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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:  Brown
Finest Coffe and Tea, 18x25x1.5, Acrylic on Masonite
Located in Southampton, NY
Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Another wonderful painting by Charles Ford that shows the great lighting and shadows of New ...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Masonite

American School Super Realist Still Life Surreal Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso.
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1970s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

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Stanford University Memorial Church, Hand Tinted 1930s Color Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely detailed hand tinted color landscape photograph of Stanford Memorial Church produced by Bear Photo Service (American, 1930s). Photographer is unknown. Numbered 904 bottom right. Displayed in a rustic gilt-toned wood frame with antique glass. Image size: 7"H x 11"W. Stanford Memorial Church is located on the Main Quad at the center of the Stanford University...
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1930s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Oil, Photographic Paper

Dylan Lloyd, Garden Study XII, Floral Artwork, Landscape Painting, Floral Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Garden Study XII [2022] original Oil on Linen Board Image size: H:30 cm x W:24 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:24 cm x D:0.5cm Frame Size: H:35 cm x W:40.5 cm x D:3.5...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Luminalia" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Luminalia" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a candle with a dusky evening sky. Mia Bergeron's interest in art was cultivated early on, b...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Caravan, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: Caravan, Sise: 39.5x55 inches, (100x140 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. Looking at "Caravan", it's hard...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

And the ship Sails, Contemporary art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: And the ship Sails, Sise: 40.5x31.5 inches, (105x80 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. Introducing the oil ...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Forgotten, Canvas Art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: Forgotten, Sise: 27.5x35.5 inches, (70x90 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. This oil painting is called "F...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wishes In The Wind
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Hummingbird in Salvia Garden
By Diane Andrews Hall
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hall is a highly respected contemporary artist. It is framed in a contemporary lacquered off white float frame. The surface of the board is slick and almost photographic in feel. The...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Sky 46" Oil and Gold Leaf Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 46" is an original, handmade oil and golf leaf painting that depicts a skyscape of orange and grey hues as sunlight plays across the clouds textured surface.
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Sky 41" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 41" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of orange and lavender hues as sunlight plays across the clouds textured surface.
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Golden Memories", R.W. Hedge, Original Oil on Canvas, 60x48. in., Grand Canyon
Located in Dallas, TX
Imagine standing a short distance from an ancient ledge, gazing across the awesome span of the canyon, with the sun setting beyond the orange canyon rim. When you look closely, you c...
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1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Yin Yang
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Yin Yang' depicts a historic San Francisco brick building with warm sunlight and shadows cascading across the fire escape and facade of the building with ins...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Golden Dawn, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Brian O'Neill's (US based) "Golden Dawn" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cloud filled sky in orange hues as a Sunrise shimmers over a ...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Panel, Oil

"Sunlight", R.W. Hedge, Original Oil on Canvas, 30x40 in, Realist Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
Imagine standing a short distance from an ancient ledge, gazing across the awesome span of the canyon, with the sun beaming beyond the orange and white canyon rim. When you look clos...
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1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The Highline at 23rd" New York City, Acrylic on Masonite
Located in Southampton, NY
Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Another outstanding painting by Charles Ford that focuses on the High Line in New York City ...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

Malaysia Beef Jerky, 16x19.5, acrylic on masonite
Located in Southampton, NY
Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Another wonderful painting by Charles Ford that captures the great lighting and shadows of ...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

The High Line, 16x17x1.5", acrylic on Masonite,
Located in Southampton, NY
Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Another outstanding painting by Charles Ford that focuses on the High Line in New York City ...
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2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Masonite

To Be a Bat
Located in Burlingame, CA
Lynette Cook, 'To Be a Bat', 30 x 24, Acrylic on canvas. One of the artist's new 'To Be' paintings that is a recognition of our urban spaces coexisting with nature. Diving deeper, t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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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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