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Photorealist Landscape Paintings

PHOTOREALISM

A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.

Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.

The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.

Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”

The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.

On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.

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Style: Photorealist
Color:  Blue
Carn Gloose, Hot and Sunny Twinkly Seas By Maggie LaPorte Banks
Located in Deddington, GB
original Acrylic on linen Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:50 cm x D:2cm Frame Size: H:53 cm x W:53 cm x D:5cm Sold Framed Please note ...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic

Los Angeles Crashing Waves Triptych, Nautical, Handmade Cyanotype in Blue Tones
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of water, forests, and skies. These...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Photographic Film, Photogram, Monotype, Lithograph, Color, C Print, Phot...

Breaking Waves Ocean Art, Contemporary Realist Seascape Painting Beach House Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Breaking Waves [2022] Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look I always enjoy panting the sea. Through careful observation i am inspired to capture the anatomy of waves as they break and wash to shore. In this large square painting in cool blues I have tried to create a calming immersive view. Artwork by Jo Quigley...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Everything has its Time, Landscape, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: Everything has its Time, Sise: 71x53 inches, (180x135 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. Ice and snow...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

May, Sky, Impressionism Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: May Sise: 10x14 inches, (25x35 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind, Ready to hang Looking at this oil paintin...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Let's save, let's get up, Sky, Contemporary Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: Let's save, let's get up Sise: 16x20 inches, (50x40 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind, Ready to hang About the artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich was born on February 12, 1967 in Kremenchuk, Ukraine. Attended Dnepropetrovsk Art School. EV Vuchetich from 1983 to 1987, and National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture from 1990 to 1996 graduated with Masters degree in Fine Art. After becoming a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Mr. Varvarov received the category of artist-restorer of easel painting in 1999...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Landscape, Contemporary Art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: Landscape Sise: 39.5x57 inches, (100x145 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. Looking at this oil painting, y...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

For Life, Blossom Flowers, Contemporary Art Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: For Life Sise: 53x41.5 inches, (135x105 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. Looking at "For life" it's hard ...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Witness the Time, Contemporary art Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: Witness the Time, Sise: 39.5x51 inches, (100x130 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. Witness the time with this amazing oil painting. The blue sky and clouds provide a beautiful backdrop for the bizarre tree branch. This painting is sure to engage and interest anyone who sees it. About the artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich was born on February 12, 1967 in Kremenchuk, Ukraine. Attended Dnepropetrovsk Art School. EV Vuchetich from 1983 to 1987, and National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture from 1990 to 1996 graduated with Masters degree in Fine Art. After becoming a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Mr. Varvarov received the category of artist-restorer of easel painting in 1999...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Screaming Young Kestral II - Photorealistic Bird Portrait, Cloud Covered Sky
Located in Chicago, IL
Painted with such exacting detail it is hard to believe it is not a photograph. This piece is framed in a simple wooden frame measuring 27 x 27 inches. Rick Pas Screaming Young Kestrel 2 acrylic on panel 12h x 12w in 30.48h x 30.48w cm RPA016 ARTIST'S STATEMENT Creating is an addiction. With all the highs and lows you would expect. I am interested in the surface textures and creating paintings that portray them in realistic detail. Hopefully a viewer will feel they can run a hand over the feathers and moss, or grasp an object in the painting. This detail is usually composed in an abstract design. The design can occur naturally or be arranged by me. RESUME Rick Pas b. 1958, Flint, MI Education Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI - Bachelor of Fine Arts - Pearson Art Scholarship SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2022 Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL, Take Flight William Baczek Fine Arts, Animal Kingdom & Winter National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY, Western Visions Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK, Braveheart 2021 William Baczek Fine Arts, 25th Anniversary Exhibition 2020 William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Gallery Victor Armendariz, The Palette of Pride 2019 The James Museum, St. Petersburg, FL, Environmental Impact II Lovetts Gallery, Realism, Reveries, & Rhapsody Gallery Victor Armendariz, New Work 2018 Gallery Victor Armendariz, Front and Center Corporate Art Advisory, Chicago, IL, Portraits and Places: Redefining Realism William Baczek Fine Arts, Animal Kingdom Lovetts Gallery, Rear Window 2017 William Baczek Fine Arts, Winter, Animal Kingdom, Summer Lovetts Gallery, The Good, the Bad, and the WTF? & Red 2016 William Baczek Fine Arts, 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Summer, & Landscape Exhibition Monroe Community Church, Grand Rapids, MI, ArtPrize Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition Lovetts Gallery, Cauldron 2015 William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer JW Marriott, Grand Rapids, MI, ArtPrize Handwright Gallery, New Canaan, CT, Small Works Ann Brierly Gallery, Winnetka, IL, Ann Nathan Gallery Satellite Exhibition RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, A Magical Menagerie 2014 William Baczek Fine Arts, Spring & Landscape Exhibition 2013 Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH, Environmental Impact Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI, Interspecies 2012 Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art, Midland, MI, The Nature of Art: An Invitational Exhibition William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Exhibition Ann Nathan Gallery, Group Exhibition Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids, MI, A Natural Selection Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI, Art and the Animal Gallery Project, Extremes & Umvelt 2010 William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Group Exhibition Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI, Juried Fine Arts Exhibition San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA, Art and the Animal 2009 West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology, Grand Rapids, MI, ArtPrize William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI, Michigan Fine Arts Competition Gallery Project, Shrines and Altars Ann Nathan Gallery, Fall Group Exhibition 2008 William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Group Exhibition Gallery Project, Animal Intelligence Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, MI, The Natural Eye Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI, Art and the Animal 2007 William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Group Exhibition 2006 WARD Gallery, Harbor Springs, MI, New Dimensions in the Natural World Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT, Art and the Animal Gallery Project, Nature Reperceived 2005 Light Street Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Animal House Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT, Art of the Animal Kingdom The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO, AMERICAN BIRDS: A Flight Through Time WARD Gallery, Summer Celebration 2004 Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC, Contemporary Realism Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ, Art and the Animal Washington Street Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI, Fifth Year Celebration 2003 Fraser Gallery, Georgetown International 2001 Sioux City...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Panel, Acrylic

Nereides 1
Located in Spetses, GR
Hatzi uses the linen canvas to create incredible underwater effects, showing vibrant reflections of light glistening through the water and on human skin, he...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Floating Between Wars - Contemporary, Cityscape, Skate, Woman, Winter, White
Located in Berlin, DE
Floating Between Wars, 2021 Oil on canvas 23 5/8 H x 19 11/16 W in. 60 H x 50 W cm The painting imagines a city in a continuous present in which elements of the past intertwine with...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Nereides 2
Located in Spetses, GR
Hatzi uses the linen canvas to create incredible underwater effects, showing vibrant reflections of light glistening through the water and on human skin, he...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Nereides 3
Located in Spetses, GR
Hatzi uses the linen canvas to create incredible underwater effects, showing vibrant reflections of light glistening through the water and on human skin, he...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Sky 54" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 54" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky.
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Water Games
Located in Spetses, GR
Hatzi uses the linen canvas to create incredible underwater effects, showing vibrant reflections of light glistening through the water and on human skin, he...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Electric Sea
Located in Spetses, GR
Hatzi uses the linen canvas to create incredible underwater effects, showing vibrant reflections of light glistening through the water and on human skin, he...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Sky 58" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 58" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky as the sunlight highlights their forms.
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Panel, Oil

"The Cardozo, Miami Beach, Florida, " Kathleen Piunti, Sunny Street Scene
Located in New York, NY
Kathleen Piunti (1928 - 2016) The Cardozo, Miami Beach, Florida, 1995 Oil on canvas 32 x 60 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Uptown Gallery, New ...
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1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Sky 52" Oil and Gold Leaf Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 52" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey clouds arching through a blue sky with the sun in the background.
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Gold Leaf

"Sky 36" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 36" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of white and pink clouds arching through a blue sky with the sun in the background.
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Sky 57" Oil and Silver Leaf Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 57" is an original, handmade oil and silver leaf painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky as the sunlight highligh...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Silver

"Sky 62" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 62" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky as the sunlight highlights their forms.
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Looking Toward Oyster Pond, Montauk, Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Looking Toward Oyster Pond, Montauk Year: 1983-2001 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 42 x 60 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed rect...
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1980s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

76
Located in East Hampton, NY
Acrylic Canvas 20x16 Photo Realism 2018 The largest and last in a series of paintings of this southern California icon. About the Artist: Michael Ward ...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Lion’s Head Rock (East Hampton, New York)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Lion’s Head Rock (East Hampton, NY) Year: January 1971 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 42 x 66 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, ...
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1970s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Georgica Pond at Sunset (East Hampton, New York)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Georgica Pond at Sunset (East Hampton, NY) Year: February 1973 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 72 x 48 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, dated, and titled by the artist, verso. Provenance: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY; Bernice Fox Weinstein, Washington D.C.; Estate of Dr. Charles Cabaniss via his Lorena Smith Cabaniss, Washington D.C.; property of a family trust, Southeastern, MI. Notes: A seminal example of Hornak’s Photorealist multiple exposure landscape...
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1970s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Leaping Peony (Still Life Painting with Pink Flower and Country Landscape)
Located in Hudson, NY
Photo-realist still life painting of a pink peony against a country landscape with blue mountains and a blue, moon-lit sky just after sunset "Leaping Peony" by Ann Getsinger...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Linen

The Quarry (Scotland)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: The Quarry (Scotland) Year: 1983 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 50 x 72 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed recto; signed, dated, a...
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1980s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Banyan Tree: Variation VI (Jamaica)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: The Banyan Tree: Variation VI (Jamaica) Year: 1981 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 42 x 60 inches Condition: Excellen...
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1980s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Roanheads Scotland 1, oil on birch panel, rural architecture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original oil on birch-wood panel is a signature work of Roanheads, Scotland by painter and master printmaker Agnes Murray. Ms. Murray is notable for capturing the crystalline q...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Roanheads Chimneys #3, 2018
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original oil on birch-wood panel is a signature painting of Roanheads, Scotland by Agnes Murray. Ms. Murray is notable for capturing the crystalline quality of northern light. ...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Roanheads Scotland 2, oil on birch panel, rural arcitecture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original oil on birch-wood panel is a signature work of Roanheads, Scotland by painter and master print-maker Agnes Murray. Ms. Murray is notable for capturing the crystalline ...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Roanheads Chimneys #1, 2018
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original oil on birch-wood panel is a signature painting of Roanheads, Scotland by Agnes Murray. Ms. Murray is notable for capturing the crystalline quality of northern light. ...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Slains Castle with North Sea, stone castle, seascape, Scotland
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas, high detail, realistic, Scotland This original oil on canvas is a signature painting of Slains Castle, in Northeast Scotland by Agnes Murray, who is notable for captu...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Slains Castle with North Sea 2, stone ruins, seascape, Scotland
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas, high detail, realistic, Scotland This original oil on canvas is a signature painting of Slains Castle, in Northeast Scotland by Agnes Murray, who is notable for captu...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"Anonymous Collaborators", Hyper-realistic, oil painting, graffiti landscape
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original oil painting on canvas by Jessica Hess measuring 30in x 30in. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Jessica Hess now lives and works in San Francisco, Californ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Waterfall VI
Located in New York, NY
Leign Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Linen, Oil

'Sparkling Crest' Photorealist painting of a blue, turquoise wave, sea foam
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Sparkling Crest' is a realist Contemporary Seascape Painting by Marc Esteve. Sea, sand and waves make for a composition that is beautiful and tranquil. You can hear the rolling wave...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Photorealist landscape paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist landscape paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add landscape paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, green, purple, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Ian Hornak, Lynette Cook, Kathleen Keifer, and James Van Fossan. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Photorealist landscape paintings, so small editions measuring 5 inches across are also available. Prices for landscape paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $200 and tops out at $585,000, while the average work sells for $4,950.

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