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
Hunting Dogs with Geese, Landscape by 19th Century French painter
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Hunting Dogs with Geese" is a 26 x 21.5 inches, oil on canvas landscape of two dogs on the trail by the river. The canvas is signed "B Lanoux" in the lower left. B. Lanoux is a lis...
Category
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pocket Full Moon 2, Original Painting, Skyscape, Space, Lunar, Affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Full Moon is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still life...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Boats in Harbor
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Boats are in the harbor which is captured by an unknown artist who is painting in oil.
Vibrant colors dominate this original.painting.
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pocket Dark Cherries, Original Painting, Food art, Nature, Red, Affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Dark Cherries is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still ...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sheep by an Idyllic Tree Lined River Landscape in Ireland by Modern Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Sheep by an Idyllic Tree Lined River Landscape in Ireland by Modern 20th Century Irish Artist, Frank Fitzsimons
Art measures 18 x 14 inches
Frame measure 21.5 x 17.5 inches
Frank...
Category
1980s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Costa Rica Endless Summer - Oil On Canvas - Landscape Painting By Dante Rondo
Located in Carmel, CA
Any novelist battling through writer’s block might be excited to encounter Dante Rondo, whose life has been a collage of free-spirited experiences that would satisfy the most vicario...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cheerful, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
At sunset, the sky shifts from blue to purple and pink. The sea subtly reflects the ethereal colors from above, adding glimmer to its surface. The soft clouds a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pocket Upstar Tulip, Original Painting, Floral art, Nature, Affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Upstar Tulip is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still l...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
FINE Original By CHARLES CATTERMOLE (1832-1900) British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING
Located in Ferndown, GB
VERY RARE Oil PAINTING Antique 19th Century By Listed artist CHARLES CATTERMOLE (1832-1900) British old master in Beautiful Gold Gilt Frame
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( late...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Quadtych of Pocket Upstar Tulip, Veronique Tulip, Snowdrop 2, Bluebells 2024 art
Located in Deddington, GB
This quadtych includes 4 pocket paintings from Dani Humberstone's spring collection: Pocket Upstar Tulip, Pocket Veronique Tulip, Spring Collection: Pocket Bluebells and Pocket Snowd...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Idyllic Moon Night Landscape Scandinavian Lakeland 19th century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Nocturnal landscape exudes a sense of calm and serenity, drawing you in with its Naïve Romanticism manner, captured in oils by an unknown artist in the late 19th century. In the fore...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
New York City Flags Winter Cityscape Urban Oil Painting by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Flags Above the Avenue
The image measures 12 x 9 unframed, 18.5 x 15.5 framed
An oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Niagara Falls, Ontario. View Across to New York State. Buffalo NY in Distance.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Alexandre Le Bihan.
French ( b.1839 - d.1924 ).
Niagara Falls.
Oil on Canvas. Signed.
Image size 23.2 inches x 49.2 inches ( 59cm x 125cm ).
Frame size 28.9 inches x 55.1 inches ( 7...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Breath of the Sea, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The artwork captures the serenity of the ocean. Painted with oil paint and cold wax, the waves carry a slightly raised texture, adding to the realistic quality ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Panoramic View over Naples Bay 19th century Watercolor by Richardson RWS
By Thomas Miles Richardson II
Located in Stockholm, SE
Unsigned, but it is attributed to Thomas Miles Richardson Jr., R.W.S. (1813 - 1890), since the similar work was sold through Christies in 1998 (same size with signature and date 1861...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Watercolor, Cardboard
Enchanting Iconlike Painting of Alert Horses in a Charming Pastoral Scene
Located in Charleston, US
Valarie Wolf's horse painting, "Did You Hear That?", captures the essence of a gold-leaf-framed icon featuring two attentive horses set against a charming pastoral landscape. This en...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lost Horizon-original realism landscape oil painting-contemporary Modern Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Distant Blue" stands as a captivating masterpiece in realist aerial landscape art, skillfully crafted by the talented artist, Harry Brioche. This exceptional piece, expertly rendere...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pocket Full Moon 2 and Pocket Solar Eclipse April 2024, Diptych, Space, Night
Located in Deddington, GB
A diptych, including 2 original framed oil paintings by Dani Humberstone.
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Pocket Full Moon 2 is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting ser...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Spring Thaw Landscape Oil Painting 1901 Swedish Artist by Ankarcrona
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signature bottom left - Edvard Alexander (Alexis) Ankarcrona (1825 - 1901), was a Swedish painter and military (this is one of the last works of the artist!). This artwork perfectly ...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Lingering Spring 1-original impressionism landscape painting- contemporary ART
Located in London, Chelsea
"Lingering Spring" by Harry Brioche is a captivating original realist aerial landscape painting that captures the essence of a season in transition. Executed with mastery using oil o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Porch View, Great Harbor Yacht Club, original realist marine landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Classic elegance and dignified living is customary for members and guests alike at the pristine Great Harbor Yacht Club on famed Nantucket Island, on the Massachusetts coast. As wea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pocket Veronique Tulip, Original Painting, Floral art, Nature, Red, Affordable
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Veronique Tulip is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque stil...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter's Warm Embrace, Oil Painting
By Jo Galang
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Deep within a forest on the West Coast, golden winter light bathes the scene. Despite the chilliness of the season, the magnificence of the surroundings prevail...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Waxwing flew in. 2021., canvas, oil, 60x70 cm
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Waxwing flew in. 2021., canvas, oil, 60x70 cm
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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...
Category
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Alpine Valley Landscape with High Hills and River 19th Century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
This artwork captures all the beauty of the German valley in the lower Alps, showcasing a breathtaking scenery that includes ruins atop high hills, hazed mountains in the distance, s...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
City park at winter. 2023., canvas, oil, 60x74.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
City park at winter. 2023., canvas, oil, 60x74.5 cm
Rolands Krishjans (1966)
In 1984 I finished J. Rozenthals art school in Riga.
In 1993 I graduated from Latvian Art Academy with...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oberwesel on Rhein Scenic Landscape 19th century British Master Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Painting is signed “H. Gritten” in the lower center. Spectacular depiction of one of most picturesque town on the middle Rhein was painted in the mid-19th century by British artist H...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Winter in the city. Oil on canvas, 73.5x85 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Winter on Barona Street. Oil on canvas, 73.5x85 cm
Rolands Krishjans (1966)
In 1984 I finished J. Rozenthals art school in Riga.
In 1993 I graduated from Latvian Art Academy with d...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rocks. 2023, canvas, oil, 75x90 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Rocks. 2023, canvas, oil, 75x90 cm
Rolands Krishjans (1966)
In 1984 I finished J. Rozenthals art school in Riga.
In 1993 I graduated from Latvian Art Academy with degree in monume...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Matthew Jay Russell, "Three Dories", 30x48 White Boat Blue Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"Three Dories" is a 30x48 oil painting on canvas by artist Matthew Jay Russell, featuring three lone white rowboats in the still soft blue waters. The subtle lighting blends the hori...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Cabane Landscape Pyrenees original realist watercolor painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Landscape Pyrenees original realist watercolor painting
Original work on paper by the Spanish artist CABANE
Joaquin Cabene. 1922/1993
Painter and watercolorist, Joaquim Cabané trave...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Wolf Guardian Peering From the Shadows in a Woodland Landscape
Located in Charleston, US
Valarie Wolf's animal painting "From the Shadows" unveils a majestic wolf, piercingly gazing out from the depths of the forest underbrush, inviting you into a world of enchantment ...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Country yard in spring. Oil on canvas, 74x96 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Country yard in spring. Oil on canvas, 74x96 cm
Oto Pladers (1897.8.III – 1970.2.V)
Oto Pladers learned in Riga city school of art (1913 – 15).
He was called into the army in 1916 a...
Category
1930s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Y Bugail Unig (The Lonely Shepherd), Llangattock, Brecon Beacons. Welsh Folklore
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Elin Siân Blake.
Welsh ( b.1981).
Y Bugail Unig (The Lonely Shepherd), Llangattock, Brecon Beacons
Oil on artist’s canvas board.
Signed lower left.
Image size 9.7 inches x 11.4 inch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Worm’s Head (Pen Pyrrod), Gower Peninsula. Rhossili. Swansea Bay. South Wales.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Elin Siân Blake.
Welsh ( b.1981).
Worm’s Head (Pen Pyrrod), Gower Peninsula.
Oil on canvas.
Signed lower left.
Image size 9.5 inches x 11.4 inches ( 24cm x 29cm ).
Frame size 14.2 i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
New York City Flags Original Winter Cityscape Urban Painting by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Glory Above the Crowd
An oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases the bustling life and the beautiful flags on a wintry afterno...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunset at Loch in the Mountains of the Scottish Highlands by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Sunset at Loch in the Mountains of the Scottish Highlands by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. A colourful and dramatic original on canvas, framed in the highest quality...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Hans Baluschek Sommer an der Havel ( Summer On The River Havel ), 1934
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Baluschek ( 1870-1935 ), Germany. "New Objectivity" Style. Mixed media on paper, 1934. Signed and dated lower right: HBaluschek.34. Framed. Height: 26.18 in ( 66,5 cm ), Width:...
Category
1930s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Verdant Marsh, a tranquil landscape view of the wetlands and grassy terrain
Located in Edgartown, MA
Art and design in varied forms have always been a driving interest in my life.
Living in Madison, Connecticut, I began my career as a muralist and trompe l’oeil painter doing signif...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fresh Light, an oil on aluminum with a vivid landscape
Located in Edgartown, MA
Art and design in varied forms have always been a driving interest in my life.
Living in Madison, Connecticut, I began my career as a muralist and trompe l’oeil painter doing signif...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impressionistic Moonlight Seascape Oil Painting Michael Budden Beach
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Moonrise
oil/canvas
12 x 16 image size
18.5 x 22.5 framed.
An oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a romantic moonlit seascape cr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impressionistic Moonlight Seascape Oil Painting Michael Budden Beach Jetty
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Moonlight Serenade
oil/canvas
20 x 30 image size
26 x 36 framed.
An oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a romantic moonlit seasc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Summer Landscape with Birches by Austrian Master Gollob Early 20th century Oil
Located in Stockholm, SE
Heinrich Gollob (1886 - 1917) - Austrian painter. Gollob's attention to detail demonstrates his talent for bringing landscapes to life through vibrant colors, textures and the play o...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Sapphire Evening, an eerie and mysterious view of a marsh with heavy clouds
Located in Edgartown, MA
Art and design in varied forms have always been a driving interest in my life.
Living in Madison, Connecticut, I began my career as a muralist and trompe l’oeil painter doing signif...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Resolute, an oil on aluminum painting depicting a strong wave in greens
Located in Edgartown, MA
Art and design in varied forms have always been a driving interest in my life.
Living in Madison, Connecticut, I began my career as a muralist and trompe l’oeil painter doing signifi...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
On Clouds, a vivid oil on aluminum painting with clouds overlooking water
Located in Edgartown, MA
Art and design in varied forms have always been a driving interest in my life.
Living in Madison, Connecticut, I began my career as a muralist and trompe l’oeil painter doing signifi...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Creekside Poppies
By Ray Roberts
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
UNFRAMED: 30" x 40" FRAMED: 37" x 47" x 2.25"
Artist Statement
"California poppies are our springtime treasures in the coastal ran...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
California Light, San Juan Creek
By Ray Roberts
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
UNFRAMED: 30" x 40" FRAMED: 36.5" x 46.5" x .5"
Artist Statement
"The watershed for Mission San Juan Capistrano remains mainly und...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Ventura River Channel; Santa Ana Road, Ojai Valley
By Ray Roberts
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
UNFRAMED: 24" x 30" FRAMED: 30.75" x 36.625" x 1.5"
Artist Statement
"The dramatic Scenery surrounding Ojai and the coastal range ...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Poppies; Tejon Ranch, California
By Ray Roberts
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
UNFRAMED: 18" x 24" FRAMED: 24.5" x 30.5" x 1"
Artist Statement
"This scene was inspired by a trip to Tejon Ranch nearly 10 years...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
"Mountain Road, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Samantha Buller's (US based) "Mountain Road" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a red roof of a building and the road that runs alongsi...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
John Cole - 20th Century British Oil Painting of a London Shop Front
By John Cole
Located in London, GB
JOHN COLE
(1903-1975)
A Shop Front in Moor Street, Cambridge Circus
Signed l.r.; signed, inscribed with title and the artist’s address on a label on the reverse, oil on panel
30 b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
HMS Glasgow returning from Falklands - Shipping Scene Warship & other Vessels
Located in Preston, GB
HMS Glasgow returning from the Falkland Islands - Shipping Scene Warship & other Vessels by British Artist Norman Elford GRA (1931 - 2007)
Art measures 29 x 20 inches
Frame measur...
Category
1980s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Italian Grotto in Ruins Street Scene with Resting Family 18 Century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very well executed mid-18th century artwork, rather oil study, depicts resting family sheltering from the scorching midday sun in grotto shape arch in ruined part of town. Mother fee...
Category
Mid-18th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
Large Japanese Wood Board Ema Namban Depicting a Portuguese Ship Edo period
Located in Stockholm, SE
An Ema is a votive plaque people hang in a "dedication area", at a Shinto shrine, with their wish to the gods. Wishes usually would revolve around health, love, career, prosperity, a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Tempera, Egg Tempera, Wood Panel
Historical Wells Fargo Stage Coach Western Shotgun Still Life Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted early 20th century historical still life. Oil on canvas. Nicely framed. Signed.
Category
1930s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
What a little Sunlight Will Do
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
ARTIST STATEMENT
“What a Little Sunlight Will Do was painted from an on location study I did while on a mule pack trip i...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil, Linen
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.