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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
Offshore Weather, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The setting sun casts a golden glow over the shore as a massive rogue wave crashes against a lone cypress, a striking contrast to the otherwise calm sea. Dark...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

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...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

"Warm Evening Autumn, " Original Autumn Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Warm Evening, Autumn" by Shawn Krueger (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is painted on a cradled board and ready to hang. Krueger depicts trees basking in warm evening light. Shawn Krueger, born 1973, is a contemporary landscape painter whose work sits comfortably in both the American Tonalist and Arts & Crafts traditions. Shawn received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Calvin College in 1998, studying under Chris Stoffel...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape Oil Paintingby Michael Budden Spring Farm Thru Trees
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Colors Of Spring Oil/Panel 11 x 14 image unframed. 16.5 x 19.5 framed Colors Of Spring is a plein air painting of a mill done on location near my studio. I was intrigued by the compl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Tranquil countryside scene with farmhouse, open fields, soft light & nostalgia
Located in Preston, GB
Tranquil countryside scene with farmhouse, open fields, soft light & nostalgia of the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, Michael Morris (1938-2010) Art measures 10 ...
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20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Curtis Creek; Sonora, California
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 24" x 30" FRAMED: 27" x 33" x 1.5" Artist Statement "This wonderful spot is on a ranch just outside Sonora, Ca, in the foothills of the Sierra. An early rain when the fall color is at it’s peak is always a time to ones easel ready to catch that moment before the leaves drop and the water more than trickle." — Ray Roberts
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Honfleur France oil on canvas painting french seascape urbanscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell (Gerona 1932-2001) - Honfleur - Oil canvas Oil measurements 46x38 cm. Frame measurements 66x58 cm. Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell...
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1990s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Contemporary Dessert Painting by Michael Budden, Strawberrry Cheesecake
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Strawberry Cheesecake 6x8 unframed, 11.5 x 13.5 framed An acrylic painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a piece of strawberry cheeseca...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

"Road to Castle Valley, " Original Southwestern Landscape Pastel Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Road to Castle Valley" by Lorenzo Chavez (US based) is a handmade, landscape, pastel painting that depicts a meandering dirt road flanked by majestic sandstone cliffs. “Road to Ca...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Rescue Ladder: Gapstow Bridge
Located in Greenwich, CT
Winter scene of the Gapstow Bridge in Central Park
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Grand Tetons Winter Mountain Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous landscape oil painting of snow-capped Grand Teton mountains winter scene by B. Silva (American, 20th century). Signed "B. Silva" and dat...
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1980s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Contemporary Wildlife Art Print by Michael Budden Great Blue Heron painted mat
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Portrait of a Fisherman A limited edition offset print by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a great blue heron in his natural environment created in a r...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Offset

Man Fishing with Children Playing at a River Side in the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Man Fishing with Children Playing at a River Side in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist Art measures 28 x 20 inches Frame measures 33 x 25 inches Reframed in the highest quality black wooden moulding John Haskins...
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20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Roses in Warm Light
Located in Fairfield, CT
Jeffrey Vaughn, from Alton, Illinois, received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1978 from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, and his Master of Arts degree in 1981, and Master of Fine Arts degree in 1983 from the University of Dallas. Vaughn has focused his energies as an artist working in landscapes for over thirty years. Vaughn approaches his work with a quiet contemplativeness that reflects the serene aspects of the natural world and reveals the underlying spiritual nature that can be found in the environments he portrays. His paintings have been published in New American Paintings and reviewed in the American Arts Quarterly and the St. Louis Post...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Onion Field Study
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement “This plein air study was the impetus for a larger oil painting, titled Onion Field, which was acquired ...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Majestic Tiger Tall Grass Realistic Wildlife British Oil Painting Ornate Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bengal Tiger by Mark Chester, British contemporary Oil on board, framed Framed: 25.5 x 36 inches Board: 21 x 31 inches Provenance: Private collection, UK Condition: This painting is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

SUMMER TIME BLISS Plainair oil painting Nature landscape countryside Sunny day
Located in Zofingen, AG
This art piece was creating in wonderfull summer day on plain air. Will be sent with decorative frame. The artwork are treated with a lightly glossy top coat that seals and prote...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Autumn"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
In the glow of the golden rays of the autumn sun, we see the majestic work of Alexander Khrapachov “Autumn” (2013) - a work that embodies the artist's amazing ability to convey the m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Spotlight On Summer" (2023) by Deb Komitor, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Spotlight On Summer" by Deb Komitor (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is ready to hang. Deb Komitor was born and raised in Ohio and now resides in Colorado ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"The Rhythm of Light" (2022) by Deb Komitor, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"The Rhythm of Light" by Deb Komitor (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is ready to hang. The painting is continued on the cradled edges and is ready to hang. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Evening in the Flowering Garden
Located in Oslo, NO
"This painting was created in early summer in my garden at the village house, during the time when the wild roses are in full bloom," said Daria Molostnova about this artwork. "It wa...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pupukea Foodland
Located in Oslo, NO
This painting was created on the island of Oahu, right by the iconic Foodland - the only grocery store on the entire North Shore. Everyone who’s ever been here knows this spot - peop...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Plaquemine
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed sized is 16 x 20 inches. Framed in a white oak frame. In any landscape there are places and objects of quiet monumentality so ingrained into the scene that they are nearly invisible or regarded only as ordinary or outdated artifacts of the past. Some are small in scale, and some suggest a kind of architectural grandeur mixed with a pathos stemming from their obsolete utility and the evidence they bear of the passage of time. Some, like the abandoned oil rigs in and around the Gulf of Mexico, are poignant reminders of environmental optimism and tragedy. Primarily encountered on trips around our region, stretching up as far as the delta of northwestern Mississippi and southeastern Arkansas and as far south as the mouth of the Mississippi, these places and objects evoked the curiosity and affection, which prompted this show. The paintings, the result of a labor-intensive technique requiring many layers of color, are intimately sized though they often deal with subjects of great scale. Trained as an architect and a practicing architect until 2016, Barron now works primarily as a painter. For many years he has taught at the Tulane University School of Architecture and is a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects. In 2012, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Louisiana Architects Association and in 1995 was awarded the prestigious Gabriel Prize from the Western European Architecture Foundation. Errol Barron...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Olde World Charm, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Olde World Charm" by Deb Komitor (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is ready to hang. Deb Komitor was born and raised in Ohio and now resides in Colorado Sp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fireflies, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Dawn's first rays bathe the Los Angeles skyline, casting a burnished glow over the iconic palm trees. Billowing clouds add a touch of softness to the scene. T...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape With Mill at Sunset by Swedish Artist Mauritz Lindström
Located in Stockholm, SE
The small yet stirring painting "Landscape With Mill at Sunset" showcases the remarkable talent of Swedish painter Mauritz Lindström. He was a resp...
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Early 1900s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Gairnshiel Bridge, " Oil painting
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...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Winter Boats Oil Painting by Michael Budden Winter Boat Yard NJ
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Winter at Beaton's Boat Yard is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beautiful winter view of boats at Beaton's Boat yard in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Giant Refreshed BOAC Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Canopus Airliner Aircraft Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
David Shepherd. English ( b.1931 – d.2017 ). Giant Refreshed, 1953. BOAC Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, Canopus. Oil On Canvas. Signed & Dated 1953 Lower Right. Image size 19.7 inches x 2...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Impressionistic Moonlight Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Evening Moonrise Study oil/panel 10 x 8 unframed 14.38 x 12.38 framed. An oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a romantic moonli...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"A Fragile Beauty, " Southwestern Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"A Fragile Beauty" by Lorenzo Chavez (US based) is a handmadeoil painting that depicts a country road leading to an adobe house bathed in warm afternoon light. “A Fragile Beauty”. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Carmel Point Big Surf - Landscape Painting - Acrylic On Canvas 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...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Tequila Sunrise Rose Close Up -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...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Remnants - Serene Oil Landscape of Rural Barns in Winter Light, 2017
Located in Denver, CO
Dave Santillanes' "Remnants" (2017) is a masterfully rendered oil painting that captures the quiet beauty of a rural landscape transitioning between seasons. Measuring 24 x 40 inches...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

“An Orientalist Scene with Musicians and Dancer”, 19th C. Oil/Canvas by M. Rabes
By Max Rabes
Located in Madrid, ES
MAX RABES German, 1868 - 1944 AN ORIENTALIST SCENE WITH MUSICIANS AND DANCER signed "Max Rabes" (lower right) oil on canvas 65 x 77-1/2 inches (164.5 x 197 cm.) framed: 70-2/3 x 8...
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1910s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Quiet Saunter -Contemporary realism London cityscape oil 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. In "A Quiet Saunter," Joey Manlapaz invites us into a moment o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Mixed Media, 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...
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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...
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1980s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Bruyères en fleurs” 1949, 20th Century oil on canvas by William Didier-Pouget
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.”...
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1940s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Giants Shadow, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Giants Shadow," is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pastoral landscape of pasture and agriculture fields of yellow and green surrounding a ...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ocean Beach Triptych Seascape Oil Painting by Michael Budden Coastal Sunrise
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Here is a triptych oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a romantic coastal seascape sunrise created in an impressionistic r...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Storm Surf
Located in Greenwich, CT
Stormy seascape
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Panel

Promise of a Brighter Day-original impressionism landscape painting-contemporary
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. “Promise of a Brighter Day” by Harry Brioche is a stirring ori...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Montmartre. Winter.
Located in Riga, LV
Vladimir Ilibayev(1952). Painter Born in Ventspils, Latvia in 1952. Education Studied 2 years in Moscow State University, the Faculty of Philosophy. Graduated from St. Peterburg ...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Winter Landscape with Stream - Scottish Edwardian art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This gorgeous Edwardian Scottish oil painting is by noted Scottish artist George Houston. Painted circa 1910 and in portrait orientation, the composition is a winter's snowy landscap...
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1910s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Horizon - Hyperrealistic abstract wood still life landscape oil painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
Hyperrealist oil painting of wood horizon landscape still life painting by Anthony Adcock. **** This is a hyperrealistic oil painting. No wood o...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Copper

"A sunny day"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
“Sunny Day” - A canvas breathing with the frosty beauty of Ukraine In Sunny Day, Alexander Khrapachov invites the viewer to a unique dialog with Ukrainian nature, revealing an amazin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Beach & Ocean Impressionistic Seascape Oil Painting by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Off the Coast Seascape Study is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beautiful beach scene created in an impressionist...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

I'll Find You Later- original modern impressionism cityscape London painting-Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. David Wilson’s I’ll Find You Later portrays the quiet grandeu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Something I Left Behind - original Impressionism London cityscape painting - Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Embark on a journey of poignant nostalgia with "Something I L...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

The Way It Was - original modern impressionism cityscape London painting-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 Way It Was, David Wilson masterfully captures the time...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Spring Chorus - 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. “Spring Chorus” by Harry Brioche is a joyful original landscap...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Naturalistic Continental painter - 19th century landscape painting - Countryside
Located in Varmo, IT
Continental painter (19th century) - Landscape with flock at sunset. 61 x 81 cm without frame, 78 x 97 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a wooden frame and gilded p...
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Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Horizon Aglow - 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. “Horizon Aglow” by Harry Brioche is a stunning original oil pa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Left-original modern impressionism New York 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. Immerse yourself in the rhythmic dance of the city with "Left...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

View From the Highline, Framed
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --I think of my work as being like a visual journal- observations and interpretations of people, places and things I experience day to ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Serene Countryside Scene with Trees, a Tranquil Pond and a Charming Cottage
Located in Preston, GB
Serene Countryside Scene with Trees, a Tranquil Pond and a Charming Cottage by 20th Century German Artist, Krahn. Art measures 20 x 16 inches Frame measures 24 x 20 inches This pa...
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20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Beyond, Original Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Beyond" by Brian Sostrom (United States) is a handmade landscape painting that is framed and ready to hang.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic

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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