Realist Figurative Paintings
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
River Landscape of Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Oil Painting of River Landscape of Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands by 20th Century Artist, Robert Egginton.
Art measures 30 x 22 inches
Frame measures 36 x 28 inches
Presented in the highest quality hand-finished off-white Frinton moulding.
Robert Egginton was born in Devon in 1943 and is a landscape painter in watercolours and oils. He paints mainly Scottish scenes in an accurate pictorial manner, with a bright palette. He is the grandson of Wycliffe Egginton RI (1875-1951) and nephew of Frank Egginton...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Cotton, Cotton Canvas, Board
River Landscape with Rain Clouds in Ireland by 20th Century Modern Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Oil Painting of a River Landscape with Rain Clouds in Ireland by 20th Century Modern Irish Artist, John S Haggan (1946-2021)
Art measures 20 x ...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
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Late 18th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Early 20th Century Maritime Oil Painting of RMS Aquitania in New York Harbor
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Maritime Oil Painting of RMS Aquitania in New York Harbor by Frederick Hoertz.
Original painting of Cunard Line’s Aquitania by Frederick Hoertz (American, 1889-1978) that w...
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1920s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen, Stretcher Bars
Ballerinas Pas de Deux - British 1950's Ballet dancers art oil painting Dance
By Elizabeth Bridge
Located in London, GB
This lovely British ballet oil painting is by noted artist Elizabeth Bridge. Painted in 1951, the composition is a male and female ballet dancer on...
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1950s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Luna" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Kierstin Young's (US based) "Luna" is an oil painting that depicts a battered white moth and a black background with the phases of the moon overhead
Artist Statement/Bio:
(b. The Ye...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$800 Sale Price
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"Magique Noir, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Tina Garrett's (US based) "Magique Noir" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a model with a painted face.
This is a secondary market work with one previous owner.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Upside down - Nude Female Portrait Oil Painting, Realistic, Polish artist
By Janusz Szpyt
Located in Warsaw, PL
Janusz Szpyt was born in 1960, he is a Polish painter. He graduated from the Graphic design faculty and painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. 1983 onward, he became the m...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Siliang Sun Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "The Shade"
Located in New York, NY
Title: The Shade
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting is uns...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$800 Sale Price
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Vedutist Italian painter - Early 20th century landscape painting - View Trieste
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (early 20th century) - Trieste, view of Miramare Castle with the Italian flag.
35.5 x 50 cm without frame, 42.5 x 56.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,405 Sale Price
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HUGH OIL PAINTING Tintern Abbey Antique 19th Century Fine Quality Piece GGF
Located in Ferndown, GB
HUGH OIL PAINTING Antique 19th Century Fine Quality Piece of Winds
OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING BRITISH SCHOOL
19th Century Gold Frame
Description
Late 19th century Piece
“Good Condi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"A Walk in the Woods (Everything is Green), " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Shawn Krueger's "A Walk in the Woods (Everything is Green)" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a lush forest filled with growing ivy ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
"Untitled, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Shana Levenson's "Untitled" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a close up portrait of a female model.
This is a secondary market work ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$2,000 Sale Price
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"A peony", Realism, figurative, flowers, pastel colors
Located in MADRID, ES
Realism, figurative, flowers, pastel colors
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,924 Sale Price
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Cup with Strawberries - Oil on Canvas by Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror) - 2000
Located in Roma, IT
Original oil on canvas realized by Zhang Wei Guang in the early 2000s.
Includes a contemporary black frame 38x48,5 cm.
Excellent conditions.
Zhang Wei Guang, also called ‘mirror' ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Breton Courtship - British 19thC exhib art portrait landscape oil painting
By George Sherwood Hunter
Located in London, GB
A stunning 1891 exhibited oil painting by British listed artist George Sherwood Hunter. This is a glorious British Impressionist painting from his travels in Northern France. It depicts “A Breton Courtship” in blue hot summer tones and is married well with the French Barbizon frame. The couple sit opposite each other, on either side of the road they are travelling together. A fantastic painting. This is a large oil on canvas by the Scottish artist who is one of my favourite artists of the period. George Sherwood Hunter was a well travelled artist and he painted throughout Europe. He is represented in many public collections.
Provenance. Exhibited: Royal Society of British Artists 1891.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 30 inches by 20 inches unframed and in good condition.
Housed in a fine Barbizon gilt gallery frame, 40 inches by 30 inches framed. Gallery condition.
George Sherwood Hunter (1846-1914) - was born in Aberdeen in Scortland on 30 May 1846. He first visited Newlyn in the 1890s, staying at Belle View in 1897. In 1902 he settled at the Malt House, Newlyn, with his wife Constance. Hunter had a studio in Bateman’s Meadow, where the Forbes School of Painting was situated, and Hunter assisted with tuition at the School in its early days. In Mrs Lionel Birch’s 1906 biography of the Forbes’ she wrote, ‘r and Mrs Forbes feel that they owe a debt of gratitude to Mr G...
Category
19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Fisherman's Fight" oil painting, narrative realism, figures hauling boat in
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"The Fisherman Fight" is a realist oil on linen painting. It depicts five figures heaving a rope towards the right end of the painting. A sixth man, the left-most figure, has lost his grip and fallen into the water, onto a rock in the waves, as the men behind him braces to pick up the slack, their muscles strained against the weight. The man behind him, centered in the painting an wearing a yellow...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Lost in Thought" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's (US based) "Lost in Thought" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a lone female figure in profile looking towards Japanese blossoms in the background while resting her elbow on her knee.
Kelly Birkenruth’s captivating paintings are in the style of contemporary realism while staying firmly grounded in the tradition of the Old Masters. She is able to pull the viewer into her paintings by interweaving emotion with a humanistic quality through her supreme handling of light. Through her portraits and still lifes she is able to evoke sensitivity and empathy, which in turn allows her to create images which transcend mere representation to capture the true essence of her subject. Kelly’s arresting compositions, draftsmanship, use of color and observation of detail allow her to create paintings with a timeless quality.
After earning her degree from Pennsylvania State University, Kelly moved to southern California where she began a career as a fashion model. Her agency soon sent her abroad to Paris and Tokyo, where she spent the next several years modeling. When she wasn’t walking the runway, she spent endless hours in the great museums of the world, closely observing and studying the works of the Old Masters. “My time abroad, particularly in Paris, opened my eyes to the vast beauty and power of a great painting. After that I knew I wanted to dedicate my life to the pursuit of Fine Art” said Birkenruth. After returning to the States, Kelly studied at Otis College of Art in Los Angeles, CA. She then continued her studies through workshops and private study with renowned artists such as Daniel Sprick, Steven Assael and Jesus Emmanuel Villarreal.
In the spring of 2019 Kelly...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Prayer Rug 19th-century Orientalist Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Description:
Addison Thomas Millar (1860-1913) was an American painter known for his captivating depictions of scenes from daily life, as well as his exploration of landscapes and architectural subjects. Born in Warren, Ohio, Millar’s passion for art blossomed during his early education when he received painting lessons from local landscape artist John Bell.
In his late teens, Millar’s talent gained recognition as he won three consecutive awards from The Youth’s Companion in their annual art contests. Encouraged by this success, his parents allowed him to travel to Cincinnati to study under genre painter De Scott Evans...
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19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Ranunculus", floral, small horizontal, pink, white, flowers, oil
Located in Oslo, NO
This delicate floral composition captures the lush elegance of ranunculus blooms in full flourish. Painted from life in rich, buttery strokes of oil, the work celebrates the intricat...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Life Magazine Satirical Society Cartoon Illustration
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Barbara Shermund (1899-1978). Society Satirical Cartoon, ca. 1940s. Gouache on heavy illustration paper, image measures 17 x 14 inches; 23 x 20 inches in matting. Signed lower left. Very good condition but matting panel should be replaced. Unframed.
Provenance: Ethel Maud Mott Herman, artist (1883-1984), West Orange NJ.
For two decades, she drew almost 600 cartoons for The New Yorker with female characters that commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony.
In the mid-1920s, Harold Ross, the founder of a new magazine called The New Yorker, was looking for cartoonists who could create sardonic, highbrow illustrations accompanied by witty captions that would function as social critiques.
He found that talent in Barbara Shermund.
For about two decades, until the 1940s, Shermund helped Ross and his first art editor, Rea Irvin, realize their vision by contributing almost 600 cartoons and sassy captions with a fresh, feminist voice.
Her cartoons commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony, using female characters who critiqued the patriarchy and celebrated speakeasies, cafes, spunky women and leisure. They spoke directly to flapper women of the era who defied convention with a new sense of political, social and economic independence.
“Shermund’s women spoke their minds about sex, marriage and society; smoked cigarettes and drank; and poked fun at everything in an era when it was not common to see young women doing so,” Caitlin A. McGurk wrote in 2020 for the Art Students League.
In one Shermund cartoon, published in The New Yorker in 1928, two forlorn women sit and chat on couches. “Yeah,” one says, “I guess the best thing to do is to just get married and forget about love.”
“While for many, the idea of a New Yorker cartoon conjures a highbrow, dry non sequitur — often more alienating than familiar — Shermund’s cartoons are the antithesis,” wrote McGurk, who is an associate curator and assistant professor at Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. “They are about human nature, relationships, youth and age.” (McGurk is writing a book about Shermund.
And yet by the 1940s and ’50s, as America’s postwar focus shifted to domestic life, Shermund’s feminist voice and cool critique of society fell out of vogue. Her last cartoon appeared in The New Yorker in 1944, and much of her life and career after that remains unclear. No major newspaper wrote about her death in 1978 — The New York Times was on strike then, along with The Daily News and The New York Post — and her ashes sat in a New Jersey funeral...
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1940s Realist Figurative Paintings
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Gouache
Oil Painting of River Landscape in Ireland Countryside by Modern Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of River Landscape in Ireland Countryside by Modern Irish Artist. This original oil painting is an early example of the more traditional...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Explorer, nude figurative oil on canvas
By Cesar Santos
Located in Miami, FL
Santos art education is worldly, and his work has been seen around the globe, from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sicily, Italy and the Beijing museum in...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Country House - Farm Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
The Country House - Farm Landscape
Highly detailed scene with a country house, workers, and a hare with rider by an unknown artist (19th Century). Five people - one on a horse - are...
Category
19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
FINE OIL PAINTING By Richard Ansdell RA 19th Century British OLD MASTER PIECE
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING Antique 19th Century British old master in a Gold Gilt Frame
Description
Good condition Canvas , Professional Cleaned & relined ,
Frame Is original and in very good ...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sol" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Kierstin Young's (US based) "Sol" is an oil painting that depicts a battered white moth and a black background with organic designs in rust tones.
Artist Statement/Bio:
(b. The Yea...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Nude Oil Female Figures Women Realism Expressionism Contemporary Sensual Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Sauna" is an original oil painting on canvas signed by the artist Alicia Czechowski. It depicts six nude female figures lounging in a sauna. These figures have a wide variety of...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Daytime Watering Hole at Well in French Village 19th Century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
This beautiful painting depicts a crowded scene of a watering hole at a well in the midst of a sunny, hot day, located on the street of a provincial village supposedly located somewh...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Best regards, bumblebee oil/canvas, 40x50 cm, 2021
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Igor Maikov (1966)
Education:
1981 - 1984 The Art Academy of Latvia
1973 - 1983 Salaspils Primary and Secondary School
Exhibitions:
1994 - Group Exhibition «Rol-Art», Latvia
...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The three graces. 2022. Oil on canvas, 146x110 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The three graces. 2022. Oil on canvas, 146x110 cm
Normunds Braslinsh (1962)
Born 1962 in Riga, Latvia
1980–1986 Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department
1973–1980 Janis Rozentāls Riga Secondary School of Art
Has participated in photo exhibitions since 2002
A professional photographer for art editions since 1989
Has participated in exhibitions since 1980
Pedagogical Experience
Since 2004 Professor at the Latvian Academy of Art
1998 Associate Professor at the Latvian Academy of Art
Since 1997 a teacher at the Master Studio of Figurative Painting, Latvian Academy of Art
Since 1988 a teacher at the Drawing Department, Latvian Academy of Art
Solo exhibitions
2008 Normunds Brasliņš...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$25,494 Sale Price
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"Morning After Dark" Figurative Oil Painting 24" x 20 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Morning After Dark" Figurative Oil Painting 24" x 20 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube.
A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a glamorous, fe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Lift Off", Underwater female swimmer and soothing green water, Oil on canvas
Located in Dallas, TX
"Lift Off" is a stunning oil on canvas by Patsy McArthur, showing an underwater nude female swimmer surrounded by refreshing, cool turquoise green water.
Scottish artist Patsy McArt...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Feria de Sevilla
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ CAÑAVERAL
Spanish, 1833 - 1894
FERIA DE SEVILLA
signed "JCañaveral / Sevilla 1881." (lower right)
oil on canvas
29-1/3 x 19-1/2 inches (74.5 x 49.5 cm.)
framed: 38-1/2 x 29-1/2 inches (98 x 75 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Privated Collection, Lille, France
José Cañaveral y Pérez (Seville, 1833-Madrid, 1894) was a Spanish painter, brother of the artist Alfonso Cañaveral y Pérez. Born in Seville, he trained artistically at the School of Fine Arts in his city, later he moved to Madrid where he was a disciple of Federico...
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1880s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Caligo Vespera" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Kierstin Young's (US based) "Sol" is an oil painting that depicts a grouping of barren trees surrounded with fog and ambiguous light
Artist Statement/Bio:
(b. The Year of the Rabbit...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$800 Sale Price
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Faust
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ GARCÍA Y RAMOS
Spanish, 1852 - 1912
FAUST
signed "J. García y Ramos" (lower right)
oil on canvas
21-1/2 x 24-5/8 inches (54.5 x 62.5 cm.)
framed: 24-5/8 x 27-3/4 (62.5 x 70.5 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, France
José García y Ramos (Seville, 1852-ibídem, 1912) was a Spanish painter and illustrator.
He was a student of the Provincial School of Fine Arts of Seville from a young age, completing his training in the workshop of José Jiménez Aranda...
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1880s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Super rare World War Two scene of St Pauls's Cathedral, London during the Blitz
Located in Woodbury, CT
Super rare World War Two period scene of St Pauls's Cathedral, London during the Blitz.
Very few scenes of the Blitz were painted and this piece dated August 1945 was painted a few ...
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1940s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Judaica Miniature Oil Painting Jewish Family Scene
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Realism
Subject: Family Portrait
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Dimensions: 12X14 includes frame
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Women in garden" 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Jacksonville, FL
John Edmund Califano, an American artist born in the late 19th century, was known for his remarkable skills in capturing the beauty of everyday life through his paintings. Califano'...
Category
19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cherries, Oil on canvas by Zhang Wei Guang - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas - 40x50 cm.
Hand signed lower right.
In excellent conditions, it includes a contemporary wooden frame with gilded edges.
Zhang Wei Guang, also called ‘mirror' was bo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Fishermans Fight Study #2" oil painting, men hauling a boat in stormy seas
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"The Fisherman' Fight Study #2" is the second of two studies done by the artist, Rolf Hellem, in preparation for his larger multi-figure composition, "The Fisherman's Fight" 27.6" x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Panel
"Ensemble of Austrian artists"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Franz Rotter (1900–1944) – "Ensemble of Austrian Artists"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 176 x 288 cm (unframed), 181 x 295 cm (framed)
Signature: Lower left corner
Provenance: Pr...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Guardian of time oil/canvas, 60x80cm, 2013
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Igor Maikov (1966)
Education:
1981 - 1984 The Art Academy of Latvia
1973 - 1983 Salaspils Primary and Secondary School
Exhibitions:
1994 - Group Exhibition «Rol-Art», Latvia
...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Diner Connecticut USA at Night Painting by British Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Olympia Diner American Diner, Connecticut, USA at Night, by Modern British Urban Artist, Angela Wakefield.
Art measures 24 x 12 inches
Fra...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Acrylic, Board, Varnish
Lost Years 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Restoration, Mixed Media
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In 2020, amidst the lockdown's intensity, my art journey ignited professionally. With ample time to delve deep, I explored figurative painting and abstract drawings until early 2022....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
Pocket Tamerilla by Dani Humberstone, Still Life, Realism, Original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Tamerilla by Dani Humberstone [2022]
original
Signed by Artist
Oil paint on canvas
Image size: H:7 cm x W:5 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:7 cm x W:5 cm x D:3cm
Fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surroundings in countryside. 1963, cardboard, oil, 45 x 58 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Surroundings in countryside. 1963, cardboard, oil, 45 x 58 cm
Landscape painting of Latvia countryside.
Gentle and careful brushstrokes in the foreground accents sunny day.
Color use demonstrates Paulovics as fine master of tonal painting.
Artist used impasto painting technique that uses thick, rich layers of paint. Applying the paint thickly, author produced an truly incredibly beautiful effect.
Teodors Paulovics captured the impressionistic aspects of nature - afternoon light of the sun in late fall- more then details of natural forms.
Teodors Paulovics studied art in Vilhelms Purvitis...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$923 Sale Price
20% Off
"Jack-in-the-Pulpit" (2024) By Fred Wessel, Egg Tempera on Gold Leaf Painting
By Fred Wessel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "Jack-In-The-Pulpit" is a stunning egg tempera painting on gold leaf. Created in 2023, this piece features two stems of Aresaema Triphyllum, resting in an ornate gold l...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Twilight #2 - contemporary, figurative, portrait, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This realistic oil painting is a portrait of a young Kenyan girl by Daniel Hughes.
Internationally recognized as a fine artist, Daniel Hughes has painted a haunting image with this ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Expansion of Consciousness. 2018, oil on canvas, 160x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Expansion of Consciousness. 2018, oil on canvas, 160x100cm
Agate Apkalne.
Born in Riga, 1977
Education:
2005 – MA in arts, Art Academy of Latvia
1998 ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$17,797 Sale Price
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Judaica Market Scene, Shuk, European Hasidic Rabbi Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
framed sight size 10 x 13.5 inches painting, framed to 15 x 19.
Impressionistic Realistic portrait of an older rabbi visiting the marketplace. Children playing. Here the artist conveys a sense of quiet grandeur through the eyes of his subject and the way it's rendered. following a distinguished lineage of Jewish genre...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Morning Drink, 12x16 oil on paper on panel , Southwest Art Magazine, Free Ship
Located in Houston, TX
Morning Drink, 12x16 oil on paper on panel . Also shown in images are two other available paintings.
Julian Tejera is a contemporary realist from New ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
FINE Original Antique By H. Carnier 19th Century British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD FINE Original Antique 19th Century British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING
Good Condition Canvas. With one repair overtime , Professional Cleaned & Re-vanished ,
Ready to hang. " Origi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barbizon School, Fontainebleau landscape with walkers, oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Barbizon School, French circa 1850
Fontainebleau landscape with walkers
Oil on canvas
21.5 x 31 cm
Framed : 32 x 41.5 cm
In good condition, some minor lacks of paintingsdue to a former frame abrasion mainly on the right border and in the lower border (see photographs please)
This landscape is probably a view of the Fontainebleau forest. This type of scene was painted by the Barbizon painters and by Camille Corot.
The village of Barbizon is very close to the forest of Fontainebleau and the painters who lived there, such as Camille Corot, painted the most picturesque views of the spectacular stone quarries. There were also many walkers and hikers in these places, as the artists had made them famous and fashionable.
The author of this charming little painting wanted to depict the wildness of the place and, in contrast, the walkers who made it a pittoresque curiosity.
Although it's difficult to identify or ascribe the work, as there's no signature or other indication, there's a great deal of sensitivity and self-confidence in a very lively touch that heralds Impressionism.
The detail of the barely sketched silhouettes...
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1850s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Music Professor
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a magnificent early oil painting by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010.)
The Professor, is an original oil on paper, laid on panel, estate stamped, painted in 1935, currently unframed with an image dimension of 20 x 16 inches, beautiful original condition, acquired directly from the personal collection of the artist. This is among the earliest work of Robert McIntosh, painted in a master level classical style.
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Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Olympic Champion
By John Button
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Signed
Born in California, John Button (1929-1982) was educated at University of California, Berkeley. After moving to New York City in the early 1950s, he became frie...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
HUGE OIL PAINTING by SALVATORE COLACICCO (NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY PIECE
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING LARGE SALVATORE COLACICCO (NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY
Very good condition for age , (see pictures)
FINE RARE MARTINE PAINTING ORIG...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"White Orchid" (2022) By Fred Wessel, Egg Tempera on Gold Leaf Painting
By Fred Wessel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "White Orchid" is a stunning egg tempera painting on gold leaf. Created in 2023, this piece features a blooming branch of white orchids, resting over a deep red backgro...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Tuscany
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tuscany" c.1970is an acrylic painting on hardboard by artist Edward (Ed) Diffenderfer b.1928 It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 22.15 x 28.15 inches, framed size is 26.5 x 32.5 inches. Custom framed in a gold frame. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Ed Diffenderfer was born in 1928 in Stockton, California. Education: Berkeley Schools, California College Of Arts And Crafts. Experience: Instructor Of Illustration, Freelance Illustrator And Painter. Memberships, Collections, Awards: Society Of Illustrators (San Francisco) Bohemian Club; New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago Art Shows, The Pentagon, Library Of Congress, Smithsonian Institution and Air Force Academy...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
OIL PAINTING 18th Century By Thomas B Hardy British old master Gold Gilt Frame
By Thomas Bush Hardy RBA
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER Large OIL PAINTING 18th CENTURY NAVEL HARBOUR
OLD MASTER LARGE OIL PAINTING
18th Century
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ENGLISH HISTORY
“ Very Good condition pane...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lovely Farm House Scene by Russian Master Bershadsky Genre Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower left and dated: 15/IX, 1895, Y. Bershadsky - Yuliy (Ioil-Ruvin) Rafailovich Bershadsky (1869 - 1956), Russian - USSR painter and teacher, professor, honored artist of th...
Category
1890s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
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