Realist Interior 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
LARGE CLASSICAL 1920's COUNTRY HOUSE ENGLISH STILL LIFE OF FLOWERS OIL PAINTING
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: William Bruce Ellis Ranken (1881-1941) Scottish
TITLE: "Classical Still Life In A Vase"
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 143cm x 70cm incl. frame
SIGNED: lower right
CONDITION: ...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Garden peonies
Located in Zofingen, AG
A lush bouquet of soft pink peonies is gracefully arranged in a clear glass vase, set against a deep cherry-hued background. Delicate petals have gently fallen onto a weathered woode...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pocket Red Cherries - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
In Pocket Red Cherries, Dani Humberstone brings a classic stil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Daffodils in a milk jug
Located in Zofingen, AG
These daffodils picked in my garden set in a milk jug. The various shades of yellow-white color and the choice of details made it possible to convey the beauty of flowers. The blue p...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pocket Lemon - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Bursting with brightness, Pocket Lemon captures the cheerful t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Pocket Ripe Peach - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
With glowing skin and tender volume, Pocket Ripe Peach capture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Pocket Apricot - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Delicate and sun-warmed, Pocket Apricot is a softly glowing ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Pocket Lime - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Cool and composed, Pocket Lime distills the quiet power of gre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Coffee & Tea, Oil Painting
By Nick Savides
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A woman sits on a bench, sipping her drink, outside of St. Mark’s Coffee & Tea in the East Village. The cafe’s red facade contrasts with the subdued urban e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
In an embrace. Original oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Japanese cherry“ is a painting that pays homage to the natural beauty and timeless elegance of this flowering tree. My intention was to keep tenderness and fragility of flowers, a ...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Une Ballerine - Realist Figurative Oil Painting by Auguste Leroux
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figure in interior circa 1930 by French realist painter Jules Marie Auguste Leroux. The work depicts a brunette ballerina wearing a pink tutu and pointe shoes st...
Category
1930s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pocket Mango - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Rendered with velvety finesse, Pocket Mango by Dani Humberston...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
The Poor Girl – An Early Genre Scene by Julius Kronberg, 1873
Located in Stockholm, SE
This small, tenderly rendered painting— titled The Poor Girl (Den fattiga flickan)—offers a rare glimpse into Julius Kronberg’s early period, when he w...
Category
1870s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lemons. Original oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Lemons” is an ode to the simple pleasures of life, inviting viewers to appreciate the inherent beauty in everyday objects. The central place is occupied by a plate of lemons with le...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ORIGINAL Still Life Oil Painting of ONIONS by English painter ARTHUR EASTON ROI
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Arthur Easton ROI (1939-2024) English
TITLE: "Still Life Of Onions & A Paper Bag"
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 79cm x 64cm incl frame
CONDITION: very good
NOTES: This work wa...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oysters and lemon
Located in Zofingen, AG
The bird’s eye view, strong light on the mother-of-pearl of oysters and folds create this image. The medium used is oil on canvas, which allows to capture the vibrant color, delicate texture, and the play of light on the subject matter. The iridescent oysters contrast on a black plate focusing the viewer's eye towards the center of the composition. Color palette in “Oysters and lemon...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Roosters and Hens in a Barn 19th century E. Binam
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Roosters and Hens in a Barn 19th century
E. Binam (Belgian? 19th century)
Oil on wood panel
8 1/4 x 5 /12 (10 1/4 x 13 1/4 frame)
Though little is known about E. Binam, he was clea...
Category
1890s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Early Realistic Still Life Painting of Stack of Books Against a Black Background
Located in Houston, TX
Early realist still life painting of a stack of books set against a black background. Signed Kaplan on the reverse. Currently hung in a wood frame with velvet matting. Would recommen...
Category
20th Century Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed Antique American Realist Nude Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 26 by 34 inches overall and 20 by 28 painting alone. In excellent condition. Handsomely framed in a period ar...
Category
1930s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Magnolia. Original oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
These stunning magnolia placed in a transparent vase. A dark background helps to reveal delicate forms of flowers and capture the reactions of light with glass. The medium used is oi...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Apples and limes. Original oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Apples and limes” is an ode to the simple pleasures of life, inviting viewers to appreciate the inherent beauty in everyday objects. I tried to find the color harmony of yellow - gr...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White lilies" floral still life realism of the Volskya Liliyaily.
Located in Zofingen, AG
"White lilies" floral still life realism of the Volsky Lily. The painting is done in oil on canvas. It is written in 3 layers.
Flowers look very impressive on a dark background. Lil...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil
$782 Sale Price
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Two Worlds - British Edwardian figurative interior oil painting religious art
Located in London, GB
This intriguing British Edwardian figurative interior oil painting is by noted artist Arthur Croft Mitchell. It is entitled Two Worlds verso and dated as c1910. The composition of th...
Category
1910s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Raspberry - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
In Raspberry, Dani Humberstone suspends a delicately painted fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Antique American Fluffy Pomeranian Dog Portrait Wide Gold Frame Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible signed early American dog portrait painting. Oil on board. Signed. Housed in a period gold giltwood frame.
Category
1870s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
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Blueberries and milk
Located in Zofingen, AG
This is a charming breakfast still life featuring fresh blueberries served on an ornate blue and white patterned plate, accompanied by a glass of milk. The composition is set on a wh...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Historic English Chapel Interior, ' by Unknown, Watercolor Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed and matted 16" x 19" watercolor painting by an Unknown artist depicts an historic English chapel interior. The interior of the church features the large stained glass window pane...
Category
19th Century Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$400 Sale Price
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The Wool Winder (1877) by Swedish Female Artist Emma Ekwall
Located in Stockholm, SE
In The Wool Winder, Emma Ekwall captures a moment of quiet domestic intimacy between a young woman and a man as they wind wool together—she with focused care, he with gentle attentiv...
Category
1870s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Oil on Canvas Orientalist Painting Moorish Spain Gate of The Sun Toledo
Located in Portland, OR
A large & important Orientalist oil on canvas painting, Moorish Spain, by Pollok Sinclair Nesbit (1848-1922) ASRA, "The Gate of the Sun" Toledo, 1872.
A member of The Royal Scottish ...
Category
1870s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Shadow of a Tree on Facade, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two modern buildings, one raw sienna, and the other white, stand side by side against a deep blue sky. The daylight in the background contrasts with the struc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Blue Damson - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
In Grape, Dani Humberstone reduces the still life tradition to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
French Realist Painting Interior scene Woman on a sofa Nap 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the second half of the 19th century
The nap
Oil on wood panel
23 x 20 cm (24.5 x 22 cm with the frame)
Signed and dated lower right “68 / Fauvel?”
Giltwood stick
Goo...
Category
1860s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lime - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Dani Humberstone's Lime radiates with vibrant intensity, its ri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Spring Collection: Pocket Bluebells, Baroque Still Life, Flower art, Realism
Located in Deddington, GB
Spring Collection: Pocket Bluebells is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Purple lace of white peonies" realistic still life by Liliya Volskaya
Located in Zofingen, AG
Purple lace of white peonies" realistic still life by Lilia Volskaya. Flowers are the ultimate delight in beauty, which is flawless. The slight curves of lines, tones and semitones, ...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil
Spring Collection: Pocket Daffodil [2024], Baroque Still Life, flower
Located in Deddington, GB
Spring Collection: Pocket Daffodil is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to ...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Early 20th Century Oil of French Stone Building entitled Interieur et Exteriuer
Located in Preston, GB
Early 20th Century Oil of French Stone Building entitled 'Interieur et Exteriuer' by the Award-Winning French Artist, Charles Perron (1893 – 1958).
Presented in a beautiful ornate period gold frame...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Pocket Pale Blue Sloes [2023], Baroque Still Life Painting, Small art, Fruit art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Pale Blue Sloes is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque stil...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Antique American School Museum Quality Fruit Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school realist fruit still life oil painting. Oil on board. Unsigned. Framed. Image size, 16L x 16H.
Category
1850s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$6,000 Sale Price
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"Instruments"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
I bought this beautiful instrument. Tuner told me that the instrument was in perfect working order and sounded great. But the black lacquer on the piano looked old and worn from tim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Fruit in Basket - Vintage Oil in Ornate Frame by British Artist
By Roy Hodrien
Located in Preston, GB
Still Life with Fruit in Basket - Vintage Oil in Ornate Frame by British Artist
Art measures 12 x 10 inches
Frame measures 18.5 x 16.5 inches
Roy Hodrien, born in Lancashire in M...
Category
1980s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil, Paint
$3,223 Sale Price
20% Off
Pocket Pinky Red Pomegranate, Baroque Still Life, fruit
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Pinky Red Pomegranate is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroqu...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
That Time It Snowed on the Hollywood Sign, Oil Painting
By Jesse Aldana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Jesse Aldana presents an expansive view of Los Angeles, showing the famous Hollywood sign in the distance. The piece captures a dramatic passage from a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Old Times House Interior Scene with Naughty Boy 19th century Genre Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
The painting captures a wonderfully amusing family moment set in the 16th century. In the center of the painting we see the father, exhausted by worries and dozing in his chair in fr...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Pocket Striped Bellona Tulip, Original Painting, Flower, Still Life, Plant
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Striped Bellona Tulip is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroqu...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vivid Dachshund realist painting on blue and yellow chair by animal portraitist
By Roger Henry
Located in Charleston, US
Stunning realistic oil painting of a pensive Dachshund, "Plique" in the South of France on a blue and yellow floral upholstered chair. The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Narcissus. Original Oil Painting with Flowers by Irina Trushkova
Located in Zofingen, AG
These stunning spring narcissus are placed in a transparent vase. The bright yellow flowers create a vivid color contrast against the silvery blue background focusing the viewer's ey...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Lacquer
Still Life with Apples, c. 1910
Located in Stockholm, SE
Still Life with Apples is an exquisite still-life painting that captures a quiet moment of abundance and peace. On a humble wooden table lies a cluster of ripe apples, their rosy and...
Category
1910s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Une Consultation de Sigmund Freud' by Hubert - Denis Etcheverry (1867 – 1950)
Located in Knokke, BE
Hubert-Denis Etcheverry
Bayonne 1867 – 1950 Paris
French Painter
'Une Consultation de Sigmund Freud'
Signature: signed lower right and dated ‘D. Etcheverry / Paris 1900’
Medium: oi...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Odalisque - Woman in a Harem - French 1900 Orientalist art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This charming ex Christie's Victorian Orientalist oil painting is by noted French exhibited artist Lucien Laurent Gsell. The painting dates to around 1900 and portrays a beautiful yo...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
$18,000
Phoenician Pomegranates- original realism still life painting contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Rich in symbolism and exquisite in detail, Phoenician Pomegran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oysters with blue striped drapery
Located in Zofingen, AG
The bird’s eye view and strong light on the mother-of-pearl of oysters and folds create this image. The medium used is oil on canvas, which captures the vibrant color, delicate textu...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Meal, Charles Van Den Eycken, Brussels 1859 – 1923, Belgian Painter
Located in Knokke, BE
A Meal
Van Den Eycken Charles
Brussels 1859 – 1923
Belgian Painter
Signature: Attributed to Charles Van Den Eycken
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimens...
Category
19th Century Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Vincenzo Colleoni (Venetian Master) - 19th century painting - Interior Masks
Located in Varmo, IT
Vincenzo Colleoni (Active in Venice in the second half of the 19th century) - Interior scene with masked characters.
110 x 160 cm without frame, 145 x 194 cm with frame.
Antique oi...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$14,221 Sale Price
20% Off
"View of Samarkand"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Unidentified Artist, 20th Century – "View of Samarkand"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 106 x 73 cm (unframed), 130 x 92 cm (framed)
Signature: Lower left corner (illegible)
Pro...
Category
20th Century Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cars passing under the windows early in the morning
Located in Oslo, NO
The title of the painting refers to the author's early childhood impressions. When he woke up early in the morning in complete darkness, he would hear the sound of cars passing under...
Category
2010s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pomegranates and Earthenware" 2013 Sarah Lamb oil painting still life
By Sarah Lamb
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Pomegranates and Earthenware" is a 2013 Sarah Lamb oil painting still life.
Sarah Lamb is a talented and dynamic realist painter. With classical s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Trompe L'Oil Interior Scene Finely Framed 19th C Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American interior scene oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20H by 16L.
Category
1880s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian landscape View of bay from foothills 19th century Large oil painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed: Augusto Corelli (1853 - 1918). Superbly and professionally painted Italian landscape. A narrow path, an alley hanging over it with centuries-old oaks, a sea bay...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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