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
Period: 1990s
Sail Boats
Located in Miami, FL
A precise and exact rendering and meticulous spacial arrangement are on full display in Lewandowski's this later work.
The work looks better in person. The artwork is in pristine co...
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1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor
Set of Four Original Oil Paintings of Kennebunkport Street Signs
By Mark Schiff
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Have you ever heard of the Kennebunkport street signs? If the answer to that is no, then you might as well move on to the next painting. But if you are a Maine lover, you might lov...
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1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
In the evening. 1990, cardboard, oil, 85x137 cm with minor defects
Located in Riga, LV
In the evening. 1990, cardboard, oil, 85x137 cm with minor defects
Liga Purmale (1948)
Was born on October 4, 1948 in Dundaga. She graduated from the secondary art school of Janis R...
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1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
In the rain. 1990, cardboard, oil, 90x140 cm with minor defects
Located in Riga, LV
In the rain. 1990, cardboard, oil, 90x140 cm with minor defects
Liga Purmale (1948)
Was born on October 4, 1948 in Dundaga. She graduated from the secondary art school of Janis Rose...
Category
1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Sequential arrangement, Venice oil on canvas painting
By Albert Sala
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Olot (Girona) on December 8, 1961
Studies of Fine Arts and Artistic Trades 1975/1981
Graduated in Applied Arts and OO. AA. 1987/1991
MUSEUMS
LA CAIXA Foundati...
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1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Arie Azene Israeli Photo Realist Oil Painting Manhattan New York Street Scene
By Arie Azene
Located in Surfside, FL
Arie Azene, Israeli painter, born in Germany, 1934
Arie (Eisman) Azene was born in Hamburg, Germany. He immigrated to the Land of Israel with his parents soon after birth. In 1958, after studying art in Paris, he settled on Kibbutz Tzova in the Judean Hills...
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1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Touch of Red", R.W. Hedge, Original Oil on Canvas, 31x50 in, Red Fox, Landscape
By R. W. Hedge
Located in Dallas, TX
Imagine standing a short distance from two red foxes in the white and blue fluffy snow as the sun begins to rise. The snow has fallen so gently upon the pine trees and forest floor p...
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1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Golden Memories", R.W. Hedge, Original Oil on Canvas, 60x48. in., Grand Canyon
By R. W. Hedge
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...
Category
1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Scarlet Blue Macaw, Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Scarlet Blue Macaw
Year: 1992
Medium: Acrylic on Panel with artist painted frame
Size: 58.5 x 42.2 inches
Condition: E...
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1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Acrylic
"Sunlight", R.W. Hedge, Original Oil on Canvas, 30x40 in, Realist Landscape
By R. W. Hedge
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...
Category
1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
Paesaggio Addotivo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Serse creates drawings by erasure. He covers a sheet of paper with a dense layer of graphite, then ''draws'' on its surface with an eraser. Using photos as his point of departure, Serse renders mountains, bodies of water and trees from the shades of gray that emerge as he plies his eraser. The resulting image is mounted on aluminum. This image has a powerful presence because of the composition and the clarity of its realism.
Serse was born in 1952 in San Polo di Piave. He lives and works in Trieste. The artist has produced over the years an extraordinary series of images that have been included in the book “Drawing”, edited by Phaidon Press. These also owed him the participation in significant national and international exhibitions such as: Parkview Museum in Beijing and Singapore (2018 - 2019); Palazzo del Governatore, Parma, Italy (2018); Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France (2013); Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rimini, Italy (2012); Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’archéologie, Besançon, France (2010); Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy (2007); De Garage Cultuurcentrum, Mechelen, Belgium (2006); III Biennial of Valencia, Spain (2005); S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium (2004); Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (2002); Center for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy (2002); Kunstverein Augsburg , Augsburg, Germany (2000); Musée de Beaux Arts, Gent, Belgium (1999); Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice, Italy (1997). Amongst the institutions that hosted his most recent solo shows include: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Saint-Etienne Métropole, Saint-Etienne, France (2014); Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy (2015), Tan Guobin Museum, Changsha, China (2017) and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba (2017 - 2018).
Source: Galleria Continua
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Water Veils, Modern Studio, Shanghai, CN
2017
Serse, Tan Guobin Museum, Changsha, CN
Aquí todo está abierto. Nada es cercano, nada es lejano, Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes, CU
2016
Serse, as far the eyes can see, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN
2015
L’Esperienza del paesaggio, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT
Paysage Analogue dessins 1994-2014, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de SaintÈtienne Métropole, Saint-Ètienne, FR
2014
Serse, Galleria Continua Beijing, CN
2013
Disegnare per ordini e numeri, Galleria Giuseppe Pero, Milano, IT
2012
Puro disegno. Disegni 1997-2012, Galleria Plurima, Udine, IT
Matité, Studio Carlotta Pesce, Bologna, IT
Serse - “Koh-i-noor”, FAR – Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rimini, IT
2010
Geometriche dissolvenze, Ex Pescheria- Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, IT
Disegni in Scala, Galleria Continua / Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, FR
Gemme, architetture, riflessi, Galleria Contemporaneo, Venice, IT
2009
Serse, Galleria Civica Segantini, Arco, IT
2008
Fotographite, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, IT
Stoiceia (Elements), Casa Natale di Leonardo, Vinci / Cecchi wine cellars, Castellina in Chianti, IT
2007
Diamonds, Tim Van Laere gallery, Antwerp, BE
2006
La natura del disegno, De Garage Cultuurcentrum, Mechelen, BE
Il cielo sopra il Cremlino, Galleria Lipanjepuntin, Rome, IT
Astratto naturale, Gallerie Plurima, Udine, IT
2005
Umanak, il luogo dove il cuore fa silenzio, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT
2004
Paesaggio adottivo, Villa Manin – Centro d’Arte Contemporanea Spazio FVG, Codroipo, IT
Bella figura, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Genève, CH
Astratto naturale, Het Domein Museum, Sittard, NL
2003
Naturam ipsam imitandam esse, non artificem, Van Laere Contemporay Art, Antwerp, BE
2002
Serse, Guy Bartschi Gallery, Genève, CH
2001
Serse, Casa Musumeci Greco, Rome, IT
2000
Serse, Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, BE
Serse, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT
Serse, Galleria Modulo, Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbone, Portugal
FIAC, Special project, Paris, FR
1999
Serse, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, IT
Serse, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, USA
Rinascimento-Nascimento: Serse -Van Eyck, Musée de Beaux Arts, Gent, BE
Serse, Galleria Lörhl, Mönchengladbach, DE
1998
Serse, Galleria Albert Baronian, Bruxelles, BE
Acqua, Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan, IT
Serse, Galleria Biagiotti, Florence, IT
Serse, Kunst Mitte Berlin, Berlin, DE
1997
Serse, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT
G.Paolini, Serse. Storie della pittura, Galleria Milleventi, Turin, IT
1996
Serse, Galleria Lörhl, Mönchengladbach, DE
Paesaggio Adottivo, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, IT
1994
Notti Bianche, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT
1993
Aria di Parigi, Galleria Romberg, Latina, IT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Intriguing Uncertainties, curated by Lorand Hegyi, Parkview Museum, Beijing, CN
2018
Intriguing Uncertainties, curated by Lorand Hegyi, Parkview Museum, Singapore, SG
Il Terzo Giorno, curated by Didi Bozzini, Palazzo del Governatore, Parma, IT
2017
L'immagine situata, curated by Denis Viva, Casa Furlan, Pordenone, IT
2016
Caveau, Siena, IT
Perditiva, Aria Art Gallery, Florence, IT
2015
Follia Continua!, Le CENTQUATRE - Paris, FR
Flow_1, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, IT
Master Drawings New York, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, USA
2014
Krobylos un groviglio di segni. Da Parmigianino a Kentridge, FAR Fabbrica Arte Rimini moderna e contemporanea, Rimini, IT
Biennale del Disegno, Rimini, IT
Galleria continua, Beijing, CN
2013
Museo illuminato. Arte contemporanea e percorsi museali. Corrispondenze d'arte 2, Museo Revoltella, Trieste, IT
Donation Florence Et Daniel Guerlain, Centre Pompidou, Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, FR
2012
Future, Landscape. A changing exhibition, Forte Marghera, Venezia, IT
2011
Made in Filandia, La Filanda, Pieve a Presciano, IT
Ma dici a me?, SPAC FVG, Friuli Venezia Giulia, IT
De l’arbre à la forêt, Galerie Alice Mogabgab, Beyrouth, Liban
Fratelli d’Italia, Associazione Culturale Maniera, Rome, IT
2010
Collection Florence & Daniel Guerlain, dessins contemporains, Musée des beaux-arts et d’archèologie de Besancon, Besancon, FR
STILL IMAGE, contemporary italian paintings, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN
2009
Isola Mondo, Torre Massimiliana, Isola Sant’Erasmo, Venice, IT
2008
Plurima 35°, Galleria Plurima, Udine, IT
2007
Ouverture, Galleria Continua / Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, FR
Arte Italiana: 1968 – 2007 Pittura, Palazzo Reale, Milan, IT
Wundergarten - Il giardino delle meraviglie, innesti tra arte e botanica, Orto Botanico di Palermo, IT
One Colour, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN
2005
Water (Without you I'm not), 3rd Biennial of Valencia, Valencia, ES
Altri fantasmi, galleria in Arco, Torino, IT
Manmano, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN
2004
Questi fantasmi, 1000 Eventi, Milan, IT
Demi-Tour, SMAK, Gent, BE
2003
Metropolis, Stamperia dell’Arancio, Grottammare, IT
Models & Mavericks, Museum Het Domein, Sittard, NL
2002
Intimate Immensity, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, MX
The Image Regained, Museo Cantonale d’Arte Contemporanea, Lugano, CH
Continuità, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, IT
2001
Volume 1, Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, BE
2000
Paesaggi fluttuanti, Santuario Oropa, Biella, IT
Paesaggi italiani...
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1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
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Annecy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Harry McCormick, American (1942 - )
Title: Annecy
Year: circa 1990
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 50 in. x 60 in. (127 cm x 152.4 cm)
Frame Size: 57 x 67 inches
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1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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