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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 Autumn Collection Autumn leaf #2 [2024], Baroque Still Life, Small art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Autumn Leaf Collection #2 (Naples Yellow) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, ...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

pocket dark blue sloes, Baroque Still Life Painting, Small Art, Fruit Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Dark Blue Sloes is an original still-life painting by artist Dani Humberstone. This painting is a small scale renaissance inspired still life in a photorealistic style and sol...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Pocket Blackbird's Egg 3 (c), Original Painting, Egg, Realism
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Blackbird's Egg 3 (c) 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...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pruned, 12 x 12, Still Life, Oil Painting
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...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil

Everblooming, 20 x 10, Still Life, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Introducing "Everblooming," an original oil on mounted linen by contemporary artist Robin Cole, dated 2024. The painting, sized at 20 x 10 inches (50.80 x 25.40 cm), with framed dime...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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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...
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1910s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil

Still Life wWth Quinces And Candlestick Classical Oil Painting Irina Trushkova
Located in Sempach, LU
The beautiful gold color of fruits and their texture inspired me to create this work. The painting style is inspired by the masters of the 17th century of Holland. The color scheme i...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Crucuses, Belgian Original Oil Painting with Flowers by Irina Trushkova
Located in Sempach, LU
A vibrant blue and white crocuses vase is placed in a smooth, neutral space. I intended to keep the tenderness and preciousness of flowers, a quality I wanted to preserve. The work i...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pocket Bumble Bee 3, Baroque Still Life, Insect, Animals, Affordable art, Spring
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Bumble Bee 3 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 still l...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cup of coffee and tangerine
Located in Sempach, LU
"Cup of coffee and tangerine” is a celebration of the beauty that can be found in the simplest of things. The style of the painting is inspired by the Holland masters of the 17th cen...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Neoclassical Interior Scene by Russian Theater Artist Early 20th century Mixed
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower right with monogram "MD" - in Cyrillic, leads to the Russian - Lithuanian artist Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky (Mstislavas Dobužinskis; 1875 - 1957). Fascinating d...
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Early 20th Century Realist Interior Paintings

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Wood, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

PAPAVER Colin Fraser Scottish contemporary artist
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Colin Fraser is a contemporary Scottish painter, who is recognized for his intricate still lifes, interiors, and landscapes. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1957 and received tra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

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Egg Tempera

Pocket Snowdrop 4, Original painting, Baroque Still Life, Floral art, Flower
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Snowdrop 4 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 still lif...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pocket Autumn Collection Autumn leaf #3 [2024], Baroque Still Life, Small art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Autumn Leaf Collection (Pinky Ochre) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with ...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, 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...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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 structu...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

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Acrylic

José Jiménez Aranda, Hussars at Rest
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ JIMÉNEZ ARANDA Spanish, 1837 - 1903 HUSSARS AT REST signed, located and dated “Jz. Aranda. / Paris 1884.” (lower left) oil on wood panel 21 x 26-5/8 inches (53.5 x 67.5 cm) fram...
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1880s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Ty Nain (Grandma’s House). A Welsh Cottage Interior. Hearth. Cast Iron Oven.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Elin Siân Blake. Welsh ( b.1981). Ty Nain (Grandma’s House). Oil on artist’s canvas board. Signed lower left. Image size 19.5 inches x 15.6 inches ( 49.5cm x 39.5cm ). Frame size 22...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pocket Pink Rose with Leaf, Original Painting, Pink, Flower, Black, Single rose
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Pink Rose with Leaf 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 ...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Purple irises. 1998, canvas, oil, 35x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Purple irises. 1998, canvas, oil, 35x25 cm Juris Jurjans (1944-2023) - Painter Juris Jurjāns graduated from J. Rozentals School of Art in Riga (1962), and Painting Department of La...
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1990s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pocket Mauve Anemone, Original Painting, Flower, Black
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Anemone 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 still life p...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Red and green apples in the summer garden" Original Painting by Lilya Volskaya
Located in Sempach, LU
The paintings are drawn with oil on the canvas. The beautiful, inspiring summer landscape with apples sets you up for 100% positive and a burst of energy. This is a real vitamin boos...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Lacquer, Oil

Pocket Very Ripe Strawberry, Original Painting, Still Life, Red, Black
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Very Ripe Strawberry 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...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cyclamens
Located in Sempach, LU
Cyclamens picked in my garden set in a transparent vase. The various shades of pink and the choice of details made it possible to convey the beauty of these flowers. My intention was...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pocket Raspberry Original Painting, Baroque style, Realism, food
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Raspberry 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 still life...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Spring Collection: Pocket Blackbird's Egg (c), Original Painting, Egg, Realism
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Crimson Strawberry (c) 2024 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 ...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid Century Modernist Trompe L'Oeil Signed Interior Scene Realist Oil
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive 1970s modernist interior scene. Great palette and a sophisticated composition. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed and dated verso.
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1970s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Meditation" Dutch Woman Sewing Interior Genre Home scene Fruit Flowers on Table
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Bernard de Hoog was born in Amsterdam in 1866. He studied under J.F. Hulk and J.C. van Essen at the Quellinus School in Amsterdam. Mainly a genre and portrait painter, he occupies ...
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Late 19th Century Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pocket Conker and Shell 2 c, Original Baroque Still Life Painting, Small
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Conker and Shell 2 c 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...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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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.) ...
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Early 1900s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, 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 ...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Grapes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Morston Constantine Ream (American, 1840-1898) Grapes Oil on canvas, 10 x 12 inches Framed: 22 x 24 inches (approx.) Signed at lower right: “Morston Ream” The still-life painter Mor...
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1880s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Oil Painting Still Life and Child by Walter Stuempfig
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Walter Stuempfig Jr. (American, 1914-1970) Interior: Still Life and Child Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches Framed: 36 x 46 inches (approx.) Signed at lower left: "STUEMPFIG" Walter Stu...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Eel Spear" trompe l'oeil still life of an antique object, black and grey tones
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Eel Spear" is a trompe l'oeil still life of an antique object with black and grey tones. John Morfis was born in Bayville, Long Island in 1976. His humble beginnings made pursuing ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil

Red Door, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A townhouse on West 27th Street draws attention at night, its red door seemingly glowing in the darkness. Shadows of a street sign and construction vehicles add...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil

"Bed" contemporary impressionist oil painting of cozy neutral room & unmade bed
By Vincent Giarrano
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Bed" is a contemporary impressionist oil painting of cozy neutral room & unmade bed.
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Red and white peonies in the style of Dutch masters
Located in Sempach, LU
The collection of paintings has the name of the "Wonderful flowers". The paintings are drawn with oil on the hardboard (back side made of the double cardboard). Perfectly is suitabl...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Lacquer, Oil, Canvas

Pocket Ripe Red Pomegranate, Baroque Still Life, fruit
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Ripe 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 baroque...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Glow Up" contemporary realist white flowers & green leaves on black background
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Glow Up" is a contemporary realist white flowers & green leaves on black background. Maryann Lucas lives and works in Sag Harbor. She is primarily self-taught but has also received...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

A Moment of Quiet Reflection by Düsseldorf School Artist Henrik Nordenberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
In the heart of a meticulously detailed, antique interior, "A Moment of Quiet Reflection" by Carl Henrik Nordenberg captures a serene and intimate moment that transcends time. The pa...
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Late 19th Century Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Purple Leaves", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Jeff Legg's (US based) "Purple Leaves" is an oil painting created in 2023 depicting a white and blue vase with orange wedges, grapes and purple leaves. About the artist: Jeff C. Le...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil

Spring sunny day. Cardboard, oil, 29. 5 x 36 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Spring sunny day. Cardboard, oil, 29.5 x 36 cm Janis Pupols (1886 – 1956) Graduated Landscape studio of V. Purvitis in Latvia Art academy (1927). He took part in exhibitions since 1...
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1940s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

PAPAVER Colin Fraser Scottish contemporary artist
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Colin Fraser is a contemporary Scottish painter, who is recognized for his intricate still lifes, interiors, and landscapes. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1957 and received tra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera

Irises, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Quang Ho's "Irises" is an oil on board featuring yellow and pink flowers with a green background. About the artist: Quang Ho was born on April 30, 1963, in Hue, Vietnam. He Immigrat...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil

"Study for 'After the Drop Off'" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Raymond Bonilla's "Study for 'After the Drop Off'" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a balcony draped with colorful flowers basking in warm light. About the Artist...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Sleeping Cats" Original Oil Painting by Robert White, Frameless Display
Located in Encino, CA
“Sleeping Cats,” an original oil on canvas by Robert K. White, is a piece for the true collector. White’s careful attention to detail and vivid use of reds, whites, browns, and blue-blacks project from the painting, immediately capturing the viewer's attention and highlighting the artist's keen ability to capture emotion and life - all in a brushstroke. White's talent for depicting light and shadow provides the foundation for him to deliver subjects and scenes to the viewer's eye. This masterful and playful work would make a great addition to an art collection and enhance most any home, perfect for those who have an affinity for animal scenes, cats, and color-rich works of art. In the artist’s own words, “I don’t paint what is inside of me; I paint what I see outside of me. I’m an observer. If I see something and I feel an affinity for it, something just clicks in my head. I’ll make the decision right then and there to paint that particular subject during that particular moment. It’s a perfect moment. Once something has caught my eye and I’ve heard the “perfect” click, it’s like a photograph has been taken in my mind’s eye. I only have a few days of clarity with that image. I have to start the painting quickly or else it will be gone and I will lose that image forever.” Artist: ROBERT KENNETH WHITE...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil

Winter city
Located in Sempach, LU
Original oil painting on canvas, cityscape painting made under natural light. This artwork is painted using high-quality fine cotton canvas and sold unframed, stretched, and ready to...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil

The Old Stone Stairway By Düsseldorf Artist Ferdinand Fagerlin
Located in Stockholm, SE
This oil painting called The Old Stone Stairway by Ferdinand Fagerlin offers an intimate glimpse into a quiet interior space, where the stillness of...
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Late 19th Century Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil, Board

Still life with peppers Oil Painting by Igor Sventitski
Located in Sempach, LU
Original oil painting on canvas, still life painting made under natural light. This artwork is painted using high-quality fine linen canvas and sold unframed, stretched, and ready to...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil

Broken glass. 2013, canvas, oil, 120x130 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Broken glass. 2013, canvas, oil, 120x130 cm Alyona Prokofyeva (1988) From 2016 surname Galaktionova. Alyona graduated Riga art school, Latvian University, receiving a visual arts t...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Old courtyard Original Oil Cityscape Painting by Igor Sventitski
Located in Sempach, LU
Original oil painting on canvas, cityscape painting made under natural light. This artwork is painted using high-quality fine linen canvas and sold unframed, stretched, and ready to ...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil

Antique American School Impressionist Artist Studio Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvasboard. Framed. No signature found.
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Early 1900s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Nine Bottles ", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Nine Bottles" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts 9 root beer bottles. About the artist: When Dianne Massey Dunbar was very yo...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil, Board

Still life with smoked fish
Located in Sempach, LU
Original oil painting on canvas, still life painting made under natural light. This artwork is painted using high-quality fine linen canvas and sold unframed, already stretched a...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Oil

"Spring Floe, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Spring Floe" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts yellow flowers gathered in a vase in front of a window revealing a picturesque landscape. ...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Panel, Oil

"Northern Dreams, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Northern Dreams" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts yellow flowers strewn on a table with an arctic landscape in the background. Mia Berg...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

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Panel, Oil

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