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
NASA, Apollo 9 Space Mission Series, Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
Title: NASA, Apollo 9 Space Mission Series
Year: 1970
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 26 x 18 inches
Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, verso
No...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$18,000 Sale Price
20% Off
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
"Long View, " Oil painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Long View," is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cliff vista, with lush red and green vegetation, dropping off to reveal the atmospheric blu...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Glen Retreat, " Oil painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Glen Retreat," is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a green grassy pasture where a herd of white sheep shuffle amid rocks and crags.
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
Rolling Waves- original impressionism seascape figurative painting-contemporary
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 dynamic beauty of the coastal landscap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pastel Umbrellas-original impressionism 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.
"Pastel Umbrellas" by Lenny Cornforth is a captivating origina...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Silver
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
"004 - Plein Air-O'Fallon Park, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's ( US based) "004 - Plein Air-O'Fallon Park, CO" is a gouache painting depicting a peaceful snowy forest.
Artist bio/statement
Judd Mercer is a contemporary landscape p...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
"Carpathian landscape"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
LANDSCAPE SERIES
Everyone knows that a coin has two sides. One depicts an heads, and other tails. The
two sides are different, but they are folded into one indivisible coin.
So is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Óleo sobre tabla - Sendero bajo la luz otoñal
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado por el artista en la parte inferior
El estado de la obra es aceptable
Se presenta enmarcada la pintura con ujn bonito marco del siglo xix en madera policromada (el marco pr...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil on canvas - Philippine landscape
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado por el artista en la parte inferior
Se presenta sin enmarcar la pintura
Buen estado de conservación
Medidas obra: 77 cm. de altura x 101 cm. de ancho
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Red Roses" Oil Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's (Us based) "Red Roses" is an oil painting that depicts colorful red roses and green foliage.
Nature and those that inhabit it—our human selves included—possess a magic ...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
NYC Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Macy's Parade Series Pikachu
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Macy's Papa Smirf
Part of a series of 11 paintings.
An oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases images from the Macy's Thanksgi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Solitary", John Berry, Native American Indians, Realism, Oil/Canvas, 40x30 in
Located in Dallas, TX
John Berry is a well-known English artist who painted portraits of the royal family. During his career, he discovered Edward Curtis's photographs of Native Americans and became awestruck by the strength and power each portrait held. He studied them in-depth and became an expert in depicting the Native American lifestyle and portraits. This painting entitled "Solitary Figure" is an original oil on canvas painting measuring 40x30 in. In this painting a Native American chief with an Indian headdress...
Category
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Main Embankment in Autumn
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting was painted from life. It depicts the Main embankment on the outskirts of the Bavarian city of Würzburg. We see an autumn motif, trees standing in a row along the parape...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter Venice
Located in Oslo, NO
The winter Venice landscape is painted from life. It is a view from the spit of the Grand Canal to the Giudecca Canal and the embankment of the same name in the distance. In the haze...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Idyllic Countryside Scene with River Boat, Horses, Figures & Dogs in Sunshine
Located in Preston, GB
Idyllic Countryside Scene with River Boat, Horses, Figures & Dogs in Sunshine by German-born British Artist, Gudrun Sibbons (1925- ). Original oil painting of a River Landscape with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Envermeu France - British art oil painting Normandy village female artist
By Sylvia Gosse
Located in London, GB
An original oil on canvas by the noted British female artist Sylvia Gosse which was an exhibited work and dates to circa 1926. A lovely architectural landscape of Envermeu France.
Si...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ocean Beach Seascape Oil Painting Children Playing Michael Budden Summer Play
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Summer Play, Sailboats and the Jetty
6 x 8 unframed, 9.75 x 11.75 framed
Summer Play is a study oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spring Bluebells -original floral landscape 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. "Spring Bluebells" by Rory J Browne is an evocative oil on canv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Twilight in Venice
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting depicts a corner of Venice in the Cannaregio district. The day is fading, the houses standing in the water of the canals are immersed in twilight. The sky closer to the ...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Foggy Morning
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Foggy Morning" is a canvas where nature awakens in the embrace of gentle mist. Gray and blue hues seamlessly transition, creating an atmosphere of mystery. In the soft morning gloom...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,181
"Ray of Hope" by Christopher Clark, Original Oil Painting, Sunlit Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's "Ray of Hope" is an original, hand made oil and acrylic painting that depicts a highway with a bright shaft of sunlight shining through pink and blue clouds.
Chr...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"001 - Plein Air- Lair o the Bear, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's ( US based) "001 - Plein Air- Lair o the Bear, CO" is a gouache painting depicting a peaceful snowy naturescape.
Artist bio/statement
Judd Mercer is a contemporary la...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Orchard in Bloom, Mid Century Spring Blossoms Landscape Watercolor by Jay Simm
Located in Soquel, CA
Lovely pastoral landscape of beautiful spring blossoms lining a quiet country lane by Jay Simm (American, 20th Century), c. 1960s. The delicate light pink flowers of the orchard in b...
Category
1960s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Dawn" oil on canvas figurative painting, stippled lake and mountain landscape
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Dawn" is a contemporary oil painting on canvas. Orsolic is known for her melodic landscapes and precise attention to detail, however, in this painting, she branches away from realis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coming Home at Sunset
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
The Exuberance of Nature Revealed, Original Oil Painting
By Deb Komitor
Located in Denver, CO
"The Exuberance of Nature Revealed" by Deb Komitor (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is framed and ready to hang.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Carriage Horse Painting on a Romantic City Street on a Cold Night
Located in Charleston, US
Valarie Wolf's painting "Night Travel" is an excellent example of her charming narrative horse paintings. The way she portrays the misty breath of the carriage horse on a charming c...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grey House. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Located in Paris, FR
Raf Peeters is a Belgian artist represented by Boycott Gallery.
Category
Early 2000s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Peaks of Ice" Oil Painting by Robin Hextrum
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Peaks of Ice" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts frozen ice peaks. The piece is unframed yet ready to hang.
Robin Hextrum is an award-w...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
New Hope Canal, Bucks County PA
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Norris Rahming (1886-1959). New Hope Canal, Bucks CO. PA., 1944. Watercolor on paper, image measures 14.75 x 19.5 inches; measures 22 x 26 inches in original frame. Signed lower righ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$1,080 Sale Price
40% Off
Summer Mooring, original realist marine landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
On a summer morning, the boats mooring at this quaint harbor have been cleaned and polished, ready for their passengers to board for destinations unknown. The uber realist style in C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"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...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Naples, 1934
Located in Soquel, CA
View overlooking Naples and Mt. Vesuvius by artist Joseph Lindon Smith (American, 1863-1950). Titled "Napoli" in pencil bottom left. Signed "Jos. Smith '34" in pencil lower right. Di...
Category
1930s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Pencil
$1,720 Sale Price
20% Off
Fishing Village, Puttaya, Thailand
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Fishing Village, Puttaya, Thailand" c.1980 is an oil painting with gold addition on canvas by renown Thai artist Kid Kosolawat, 1917...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Colorado River, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Golden autumn trees line the Colorado River, flowing beneath a cloudy sky. Sunlight filters through the branches, enhancing the leaves' golden hues. The turbu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wildlife Landscape Painting by Michael Budden Wolves Animals
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
High Vantage, Wolves is an acrylic painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beautiful pair of wolves over looking their territory. The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"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
Impressionistic Marine Oil Painting Allen D Cochran Salmagundi Club Gloucester
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Allen Dean Cochran (American 1859-1938) oil on canvas board seascape, titled Turning of the Tide, signed lower right, "Quiet Cove - Gloucester"; c. 1950; Oil on Board; 8 x 10 image, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Below Ceide Fields
Located in Dallas, TX
Eleanor Jones Harvey, Chief Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, writes about Bob Stuth-Wade:
“Over the course of his career, Bob Stuth-Wade has examined his responses to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Panel
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"After the storm"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The work is based on the artist's observation of changes in nature from the window of a house in Ukraine.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Absence/No Presence
Located in Denver, CO
"Absence No Presence" by Brooks Salzwedel is an original work that depicts a tree with a rainbow colored structure emerging from a snow covered landscape.
Brooks is a Los Angeles-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Panel, Resin, Mylar, India Ink, Color Pencil, Graphite
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
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
New York City Street Scene Painting by Leading British Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
New York City Street Scene Painting by leading British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield.
Art measures 24 x 12 inches
Frame measure 28...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board, Paint, Oil, Acrylic
$4,751 Sale Price
30% Off
"The Light Always Comes Back" (2022) by Deb Komitor, Original Oil Painting
By Deb Komitor
Located in Denver, CO
"The Light Always Comes Back" 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 C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Fireflies, Oil Painting
By Jesse Aldana
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Times Square at Night, Empire and Loews signed Oil & acrylic painting on canvas
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas is the world's foremost architectural muralist. He was profile by CBS News Sunday Morning Arts program with Jane Pauley
Richard Haas
Times Square at Night (Empire and Lo...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
What's the Matter Tonight? Diptych, 2018
Located in Atlanta, GA
I was born in 1972 in Chartres. I live and work near Orleans. After having taken courses at the Beaux Arts in Orléans in drawing of live models, sculpture and painting, I decided to devote myself entirely to painting.
Education
ARTISTIC APPROACH:
When the day fades, the truth appears in the light of the twilight. The whole being, invaded by the padded silence of the advancing night, sees his humanity bend under the awakening of his senses. He becomes again more instinctive, more animal, more true in the beauty of his solitude ... and the return to nature that the twilight imposes, then sends him back an exact image of himself. It is this transformation that Ben Pastre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary Figurative Tempera Painting on Canvas - 3D-Style Footprints in Snow
Located in Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr.
The title of this work is: "I went to the shed for firewood three times, the third time I went I tried to make more steps to make my track look bigger"
This unique artwork combines ...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Tempera
Floral Still Life of Pink Roses
Located in Storrs, CT
Floral still life of pink roses in a red vase with two figures, set against a dark background. Oil on canvas measures 15 3/4 x 11 7/8; frame dimensions measure 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 2 3/...
Category
1950s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,250 Sale Price
28% Off
Fire At The Mountain
Located in Denver, CO
"Fire at the Mountain" by Brooks Salzwedel is an original painting that depicts a forest scene in pastel colors with a warm background.
Brooks is a Los Angeles-based artist whose w...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Resin, Panel, Graphite, Oil Pastel, Ink
Summer Landscape Cows Salmagundi Club Award Winning Oil Painting Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Cunningham Road is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beautiful summer landscape with cows in a soft mid day light bathing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Garden - original realism art - floral oil painting - contemporary Artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
In "Garden", Natalia Shaykina captures the delicate interplay ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Roztocze - Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting, Realism, Polish art
By Janusz Szpyt
Located in Warsaw, PL
Janusz Szpyt was born in 1960, he is a Polish painter. He graduated from the Graphic design faculty and painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Impressionistic Sunrise Seascape Oil Painting by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Sunrise Seascape
oil/canvas
9 x 12 image
Sunrise Seascape is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beautiful beach scene cre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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.