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
"Classic Profile" 32x30", Acrylic and oil on board
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
In this work titled "Classic Profile" Ceravolo has used one of his favorite New York models and has combine oil and acrylic with oil stick to create this timeless subtle and classic ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Oil, Acrylic, Board, Oil Crayon
"Golden" oil on brass painting - realist self portrait of the artist, framed
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A self-portrait by Melissa Franklin Sanchez, emerges gracefully from the brass panel she paints upon.
Frame Dimensions: 21.45 x 12.82 inches
Artist Bio:
Melissa Franklin Sanchez ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Brass
Marina Large Pink Oil Painting With Woman and Sail Boats
By Felix Mas
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Marina large pink oil painting with woman and sail boats.
Artist signed, dated and titled, floater frame.
Ethereal oil on canvas figural painting, titled Playa Amarillo (Yellow Beach...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
He Knows
Located in Burlingame, CA
'He Knows' features the beautiful face of a boy with down syndrome encircled with lace and shrouded in dignified mystery. The small painting is 7 x 5 1/2 inches, framed 8 3/4 x 7 1/4...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Crisis
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
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Externsteine, Nachmittags
Located in Paris, IDF
Egg tempera on canvas, Shadow joint frame
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 Ge...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Museumshafen, Kappeln
Located in Paris, IDF
Egg tempera on canvas, Shadow joint frame
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 Ge...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Waterfall
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
Canvas, Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Herbstwald, Wildschweine
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 s...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
Revelation, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Ludovit Holoska wrote on Roman Rembovsky: "At the beginning of his independent career, spontaneity and naturalism, together with an artistic element, led the artist to new experience...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Shawn Faust, "Stepping onto the Track", Black and White Equine Horse Race
By Shawn Faust
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This equine drawing, "Stepping onto the Track" is a 30x40" black and white charcoal on canvas by artist Shawn Faust depicting a horse and jockey heading towards the big race. Complimentary to Faust's traditional oil works, these charcoal on canvas sketches boast a clean and contemporary feeling exhibiting the muscle tone and mass of these majestic creatures. Fixed with varnish, these charcoal works are permanent and best framed or unframed.
About the artist:
Shawn’s love and fascination for drawing came as an unexpected gift from his grandfather at the age of 5. Young Faust was a tag-a-long during his grandfather’s impromptu plein air art lesson with his older brother in the back yard of his Aunt’s house. A retired director for the American Red Cross, Shawn’s grandfather, who had only recently picked up the brush himself, began a charcoal sketch that would forever change how Faust would see the world. From that brief lesson, Faust recalls vividly, “The techniques I witnessed from my grandfather that day, were pure magic!”
With his newfound gift of magic, Shawn quickly began practicing his art of 3D illusion for anyone who wanted to see it. During his childhood, you would be hard pressed not to find Shawn doodling on a piece of paper at some point during the day.
Among his favorite things to draw as a youngster were his comic book heroes. Intsead of reading the comics, he spent all his time studying the line work and muscle forms of the comic book characters. And so, began his interest in portraying the human form.
Upon entering college at the University Of Delaware, Shawn enrolled as an accounting major yet emerged with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1990. At the U of D he is forever grateful for the privilege of studying under distinguished artists Stephen Tanis, Charles Rowe, Robert Straight and Rosemary Lane.
Shortly after graduating, Shawn embarked on a career in Illustration. By 1993 he had quickly become one of Delaware’s prominent architectural illustrators working for more than 75% of the homebuilders in Delaware.
Between illustration jobs, Shawn pursued his interest in portrait painting. In 1992 Faust was commissioned to paint the official portrait of outgoing Delaware Governor, Michael Castle. Continuing his quest to learn more about portrait painting, Faust studied with Daniel Greene in 1995. He credits Daniel Greene for giving him the greatest key to unlocking a whole new way of seeing and interpreting color.
By 1995, Shawn’s portrait commissions and easel paintings were supporting him as much as his illustration jobs, so he decided to focus entirely on his fine art career. This included opening a gallery and custom frame shop with his wife and brother. During the twelve years of owning and operating the gallery, Shawn continued his intense portrait research by focusing his studies on the eyes of his favorite subject, the horse.
His head studies of horses caught the attention of Mr. Richard Golden, a prominent horse owner in Chesapeake City, MD and president of Northview Stallion Station. Northview is best know for standing Northern Dancer...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Varnish
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Berlin, Yorckbrücken, Amor
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
Canvas, Egg Tempera
No More, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Shipping WORLDWIDE! By default unstretched, rolled in a tube. If you would like to receive the painting stretched on frame, please contact me to make the arrangements. :: Painting...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Hotel Room (Woman in The Mirror)
Located in Natchez, MS
This evocative oil painting by Girbent depicts a woman in a hotel room, visible in the viewers line of sight and also reflected in the mirror. His interior sings with detail while m...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Entrance to the house
Located in Vienna, AT
Was born in 1993 in the city of Marganets, Ukraine.
Artist Gorbachenko Multiple participants of group and solo exhibitions and Art Fair Vilnius.
The artist's works are in private col...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
InPublic: Eyeshade .309
By Scott Duce
Located in Greenwich, CT
Signed verso
American, b. 1956
Scott Duce is an international artist working in New York. Duce’s work is included in many corporate, museum, and private collections. Notable collec...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
‘The Feast’ Figurative colorful Mixed Media By Scott
By Scott Jacobs
Located in Carmel, CA
Figurative paintings - 'The Wine Drinkers' - oil on canvas
' The wine drinkers ' is fresh , alive and an homage to the Fauve movement by Scott Jackson
TYPE: Wine paintings, contempo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mujeres de Oaxaca - Women of Oaxaca - contemporary ink and brush on canvas
Located in Dallas, TX
Her meticulously constructed paintings play with the duality between the simple and the complex, between the observer and the observed.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Leba/Polen
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 s...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Falaise d'aval, Morgens, Etretat
Located in Paris, IDF
Egg tempera on canvas, Shadow joint frame
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 Ge...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Broadcast
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
Walk, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Two tethered friends finishing their walk along the park road on a sunny day. There is an homage to Mark Rothko hidden in the painting. Oil on cotton canvas over a pine frame ready t...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flower Delivery .305
By Scott Duce
Located in Greenwich, CT
Scott Duce Biography
American, b.1956
Scott Duce is an international artist working in New York. Duce’s work is included in many corporate, museum, and private collections. Notable ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Waiting, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Janos Kujbus
Located in Yardley, PA
Large dimensional oil painting in pop art - realism style. Story about painting: "Waiting and antipation are inherent in our daily lives. We create ideas about the future in our ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Pain
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
"Before the Storm" Oil Painting 24" x 20 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Before the Storm" 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, feminine, prov...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Zehdenick/Havel, Seerosen
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 s...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
Angel 30 x 30 cm., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original oil painting on canvas. The sides are always spotless white. This provides a good view of any environment and this makes it possible not to use an additional frame. All pa...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rococo Lady, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Nadia NL
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic painting on paper and paper cut Title: Rococo Lady Two layers of paper painted with acrylic and paper cut Medium: Acrylic Support: Fabriano paper 140 lb (300 g / m2) a...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Oil on Canvas Titled "Overruled”
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Carlos Antonio Rancaño was born in Miami, FL. from Cuban/Panamanian parents. After graduating Cum Laude from MIU with a Bachelors Degree in Grap...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Swoosh III, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is the third in my serious of paintings of a girl swimmer swinging her wet hair up out of the water with a trail of water flying behind it. :: Painting :...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Vintage" Oil Painting 39" x 39 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Vintage" Oil Painting 39" x 39 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
2020
ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube.
A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Usedom/Kaiserbäder/Bansin, Langer Berg
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
Canvas, Egg Tempera
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Eberswalde Finow, Schiffshebewerk
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 s...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
Serenidad. Oil/cutting board Trompe-l'oeil. Cups, jars, Heinz ketchup still-life
By Angela F. Ayensa
Located in Segovia, ES
"Serenidad", oil on wood, 80 cm H x 42 cm W
This piece of art in the shape of a cutting board is ideal for a kitchen.
It is made with the use of the technique "Trompe l'oeil", that...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Groß Dölln/Uckermark, Grünes Hais
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
Canvas, Egg Tempera
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Berlin Osthafen, Reigen der Kräne
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
Canvas, Egg Tempera
French Contemporary Art by Claudine Picard - Poivrons
Located in Paris, IDF
Claudine Picard is a French artist born in 1949 who lives & works in Sainte Marie, France. She is graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in 1973 (ENSAD).
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Berlin, alte Glasfabrik Stralau
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
Canvas, Egg Tempera
Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Jazz Time Episode 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
InPublic Multiples: Sospeso
By Scott Duce
Located in Greenwich, CT
Signed verso
American, b. 1956
Scott Duce is an international artist working in New York. Duce’s work is included in many corporate, museum, and private collections. Notable collec...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Falcon 2
Located in Atlanta, GA
Iain Faulkner is a British figurative painter, born and raised in Glasgow. His style of painting is hyper-realistic. He eschews the concepts of contempor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Michael Paraskevas Protests Acrylic on Paper, 1986
Located in Astoria, NY
Michael Paraskevas (American, b. 1961), Protests in New York City, Acrylic on Paper, 1986, signed and dated to lower border, unframed. Image: 19" H x 12" W; sheet: 23" H x 14.5" W. P...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Eutin/Ostholstein, Schlossallee
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 s...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
The Brits, Original Contemporary Figurative Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Boston, MA
The Brits, Original Contemporary Figurative Still Life Painting, 2014
36" x 48" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Oil on Canvas
Artist Benjamin Ferry utilizes highlight a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
MEETING, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Asher Topel
Located in Yardley, PA
A MEETING OF TWO DIFFERENT CULTURES ON AN OLD STONE STREET IN JERUSALEM :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Clutch for Keys - Realistic Illustration by Michael Eggleston
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed drawing by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). A wallet with keyring attachments sits on a surface. The wallet is made of folded, stitched leather, su...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Sunny beach
Located in Vienna, AT
Was born in 1993 in the city of Marganets, Ukraine.
Artist Gorbachenko Multiple participants of group and solo exhibitions and Art Fair Vilnius.
The artist's works are in private col...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Berlin, Zufahrt zum Gutshaus
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
Canvas, Egg Tempera
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Ostholstein, Gut Sierhagen Steinbach
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
Canvas, Egg Tempera
InPublic: Utility Cover .315
By Scott Duce
Located in Greenwich, CT
Signed verso
American, b. 1956
Scott Duce is an international artist working in New York. Duce’s work is included in many corporate, museum, and private collections. Notable collec...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Berlin, Gutshaus Kladow, heißer Tag
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
Canvas, Egg Tempera
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Groß Dölln, Boris mäht
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
Canvas, Egg Tempera
French Contemporary Art by Claudine Picard - Jau
Located in Paris, IDF
Claudine Picard is a French artist born in 1949 who lives & works in Sainte Marie, France. She is graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in 1973 (ENSAD).
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Rügen, Kreidefelsen
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 s...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
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.