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
A Memory, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Nadia NL
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic painting on paper and paper cut Title: A Memory Two layers of paper painted with acrylic and paper cut Medium: Acrylic and Marker (Sakura Pigma Micron), gold foil paper...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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
Moon, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Jo Beer
Located in Yardley, PA
Moon is my daughter's middle name. I would have preferred it to have been her first name but worried that she might resent it over time. Beautiful milky skin, a tumble of pre-Raph...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rose flower., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A girl with red hair, in a white dress with a rose in her hand. Realism. Allegory of flora. Oil painting on canvas, varnished, sides painted in the color of the painting, ready to be...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Key West, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Miami local portrait surrounded with graffiti, in Key West. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to H...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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
Oil, Canvas
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Mover
By Scott Duce
Located in Greenwich, CT
Scott Duce is an international artist working in New York. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States, with several solo exhibitions in New York City, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, and internationally in Paris, France; Florence, Italy; and Lima, Peru. His work is included in many corporate, museum, and private collections. Notable collections include Random House, General Electric, IBM, Pfizer, Inc., Capital Holding Corporation, McGraw-Hill Corporation, Petroplus Holdings, Switzerland, Seagrams-Montreal, Canada, and the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
Duce has had many commissioned works, including Bell...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Museology 17
Located in Atlanta, GA
Bio
Aaron M. Brown was born in Wichita, KS. He received a BFA from the University of Kansas, MFA from Syracuse University. Awards include grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,900
Point nine recurring
By Edward Povey
Located in Atlanta, GA
1972-73 Eastbourne College for Art and Design: Fine Art Foundation Course: studies drawing.
Works through the South Coast Period of paintings. Studio: South Coast of England.
1974-81 University of Wales: studied painting under Welsh artist Selwyn Jones. Public and private commissions: twenty-five multistory murals in Wales and England: documented by the BBC and British National Newspapers. Studios: Bethesda and Bangor City, Wales. Studies composition and portraiture. Shows at the Royal Exchange, London; Bangor City Museum, Wales.
1981-82 Commission: The Trial of Saint Deiniol: 19-panel, 18 x 21 ft. painting. Studio: Shropshire, England
1982-86 The New York Times send photographer Dith Pran (on whom the movie The Killing Fields was based) to photograph Povey in New York with The Trial of Saint Deiniol painting at Art Expo New York 1986. Povey is advised by George Bush Senior’s former campaign manager Zena Temkin on shaping his public persona. The BBC film Edward Povey with former President of the Royal Academy of Art in London - Sir Hugh Casson KCVO, RA, RDI in which Sir Hugh interviews Povey about his art career. Public and private commissions for collections in the United States, London, Wales, Belgium, West Indies. Studies symbolism and trains in color with Jan de Maere in Brussels and works through the Tapestry Period of paintings Studio: Grenada, West Indies.
1987-91 Studies psychology and narrative in art whilst he builds the extensive Childhood, Illusion and Desire Period of paintings. Studio: Guisborough, England courtesy of the town mayor. Shows in Belgium, London, New York.
1992-93 Public commission: Hall of Illusion mural: 20 X 40 ft. interior oil painting in the Chamber Concert Hall of the University of Wales. The commission is followed by BBC Television, S4C Television; BBC Radio Four and regional and national newspapers. Studios: Guisborough, England; Bangor City, Wales. Designs the Hall of Illusion mural on the island of Grenada, West Indies.
1994-96 Deepens his studies in the relationship between art and the psyche. Researches new ways to evolve concepts with models using theaters...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen, Plaster, Paper
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
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Green Nature Morte
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
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Eggplant and Glass : oil on canvas painting
Located in New York, NY
Painting by New York artist Douglas Newton.
His paintings are about color, reflections, texture, transparency, translucency, all the effects of light. Newton paints from reality, not using photographs. He paints with oil paint on canvas, which has the flexibility to let the artist create...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Mandolin Serenade", 19th Century Watercolour on Cardboard by Giménez Martín
Located in Madrid, ES
JUAN GIMÉNEZ MARTÍN
Spanish 1855 - 1901
THE MANDOLIN SERENADE
signed & located "Gimenez-Martin, Roma" lower left
watercolour on cardboard
21-1/4 x ...
Category
1880s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Manuel Avila Camacho, Time magazine cover, - Journalist Portraiture
Located in Miami, FL
Journalist Portraiture. Gouache on board
Signed Lower Right matted to 17.75 x 16.75 inches. Archivally Matted Not Framed
He illustrated more than 300 covers for Time magazine a...
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Angel In Blue - Oil Acrylic Figurative Colors Ivory Blue White Green
Located in Sofia, BG
"Angel In Blue" is a modern art line painting by Maestro Dimitar Voynov -Junior,
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic, oil on canvas painting
STYLE: Realistic, Contemporary
Edi...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Dream - Oil Acrylic Figurative Painting Ivory Blue White Brown Green
Located in Sofia, BG
" A dream " is a modern art line painting by Maestro Dimitar Voynov -Junior,
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic, oil on canvas painting
STYLE: R...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cherry Day - Oil Acrylic Figurative Painting Red Ivory Blue White Brown Orange
Located in Sofia, BG
" Cherry Day " is a modern art line painting by Maestro Dimitar Voynov -Junior,
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic, oil on canvas painting
STYLE:...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waiting for the tide - Oil Acrylic Figurative Ivory Blue White Brown Green
Located in Sofia, BG
"Waiting for the tide" is a modern art line painting by Maestro Dimitar Voynov -Junior,
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic, oil on canvas paintin...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Living Holiday Trees : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative realism. Her works are rich, complex figurative and still life paintings. They are stories of recurring human issues often prompted by a twisted reality. Ushenko’s earlier works where primarily mythological and allegorical. Her later works are focused on depicting human situations and interactions of people who are both living and dead. These paintings represent social situations, timeless stories and enduring issues that are rendered with a contemporary twist.
Always a significant element in Ms. Ushenko’s work is her integration of Venetian Renaissance methods of paint application with Impressionist color and light theory. The combination of the old masters’ technique of glazing the canvas and carefully layered surfaces of paint enhance the luminosity of Ushenko’s work.
Audrey Ushenko has exhibited her work extensively throughout the United States including several shows at Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC; the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN; The National Academy of Design, NYC; University Museum, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Falcon 1
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
$29,900
To Know My Fate : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative realism. Her works are rich, complex figurative and still life paintings. They are s...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
HIGH SHELF, 2009
By Edward Povey
Located in Atlanta, GA
1972-73 Eastbourne College for Art and Design: Fine Art Foundation Course: studies drawing.
Works through the South Coast Period of paintings. Studio: South Coast of England.
1974-81 University of Wales: studied painting under Welsh artist Selwyn Jones. Public and private commissions: twenty-five multistory murals in Wales and England: documented by the BBC and British National Newspapers. Studios: Bethesda and Bangor City, Wales. Studies composition and portraiture. Shows at the Royal Exchange, London; Bangor City Museum, Wales.
1981-82 Commission: The Trial of Saint Deiniol: 19-panel, 18 x 21 ft. painting. Studio: Shropshire, England
1982-86 The New York Times send photographer Dith Pran (on whom the movie The Killing Fields was based) to photograph Povey in New York with The Trial of Saint Deiniol painting at Art Expo New York 1986. Povey is advised by George Bush Senior’s former campaign manager Zena Temkin on shaping his public persona. The BBC film Edward Povey with former President of the Royal Academy of Art in London - Sir Hugh Casson KCVO, RA, RDI in which Sir Hugh interviews Povey about his art career. Public and private commissions for collections in the United States, London, Wales, Belgium, West Indies. Studies symbolism and trains in color with Jan de Maere in Brussels and works through the Tapestry Period of paintings Studio: Grenada, West Indies.
1987-91 Studies psychology and narrative in art whilst he builds the extensive Childhood, Illusion and Desire Period of paintings. Studio: Guisborough, England courtesy of the town mayor. Shows in Belgium, London, New York.
1992-93 Public commission: Hall of Illusion mural: 20 X 40 ft. interior oil painting in the Chamber Concert Hall of the University of Wales. The commission is followed by BBC Television, S4C Television; BBC Radio Four and regional and national newspapers. Studios: Guisborough, England; Bangor City, Wales. Designs the Hall of Illusion mural on the island of Grenada, West Indies.
1994-96 Deepens his studies in the relationship between art and the psyche. Researches new ways to evolve concepts with models using theaters...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Rheinschiefer
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
Egg Tempera, Canvas
$15,520 Sale Price
20% Off
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Potsdam, Dampfmaschinenhaus, Moschee
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
$20,400 Sale Price
20% Off
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Groß Dölln Ehemalige Russenstadt
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
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Dover, Kreidefelsen, Erosion
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
$6,320 Sale Price
20% Off
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Dover/Nationalpark, Fanbay im Nebel
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
$6,320 Sale Price
20% Off
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Berlin, S-Bahnhof Schöneberg
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
$19,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Jazz Time Episode 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Heiress
Located in Atlanta, GA
Karen Mcintyre is an established contemporary visual artist. Karen Mcintyre was born in 1953. Artists like Quynh Huong, Gerhard Doehler, Knopp Ferro, Carlo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$7,800
Vanitas IV : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative realism. Her works are rich, complex figurative and still life paintings. They are stories of recurring human issues often prompted by a twisted reality. Ushenko’s earlier works where primarily mythological and allegorical. Her later works are focused on depicting human situations and interactions of people who are both living and dead. These paintings represent social situations, timeless stories and enduring issues that are rendered with a contemporary twist.
Always a significant element in Ms. Ushenko’s work is her integration of Venetian Renaissance methods of paint application with Impressionist color and light theory. The combination of the old masters’ technique of glazing the canvas and carefully layered surfaces of paint enhance the luminosity of Ushenko’s work.
Audrey Ushenko has exhibited her work extensively throughout the United States including several shows at Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC; the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN; The National Academy of Design, NYC; University Museum, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Among My Souvenirs : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative realism. Her works are rich, complex figurative and still life paintings. They are stories of recurring human issues often prompted by a twisted reality. Ushenko’s earlier works where primarily mythological and allegorical. Her later works are focused on depicting human situations and interactions of people who are both living and dead. These paintings represent social situations, timeless stories and enduring issues that are rendered with a contemporary twist.
Always a significant element in Ms. Ushenko’s work is her integration of Venetian Renaissance methods of paint application with Impressionist color and light theory. The combination of the old masters’ technique of glazing the canvas and carefully layered surfaces of paint enhance the luminosity of Ushenko’s work.
Audrey Ushenko has exhibited her work extensively throughout the United States including several shows at Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC; the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN; The National Academy of Design, NYC; University Museum, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
The Scribe : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative realism. Her works are rich, complex figurative and still life paintings. They are stories of recurring human issues often prompted by a twisted reality. Ushenko’s earlier works where primarily mythological and allegorical. Her later works are focused on depicting human situations and interactions of people who are both living and dead. These paintings represent social situations, timeless stories and enduring issues that are rendered with a contemporary twist.
Always a significant element in Ms. Ushenko’s work is her integration of Venetian Renaissance methods of paint application with Impressionist color and light theory. The combination of the old masters’ technique of glazing the canvas and carefully layered surfaces of paint enhance the luminosity of Ushenko’s work.
Audrey Ushenko has exhibited her work extensively throughout the United States including several shows at Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC; the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN; The National Academy of Design, NYC; University Museum, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stargazers : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative realism. Her works are rich, complex figurative and still life paintings. They are stories of recurring human issues often prompted by a twisted reality. Ushenko’s earlier works where primarily mythological and allegorical. Her later works are focused on depicting human situations and interactions of people who are both living and dead. These paintings represent social situations, timeless stories and enduring issues that are rendered with a contemporary twist.
Always a significant element in Ms. Ushenko’s work is her integration of Venetian Renaissance methods of paint application with Impressionist color and light theory. The combination of the old masters’ technique of glazing the canvas and carefully layered surfaces of paint enhance the luminosity of Ushenko’s work.
Audrey Ushenko has exhibited her work extensively throughout the United States including several shows at Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC; the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN; The National Academy of Design, NYC; University Museum, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fabric Man
By Scott Duce
Located in Greenwich, CT
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 collections include ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Sakurahime, Cherry Princess II
By Steve Hawley
Located in Greenwich, CT
Figurative realist painting by Steve Hawley
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Alkyd, Panel
Newsweek Cover , Visitor from the Kremlin, Russia - Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan
By Robert Engle
Located in Miami, FL
The work is in excellent condition and meticulously rendered in a photo-realistic style. It showcases the artist's high-level sense of design. Newsweek could hire any artist in the...
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Card Players, Playing Five Card Stud
By Paul Valentine Lantz
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right.
Description
A socio-political play on the smoky, masculine enclave scene of a card game, seven men from all walks of life appear in a dim room, the table beari...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Girl with Rose
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
The work presents a woman on her back, sitting on the ground on a checkerboard in shades of gray, black and white. The female figure, painted in grisaille, contrasts with the underly...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Division of realities
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
The artist has divided the image into three vertical bands, reminiscent of a flag, where each section represents a distinct and autonomous reality. On the left, against a vibrant cri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel, Graphite
Girl reading-II
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
In this small painting I try to enter into the serenity of a private moment of literary contemplation. The work focuses on the essence of the instant, capturing the magic of a woman ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
DEUTEROS II, 2016
By Edward Povey
Located in Atlanta, GA
1972-73 Eastbourne College for Art and Design: Fine Art Foundation Course: studies drawing.
Works through the South Coast Period of paintings. Studio: South Coast of England.
1974-81 University of Wales: studied painting under Welsh artist Selwyn Jones. Public and private commissions: twenty-five multistory murals in Wales and England: documented by the BBC and British National Newspapers. Studios: Bethesda and Bangor City, Wales. Studies composition and portraiture. Shows at the Royal Exchange, London; Bangor City Museum, Wales.
1981-82 Commission: The Trial of Saint Deiniol: 19-panel, 18 x 21 ft. painting. Studio: Shropshire, England
1982-86 The New York Times send photographer Dith Pran (on whom the movie The Killing Fields was based) to photograph Povey in New York with The Trial of Saint Deiniol painting at Art Expo New York 1986. Povey is advised by George Bush Senior’s former campaign manager Zena Temkin on shaping his public persona. The BBC film Edward Povey with former President of the Royal Academy of Art in London - Sir Hugh Casson KCVO, RA, RDI in which Sir Hugh interviews Povey about his art career. Public and private commissions for collections in the United States, London, Wales, Belgium, West Indies. Studies symbolism and trains in color with Jan de Maere in Brussels and works through the Tapestry Period of paintings Studio: Grenada, West Indies.
1987-91 Studies psychology and narrative in art whilst he builds the extensive Childhood, Illusion and Desire Period of paintings. Studio: Guisborough, England courtesy of the town mayor. Shows in Belgium, London, New York.
1992-93 Public commission: Hall of Illusion mural: 20 X 40 ft. interior oil painting in the Chamber Concert Hall of the University of Wales. The commission is followed by BBC Television, S4C Television; BBC Radio Four and regional and national newspapers. Studios: Guisborough, England; Bangor City, Wales. Designs the Hall of Illusion mural on the island of Grenada, West Indies.
1994-96 Deepens his studies in the relationship between art and the psyche. Researches new ways to evolve concepts with models using theaters...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Plaster, Paper, Oil
Beloved II
Located in Atlanta, GA
Karen Mcintyre is an established contemporary visual artist. Karen Mcintyre was born in 1953. Artists like Quynh Huong, Gerhard Doehler, Knopp Ferro, Carlo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$9,100
Luci della sera ad Atlanta, 2012
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gigino Falconi was born in Giulianova (Teramo) in 1933. He began painting at the age of sixteen, and in 1954 he obtained a Liceo Artistico of Pescara. During the early years of his c...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ADROGUE II, 2013-2016
By Edward Povey
Located in Atlanta, GA
1972-73 Eastbourne College for Art and Design: Fine Art Foundation Course: studies drawing.
Works through the South Coast Period of paintings. Studio: South Coast of England.
1974-81 University of Wales: studied painting under Welsh artist Selwyn Jones. Public and private commissions: twenty-five multistory murals in Wales and England: documented by the BBC and British National Newspapers. Studios: Bethesda and Bangor City, Wales. Studies composition and portraiture. Shows at the Royal Exchange, London; Bangor City Museum, Wales.
1981-82 Commission: The Trial of Saint Deiniol: 19-panel, 18 x 21 ft. painting. Studio: Shropshire, England
1982-86 The New York Times send photographer Dith Pran (on whom the movie The Killing Fields was based) to photograph Povey in New York with The Trial of Saint Deiniol painting at Art Expo New York 1986. Povey is advised by George Bush Senior’s former campaign manager Zena Temkin on shaping his public persona. The BBC film Edward Povey with former President of the Royal Academy of Art in London - Sir Hugh Casson KCVO, RA, RDI in which Sir Hugh interviews Povey about his art career. Public and private commissions for collections in the United States, London, Wales, Belgium, West Indies. Studies symbolism and trains in color with Jan de Maere in Brussels and works through the Tapestry Period of paintings Studio: Grenada, West Indies.
1987-91 Studies psychology and narrative in art whilst he builds the extensive Childhood, Illusion and Desire Period of paintings. Studio: Guisborough, England courtesy of the town mayor. Shows in Belgium, London, New York.
1992-93 Public commission: Hall of Illusion mural: 20 X 40 ft. interior oil painting in the Chamber Concert Hall of the University of Wales. The commission is followed by BBC Television, S4C Television; BBC Radio Four and regional and national newspapers. Studios: Guisborough, England; Bangor City, Wales. Designs the Hall of Illusion mural on the island of Grenada, West Indies.
1994-96 Deepens his studies in the relationship between art and the psyche. Researches new ways to evolve concepts with models using theaters...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Plaster, Paper, Oil
Toro al amanecer
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Miradas en Venecia
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
La muerte tenía un precio
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Equilibrio y belleza
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bien Charlie
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Tuareg
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work of a tuareg man
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fumador hindú
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work of a Hindu smoking
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
La huella del tiempo
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work of a man that symbolizes the passage of time
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Leyenda Camarón
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work by Camarón in black and white
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Al Pacino
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work by Al Pacino in black and white
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Man
Located in Fairfield, CT
Brian Novatny's sophisticated figure paintings are sought after from his early body of work. These pieces are from a private collection.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$2,500
BLANES
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$962
MIRANDO AL MAR
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,202
PESCADOR
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,382
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