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
Cards
Located in Fairfield, CT
Rooted in the concept of memory born from photographs, Lisa Golightly’s paintings are reconstructions of found film photography as seen through the artist’s eye.
Photography remains...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Rituals
Located in Fairfield, CT
Rooted in the concept of memory born from photographs, Lisa Golightly’s paintings are reconstructions of found film photography as seen through the artist’s eye.
Photography remains...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Gerberas - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Realistic Little Girl Portrait
By Kamil Lisek
Located in Salzburg, AT
KAMIL LISEK (born in 1980) Studied under the guidance of prof. Maciej Świeszewski at the faculty of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. He graduated with distinction obta...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen, Canvas
Camouflage
Located in Singapore, SG
Humans with complex minds have many abilities, one of them being the capacity for disguise. However, the guises they don are sometimes the antithesis of the very meaning of camouflag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Seeing What's To Come", Oil Painting
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert ( US based) "Seeing What's To Come" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine brunette model grasping her hair with both hands.
Artist bio/statement:
Matt Talbert is a contemporary oil painter living in Southern California. Both a graduate from the Orange County School of the Arts and the Laguna College of Art and Design, he is now named one of the "Top 100 Figurative Artist Working Now" by Poets Artists Magazine. Matt's primary focus is expressive paintings of the human figure exhibited in galleries such as Arcadia Contemporary...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Painting of Idyllic River Scene On the Lagan in Ireland by Modern Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Idyllic River Scene On the Lagan in Ireland by Modern Irish Artist William Henry Burns (1924-1995)
Art measures 24 x 18 inches
Frame measures...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Nuns at the Museum
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Nuns at the Museum" c.1950 is an oil painting on hardboard by Australian artist Joan Wilkie, 1903-? It is signed at the lower right corner by...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wife portrait.Oil on cardboard, 110, 5x72, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Wife portrait. Oil on cardboard, 110,5x72,5 cm
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional education was at National University at studies to R.Suta, J. Bine and...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Portrait of Charlie" by Emin Abbasov (b. 1950, Azerbaijan), oil on cardboard
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Portrait of Nathalie"
Emin Abbasov (b. 1950, Azerbaijan)
Oil on cardboard, signed
4 5/8 x 3 1/2 (16 1/2 x 15 1/4 frame) inches
Emin Abbasov is classica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Nothing Ventured"
Located in Denver, CO
"Nothing Ventured" is a digital print on 5 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Digital, Panel
"Moonlit River Scene", Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Luis Graner y Arrufi
By Luis Graner Y Arrufi
Located in Madrid, ES
LUIS GRANER Y ARRUFI
Spanish, 1863 - 1929
MOONLIT RIVER SCENE
signed and dated "L. Graner, 1925" (lower right)
Oil on canvas
20-1/8 X 30 inches (51X 76 cm.)
framed: 25-3/4 X 35-3/4 inches (65 X 90.5 cm.)
PROVENANCE
NEAL AUCTION COMPANY, New Orleans, LA, USA
Private Collection, Barcelona
Graner paints this work, Moonlit on the river, during his stay in the United States in the last stage of his artistic life, from 1910 to 1928, in full stage of maturity.
This artwork reflects the constant search of the artist for the effects of light in his work. This persistent concern for light remains throughout his artistic life, which he learned in his Parisian stage under the influence of the painter Frances Platour.
The silver light of the moon and the small lights at distance, which are tiny foci of artificial light, reflecting the river water, forming a chromatic range of greens, ocher and pearly that give a certain mystery to the composition, creating a modern approach to the landscape, by placing the two large trees at the edge of the river in the foreground
Luís Graner y Arrufí, Spanish (1863–1929) was a Catalan painter in the Realistic style.
He was born in Barcelona, and studied at the Escola de la Llotja from 1883, with Antoni Caba (color/composition) and Benet Mercadé (drawing).
During his final year at school, he received a grant to study in Madrid, where he copied and learned from the Old Masters at the Museo del Prado. After that, supported by a fellowship, he moved to Paris and became a member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts. Later, he returned to Barcelona, but continued to travel to cities throughout Europe, including Berlin, Munich and Düsseldorf.
Influenced by Richard Wagner's concept of "Gesamtkunstwerk" (Total Work of Art), he was motivated to create his own total art experience and organized the "Sala Mercè" (Mercy Hall) in Barcelona's Rambla District. The project involved contributors from every artistic discipline, including the new field of cinematography. The room was decorated by Antoni Gaudí. Other participants included Adrià Gual, Santiago Rusiñol, Ramon Casas...
Category
1920s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Feminine Anchor
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
Oil, Canvas
"The Barber of Seville", Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas by José Villegas
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ VILLEGAS CORDERO
Spanish, 1844 - 1921
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
signed & dated "J. Villegas. / Junio 1913." (lower left)
oil on canvas
19-3/8 x 28-3/4 inches (49 x 73 cm.)
framed: 27-1/2 x 36-3/4 inches (69.5 x 93 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Private Collector, Seville, Spain
José Villegas Cordero (Seville, August 26, 1844-Madrid, November 9, 1921) was a Spanish painter. He directed the Prado Museum between 1901 and 1918.
He was the brother of the painter Ricardo Villegas Cordero. He began his apprenticeship very young with José María Romero, with whom he remained for two years until entering the School of Fine Arts in Seville, where he was under the tutelage of Eduardo Cano.
In 1860, when he was only 16 years old, he sold his work Little Philosophy for 2,000 reais at the Seville Exhibition. In 1867 he traveled to Madrid, where he entered Federico Madrazo's studio. There he established friendship with painters Eduardo Rosales and Fortuny.
He went regularly to the Prado where he copied Velázquez, from whom he acquired spontaneity and the use of color for his technique.
Finally, and out of admiration for Fortuny's orientalist painting, he returned to Seville and organized an excursion to Morocco.
At the end of 1868 he decided to travel to Rome accompanied by the painters Rafael Peralta and Luis Jiménez Aranda...
Category
1910s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape with mountains, south of France. Oil on cardboard on canvas, 38x53 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape with mountains, south of France. Oil on cardboard on canvas, 38x53 cm
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
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
Self Portrait - cool, expressive, male, figurative, oil and collage on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In a closely cropped self-portrait, with snowy beard and hair awry, Dan Hughes explores the theme of observational realism. A moment of emotional tension is amplified by blurred feat...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Oil Painting of Beach Scene at Fairhead Ireland by Modern Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Oil Painting of Beach Scene with Figures at Fairhead Ireland by Modern Irish Artist Artist William Henry Burns (1924-1995)
Art meas...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
By the bath. watercolor on paper, 48, 5x58, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
By the bath. watercolor on paper, 48,5x58,5 cm
Zeberins Indrikis
Born 1882. 30. 08 – 1969. 18. 05
Latvian painter, book illustrator, cartoon illus...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Grow with Me II, " Mixed Media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ifeoluwa Alade ( Nigeria based) "Grow with Me II" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts flowers and butterflies with a heavily textured tan background.
Artist bio:...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Two Girls on the Roadside
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
"Ironman, " Mixed media painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Ironman" is an original, handmade mixed media artwork that depicts the Ironman symbol made entirely of aluminum.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missou...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal
European Cityscape #1
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "European Cityscape" c. 1990 is a oil painting on hard board by Argentinian artist Henry D. Ramirez. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The hard board ...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Capital & Art
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
"Overcome", Oil Painting
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert ( US based) "Overcome" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a red-headed model gently resting her head in her hand.
Artist bio/statement:
Matt Talbert is a contemporary oil painter living in Southern California. Both a graduate from the Orange County School of the Arts and the Laguna College of Art and Design, he is now named one of the "Top 100 Figurative Artist Working Now" by Poets Artists Magazine. Matt's primary focus is expressive paintings of the human figure exhibited in galleries such as Arcadia Contemporary...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
"Even Fall" a fun oil of a race horse with his jockey falling at horse race
Located in Charleston, US
Scottish artist, David McEwen's oil painting, "Even Fall I" is a fun oil of a race horse with his jockey falling off at a horse race or steeplechase. McEwen is renown for being an e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Liusana" Oil Painting 59" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Liusana" Oil Painting 59" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube.
A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a gl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - No Abnormality
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
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
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 ...
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Iceberg Melting
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
Evening by the sea. 2008. Oil on canvas. 35x55 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Evening by the sea. 2008. Oil on canvas. 35x55 cm
Realistic seaside depiction in light colors.
Juris Germanis (1941)
The artist has always had a tend...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Smoke by Noland Anderson, African American Male @ Cigar Lounge Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Charelston, SC
Smoke
Noland Anderson is a self taught portrait artist who strives to create works of art that are a celebration of people of color. He is known for h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Grow with Me I, " Mixed Media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ifeoluwa Alade ( Nigeria based) "Grow with Me I" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts flowers and butterflies with a heavily textured pink background.
Artist bio:...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Composition with jars and fruit. Realistic Oil painting still-life Bright colors
Located in Segovia, ES
Composition with jars and fruit. Realistic Oil painting still-life Bright colors.
Oil on panel by Spanish artist Álvaro Toledo.
Measurements in centimeters: 44 x 71 x 1 cm / Framed...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Priscilla", Oil Painting
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert ( US based) "Priscilla" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine brunette model in green with a white background.
Artist bio/statement:
Matt Talbert is a contemporary oil painter living in Southern California. Both a graduate from the Orange County School of the Arts and the Laguna College of Art and Design, he is now named one of the "Top 100 Figurative Artist Working Now" by Poets Artists Magazine. Matt's primary focus is expressive paintings of the human figure exhibited in galleries such as Arcadia Contemporary...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
"Portrait of Horace" by Emin Abbasov (b. 1950, Azerbaijan), oil on cardboard
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Portrait of Horace"
Emin Abbasov (b. 1950, Azerbaijan)
Oil on cardboard, signed
4 7/8 x 3 7/8 (16 3/4 x 14 3/4 frame) inches
Emin Abbasov is classicall...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Within The Snow, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Samantha Buller's (US based) "Within The Snow" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a white house surrounded with a fresh snow fall.
Bio/artist statement:
Samantha B...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"In Harmony", Oil Painting
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert ( US based) "In Harmony" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a brunette female model flaring out the skirt of her red dress as she walks into the unknown.
Artist bio/statement:
Matt Talbert is a contemporary oil painter living in Southern California. Both a graduate from the Orange County School of the Arts and the Laguna College of Art and Design, he is now named one of the "Top 100 Figurative Artist Working Now" by Poets Artists Magazine. Matt's primary focus is expressive paintings of the human figure exhibited in galleries such as Arcadia Contemporary...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Together" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Raymond Bonilla's "Together" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a car trunk full of groceries.
About the Artist:
Raymond Bonilla is a nati...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Dix/Dixie
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Dix/Dixie, 2020
Oil on linen painting
Hand signed on the front, side and back: with initials on the front; full signature on the back, and on the side
10 × 8 × 1 1/2 inches
Unique
This is one of the winning works in the competition Pets of the Pandemic, juried by art historian David Cohen, publisher and editor of Artcritical magazine, who cited Dix/Dixie for special commendation - stating it is "as adorable as a Renoir...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Traders Came from the East by Ginny Williams Framed Still Life Oil on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
We were immediately drawn to the thoughtfully painted work, the clever titles and the rich, deep hues. And when we got to know the artist, we were equally charmed by her delightful w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Partida de Tresillo", Late 19th Century Oil on Canvas by José Jiménez Aranda
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ JIMÉNEZ ARANDA
Spanish, 1837 - 1903
PARTIDA DE TRESILLO
signed, located & dated “J. Aranda / Madrid. 1893.” (lower right)
oil on canvas
31-1/2 x 39-1/3 inches (80 x 100 cm)
framed: 40-1/3 x 48 inches (102.5 x 122 cm.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- This picture being mentioned and illustrated in “LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA”, Madrid, September 15, 1895
- José Jiménez Aranda, 1837-1903: Centro Cultural El Monte, Seville, October 2005, illustrated p. 102
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, USA
José Jiménez Aranda (7 February 1837 – 6 May 1903) was a Spanish painter and brother of the painters Luis Jiménez...
Category
1890s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Regroup" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Raymond Bonilla's "Regroup" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a city scene where many strangers are gathered , waiting on public transit together.
About the Artist:
Raymond Bonilla is a nationally recognized illustrator and fine artist in Buffalo, NY. Raymond graduated from the State University in New York at Fredonia in 2005 with a degree in New Media and Illustration. He continued his studies at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco where he completed his Masters of Fine Art in 2009. He was awarded Best in Show in the Great Lakes Emerging Artist Competition, was a finalist in the Artists Magazine Annual Art Competition, has been awarded Gold Medals in advertising from both Society of Illustrators of New York and Los Angeles, and juried into the Communication Arts Illustration Annual. He currently lives in Buffalo, New York where he spends his time painting and teaching part-time at SmART School and Visual Arts Passage. He is represented by Principle Gallery in Alexandria,VA, Abend Gallery...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'In the Window' by Pauline Palmer - 1928 Young Girl Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Pauline Palmer 1867–1938
Still, arguably the best-known Chicago woman artist of her time, Pauline Lennards (or Lennard) Palmer was born in McHenry, Illinois, attended school in Milwaukee and taught art in Chicago public schools.
Her marriage in 1891 to prosperous Chicago physician Albert Palmer enabled her to have a full-time career as an artist. Palmer studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and began exhibiting there in 1896; she completed her formal training with three years of study in art academies in Paris. On her return to Chicago in 1902, Palmer opened a portrait studio and she quickly established herself as a fixture in the city’s art world. She exhibited regularly in the Art Institute’s three annual exhibitions and in important national and international exhibitions, notably the prestigious Paris Salon. At the Art Institute, she won numerous prizes. Her first solo exhibition was held there in 1913 at the same time as the famous so-called Armory Show of modernist art.
In 1917, Palmer joined the influential artists’ community in the Tree Studios building on Chicago’s Near North Side. A leader among local artists, she was the first woman to serve as president of the Chicago Society of Artists, between 1918 and 1921, and she led the Association of Chicago Painters and Sculptors from 1929 to 1931. Palmer and her husband traveled widely, making several visits to Europe. In 1910 she worked in Giverny, France, an international center of impressionist practice where she absorbed the influence of American figural painter Richard Emil Miller...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled 021 (Cocktail dyptych)
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Rainy Day", Oil Painting
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert ( US based) "Rainy Day" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a brunette female model resting her hand against her face.
Artist bio/statement:
Matt Talber...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Hulk, " Mixed media painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Hulk" is an original, handmade mixed media artwork that depicts the Hulk symbol made entirely of aluminum.
Gregory was born in K...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal
Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Dancer - 20th Century British painting by Oliver Messel
Located in London, GB
OLIVER MESSEL
(1904-1978)
Dancer
Signed l.r.: Oliver Messel
Oil and watercolour on paper
Framed
60 by 50 in., 23 ½ by 19 ¾ cm.
(Frame size 76.5 by 66.5 in., 30 by 26 ¼ cm.)
Bor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Watercolor
Venus. 2006. Oil on canvas, 66x183 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Venus. 2006. Oil on canvas, 66x183 cm
Realistic woman act on drapery
Normunds Braslinsh (1962)
Born 1962 in Riga, Latvia
1980–1986 Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department
1973–...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist portrait, "Dr. King"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original acrylic and gold leaf painting by San Diego artist, Duke Windsor. Windsor’s success as a contemporary artist lies in his ability to infuse ordinary s...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Desert Morning" Oil Painting
By Stephen Day
Located in Denver, CO
Stephen Day's (US based) "Desert Morning" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a Saguaro cactus growing with Prickly pear cactus in a vast desert landscape that leads to the mountains.
Stephen Day was born in Sheridan, Wyoming, and, while growing up he lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Aspen Colorado, and Durango, Colorado. He always felt the wonderfully unique beauty of the west but until he became an artist he really didn't know how to fully respond to that beauty.
Day is now a full-time artist living in Taos, New Mexico. Working mainly in oil he paints various subjects from life but the landscape is his first love. He says of his working philosophy, "I paint almost exclusively from life trying to capture the feeling and the mood of the subject before me. This work philosophy forces me to paint quickly to get a spontaneous and fresh response, because everything around us (including ourselves) is in a constant state of change." Day frequently paints on location and uses these smaller paintings to create larger studio paintings.
Artist's Background:
1976 - Bachelor of Arts Degree, McMurry College, Abilene, Texas
1980 - Master's Degree, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Studied at the Art Students League of Denver with Bruce Cody...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Punisher, " Mixed media painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Punisher" is an original, handmade mixed media artwork that depicts the Punisher symbol made entirely of aluminum.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Miss...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal
Self Portrait (2021) - vibrant, expressive, red, male, figurative, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this haunting self-portrait by Canadian realist Dan Hughes, the artist’s face seems to emerge from a rich red background. Hughes is known for his sensitive and engaging figurative...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dancer's Dream" Large Original Oil Painting by Robert White, Frameless Display
Located in Encino, CA
“Dancer's Dream,” an original oil on canvas by Robert K. White, is a piece for the true collector. White’s careful attention to detail and vivid use of greens, browns, and whites project from the painting, immediately capturing the viewer's attention and highlighting the artist's keen ability to capture emotion and life - all in a brushstroke. White's talent for depicting light and shadow provides the foundation for him to deliver subjects and scenes to the viewer's eye. This masterful work would make a great addition to an art collection and enhance most any home, perfect for those who have an affinity for dancers, the ballet, portraits, and color-rich works of art.
In the artist’s own words, “I don’t paint what is inside of me; I paint what I see outside of me. I’m an observer. If I see something and I feel an affinity for it, something just clicks in my head. I’ll make the decision right then and there to paint that particular subject during that particular moment. It’s a perfect moment. Once something has caught my eye and I’ve heard the “perfect” click, it’s like a photograph has been taken in my mind’s eye. I only have a few days of clarity with that image. I have to start the painting quickly or else it will be gone and I will lose that image forever.”
Artist: ROBERT KENNETH WHITE...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sorrow" figuratif nude oil on linen canvas 82x60cm 2009
Located in Roscoff, FR
"Sorrow" figuratif nude oil on linen canvas 82x60cm 2009
The sorrow leads the withdrawal on oneself, I staged the scarlet dress and the hair to accentu...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
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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