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Realist Landscape 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
Morning Light, John Henry Dolph, Oil on Panel, Chickens in Landscape, Fowl
Located in Wiscasset, ME
John Henry Dolph, best known as painter of domestic animals, especially cats, was born in 1835 in Fort Ann, New York. In 1841 Dolph's family moved to Ohio and in 1849 Dolph began an ...
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Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Seascape Oil Painting Venice Nocturne Gondola Ride by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Evening On The Canal, Venice oil/panel 10 x 8 unframed Evening On the Canal, Venice is an oil painting on panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

The Duomo at Dusk Florence Realism Light and Shadow 30" x 48" $6000
Located in Houston, TX
Melissa F. Sanchez has created a series of paintings inspired by her new home in Fiesole which is near Florence. The Duomo in central Florence is featured in this Realist painting. N...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Sea and Sky" Large landscape/seascape with brilliant light, sun behind clouds
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Sea and Sky" Oil on Canvas, 60 x 46 Inches, is a gorgeous, large beach painting of the shoreline at sunset dominated by a dramatic sky of blues...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"Ca' d' Oro, Venice" Late 19th Century Oil on Canvas of Venice, by Antonio Reyna
Located in Madrid, ES
ANTONIO REYNA MANESCAU Spanish, 1859 - 1937 CA' D' ORO, VENICE signed & located "A. Reyna, Venezia" (lower right) oil on canvas 11-1/2 x 19-3/4 ...
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1890s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

TIMEWELL
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Oil on canvas, signed, dated, and titled verso, unframed (gallery wrapped).
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1980s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Kaisergeb, Kaiser Mountains, Austrian Landscape, Moody, Sunset on Mountains
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Alois Arnegger (Austrian, 1879 - 1963) Signed: A. Arnegger (Lower, Right) " Kaisergeb " (Kaiser Mountains) Oil on Canvas 24" 36" Housed in a 3 1/2" Ornamented Frame Overall Siz...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Original Oil Painting on canvas, Still Life, Flowers, Signed, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a beautiful original oil painting on canvas. This painting is a classical and elegant floral still-life composition, featuring a lush bouquet of vibrant flowers arrang...
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20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

As I Look For You - impressionism NY cityscape painting - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. “As I Look For You” offers a breathtaking view of the New York...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Backlit Dogwood
Located in Fairfield, CT
There is a sense of freedom that I experience when painting landscape. The quality of these kinds of images allows for expression and interpretation, yet they can still be viewed as...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Campo de maiz". Contemporary, realism, figurative, oil, landscape, waterscape
Located in MADRID, ES
Contemporary, realism, figurative, oil, landscapa, waterscape, pastel colors
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Wood, Oil

"ARROZAL DE LA MARISMA". Contemporary, realism, figurative, oil, landscape
Located in MADRID, ES
Contemporary, realism, figurative, oil, landscapa, waterscape, pastel colors
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Wood, Oil

"Dante", painting by Peter Hoffer (44x20'), 2019
Located in Paris, France
"Dante", oil painting of a tree by Peter Hoffer. Peter Hoffer is a Canadian artist who has enjoyed a successful career in Northern America. Peter Hoffer portrays trees. He invites t...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Epoxy Resin, Wood, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Board

Oil on canvas by Eugene Verboeckhoven & Alexander Daiwaille (1796-1881)
Located in Uppingham, GB
Oil on canvas by Eugene Verboeckhoven (1796-1881) & Alexander Daiwaille (1818-1888) Landscape with cattle & sheep on a farm track. Signed by both artists. Canvas size: 22" x 31" Fr...
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1870s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Large Landscape Panting Depicting A Winter Landscape at Dusk
Located in Stockholm, SE
A leading figure in Swedish landscape painting around the turn of the century, Arvid Mauritz Lindström was celebrated for his evocative depicti...
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1890s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Winter Day, Dutch landscape, Figures, original oil on canvas, 19thC German
Located in Naples, Florida
This depiction of a sunrise on a Winters day is a beautifully atmospheric oil on canvas painting by the artist Johann Jungblut. ‘Winter Day’ is an original work that is circa the 19th Century. Johann Jungblut was a German painter who focused on depicting winter landscapes of rural Netherlands, Germany, and Norway. Jungblut painted in a style which merged Impressionist techniques with the tradition of Dutch landscape painters like Aelbert Cuyp...
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19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Farmhouse by a River in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Farmhouse by a River in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, Peter J Greenhill Art measures 30 x 20 inches Frame measures 35 x 2...
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20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Crisp No. 2" small contemporary realist oil painting of ocean wave on beach
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Crisp No. 2" is a small contemporary hyperrealist oil painting of an ocean wave crashing onto the beach. Minoff masterfully depicts the textures of the Atlantic in this realist portrait of the sea, in hues of deep green and silvery blue. Framed in a natural wood 2-inch floating frame. Framed dimensions: 9.5 x 11 inches Artist Bio: Edward Minoff Graduated with honors from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Throughout his high school and college years he studied painting and sculpture at the Art Students League of New York, The National Academy School of Design, and later at Vassar College...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Panel

Brilliance-original modern Ocean-seascape oil painting-Contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. In the dynamic and compelling masterpiece "Brilliance" by Nikk...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Beth Parcell, "Frozen in Time", 18x24 Autumn Horse Hound Fox Hunt Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This colorful piece, "Frozen in Time", is a 18x24 oil painting on canvas featuring two riders atop their horses in a green field during a fox hunt. A group of hounds eagerly run alo...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lingering Spring - original impressionism landscape painting - contemporary ART
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Lingering Spring" by Harry Brioche is a captivating original ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Monochrome Aqueduct Study
Located in Soquel, CA
Architectural study of an aqueduct by a Filipino artist C. Francisco. Signed "C. Francisco" in the lower right corner. There are barely visible flecks of blue and yellow paint in the...
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Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Historic Topographical Building New York Subway Train System Landscape Drawing
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American important and historic drawing by John Avery, Ink on paper. Provenance from Kennedy Gallery. Framed. Measuring 19 by 23 inches overall and 12 by 15.5 drawing alone. ...
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1890s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

Morning by the Pond, John Henry Dolph, Realism, Oil on Panel, Ducks, Birds, Fowl
Located in Wiscasset, ME
John Henry Dolph, best known as painter of domestic animals, especially cats, was born in 1835 in Fort Ann, New York. In 1841 Dolph's family moved to Ohio and in 1849 Dolph began an ...
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Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Evening 1960, paper/watercolor, 14x18.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Evening 1960, paper/watercolor, 14x18.5 cm Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978) Graphic, army officer. In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military c...
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1960s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

ORIGINAL FINE Antique 19th Century "Attributed to Claude Thomas Stanfield Moore
By Claude Thomas Stanfield Moore
Located in Ferndown, GB
ORIGINAL FINE Antique 19th Century "Attributed to Claude Thomas Stanfield Moore " British old master oil painting in a Gold Gilt Frame OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING 19th Century NEW CO...
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19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Antique European Realist Framed Street Scene with Horses 19th Century Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique European street scene oil painting. Oil on panel. Framed. Measuring 14 by 19 inches overall and 10 by 14 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed ...
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1860s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Manoa Rainforest XXXII: Hala and Wave 2
Located in Boston, MA
Ben Norris’ vibrant landscapes teem with creeping vines, tropical flowers, and encroaching vegetation. His watercolors and paintings of tranquil gardens and lush rainforests transpor...
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Early 2000s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Watercolor

Gateways
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1939 Prominent 21th Century American landscape artist Peter Poskas has been painting New England for more than three decades. While his earliest pieces were reminiscent of Edward Hopper...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Sunflowers in a Mediterranean Landscape
Located in Preston, GB
Sunflowers in a Mediterranean Landscape Art measures 24 x 20 inches Frame measures 26 x 22 inches Sunlit Reverie Among the Sunflowers Original oil painting by Vinny (inspired by ...
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20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

House By The Sea 19th Century English
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
House By The Sea signed and dated "88 Charles Haigh-Wood was born in 1856 in a home above a workshop in Bury, England where his father Charles Wood,...
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1880s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sunrise at Camp Big Horn; Lake Arrowhead
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 18" x 24" FRAMED: 25.5" x 31.75" x 1.75" Artist Statement “I love sunrises. I love the life-affirming sensation of the inevitable coming of light despite the temporary rule of darkness. I try to catch it every time I can. Sunrises are particularly spectacular in the mountains. Camping with our twin boys sets opportunities to witness those awesome moments, such as with this magical sunrise at Lake Arrowhead...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Oil Painting "Winter Skating Scene" by Anton Doll (1826-1877)
Located in Uppingham, GB
Oil Painting, Landscape "Winter Skating Scene" by Anton Doll (1826-1877) ...
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1850s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

LARGE OLD MASTER LATE 18th CENTURY CIRCLE of SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS OIL PAINTING
Located in Ferndown, GB
HUGE OLD MASTER LATE 18th CENTURY CIRCLE of SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS OIL PAINTING Fine OIL PAINTING Old Master 18th Century R.A artist in a Large ...
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18th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Impressionistic Seascape Oil Painting Michael Budden Sunrise Colors
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Sunrise Colors Study oil/panel The image measures 6 x 8 unframed, 9.63 x 11.63 framed. An oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showca...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Woodstock: Field with Trees in Hilly Landscape
Located in Philadelphia, PA
William S. Butz (American, active Woodstock, N.Y., 1911-39) Field with Trees in Hilly Landscape Oil on canvasboard, 8 3/4 x 11 inches Framed: 15 x 17 inches (approx.) Signed on verso...
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1920s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

"The Whispers in the Shadows, " Oil on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

“Herd of Horses in a Marshy Landscape” Frances Mabel Hollams (England 1877-1963)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
“Herd of Horses in a Marshy Landscape” Frances Mabel Hollams (England 1877-1963) Oil on canvas on board 14 x 20 (24 x 30 frame) inches Signed “FM Hollams Private Collection Durham, E...
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1920s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

‘Afternoon In Kauai' Large Panoramic Landscape Oil On Canvas
Located in Carmel, CA
Israeli born artist that works mainly in Hawaii, whose realistic and whimsical landscapes has earned him a vast reputation. Blayer's work was critiqued in the New York Times (see b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ken Otsuka, "Sunny Day Song", 30x36 Ocean Beach Comber Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This realistic piece, "Sunny Day Song", is a 30x36 oil painting on canvas by artist Ken Otsuka featuring a bright ocean shoreline in the midafternoon sun. Smell the sea salt air as the tide washes over the sand below, bringing seashell treasures and other findings with it's pull. Sun dries the tops of uncovered rocks, warm from the afternoon light. About the artist: Ken Otsuka delivers timeless beauty to canvas with each masterful stroke of his brush. Ken is world renowned for his breathtakingly realistic landscape paintings...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pupukea/Kam Hwy Intersection
Located in Oslo, NO
This painting show a section of the Kamehameha Highway on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. The road is named after the last king of Hawaii and runs along the entire island. "That day...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Monhegan Morning - Fog and Seagulls, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Mist lingers over the distant ocean, softening the horizon and capturing the mystic beauty of Monhegan Island in the early morning. Waves and currents weave thr...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Shore
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
The Shore, a small format painting that invites contemplation and reflection. In this oil on panel, the sea emerges as the undisputed protagonist, displaying its powerful presence an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Home Alone" - Coastal Oil Painting With Dramatic Cliffs and Sunset Sky
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison’s “Home Alone” (2024) is a striking original oil painting that captures the haunting solitude of a cliffside home set against a luminous coastal sunset. Rendered with p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"ESTUDIO DE LA OTRA ORILLA IV". Contemporary, realism, figurative, landscape
Located in MADRID, ES
Contemporary, realism, figurative, oil, landscapa, waterscape, pastel colors, earth colors
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Sea View from Menton, Côte d'Azur, France. By Johan Peter von Wildenradt
Located in Stockholm, SE
Born in Helsingør, Denmark, in 1861, Johan Peter von Wildenradt studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen under the renowned Laurits Tuxen. In the late 1880s, he...
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1890s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Reflections from a Kayak, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Mulberry Creek flows into the Rappahannock River in eastern Virginia. In the stillness of the afternoon, the reflection of reeds and trees on the water dissolve...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic

Karnak by Eleanor Parke Custis
Located in New Orleans, LA
Eleanor Parke Custis 1897-1983 American Karnak Signed 'Eleanor Parke Custis -' (lower right) Gouache and charcoal on paper American painter Eleanor Parke Custis demonstrates her mastery of the gouache medium in Karnak. A celebration of color and a relic of the artist’s travels abroad, the composition is well-balanced, exuding photojournalistic and documentarian qualities. In Karnak, Custis paints a compelling and dynamic image of a great ancient Egyptian ruin. Seven distant men, likely Bedouins dressed...
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20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Gouache

California Coast I – Large Framed Seascape Original Oil Painting by Robert White
Located in Miami, FL
— CALIFORNIA COAST I — BY ROBERT K. WHITE (B. 1950) Original Oil on Canvas ⚜ Large Scale ⚜ Signed ⚜ Framed A DRAMATIC COASTAL MASTERPIECE This large-scale original oil painting by R...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Other Medium

Green Bartlett & Black Grapes- Original realistic still-life painting-modern art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Green Bartlett & Black Grapes" by Blair Atherholt is a captiva...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Oil painting of a House and Garden, Morristown, New Jersey in 1908
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Frank Waller (American, 1842-1923) House and Garden, Morristown, 1908 Oil on canvas, 18 1/2 x 12 inches Framed: 23 x 16 inches (approx.) Dated and inscr...
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Early 1900s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nude 100x70cm, cardboard/oil, 1983
Located in Riga, LV
Juris Germanis (1941) The artist has always had a tendency to catch the most significant features when working in landscape genre, using oil or pastel. He is an absolute realist for ...
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1980s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Echoes on the Homestead, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A small house stands alone on the vast Utah prairie, once home to a hardworking homesteading family. The laughter and gospel songs that once echoed inside have ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic

Piedras Verdes (diptych)
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
This diptych is immersed in the tranquil beauty of the seashore, dividing the scene into two vertical panels that complement each other harmoniously. The green stones emerge from the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Wood Panel

Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Bad Weather
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

English Village Countryside Scene - Original Pastel on Paper by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
English Village Countryside Scene - Original Pastel on Paper by British Artist Art measures 12 x 8 inches Frame measures 17 x 13 inches (approx.) British School – “Country Lane, No...
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20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Pastel

Weir and old industry on the river Vienne winter, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
It was an unseasonably warm February's day when I took a walk along the river Vienne where the old industry decays along the river's edge. It is a day I will always remember because I found two cats in the river just a few metres from this scene; one heavily pregnant, and a kitten close to death, and with a little effort was able to save them both. The kitten stayed with me (after 3 days fighting for life at the vets), and the other cat gave birth to healthy kittens two weeks later. She was named Vienne after the river and was found a good home. The oil painting uses...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Cabane Lake in the Pyrenees Landscape . figurative. lake.mountains. blue
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
cabane. lake in the Pyrenees Landscape . figurative. lake.mountains. blue Original watercolor by the Spanish artist Joaquin Cabane. 1922/1993 Painter and watercolorist, Joaquim Caba...
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1990s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Watercolor

Realist landscape paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Realist 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, purple, orange, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Gordon Brown, and Shawn Krueger. 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 Realist landscape paintings, so small editions measuring 1 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 $1 and tops out at $203,475, while the average work sells for $2,858.

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