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
Presque Isle (Day 95) June 24, 2022, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Presque Isle (Day 95) June 24, 2022" by Primary Hughes (United States) is a handmade landscape painting that is unframed, and will require a frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
On the Road to Nattyville 3, Original Pencil and Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"On the Road to 'Nattyville' 3" by Lisa Lebofsky (United States) is a handmade landscape, pencil and oil, painting that is framed and ready hang.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Presque Isle (Day 81) June 2, 2022, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Presque Isle (Day 81) June 2, 2022" by Primary Hughes (United States) is a handmade landscape painting that is unframed, and will require a frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
On the Road to Nattyville 2, Original Pencil and Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"On the Road to 'Nattyville' 2" by Lisa Lebofsky (United States) is a handmade landscape, pencil and oil, painting that is framed and ready hang.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"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, Canvas
Selfie with Banksy Art
Located in Zofingen, AG
Once, people lived in this house. Then a russian missile landed there. After that, Banksy arrived and painted a gymnast on the ruins. Now, there is probably no trace of that building...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
"Andalusian Farm" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Andalusion Farm" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a villa on a hill with trees in the foreground and blue sky in the background. ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Poderes" Contemporary Realistic Figurative Red Toned Social Commentary Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Black and red toned realistic acrylic painting by Cuban artist Douglas Perez Castro. The painting features a fictional scene of a black female fig...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Rapswellen
Located in Paris, IDF
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North German Realists since 2006. He paints everyda...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Canvas
'Landscape in the Ardennes' by Alphonse Asselbergs ( 1839 – Brussels – 1916 )
Located in Knokke, BE
Alphonse Asselbergs
1839 – Brussels – 1916
Belgian Painter
'Landscape in the Ardennes'
This painting depicts the small village of Achouffe, located in the municipality of Houffali...
Category
19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
$4,553 Sale Price
20% Off
Carousel, original NYC realist landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
When summer arrives, Central Park in Manhattan comes alive, to the delight of New York City residents and tourists alike! True to life, the park is packed with revelers and sun wors...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Young Woman on Blue Chair" - Intimate Figurative Woman over Yellow Background
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966)
"Young Woman on Blue Chair" 2012
Oil Paint, Wood Board
The artist signed the back of the painting.
Shana Wilson's "Young Woman on Blue Chair" is a...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Rocks
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Kamsar Ohanyan is an Armenian artist born in 1991 who lives and works in Yerevan, Armenia. He studied in Yerevan at State Pedagogical University with Kh. Abovyan at th...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Two Young Women on Couch" - Intimate Nude Women on Earth Tone Couch
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966)
"Two Young Women on Couch" 2012
Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
"Two Young Women on Couch" by renown...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The GPS
Located in Zofingen, AG
I found myself at a magical place today, all thanks to a GPS error. It's something I never expected to discover in the midst of a bustling metropolis.
Interestingly, many new experi...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"The Light on Jupiter" Oil Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's (Us based) "The Light on Jupiter" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a man in foliage in dappled sun.
Nature and those that ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Fondamenta de l'Osmarin" (2021), Original Venetian Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Fondamenta de l'Osmarin" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cityscape of a European City's channel encircled by a historic archit...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
"For This From That Will Be Filled" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ken Cunningham's "For This From That Will Be Filled" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts two women picking apples of green and red with the silhouette of a tree behind...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Chains
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Yuriy Grigoryan loves to work with symbols, the chain is something, on the one hand, chaining us, on the other, it is something that connects us to something or someone. This is both...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$6,150 Sale Price
25% Off
A Cotswold Stonebreaker - Charles March Gere - Early 20th Century British Oil
Located in London, GB
CHARLES MARCH GERE, RA, RWS
(1884-1963)
A Cotswold Stonebreaker
Signed l.l.: CHARLES GERE; signed and inscribed with title and the artist’s address on the stretcher
Oil on canvas
...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chains 2
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Yuriy Grigoryan loves to work with symbols, the chain is something, on the one hand, chaining us, on the other, it is something that connects us to something or someone. This is both...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$6,560 Sale Price
20% Off
"October" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Shelli Langdale's "October" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine figure sitting cross-legged on a green pleated couch with a blue...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Chains 3
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Yuriy Grigoryan loves to work with symbols, the chain is something, on the one hand, chaining us, on the other, it is something that connects us to something or someone. This is both...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tapestry, 16 x 16, Portrait, Oil Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's "Tapestry," a 2024 creation in oil on mounted linen, measures 16 x 16 inches and is framed to a stately 22 x 22 inches. This artwork weaves a visual narrative as intrica...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Consolation. 2020., canvas, pastel, 55, 5x31 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Consolation. 2020., canvas, pastel, 55,5x31 cm
Composition with figures
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
$1,517 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of a little girl with a ball of thread. Oil on cardboard, 46x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait of a little girl with a ball of thread. Oil on cardboard, 46x40 cm
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Grow with Me I" (2022) By Ifeoluwa Alade, Original 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
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,100 Sale Price
31% Off
Embankment. 2017, oil on canvas, 65x81 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Embankment. 2017, oil on canvas, 65x81 cm
Juris Germanis (1941)
The artist has always had a tendency to catch the most significant features when working in landscape genre, using oi...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,517 Sale Price
20% Off
"Kate In The Barn"
Located in San Antonio, TX
Timur Akhriev
Image Size: 31 x 58
Frame Size: 38 x 65
Medium: Oil
"Kate In The Barn"
Biography
Born in Vladikavkaz, the territory where Southern Russia meets...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
In a small town. 2011, oil on canvas, 65x81 cm
Located in Riga, LV
In a small town. 2011, oil on canvas, 65x81 cm
Juris Germanis (1941)
The artist has always had a tendency to catch the most significant features when working in landscape genre, usi...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,517 Sale Price
20% Off
Marie Channer, "Grace", 24x18 Ballet Dancer Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Grace", is a 24x18 oil painting on canvas by artist Marie Channer. Featured is a female ballet dancer caught in pose in the spotligh...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Street of Shadows - Finding the Light 2
Located in Denver, CO
"Street of Shadows - Finding the Light 2," is an original oil painting on 5 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader. It is framed and ready-to-hang.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Wayfinding" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Wayfinding," is an original oil painting on 4 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader. It is framed and ready-to-hang.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Discover"
Located in Denver, CO
"Discover," is a digital print on 5 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Digital
"Calming Chaos"
Located in Denver, CO
"Calming Chaos," is a digital print on 5 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Digital
"Ready, Steady, Go"
Located in Denver, CO
"Ready, Steady, Go" is a digital print on 5 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Digital
the Polish Rabbi, Judaica Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Realism
Subject: Portrait
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Dimensions: 24" x 20"
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Red Door" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "The Red Door" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an ornate, red door with large doorknobs in a European...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Prism, River and Sky, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Joseph McGurl's "Prism, River and Sky" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a bright yellow and orange sunrise or sunset over the waters reflective surface, casting the...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Conceptual Realist Painting Diptych Floral Colorful American female artist
By Amanda Besl
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original contemporary oil painting by Amanda Besl from her most recent body of work created in 2017.
Throughout her career, Amanda Besl has focused primarily on the inner worlds ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Crocs, Award Winning Cuban Artist, Realism, Oil Painting On Canvas Gallery Wrap
Located in Houston, TX
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Crocs is a painting by the young Cuban artist, Osley Gil. It was painted in 2021 in Havana in the tr...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$1,725 Sale Price
25% Off
"Girl In Thought" Young Chinese Girl
By Tong Luo
Located in San Antonio, TX
Lou Tong
Image Size: 24 x 20
Frame Size: 26.5 x 22.5
Medium: Oil
"Girl In Thought"
Biography
Tong Luo was born in Huai Yang, County of Henan Province, China, in 1969. He learned h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Phantasmagorical 1
Located in Denver, CO
"Phantasmagorical 1," is an original oil painting on 2 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader. It is framed and ready-to-hang.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Mirror, Digital
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
$1,517 Sale Price
20% Off
Fluorescent and Starry
By Amanda Besl
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original contemporary oil painting by Amanda Besl from her most recent body of work created in 2017.
Throughout her career, Amanda Besl has focused primarily on the inner worlds ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Edwardian Ecclesiastical Gouache Design for Tripytch Above Altar c1920 Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Anonymous
Design for Triptych Above Altar
British, c. 1920s
Gouache
38×28.5cm
Christ Pantocrator stands in the middle of the design, surrounded by the four evangelists (Saints Matthew...
Category
1920s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Souvenir de la Malmaison
By Amanda Besl
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original contemporary oil painting by Amanda Besl created in 2014.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Getty Museum'", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alexander Chistov's "Getty Museum'" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting a male figure admiring a historical painting within a blue interior gallery.
Artist Bio:
Alexa...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Urban Painting by Stuart Bush "Untitled 3"
By Stuart Bush
Located in New York, NY
Stuart Bush says of his work:
"My painting practice has evolved though recording, interrogating and investigating the public realm. I want to work within and beyond the practical ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Bed of Roses, " Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ifeoluwa Alade ( Nigeria based) "Bed of Roses" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a female model with roses and a colorful background....
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
"Snowy Road To The Barn, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Samantha Buller's (US based) "Snowy Road To The Barn" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a road stretching past a red hued Gambrel Roofed ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Pozi Bales, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Samantha Buller's (US based) "Pozi Bales" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a stack of yellow hay bales.
Bio/artist statement:
Sama...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"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
Tukums 1976, oil on board, 47.5x33.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tukums
1976, oil on board, 47,5x33,5 cm
"Tukums" is an artwork created in 1976 using oil on board as the medium. The dimensions of the artwork are 47.5x33.5 cm. The painting is named after the city of Tukums, which is located in Latvia. The buildings portrayed in the painting vary in architectural style, reflecting the character and charm of Tukums. They are depicted with attention to detail, capturing the unique features of each structure. The artist has used various colors and brushstrokes to convey the textures and character of the buildings, adding depth and visual interest to the composition.
Stanislavs Kreics...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$929 Sale Price
20% Off
"Sunlit Heights" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Rob Alexander's "Sunlit Heights" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts snow capped blue mountains rising from the mist.
This painting is c...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Over the Pass" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Rob Alexander's "Over the Pass" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an arctic landscape where a mysterious castle perched on a snowy mount...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Compelling, " Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Compelling" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a birthday cake with white and blue frosting on a white table surrounded with white, green, ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Large Oil Painting Titled: Prince
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
(Designers: Custom framing is available for this item)
Christina Major was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1982. She has lived all over the world including Hawaii, France, New Yo...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Two Young Patients' Mother
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
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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