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Style: American Realist
Statue and the Plane, not framed
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...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

InPublic: Walking Dogs
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...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

James Jahrsdoerfer, "Fishing on Round Lake", Winter Ice Fishing Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Fishing on Round Lake", is an 11x14 landscape oil painting on canvas by artist James Jahrsdoerfer. Featured is an afternoon view onto a...
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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 Wakefie...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, 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...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

I am Human Watercolor on Paper
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
I am Human Watercolor, ink on paper 49"x42" framed Keith Carrington Keith Carrington’s experiences have led him to express his talents through the fluid a...
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1990s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

"Meriden Cutlery 1870 contemporary realist painting antique tool Trompe L'oeil"
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tyler G. Wilson
Located in Fairfield, CT
In his current series, “In Your Room”, Alex Blas explores modern day life by examining the private spaces of his friends. In these paintings, Blas carefully considers the shadows, co...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Four Roses
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...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Mary in the Garden" Oil painting Garden w Holy Statue Icon, American Cowboy
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a rural property on a sunny day in the United States. A man wears a cowboy hat, a denim shirt, bandana over his face, and boots, while holding a shotgun. He's walking with determination to the left of the scene, with a medium sized black dog following him in tow. The bed of a pickup truck catches light in the distance, parked beside the residential structure. A farmhouse with a metal roof, and a wide-hooded porch, stands tall, offering shade and comfort, especially with cushioned armchairs to sit on out-front. A few electrical poles reach up towards the sky, confirming the contemporary time frame. In the foreground, a garden is fenced in with wire and wood. A statuette of the Virgin Mary is placed within this fenced garden, absorbing sunlight alongside the plants. An apt depiction of contemporary Americana...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Tree Tattoo, not framed
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...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Flora and Pomona
Located in Columbia, MO
ASHLEE SELBURG Flora and Pomona Ink and pencil on paper 42 x 68 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Pencil

"House of Refuge Museum" oil painting of Historical Society Martin County FL
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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

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...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Two Sisters
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Two Sisters" is a contemporary realist painting of two young women sitting at a bar. One sister looks a bit reserved, her hair down, clasping her hands in...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Gloucester P-Town Pyle School Painting Henry J Peck - Portugese Fisherman
Located in Exton, PA
New England coastal scene painting by Henry Jarvis Peck. The artist attended the Rhode Island School of Design, studied with George Loftus Noyes, and moved to Wilmington Delaware in ...
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Early 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Film Noir. Pulp Mystery That police officer knows you. Saturday Evening Post
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...
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1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

"Secret Beach" oil painting, path to a lighthouse, realist seascape in frame
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Secret Beach" is an oil painting of a path towards the beach, and a lighthouse in the distance. Dunes make up the foreground, and a sandy path leads us to a body of water. Small painting with a vertical orientation. Signed "MKW" in upper right corner. Painting dimensions: 12 x 8 inches Framed dimensions: 14 x 10 inches Matthew Weigle...
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21st Century and Contemporary 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.
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Late 19th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Intimo
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

Pauls Jacket
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a vintage flannel zip-up. A classic red tartan plaid jacket, on a wooden hanger, hanging from a single nail, against a grey backdrop...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Cowboy Hanging, Killer's Trail Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
The old west depicted in a graphic and dramatic manner. Paperback Novel Cover Painting Original Art (Avon, 1963). Work has a matted image area of 12.5" ...
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1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Farm to Table
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of farm-fresh goods laid on a table with a plaid picnic-print tablecloth. Maryann Lucas lives and works in Sag Harbor. She is primarily self-taught but has also received instruction and support from wonderful and generous members of the East End artistic community. Working exclusively in oils, Lucas sets out almost daily to create plein aire landscapes and seascapes. In her studio, she works directly from life and captures the beauty of natural light as it transforms ordinary objects into visual delights. Lucas wants her work to celebrate all that is well with this world and brilliant in this life, despite its pockets of darkness. For me, she says, I know I am in the Presence of something beautiful, when it steals my breath, silences my mind, pushes out everything else and draws me in. I trust That. I use That to guide my hands as I arrange a still life or scan a landscape to determine where to set down my easel. Ultimately, That is what drives me to paint. Becoming evermore skilled as an oil painter is another of Lucas goals. To that end she remains teachable, finding it refreshing and vital for her own growth to paint with others. She has studied with favorite artists including Michael Klein...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Elegant Nude Woman in Dancing - Mid-Century Monochromatic
Located in Miami, FL
Excellent Mid-century nude by famous illustrator/ artist Walter Charles Klett. The work is masterfully painted with a sound understanding of the basic academic principles guiding t...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Diner
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 ...
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Early 2000s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Puppy Love
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...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Encaustic, Wood Panel

Tribesmen with Headdresses
Located in Miami, FL
"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 - work is unframed. - Riggs was a Gay Artist.
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Biblical Story illustration Art for Religious Magazine Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Miriam Story Hurford was a prolific and major American female illustrator in the 1930s to the 1950s. Her work was for cover art for women's magazines and home magazines and religious magazines. This work depicts t the wise men being guided by the star of Bethleham to the birth of the Christ child for a Christmas magazine...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Pencil

Charles Laughton, Time magazine cover Illustration, March 31, 1952
Located in Miami, FL
Archivally Matted to 17.75 x 16.75 inches Signed lower left
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1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Gouache

Barcelona Bikes
Located in Park City, UT
"My work is often described as realism, and sometimes photorealism, but I don’t think of it that way. I do use photographs as reference, and the finished paintings have a photographi...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

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...
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Early 1900s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

InPublic: Shade
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...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

A ray of light in the forest - Surreal Man in 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...
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1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Painted Walls
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Alex Roulette’s paintings depict false realities. The artist constructs landscapes from numerous source photographs, which he uses a...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Rubenesque nude woman . full figure Nude Regionalism - "Hilda Nellis"
Located in Miami, FL
Plump, fleshy, or a voluptuous nude - you describe it as you see it. Signed, titled, and dated lower left: John Steuart Curry / 1934 "Hilda Nellis". The present work depicts a natur...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

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...
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1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

The 11 Gauge Shotgun - Saturday Evening Post illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Saturday Evening Post interior illustration Signed lower right
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1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

No Swimming
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...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

No Swimming
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Best Friends
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...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Encaustic, Wood Panel

Philip Evergood, Little Rock, Oil on Canvas, 1955 - "Civil Rights."
Located in Miami, FL
"Civil Rights." Evergood's early commentary on racial issues in the 1950s depicts four black men gagged, roped and hanging from a tree. In the background, imprisoned blacks look on through a barbed-wire fence. Whites watch in horror but do nothing to help. Meanwhile, a two-legged and three-headed serpent wraps himself around the tree that physically and symbolically separates the races. This is an important work in the history of American art. It may be one of the very earliest examples of a major American painter doing a major work that challenges racial segregation and injustice at a time when no one else would. The title of the work is inspired by a Historic Supreme Court decision on racial segregation. The Little Rock...
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1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

American Finch
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...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"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 ...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Egg Tempera

Noir Crime Drama Shooting - Saturday Evening Post Illustration
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 —...
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1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

The Turkish Yataghan, Illustration of Baby, Collier's Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Baby caring a horse shoe on his shoulders reminiscent of the famous J. C. Leyendecker Baby covers for the Saturday Evening Post. This is a cover illustration/ painting for Collie...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Love Story, Illustration for the Saturday Evening Post
Located in Miami, FL
An illustrator for Time, Life, Look, True, True West, Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, Readers Digest, and others, he also painted for adverti...
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1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Movie Poster Illustration for "American Pop"
Located in Miami, FL
McLean's consummate skill as a portrait artist, graphic designer and master of composition is on full display in the complex narrative work. This work contains 41 portraits including those of Bette Midler, Jimi Hendrix, and Benny Goodman...
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1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Civil Rights, Racial Justice Little Rock
Located in Miami, FL
"Civil Rights." Evergood's early commentary on racial issues in the 1950s depicts four black men gagged, roped and hanging from a tree. In the background, imprisoned blacks look on through a barbed-wire fence. Whites watch in horror but do nothing to help. Meanwhile, a two-legged and three-headed serpent who symbolizes evil - wraps himself around the tree that physically and symbolically separates the races. This is an important work in the history of American art. It may be one of the very earliest examples of a major American painter doing a major work that challenges racial segregation and injustice at a time when no one else would. The title of the work is inspired by a Historic Supreme Court decision on racial segregation. The Little Rock...
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1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Hatchet - Movie Moment of High Drama
Located in Miami, FL
High drama and fear is exressed on the faces of 5 kids as they anticipate the outcome a scary event. Signed lower left From the Estate of Charles Martignette. Most likey for the Sa...
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1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Battle Scene At Sea World War II . Dead Soldiers and Blood Red Sea
Located in Miami, FL
The artist invents and then captures a moment of a peak drama with soldiers being shot and bombs exploding. It's beautifully rendered in Künstler signature style showcasing his deep ...
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1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Cycling. Two men Sports Racing on Bicycles
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 ...
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1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Pastel

Rooftops
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...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Smoke Screen
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Alex Roulette’s paintings depict false realities. The artist constructs landscapes from numerous source photographs, which he uses a...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
Located in New York, NY
Signed (lower right): Quincy
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20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Time magazine cover, April 6, 1946
Located in Miami, FL
This work is meticulously and brilliantly rendered to capture not only the likeness of the sitter but spirit as well. The image is pushed to the forefront of the composition and s...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

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...
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1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Fiberboard, Graphite

Tribesmen with Headdresses - Photo Realism
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...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Love Story, Illustration for the Saturday Evening Post
Located in Miami, FL
An illustrator for Time, Life, Look, True, True West, Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, Readers Digest, and others, he also painted for adverti...
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1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Springtime Melody
Located in Miami, FL
Mabel Rollins Harris was among other things an illustrator who specialized Children's art. Looking at her work today her pictures take on an almost surreal quality. She posed ...
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1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pastel

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