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
Carousel, original NYC realist landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
When summer arrives, Central Park in Manhattan comes alive, to the delight of New York City residents and tourists alike! True to life, the park is packed with revelers and sun wors...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
House by the Road
Located in Oslo, NO
This landscape depicts a secluded house nestled in the lush jungle near a small country road on Oahu, Hawaii.
Surrounded by tropical foliage - vines, pal, and trees - the house ble...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Warren, NJ
Neil McAuliffe realistic oil on canvas, signed and framed.
Image size: 35in x 23in
Category
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Wet grass"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
In this deeply poetic work, Alexander Khrapachov reveals the mysterious world of the birch forest - a space where every detail is full of symbolism and vital energy. The painting is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter Moonlight Nocturne Snow Scene Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
An oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beautiful winter nocturne landscape. The long foreground shadows accent the effect of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mountain Forest, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A snow-covered mountain gleams as the sun hits its rocky form, offering a striking contrast to a shaded, deep forest at its base. The play of light and shadow...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Europe. Rain
Located in Oslo, NO
The artist was inspired by this motif while sitting inside a cafe when it was raining outside. We see a wet table with an ashtray and a chair. The sidewalk and the roadway resemble a...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Afternoon Drink", Robert Fobear, Oil on Linen, Wildlife, Forest, Bear, Creek
Located in Dallas, TX
"Afternoon Drink" is an original oil on linen and measures 30x46 inches. This realist painting is wildlife scene of a bear approaching a creek to get a drink of water. The brown bear...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
CADAQUES
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,663
Always in my Dream-original abstract landscape oil painting- modern Artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Step into the enchanting world of "Always in my Dream" by the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Horizon X, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
An atmospheric seascape captures a dynamic sunset through vivid gradients of orange and yellow stretching across the sky while the ocean glows in deep red. Brig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
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
Rural Scene with Horses, Farm Workers & Thatched Cottage in English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Rural Scene with Horses, Farm Workers & Thatched Cottage in the English Countryside by British Artist, Chris Howells (1947-2013)
Art measures 24 x 16 inches
Rural Landscape showin...
Category
1980s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Native American Encampment
Located in Greenville, DE
Very well executed work by American artist William Harnden who specialized in Native American subjects. 23 3/4 x 29 1/2 in excellent condition frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Gutting Power-original realism wildlife swan 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.
"Gutting Power" by Ashley Davies is a captivating original wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hazy Morning Manayunk Philadelphia Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Hazy Morning, Manayunk by Philadelphia artist, John Bekavac (?-2011).
Oil on linen, Canvas measures 16 x 22 inches.
Signed lower left. Excellent condition.
Provenance: Estate of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Rainbow Shows Endeavour the Way, Race 5, 1934 America's Cup
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unframed Dimensions: 30 x 40 in.
Framed Dimensions: 35 1/2 x 45 1/2 in.
Signed lower left
The painting depicts Rainbow leading Endeavour in the crucial race five of the 1934 Americ...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter River Landscape in Scandinavia with Silver Birch Trees by Danish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Winter River Landscape in Scandinavia with Silver Birch Trees by Danish Artist, Jens Christian Bennedsen (1893-1967)
Art measures 13 x 9.5 inches
Frame measures 17.25 x 13 inches
T...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil
"Thrum of the Forge" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's "Thrum of the Forge" is an oil painting depicting a city avenue lined with buildings and cars as a surreal red evening colors the sky overhead.
Bio/artist statement...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Colorado Skies, " Colorado Landscape Oil Painting by Sparky LeBold
Located in Denver, CO
"Colorado Skies" by Sparky LeBold (US and Portugal based) is a handmade oil painting that depicts a moody Colorado cloud landscape.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Sparky LeBold has made a name ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Before the Rain, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Swirling clouds loom over a rugged landscape, depicting the quiet anticipation before a storm. Bathed in the last warm light before the rain arrives, golden gra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"European genre painting"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
No Signatured
This evocative 19th-century oil painting presents a tranquil yet atmospheric riverside scene, capturing a group of figures engaged in daily life. The composition is mas...
Category
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionistic Marine Oil Painting Michael Budden Working Boat The Discovery
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
The Discovery
oil/canvas
11 x 14 image unframed, 16.5 x 20.5 framed
An oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a study of light hitt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Stormy Day - original seascape contemporary coastal realism oil painting nature
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
In this shoreline seascape painting, contemporary realist Alex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rooted in Stone 2 - contemporary, realism, tree, landscape, oil on canvas
By Ciba Karisik
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary oil painting is a landscape by Ciba Karisik.
The rugged natural beauty of a northern landscape is captured in this portrait of a magnificent pine tree growing out ...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mad River View
Located in Greenwich, CT
Landscape oil painting of a clearing along Vermont's famed and picturesque Mad River. The scene shows a shallow part of the river with sandy shores and a small ford or waterfall by a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Landscape' by Joseph Fred-Perry Rendell, Watercolor Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 14.25" x 17" watercolor by British artist Joseph Fred-Percy Rendell features a quiet landscape of rolling hills among a cluster of dense white clouds in a summer blue sky...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Sky Full of Stars, Oil Painting
By Jesse Aldana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A rare sight of snow covers the iconic Big Sur coastline on an evening of beauty and calm. Twinkling stars and the moon punctuate the sky, creating a display ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
LePoittevin Eugene - Italianate Landscape with a woman - oil on canvas - signed
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions : Very good overall conditions, original canvas with no minor retouching, except on the dress 12mm ( as seen on picture under UV light). The signature is dated 1852 or 53....
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sentinels - contemporary, realism, tree, landscape, oil on canvas
By Ciba Karisik
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This oil landscape painting of birch trees is by Ciba Karisik.
The majestic trunks of two mature birch trees stand as sentinels and draw the viewer’s eye in this realistic portrayal...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Silence, Oil Painting
By Jesse Aldana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A lone red-tailed hawk floats between lofty palm trees and the moon. Wispy clouds drift across the sky, basking in the light from the setting sun. As the nigh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Elegance in Contemplation
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting depicts an elegant horse with a focus on its head and neck. The horse has a smooth, glossy brown coat that contrasts beautifully with the warm golden background. Its po...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venice window original oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Published.
Frame size 69x61 cm.
Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell
Year of birth: 1932
Biography:
Member of a family spanish saga of artists, which highlighted Jo...
Category
1980s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,207 Sale Price
59% Off
Original Oil Painting of River Landscape in Ireland by 20th Century Irish Artist
By Manson Blair
Located in Preston, GB
Original Oil Painting of a River Landscape in County Tyrone, Ireland, by Irish Artist, Manson Blair. Presented in the original ornate frame.
Art measure...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Devou Park" (2023) - Original Oil Still-Life of Landscape by Brad Davis
By Brad Davis
Located in Denver, CO
Brad Davis's "Devou Park" (2023) is a compelling oil on panel of a landscape that measures 8 x 6 inches unframed.
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Robert Kenneth White "Spring Greens" Signed 2010 Luminous Oil Forest Scene
Located in Miami, FL
ROBERT KENNETH WHITE – "SPRING GREENS"
⚜ Oil on canvas ⚜ Hand signed lower right ⚜ Frameless display
LUMINOUS FOREST STUDY IN EARLY SPRING LIGHT
In Spring Greens, Robert Kenneth Whi...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil landscape of Costa Rican cattle in old master realist style by Hans Guerin
By Hans Guerin
Located in Charleston, US
"Brahmins of Guanacaste" an oil landscape of cattle set in the northwest region of Costa Rica is painted by Hans Guerin, a descendent of the founder of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
New York City Painting Times Square, Nocturne by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Times Square is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden. It is a busy street nocturne in Times Square, NYC that I painted in 2008 and just repur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Perranporth- contemporary Cornish impressionism seascape painting-Original Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Perranporth" by Lenny Cornforth is a captivating original sea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A seascape with crushing waves
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I sought to capture the raw, unbridled power of the ocean with its towering waves crashing against the shore. The realism style invites viewers to feel the spra...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape from Kvikkjokk, Sápmi, c. 1861
Located in Stockholm, SE
Per Daniel Holm (Malingsbo, Dalarna 1835–1903 Stockholm) Attributed to.
Landscape from Kvikkjokk, c. 1861
oil on board
unframed 39 x 56 cm (15.4 x 22 inches)
framed 46.5 x 63 cm (...
Category
1860s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Oxen by Anna Abys-Lotz - Oil on Canvas/Board - 43x30 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Anna Abys-Lotz (1861–1945) was a Swiss painter born on October 10, 1861, in Basel, where she also passed away on July 4, 1945.
She specialized in watercolor paintings, focusing on la...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
“Bruyères en fleurs” 1949, 20th Century oil on canvas by William Didier-Pouget
Located in Madrid, ES
WILLIAM DIDIER - POUGET
French, 1864 - 1959
BRUYÈRES EN FLEURS
signed and dated “Didier-Pouget / 1949” (lower right)
inscribed, located and signed ““Le Malin dans la vallée du Lot.”...
Category
1940s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
G. Teixidó. Costa Brava. Oil painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Gaieta TEIXIDO. 1930-2022. Realist landscape painter with an impressionist touch.
Category
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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...
Category
20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Oil Painting of Loch in the Scottish Highlands by 20th Century British Artist
By Wendy Reeves
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of Loch in the Scottish Highlands by 20th Century British Artist Wendy Reeves.
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
Frame measures 29 x 25 inches (f...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter Snow Scene Nocturne by Michael Budden Moonlight Shadows
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Moonlight Shadows
oil/canvas
20 x 24 image
Moonlight Shadows is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden. It is a quiet scene of a winter stream ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Scottish Highlands with Children Playing in the Mountains by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
The Scottish Highlands - A colourful and dramatic original acrylic on canvas depicting children walking in the Mountains of Scotland. Entitled "The Road to Glencoe" by British Contem...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Gairnshiel Bridge, " Oil painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Gairnshiel Bridge," is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a stone bridge extending over a rocky river and leading to a small countryside shire or town.
About the Artist:
Judd Mercer is a watercolor painter based in Denver, Colorado. After attending art school for industrial design, Judd pursued a career in digital design and user experience and is co-owner of Elevated Third, a Denver-based digital agency.
After committing to writing and illustrating a full-length fantasy novel in his spare time, Judd began watercolor painting around 2014, studying with teachers such as Alvaro Castagnet, Joseph Zbukvic and Herman Pekel...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Buttercup Valley, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A peaceful valley with billowing clouds overhead invites immersion in the calmness of nature. The scene calls with the song of solitude and simplicity. It is a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sara MacCulloch "Beach Inlet" - Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Sara MacCulloch
Beach Inlet, 2021
oil on canvas
60 x 60 in.
(macc089)
This original oil painting on canvas by Sara MacCulloch depicts a serene and beautiful coastal beach inlet in s...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
''Salvador Dalí''
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Swamp, heat of life. Primitive people lived near swamps. All living things rush to swamps. The first cities were built near swamps! Swamps weigh down artists, 50 shades of gray green...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Western Lands, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Sunset reveals the vast grandeur of the Grand Canyon. The rugged cliffs glow with deep amber and violet hues beneath a sky brushed with luminous pastel clouds. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
‘Landscape with Cows' by Louis Thysebaert (1879 - Sint-Niklaas - 1962)
Located in Knokke, BE
Louis Thysebaert
1879 - Sint-Niklaas - 1962
Belgian Painter
‘Landscape with Cows’
Signature: signed lower right ‘L.Thysebaert’
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Image size 95,5 c...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Preparing for fishing", 19th Century oil on canvas by E. Martínez Cubells
By Enrique Martinez Cubells y Ruiz
Located in Madrid, ES
ENRIQUE MARTÍNEZ CUBELLS Y RUIZ
Spanish, 1874 - 1947
PREPARING FOR FISHING
signed "E. M - CUBELLS. RUIZ" (lower right)
oil on canvas laid on panel
11-1/4 X 15-1/4 inches (28.6 X 38....
Category
1910s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Silken Sunset-original realism sunset 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 "Silken Sunset," Eva Volf captures the essence of a serene e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American City Diner-original retro realism 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.
American City Diner, a captivating cityscape immortalized on c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Days End - contemporary, realism, forest, landscape, oil on board
By Ciba Karisik
Located in Bloomfield, ON
As the light falls towards the end of the day, the forest grows ever darker. This moody, serene landscape is by Ciba Karisik. Known for his highly realistic work, the artist has capt...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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.