Photorealist Still-life Paintings
PHOTOREALISM
A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.
Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.
The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.
“Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”
The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.
On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.
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Style: Photorealist
Reflections Huge Original Oil Painting by Photorealist Mark Schiff
By Mark Schiff
Located in Boca Raton, FL
One cannot appreciate this painting on a computer screen; in real life, it is absolutely amazing.
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About Mark Schiff -- Animated by photographs that reflect his personal life, Mark Schiff’s paintings are fueled by what makes him happy. Through his open touch and signature blending method, he lends his artistic perception to the original photographic compositions captured on his Leica.
Mark’s creative vision has been alive since he was a boy. As a child he spent his summers observing life as he rode the trolley back and forth to art classes at the Pratt Institute. During his future travels to Europe, Mark’s eye for light and photography merged with his passion for painting at the Jeu de Paume in Paris; which triggered his career in photorealism.
Mark is well known for painting objects that people can identify and emotionally connect with. His work is distinctly marked by a rich palette and the luminous range of light he paints into his compositions. Each painting is a true extension of his vision and can take up to 200 hours to complete.
Mark Schiff’s work has been commissioned by the well-known brands The Hershey Company and Tropicana. His private collectors include A-list celebrities and also corporate collectors in the US and abroad.
Possessing a strong philanthropic nature, Mark donates both his time and works to charitable organizations such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, The Ronald McDonald House, Make-A-Wish Foundation, The Humane Society and the Special Olympics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Harvest Season", Alexander Volkov, 30x40, Oil on Canvas, Photorealism
Located in Dallas, TX
"Harvest Season" by Alexander Volkov is an original oil on canvas. The photorealistic painting beautifully captures a room full of empty baskets and barrels stacked around a wooden b...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Picardie Glasses, colorful, photo realistic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Doug Newton’s hyper-real paintings observe reality, explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light can transform our perceptions. Hi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Peaches
Located in Greenwich, CT
Peaches in a bag
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Tres Bolsas de Papel en Diagonal, Oil Painting by Gustavo Schmidt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gustavo Schmidt
Title: Tres Bolsas de Papel en Diagonal
Year: 2014
Medium: Oil on Canvas with Varnish, signed l.r.
Size: 36 x 48 inches
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Oil
G. Linister Smith Oil on Board "Pears"
Located in San Francisco, CA
G. Linister Smith: 1938-2018. Incredibly talented realistic painter with auction record of $1,989. He lived in Missouri and was befriended by Thomas Hart Benton and his wife Rita. Th...
Category
1960s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wild Child - photorealist painting
By Lynette Cook
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Wild Child' depicts a San Francisco home, painted brightly to reflect the free spirited city that is bathed in warm west coast sunlight with shadows cascad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Golden Martini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. Kathleen brings a fresh, clean perspective to her colorf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Camellia Branch, colorful, still life, superealsim
By Doug Newton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Painted directly from live observation, Doug Newton’s hyper-real paintings explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Scripsit No 21 - bright, vivid detail, realist, still-life oil on canvas
By Ciba Karisik
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A cache of handwritten letters, stamped, and torn open creates a nostalgic composition in this realistic oil painting by Ciba Karisik. Known for his mas...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"White Lilies", Oleg Turchin, Oil on Canvas, 30" x 24", Photorealism Painting
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
"White Lilies" by Oleg Turchin is a 30x24 inch oil painting on canvas. Turchin brings these flowers to life with each stroke of his brush. The technique w...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Iridescence, super realistic oil painting of colorful iridescent ribbons
Located in Brooklyn, NY
colorful ribbons
Oil on canvas
Doug Newton’s hyper-real paintings observe reality, explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light can...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In the Doghouse
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stuart Dunkel's original oil paintings are created in a hyper-realistic style. He paints realistic imagery based on real-world inspirations. His paintings show that everyday objects ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
In the Pink Martini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. Kathleen brings a fresh, clean perspective to her colorf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Glitter of My Eye
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stuart Dunkel has spent decades refining his hyper-realistic style. He paints realistic imagery based on real-world inspirations. His paintings show that everyday objects can be fasc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Three Pairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hyper-realist painting of pears in a box
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Spools of Ribbon, bright red, turquoise super realism
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on Canvas, bright color
Doug Newton’s hyper-real oil paintings observe reality, explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light ca...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Strawberry Sundae" Delicious Photo Realism of Vanilla Cream & Whipped Cream
Located in Wellesley, MA
Mary Ellen Johnson
"Strawberry Sundae"
2018
Oil on Panel
39.75 x 34.25 Inches
Note: This painting is framed in dark cherry wood.
Mary Ellen Johnson is internationally recognized as one of the top Photo Realist painters working today whose extraordinary area of expertise is images of food. Johnson actually describes herself as a ‘Precision Realist’ whose primary subject is food - cheesecakes, PB & J sandwiches, parfaits, pancakes, banana splits, ice cream, hot dogs, cupcakes, waffles, muscles, sushi, etc.. These brilliantly painted works capture every nuance and are rendered with amazing precision. Stunningly beautiful and incomparably 'real,' her paintings are a delight in terms of subject matter, color, perfect composition, and whimsy, with an approachable quality that elevates them far beyond expertly executed mechanical renderings.
Unequaled for their brilliance and dramatic depictions of mundane subjects with their connotations of nostalgia, comfort and tradition, it is also her scale, cropping and extraordinary technical skill that render these works so overwhelmingly appealing. Johnson's paintings are acknowledged by the leading collectors in the country to represent the very best of the Photorealist tradition:
“I make the panels large to give a monumental feeling to the painting when viewed. These large images not only confront the viewer with their size but with their tremendous sense of extravagance. My work explores the deep connection that food has with humanity.” Mary Ellen Johnson
Included among the many accolades received for Johnson's work is a commission by the Canadian Government to paint 5 of Canada's favorite foods, images which were then translated into stamps, as well as a commission from The Cheesecake Factory's chain of restaurants for a "Strawberry Cheesecake with Whipped Cream" for their corporate headquarters in California.
MARY ELLEN JOHNSON
Born: 1967, West Long Branch, NJ.
Education: Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL, 1989.
Exhibitions:
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
Beth Urdang...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Oracle, Contemporary Art Photorealist Memento Mori Oil Painting by Matthew Bober
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oracle
2016
Oil on Panel
9" x 12" unframed
16 1/2" x 19 1/4" framed
Taxidermy monkey head sits atop a brick wrapped in plastic. Many of the artist's ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
8 Track I - Graffiti and rust covered bridge contemporary photorealist painting
By Roland Kulla
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting captures a graffiti and rust covered steel bridge with bright blue skies and a sliver of green trees in and urban architectural setting.
Rolland has always been fascinated by the built environment. Reflecting on what the structures tell about their builders as well as their interaction with nature and the results of time. He focuses on the engineering ingenuity that created Chicago’s many bridges. Structural elements are abstracted from their context and painted with a hard-edged realism on a scale that highlights the monumentality of the forms and the creativity necessary for their existence. Shown here is “Eight Track”
Roland Kulla
8 Track...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Girl in a Chair, Large Painting by Bill Wiman
By Bill Wiman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bill Wiman, American (1940 - )
Title: Girl in a Chair
Year: 1978
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed
Size: 82 x 83.5 in. (182.88 x 212.09 cm)
Frame: 83 x 84.5 inches
Category
1970s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20/20 Vision - photorealist painting
By Lynette Cook
Located in Burlingame, CA
'20/20 Vision' depicts a historic San Francisco warehouse building with warm sunlight and shadows cascading across the facade of the building with blue inset window panes. The subtle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pink Ball & Hook (Photorealist Oil Painting of Industrial Equipment on Blue)
Located in Hudson, NY
Vertical photo-realist painting on canvas of pale pink ball with steel colored hook on a bright sky blue background
72 x 36 x 1.5 inches
oil on canvas, thin wood stripping
signed "Richards" on bottom right corner in yellow paint
wire is installed on the back for easy hanging
This precisely detailed photo-realist painting was made by Joseph E. Richards in 1981. The artist painted this piece when he was 60 years old during a successful career painting trains, cargo ships, and industrial machinery. Richards served in the US Navy during WWII and went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia before showing with Ivan Karp of O.K. Harris Gallery in NYC. The artist moved upstate to Hillsdale, NY for the later years of his life.
This painting captures one of Richards' most beloved subjects, close up views of industrial equipment against a vivid blue sky. With a photo-realist approach to the subject, Richard was able to capture detailed changes in light and shadow, shape and form. The pale pink colored ball and steel colored hook, down to each screw and bolt, is completed with extreme focus and precision. One could easily confuse this painting with a photograph since it was completed with a very smooth application of paint, with no texture built upon the surface. It is not until you examine the painting up close, do you realize the artist's calculated brushwork.
The painting is framed with natural wood stripping. The work is lightweight and easy to hang with wire installed on the back.The artist's signature is located on the front and back of the canvas.
About the artist:
Joseph Richards’ precisely painted canvases of giant cranes, cargo booms, propellers and train engines are fueled with a fascination like that of a six-year old boy. Working directly from photographs, Richards unites light and color together as one element, evident in the reflective surfaces of steel. The otherwise mundane signs of corrosive wear are magnified; rust stains glow on the canvas and yellow painted pulleys radiate like beacons against a bright, blue sky. Richards finds beauty in their dramatic color, resilient texture, definitive form and functionality. Richards paints sections of these objects in grand scale, with canvases up to 6 feet long and eye-popping color, calling attention to their massive proportions and exceptional strength.
Richards had solo exhibits in New York City, Scottsdale AZ, and Washington DC, and his work is found in private and corporate collections here and abroad, e.g., the Tucson Museum of Fine Arts, Mobil Oil, Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia, and E. Jean Belloni in Geneva, Switzerland.
Resume:
Born in 1921 in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph Richards left for Chicago after high school to pursue a career in art. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1942 – 1945, he went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He eventually settled with his wife, Betty, in New York City. In 1969, longtime dealer Ivan Karp opened The OK Harris Gallery on West Broadway in Manhattan’s SoHo. Karp was at the forefront of the Photorealism movement, showing artists such as Duane Hanson and Manny Farber...
Category
1980s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reflection, Contemporary Photorealist Painting of Japanese Figure & Vervet Skull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Reflection
2015
Oil on Panel
9" x 12" unframed
15" x 18" framed
Photorealist oil painting of a black pedestal in black reflection pool with floating flowers, vervet skull wrapped in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Crane: Large Photo-Realist Painting of Industrial Red Ball & Grey Crane on Blue
Located in Hudson, NY
Large, vertical photo-realist painting on canvas of industrial red ball and steel grey crane on a sky blue background by Joseph Richards
oil on canvas,...
Category
1980s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Peaches I, Photorealistic Oil Painting by Gustavo Schmidt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gustavo Schmidt
Title: Peaches I
Year: 2013
Medium: Oil on Canvas with Varnish, signed l.r.
Size: 38 x 42 inches
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Canvas, Oil
Pink and Black, colorful, super realism
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas, color superrealism
Doug Newton’s hyper-real oil paintings observe reality, explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways li...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Winter Iris, Large Flower Painting by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: The Winter Iris
Year: 1986
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 54 in. x 54 in. (137.16 cm x 137.16 cm)
Fra...
Category
1980s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Plums
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stuart Dunkel has spent decades refining his hyper-realistic style. He paints realistic imagery based on real world inspirations. His paintings show that the everyday object can be f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Telescoping #2 (Large Photorealist Oil Painting of a Red & White Crane on Blue)
Located in Hudson, NY
Large, photo-realist painting on canvas featuring a fire engine red and white industrial crane against a bright sky blue background
69 x 48 x 2 inches
oil on canvas, thin wood stripping
signed verso, "Joseph E. Richards"
Hangs with wire installed on the back
Excellent condition, ready to hang as is
This precisely detailed photo-realist painting was made by Joseph E. Richards in 1992. The artist painted this piece when he was 71 years old during a long career of painting trains, cargo ships, and industrial machinery. Richards served in the US Navy during WWII and went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia before showing with Ivan Karp of O.K. Harris Gallery in NYC. The artist moved upstate to Hillsdale, NY for the later years of his life.
This painting captures one of Richards' most beloved subjects, industrial cranes. With a photo-realist approach to the subject, Richards was able to capture detailed changes in light and shadow, shape and form. The red and white crane, painted with extreme detail and focus, vividly contrasts against a bright blue sky. Areas of brown rust, attesting to the machine's power and longevity, are captured with immaculate precision.
Since the painting has a very smooth surface, one could easily confuse this painting with a photograph. It is not until you examine the painting up close, do you realize the artist's calculated brushwork.
The painting is framed with natural wood stripping. The work is lightweight and easy to hang with pre-installed wire. The artist's signature is located on the back of the canvas.
About the artist:
Joseph Richards...
Category
1990s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Love Letters
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her hyperrealistic ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique Russian Trompe L'Oeil Super Realist Kitchen Still Life Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Russian super realist still life painting by Sergei Petrovich Ivanov (1893 - 1983). Oil on canvas, circa 1945. Signed. Displayed in a period modernist frame. Image size, 3...
Category
1940s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seahorse and Puppy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stuart Dunkel has spent decades refining his hyper-realistic style. He paints realistic imagery based on real-world inspirations. His paintings show that everyday objects can be fasc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Heirloom / oil on linen
By Mimi Jensen
Located in Burlingame, CA
Persimmons, cobalt blue table linens and silver are the focus of this elegant and dramatic still life. Colors include silver, orange and blue. Photorealist oil painting on canvas. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Canvas, Oil
Sold
By Lynette Cook
Located in Burlingame, CA
Original acrylic photorealist architectural painting in full and dazzling color, where a "SOLD" sign hangs on a San Francisco Chinatown building for sale. The complex scene features light and shadow falling across tiered metal balconies...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Silver Bowl
By Steven Jones
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Steven Jones, American
Title: The Silver Bowl
Year: 2001
Medium: Oil on Linen on Panel, signed, titled, and dated verso
Size: 42 x 60 inches
Frame Size: 43.5 x 62 inches
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Oils
Located in Greenwich, CT
Painting of a canvas on an easel depicting oil paints.
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
FADED - photorrealism hyoerrealism original painting
By Lynette Cook
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Faded' depicts Chinese immigrant woman looking out from the window of her Chinatown home. The building is covered with cascading shadows that are created from the building's metal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bag of Marbles - Photorealistic Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stuart Dunkel has spent decades refining his hyper-realistic style. He paints realistic imagery based on real world inspirations. His paintings show that the everyday object can be f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eupholus Shoenherri, Contemporary Art Photorealist Oil Painting by Matthew Bober
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Eupholus Shoenherri
2019
Oil and metal leaf. on panel
5" x 7"unframed
8.25" x 8.25" framed
Eupholus Shoenherri is a species of beetles from New Guinea. Many of the artist's works a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Metal
Fiddler - Original Oil Painting by Famed Photorealist Mark Schiff
By Mark Schiff
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Fiddler -- Original Oil Painting by Renowned Artist Mark Schiff
26" x 32" Oil on Linen Original Painting from the Tropicana collection.
This is a unique, original painting of which no copies have been made of any sort.
One cannot appreciate this painting on a computer screen; in real life, it is absolutely amazing.
About Mark Schiff -- Animated by photographs that reflect his personal life, Mark Schiff’s paintings are fueled by what makes him happy. Through his open touch and signature blending method, he lends his artistic perception to the original photographic compositions captured on his Leica. Mark’s creative vision has been alive since he was a boy. As a child he spent his summers observing life as he rode the trolley back and forth to art classes at the Pratt Institute. During his future travels to Europe, Mark’s eye for light and photography merged with his passion for painting at the Jeu de Paume in Paris; which triggered his career in photorealism. Mark is well known for painting objects that people can identify and emotionally connect with. His work is distinctly marked by a rich palette and the luminous range of light he paints into his compositions. Each painting is a true extension of his vision and can take up to 200 hours to complete. Mark Schiff’s work has been commissioned by the well-known brands The Hershey Company and Tropicana. His private collectors include A-list celebrities and also corporate collectors in the US and abroad. Possessing a strong philanthropic nature, Mark donates both his time and works to charitable organizations such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, The Ronald McDonald House, Make-A-Wish Foundation, The Humane Society and the Special Olympics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Six Windows, Myrtle Ave (Photo-Realist Oil Painting of Classic NYC Red Building)
Located in Hudson, NY
Photo-realist oil painting of a classic red brick building exterior in New York City
Oil on linen mounted on panel in a handmade walnut frame
10 x 27 x 2 inches framed
Wire backing ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Lemons and Limes on Quilt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt
Title: Lemons and Limes on Quilt
Year: 1988
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 39 in. x 48 in. (99.06 cm x 121.92 cm)
Frame Size: 40.25 ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Madison Street (Photo-Realist Still Life Painting of NYC Red Brick Building)
Located in Hudson, NY
Photo-realist oil painting of a red brick building on Madison Street in Manhattan's Lower East Side.
oil on wood in artist made dark wood frame
10 x 8 inches
This contemporary, rea...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Calabazas", Still Life Oil Painting by Armando Ahuatzi, 1995
By Armando Ahuatzi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Armando Ahuatzi, Mexican
Title: Calabazas
Year: 1995
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 18.5 x 27 inches
Frame Size: 29 x 37.5 inches
Category
1990s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Texas Exotic, Large Painting by Bill Wiman
By Bill Wiman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bill Wiman, American (1940 - )
Title: Texas Exotic
Year: 1977
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed
Size: 56 x 59.5 in. (142.24 x 151.13 cm)
Frame: 57 x 61 inches
Category
1970s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Backstage / oil on linen
By Mimi Jensen
Located in Burlingame, CA
Theatrical reflective and feathered objects dramatically lit, sitting upon a wooden table with a black background. Colors include silver, red and black with touches of yellow and bro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Canvas, Oil
14th Street (Photo-Realist Oil Painting of Classic NYC Brick Building)
Located in Hudson, NY
Photo-realist oil painting of a classic brick building exterior in New York City
28 x 50 inches, oil on canvas painting
Wire backing for easy hanging
Unframed with white painted sides
This contemporary, realistic oil painting of a New York City brick building exterior was painted by Richard Britell in 2019. Employing his mastery of the troupe l'oeil technique, Britell paints the smooth red colored stone building in extreme detail assuming a three-dimensional quality with close attention paid to shadow and perspective. This building is reminiscent of neo-classical architecture, popularized in the mid-late 1800's and the striking red exterior contrasts against the white stone window trim, further accentuating the painting's troupe l'oeil qualities. The painting on canvas is complete with wire on reverse for seamless hanging.
About the artist:
Richard Britell, a career painter, studied at Pratt Institute with Philip Pearlstein and Walter Erlebacher. His first show in NYC at Staempfli Gallery was sold out, and reviewed in the New York Times. Britell’s new works revolve around large, dreamy cityscapes tending toward abstraction. The artist currently lives in Pittsfield, MA.
Born Utica, New York, 1944
Education
1962 – 1964 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1964 – 1966 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY B.F.A.
1970 – 1972 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, M.F.A.
Solo Exhibitions
2011 “Measuring the Universe” Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, MA
2010 “And Now For Some things Completely Different”
Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, MA
2010 “The Figure, The Figure, The Figure and The Figure”
Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, MA
2009 “A nest of robins in her hair” Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, MA
2007 “NY, NY” Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, Ma
2003 “Image and Text” Tokonoma Gallery, Housatonic, MA
1999 “From Architecture to Abstraction” Tokonoma Gallery, Housatonic, MA
1998 “New Work” Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
1998 “New Figures” Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox, MA
1995 “Richard Britell, New Work” Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY
1993 “New Work on Gilded Panel” Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY
1985 “Fresco Panels...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Wood Panel
"Rosa Ignea IV (Red Rose), " Oil on Canvas Still Life signed by Maria Colombier
By Maria Esther M. Colombier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Rosa Ignea IV (Red Rose)" is an original oil painting on canvas by Maria Esther M. Colombier. It depicts a single red rose in a glass vase. The artist used a hyper-realistic style a...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Giverny Series: 10 April 1995, " Oil on Paper Lily Pads signed by Leslie Parke
By Leslie Parke
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Giverny Series 10 April 1995" is an original oil painting on paper by Leslie Parke. The artist signed and titled the work lower right. This piece depicts a lily pad with blooming fl...
Category
1990s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Gloxinia & Slice of Torte, " Gouache Still Life by Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Gloxinia & Slice of Torte" is an original gouache painting by Alicia Czechowski. It depicts a basket of lush flowers and a slice of a dessert painted in a photorealist style.
20 1/...
Category
1990s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Tomatoes - Still Life, Fruit & Vegetables, South Africa, Realistic
By Mark Midgley
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Tomatoes by Mark Midgley. Original Oil on Canvas.
The Cape Town artist, Mark Midgley, is originally from Leeds in the UK. He moved to South Africa in 1979, where he started a silk...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Dominos
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original oil on canvas, signed.
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Volupté
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original oil on linen, signed.
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
20158
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original oil on canvas; signed with artist's initials lower right.
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vuelo Nocturno (Night Flight)
By Gabriel Berlusconi
Located in Kensington, MD
Exhibited 2003: Salon Nacional, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires)
Gabriel Berlusconi was born in La Plata, Argentina in 1954. He graduated with a degree in visual ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Cherry Cheesecake" Photo-Realist Still Life, Cheesecake Slice in Red and White
Located in Wellesley, MA
Mary Ellen Johnson
"Cherry Cheesecake"
Oil on Panel
38 x 27 1/2 Inches
Note: This painting is framed in dark cherry wood.
Mary Ellen Johnson is internationally recognized as one of the top Photo Realist painters working today whose extraordinary area of expertise is images of food. Johnson actually describes herself as a ‘Precision Realist’ whose primary subject is food - cheesecakes, PB & J sandwiches, parfaits, pancakes, banana splits, ice cream, hot dogs, cupcakes, waffles, muscles, sushi, etc.. These brilliantly painted works capture every nuance and are rendered with amazing precision. Stunningly beautiful and incomparably 'real,' her paintings are a delight in terms of subject matter, color, perfect composition, and whimsy, with an approachable quality that elevates them far beyond expertly executed mechanical renderings.
Unequaled for their brilliance and dramatic depictions of mundane subjects with their connotations of nostalgia, comfort and tradition, it is also her scale, cropping and extraordinary technical skill that render these works so overwhelmingly appealing. Johnson's paintings are acknowledged by the leading collectors in the country to represent the very best of the Photorealist tradition:
“I make the panels large to give a monumental feeling to the painting when viewed. These large images not only confront the viewer with their size but with their tremendous sense of extravagance. My work explores the deep connection that food has with humanity.” Mary Ellen Johnson
Included among the many accolades received for Johnson's work is a commission by the Canadian Government to paint 5 of Canada's favorite foods, images which were then translated into stamps, as well as a commission from The Cheesecake Factory's chain of restaurants for a "Strawberry Cheesecake with Whipped Cream" for their corporate headquarters in California.
MARY ELLEN JOHNSON
Born: 1967, West Long Branch, NJ.
Education: Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL, 1989.
Exhibitions:
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
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Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
To The Three
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original oil on canvas; signed with aritst's initials lower right.
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
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