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
Roanheads Scotland 1, oil on birch panel, rural architecture
By Agnes Murray
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...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Ken Otsuka, "Autumn Pond", Realistic Fall Rocky Shore Oil Painting on Canvas
By Ken Otsuka
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This photorealistic nature scene "Autumn Pond" by artist Ken Otsuka is a 20x24 original oil painting on canvas. It depicts a pond in autumn, reflecting the...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Roanheads Scotland 3, oil on birch, rural architecture
By Agnes Murray
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 ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Sun Salute
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original oil painting on linen by artist Michelle Kondos. Framed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Echoes
Located in Fairfield, CT
Here oil on canvas images are photorealistic and gorgeous.
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"On the Mountain in Snow at Dusk" Medium sized Landscape of Winter Scene, Dusk
Located in Wellesley, MA
"On the Mountain in Snow at Dusk," Oil on Canvas, 30 x 30 Inches is a highly realistic landscape of a bank of evergreens covered with snow at the top of a white mountain against th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunset on the breakwater.
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
"Sunset at the Breakwater" is a large-format piece that captures a serene moment on the southern coast of Spain. At the center of the scene, a solitary figure stands on the breakwate...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Temple at the River", R.W. Hedge, Original Oil on Canvas, 36x24, Grand Canyon
By R. W. Hedge
Located in Dallas, TX
The Temple of Sinawava is the park's hallmark, with its paved trail following the Virgin River upstream through ever-narrowing canyons of sandstone to the Zion Narrows, framed by han...
Category
1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary landscape oil painting forest trees outdoors road gate sky signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"An Iron Gate" is an original oil painting on canvas by Gregory Steele. The piece is signed and dated in the lower left and titled on verso. This piece depicts a decaying iron gate i...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lincoln Tunnel
Located in Fairfield, CT
Eric Nash is a California artist working in oil and charcoal. His subject matter focuses on icons and scenes inspired by California. Often highly realistic, ...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Easy Listening
Located in Fairfield, CT
Here oil on canvas images are photorealistic and gorgeous.
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Over the Finger Lakes" Aerial Landscape View of at Dusk in Blues and Whites
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Over the Finger Lakes," Oil on Canvas, 40 x 44 Inches is a highly realistic landscape which depicts a series of the fingers lakes in New York State seen from an aerial view in deep blues and greens, with a streak of white light that divides the image into sky with a suggestion of clouds and water...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Waterfall, Spray, Clouds" Small Landscape/Waterscape Sky with Sun
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Waterfall, Spray, Clouds" Oil on Panel, 12 x 12 x 3/4 Inches, is a meticulously painted rendition of a waterfall seen from above with bursts of white light in blue sky appearing t...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Allure
Located in Fairfield, CT
Here oil on canvas images are photorealistic and gorgeous.
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Midtown Tunnel
Located in Fairfield, CT
Eric Nash is a California artist working in oil and charcoal. His subject matter focuses on icons and scenes inspired by California. Often highly realistic, ...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hot Cake House
Located in Fairfield, CT
For nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have live...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Manhattan Next 7 Exits
Located in Fairfield, CT
Eric Nash is a California artist working in oil and charcoal. His subject matter focuses on icons and scenes inspired by California. Often highly realistic, ...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
BQE
Located in Fairfield, CT
Eric Nash is a California artist working in oil and charcoal. His subject matter focuses on icons and scenes inspired by California. Often highly realistic, ...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$10,200
FDR DRIVE
Located in Fairfield, CT
Eric Nash is a California artist working in oil and charcoal. His subject matter focuses on icons and scenes inspired by California. Often highly realistic, ...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$9,500
Manhattan Exit Only
Located in Fairfield, CT
Eric Nash is a California artist working in oil and charcoal. His subject matter focuses on icons and scenes inspired by California. Often highly realistic, ...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reno Circus Circus
Located in Fairfield, CT
For nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have live...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Night Flight Over Sedona Red Rocks", Alexander Volkov, Oil on Canvas, Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
"Night Flight Over Sedona Redrocks" by Alexander Volkov is an original oil on canvas. The painting captures a photorealistic view of the red rocks in Arizona during a sunset. The lig...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel
Study for Calico 1
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Oil on paper painting of Calico mountains, Las Vegas
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
The King Tide
By Kevin Sloan
Located in Natchez, MS
A beautiful and deceptively simple example of Sloan's work. The King Tide is a seascape, speaking on climate change - specifically sea level rise. Adding to the surrealistic nature ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Oakland Burgers & Pies
Located in Fairfield, CT
For nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have live...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orpheum
Located in Fairfield, CT
For nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have live...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liquor Deli
Located in Fairfield, CT
For nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have live...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Driving in the Rain II", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Driving in the Rain II" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cascading pattern of rain drops on a car windshield which obscures...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Through a Rainy Window II", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Through a Rainy Window II" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a window dotted with rain that obscures and abstracts the gray ov...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Notre Dame de Paris at Night", Sorin, Photorealism, French, Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
"Notre Dame de Paris at Night" by Sorin is a 30x40 inch original oil on canvas. The painting captures a photorealistic night view of the medieval Cathol...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Night River", Alexander Volkov, 30x48, Oil on Canvas, Photorealism Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
"Night River" by Alexander Volkov is an original oil on canvas. This painting is a photorealistic view of the sunset of a river. You can see the clouds and...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Roanheads Chimneys #1, 2018
By Agnes Murray
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. ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
At the Airport
Located in Miami, FL
Before there was Photorealism, there was Austin Briggs.
Done in 1951, this work has all the hallmarks of the 1970's fine art movement and more.
Briggs is using photographs as a refer...
Category
1950s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Wave", Oleg Turchin, Oil on Canvas, 30x47, Photorealism Original Oil Seascape
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
Oleg Turchin's "Waves" is an oil on canvas that measures 30" x 47". The painting is a beautiful photorealistic seascape of the blue and white ocean waves crashing in on a brown sandy beach on a stormy day. The artist's attention to detail, perspective, and refinement of the scene brings together a painting true to the scenery. The painting is not stretched at the moment but can be stretched and shipped within 3 days.
Blending photorealism and surrealism, Oleg achieves a signature style of his own. The beauty of nature bursts off the canvas with vibrant life. Oleg Turchin is a Moldovan artist, born in 1964. He studied at the Sciusev children’s art...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Hotel Negresco, Nice", Oleg Turchin, Oil on Canvas, 30" x 47", Realism
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
"Hotel Negresco, Nice" by Oleg Turchin is 30x47 inches and oil on canvas. This realist depiction of the famous Hotel Negresco located on the Promenade des Anglais on the Baie de Anges...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sea", Oleg Turchin, Oil on Canvas, 30x47, Photorealism Original Oil Seascape
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
Oleg Turchin's "Sea" is an oil on canvas that measures 30" x 47". The painting is a beautiful photorealistic seascape of the blue and white ocean waves crashing in on a brown sandy beach on a stormy day. The artist's attention to detail, perspective, and refinement of the scene brings together a painting true to the scenery. The painting is not stretched at the moment but can be stretched and shipped within 3 days.
Blending photorealism and surrealism, Oleg achieves a signature style of his own. The beauty of nature bursts off the canvas with vibrant life. Oleg Turchin is a Moldovan artist, born in 1964. He studied at the Sciusev children’s art...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Tower Bridge", Oleg Turchin, Oil/Canvas, 37x60, Photorealism Landscape Original
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
Oleg Turchin's "Tower Bridge" is an oil on canvas that measures 37" x 60". The painting is a beautiful photorealistic depiction of Tower Bridge. Built bet...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (The Avenue of Stones)
By Colin Hunt
Located in New York, NY
Colin Hunt (b. 1973) is a Brooklyn, NY-based artist working primarily in egg tempera and watercolor. His recent series of landscapes of the Avebury stone circle outside of London are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
"Moontide", Alexander Volkov, 24x48, Oil on Canvas, Photorealism, Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
"Moontide" by Alexander Volkov is an original oil on canvas. This painting is a photorealistic view of the moonlight reflecting on the waters surface. The moon is hidden behind the c...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Neptune Rising
Located in Fairfield, CT
Here oil on canvas images are photorealistic and gorgeous.
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shimmer Abstraction, Photorealist Acrylic Painting on Aluminum by David Kessler
Located in Long Island City, NY
Shimmer Abstraction
David T. Kessler, American (1950)
Date: 2005
Acrylic on Brushed Aluminum mounted to board, signed, titled and dated on verso
Size: 48 x 72 in. (121.92 x 182.88 cm)
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Price Upon Request
'Sparkling Crest' Photorealist painting of a blue, turquoise wave, sea foam
By Marc Esteve
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Soccer Players in Central Park
By Hilo Chen
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Hilo Chen from 1973. A photo-realistic scene of a park in midday overlooking a soccer field from a sidewalk vantage point. Signed and dated verso, framed in a natural wood frame.
Artist: Hilo Chen
Title: Soccer Players...
Category
1970s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
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.