Photorealist Figurative Paintings
PHOTOREALISM
A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.
Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.
The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.
“Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”
The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.
On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.
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Style: Photorealist
"Pasión" (2025) Oil Still-Life Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
Ruddy Taveras' "Pasion" is a beautiful original handmade photorealist still-life painting, framed at 15.25 x 21.25 inches, and is ready to hang.
About the artist:
Dominican visual a...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Toward the Light" (2025) Oil Portrait Painting on Canvas
Located in Denver, CO
This beautiful original photorealist oil painting is framed at 21 x 21 inches, and is ready to hang.
About the Artist:
Serge Marshennikov was born in 1971 in Ufa (Bashkiria, USSR). ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"My Light My Salvation" (2024) Oil Portrait Painting on Aluminum Panel
Located in Denver, CO
This beautiful original oil painting is framed at 30 x 26 inches and is ready to hang.
About the Artist:
Stanley Rayfield realized his love for art early in life, pursuing his passi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"The Box" (2025), Original Oil Still-Life by Megan Elizabeth Read
Located in Denver, CO
This painting is framed at 14.50 x 17.50 inches, ready to hang.
Megan Elizabeth Read (b. 1982) is an American figurative artist living and working in Charlottesville, Virginia. Larg...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Camp Road" (2024) By Michael Miller, Original Midwestern Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Michael Miller's beautiful original photorealist Midwestern landscape painting "Camp Road" (2024) depicts a Midwestern barn lying at the end of a dirt road, surrounded by forestry an...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Forever Worship - Contemporary, Blonde Woman, Brown, Yellow, Female
By Mihai Florea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Forever Worship, 2012
Oil on canvas (Signed on reverse)
86.61H x 47.24 W in
220 H x 120 W cm
"Worship" represents the worshiped objects of the consumerist society – oil, money and t...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Bee and Mother Nature" - Painting, Still Life with Flowers
Located in Denver, CO
Karina Rodríguez's "The Bee and Mother Nature" is an oil painting on panel, measuring 11 x 14 inches unframed and 13.75 x 16.5 inches framed, created in 2025. This framed artwork pre...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"The Harvest" - Contemporary Still Life Oil Painting on Wood Panel
Located in Denver, CO
"The Harvest" is an exquisitely detailed contemporary still life by Karina Rodríguez, rendered in oil on wood panel in 2025. This artwork is framed in a simple, black frame and is re...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Preserving Memories" - Contemporary Still Life Oil Painting on Aluminum Panel
Located in Denver, CO
"Preserving Memories" is an exquisitely detailed contemporary still life by Karina Rodríguez, rendered in oil on wood panel in 2025. This artwork is framed in a simple, black frame a...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"The Tireless Bee" - Contemporary Still Life Oil Painting on Wood Panel
Located in Denver, CO
"The Tireless Bee" is an exquisitely detailed contemporary still life by Karina Rodríguez, rendered in oil on wood panel in 2025. This artwork is framed in a simple, black frame and ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Pollination" - Contemporary Still Life Oil Painting on Aluminum Panel
Located in Denver, CO
"Pollination" is an exquisitely detailed contemporary still life by Karina Rodríguez, rendered in oil on aluminum panel in 2025. This artwork is framed in a simple, black frame and i...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Blooming Days" - Contemporary Still Life Oil Painting on Aluminum Panel
Located in Denver, CO
"Blooming Days" is an exquisitely detailed contemporary still life by Karina Rodríguez, rendered in oil on aluminum panel in 2025. This artwork is framed in a simple, black frame and...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"The Golden Hive" - Contemporary Still Life Oil Painting on Aluminum Panel
Located in Denver, CO
"The Golden Hive" is an exquisitely detailed contemporary still life by Karina Rodríguez, rendered in oil on an aluminum panel in 2025. This artwork is framed in a simple, black fram...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Large Photo Realist Pop Art Watercolor Painting Children's Toys Teddy Bear Block
By Michael Beck
Located in Surfside, FL
Michael Beck (American, b. 1943)
Watercolor painting on paper, 1986
"First Fruits",
Hand signed, dated and titled along lower margins
Gallery label verso,
Matted and framed under...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Locked, " Oil Painting
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's "Locked" is an original, handmade painting that depicts a close up view of a feminine face at three quarters view, her brown hair frames her porcelain face.
About th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Lifebuoy, Portrait, Contemporary art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich
Title: Lifebuoy,
Sise: 45.5x58.5 inches, (116x149 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Hand painted, original, one of a kind.
In the painting "Lifebuoy" we see a boy swimming towards a life buoy...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Before, " Original Still Life Oil Painting, Donuts
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Before" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an open box of donuts with rainbow sprinkles.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Smells Fishy" by Patrick Nevins Original Oil painting of Red Gummy Fish
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Nevins (Charleston, SC, US based) "Smells Fishy" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a suspended clothespin gripping a red gummy fish. The piece is framed and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal
"Where the Jungle Speaks" (2025), Original Photorealist Jungle Village Painting
Located in Denver, CO
About the Artist:
For as long as I can remember, I have been on a quest to convincingly represent on canvas what I see in the physical world, what I see in my mind and what I feel. M...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Cherry Blossom
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My paintings are about staging an alternate reality, the illusion of verisimilitude on the painted surface, filtered so that it expresses my unique vision. Though my paintings may ap...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Strawberry Sundae" Large Photo Realist Ptg., Ice Cream Parfait & Whipped Cream
Located in Wellesley, MA
Mary Ellen Johnson is internationally recognized as one of the top Photo Realist painters working today whose extraordinary area of expertise is large-scale, unimaginably realistic, stunningly beautiful and delightful images of food. Currently available are this gorgeous strawberry parfait sundae, a mouth-watering slice of cherry pie with vanilla ice cream, a delicious slice of cherry cheesecake and bowl of berries with whipped cream:
Mary Ellen Johnson
"Strawberry Sundae"
2018
Oil on Wood Panel
39.75 x 34.25 Inches
Note: This painting is framed in dark wood.
The artist has also completed many commissioned food paintings including the Canadian Government's request for images of 5 of Canada's favorite foods which subsequently became stamp images - and The Cheesecake Factory's two commissions for their corporate headquarters and the owners' Malibu beach house.
A quote from the artist:
“I make the panels large to give a monumental feeling to the painting when viewed. These large images not only confront the viewer with their size but with their tremendous sense of extravagance. My work explores the deep connection that food has with humanity.”
Mary Ellen Johnson
Johnson further describes herself as a ‘Precision Realist’ whose primary subject is food. Sold works include paintings of PB & J sandwiches, pancakes with blueberries and syrup, banana splits, ice cream, hot dogs, cupcakes, waffles, muscles and sushi, among others. Unequaled for their brilliance and dramatic depictions of mundane subjects with their connotations of nostalgia, comfort and tradition, it is also her scale, cropping and over the top technical skill that renders these works so overwhelmingly appealing!
MARY ELLEN JOHNSON
Born: 1967, West Long Branch, NJ.
Education: 1989, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
Beth Urdang...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"F105G Thunderbird" (Original Acrylic Painting)
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "F105G Thunderbird" is an acrylic painting that depicts a F-105G Thundercheif.
Born 1969 in California, artist Shannon “Shan” Fannin brings vehicles to lif...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Linen
Serenity with Tea-original impressionism portrait painting-contemporary Art
By James Zamora
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Serenity with Tea" by James Zamora invites viewers into a wor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$1,304 Sale Price
20% Off
"Insatiable" Contemporary Hyperrealism Framed Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Insatiable" is a framed acrylic work on canvas by Ariel Vargassal, depicting a man in a suit being bombarded by sugary donuts while holding a daisy adorned with a bumblebee. The hyp...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Black Devil (Esu) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa Men
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"The Obstacle" (2024) by Karina Rodríguez, Contemporary Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"The Obstacle" is an exquisitely detailed contemporary still life by Karina Rodríguez, rendered in oil on panel in 2024 that depicts a stack of colored clay balls and a bird made of ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Please Sir - Framed Original Photorealist Dog Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stuart Dunkel has spent decades refining his hyper-realistic oil paintings. He paints realistic imagery based on real-world inspirations. His original artworks show that everyday obj...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$840 Sale Price
20% Off
"Nostalgic (Hakosuka)" – Realism Painting of a Classic Nissan Skyline GT-R
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin’s “Nostalgic (Hakosuka)” is a 2025 acrylic painting on panel measuring 42 x 30 inches (depth 1 inch), offered unframed but ready to hang. This hyper-realistic work celebr...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Black Skull
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My paintings are about staging an alternate reality, the illusion of verisimilitude on the painted surface, filtered so that it expresses my unique vision. Though my paintings may ap...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A touch of a Dream Portrait Contemporary art Original oil Painting One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich
Title: A touch of a Dream,
Sise: 45.5x54 inches, (115x137 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Hand painted, original, one of a kind.
"A touch of a dream" ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled 22 (Lipstick Diptych)
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original diptych painting by American contemporary conceptual painter Bruce Adams from the artist's Untitled series.
The “Untitled,” series draws from a variety of visual and his...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Black Cow", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ali Ghassan's "Black Cow" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a black and white cow with a yellow ear tag with a blue sky background.
Abou...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Admiral Pinscher
By Y.m.Lo
Located in East Hampton, NY
A Doberman Pinscher dressed like an Admiral
Satire in Art
Original Paintings in series of 10 (inquire where it is in the edition)
Comes rolled in a tube ready to be framed
Y.m.Lo. ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$360 Sale Price
40% Off
"Liam" (2024) Original Still Life Oil Portrait, Child Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Liam" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a blurred portrait of a young boy.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1986 and moved...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"The Mooring of Scarlet" (2013) , Original Female Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Pamela Wilson's (US based) "The Mooring of Scarlet" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pregnant model with a boat on top of her head.
This...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$6,750 Sale Price
25% Off
Comfort Zone 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Space Between" (2025) Oil Animal Painting on Museum Series Gessobord
Located in Denver, CO
"The Space Between" by Ardith Starostka is an original, handmade oil painting on an Ampersand Museum Series Gessobord that measures 12 x 12 framed and is ready to hang.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"After, " Original Still Life Oil Painting, Donuts
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "After" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an open box of donuts with rainbow sprinkles.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 19...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Dario Campanile, "Oggetti Semplici". Stunning still life featuring pink orchids
Located in Hollister, CA
"Oggetti Semplici" is a flawless limited edition giclée, on high quality canvas, ready for stretching and framing. Edition 39/75
Dario Campanile is an Italian-born artist whose car...
Category
1990s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Giclée
Was Up - Figurative Animal Oil Painting - Framed Photorealist Dog Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stuart Dunkel has spent decades refining his hyper-realistic oil paintings. He paints realistic imagery based on real-world inspirations. His original artworks show that everyday obj...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Scherzo" Original Oil Painting, Pond Grasses
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Scherzo" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts green reeds of Sweet Flag sprouting from the shallows of a pond filled with the blue reflectio...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Candy Eyes issue #8 - Contemporary, Female, Figurative, Oil on Canvas, Portrait
By Mihai Florea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Candy Eyes issue #8, 2010
Oil on canvas (Signed front upper left corner)
13 4/5 H × 10 1/5 W in
35 H × 26 W cm
Through his works, Mihai Florea equally satirizes, the one who produce...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Kiss - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Love, Joyful, Realism, Minimalism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey:
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with c...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Apricity", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch’s (US based) "Apricity" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a Great blue Heron bird with fall colored leaves and designs in the background.
Artist S...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Kids Scooter - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Child, Joyful, Realism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey:
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with c...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Landon" (2025) Original Still Life Oil Portrait, Child Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Landon" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a blurred portrait of a young boy.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1986 and mov...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Pineapple Pink - Original Figurative Still Life Fruit Food Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Back to the source, Oil painting on Canvas, Water Reflections, Leafs, Realistic
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Oil Painting, Unique Work. Handmade artwork. Ready to Hang.
Medium : Oil and Acrylic painting on Canvas.
Artist : Deniz Bayav
Subject : Retour à la source (Title / F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Rainy Day" (2024) By Michael Miller, Original Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Michael Miller's beautiful original photorealist landscape barn painting "Rainy Day" (2024) depicts a Midwestern cattle pasture in the midst of a misty spring storm.
Artist Bio/Stat...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pineapple Gold
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Trio" (2022) By Dianne L. Massey Dunbar, Original Oil Still Life Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Trio" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a still life of a McDonald's meal.
About the artist:
When Di...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Weekend, Figurative, Contemporary art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich
Title: Weekend,
Sise: 43.5x51 inches, (110x130 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Hand painted, original, one of a kind.
This charming oil painting will add a touch of whimsy to any space. Painted in bright yellow-green tones, "Weekend" features children sitting on the...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Luminalia" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Luminalia" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a candle with a dusky evening sky.
Mia Bergeron's interest in art was cultivated early on, b...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wax
"Bentley Flying B" (2021) by Shan Fannin, Acrylic Painting, Classic Blue Car
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
"Bentley Flying B" by Shan Fannin is an original acrylic painting depicting a close up view of a grill and hood ornament of a classic blue Bentley.
Born 1969 in California, artist ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cotton Canvas
Floating Between Wars - Contemporary, Cityscape, Skate, Woman, Winter, White
By Mihai Florea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Floating Between Wars, 2021
Oil on canvas
23 5/8 H x 19 11/16 W in.
60 H x 50 W cm
The painting imagines a city in a continuous present in which elements of the past intertwine with...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sky 40" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 40" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of rays of sunshine breaking through stormy grey clouds in a blue sky.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
China - 21st Century, Flag, Red, Pink, White, Great Wall of China, Pagoda
By Mihai Florea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
China, 2010
Oil on canvas (Signed, front right middle)
14.96 H x 18.11 W in.
38 H x 46 W cm.
The contemporary society is seen as an "extra-wrapped" society by the artist Mihai Flore...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Memory Of Revolutions - Contemporary, Figurative Painting, White, Snow, Woman
By Mihai Florea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Memory Of Revolutions, 2021
Oil on canvas
23 5/8 H x 19 11/16 W in.
60 H x 50 W cm
The painting imagines a city in a continuous present in which elements of the past intertwine with...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,799 Sale Price
20% Off
History Of Men - Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Cityscape, Woman, Blue
By Mihai Florea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
History Of Men, 2021
Oil on canvas
23 5/8 H x 19 11/16 W in.
60 H x 50 W cm
The painting imagines a city in a continuous present in which elements of the past intertwine with elemen...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink Ball & Hook (Photorealist Oil Painting of Industrial Equipment on Blue)
Located in Hudson, NY
Vertical photo-realist painting on canvas of pale pink ball with steel colored hook on a bright sky blue background
72 x 36 x 1.5 inches
oil on canvas, thin wood stripping
signed "Richards" on bottom right corner in yellow paint
wire is installed on the back for easy hanging
This precisely detailed photo-realist painting was made by Joseph E. Richards in 1981. The artist painted this piece when he was 60 years old during a successful career painting trains, cargo ships, and industrial machinery. Richards served in the US Navy during WWII and went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia before showing with Ivan Karp of O.K. Harris Gallery in NYC. The artist moved upstate to Hillsdale, NY for the later years of his life.
This painting captures one of Richards' most beloved subjects, close up views of industrial equipment against a vivid blue sky. With a photo-realist approach to the subject, Richard was able to capture detailed changes in light and shadow, shape and form. The pale pink colored ball and steel colored hook, down to each screw and bolt, is completed with extreme focus and precision. One could easily confuse this painting with a photograph since it was completed with a very smooth application of paint, with no texture built upon the surface. It is not until you examine the painting up close, do you realize the artist's calculated brushwork.
The painting is framed with natural wood stripping. The work is lightweight and easy to hang with wire installed on the back.The artist's signature is located on the front and back of the canvas.
About the artist:
Joseph Richards’ precisely painted canvases of giant cranes, cargo booms, propellers and train engines are fueled with a fascination like that of a six-year old boy. Working directly from photographs, Richards unites light and color together as one element, evident in the reflective surfaces of steel. The otherwise mundane signs of corrosive wear are magnified; rust stains glow on the canvas and yellow painted pulleys radiate like beacons against a bright, blue sky. Richards finds beauty in their dramatic color, resilient texture, definitive form and functionality. Richards paints sections of these objects in grand scale, with canvases up to 6 feet long and eye-popping color, calling attention to their massive proportions and exceptional strength.
Richards had solo exhibits in New York City, Scottsdale AZ, and Washington DC, and his work is found in private and corporate collections here and abroad, e.g., the Tucson Museum of Fine Arts, Mobil Oil, Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia, and E. Jean Belloni in Geneva, Switzerland.
Resume:
Born in 1921 in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph Richards left for Chicago after high school to pursue a career in art. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1942 – 1945, he went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He eventually settled with his wife, Betty, in New York City. In 1969, longtime dealer Ivan Karp opened The OK Harris Gallery on West Broadway in Manhattan’s SoHo. Karp was at the forefront of the Photorealism movement, showing artists such as Duane Hanson and Manny Farber...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Photorealist figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist 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, purple, orange, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Gregory Block, Bruce Adams, James Van Fossan, and Mia Bergeron. 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 Photorealist figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 5 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 $228 and tops out at $100,000, while the average work sells for $3,000.
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