Realist Still-life 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
"Shell 18, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's "Shell 18" is an oil on board created in 2019 depicting an illuminated shell floating in a black background.
About the artist:
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Mi...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Shell 8, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's "Shell 8" is an oil on board created in 2019 depicting an illuminated shell floating in a black background.
About the artist:
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Mis...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Shell 4 " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Shell 4" is an oil on board created in 2020 depicting a shell floating above glistening waves.
About the artist:
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Miss...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
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Oil
"Elegant Still Life of Pitcher in Blue and Gold with White Pattern on Cloth"
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Elegant Still Life of Pitcher in Blue and Gold with White Pattern on Cloth"
Olga Antonova’s subject is compositions of extraordinarily elegant and beautiful cups, plates, teapots, ...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ebb and Flow, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's (US based) "Ebb and Flow" is an oil painting featuring a red apple still life with various objects.
About the artist:
David is an internationally acclaimed and col...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Realistic Still Life Painting, "Seemingly Ordinary #11" 2022
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original painting by southern California artist, Leslie Winokur. Its dimensions are 20" x 10" x 1" (HxWxD). It is oil on linen. ...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
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Oil
"Elegant Still Life of Blue and White Sugar Dish" Traditional and contemporary
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Elegant Still Life of Blue and White Sugar Dish," Oil on Canvas, 15 x 18 Inches. Both traditional and contemporary, this simply beautiful classic sugar di...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Kindergarten, children" Oil cm. 36 x 48 , 1960 , shipping free
Located in Torino, IT
Child,children,russian,art,1960
NADEZHDA VOROBIEVA (Moscow, 1924 - 2011)
Works by Nadezhda Vorobieva can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United States an...
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1960s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Four White and Gold Cups Still Life on Bright Blue Background with Gray Cloth"
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Elegant Still Life of Four Gold and White Cups on Bright Blue"
Olga Antonova’s subject is compositions of extraordinarily elegant and beautiful c...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Monet's Apples" Still-Life Oil Painting Contemporary American Folk Green
Located in Wellesley, MA
;Monet's Apples Oil on Linen, 14 x 24 Inches
Charlotte Gibbs recently had the distinct honor of being awarded First Prize in The Roddy Compeition held at the Concord Center fo...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Magpie's Tale
Located in Natchez, MS
Another in a series of visually arresting still life paintings from Australian artist Louise Feneley. Exquisitely painted elements of the natural world ...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Two bowls with grapes
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
This large-format painting features two bowls with grapes arranged diagonally within the pictorial space. The top-down view emphasizes the geometric play of the elements, with each b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Bottle and Fruit" Still Life Contemporary American Yellow Tan Oil Painting
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 o...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Growing Green
Located in Fairfield, CT
Kenneth Toohey, also known by his online moniker Chewyangelo, is an up and coming American painter who draws inspiration from everyday objects and animals. His paintings often featur...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Flower With Noname
Located in Fairfield, CT
Kenneth Toohey, also known by his online moniker Chewyangelo, is an up and coming American painter who draws inspiration from everyday objects and animals. His paintings often featur...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Bowls with grapes II
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
The artwork presents an elegant and balanced composition where two bowls with grapes are harmoniously distributed across the canvas. One bowl occupies the center, capturing the viewe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Brilliant Rose
Located in Fairfield, CT
Kenneth Toohey, also known by his online moniker Chewyangelo, is an up and coming American painter who draws inspiration from everyday objects and animals. His paintings often featur...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Elegant Still Life of Two Blue and White Hats with Red Flower"
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Elegant Still Life of Two Blue and White Hats with Red Flower"
Olga Antonova’s subject is compositions of extraordinarily elegant and beautiful cups, plates, teapots, and dishes, b...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Located in Fairfield, CT
Direct observation excites me. It allows for close, quiet, and constant discovery. The subtle shifts that occur in natural changing light create living color harmonies and moments of...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Elegant Still Life of White, Gold, Blue, and Green Cups on a Plate"
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Elegant Still Life of White, Gold, Blue, and Green Cups on a Plate"
Olga Antonova’s subject is compositions of extraordinarily elegant and beautiful cups, ...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Elegant Still Life of Pink and Gold Cup on Dots"
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Elegant Still Life of Pink and Gold Cup on Dots"
Olga Antonova’s subject is compositions of extraordinarily elegant and beautiful cups, plates, teapots, and dishes, but there is so...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Elegant Still Life of Blue Plate with Gold"
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Elegant Still Life of Blue Plate with Gold"
Olga Antonova’s subject is compositions of extraordinarily elegant and beautiful cups, plates, teapots, and d...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Elegant Still Life of Group of White and Gold Cups, One Yellow"
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Elegant Still Life of Group of White and Gold Cups, One Yellow"
Olga Antonova’s subject is compositions of extraordinarily elegant and beautiful cups, plates, teapots, and dishes, ...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Bowl of Fruit, Clock and Demitasse" Still-Life American Folk Contemporary Oil
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 ...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"When Life Gives you Lemons, Paint Them" Oil painting of produce soaking in sink
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An impressionistic painting of fruits and vegetables. Some are soaking in the sink while the rest sit to the side of the sink. A depiction of a bountiful summer harvest.
Framed dim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mini Sweets Diptych, Gavin Dobson, Two Limited Edition Prints, Food Artwork
By Gavin Dobson
Located in Deddington, GB
Mini Sweets Diptych by Gavin Dobson
Consists of
Mini Gummy Bear
Mini Cola Bottle
Each piece individually is £60
Each piece individually is H21cm x W14.8cm x D0.1cm
Both pieces so...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Screen
Fire Flier
By Brad Overton
Located in Park City, UT
Brad Overton creates large scale paintings of toy figurines; he brings these objects to life by placing them in unique and fantastical settings. "I have always loved the patina of ol...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Orange Roses and Lilac Posie"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
This gouache on paper is signed in the lower right.
A specialist in floral still lives, especially informal arrangements, Raoul M. De Longpre was born in Lyons, Paris into an aristocratic, albeit poor, family that were "fleuristes", persons associated with flower painting whose center was Lyons. His father, Jean Antoine, decorated fans and exhibited floral still lifes in Paris and Lyons.
He began drawing at a young age. By the time he was twelve he was earning a living painting flowers on fans for a firm in Paris. He worked and studied with his brother, Paul De Longpre...
Category
19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Grand Budapest Hotel
Located in Fairfield, CT
Direct observation excites me. It allows for close, quiet, and constant discovery. The subtle shifts that occur in natural changing light create living color harmonies and moments of...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Dubliners
Located in Fairfield, CT
Direct observation excites me. It allows for close, quiet, and constant discovery. The subtle shifts that occur in natural changing light create living color harmonies and moments of...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
A World of Curious Things 7
Located in Natchez, MS
Another in a series of visually arresting still life's from Australian artist Louise Feneley. Exquisitely painted dried flora and fauna set on a backgro...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
A Walk by The Beach
Located in Natchez, MS
A sublime look at the realistic work of Louise Feneley. The artist combines objects collected during a walk on the beach in Australia and arranges them ...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Paper Mate White Pearl
Located in Fairfield, CT
Richard Parker’s paintings are exquisitely rendered portraits of ephemeral objects more often used to create artworks than as the content. With a nod to Pop Art, Parker focuses on t...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Plastic Figure 1" Oil Painting
By Jason Walker
Located in Denver, CO
Jason Walker's (CAN based) "Plastic Figure 1" is an oil painting that depicts a lone pink plastic Cowboy figure toy standing with his gun on his shoulder...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
It's for You, Oil Painting
By Nick Leibee
Located in Denver, CO
Nick Leibee's "It's for You" is an oil painting created in 2019 depicting a contemporary still life of a toy phone.
About the artist:
Nicholas (Nick) Le...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Autumn Day
Located in Natchez, MS
Another in a series of visually arresting still life's from Australian artist Louise Feneley. Exquisitely painted and evocative of Autumn, a Fall leaf, ...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Cactus Queen
By Brad Overton
Located in Park City, UT
Brad Overton creates large scale paintings of toy figurines; he brings these objects to life by placing them in unique and fantastical settings. "I have...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life in Blue and White
Located in Fairfield, CT
Much of Bennett Vadnais’ subject matter comes from his surroundings in Manhattan and Brooklyn. With a strong background in plein air landscape painting, Vadnais finds an interesting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel
DESiGN ARTGUM eraser
Located in Fairfield, CT
Richard Parker’s paintings are exquisitely rendered portraits of ephemeral objects more often used to create artworks than as the content. With a nod t...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eggplant and Glass : oil on canvas painting
Located in New York, NY
Painting by New York artist Douglas Newton.
His paintings are about color, reflections, texture, transparency, translucency, all the effects of light. Newton paints from reality, not using photographs. He paints with oil paint on canvas, which has the flexibility to let the artist create...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mother Garden
Located in Fairfield, CT
ARTIST STATEMENT: My work delicately renders familiar domestic comforts that we use to feel secure. Examining the identities of heirloom textiles and childhood nostalgia summons conf...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blooming
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery. ARTIST STATEMENT: My work delicately renders familiar domestic comforts that we use to feel secure. Examining the identities of heirloom textil...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Essence No. 3
Located in Park City, UT
Nate Ronniger's current collection of realist paintings feature scenes created from comic characters and cut and folded paper. In describing the work Nate writes, "In many ways, I th...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Grand Limoges
Located in Fairfield, CT
Direct observation excites me. It allows for close, quiet, and constant discovery. The subtle shifts that occur in natural changing light create living color harmonies and moments of...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
L & C HARDTMUTH 300
Located in Fairfield, CT
Richard Parker’s paintings are exquisitely rendered portraits of ephemeral objects more often used to create artworks than as the content. With a nod to Pop Art, Parker focuses on t...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Night Stand II
Located in Fairfield, CT
ARTIST STATEMENT: My work delicately renders familiar domestic comforts that we use to feel secure. Examining the identities of heirloom textiles and childhood nostalgia summons conf...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Home Sweet Home 4
Located in Fairfield, CT
These small works HOME SWEET HOME are painted on vintage wallpaper in oil and acrylic.
ARTIST STATEMENT: My work delicately renders familiar domestic comforts that we use to feel se...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Detritus
Located in Fairfield, CT
ARTIST STATEMENT: My work delicately renders familiar domestic comforts that we use to feel secure. Examining the identities of heirloom textiles and childhood nostalgia summons conf...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pink Pearl
Located in Fairfield, CT
Richard Parker’s paintings are exquisitely rendered portraits of ephemeral objects more often used to create artworks than as the content. With a nod to Pop Art, Parker focuses on t...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Only Fifteen Cents
Located in Greenwich, CT
Oil still-life painting depicting a bag of unopened marbles tacked to an unvarnished wooden cabinet door. Another marble rest precariously on the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
STABILO pencil
Located in Fairfield, CT
Richard Parker’s paintings are exquisitely rendered portraits of ephemeral objects more often used to create artworks than as the content. With a nod t...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Best-Ever 10 Cent
Located in Fairfield, CT
Richard Parker’s paintings are exquisitely rendered portraits of ephemeral objects more often used to create artworks than as the content. With a nod to Pop Art, Parker focuses on t...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An Old-Fashioned Tea Party, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
By Grace Diehl
Located in Yardley, PA
This still life painting has a classic and timeless feel to it. The combination of the Victorian boot and pink hydrangea, with the added touch of a vin...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Yellow, blue vs. red., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
My still life paintings vary from lively decorative colorful compositions to thoughtful studies of reality. I rip objects out of their context and put them to new context. Here they ...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chair Series 5, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Charles Choi
Located in Yardley, PA
one of my chair series painting :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: ...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pastel Sticks #178
Located in Fairfield, CT
Richard Parker’s paintings are exquisitely rendered portraits of ephemeral objects more often used to create artworks than as the content. With a nod t...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Many Chocolates : oil on canvas painting
Located in New York, NY
Painting by New York artist Douglas Newton.
His paintings are about color, reflections, texture, transparency, translucency, all the effects of light. Some of his paintings of candy...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer Seeds, Original Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Summer Seeds
Mixed Media Painting
36 x 48 inches
Artist's Commentary:
"I am as enthralled with spent flowers as I am with blooming flowers. The seed heads lend all sorts of stil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Realist still-life paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Realist still-life 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 still-life 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, green, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Olga Antonova, Susan Jane Belton, Douglas Newton, and Claudine Picard. 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 still-life paintings, so small editions measuring 2 inches across are also available. Prices for still-life 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 $167 and tops out at $150,000, while the average work sells for $2,649.