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Style: American Realist
Louisa, Please Come Home
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert G. Harris, American (1911 - 2007)
Title: Louisa, Please Come Home (Grace Kelly)
Year: 1960
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 20 x 28 in. (50.8 x 71.12 cm)
F...
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
"Porcupine" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Porcupine" is an oil painting that depicts a Porcupine skull and wooden shelf floating among clouds and a bright blue sky.
Gregory was born in Kansas Ci...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Westview Avalon Harbor" American Realist seascape in California with blue tones
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Westview Avalon Harbor" is an American Realist seascape in California with blue tones. Set on Catalina Island, rolling hills make up the horizon. A valley of palm trees sweep toward the shoreline. Boats rest and sail forward in the harbor, a single sailor is seen standing in a small powerboat in the foreground.
Framed. Signed.
Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes, nocturnes, and plein-air landscapes. He is a member of the Plein Air Painters of America since 2021. Carl's work has been exhibited extensively in Minnesota and California, including the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Carl's work has been described in the Washington Post as "simultaneously intimate and detached…The artist's unadorned style recalls Edward Hopper and The Ashcan school."
Carl holds an MD degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Colorado...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
To the Guggenheim, Venice, American Realist, Landscape, Peggy Guggenheim
Located in Houston, TX
To the Guggenheim is painted in the style of American Realism. The painting is a Representational Italian landscape which is the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice. The Peggy Gugg...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young Dancer, Framed Oil Painting by Jan De Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan de Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Young Dancer
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 44 in. x 18 in. (111.76 cm x 45.72 ...
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
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
Harold “Red” Grange, The Galloping Ghost - Football Oil Painting by Thomas Allen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thomas B. Allen, American (1928 - 2004)
Title: Harold “Red” Grange, The Galloping Ghost
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 30 x 40 in. (76...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
St, Louis River Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
St, Louis River Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA
Jo Cain (1904-2003)
The Drama of the St. Louis Great River
23 1/4 x 25 ½ inches
Gouache on board c. 19...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
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
"The Silence of Light" Mixed media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's (US based) "The Silence of Light" is an mixed media painting that depicts a woman with full curly black hair with vivid fall leaves of orange, yellow and blue cas...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, 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
"Rachel" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Nevin's (US based) "Rachel" is an oil painting that depicts a monochromatic feminine face in profile with a blank white background.
Artist Bio...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"The Grinder", Egg Tempera Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Kevin Weckbach's (US based) "The Grinder" is an original, hand made egg tempera painting that depicts an industrial Gristmill made up of metal buildings, a elevator and a grain silo ...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera
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
America 2017, New York, urban architecture, subtle color
By Gregory Frux
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas
Dr. Rowland S. Russell PhD. writes about his experience directly witnessing Greg's practice as a “plein air” artist:
Whether he’s portraying quiet scenes from Brooklyn...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
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
"Painter Friend and Friends" contemporary realist figurative painting w Fenske
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A painting of painter, Ben Fenske, his muse, Beatrice, and his dog. Sitting in front of and underneath Fenske's 2009 painting, "The Break Up." The artist comforts the dog with a nice...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Caddy" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Caddy" is an oil painting that depicts a rusted 1950's Cadillac on a wooden shelf floating among clouds and a bright blue sky.
Gregory was born in Kansa...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Intimo
By Scott Duce
Located in Greenwich, CT
Scott Duce Biography
American, b. 1956
Scott Duce is an international artist working in New York. Duce’s work is included in many corporate, museum, and private collections. Notable...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I'd Love to See You Before I Go
By Kate Sammons
Located in Denver, CO
Blonde figure holding small butterfly in interior
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Noir Crime Drama Shooting - Saturday Evening Post Illustration
By Thornton Utz
Located in Miami, FL
Saturday Evening Post Illustrator Thornton Utz captures the peak moment of action in this Noir Crime Drama, Shooting illustration on an interior page in the famed magazine in 1958 —...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Head in the Clouds
Located in Kingston, WA
Warmth radiates from a gentle mix of soft, billowing clouds and the glow of a sunset sky, enveloping the viewer in a serene setting. The scene presents a youthful gaze filled with cu...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
"Beach Photo" 2021 oil painting of figures photographed at the sea, blue ocean
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Beach Photo" is an oil painting by Carl Bretzke, of three figures, young men or boys, standing alongside one another before a vast expanse of blue ocean. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
"Hooked, " back view of figure, contemporary oil paint red & black colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas
STATEMENT by AUDREY ANASTASI:
Considering myself primarily a feminist artist, painting other women, most of my work focuses on the human face, figures, animals and natu...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Cycling. Two men Sports Racing on Bicycles
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
This illustration was commissioned for the 1984 Olympic Games by the US postal service.
Signed and dated lower right
Work is framed
framed under acrylic to an overall size of 31.5 ...
Category
1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
"Historic Village Morning" oil painting, colorful colonial homes, architecture
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of the exteriors of a grouping of historic homes, in various colors, on a sunny day. A white picket fence encases a garden in the foreground.
Dimensions: 12 x 24 in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Fallen Man - Golden Age of Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Saturday Evening Post, Story Illustration
Depicts Connecticut train station with possible drunk commuter being assisted by good samaritan
Signed lower left
Provenance: Illustration ...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Colonel Bates Leads the 30th Colored Infantry at the Battle of the Crater
By Abbott Fuller Graves
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Colonel Bates Leads the 30th Colored Infantry at the Battle of the Crater
Watercolor on Paper Circa 1903
15 ½ x 21 ½ Inches 25 ½ x 33 ½ Inches Framed
LR: Graves
This rare portrait of African American troops serving in battle during the Civil War depicts the 30th United States Colored Infantry at the Battle of the Crater, at Petersburg, Virginia. The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863.
The Battle of the Crater, July 30th, 1864, was part of the Siege of Petersburg, fought between the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. George G. Meade (under the direct supervision of the general-in-chief, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant).
At the top of the painting, Colonel Delevan Bates raises his saber to lead the charge of the 30th United States Colored Infantry. Bates was promoted to this command just prior to this battle, having served with distinction in the 121st New York Infantry at the Battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Though the Battle of the Crater would eventually be won by the Confederacy, it was here that Bates and 23 other troops would be award the United States highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor.
After weeks of preparation, on July 30, Union forces exploded a mine in Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's IX Corps sector, blowing a gap in the Confederate defenses of Petersburg, Virginia. From this propitious beginning, everything deteriorated rapidly for the Union attackers. Unit after unit charged into and around the crater, where soldiers milled in confusion. Grant considered the assault "the saddest affair I have witnessed in this war." The Confederates quickly recovered and launched several counterattacks led by Brig. Gen. William Mahone. The breach was sealed off, and Union forces were repulsed with severe casualties. Brig. Gen. Edward Ferrero's division of black soldiers...
Category
Early 1900s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Calling (study), not framed
By Wes Hempel
Located in Fairfield, CT
A walk through any major museum will reveal paintings that depict or legitimate only certain kinds of experience. Despite the good intentions of critical theorists questioning the va...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Meriden Cutlery 1870 contemporary realist painting antique tool Trompe L'oeil"
By John Morfis
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Meriden Cutlery 1870" is a contemporary realist painting of an antique tool: Trompe L'oeil.
John Morfis was born in Glen Cove, Long Island in 1976. H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pollonia Beach" small plein-air seascape painting of beach in Greece
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted from life, from a beach, looking across a little harbor full of brightly colored boats towards a little whitewashed town. Along the shoreline are the remnants of a child’s sandcastle.
Signed "Personett" lower left corner.
Framed in a traditional black frame w gold trim.
Framed dimensions: 13 x 12 inches
Rachel Personett was born in Hawaii, but raised in Colorado. Being the daughter of a pilot she has always traveled extensively. She has studied part time at the Savannah College of Art and Design, The Angel Academy of Art, and finally settled on the Florence Academy of Art, graduating in 2015. In January 2016 she apprenticed the painter Odd Nerdrum in Norway for eight months. Rachel Personett works strictly from life, and enjoys the challenged of painting the ephemeral. Working from life provides the opportunity to travel around the world painting the ever changing people and landscapes.
Artist Statement
My mother had studied advertising in college, so she knew a lot about arts and good craftsmanship. She did talks at my elementary school each week and on a different artist. I remember being very moved by the images of Van Gogh and Andrew Wyeth. At the Florence Academy I really liked Sargent, Sorolla, Willard Metcalf, Henri Fantin-Latour and Velazquez. At Odd Nerdrums I gained new respect for Rembrandt and was introduced to other Scandinavian painters...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'My Old Kentucky Home'
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Watercolor on paper executed by German-American artist Richard Veenfliet
"My Old Kentucky Home" references one of the ballads written by American composer Stephen Foster in 1852.
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Flora and Pomona
Located in Columbia, MO
ASHLEE SELBURG
Flora and Pomona
Ink and pencil on paper
42 x 68 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Spring Rain
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of daffodils in a silver vessell. Situated upon a table, before a window.
Maryann Lucas lives and works in Sag Harbor. She is primarily self-taught but has also rec...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Diner
By Max Ferguson
Located in Greenwich, CT
Born in New York City in 1959, Max Ferguson started as a filmmaker, making award-winning animated films as a teenager. But it was while he was a visiting student at an art school in ...
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
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
O MARA'S MUNICIPAL TAVERN - Saturday Evening Post Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
O MARA'S MUNICIPAL TAVERN - Saturday Evening Post Illustration
Supreme technical skill allows the artist to realistically capture an...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Tribesmen with Headdresses
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel
"Robert Riggs was awarded the Gold Medal for Excellence by the New York Art Directors Club for ten consecutive years and received many additional awards." He was elected to the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame. His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts and the U.S. Library of Congress. Riggs's compositons are "monumental" Walt Reed Riggs was a Gay Artist...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
"Tbilisi Nocturne" - contemporary realist urban plein air painting, cityscape
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted from life, the artist standing on a street corner looking across to three buildings lit by ambient street lights. Rising up behind the city is a dark mass, a hill silhouetted against the comparatively brighter blue night sky.
Signed "Personett" lower right corner.
Framed in a traditional black frame w gold trim.
Framed dimensions: 17 x 15 inches
Rachel Personett was born in Hawaii, but raised in Colorado. Being the daughter of a pilot she has always traveled extensively. She has studied part time at the Savannah College of Art and Design, The Angel Academy of Art, and finally settled on the Florence Academy of Art, graduating in 2015. In January 2016 she apprenticed the painter Odd Nerdrum in Norway for eight months. Rachel Personett works strictly from life, and enjoys the challenged of painting the ephemeral. Working from life provides the opportunity to travel around the world painting the ever changing people and landscapes.
Artist Statement
My mother had studied advertising in college, so she knew a lot about arts and good craftsmanship. She did talks at my elementary school each week and on a different artist. I remember being very moved by the images of Van Gogh and Andrew Wyeth. At the Florence Academy I really liked Sargent, Sorolla, Willard Metcalf, Henri Fantin-Latour and Velazquez. At Odd Nerdrums I gained new respect for Rembrandt and was introduced to other Scandinavian painters...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"House of Refuge Museum" oil painting of Historical Society Martin County FL
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a landscape in Florida. The House of Refuge Museum showcases historic work from entrepreneurs and inventors. Bretzke captured it on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Metamorphosis" - Contemporary History Painter - Vermeer
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Metamorphosis" features hues of vibrant blue, purple, navy, and yellow.
Richard Thomas Scott is inspired by the work of Rembrandt, Andrew Wyeth, and Verm...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 extensively. She has studied part time at the Savannah College of Art and Design, The Angel Academy of Art, and finally settled on the Florence Academy of Art, graduating in 2015. In January 2016 she apprenticed the painter Odd...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A ray of light in the forest - Solitary Man Surreal Landscape
Located in Miami, FL
Hector Garrido is an American book cover illustrator. He illustrated numerous science fiction, horror and adventure book covers, including all the covers for the Baroness series of pulp novels, and covers for the Destroyer series. He also illustrated romance and gothic novels, and Nancy Drew and Hardy...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Looking Back
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1949
In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve and excite viewers. Best kn...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"The Abolitionist" - Contemporary History Painting - Vermeer
Located in Atlanta, GA
"The Abolitionist" features vibrant hues of blue, pink, purple, green and yellow.
Richard Thomas Scott is inspired by the work of Rembrandt, Andrew Wyeth,...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Roadside
Located in Fairfield, CT
Alex Roulette’s paintings depict false realities. The artist constructs landscapes from numerous source photographs, which he uses as references to create his finely-tuned oil painti...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Red Ice Block Tongs
By John Morfis
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of an antique pair of tongs, meant for use during ice fishing. Suspended from a small rope, hanging from a single nail, against a grey backdrop. Brushstrokes can be seen in the gray of the background, but are harder to make out on the subject. Morfis paints in an extremely refined, realist approach.
Painting dimensions: 25 x 19 inches
Framed dimensions: 30 x 24 x 1.5 inches
Available at Grenning Gallery.
BIOGRAPHY
John Morfis was born in Glen Cove, Long Island in 1976. His humble beginnings made pursuing a career in art difficult and paradoxically necessary. Fixated on making things aesthetically pleasing, John made an extreme departure from his family life when he chose to base his life on art. Surrounded by mechanics, welders, and otherwise trade workers John had a tough time expressing his interest in a world much more utilitarian and much less expressive and impractical.
With an extraordinary desire to be an artist and a grant awarded, John was able to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in painting from the University of Hartford in 1998. While there John studied oil painting under American realist Stephen Brown.
John’s first solo show took place in 2007 at the Ellen Traut Collection Gallery in Hartford, CT and was a near sell out. Since then John has had success up and down the northeastern coast of the United States working with various galleries and collectors. His work has also appeared in various group shows at the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Each painting, although a portrait of a tired hand...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Film Noir. Pulp Mystery That police officer knows you. Saturday Evening Post
By Paul Rabut
Located in Miami, FL
Film noir crime drama painted in a single frame. In narrative art, telling a story in a single image is harder than doing it in episodes. "'That police officer...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Varsity Transit Inc., Realist Oil Painting by William Waithe
Located in Long Island City, NY
Born in Harlem, William Waithe studied painting, drafting and architecture at New York University and Queens College. He was known for painting outdoors, and is particularly identifi...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dissent
By Chester Arnold
Located in White Plains, 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
Uncle Sam
By Syd Cockell
Located in Missouri, MO
This is an original oil on velvet painting created c. 1942. Syd Cockell was an accomplished American illustrator during World War II.
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
No Swimming
By Kevin Frank
Located in Fairfield, CT
Kevin Frank statement: For me, combining the techniques of the ancient Greco-Roman painters with those of the old and new masters help to create unique modern images. As with all enc...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait in Mirror
By Kate Sammons
Located in Denver, CO
Artist self portrait in mirror
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Down Easter
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Awards
2013 Loring W. Coleman Award for Watercolor/ Allied Artists of America, 100th Annual Exhibition at the National Arts Club
2011 Mary Bryan Memorial Medal / Allied Arti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera
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