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
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
FABER-CASTELL DUST-FREE
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
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
"Iron Mountain" by Daniel Sprick, Original Oil Painting, Colorado landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Daniel Sprick's "Iron Mountain" is an original oil painting featuring a scenic landscape from Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
About the artist:
"Upon first glance, viewers might thin...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Big Picture
Located in Fairfield, CT
Created by Christopher Stott, this 4 foot by 8 foot painting encompasses all the elements the artist is known for in his composition.
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
"Erabadu Flower" Oil Painting D 39" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Erabadu Flower" Oil Painting D 39" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Bio
Born in Moscow into a family of artists, Sasha Sokolova is an award winning contemporary realist painter, working acr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Heliconia" Oil Painting D 20" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Heliconia" Oil Painting D 20" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Bio
Born in Moscow into a family of artists, Sasha Sokolova is an award winning contemporary realist painter, working across a range of traditional oil and water colour techniques. Her current works explore a variety of themes spanning the human figure and nature and feature many of the travel destinations from which she draws much of her inspiration.
Following scholarships from the V. Spivakov fund and Young Talents Fund, Sasha graduated with honours from the Sergey Andriyaki School of Watercolour and Fine Arts in Moscow and went on to complete a Masters of Fine Arts at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. Sasha was selected as the only Russian artist to work on the Oscar nominated "Loving Vincent", the first fully painted feature film.
Sasha exhibits regularly in Russia and throughout Europe. In 2021 Sasha’s painting “The Last Portrait” was awarded Honourable Mention in ModPortrait 2021 and will be exhibited with other finalists in Zaragoza and Barcelona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Floral Still Life in Cameo Pot
Located in Missouri, MO
Floral Still Life in Cameo Pot
Franz Leitgeb (Austrian, 1911-1997)
Signed Lower Right
33 x 27 inches
40.5 x 34.5 inches
Category
20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Floral Still Life in Fluted Bowl
Located in Missouri, MO
Floral Still Life in Fluted Bowl
Franz Leitgeb (Austrian, 1911-1997)
Signed Lower Right
33 x 27 inches
38.5 x 32 inches
Category
20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
"Banana Flower" Oil Painting D 39" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Banana Flower" Oil Painting D 39" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Bio
Born in Moscow into a family of artists, Sasha Sokolova is an award winning contemporary realist painter, working acro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pandanus" Oil Painting D 39" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pandanus" Oil Painting D 39" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Bio
Born in Moscow into a family of artists, Sasha Sokolova is an award winning contemporary realist painter, working across a range of traditional oil and water colour techniques. Her current works explore a variety of themes spanning the human figure and nature and feature many of the travel destinations from which she draws much of her inspiration.
Following scholarships from the V. Spivakov fund and Young Talents Fund, Sasha graduated with honours from the Sergey Andriyaki School of Watercolour and Fine Arts in Moscow and went on to complete a Masters of Fine Arts at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. Sasha was selected as the only Russian artist to work on the Oscar nominated "Loving Vincent", the first fully painted feature film.
Sasha exhibits regularly in Russia and throughout Europe. In 2021 Sasha’s painting “The Last Portrait” was awarded Honourable Mention in ModPortrait 2021 and will be exhibited with other finalists in Zaragoza and Barcelona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Passage 23
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Paint, Oil, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Silver Moon Light 7
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Paint, Oil, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Blue Symphony CP8
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Paint, Oil, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
"Brugmansia" Oil Painting D 20" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Brugmansia" Oil Painting D 20" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Bio
Born in Moscow into a family of artists, Sasha Sokolova is an award winning contemporary realist painter, working across a range of traditional oil and water colour techniques. Her current works explore a variety of themes spanning the human figure and nature and feature many of the travel destinations from which she draws much of her inspiration.
Following scholarships from the V. Spivakov fund and Young Talents Fund, Sasha graduated with honours from the Sergey Andriyaki School of Watercolour and Fine Arts in Moscow and went on to complete a Masters of Fine Arts at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. Sasha was selected as the only Russian artist to work on the Oscar nominated "Loving Vincent", the first fully painted feature film.
Sasha exhibits regularly in Russia and throughout Europe. In 2021 Sasha’s painting “The Last Portrait” was awarded Honourable Mention in ModPortrait 2021 and will be exhibited with other finalists in Zaragoza and Barcelona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Splash 4" Oil Painting 28" x 79" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Splash 4" Oil Painting 28" x 79" inch by Sasha Sokolova
SPLASH
This series is about those sunny summer days in my dacha (country house) in a small village outside of Moscow, captur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Splash 22" Oil Painting 31.5" x 31.5" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Splash 22" Oil Painting 31.5" x 31.5" inch by Sasha Sokolova
SPLASH
This series is about those sunny summer days in my dacha (country house) in a small village outside of Moscow, c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Clematis IV
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
"Splash 6" Oil Painting 55" x 33" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Splash 6" Oil Painting 55" x 33" inch by Sasha Sokolova
SPLASH
This series is about those sunny summer days in my dacha (country house) in a small village outside of Moscow, captur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Splash 18" Oil Painting 39" x 28" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Splash 18" Oil Painting 39" x 28" inch by Sasha Sokolova
SPLASH
This series is about those sunny summer days in my dacha (country house) in a small vi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Bird of Paradise " Oil Painting D 20" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Bird of Paradise " Oil Painting D 20" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Bio
Born in Moscow into a family of artists, Sasha Sokolova is an award winning contempo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Splash 5" Oil Painting 31.5" x 53" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Splash 5" Oil Painting 31.5" x 53" inch by Sasha Sokolova
SPLASH
This series is about those sunny summer days in my dacha (country house) in a small v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Splash" Oil Painting 39" x 28" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Splash" Oil Painting 39" x 28" inch by Sasha Sokolova
SPLASH
This series is about those sunny summer days in my dacha (country house) in a small villa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Splendid
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Paint, Oil, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Taiwanese Lady Slipper 1
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Amaryllis II
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Paint, Oil, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Wine Glasses
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her sub...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Wine Decenter II
Located in New York, NY
Inkyeong Baek explores the influence of mass media, including television, radio, newspapers and the internet, on public values and perception. A native of South Korea, Baek now lives...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Cookie Jars
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her sub...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Champagne Glass II
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her subject-matter, Baek’s enchanting oil paintings glitter with a gemstone-like quality that truly captivates. The material characteristics of glass are fickle, often visually elusive. Yet each work on display beautifully illustrates, in stunning, hyper-realistic detail, an array of objects, from champagne flutes to whisky tumblers.
Take the large-scale painting, Rocks Glasses; here we see an assortment of vessels arranged in a triangle– refracted light dances across the intricate terrain of cut-glass crystal, resulting in an ethereal azure-tinted glow that mesmerizes the viewer. In the work Champagne Glasses...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Champagne Glass III
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her subject-matter, Baek’s enchanting oil paintings glitter with a gemstone-like quality that truly captivates. The material characteristics of glass are fickle, often visually elusive. Yet each work on display beautifully illustrates, in stunning, hyper-realistic detail, an array of objects, from champagne flutes to whisky tumblers.
Take the large-scale painting, Rocks Glasses; here we see an assortment of vessels arranged in a triangle– refracted light dances across the intricate terrain of cut-glass crystal, resulting in an ethereal azure-tinted glow that mesmerizes the viewer. In the work Champagne Glasses...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Champagne Glasses
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her subject-matter, Baek’s enchanting oil paintings glitter with a gemstone-like quality that truly captivates. The material characteristics of glass are fickle, often visually elusive. Yet each work on display beautifully illustrates, in stunning, hyper-realistic detail, an array of objects, from champagne flutes to whisky tumblers.
Take the large-scale painting, Rocks Glasses; here we see an assortment of vessels arranged in a triangle– refracted light dances across the intricate terrain of cut-glass crystal, resulting in an ethereal azure-tinted glow that mesmerizes the viewer. In the work Champagne Glasses...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Hibiscus IX
Located in New York, NY
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
Price Upon Request
Peony 26
Located in New York, NY
oil painting on stretched canvas
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affi...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Canvas, Varnish, Stretcher Bars
Price Upon Request
Rocks Glasses
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on canvas by female Korean artist based in New York.
Hyper-realistic, Trompe-l’œil painting that depicts an assortment of glass vessels.
The glasses seem to pop off the canvas through optical illusion that renders the image in three-dimensions.
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her subject-matter, Baek’s enchanting oil paintings glitter with a gemstone-like quality that truly captivates. The material characteristics of glass are fickle, often visually elusive. Yet each work on display beautifully illustrates, in stunning, hyper-realistic detail, an array of objects, from champagne flutes to whisky tumblers.
Take the large-scale painting, Rocks...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Crystal Decanter I
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on canvas by female Korean artist based in New York.
Hyper-realistic, Trompe-l’œil painting that depicts a glass vessel.
The decanter seems to pop off the canvas thr...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Crystal Decanter II
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on canvas by female Korean artist based in New York.
Hyper-realistic, Trompe-l’œil painting that depicts a glass vessel.
The decanter seems to pop off the canvas thr...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Nattatuscos and Jimmy
By Boni Paola
Located in Lincoln, MA
A hyper realistic painter, Paola is attracted by used world and abandoned objects that become subjects for her still life paintings. For example, candy cards, crushed cans… or crump...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
Take a Look
By Boni Paola
Located in Lincoln, MA
A hyper realistic painter, Paola is attracted by used world and abandoned objects that become subjects for her still life paintings. For example, candy cards, crushed cans… or crump...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
Goofy and Micky Car Trouble
By Boni Paola
Located in Lincoln, MA
A hyper realistic painter, Paola is attracted by used world and abandoned objects that become subjects for her still life paintings. For example, candy cards, crushed cans… or crump...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
Hulk's Christmas
By Boni Paola
Located in Lincoln, MA
A hyper realistic painter, Paola is attracted by used world and abandoned objects that become subjects for her still life paintings. For example, candy cards, crushed cans… or crump...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Adhesive, Oil
Price Upon Request
Ripe Enough to Gather
Located in Boston, MA
In original ornate gilt-plaster frame. Exhibited: National Academy of Design, New York, 1883, No. 56.
Ripe Enough to Gather appears to be the first painting Charles Storer exhibit...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
Contemporary Still-Life Painting 'Trio of Pears' by Barbara Vanhove
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Trio of Pears is a stunning Still Life painting that would make a welcome addition to anyones collection.
The soft green hues work beautifully with the soft grey background. The de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
At Rest
By Janet Rickus
Located in Lincoln, MA
Janet Rickus paints still-lifes featuring fruits, vegetables, vessels, and linens arranged on shelves. She does not alter the shapes, sizes, or tones of the objects before her in the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Price Upon Request
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.
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