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REALIST STYLE

Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world. 

Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history. 

By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.

Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.

Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.

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Style: Realist
Blue lilies Azure Resonance Abstract Floral Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, XXXL
Blue lilies Azure Resonance Abstract Floral Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, XXXL

Blue lilies Azure Resonance Abstract Floral Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, XXXL

By Katarina Joys

Located in London, London

Abstract contemporary floral decor Blue flowers still-life. Original floral abstract expressionism oil painting on canvas. XXXL Extra-large original artwork. Artist: Katarina Joy...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Please Don't Ask What I'm Thinking
Please Don't Ask What I'm Thinking

Please Don't Ask What I'm Thinking

By Nataliya Bagatskaya

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting presents a solitary figure caught in a moment of profound stillness. A young woman crouches close to the ground, her body gathered inward in an almost instinctively pro...

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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Lacquer, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Boy From Hood - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Hyperealism, Africa
Boy From Hood - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Hyperealism, Africa

Boy From Hood - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Hyperealism, Africa

By Falope Ibrahim

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. About Artist Fal...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hyperrealistic Acrylic Painting 'The Missing Move', 90x120 cm, Signed
Hyperrealistic Acrylic Painting 'The Missing Move', 90x120 cm, Signed

Hyperrealistic Acrylic Painting 'The Missing Move', 90x120 cm, Signed

By Nataliya Bagatskaya

Located in Zofingen, AG

Certain works of art do not describe an event—they preserve its emotional residue. They remind us that the most profound transformations rarely occur in moments of visible drama, but in the quiet intervals that divide life into what existed before and everything that follows. This painting inhabits precisely that elusive territory. The composition presents an interior of remarkable stillness. A young woman, dressed in white and seen only from behind, stands before expansive panoramic windows. Beside her, a black cat quietly shares the moment. In the foreground, an antique billiard table...

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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

British Chalk Sketch of A Young Horse with White Markings
British Chalk Sketch of A Young Horse with White Markings

British Chalk Sketch of A Young Horse with White Markings

By John Rabone Harvey

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922) graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition Ha...

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Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Chalk, Graphite

Western Light-original modern landscape abstract oil painting-contemporary Art
Western Light-original modern landscape abstract oil painting-contemporary Art

Western Light-original modern landscape abstract oil painting-contemporary Art

By Kate Salenfriend

Located in London, Chelsea

This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Louis Perrey “Vanity” — A Belle Époque Portrait of Elegance
Louis Perrey “Vanity” — A Belle Époque Portrait of Elegance

Louis Perrey “Vanity” — A Belle Époque Portrait of Elegance

Located in New York, NY

A refined Belle Époque portrait of a young woman absorbed in her reflection, gracefully holding an oval hand mirror. Louis Perrey captures the intimate ritual of feminine toilette wi...

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Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

India Madras Painting on board Portrait of Serving Girl with Pot c 1910
India Madras Painting on board Portrait of Serving Girl with Pot c 1910

India Madras Painting on board Portrait of Serving Girl with Pot c 1910

Located in Norfolk, GB

Madras School C 1910 Acrylic on board 11.5" x 8" Address on verso This painting dating to the early 20th century, c 1910, shows a young woman, possibly from Madras (see info on reverse), The colours follow the conventions of a genre of art called Company School painting...

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1910s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

An Artist Working in the Studio 1930
An Artist Working in the Studio 1930

An Artist Working in the Studio 1930

Located in Stockholm, SE

This intimate studio interior from 1930 belongs to the more psychologically engaging side of Carlo Hornung Jensen’s oeuvre. A seated woman has paused beside her easel and turned towa...

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1930s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Sailing at Sunset" Realist Oil Painting on Canvas Board of Sailboat in Open Sea
"Sailing at Sunset" Realist Oil Painting on Canvas Board of Sailboat in Open Sea

"Sailing at Sunset" Realist Oil Painting on Canvas Board of Sailboat in Open Sea

By George Nemethy

Located in New York, NY

George Nemethy finds his inspiration in moments of quiet and solitude. Where he finds himself one with the sea and the sky and the tranquil world which he freely escapes to. Trained from an early age by his father Albert Nemethy, a world-renowned painter known best for his large scale steamer boats, George found and nurtured his passion for miniature sailboats...

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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Canvas

Pegasus & Apollo
Pegasus & Apollo

Pegasus & Apollo

Located in Paris, FR

BALS Wim 'Pegasus & Apollo' Oil on panel. Signed. Signed certificate by the artist on the back of the painting. 50 x 25 cm. Willem Bals, known professionally as Wim Bals, is a co...

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Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cloud-Gazing Club
Cloud-Gazing Club

Cloud-Gazing Club

By Nataliya Bagatskaya

Located in Zofingen, AG

This artwork captures a surreal and serene moment, blending simplicity with mystery. A barefoot woman in a black dress stands on a vast, white, textured expanse, reminiscent of salt ...

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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Paternity Realist Painting, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 1980s, Unframed
Paternity Realist Painting, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 1980s, Unframed

Paternity Realist Painting, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 1980s, Unframed

By José Luis Fuentetaja

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Frameless. Is born in Madrid on the 21st july 1951. After attending primary school, he starts to grow an enormous tendency for drawing. At the age of 14 he begins to work in advertising and attends to the Vallecas school of arts. At the age of 14 he travels to Switzerland and in Geneve he gets intensly into painting and decides to dedicate himself only to it. When he returns to Spain he enrolls Arts Studies, and at the begining of summer '66, he visits Sitges, where he'll come back year after year and where ultimately he'll set his home. At this time he starts selling his painting in the flea market in Madrid and later in Sitges, setting himself on the street, thus completing his studies and making it economically. While he's in Madrid he recives lessons by Pedro Mozas at Bellas Artes and starts to learn profoundly about painting. In 1969 he starts painting portraits in the streets. In Sitges he creates, with other friends, a great artistic atmosphere in the Paseo de la Ribera, by the sea, that today still exists. He starts travelling through Europe, visiting and painting in Paris, London and Amsterdam. In the middle of this bohemian epoque, he moves to the Cannary Islands during the winters for 5 years in a row, he moves in the Parque de Santa Catalina "Las Palmas de Gran Canaria" where he works and meet all sorts of people in the streets, which later would mark his pictoric line. He becomes friend with Sidney Nagley in 1969, who organizes his first exhibition in Toronto, Canada. Afterwards he'll leave his studies and start painting exclusively in his studio. He gathers his first exhibition in the Ateneu of Barcelona in 1970. He befriends with the art critic of La Vanguardia, Fernando Gutierrez and the Count of Caralt orders him a set of illustration for a new edition of Garcia Lorcas Romancero Gitano. His first exhibition in a commercial gallery is done in the Majestic Gallery in Barcelona with a gorgeous collection of nudity drawings. He achieves huge success and for some years he affords his painting thanks to those drawings. During a period in Madrid, Mr Ponce de León, a consul in the Ministry of Exterior Affairs grants him with bachelor degree to study in the prestigious Academia de España in Rome. However, he can't accept it due to militar service obligations. Some days later, before joining the ranks he opens in the Cuatre Gats (Palma de Mallorca) with hiperrealist pieces that already then he presented as the first painter in that city, that later would become a fashion in 1973. After this period he meets José Maria Gudiol who advises positively. Since then, the intense work and the fight for daily improvement that has become the trademark of his life. The seek of styles and situations, the journeys through Europe always aware of all the tendencies that have in the art line that we can see nowadays. At his more than fifty years given to paint, his individual exhibitions beat the 100, his artwork is highly appreciated and valued in the complex market of art. In October 1982 hi makes his first exhibition in Tarragona. In the catalogue, writing of the unforgettable Fernando Gutierrez, he says "Fuentetaja is an artist of character and exceptional upbringing with a masterly knowledge of technique and resourses, and personality completely uncommon to the dimension of his sensitivity, as the richness of his deep and bloomed liricism. A judgement as accurate as foreseeing for the future outstanding of the artist, in where his paint soared through different phases mantaining an unquestionable quality. Lines, cubist, expressionist and hiperrealist till his current realism, in the middle of his creative maturity. Jose Luis Fuentetaja...

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1980s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Matthew (male portrait)
Matthew (male portrait)

Matthew (male portrait)

By Randall Exon

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Randall Exon (b.1956). Matthew, 1990. Oil on wood panel. Measures 24 x 36 inches. Unframed. Excellent condition with no damage or conservation. Signed and dated lower right. Gallery stamp on verso. Plastic wall mount taped down on verso. Provenance: The More Gallery INC, Philadelphia; Aramark Corporate Collection. Randall Exon (b. 1956) was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Exon earned his B.F.A. in painting from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, and an M.F.A. at the University of Iowa. In 2003, the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, staged a solo exhibition of his work. He was awarded the Thomas Benedict Clarke Prize in the 2004 179th Annual Invitation Exhibition of Contemporary American Art at the National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York. More recently, Exon’s work was featured in Visions of the Susquehanna, a traveling exhibition organized by the Lancaster Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, in 2008, and Haunting Narratives, a major exhibition at the Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, in 2012. BORN 1956 Vermillion, SD EDUCATION 1982 M.F.A. in Painting, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1981 Skowhegan School of Painting, Skowhegan, ME 1981 M.A. in Painting, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1978 B.F.A. in Painting, Washburn University, Topeka, KS SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013 Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY 2009 Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY 2007 Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY 2004 Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY 2003 Randall Exon: A Quiet Light, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA 2001 Mulvane Museum of Art, Topeka, KS 2000 More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1998 More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1996 More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1994 More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1993 Tasis England American School, Main Gallery, Thorpe, Surrey, England 1992 More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Theatre Gallery, Washburn University, Topeka, KS Widener University Art Museum, Chester, PA 1990 Charles More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1988 West Chester University, McKinney Gallery, Mitchell Hall, West Chester, PA Charles More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Carleton College, Northfield, MN 1987 University of Maine at Machias, University Gallery, ME Topeka Public Library, Central Gallery, KS 1986 More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1984 More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Stoneybrook School, Suffolk, Long Island, NY 1981-82 Florence Wilcox Gallery, Swarthmore College, PA Beauchamp Gallery, Topeka, KS SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019 Unforeseeable Thereness, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2018 Vis-à-Vis, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY 2017 The New Baroque, Booth Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Robert Zeller Painted Landscapes: Contemporary Views, Heritage Museums and Gardens, Sandwich, MA 2016 Mixed Environs: Contemporary Painters, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA 2015 Home is Where the Art Is, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY 2014 Our American Life, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY 2014 Edge of the Seat, The Rye Arts Center Gallery, Rye, NY 2013 Duets: Art in Conversation, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY 2012 Haunting Narratives: Detours from Philadelphia Realism, 1935-Present, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA Structuring Nature, Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR Summer Selections, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY 2011 Masterworks: The Best of Hirschl & Adler, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY 2010 Summer Selections, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY 2009 Holiday Selections, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY 2008-2009 American Green – Art and Stewardship, Somerville-Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE 2008 Holiday Selections, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY Summer Selections, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY 2007 Finding a Form: Influences in Figurative Painting, Tower Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Holiday Selections, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY Summer Selections, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY 2006-2008 Visions of the Susquehanna, Susquehanna Art Museum, PA; Governor’s Residence, Harrisburgh, PA; Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD; Roberson Center for Art and Science, Binghamton, NY. 2006 Summer Selections, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY 2004 179th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy of Design, New York, NY Selected Works from the Ballinglen Collection, United States Embassy to Ireland, Ambassadors Residence, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Part of the Art in the Embassies Program, Washington D.C. 2001 Personal Affinities, Contemporary Artists Influenced by the works of Edwin Dickinson, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA 2000 December Show, Fenton Gallery, Cork City, Ireland Works from the Archives, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland 1999 New Realism for a New Millennium, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY Indomitable Spirits, The Figure At The End Of The Century, The Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA 1998 Visual Poetry, A Selection of Work by Artists Inspired by the Words and Sentiments of Walt Whitman, Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ The Artist's Window, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC Embodied Fictions, Twelve Contemporary Figure Painters, The Boyden Gallery, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD 1997 Abstract and Image, Four Painters, Hopkin's Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH An Extended View: Landscapes by Philadelphia Artists, Levy and Paley Galleries, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA 1996 Figure Drawings, Hillyer Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA Figurative Paintings, Edith Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA A Show of Hands (Exhibit and auction to assist AIDS research), Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA 1994 Figures in the Landscape, More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1992 Landscapes by Randall Exon & Joseph Byrne, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 1991 A Show of Hands, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA 1991 Ten Contemporary Philadelphia Painters, Westmoreland Museum, Greensburg, PA 1991 Sport in Art, Woodmere Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA 1990 Myth and Monument, More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1990 Evidence of the Senses, 7 Painters, Woodmere Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA Pollack Award Winners, Mulvane Gallery, Washburn University, Topeka, KS 1989 Works on Paper, More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Nocturnes, More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1986 Nature Morte, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, St. Francis College, Loretto, PA 1984 The Spirit of the Coast: Paintings, Monmouth Museum, NJ Drawings: Personal and Intimate, More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Night Paintings, Florence Wilcox Gallery, Swarthmore, PA 1983 Realist Direction, Penn State University Museum, University Park, PA 1981 Graduate Student Traveling Exhibit, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1980 Selected Painters, Mulvane Gallery, Washburn University, Topeka, KS 1979 Artists Choose Artists Exhibit, University of Missouri at Kansas City Art Gallery, MO JURIED SHOWS 1990 Philadelphia Art Now, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA 1989 State of Pennsylvania Juried Exhibition, William Penn Museum, Harrisburg, PA 1987 State of Pennsylvania Juried Exhibition, William Penn Museum, Harrisburg, PA 1984 Butler Institute of American Art Annual Exhibit, Youngstown, OH National Academy of Design Biannual Competition, New York, NY 1981 32nd Iowa Artists Exhibition, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA 1980 Iowa Artists Solon, Burnnier Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 1979 Kansas Bankers Association Exhibition, Topeka, KS AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES 2004 The Thomas Benedict Clarke Prize, 179th Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, NY 2001 2nd Fellowship, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland Eugene M. Lang Faculty Fellowship, Swarthmore College, PA 1997 Fellow, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland 1992 Washburn Fellow, Washburn University, Topeka, KS 1989 Eugene M. Lang Faculty Fellowship, Swarthmore College, PA 1988 Andrew Carnegie Prize, 163rd Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design, New York, NY 1987 1985-86 1984 1981 1981 1980 1976, 78 TEACHING 1982-present 1994-00 1980-82 Best of Show prize, juried museum exhibition, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA Henry Luce Scholar, Bali, Indonesia Julius Halgarten Prize for Best Painting by an Artist under 35 years of age Academy of Design Annual Exhibition, New York, NY Iowa Artists Salon, Second Prize Skowhegan Scholarship Award, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Student Award, 32nd Iowa Artists Exhibition, Des Moines Art Center, IA Charles Pollack purchase prize for the best painting from annual student exhibition, Washburn University, Topeka, KS Professor in Studio Arts, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA Chair, Department of Art, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA Teaching Assistant to Ben Frank Moss, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA VISITING ARTIST/LECTURES 2002 2001 1998 1995 1994 1993 1994, 1992 1992 1989 1987 1986 1985 1982 Pennsylvania State University, Abington, PA Hollins College, Roanoke, VA Maryland Arts Institute, Baltimore, MD Beaver College, Glenside, PA Union College, Department of Art, Schenectady, NY Allentown Art Museum, PA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA Tasis England American School, Thorpe, Surrey, England Boston Art Institute, MA Boston University, M.F.A. program, MA Beaver College, Department of Art, Philadelphia, PA Dartmouth College, Department of Visual Studies, Hanover, NH Dartmouth College, Department of Visual Studies, Hanover, NH Carleton College, Northfield, MN University of Maine at Machias, ME Horsham College of Art, Horsham, England Stoneybrook School, Suffolk, Long Island, NY Moore College of Art, Basic Drawing, Philadelphia, PA Vassar College, Department of Art, Poughkeepsie, NY PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Allentown Art Museum, PA ARA Corporation, Philadelphia, PA Security Pacific National Bank, Sanger Branch, Los Angeles, CA University of Iowa, Permanent Collection, Iowa City, IA Mulvane Gallery Permanent Collection, Washburn University, Topeka, KS Woodmere Museum, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, PA Henry Luce Foundation, New York, NY Henry Wendt Collection, Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Sozanski, Edward J. “Simple Situations, in almost holy light,” Philadelphia Inquirer , February 7, 2003 Francis, Naila,“Studies in Light, Space,” The Intelligencer, January 9, 2003 Thompson, Jodi, “Fabulous Realism, seeing the light,” Out & About, January 9, 2003 Hopkin, Alannah, The Irish Examiner, July 1, 2002 Hopkin, Alannah, The Irish Examiner, January 2002 Sosanski, Edward, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 2001 Carr, Jeffrey, “Landscapes of the Imagination,” American Artist, January 1999 “On The Town,” New York Times Art Review, November 1998 Adelson, Fred B...

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1990s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

River Landscape with Highland Cows & Sheep in the Scottish Mountains
River Landscape with Highland Cows & Sheep in the Scottish Mountains

River Landscape with Highland Cows & Sheep in the Scottish Mountains

By Wendy Reeves

Located in Preston, GB

River Landscape with Highland Cows & Sheep in the Scottish Mountains by 20th Century British Artist, Wendy Reeves. Original, Oil on canvas, Signed Art measures 24 x 14 inches Frame measures 30 x 20 inches This painting depicts a serene landscape featuring a river flowing through a valley surrounded by majestic mountains. The scene is bathed in soft, natural light, with clouds partially covering the peaks, creating a misty atmosphere. In the foreground, three cows are grazing near the riverbank, adding a pastoral element to the tranquil setting. The lush greenery and rocky outcrops contribute to the overall idyllic and peaceful ambiance. The painting is framed in a vintage gold-colored frame, enhancing its classic and timeless appeal. Wendy Reeves garnered acclaim for her Scottish Highland and Lakeland paintings. Born in 1944 in Ewell, Surrey, she took to her father Gordon’s craft, deciding early on that she would be a painter. Prior to her famous paintings of the British Isles, artist Wendy Reeves painted scenes from a trip she made to Spain when she was 21. It was during this time that her dream of following in her father’s footsteps became a reality, and when she returned to England she cemented her name as an artist. Wendy Reeves' paintings showcase her talent with natural landscapes and the wildlife that inhabits them. Her work often features ochre and pink lights...

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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Moment of Serenity
Moment of Serenity

Moment of Serenity

By Anzhelika Muzychenko

Located in Zofingen, AG

From the series «Summer Memories “ This painting captures the serene setting of a pool at a villa in the Tuscan region of Italy. The tranquil blue water reflects the surrounding lan...

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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bohemian Hippie Woman Knitting Realist Figurative Portrait Acrylic Painting
Bohemian Hippie Woman Knitting Realist Figurative Portrait Acrylic Painting

Bohemian Hippie Woman Knitting Realist Figurative Portrait Acrylic Painting

By José Luis Fuentetaja

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Bohemian Hippie Woman Knitting Realist Figurative Portrait Acrylic Painting Creator: José Luis Fuentetaja (Spanish, b. 1951) Title: Bohemian Woman Knitting Date: Circa 1980 Medium: ...

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1980s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Zaeli" (2024) Oil Painting by Karen Offutt, Female Portrait
"Zaeli" (2024) Oil Painting by Karen Offutt, Female Portrait

"Zaeli" (2024) Oil Painting by Karen Offutt, Female Portrait

By Karen Offutt

Located in Denver, CO

Karen Offutt's (US based) "Zaeli" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female bathed in light with oversized white and pink blooms surrounding her. The painting is fr...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

When We Stay Very Quiet
When We Stay Very Quiet

When We Stay Very Quiet

By Nataliya Bagatskaya

Located in Zofingen, AG

There is something almost peaceful about this room. A young woman sits in a black rocking chair, dressed in a white blouse, voluminous black wrap, striped socks and vivid red ankle b...

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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Lacquer

Rafael Atencia Spanish El Rocío Pilgrimage Oil on Copper in Dutch-Style Fram
Rafael Atencia Spanish El Rocío Pilgrimage Oil on Copper in Dutch-Style Fram

Rafael Atencia Spanish El Rocío Pilgrimage Oil on Copper in Dutch-Style Fram

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

Rafael Atencia figurative oil painting on copper depicting the traditional pilgrimage to El Rocío in Andalusia. Oil on copper. Signed by the artist in the lower right. Artwork: 22 × ...

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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Le Bistro, Passage Verdeau - 21st Century Hyper Realistic oil painting of a City
Le Bistro, Passage Verdeau - 21st Century Hyper Realistic oil painting of a City

Le Bistro, Passage Verdeau - 21st Century Hyper Realistic oil painting of a City

By Roos van der Meijden

Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant

Roos van der Meijden Le Bistro, Passage Verdeau 26 x 26 cm ( framed 32 x 32 cm, frame is included in price ) Oil paint on panel Dutch artist Roos van der Meijden is famous because o...

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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Horse Patiently Waiting at The Wooden Fence
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Horse Patiently Waiting at The Wooden Fence

British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Horse Patiently Waiting at The Wooden Fence

By John Rabone Harvey

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922) graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition Ha...

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Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Chalk, Graphite

1897 Antique European Winter Landscape Forest Road Oil Canvas Signed Framed
1897 Antique European Winter Landscape Forest Road Oil Canvas Signed Framed

1897 Antique European Winter Landscape Forest Road Oil Canvas Signed Framed

Located in Stockholm, SE

This winter landscape, painted in the late 19th century by an unidentified, yet talented European artist, reveals to us the ringing silence of a snow-covered forest in the anticipati...

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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

19th Century British Pastoral Horse Cart Watering Scene Oil Canvas Framed Signed
19th Century British Pastoral Horse Cart Watering Scene Oil Canvas Framed Signed

19th Century British Pastoral Horse Cart Watering Scene Oil Canvas Framed Signed

Located in Stockholm, SE

This idyllic oil on canvas is a striking example of British classical landscape painting from the mid 19th century. The character and manner of this work are close to the works of ar...

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Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Oriental Figure Study in Red and White
Oriental Figure Study in Red and White

Oriental Figure Study in Red and White

Located in Stockholm, SE

Attributed to John Arsenius (1818–1903) Sweden Oriental Figure monogrammed lower left JA oil on panel unframed 26.5 × 15.5 cm (10.4 × 6.1 in) framed 34 × 23 cm (13.4 × 9.1 in) Pro...

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Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Painting of Mountain Cottages by River in Ireland by 20th Century Irish Artist
Painting of Mountain Cottages by River in Ireland by 20th Century Irish Artist

Painting of Mountain Cottages by River in Ireland by 20th Century Irish Artist

By Robert B Higgins

Located in Preston, GB

Painting of Mountain Cottages by River in Ireland by 20th Century Irish Artist Art measures 20 x 16 inches Frame measures 24 x 20 inches This captivating oil painting portrays a ...

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20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Domenico Cantatore, Italian Expressionist - Odalisque, oil painting 1960
Domenico Cantatore, Italian Expressionist - Odalisque, oil painting 1960

Domenico Cantatore, Italian Expressionist - Odalisque, oil painting 1960

By Domenico Cantatore

Located in Varmo, IT

Domenico Cantatore (Ruvo di Puglia 1906 - Paris 1998) - Odalisque (Homage to Delacroix). 35 x 32 cm (without frame) - 66 x 64 cm (with frame). Oil on panel, in gilt wood frame. Si...

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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Antique Oil Painting Signed Holly European Tavern Interior Genre Scene, Framed
Antique Oil Painting Signed Holly European Tavern Interior Genre Scene, Framed

Antique Oil Painting Signed Holly European Tavern Interior Genre Scene, Framed

Located in Palm Coast, FL

Original antique oil on canvas signed “Holly” depicting a lively Old World tavern interior with three gentlemen gathered around a table in animated conversation. Executed in the trad...

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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

British Chalk Pencil Sketch of Sheep Lying Down With Pricked Ears
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of Sheep Lying Down With Pricked Ears

British Chalk Pencil Sketch of Sheep Lying Down With Pricked Ears

By John Rabone Harvey

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922) graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition Ha...

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Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Chalk, Graphite

Loch Eilt in the Scottish Highlands Realist Landscape Vintage Oil Painting
Loch Eilt in the Scottish Highlands Realist Landscape Vintage Oil Painting

Loch Eilt in the Scottish Highlands Realist Landscape Vintage Oil Painting

By William McGregor

Located in Preston, GB

Loch Eilt in the Scottish Highlands Landscape Vintage Painting. A beautiful realist oil painting of the Scottish Highlands from a highly respected British Artist. Art measures 33 x...

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20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Sheep by an Idyllic Tree Lined River Landscape in Ireland by Modern Irish Artist
Sheep by an Idyllic Tree Lined River Landscape in Ireland by Modern Irish Artist

Sheep by an Idyllic Tree Lined River Landscape in Ireland by Modern Irish Artist

By Frank Fitzsimons

Located in Preston, GB

Sheep by an Idyllic Tree Lined River Landscape in Ireland by Modern 20th Century Irish Artist, Frank Fitzsimons Art measures 18 x 14 inches Frame measure 21.5 x 17.5 inches Frank Fitzsimons was born in Antrim but grew up in Bangor, Co Down in the 1930’s. Fitzsimons joined the Belfast Art Club where he painted with Maurice Canning Wilks...

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1980s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

European painter - 19th century still life painting red flowers
European painter - 19th century still life painting red flowers

European painter - 19th century still life painting red flowers

Located in Varmo, IT

European painter (19th–20th century) - Still Life with Flowers. 30 x 36 cm (without frame) - 45.5 x 51.5 cm (with frame). Oil on canvas, in carved and gilded wooden frame (not sign...

Category

Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vincenzo Colleoni (Venetian master) - 19th century Realist masquerade scene
Vincenzo Colleoni (Venetian master) - 19th century Realist masquerade scene

Vincenzo Colleoni (Venetian master) - 19th century Realist masquerade scene

Located in Varmo, IT

Vincenzo Colleoni (Active in Venice in the second half of the 19th century) - Interior scene with masked figures. 110 x 160 cm (without frame) - 145 x 194 cm (with frame). Oil on c...

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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Force Pressure And Energy Of Brown In Perspective
Force Pressure And Energy Of Brown In Perspective

Force Pressure And Energy Of Brown In Perspective

By Yrjö Edelmann

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

Free shipment worldwide. Painted on the sides.No frame needed. Signature: signed and dated. Reality or fantasy? What is the difference between fantasy and fact, between night and ...

Category

Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman in a Sunlit Italian Courtyard, Oil on Wood, Mid-19th Century
Woman in a Sunlit Italian Courtyard, Oil on Wood, Mid-19th Century

Woman in a Sunlit Italian Courtyard, Oil on Wood, Mid-19th Century

By Silvestro Lega

Located in Genève, GE

Dimension with frame : 36,5 x 28,5 x 4,5 cm. A charming 19th-century Italian oil study attributed to Silvestro Lega (1826–1895), depicting a woman seen from behind in a rustic sunli...

Category

Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man with Ropes and Rings

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man with Ropes and Rings

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite Signed in red, u.r. $7000.00 + $350.00 framing This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Masonite

"Adoration of the Magi"
"Adoration of the Magi"

"Adoration of the Magi", XVI Century

$64,302Sale Price|20% Off

"Adoration of the Magi"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Attributed to Francesco Mazza, called "Il Parmigianino" (1503-1540) – "Adoration of the Magi" Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 88 x 134 cm (unframed), 205 x 149 cm (framed) Proven...

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16th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Plow Field at Dawn in Mountain Landscape 18th Century Antique Large Oil Painting
Plow Field at Dawn in Mountain Landscape 18th Century Antique Large Oil Painting

Plow Field at Dawn in Mountain Landscape 18th Century Antique Large Oil Painting

Located in Stockholm, SE

The painting captures a serene moment on the foothill plateau, just as the day is beginning to wake up. The mountains are still wrapped in a soft blanket of morning fog, giving the s...

Category

Late 18th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Realist figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

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