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
Period: 20th Century
Hide n seek Home Scene w Grandma Russian early 20th Century Oil Genre Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed on the bottom right is "J. Braze", Osip Emmanuilovich Braz (1873 - 1936), renowned as a Russian-Jewish realist painter. As the scene unfolds on the canvas, we witness the gran...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cotton Canvas, Wood
Alpine Haymaking 20th Century Realist Oil Painting by German Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Alpine Haymaking Harvesting 20th Century Realist Oil Painting by German Landscape Artist, Wolfgang Heinz (1930–2014). Horses, cart, figures in a beautiful sunny mountain setting near...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Cardinal Fine Antique Portrait Oil Painting in Ornate Gilt Frame
By Otto Eichinger
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cardinal's Letter
Otto Eichinger (1922 - 2004)
signed oil painting on board, framed
framed: 15 x 12 inches
board: 12.5 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paternity oil acrylic on canvas painting realism Spain Sitges 70s
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frameless.
Is born in Madrid on the 21st july 1951.
After attending primary school, he starts to grow an enormous tendency for drawing.
At the age of 14 he begins to work in advert...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antoni Costa Woman original figurative drawing painting
By A. Costa
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
woman. original figurative academician drawing painting. FRAMED
Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965
It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Gladiator. Bronze, 33 x 30 x 15 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gladiator. Bronze, 33 x 30 x 15 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Polish Judaica Portrait of Hasidic Rabbi Shtetl Tailor Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Older, realistic portrait of an older Jewish shtetl tailor by Polish artist. Here the artist conveys a sense of quiet grandeur through the eyes of his subject and the way it's render...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Almazan 55 Realistic Still Life pastel Painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Almazan Realistic Still Life Acrylic Painting virtual frame
MIQUEL was an artist focused on the art of realism. His structured works on his great mastery of drawing, are romantic an...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
At the kolkhoz club on a holiday. Cardboard, tempera, 42x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At the kolkhoz club on a holiday. Cardboard, tempera, 42x80 cm
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Tempera
Vintage 20th Century Oil Painting of a River Landscape with Silver Birch Trees
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage 20th Century Oil Painting of a River Landscape with Silver Birch Trees
Art measures 10 x 8 inches
Frame measures 12 x 10 inches
Presented in the original period frame
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cornish Family in an Interior - British 1912 Newlyn School art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British figurative interior oil painting is by noted Newlyn school artist Harold Harvey. Painted circa 1912 the composition is a Cornish family, bathed in golden light, s...
Category
1910s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Welsh Miner.1970s Social Realist Work.Original Mixed Media Painting.Coal Mines.
By Jack Crabtree
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Jack Crabtree.
English ( b.1938 ).
Welsh Miner
Mixed Media. Signed.
Image size 14.8 inches x 17.5 inches ( 37.5cm x 44.5cm ).
Frame size 23.4 inches x 26.2 inches ( 59.5cm x 66.5cm ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Sheep by an Idyllic Tree Lined River Landscape in Ireland by Modern Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Sheep by an Idyllic Tree Lined River Landscape in Ireland by Modern 20th Century Irish Artist, Frank Fitzsimons
Art measures 18 x 14 inches
Frame measure 21.5 x 17.5 inches
Frank...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Elizabeth Osborne (American/Philadelphia, b. 1936)
Untitled (Portrait of a Lady), 1974.
Watercolor painting on paper, signed and dated lower right.
Unframed. Size: 22.75'' x 30...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
Cabane Landscape Pyrenees original realist watercolor painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Landscape Pyrenees original realist watercolor painting
Original work on paper by the Spanish artist CABANE
Joaquin Cabene. 1922/1993
Painter and watercolorist, Joaquim Cabané trave...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Milly with Minstrel. Children with their Pony in Dappled Summer Sunlight.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Harold Walton Freckleton.
English ( b.1890 - d.1979 ).
Milly with Minstrel.
Oil on Canvas.
Signed lower right.
Image size 24.4 inches x 29.52 inches ( 62cm x 75cm ).
Frame size 30.7 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Family Portrait Mother with Children Playing Coins Framed Antique Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Family genre scene late 19th early 20th century. The boy, tired of posing for a portrait painter, decided to play by spinning a coin on the table, this game greatly impressed his you...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Cardboard
Caesar on his way to Pompeii. 1999, canvas, oil, 40x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Caesar on his way to Pompeii. 1999, canvas, oil, 40x50 cm
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Country yard in spring. Oil on canvas, 74x96 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Country yard in spring. Oil on canvas, 74x96 cm
Oto Pladers (1897.8.III – 1970.2.V)
Oto Pladers learned in Riga city school of art (1913 – 15).
He was called into the army in 1916 a...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Broadway Costume Design Illustration
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Fabulous illustration depicts a costume for Broadway production. Gouache on illustration board, image measures 10.5 x 16.5 inches; 15 x 22 inches framed.
Excellent condition in ori...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Hans Baluschek Sommer an der Havel ( Summer On The River Havel ), 1934
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Baluschek ( 1870-1935 ), Germany. "New Objectivity" Style. Mixed media on paper, 1934. Signed and dated lower right: HBaluschek.34. Framed. Height: 26.18 in ( 66,5 cm ), Width:...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Summer Landscape with Birches by Austrian Master Gollob Early 20th century Oil
Located in Stockholm, SE
Heinrich Gollob (1886 - 1917) - Austrian painter. Gollob's attention to detail demonstrates his talent for bringing landscapes to life through vibrant colors, textures and the play o...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Firing. Setting & Detonation of Explosive Charges Underground Welsh Coalminers
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Valerie Ganz.
Welsh ( b.1936 - d.2015 ).
Firing.
Oil on Artist’s Board.
Signed lower right.
Image size 15.4 inches x 19.3 inches ( 39cm x 49cm ).
Frame size 20.9 inches x 24.6 inches...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
HMS Glasgow returning from Falklands - Shipping Scene Warship & other Vessels
Located in Preston, GB
HMS Glasgow returning from the Falkland Islands - Shipping Scene Warship & other Vessels by British Artist Norman Elford GRA (1931 - 2007)
Art measures 29 x 20 inches
Frame measur...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Oriental motif. Oil on canvas, 100x73.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Oriental motif. Oil on canvas, 100x73.5 cm
At the turn of the century, the Viennese painter Eduard Ansen-Hofmann (1862-1955) became known with his oriental slave market and harem sc...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Man Fishing with Children Playing at a River Side in the English Countryside
By John Haskins
Located in Preston, GB
Man Fishing with Children Playing at a River Side in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
Art measures 28 x 20 inches
Frame measures 33 x 25 inches
Reframed in ...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Gentleman Caller Southern Belle
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful illustration art painting depicts a gentleman calling on a Southern belle. Oil on canvas measures 16 x 20 inches; 18 x 22 inches framed. Signed lower left.
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Cotswold Stonebreaker - Charles March Gere - Early 20th Century British Oil
By Charles March Gere, RA, RWS
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
Winter Trees at Village in English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
By Wendy Reeves
Located in Preston, GB
Winter Trees at Moonlight at a Village in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, Wendy Reeves
Art measures 40 x 20 inches
Frame measures 46 x 26 inches (framed in a...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"AFTER GLOW" NATIVE AMERICAN GIRL W/DOLL (1926-2019) Arizona / California
Located in San Antonio, TX
Don Crowley
(1926-2019)
Arizona / California Western Artist
Image Size: 11 x 13
Frame Size: 18 x 20
Medium: Gouache Study
"After Glow" Indian Girl with her...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Same Old Story (Brooklyn Dodgers & St. Louis Cardinals Illustration)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Bill Crawford (1913-1982). Original illustration artwork depicting teams as they advance to the World Series. Depicted are representations of the St. Louis Cardinals and The Brooklyn...
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Gouache, Pencil
Almazan Realistic Still Life watercolor Painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Almazan Realistic Still Life watercolor Painting
MIQUEL was an artist focused on the art of realism. His structured works on his great mastery of drawing, are romantic and translate...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Bunch of Roses, Oil on Paper
By Gustave Lino
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on paper mounted on cardboard by Gustave Lino (1893-1961), France, 1950s. Bunch of Roses. Measurements : with frame: 73.5x58.6 cm - 28.9x23.1 inches
without frame: 61x46 cm - 24...
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Cardboard
Dripping Kimono with Copper Colored Threads
Located in Soquel, CA
Dripping Kimono with Copper Colored Threads
Iridescent kimono by Patricia Pearce (American, b. 1948). The kimono has been created from controlled drips of ink, resulting in a natura...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Thread, Ink
Farmhouse by a River in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Farmhouse by a River in the English Countryside with Figure Walking a Dog by 20th Century British Artist, Peter J Greenhill
Art measures 16 x 12 inc...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
River Thames from Clivedon Woodland Garden London by 20th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
River Thames from Clivedon Woodland Garden London by 20th Century British Artist, Victor Elford (1911 - 2003). This painting is a beautiful depiction of horses in elevated woodland o...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Cardinal's Visit
Located in Madrid, ES
SALVADOR SÁNCHEZ BARBUDO
Spanish, 1857 - 1917
THE CARDINAL'S VISIT
signed, located and dated "Barbudo / ROMA 1902" (lower right)
oil on canvas
22 x 33-2/3 inches (55.5 x 85.5 cm.)
...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady in Blue
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Well-known Soviet master from Minsk, Belarus. Beautifully painted portrait of a young lady in a blue dress.
Framed in a 22-k gold frame.
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Israeli Oil Painting Ruth Schloss Child, Doll, Wagon, Kibbutz Social Realist Art
By Ruth Schloss
Located in Surfside, FL
Large magnificent colorful Ruth Schloss oil painting of a child with a wagon with a doll or a baby in a carriage stroller.. Signed in Hebrew
size measures 31x43 with frame , 23x35.25...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seated Woman Oil Painting
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating figurative painting by Norbert Schlaus (German 1927-2009) depicting a seated woman wearing a hat with fruit. Schlaus was born in Oberhausen, Germany but moved to Californ...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Luis Lopez, Oil on canvas "Beach Near Valencia", fishermen
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Luis LOPEZ, 1983, Spain. Beach near Valencia. Fishermen, fisherman. With frame: 106.7x80 cm - 42x31.5 inches ; without frame: 92x65 cm - 36.2x25.5 inches. P30 format...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Tent By Charles Walter Simpson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Charles Walter Simpson, RBA, RI, ROI
1885-1971 British
The Tent
Signed "Charles Simpson" (lower right) Oil on canvas
The sunny warmth of a leisurely day on the beach radiates fro...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cuban Dancer (Female Portrait Cuba)
By Moses Soyer
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Moses Soyer (December 25, 1899 – September 2, 1974. Cuban Dancer, ca. 1950s. Oil on panel measuring 15.25 x 18 inches. Signed upper right. Two original ACA Galleries labels affixed o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Loch Eilt in the Scottish Highlands Realist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Preston, GB
Loch Eilt in the Scottish Highlands Landscape Painting. A beautiful realist oil painting of the Scottish Highlands from a highly respected British Artist.
Art measures 33 x 18 inch...
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20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Loch Lomond in Mountains of Scottish Highlands Realist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Preston, GB
Loch Lomond in the Mountains of the Scottish Highlands - a beautiful realist oil painting of the Scottish Highlands from a highly respected British Landscape Artist.
Art measures 3...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Almazan Realistic Still Life watercolor Painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Almazan Realistic Still Life watercolor Painting. . frame
MIQUEL was an artist focused on the art of realism. His structured works on his great mastery of drawing, are romantic and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Young Female Ballet dancer
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful WPA era ca. 1930s portrait of a ballet dancer signed F. Miller.
Oil on canvas measuring 18 x 24 inches; 24 x 30 inches in contemporary frame.
Signed on back.
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cottages by the Sea in Ireland Vintage Oil Painting by 20th Century Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Cottages by the Sea in Ireland Vintage Oil Painting by 20th Century Irish Artist, Louis Humphrey. Humphrey was born in 1955 in Belfast, Nort...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Ebb Tide, Kennebunport, Maine
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ebb Tide, Kennebunport, Maine" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas by Irish artist Val McGann, 1928-2016. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. ...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bahamian Fishermen Bahamas
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful painting depicts Bahamian fishing boats by Phoebe Towbin (1911-1995). Bahamian Fishermen, 1952. Alkyd on masonite panel measuring 16.5 x 22.5 inches; 22.5 x 28.5 inches fra...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Alkyd
Woman with pamela mixed media on canvas on board
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jose Luis Fuentetaja - Woman at rest - mixed media (print and oil on canvas laid board).
Canvas size 38x50 cm.
Frameless.
Is born in Madrid on the 21st july 1951.
After attending pr...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Board
Barcelona view urbanscape oil painting Spain spanish
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Signed Llado 1997 - View of Barcelona - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 65x81 cm.
Frame measurements 83x99 cm.
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mexican Market Scene
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Mid-century painting depicts what is probably a Mexican of Latin American market scene. Oil on canvas glued down to panel measuring 9.75 x 15.25 inches; 11 x 16.5 inches fr...
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1970s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Old bath-house. Oil on canvas, 51, 5 x 64, 7 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Old bath-house. Oil on canvas, 51, 5 x 64, 7 cm
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Picnic
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Picnic" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas board by Irish artist Val McGann, 1928-2016. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork (...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
LARGE OIL PAINTING by ANTHONY BRANDRETT (NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY PIECE
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING MARITIME SHIP MASTER PIECE 20th CENTURY
FINE RARE MARTINE PAINTING ORIGINAL
20th Century OLD MASTER STYLE OIL PAINTING GOLD GILT FRAME
By Similar $5,000 Premier Colle...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
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Oil
FINE OIL PAINTING by Michael Whitehand B1940 NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY PIECE
Located in Ferndown, GB
FINE RARE MARTINE PAINTING ORIGINAL
20th Century OLD MASTER STYLE OIL PAINTING GOLD GILT FRAME
By Similar $3,000 Premier Collection
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF OLD HISTORY
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Winter Village Landscape with Families & Children by 20th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
A traditional original oil painting of a Winter Village Landscape with Families & Children by 20th Century British Artist.
Art mea...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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