Realist Portrait 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
New generation
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The new generation talks about d new fashions swags of d youths of this era, in Their sense of music games and crafts, they have a mix of the vintage cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Tapestry, 16 x 16, Portrait, Oil Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's "Tapestry," a 2024 creation in oil on mounted linen, measures 16 x 16 inches and is framed to a stately 22 x 22 inches. This artwork weaves a visual narrative as intrica...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Looking In the Mirror" Contemporary Portrait Oil n Canvas by Scott Jacobs
By Scott Jacobs
Located in Carmel, CA
"Looking in the mirror" oil on canvas by Jackson
The painting comes with a certificate of authenticity and a letter of appraisal.
Represented by American Art Gallery Carmel California
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,000 Sale Price
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HRDR.FSTR, SMTR Steven Navarro, PanAm Games, Olympics 2024, Team USA
Located in Houston, TX
HRDR.FSTR,SMTR is an oil painting by V...Vaughan of Steve Navarro of California. In late November Steven Navarro is participating in the PanAmerican games in Cali, Colombia after winning the Gold Medal at the PanAmerican Games in Guadalajara. He is ranked #1 in his weight division of 114 lbs.He most likely will qualify for the Paris 2024...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rabbi with Tefillin, Judaica Portrait
By Sandor Molnar
Located in Surfside, FL
Sandor Molnar began his studies at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in 1955. His Studio at the Academy was the scene of friendly get-togethers and intellectual workshops from 1958 ...
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Street of Shadows - Finding the Light 2
Located in Denver, CO
"Street of Shadows - Finding the Light 2," is an original oil painting on 5 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader. It is framed and ready-to-hang.
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Vintage" Portrait Figurative Oil Painting 39" x 39 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Vintage" Portrait Figurative Oil Painting 39" x 39 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
2020
ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube.
A look through Dmitr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Wild Bill 1873, 53x 40", oil on canvas Large Old West Yellowstone cowboy style
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
Wild Bill Hickok 1873 by Ceravolo is an oil on canvas featuring Ceravolo's trademark illusion brush strokes painted over his oil on canvas painting. T...
Category
1990s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
‘The Feast’ Figurative colorful Mixed Media By Scott
By Scott Jacobs
Located in Carmel, CA
Figurative paintings - 'The Wine Drinkers' - oil on canvas
' The wine drinkers ' is fresh , alive and an homage to the Fauve movement by Scott Jackson
TYPE: Wine paintings, contempo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,100 Sale Price
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"You and I", Oil Painting
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert ( US based) "You and I" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a couple leaning in to kiss each other as they are cast in the glow of a red light.
Artist b...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Gypsy woman. 1959., oil on cardboard, 48x37 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gypsy woman. 1959., oil on cardboard, 48x37 cm
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional education was at National University at studies to R.Suta, J. Bine and...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$1,513 Sale Price
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"The Light on Jupiter" Oil Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's (Us based) "The Light on Jupiter" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a man in foliage in dappled sun.
Nature and those that ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Marilyn Monroe" by Shana Wilson - Realism Portrait of Marilyn Monroe in Oil
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966)
"Marilyn Monroe" 2012
Oil Paint, Wood Panel, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
About the Arti...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Stretcher Bars
Precipitate, Portrait, Realism, Classical, Florence Academy, Figurative
By Anton Zhou
Located in Houston, TX
Precipitate is painted in the classical style of Realism that he first learned at the Florence Academy of Art. He has painted portraits over the years and is known for showing the expressions in the person's face. He is also know for winning the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo art contest for several years when he was in high school. His paintings sold for over $200,000 with the proceeds going to the scholarship fund.
Anton Zhou
Painter, Draftsman
Anton Zhou is a painter and draftsman whose work operates along the lines of impressionistic realism. Having studied at the Florence Academy of Art and Columbia University in New York City, he paints primarily in oils with elements that span both classical realism and contemporary art. A Houston native, Anton was named a Young Master by the Texas Commission on the Arts and is represented by artist organizations across the states.
Artist Statement
“Crafted by classical methods and embellished with a vibrant palette, my artistic practice revolves around expressing the ephemeral nature of our surroundings. The transitory state of each happening allows for only brief but pure recollections, so adopting a candid lens is a way of genuinely feeling moments, examining their context and illuminating the beauty woven into this space.
A painter of light...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tuscan historical figurative painting of the 20th century
Located in Florence, IT
The author of this painting is unknown, but it is a direct derivation of Raffaello Sorbi's "The Grand Duke's Stagecoach," now housed in a private collection in Milan, as can be seen ...
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Giea, Oil Painting Realism, Alla Prima, History Flows Into the Present, Figures
Located in Houston, TX
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Giea reexamines portraits of individuals throughout history to illustrate the premise that history flows into the present in an ever-changing state. And, with each new context, we view people and events through a contemporary lens specific to that moment.
Giea appropriates and contextualizes original portrait elements to create reinvented portraits using technique and patterning that brings a contemporary context and perspective to these historically inspired portraits.
My current body of work, Contemporary Histories, explores this phenomena by re-interpreting historical portraiture using a contemporary visual language. It is my intent to create a modern visual lens through which to view these individuals and their legacies, as they continue to flow into the present in ever-changing states.
As a keen example of how history changes and morphs over time, I have selected portraits of women who chose an alternate path from the traditional ones prescribed in their times. Some of these individuals overtly stepped outside the traditional roles prescribed for women to realize their goals. Others astutely maneuvered within the social system they lived in to obtain their aspirations. Whether altruistic or nefarious, these women and their actions altered the future cultural landscape. Through a 21st century lens, we view them as women with minds of their own, who made choices to control their own lives and futures. Often, in stark contrast to how they were viewed and how their actions were recorded in their own times.
For a modern visual language, a combination of fine and decorative arts has inspired my approach to this subject. Employing several formal contemporary tenets, most notably, rather than place the figure in a 3-dimensional space, as in the originals, the figures reside in flat graphic picture planes of damask designs, repetitive patterns or botanical grounds as modern settings for their modern legacies.
These graphic backgrounds symbolize what was historically considered a woman’s proper domain, in particular, gardening and needle crafts, such as; quilting, embroidery and sewing. Formally, unlike the originals, I am working alla prima, rather than with a base grisaille and delicate layers of glazing. While, the patterned and botanical environments, along with gold leaf applications, contemporary compositions and color palettes are formally influenced by a spectrum of 19th - 21st century artists and artisans; from Gustav Klimt and the Wiener Werkstatte to Henri Rousseau, Tamara de Lempicka and Will Cotton.
BIO
Honora Jacob...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
African American Sitting Portrait
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right.
Born in Mantorville, Minnesota, Arnold Blanch was a painter of scenes of social-realist American life with mystical overtones and a child-like seeming style. He was also a highly respected teacher, lecturer and visiting critic and was a spokesman for the art colony in Woodstock, New York. He was married to Lucile Blanch...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"In My Lady's House" Oil Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's (Us based) "In My Lady's House" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a lady in black and red plaid with bees gently flying and float...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Blonde
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Stoic, " Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Stoic" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a man with a dark beard in a dark interior with shadows playfully fills his face.
Mia Bergeron'...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pioneer Leader. Oil on cardboard, 25x24, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Pioneer Leader. Oil on cardboard, 25x24,5 cm
Arnolds Pankoks (born 1914.21.IX - 2008.)
Graduated Art Academy of Latvia (1937 – 43, 1945 – 47) with dip...
Category
1990s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$709 Sale Price
20% Off
Woman with Basket and Fruit (Couwenburgh). Contemporary Copy
Located in Brecon, Powys
Woman with Basket & Fruit 2009 – original by Christiaen van Couwenbergh (1604 – 1667)
Finely painted oil on canvas copy of the original Dutch Golde...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Shangri-La" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Shangri-La" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a lone woman, with dark bangs, holding her hand in the yoga position of Shangri-La in a pink...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mr. L (oil painting monochrome vintage old man beard portrait nostalgia, hat)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Rosi" Oil Painting
By Jason Walker
Located in Denver, CO
Jason Walker's (CAN based) "Rosi" is an oil painting that depicts a realistic portrait of a feminine face at three quarters view with a dark background and luminous green light
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Gypsy girl, 1947. Oil on canvas, 34x37 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Jadviga Žilvinska (1918-2010) was born in Tallinn.
She grew up in Liepāja, where her great interest in art began and strengthened, which led the young artist to study at the Art Academy of Latvia. During her studies at the Academy, she studied with K. Ubāns, V. Tone and J. Liepiņš, and defended her diploma thesis under the guidance of L. Liberts. Later on, she devoted her entire life to art, working at the Liepāja School of Fine Arts and as a portraitist at the "Māksla" combine.
She had four favourite themes: landscapes, portraits, flowers and sacred painting. Her works have lyricism and inner harmony. In the portraits, we see not only the outer form of a person, but the artist allows us to look into the very essence of a person - it is likely that the models themselves often saw something new and bright in themselves through the artist's vision.
The works are executed in various techniques - tempera, oil, pastel and watercolour.
CV:
1938 - Graduated from the Liepaja Secondary School of Applied Arts, Department of Decorative Painting.
1943 - Latvian Academy of Art, L. Liberts Figurative Painting Workshop with her diploma work "At the Artist's"
1946-1948 - teacher of painting and drawing at Liepāja Fine Arts High School.
1948-1966 - portraitist at the "Māksla" combine
Participated in exhibitions since 1948.
Member of the Artists' Union since 1966.
Solo exhibitions in Riga, Jelgava, Sigulda (1972); Riga (1975; 1978; two in 1981; 1986; 1994), Jurmala (1979).
Works exhibited in Latvia as well as abroad (Poland, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Finland, Venezuela, Germany, Hungary).
The works are located in:
"Portrait of Cardinal Julian Vaivoda", 1983, in the Vatican Museum in Rome
"Portrait of Pope John Paul II, 1982, in the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Curia of Riga
The altarpieces "The Heart of Jesus" and "Our Lady of Fatima", the paintings "John the Baptist" and "The Holy Family" , all from the late 1960s, in the Church of St Mary Magdalene...
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,371 Sale Price
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Girl with wild flowers. 2002, canvas, oil, 64x64 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Girl with wild flowers. 2002, canvas, oil, 64x64 cm
Category
Early 2000s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,458 Sale Price
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Mr. Cheerful (monochrome portrait vintage old man beard Hat Botanic nostalgia)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Mr. Cheerful by Rudolf Kosow presents a figure whose warm smile and rugged features exude an air of quiet confidence, yet the surreal detail of branches sprouting from his hat adds a...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Vanessa Paradis" by Shana Wilson - Soft Realism Portrait in Pink Oil Painting
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966)
"Vanessa Paradis" 2015
Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
About the Artist:
Shana Wilson, born in Edmon...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"Hear No Evil" oil painting, self-portrait of artist plugging ears with fingers
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Hear No Evil" is an oil painting. It depicts a woman, the artist, Maryann Lucas, plugging her ears with her fingers. The two tone composition represents the artist's zodiac, Gemini,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Time with Mom
By Mian Situ
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original oil painting on canvas by artist Mian Situ. Framed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Starburst" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sara Scribner's (US based) "Starburst" is an oil painting that depicts a realistic portrait of a feminine form in three quarters view wearing blue in a b...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$1,440 Sale Price
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"The Skeptic" 2023 oil painting realist portrait of man with long beard - framed
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"The Skeptic" is a realist oil on linen painting. It depicts a man with long golden red hair and beard in a coat. His eyes gaze to the side of the viewer, eyebrows furrowed.
Frame ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
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Linen, Oil
Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Maya Devi" Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 39" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Maya Devi" Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 39" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube.
A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a glamorous, feminine, p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Manuel Avila Camacho, Time magazine cover, - Journalist Portraiture
Located in Miami, FL
Journalist Portraiture. Gouache on board
Signed Lower Right matted to 17.75 x 16.75 inches. Archivally Matted Not Framed
He illustrated more than 300 covers for Time magazine a...
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1940s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Clint Eastwood" by Shana Wilson - Realism Portrait of Eastwood - Blue and Gray
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966)
"Clint Eastwood" 2015
Oil Paint, Wood Panel, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
About the Arti...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
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Oil, Wood Panel, Stretcher Bars
"Portrait of a woman" Oil on canvas
Located in Carmel, CA
Telopa, the father and son of artists, paints women in an elegant Mannerist style that combines classic beauty and mythological, symbolic allegory.
A San Francisco Bay Area native,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
"Mystique" 49x67" Oil on Canvas
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite painting titled "Mystique"' is a large oil on canvas by Ceravolo that measures 49x67", it was painted in 1980 in Ceravolo's trademarked portrait / illusion style, feat...
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Early 2000s Realist Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Saudi Arabia King Faisal Time Magazine Cover - Man of The Year Study
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Master portrait artist and illustration legend Bob Peak captures the likeness, dignity and essence of Saudi Arabia's King Faisal for Time Magazine Cover ...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Judy in Profile, Framed
By Kenny Harris
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Kenny Harris's latest body of work was informed by two recent residencies in Tuscany, at Borgo Finocchieto and Monteverdi. Inspired ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Adele
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
triptych of adele, oil on canvas
16 x 20 in size each
Christina Major was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1982. She has lived all over the world including Hawaii, France, New York...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
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Oil Crayon
$7,000
Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Warm Day on September
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marie Channer, "Moonlit", 40x60 Equine Horse Silhouette Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Moonlit", is a 40x60 equine oil painting on canvas by artist Marie Channer. Featured is a horse caught mid run, silhouetted by the moonlight above. This minimalist appro...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
"The Bronze Mask" Acrylic on canvas 36" x 26" inch painting by Tom Barnabi
By Tom Barnabi
Located in Culver City, CA
""The Bronze Mask" Acrylic on canvas 36" x 26" inch painting by Tom Barnabi
Full name of the work: The Bronze Mask of Emperor Marcus Auerelius Antoninus A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
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Paper, Acrylic
"Young Patriot" Portrait American Folk Figural Oil Painting Contemporary Flag
Located in Wellesley, MA
Charlotte Gibbs recently had the distinct honor of being awarded First Prize in The Roddy Compeition held at the Concord Center for Visual Arts in Concord, MA where she was singled ...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Youth" Portrait Figurative Oil Painting 39" x 39 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Youth" Portrait Figurative Oil Painting 39" x 39 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube.
A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a glamorous, femini...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mujeres de Oaxaca - Women of Oaxaca - contemporary ink and brush on canvas
Located in Dallas, TX
Her meticulously constructed paintings play with the duality between the simple and the complex, between the observer and the observed.
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$4,640 Sale Price
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Anne Wolff, "Moondance Joy", Realistic Horse Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas
By Anne Wolff
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This equine racing portrait "Moondance Joy" by artist Anne Wolff is a 20x16 original oil painting on canvas. Depicted is a frontal close up view of the famous thoroughbred mare Moon...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$6,760 Sale Price
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Girl on cello
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
In this painting I depict a young woman deeply concentrated in her musical rehearsal. The image captures a magical moment, where the skill of the performer intertwines with the elega...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Oil painting / Portrait / Figurative/ Museum/ Interior/ Expressive/ Text
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Meditation Self Portrait' realistic, elegant mystical portrait acrylic painting
Located in Lahti, FI
David J. S. Holbrook is a multi-faceted artist whose work bridges the realms of fine arts and music, creating a powerful narrative of human connection and emotional depth. His visual...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'End Of Winter Sun' realistic, elegant mystical yellow portrait acrylic painting
Located in Lahti, FI
David J. S. Holbrook is a multi-faceted artist whose work bridges the realms of fine arts and music, creating a powerful narrative of human connection and emotional depth. His visual...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Michael Paraskevas Protests Acrylic on Paper, 1986
Located in Astoria, NY
Michael Paraskevas (American, b. 1961), Protests in New York City, Acrylic on Paper, 1986, signed and dated to lower border, unframed. Image: 19" H x 12" W; sheet: 23" H x 14.5" W. P...
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Late 20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Classic Profile" 32x30", Acrylic and oil on board
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
In this work titled "Classic Profile" Ceravolo has used one of his favorite New York models and has combine oil and acrylic with oil stick to create this timeless subtle and classic ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Oil, Acrylic, Board, Oil Crayon
"Fume" Acrylic on canvas 39" x 39" inch painting by Tom Barnabi
By Tom Barnabi
Located in Culver City, CA
"Fume" Acrylic on canvas 39" x 39" inch painting by Tom Barnabi
Tom Barnabi is a part of the modern generation of artists, who managed to absorb several c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Marie Channer, "Breaking Pointe", 24x18 Ballet Dancer Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Breaking Pointe", is a 24x18 oil painting on canvas by artist Marie Channer. Featured is a ballet dancer silhouetted in the spotlight of the stage, caught in pose. Glow ...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Small Room" Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 39" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Small Room" Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 39" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube.
A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a glamorous, feminine,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Victoria
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor on paper
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper, Watercolor
Realist portrait paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Realist portrait 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 portrait 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, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Matt Talbert, Chikako Okada, Mark Beard, and Bruce Adams. 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 portrait paintings, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait 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 $180 and tops out at $885,000, while the average work sells for $3,600.
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Cambridge Pristine
Charles Bridge Prague
Charles Colombo
Charles Davies
Charles Mcauley
Cherokee Roses
Contortionist Vintage
Daisy Fellowes
David T Kessler
Denys Puech
Dior Speedy Vintage
Edward Langley
Edward Wilcox
English Bulldog Painting
Eucalyptus Grove Painting
Female Nudes By Raymond
Figurine Mickey Vintage
Florence White Williams