board.
Hand signed lower left.
Labels verso give artist, title "Paper Box", year 1971 and medium.
Bears label from ACA Gallery...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Board
Self Portrait in Mirror
By Kate Sammons
Located in Denver, CO
Artist self portrait in mirror
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sleeping in a Tree a Watercolor Surreal Landscape with a Female Figure on Branch
By Melanie Vote
Located in New York, NY
Melanie Vote’s small watercolor painting captures a whimsical and surreal moment, depicting a mysterious figure draped in a sheer nightgown, sleeping on a tree branch. Her head disap...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
American Scene Depression Era New York City Post Office
Located in Miami, FL
This is a painting about a man who travels back into the past and engages with a different stage in his life.
Arnold Friedman worked at the New York City Post Office for four decades...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
It
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, Wood
"American Busker" Street Performer in San Francisco California
Located in San Antonio, TX
Samuel Wilson
(1986-Present)
Texas Artist
Image Size: 30 x 40
Medium: Oil
"American Busker"
When you see the paintings below in photos you will say WOW!
When you see them in person ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Wading Log", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Kevin Weckbach's (US based) "Wading Log" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a white log leaning against a grassy bank and partially submerged in the rippling water of a lake or river that reflects the vibrant green of the surrounding foliage.
Artist Statement:
"Subject matter to me is a vehicle for me to explore how I observe life. My urban influences are an assembly of varied fabrics stitched together to form a tapestry. It is not to resemble a literal story of what it is; moreover, it is a quilt that explains my visual expression. What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountains, hills, and streams. City nights are lit up like lightning bugs...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Letter-American Scene Painting. Ladies Gossiping. Best Friends.
Located in Marco Island, FL
Clyde Singer captures the moment when two friends open a letter with shocking news. A master of capturing the small and significant moments of everyday life, Singer realistically po...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Depression Era New York City - Journey Back in Time - American Scene Painting
Located in Miami, FL
This is a painting about a man who travels back into the past and engages with a different stage in his life.
Arnold Friedman worked at the New York City Post Office for four decades...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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
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
Raymond Howell, Chinese Dim Sum Feast, 1979, Oil Painting on Masonite
Located in San Francisco, CA
Raymond Howell, Chinese Dim Sum Feast, 1979
Oil on masonite
28" x 36" unframed, 35.5" x 43. 75" framed
Biography from Raymond Howell website:
Raymon...
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Carrier Pigeon - oil painting by American Realist, moody blue tones
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil on linen painting of a bird on a branch, seen through Contemporary Realist painter Stephen Bauman's signature cerulean lens. The pigeon appears blue, with a pink belly, and a ...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Speak No Evil" oil painting, self-portrait of artist covering mouth with hand
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Speak No Evil" is an oil painting. It depicts the artist, Maryann Lucas covering her mouth with her hand. The two tone composition represents the artist's zodiac, Gemini, and the in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Village Vendor, 1970. Original American Street Scene Oil Painting. Food Vendor.
Located in Marco Island, FL
Business is slow! The Village Vendor, painted by Clyde Singer, captures the boredom and expectation waiting for the next sale. This likely New York City scene shows the bustle of ...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1962 "Nude with Ball" Original Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Artist: Natasia
"Nude with Ball"
1962
Watercolor, charcoal and ink on paper
22.25"x32.25" unframed
Signed and dated in ink lower right
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor
Impressionist Coastal Fisherman Landscape
By William Hoey
Located in Houston, TX
Gouache painting by William Hoey featuring a small fisherman walking to the coast. Circa 1970s.
Dimensions of painting without frame: H 6.5 in. x W 8.5 in. x D .25 in.
Artist Biogr...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Raphael Soyer "George the Iceman Woolf"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Raphael Soyer: 1899-1987. Very important and well listed American artist. One of the early social realist painters. He was born in Russia, but his family was deported by the Tsar in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Running Girl, Oil Painting by Harry Lane
By Harry Lane
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Harry Lane, American (1891 - 1973)
Title: Running Girl
Year: circa 1965
Medium: Oil on Board, signed l.l.
Size: 24 in. x 20 in. (60.96 cm x 50.8 cm)
Frame Size: 31 x 27 inc...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Storm Swell" Oil Painting
By Gordon Brown
Located in Denver, CO
Gordon Brown's (US based) "Storm Swell" is an oil painting that depicts rolling, tumultuous waves crashing against a rocky shore with storming clouds over...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Pacific" Oil Painting
By Gordon Brown
Located in Denver, CO
Gordon Brown's (US based) "Pacific" is an oil painting that depicts rolling waves crashing against a rocky shore.
Bio/artist statement:
"My paintings are all about light and mood,"...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Calling and Unexpected Blessing II - 2 paintings by Wes Hempel
By Wes Hempel
Located in Fairfield, CT
Two paintings by Wes Hempel, Calling, 44x32" and Unexpected Blessing II, 48x32"
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$20,311 Sale Price
20% Off
"Aspen Light" Oil Painting
By Gordon Brown
Located in Denver, CO
Gordon Brown's (US based) "Aspen Light" is an oil painting that depicts dense cluster of aspens turning with colorful yellow leaves whose thick canopy blo...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
William Gropper (1898 - 1977)
Unemployed
20 x 16 inches
Oil on canvas, 1937
Signed lower right
Provenance: Estate of the artist
Bio
Throughout his life, William Gropper used his artistic talents to protest social injustice. Born in New York City, he grew up there in poverty and left high school to work as a dishwasher and delivery boy. He eventually began a career in art and was able to study with Robert Henri and George Bellows from 1912 to 1915. He adopted their realistic painting style, and his own work expressed sympathy for common laborers and outrage at society's ills.
In 1919 Gropper established a reputation as a political cartoonist working for the New York Tribune. His blunt, forceful style attracted the attention of other publications, and he provided illustrations and cartoons for a variety of magazines, from the left-wing New Masses to mainstream Vanity Fair. Like many social realist artists of the 1930s, Gropper supported liberal political causes, depicting subjects such as the plight of migrant laborers and striking factory workers.
In his first gallery exhibition in 1936 at ACA Galleries, Gropper's work was so well received by critics, collectors, and artists that the following year he had two one-man exhibitions at ACA Galleries. In 1937, Gropper traveled west on a Guggenheim Fellowship and visited the Dust Bowl and the Hoover and Grand Coulee Dams, sketching studies for a series of paintings and a mural he painted for the Department of the Interior. That same year he had paintings purchased by both the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.
Gropper exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair, Whitney Museum of American Art (1924-55), Art Institute of Chicago (1935-49), Carnegie International (1937-50), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1939-48), and National Academy of Design (1945-48). He was a founder of the Artists Equity Association and member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
From 1940 to 1945 William Gropper was preoccupied with anti-Nazi cartoons...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Simulate Direct Experience with Freeing Marks
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, Wood
$2,500 Sale Price
28% Off
"Double Shadow", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Kevin Weckbach's (US based) "Double Shadow" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a busy city avenue filled with throngs of bundled walkers casting long shadows on the ...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
American Realist figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic American Realist figurative paintings 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 figurative paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including David Shepherd, Carl Bretzke, Christopher Clark, and Bruce Adams. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large American Realist figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 1.75 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative paintings 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 $51 and tops out at $2,750,000, while the average work sells for $5,502.