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
"Morning Nook" (2025), Original Landscape Still Life Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
"Hosta Party" by Tracy Wall (United States) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a landscape and is framed and ready to hang.
As an artist, Tracy Wall sheds new light ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"End of the Line" - Oil on Canvas Nocturne Landscape With Desert Cabin
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison’s 2024 oil painting "End of the Line" is a hauntingly atmospheric depiction of a solitary desert cabin illuminated against the vast quiet of the American Southwest. Ren...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Cat Therapy
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, we see a minimalist room with a huge window, beyond which stretches a sky filled with fluffy white clouds. Muted colors dominate—the blue of the sky contrasts beaut...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Vincenzo Colleoni (Venetian Master) - 19th century painting - Interior Masks
Located in Varmo, IT
Vincenzo Colleoni (Active in Venice in the second half of the 19th century) - Interior scene with masked characters.
110 x 160 cm without frame, 145 x 194 cm with frame.
Antique oi...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$14,254 Sale Price
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Oil Painting of Mountain and Forest Landscape by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of Mountain and Forest Landscape by 20th Century Artist, W Ward
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
Frame measures 24 x 20 inches
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$978 Sale Price
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Deep Waters - water study realism seascape original modern oil painting photo
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Laevon Bowman captures the mesmerizing beauty of nature's movem...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
HUGE OIL PAINTING By MAJOR John E .Bale FINE MASTER 19th Century BRITISH SCHOOL
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING SIGNED OLD FINE MASTER PAINTER 19th Century BRITISH SCHOOL
Fine Original Antique 19th Century British OLD MASTER
OIL PAINTING
GOLD GILT FRAME
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting of Mountain Cottages by River in Ireland by 20th Century Irish Artist
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 ...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Allegory on Liszt during his stay in Geneva
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
This captivating work depicts an intimate scene in which three characters are immersed in a musical moment. An elegantly dressed pianist enlivens the atmosphere wit...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Deep Red Apple, Dani Humberstone, Original oil painting, Still life art, Realist
Located in Deddington, GB
Deep Red Apple by Dani Humberstone [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Oil on Canvas
Image size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:15 cm x W:15 cm x D:2c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Cat Knows but Says Nothing
Located in Zofingen, AG
A woman sits in a sunlit room with soft geometric lines and a peaceful color palette of green, beige, and blue. A black cat rests on her lap, staring out the window at a calm, bl...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
LARGE OIL PAINTING OLD MASTER ARTHUR MEADOWS (1843 - 1907) FINE 19th CENTURY
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING OLD MASTER ARTHUR MEADOWS (1843 - 1907) FINE 19th CENTURY BRITISH
Original Antique Large late 19th/early 20th Century British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING Romantic Sea Scene...
Category
19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jaguar E-Type. Figurative acrylic on paper car painting, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Acrylic on paper contemporary figurative painting by Michal Wojtysiak. Artwork depicts Jaguar car in realistic style.
MICHAŁ WOJTYSIAK (ur. 1984)
Graduated of Academy of Fine Arts ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Painting of the Irish Sea Coastline by British Post-War & Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of the Irish Sea Coastline by British Post-War & Contemporary Artist, David Long UWS. The location is Fairhead in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Phone Home" - Oil Landscape Painting With Desert, Power Lines, and Distant Hous
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison’s "Phone Home" (2024) is a captivating original oil painting that immerses viewers in a solitary desert scene defined by expansive silence and subtle human presence. Se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Man Walking the Dog at a River Side in the Lush Green English Countryside
By John Haskins
Located in Preston, GB
Man Walking the Dog at a River Side in the Lush Green English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
Frame measures 25 x 21 inches
John Haskins...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Landscape with river oil on canvas painting Spain spanish
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Josep Colomer Valls (1970) - Landscape - Oil on canvas
Oil size 38x46 cm.
Frameless.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$760 Sale Price
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"Birds in Flight" - Oil Painting of Birds on Birch
Located in Denver, CO
Two birds take flight against an expressive background. This painting is a study of how sanded wood and vibrant paint can create the illusion of movement, capturing the energy and li...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood, Birch
THE NEW MODEL . Vicente Romero Redon Spanish contemporary artist
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Vicente Romero Redondo was born in Madrid as the eldest of four sons. Due to the work of his father, he grew up in many different towns all over...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Exercising En Plein Air
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Signed in red, u.r.
$3250.00 + $200.00 framing
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
“Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Exercising En Plein Air](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-exercising-en-plein-air-for-sale/a_9323/a_35855721542990254245/20_Exercising_En_Plein_Air_980_master.jpg?width=240 "bruce dickinson nude")
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...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$25,182 Sale Price
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“Guitar Player in Recife, Brazil, 1886” Pernambuco Brazilian Coast Oil Signed
Located in Yardley, PA
“Guitar Player in Recife, Brazil, 1886” by Ferdinand Piereck (1844-1925)
An extremely rare 19th century painting of a Brazilian guitarist by Austrian-Brazilian artist Ferdinand Pier...
Category
1880s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting of Church in Cornwall on the English South Coast with Figures & Boats
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Church in Cornwall on the English South Coast with Figures & Boats by British Artist, Michael Kerris (1934-2024)
Art measures 32 x 16 inches
Frame measures 37.5 x 21.5...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
My General
Located in Zofingen, AG
This is how you live, and you're indifferent to your neighbors, because it's Europe, the 21st century, who needs a war? And then, bam, your world turns upside down. The portrait of t...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Bath. Late 19th Century. Oil on canvas, 61x46 сm
Located in Riga, LV
Vinsent G. Stiepevich (1841 - 1910)
Russian and American artist. Emigrated to New York in 1878, where he lived in Brooklyn, Vincent Stiepevich was noted for his realist painting style of portrait, figure and genre subjects, especially in Harem and Orientalist* settings.
Memberships in New York included the Artists Fund Society* the Brooklyn Art Association*, 1878-82, 1891; National Academy of Design*, 1878-91; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts* annual, 1885, 1888-91; Boston Art...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Lily Pond" by Sheri Farabaugh– Painting, Serene Pondscape
Located in Denver, CO
"The Lily Pond" by Sheri Farabaugh is an oil painting on canvas, measuring 24 x 36 x 2.50 inches, presented in an elegant frame sized at 25.50 x 37.50 x 3 inches. Ready to hang, this...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,400 Sale Price
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OLD MASTER STYLE OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY Gold Gilt Frame
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY The harbour GGF
Description
OLD MASTER LARGE OIL PAINTING
19th Century
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ENGLISH HISTORY
“Very G...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Under the Boughs, " Oil painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Under the Boughs," is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a vast meadow of yellow grass spreading into the distant bl...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
triptych of Pocket Speckled Green Pear, Bright Clementine, Crimson Strawberry 2c
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Bright Clementine is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still life painting. The paintings are set in a black wood layered frame...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Une Ballerine - Realist Figurative Oil Painting by Auguste Leroux
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figure in interior circa 1930 by French realist painter Jules Marie Auguste Leroux. The work depicts a brunette ballerina wearing a pink tutu and pointe shoes st...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pocket Persimmon Fruit by Dani Humberstone, Still life, Small Scale Oil Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Persimmon Fruit by Dani Humberstone [2022]
original and hand signed by artist
Oil paint on canvas
Image size: H:5 cm x W:5 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:5 cm x W:5 cm x D:3cm
Frame Size: H:16 cm x W:16 cm x D:3.5cm
Sold Framed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look. Pocket Persimmon Fruit is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her pocket fruit series.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
OLD MASTER LARGE OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY Catch Gold Gilt Frame
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY The Catch GGF
Description
OLD MASTER LARGE OIL PAINTING
19th Century
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ENGLISH HISTORY
“Very Goo...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Out Of Town" - Nocturne Oil Painting With Swamp Cabin and Cypress Trees
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison’s "Out Of Town" is an original, handmade oil painting that captures the mysterious serenity of the Southern swamp at dusk. Painted in 2025, this atmospheric landscape i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
What?..
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting invites the viewer into a quiet, surreal moment suspended between reality and dream. A young woman, draped in black, leans forward onto a round wooden table, her postur...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Oil Painting of Loch in the Scottish Highlands by 20th Century British Artist
By Wendy Reeves
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of Loch in the Scottish Highlands by 20th Century British Artist Wendy Reeves.
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
Frame measures 29 x 25 inches (f...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century British School
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming 19th Century painting of a grandmother and grandauughter in front of their thatched cottage. It is an oil on canvas measuring 18 inches by 14. The frame measures 20 3/4 by 1...
Category
1890s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Samsone & Dalila"
By Antonio Balestra
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Antonio Balestra (1666–1740) – "Samson & Delilah"
Artist: Antonio Balestra (1666–1740)
Title: "Samson & Delilah"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Framed Dimensions: 147 x 165 cm
Canvas Dime...
Category
19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Popcorn
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting presents a sophisticated visual paradox: a woman dressed in the refined style of a 17th-century portrait — black dress, lace collar, white bonnet — is interrupted by un...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Pause
Located in Zofingen, AG
This meticulously crafted acrylic painting combines refined aesthetics with quiet emotional depth. The composition draws the viewer into a delicate narrative filled with subtle symbo...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Ballerina, Figurative, Original Figurative Oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2023
Style: Impressionism,
Title: Woman in Hat,
Size: 29.5 x 3...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Horses in the Lush Green English Countryside
By John Haskins
Located in Preston, GB
Horses in the Lush Green English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
Frame measures 25 x 21 inches
John Haskins is a ...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$870 Sale Price
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Cloud-Gazing Club
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 ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Americano with Milk
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this artwork, captured using acrylic paints, I highlighted the vintage allure and vividness of an American roadside scene. Vibrant contrasts and symbolic elements such as the oran...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Shire Horse & Man by Woodland River in the English Countryside by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Shire Horse & Man by Woodland River in the English Countryside by British Artist, Peter J Greenhill
Art measures 24 x 18 inches
Frame measures 30 x...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of A Fisherman Preparing His Fly Fishing Rod
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 7 x 5.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - This Dream will Continue
By Su Yu
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Diptych
Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Da...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Just Keep the Connection
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork elegantly blends classic and contemporary elements, depicting a young woman in a stylish black outfit holding a phone to her ear. She stands against an endless blue sky...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Oil on Canvas “Cher” by Christina Major 58 x 81
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Words within painting:
I can trust my friends. These people force me to
examine myself, encourage me to grow. All of us
invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagina
tion th...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1817 Oval Portrait of Gentleman Oil on Canvas Original Empire Gilt Bronze Frame
Located in Stockholm, SE
This accomplished portrait captures a distinguished young gentleman at the twilight of the Napoleonic era. His penetrating gaze and confident bearing betray not only his aristocratic...
Category
1810s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Farmhouse by a River in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Farmhouse by a River in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, Peter J Greenhill
Art measures 30 x 20 inches
Frame measures 35 x 2...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Maurice Milliere (1871-1946) An artist in his studio, oil on canvas signed
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice Milliere (1871-1946)
An artist in his studio,
signed lower right
oil on canvas
46 x 27 cm
framed : 52 x 33 cm
It is particularly interesting to find Maurice Millière working in a genre very different from that for which he is best known: depictions of young Parisian women. This unique portrait shows Millière in a more original and intriguing light. It captures a painter in his studio, creating a scene with various details: canvases on the floor to the right, a stretcher frame on trestles and even shoes that must have been quite striking at the time. The painter appears to be taking a break to smoke and pose for Millière.
There is a real sense of complicity between the two artists. At the same time, however, everything in this painting is carefully chosen and composed, such as the admirable red background against which the model stands out.
Combining elements of both a portrait and a studio scene, the painter's intention was to create a unique piece that pays homage to the bond between the two artists.
Maurice Georges Louis Millière was born in Le Havre in 187. He came from a working-class family in Le Havre; his father was a salesman for a merchant.
Millière began by studying painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in Le Havre. He moved to Paris in 1889 and enrolled at the École des Arts Décoratifs, also attending certain workshops at the École des Beaux-Arts.
His first notable graphic works were posters and sheet music for companies such as Le Boulch and Le Divan Japonais (1899).
From 1917 onwards, he published large numbers of depictions of scantily clad women: first in Fantasio (1917), then in Bagatelles, La Vie parisienne, Le Frou-frou, Le Sourire, Le Gai-Paris, etc.
At the end of 1920, he joined the République de Montmartre, a charitable association.
Contemporary with those of Louis Icart, his “little women” were to enjoy great success outside France: during the 1920s, American periodicals reprinted his creations, as well as those of Suzanne Meunier and Georges Léonnec...
Category
1920s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Children holding pails with chickens by a duck pond & cottage in Rural England
Located in Preston, GB
Children holding pails with chickens by a duck pond & cottage in the English Countryside by British Artist, Les Parson entitled 'Arm in Arm'.
Art measures...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Duality, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Beth Sistrunk's "Duality" is an oil on two translucent acrylic panels featuring a model with red petals.
About the artist:
Beth's interests in painting the figure, women’s fashion,...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Spring in the Moon
By Su Yu
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Halmstad Harbour Seen From the North, 1889
Located in Stockholm, SE
The painting "Halmstad Harbour Seen From the North" by Oscar Ohlson is a captivating snapshot of daily life and historical architecture, frozen in time from the year 1889. With a meticulous eye for detail, Ohlson has rendered approximately 25 boats in the harbor, each brimming with the quiet bustle of daily chores. The painting invites viewers to step into a moment where people converse, work, and seek respite from the sun under shared umbrellas, while wisps of smoke subtly rise from several boats, suggesting the presence of life and activity beyond the canvas.
In this vibrant scene, a man carries a sack, perhaps fresh merchandise from one of the docked vessels, while others engage in conversation, highlighting the social tapestry of the harbor. Ohlson's masterful use of light reflects on the water, creating a shimmering path that leads the eye to the majestic Halmstad Castle, which adorns the right side of the painting. This historic building, beautifully situated by the Nissan river and not far from the sea, is a testament to Halmstad's past as a Danish territory. Constructed in the early 17th century during the reign of King Christian IV, the castle stands as a reminder of the town's rich history and cultural heritage.
The first building to the right, once part of this historic tableau, has been removed to accommodate modern necessities, replaced by a road that now runs through its former site. This juxtaposition of past and present is a poignant commentary on the evolution of cities and the sacrifices made in the name of progress.
Halmstad itself, a town that straddles the Nissan river, retains much of its early 20th-century character in its city core. Low brick and half-timbered houses, some dating back to the 17th century, dot the landscape. The town center on the west side of Nissan is bordered by remnants of early 17th-century fortifications, including the 1600s castle, Norre Port from 1601, and King Charles XI's path along the old fortress wall. At the heart of the town is Stora Torg with Carl Milles' Europa and the Bull fountain from 1926, and the town hall built in 1938. The city layout, influenced by Renaissance planning, converges at Stora Torg, which is also home to the town's sole medieval building, the brick hall church of St. Nikolai from the 14th century.
Oscar Ohlson (1847-1912), a native of Linneryd, Småland, was a multifaceted individual. Beginning his career with a legal degree from Uppsala University in 1870, Ohlson's passion for the arts led him to pursue music studies before dedicating himself to art under the guidance of Alfred Wahlberg...
Category
1880s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Belvès - 21st Century Hyper Realistic oil painting of a City
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Roos van der Meijden
Belvès
80 x 80 cm ( framed 86 x 86 cm, frame is included in price )
Acrylic on panel
Dutch artist Roos van der Meijden is famous because of her cityscapes. In h...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
"A Lyrical Nap" - Whimsical Animal Portrait, Oil on Panel (2025)
Located in Denver, CO
A splendid spot for an afternoon nap in the meadow, Julian is very content. If you were there to witness this in person, you'd get an earful of the delightful buzzing, humming sounds...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beyond, Original Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Beyond" by Brian Sostrom (United States) is a handmade landscape painting that is framed and ready to hang.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Musicians"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Unidentified Artist, Neapolitan School, 17th Century
"Musicians"
Oil on canvas
Framed: 107 x 140 cm Flat: 92 x 124 cm
No signature
This evocative 17th-century painting, attribute...
Category
17th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Realist figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Realist 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, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Su Yu, Janusz Szpyt, JC Spock, and Matt Talbert. 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 Realist figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available.
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