Realist Landscape Paintings
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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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1960s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1880s Realist Landscape Paintings
Gold Leaf
1930s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Board, Pastel, Oil Pastel, Oil Crayon
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil, Board
Early 2000s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
1980s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Egg Tempera
20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Mist lingers over the distant ocean, softening the horizon and capturing the mystic beauty of Monhegan Island in the early morning. Waves and currents weave thr...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
18th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic, Board
1970s Realist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Early 1900s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
Artist Comments
Artist Jesse Aldana presents an expansive view of Los Angeles, showing the famous Hollywood sign in the distance. The piece captures a dramatic passage from a...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Glass, Paint, Board
Artist Comments
At sunset, the sky shifts from blue to purple and pink. The sea subtly reflects the ethereal colors from above, adding glimmer to its surface. The soft clouds...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Early 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Oil
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1970s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas, Cotton, Cotton Canvas, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1970s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
1930s Realist Landscape Paintings
Gouache, Paper
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Realist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Wood, Oil
Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil
Artist Comments
The setting sun transforms an evening walk in an average neighborhood into a vibrant light show. Whispy clouds spread across the sky, reflecting the soft yellow...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-18th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1980s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
1970s Realist Landscape Paintings
Watercolor, Archival Paper
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Linen
1980s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Wood, Oil
Early 1900s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Linen, Panel
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Wood, Oil
1940s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil