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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
Pocket Small Clementine - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
Pocket Small Clementine - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art

Pocket Small Clementine - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art

By Dani Humberstone

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

An Artist Working in the Studio 1930
An Artist Working in the Studio 1930

An Artist Working in the Studio 1930

Located in Stockholm, SE

This intimate studio interior from 1930 belongs to the more psychologically engaging side of Carlo Hornung Jensen’s oeuvre. A seated woman has paused beside her easel and turned towa...

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1930s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Pomegranates
Pomegranates

Pomegranates

By Irina Trushkova

Located in Zofingen, AG

The serene ceramic jar anchors the composition, creating a quiet dialogue between matte surfaces and glossy fruit. The carefully draped striped tablecloth introduces rhythm and movem...

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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Green Lamp, Woman Reading a Book, Oil on Canvas Interior Painting
The Green Lamp, Woman Reading a Book, Oil on Canvas Interior Painting

The Green Lamp, Woman Reading a Book, Oil on Canvas Interior Painting

Located in Stockholm, Stockholm

In this painting, The Green Lamp, painted by Eva Bagge (1871-1964) presents an intimate interior scene imbued with silence and contemplation. A woman sits comfortably in an armchair,...

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1940s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique European Old Master Style Flower Still Life Framed Interior Oil Painting
Antique European Old Master Style Flower Still Life Framed Interior Oil Painting

Antique European Old Master Style Flower Still Life Framed Interior Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique European still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 27 by 21 inches overall, and 22 by 16 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.

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1890s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Daffodils in a milk jug
Daffodils in a milk jug

Daffodils in a milk jug

By Irina Trushkova

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

Girl Sitting On Beach
Girl Sitting On Beach

Girl Sitting On Beach

By Vincente Esparza

Located in Atlanta, GA

Item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting. Item includes frame Vincente Esparza was born in Graus, Huesca in 1946. In 1967 he began his studie...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Fruits hidden from autumn
Fruits hidden from autumn

Fruits hidden from autumn

By Irina Trushkova

Located in Zofingen, AG

The painting was created after a September trip to Alsace. During a walk, I noticed beautiful green fruits — not yet ripe, framed by dark leaves. They seemed to have been taken from ...

Category

2010s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lullwater Bridge – Prospect Park
Lullwater Bridge – Prospect Park

Lullwater Bridge – Prospect Park

By Nick Savides

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The setting is an arm of the Prospect Park Lake, known as the Lullwater for its stillness. In the foreground is the Prospect Park Audubon Center in the Boatho...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still life with apples and dragonfly
Still life with apples and dragonfly

Still life with apples and dragonfly

By Irina Trushkova

Located in Zofingen, AG

Experience the vibrant freshness of "Still life with apples and dragonfly," an original oil painting on linen. This medium-sized artwork captures a delightful scene from a unique bi...

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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Roosters and Hens in a Barn 19th century E. Binam
Roosters and Hens in a Barn 19th century E. Binam

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) Signed lower left Oil on wood panel 8 1/4 x 5 /12 (10 1/4 x 13 1/4 frame) Though little is known about E. ...

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1890s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Dueling Partners 1850's French Oil, Chateau Staircase Interior Beautiful oil
The Dueling Partners 1850's French Oil, Chateau Staircase Interior Beautiful oil

The Dueling Partners 1850's French Oil, Chateau Staircase Interior Beautiful oil

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Duel by Alcide Joseph LORENTZ (French 1813-1891) signed and dated 1857 oil painting on canvas, framed framed size: 30 x 25 inches canvas: 25 x 20.5 inches condition: very good an...

Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Quiet day
Quiet day

Quiet day

By Irina Trushkova

Located in Zofingen, AG

A poised still life rendered in luminous oil, where light glides across a draped table, revealing the tender gleam of porcelain and the play of silken folds. Two white jugs, a cup a...

Category

2010s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Odalisque - Woman in a Harem - French 1900 Orientalist art portrait oil painting
Odalisque - Woman in a Harem - French 1900 Orientalist art portrait oil painting

Odalisque - Woman in a Harem - French 1900 Orientalist art portrait oil painting

By Lucien Laurent Gsell

Located in Hagley, England

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

Moonlit Village, Oil Painting
Moonlit Village, Oil Painting

Moonlit Village, Oil Painting

By David Qiyi Liu

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This original oil painting depicts a tranquil and distinctive ancient Chinese village under the moonlight. The still water beneath the cloudy night sky reflects...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

An Old 19th Century Genre Interior Depicting An Afternoon Nap, 1877
An Old 19th Century Genre Interior Depicting An Afternoon Nap, 1877

An Old 19th Century Genre Interior Depicting An Afternoon Nap, 1877

Located in Stockholm, SE

Jakob Kulle (1838–1898) Sweden An Afternoon Nap, 1877 signed and dated oil on canvas unframed 61 × 48 cm (24 × 18.9 in) framed 79 × 67 cm (31.1 × 26.4 in) Provenance: Purchased di...

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1870s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Still Life with Architectural Columns and Pear" by Leon Olmo 31 x 52 inches
"Still Life with Architectural Columns and Pear" by Leon Olmo 31 x 52 inches

"Still Life with Architectural Columns and Pear" by Leon Olmo 31 x 52 inches

By Leon Olmo

Located in Atlanta, GA

Item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting. With frame dimensions are approximately 44" x 64" Leon Olmo was born in Moron de la Frontera at the end of the 1940's beginning at a young age to study drawing and wax technique. From heightened stimulation incredible still-lifes are produced from the nearby aromas of lemons, jasmine, pomegranates, and medlars, fruits which often appear throughout his paintings. Olmo is a self-taught painter, reaching the status as one of Seville’s most talented artists through strict perseverance in drawing and painting. Working until complete exhaustion, Olmo attempts to capture all of himself with every image he creates. For Olmo, neatness and cleanliness go hand in hand when creating a work of art. Though he denies traditional academicism, Olmo does utilize a methodical approach in each painting that begins with strict preparation of the fibrapan board upon which he paints. Beginning with a primer composed of calcium sulfate and glue, he sands the board’s surface until smooth. This regimented routine is in accord with Olmo’s insistence of maintaining neatness and cleanliness for he has rejected the use of canvas where any imperfection is not up to standard. He then picks juicy fresh fruits from their trees and retrieves wooden boards from a collection that he has acquired over the years during walks with his father. Arranging the objects for the desired effect, the outcome will be a play of shadows between the background and brilliant center of the composition. With the brush he draws simple motifs and leaves layers of paint until he achieves a magic luminosity, where the observer can actually see through space, a transparent quality distinctly from the hand of Olmo. The recreation of natural elements in his paintings is to remind the observer of humanity’s material nature. The symbolic use of jasmine is special to the artist, in order to represent the grandeur of small things, six petals with an incredible scent which contain within them the magic of the artist and of his Andalusian land. Olmo’s dreamlike masterpieces contain human warmth that has an unsurpassable way of working their way into the hearts and minds of his collectors. Leon Olmo and his son Leon Reina make up a father and son painting...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Vincenzo Colleoni (Venetian master) - 19th century Realist masquerade scene
Vincenzo Colleoni (Venetian master) - 19th century Realist masquerade scene

Vincenzo Colleoni (Venetian master) - 19th century Realist masquerade scene

Located in Varmo, IT

Vincenzo Colleoni (Active in Venice in the second half of the 19th century) - Interior scene with masked figures. 110 x 160 cm (without frame) - 145 x 194 cm (with frame). Oil on c...

Category

Late 19th Century Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Venice at Dusk, Oil Painting
Venice at Dusk, Oil Painting

Venice at Dusk, Oil Painting

By David Qiyi Liu

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The artwork captures the quiet majesty and solemn atmosphere of Venice. The church bells seem to linger in the air, while the fading light glides across the wat...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Berries in a golden bowl
Berries in a golden bowl

Berries in a golden bowl

By Irina Trushkova

Located in Zofingen, AG

The scene is set with a quiet reverence—a simple golden bowl, brimming with the last treasures of the season. These are not just fruits; they are memories of sunlight, gathered and p...

Category

2010s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Realist Landscape with Horse and Sheep Framed Oil Painting
Vintage Realist Landscape with Horse and Sheep Framed Oil Painting

Vintage Realist Landscape with Horse and Sheep Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American school realist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 23 by 28 inches overall. Handsomely framed in ...

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1980s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Italian Orientalist Antique Oil Painting Young Woman Well Sunset
19th Century Italian Orientalist Antique Oil Painting Young Woman Well Sunset

19th Century Italian Orientalist Antique Oil Painting Young Woman Well Sunset

Located in Stockholm, SE

Exquisite 19th century Italian orientalist oil painting depicting a romantic sunset scene with a young Middle Eastern woman at an ancient well. The composition features a beautifully...

Category

Late 19th Century Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood

Lost to Time, Original Painting
Lost to Time, Original Painting

Lost to Time, Original Painting

By Art Clark

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A weathered yellow cottage with a red roof stands alone on the prairie, surrounded by wildflowers and a rustic fence. Dark clouds gather overhead, adding a se...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Passion
Passion

Fernando AlcarazPassion

$350Sale Price|81% Off

Passion

By Fernando Alcaraz

Located in Atlanta, GA

Item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting. Item includes frame; Fernando Ibañez Alcaraz was born in Alcoy, Alicante (Spain) in 1969. Growing ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

My Coloring Table (Still Life Interior Artist Studio).
My Coloring Table (Still Life Interior Artist Studio).

My Coloring Table (Still Life Interior Artist Studio).

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Piero Aversa (1928-1990) My Coloring Table, ca. 1965. Oil and sand on canvas, measuring 20 x 24 inches. Measuring 21 x 25 inches in brass frame. Signed lower right. Piero Avers...

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Mid-20th Century Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Le Petit Déjeuner" Oil Painting, Realist Still Life, Milk, Bread & Jam, framed
"Le Petit Déjeuner" Oil Painting, Realist Still Life, Milk, Bread & Jam, framed

"Le Petit Déjeuner" Oil Painting, Realist Still Life, Milk, Bread & Jam, framed

By Sarah Lamb

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

"Le Petit Déjeuner" is an original oil painting by Sarah Lamb. It depicts a variety of bread along with jam, butter, and milk on a wooden table. Sourdough, Challah, Baguette, etc. Bonne Maman...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Night Out, Oil Painting
Night Out, Oil Painting

Night Out, Oil Painting

By Nick Savides

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Two adjoining East Village institutions, Milon and Panna II on First Avenue, fill the scene with competing neon lights and hanging decorations. A group of women...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still Life with Apples, c. 1910
Still Life with Apples, c. 1910

Still Life with Apples, c. 1910

By Emma Ekwall

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

Antique Oil Painting Signed Holly European Tavern Interior Genre Scene, Framed
Antique Oil Painting Signed Holly European Tavern Interior Genre Scene, Framed

Antique Oil Painting Signed Holly European Tavern Interior Genre Scene, Framed

Located in Palm Coast, FL

Original antique oil on canvas signed “Holly” depicting a lively Old World tavern interior with three gentlemen gathered around a table in animated conversation. Executed in the trad...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small garden. Dahlia
Small garden. Dahlia

Small garden. Dahlia

By Irina Trushkova

Located in Zofingen, AG

This composition suggests a garden gathered and brought inside, captured in a rare moment of perfect balance. The interplay of pinks and golds creates a harmonious, almost musical r...

Category

2010s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fromage
Fromage

Fromage

By Irina Trushkova

Located in Zofingen, AG

This original oil painting captures a still life scene viewed from above, inviting you to explore its intimate details. At the center, a wooden board showcases a variety of cheeses, ...

Category

2010s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Lady Sewing - British 19th century art Newlyn School oil painting
Portrait of a Lady Sewing - British 19th century art Newlyn School oil painting

Portrait of a Lady Sewing - British 19th century art Newlyn School oil painting

By Walter Langley

Located in Hagley, England

This beautiful late 19th century portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of Walter Langley. It has the hallmarks of the Newlyn School of artists such as the subject matter, com...

Category

1890s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

23rd Street Sunset, Oil Painting
23rd Street Sunset, Oil Painting

23rd Street Sunset, Oil Painting

By Nick Savides

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A woman walks west along East 23rd Street, catching her reflection in a store window. Farther off, figures cast long shadows toward the pavement. The restrained...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Signed Antique Flower Painting, framed on canvas. Exhibited
Signed Antique Flower Painting, framed on canvas. Exhibited

Signed Antique Flower Painting, framed on canvas. Exhibited

Located in St. Albans, GB

Dominique Rozier Signed Antique Frame and Painting. Exhibited painting Canvas Size: 24 x 29" (61 x 74cm) Outside Frame Size: 34 x 39" (86 x 99cm) Dominique Rozier was a French pain...

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Late 19th Century Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Still life with yellow milk jug and pears
Still life with yellow milk jug and pears

Still life with yellow milk jug and pears

By Irina Trushkova

Located in Zofingen, AG

I tried to find the color harmony of red-green pears and bright yellow milk jug. The shape of the jug echoes the shape of pears and the drapery, giving a unified movement and dynam...

Category

2010s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Lacquer, Oil

Pruned, 12 x 12, Still Life, Oil Painting
Pruned, 12 x 12, Still Life, Oil Painting

Pruned, 12 x 12, Still Life, Oil Painting

By Robin Cole

Located in Denver, CO

Robin Cole's "Pruned," a 2024 original, is an intimate oil on mounted linen painting that measures 12 x 12 inches, encased in a frame that extends the dimensions to 17 x 17 inches. T...

Category

2010s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Surreal Latin American Oil Painting
Large Surreal Latin American Oil Painting

Large Surreal Latin American Oil Painting

Located in Rochester, NY

Surreal hyper realistic trompe l'oeil oil painting by Latin American artist Victor Del Castillo. Peaches, grapes and cherries in rich brilliant colors and incredible detail. Measures...

Category

Late 20th Century Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Magnolia. Original oil painting
Magnolia. Original oil painting

Magnolia. Original oil painting

By Irina Trushkova

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

Still Life with Fruit and Vessels
Still Life with Fruit and Vessels

Still Life with Fruit and Vessels

Located in Stockholm, SE

Housed in an elaborate late nineteenth-century carved gilt frame lined with deep red velvet, the painting offers a harmonious composition of carefully arranged objects illuminated by...

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Late 19th Century Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

An auction at Drouot's in Paris.
An auction at Drouot's in Paris.

An auction at Drouot's in Paris.

By René Francois Xavier Prinet

Located in Paris, FR

An auction at Drouot's in Paris. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Around 1900-1910. René François Xavier Prinet (31 December 1861, Vitry-le-François – 26 January 1946, Bourbonne-les-Bains) was a French painter and illustrator who drew his subjects from middle-class society. He was born to Henri Prinet, an Imperial Prosecutor in Vitry-le-François. A promotion led to him being posted in Paris, where they lived in a home not far from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. His father painted as a hobby and was supportive of his desire to study art, having him seek the advice of Louis Charles Timbal [fr], a well-known church painter and friend of the family. Around 1880, he began his studies in earnest, in the studios of Jean-Léon Gérôme; remaining with him until 1885. That year, his painting "The Infant Jesus" was accepted for display at the Salon. This was followed by studies at the Académie Julian. At this time, he also became associated with a group of young artists known as the Bande Noire (Black Stripe), which included Lucien Simon, André Dauchez...

Category

Early 1900s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Domenico Cantatore, Italian Expressionist - Odalisque, oil painting 1960
Domenico Cantatore, Italian Expressionist - Odalisque, oil painting 1960

Domenico Cantatore, Italian Expressionist - Odalisque, oil painting 1960

By Domenico Cantatore

Located in Varmo, IT

Domenico Cantatore (Ruvo di Puglia 1906 - Paris 1998) - Odalisque (Homage to Delacroix). 35 x 32 cm (without frame) - 66 x 64 cm (with frame). Oil on panel, in gilt wood frame. Si...

Category

Late 20th Century Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

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