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
TURN TURN TURN
By Yale Factor
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Factor brings into a clear focus natural detail, which is all too often only vaguely sensed. Each universe created on canvas or paper is a juxtaposition of traditional Renaissance c...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Paraje natural II". Contemporary, realism, figurative, oil, landscape, watersca
Located in MADRID, ES
Triptych 3 x (25 x 25) cm
Contemporary, realism, figurative, oil, landscapa, waterscape, pastel colors
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
MIDWEST #4
By Yale Factor
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Factor brings into a clear focus natural detail, which is all too often only vaguely sensed. Each universe created on canvas or paper is a juxtaposition of traditional Renaissance c...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Berlin, Osthafen, Getreidespeicher
Located in Paris, IDF
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North German Realists since 2006. He paints everyda...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
"Late Dusk at the Boatyard" 2022 oil painting, sunset, pickup truck, boat, palm
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Bretzke depicts a beautifully transient moment in a boatyard; a man walks home with his dog as the sunset glows behind them.
Framed Dimensions: 19.5 x 23.5 inches
Artist Bio:
Car...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Federal Street in Early Fall
By Li Xiao
Located in Greenwich, CT
Li Xiao was born in 1957 in Shanghai, China. Xiao commenced showing interest in the fine arts at a very young age and has been consistently developing his talent as a painter ever si...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
RISING OLD TOWN
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Audrey Barrett grew up in Queens, New York. It was there that her fascination with urban landscape began. Audrey, a self-taught artist, studied art history and became known for her landscapes and botanical subjects.
Audrey Barrett worked as a package graphic designer for 25 years while painting large botanical paintings...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
‘Powerful Desert ' Contemporary Mixed Media Mountains Landscape
By Uri Blayer
Located in Carmel, CA
Israeli born artist that works mainly in Hawaii, whose realistic and whimsical landscapes has earned him a vast reputation.
Blayer's work was critiqued in the New York Times (see be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Döllnfließ, Brückenblick
Located in Paris, IDF
Egg tempera on canvas, Shadow joint frame
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North Ge...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Berlin, Neues Deutschland
Located in Paris, IDF
Egg tempera on canvas, Shadow joint frame
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North Ge...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
MORNING LINCOLN PARK
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Audrey Barrett grew up in Queens, New York. It was there that her fascination with urban landscape began. Audrey, a self-taught artist, studied art history and became known for her landscapes and botanical subjects.
Audrey Barrett worked as a package graphic designer for 25 years while painting large botanical paintings...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dahl Taylor, "After the Bath", Equine Barn Oil Painting on Canvas, 24x34
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This realistic equine piece, "After the Bath", by artist Dahl Taylor is a 24x34 oil painting on canvas featuring a brown horse after bath time, coat glistening in the warm sunlight. ...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
LOGAN SQUARE AND ASHLAND AVE.
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Audrey Barrett grew up in Queens, New York. It was there that her fascination with the urban landscape began. Audrey, a self-taught artist, studied art history and became known for her landscapes and botanical subjects.
Audrey Barrett worked as a package graphic designer for 25 years while painting large botanical paintings...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Externsteine, Nachmittags
Located in Paris, IDF
Egg tempera on canvas, Shadow joint frame
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North Ge...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
Wave With Bora Bora - 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...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Shadow, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Charles Choi
Located in Yardley, PA
a study of tree shadow :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature ...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary landscape oil painting nature road trees forest sky signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"North Woods Road" is an original oil painting on board by Gregory Steele. The artist signed the piece lower left. It depicts a path in northern Wisconsin during the fall. There is a...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Jared Coffin House, Broad St.
By Li Xiao
Located in Greenwich, CT
Li Xiao was born in 1957 in Shanghai, China. Xiao commenced showing interest in the fine arts at a very young age and has been consistently developing his talent as a painter ever si...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Big Surf at Madaket, Nantucket
Located in Greenwich, CT
Landscape and Seascape of the surf at Madaket Beach on Nantucket Island
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Museumshafen, Kappeln
Located in Paris, IDF
Egg tempera on canvas, Shadow joint frame
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North Ge...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
Central Park
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --The primary subjects of my paintings are 21st century man's working monuments, which represent our culture's dedication to produc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
British seascape Storm on coast 19th century Oil painting by David Cox
By David Cox
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower right - David Cox (1783 – 1859). The scene on the coast, the impending storm wind. The depiction of wind in art has always been a symbol of change and a reminder that everything in this world is relative... Beautiful landscape full of expression and dynamism. Antique oil painting on wood...
Category
1840s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Ocean wave - Turquoise water and ocean skyline, blue seascape, waves
Located in Vienna, AT
Original seascape oil painting on a round D 80 canvas and sides 2 cm deep.
In this painting, I have channeled the serenity of the sea, capturing the tranquil horizon where sky and wa...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Vibrant Red Parrot Tulips Reach Up to The Sky in Dramatic Vertical Still-Life
Located in Charleston, US
Beth de Loiselle's floral still-life oil painting, '"Parrot Tulips in the Sky," captivates viewers with vibrant colors and unique stylization. In Beth de Loiselle's composition, re...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Country Cottage
By Maud Hollyer
Located in Mc Lean, VA
The British artist Maud Hollyer exhibited her watercolors at the Royal Academy of Arts in London at the turn-of-the-century.
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
'On Hurricane Hill' by Bernard Krigstein - Bright Realism Mountain Landscape
Located in Carmel, CA
Bernard Krigstein (March 22, 1919 – January 8, 1990) was an American illustrator and painter who received acclaim for his innovative and influential ...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
‘Industrial Art In Kauai’ Contemporary Still Life By Uri Blayer
By Uri Blayer
Located in Carmel, CA
Israeli born artist that works mainly in Hawaii, whose realistic and whimsical landscapes has earned him a vast reputation.
Blayer's work was critiqued in the New York Times (see be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
‘Full Speed Ahead’ by Paul Jean Clays, Bruges 1819 – 1900 Brussels, Belgian
Located in Knokke, BE
Paul Jean Clays
Bruges 1819 – 1900 Brussels
Belgian Painter
‘Full Speed Ahead’
Signature: Signed bottom right and dated 1858
Medium: Aquarelle
Dimen...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Genre Scene in Parisian park 19th Century Oil painting
By Emile Tabary
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed by Émile Tabary. Lively scene in in a parisian park, pictured moment of city life of the late 19th century. In this painting, some irony and humor are very subtly felt. One of...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Torii
Located in Vienna, AT
Was born in 1993 in the city of Marganets, Ukraine.
Artist Gorbachenko Multiple participants of group and solo exhibitions and Art Fair Vilnius.
The artist's works are in private col...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Herbstwald, Wildschweine
Located in Paris, IDF
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North German Realists s...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Falaise d'aval, Morgens, Etretat
Located in Paris, IDF
Egg tempera on canvas, Shadow joint frame
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North Ge...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
Water Lillies, BBG, realism flowers
By Gregory Frux
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on panel reflections predominantly green
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Summer, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Picture. Summer. The saturated palette of greenery, the reflection of the sky in the water, willows, clouds, a beautiful summer day evoke a feeling of love and gratitude to nature. T...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mar Cantábrico
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
This artwork captures a view of Camel Beach, located in the city of Santander. The piece conveys the serenity and constant movement of the Cantabrian Sea, where the waves gently end ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Tiger & Cub in grasses, oil on canvas, 20th C realist British painter
By Tony Forrest
Located in Naples, Florida
This oil on canvas painting of a tiger and her cub in a savannah landscape is a contemporary artwork by the artist Tony Forrest, (b.1961). ...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Berlin, Yorckbrücken, Amor
Located in Paris, IDF
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North German Realists since 2006. He paints everyda...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
The motorcycle
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
The Motorcycle, an oil painting that captures the soul of an era, where history intertwines with nostalgia and the passage of time becomes palpable. At the center of the composition,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Mystic Lands
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original oil painting on panel by artist Patricia McGeeney. Framed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
"The Abraham Rydberg at Full Sail”, ocean-going Clipper, original oil on canvas
By Alfred Collin
Located in Naples, Florida
Alfred Collin (1880-1944).
Alfred Collin was a Swedish impressionist landscape and marine painter. Like many of his Scandinavian contemporaries he ...
Category
20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
French Genre scene Street snake charmer 19th century Oil painting by Lecurieux
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower right - Jacques - Joseph Lécurieux (Jacques - Joseph Lecurieux, 1801-1867). "Rituel du Serpent. Bou Saada" ("Snake Ritual. Bou Saada") - highly informative and masterly painted picture of Algerian street scene by acknowledged and talented 19th century french artist. His genre scenes, his landscapes and his still lifes are particularly remarkable, as well as his engravings. His life nonetheless remains mysterious, but until now his work continues to be studied and appreciated by art enthusiasts around the world. Antique oil painting on wood panel...
Category
1840s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
Wisteria II
By Gregory Frux
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on panel reflections predominantly green
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Late Snow 2, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Charles Choi
Located in Yardley, PA
Winter series painting about St. Petersburg, Russia. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Ye...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Leba/Polen
Located in Paris, IDF
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North German Realists s...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
Colorado landscape original oil painting snowy mountain large-scale painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
This captivating large-scale oil painting beautifully captures the peaceful winter landscape of Vail Pass, Colorado. The scene is bathed in soft, serene hues of purple, lavender, and...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Alley, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Charles Choi
Located in Yardley, PA
One of my Alley series :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature ...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Marie Channer, "Foggy Morn", 30x40 Equine Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Foggy Morn", is a 30x40 equine oil painting on canvas by artist Marie Channer. Featured is a pasture in the early morning hours. Horses graze in the cool summer air, sil...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil on canvas : Cattle near the cliffs of Herne Bay KENT by Thomas Syndey Cooper
Located in Gent, VOV
Thomas Sidney Cooper was one of the foremost animal painters of the Victorian period. He was born in Canterbury, Kent, and as a small child he began to show strong artistic inclinations, but the circumstances of his family did not allow him to receive any systematic training. By the time he was twelve years old, he was working in the shop of a coach painter. Later he obtained a job as a scene painter, and he alternated between these two occupations for about eight years. He still felt a strong desire to become an artist, and all his spare moments were spent drawing and painting from nature. At the age of twenty, he went to London, drew for a while in the British Museum, and was admitted as a student of the Royal Academy. Subsequently, he returned to Canterbury, where he was able to earn a living as a drawing master and by the sale of sketches and drawings.
In 1827, he settled in Brussels and married before taking up a position as a teacher in Brussels in 1829. There he befriended Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven, the great Belgian animal painter, who greatly influenced his style. He was also influenced by the 17th Century Dutch School. Because of the Belgian Revolution, he returned to London where he settled and first exhibited at Suffolk Street in 1833. He exhibited forty-eight pictures at the British Institution between 1833 and 1863. ‘Landscape and Cattle’, Royal Academy 1833, was shown until 1902 without a break - a record for a continuous exhibit at the Royal Academy. Sheep and cattle were his most frequent subjects, although he did paint a few figurative subjects. Cooper collaborated between 1847 and 1870 with Frederick Richard Lee...
Category
1880s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Floating Rose - Acrylic 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
Acrylic
"A Field for the Birds, " Acrylic on Canvas, Signed
By Tom Shelton
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"A Field for the Birds" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Tom Shelton. The artist signed the painting in the lower right. This painting depicts a diagonal line of birds cu...
Category
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Kauai Hibiscous 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...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Point to the Sky
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Based on Chicago, Point to the Sky is the amalgamation of architectural genres that thrive in dense, urban environments, and present a human cliff on many a city b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Zehdenick/Havel, Seerosen
Located in Paris, IDF
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North German Realists s...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
Red Door, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
I came upon this charming scene in Culpepper Virginia and had to paint it. The pastel colors sang out and there were so many details that called out, with wonderful shadows thrown o...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mixed Message, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By David Sipko
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a beach scene that you often see in Cape Cod with the life guard stands displaying warning flags. The always present shark flags and the green flag always seems like a mixed...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Smugglers at Algerian Coast 1871 Sunset Marine Scene Oil Painting by T. Gudin
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower right and dated at very edge of canvas, attributed Jean Antoine Théodore Gudin (1802 – 1880), was a French marine painter and court painter to both king Louis Philippe and subsequently Emperor of the French Napoleon III. Along with Louis-Philippe Crépin, he became one of the first two official Peintres de la Marine in 1830. Breathtaking sunset scene on North African coast of Mediterranean Sea with figures eagerly waiting for the ship appearing now at horizon. Stretched canvas 14x20 inches marked by Thomas McLean, London. Antique seascape oil painting...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Usedom/Kaiserbäder/Bansin, Langer Berg
Located in Paris, IDF
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North German Realists since 2006. He paints everyda...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
The Bridge, August Trumper, Altona 1874 – 1956 Oberhausen, German Painter
Located in Knokke, BE
This work is offered in ready to hang gallery condition, having been professionally revised.
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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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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