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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
"Geranium" Original Oil and Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Conrado López's "Geranium," a 2023 artwork, is a vivid representation of the artist's skill with acrylic and oil on canvas, spanning 65 x 46 cm (25.59 x 18.11 inches). This original,...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Mountain ash. 1989. Paper, watercolor, 61x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Mountain ash. 1989. Paper, watercolor, 61x70 cm Dzidra Bauma (1930) Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions, portraits, landscapes, flowers and s...
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1980s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Watercolor

Victorian Still Life with Fruit and Foliage Small Oil Painting one of a pair.
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Still Life with Fruit and Foliage a Small Oil Painting, one of a pair. Exquisitely painted Still Life of Apples and Plums, it looks like you can just reach in and pick one...
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19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"Abandoned Barn Revisited, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Samantha Buller's (US based) "Abandoned Barn Revisited" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a field of green sloping grass leading to a ...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Early 20th Century Naturalistic Still Life Painting of Jugs and a Carpet
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic still life painting by Dutch artist Leonardus Nardus. The work features three jugs or vases set against a patterned carpet. Currently hung in a carved gold frame. Retains the original gallery tag on the reverse. Dimensions Without Frame: H 27 in. x W 24 in. Artist Biography: Leonardus Nardus, born in Utrecht into the Dutch upper middle class, the son of an antiquarian, was a colorful character. After training at the Amsterdam Academy, he embarked on a brief and unsuccessful gold-hunting expedition to Argentina in 1889. He then settled in America, where he became an art dealer, eventually returning to Paris a few years later. As well as being an art collector, Nardus developed his own talents as a painter. Caught up by a taste for nomadism, Léo Nardus eventually settled in Tunisia, where he built a small palace in the seaside resort of...
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Early 20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Four Lilies" (2024) By Fred Wessel, Egg Tempera on Gold Leaf Floral Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "Four Lilies" is a stunning egg tempera painting on gold leaf with coral cabochons. Created in 2024, this piece features the aforementioned lilies in full bloom, sprout...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Gold Leaf

"Festive bouquet"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This painting was inspired by a beautiful festive bouquet. The lightness and feeling of the holiday is determined by the brightness of colors and textured brushstrokes. Perfect for a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lime - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Dani Humberstone's Lime radiates with vibrant intensity, its ri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Romantic Autumn Collection (still life painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful still life painting by California artist, John McCormick III. Romantic Autumn Collection, ca. 1985. Oil on wood panel, 4 x 7 inches; 6.5 x 9.5 inches in wood frame. Signed lower right. Minor scratches in varnish. EDUCATION 1980 San Francisco State University, CA, Teaching Credential 1978 University of the Pacific, CA, B.F.A. SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2020 Harris Harvey Gallery, Wild Life and Other Topics, Seattle, WA 2016 Harris Harvey Gallery, Clues and Fragments, Seattle, WA 2014 Lisa Harris Gallery, Visitation, Seattle, WA Elins Eagle-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2011 Julie Nester Gallery, The Land, Park City, Utah 2010 Lisa Harris Gallery, Recent Landscapes, Seattle, WA SF City College Art Gallery, New Landscapes and Portraits, San Francisco, CA 2009 Lisa Harris Gallery, Water Journey, Seattle, WA 2008 Anne Reed Gallery, Water Journey, Ketchum, ID 2007 Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Solo Exhibition, Montréal, Quebéc 2006 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, Solo Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 2005 Anne Reed Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Ketchum, ID Lisa Harris Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Seattle, WA 2004 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, Solo Exhibition, San Francisco, CA The Bolinas Museum, Solo Exhibition, Bolinas, CA 2003 Anne Reed Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Ketchum, ID Lisa Harris Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Seattle, WA 2002 Scott White Contemporary Art, Solo Exhibition, La Jolla, CA 2001 Lisa Harris Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Seattle, WA The Triton Museum, New Works by California Artists, Santa Clara, CA The Munson Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM DNFA Gallery, Landscape and Memory, Pasadena, CA 2000 Diane Nelson Fine Art, New Landscapes, Laguna Beach, CA 1999 Tercera Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Los Gatos, CA 1998 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Solo Exhibition, San Jose, CA 1997 Robert Allen Fine Art, Solo Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 1996 Robert Green Fine Art, Solo Exhibition, Mill Valley, CA 1995 Harleen & Allen Fine Art, Solo Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 1993 Harleen & Allen Fine Art, Solo Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 1984 Triangle Gallery, Two-Person Show, San Francisco, CA 1982 Triangle Gallery, New Work, San Francisco, CA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2020 Harris Harvey Gallery, Fall Perspectives, Seattle, WA 2020 Harris Harvey Gallery, Provenance, Seattle, WA 2019 Harris Harvey Gallery, Summer Reflections, Seattle, WA 2018 Harris Harvey Gallery, Fall Focus, Seattle, WA 2017 Elins Eagles Smith, San Francisco International Art Fair, San Francisco, CA 2016 Harris Harvey Gallery, Winter’s Offering, Seattle, WA Lisa Harris Gallery, 31 for 32: Summer Salon, Seattle, WA Elins Eagles Smith, San Francisco International Art Fair, San Francisco, CA 2012 Lisa Harris Gallery, Plein Air Invitational, Seattle, WA 2010 Bolinas Museum, 22nd Annual Mini Show, Bolinas, CA 2009 Lisa Harris Gallery, 25th Anniversary Show, Seattle, WA 2008 Lisa Harris Gallery, Water Falling, Seattle, WA 2007 Triton Museum, Survey of Bay Area Landscape Painters, Santa Clara, CA, Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA Galerie De Bellefeuille, Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL Julie Nester Gallery, Group Show, Park City, UT 2006 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL Galerie De Bellefeuille, Toronto Art Fair, San Francisco, CA Renee George Gallery, Small Scale II, Charlotte, NC 2005 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, SF International Art Fair, San Francisco, CA Scott White Contemporary Art, Palm Beach Art Fair, Palm Beach, FL 2004 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, SF International Art Fair, San Francisco, CA 2003 Anne Reed Gallery, Group Landscape Show, Ketchum, ID Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL Arcadia Fine Art, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL 2002 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, SF International Art Fair, San Francisco, CA Scott White Contemporary Art, Terrain, Telluride, CO Arcadia Fine Art, Summer International Invitation, New York, NY DNFA Gallery, Landscape Show, Pasadena, CA Diane Nelson Fine Art, Landscape Show, Laguna Beach, CA 2001 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, Summer Salon, New York, NY Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach, CA Anne Reed Gallery, Reflecting on Surfaces, Ketchum, Idaho 2000 Lisa Harris Gallery, Millennium: Three Introductions Seattle, WA 1999 Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, Large Paintings, San Francisco, CA The Munson Gallery, New Gallery Artists, Sante Fe, New Mexico Diane Nelson Fine Art, Elements of Landscape, Laguna Beach, CA 1998 Robert Green Fine Art, Selected Gallery Artists, Mill Valley, CA Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery, Birmingham, England University of the Pacific, Alumni Exhibition, Stockton, CA 1997 Robert Allen Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 1996 Robert Green Fine Art, Mill Valley, CA 1995 Harleen & Allen Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 1990 United States Embassy, Selected Western Artists, Moscow, Soviet Union 1989 University of the Pacific, Alumni Show, Stockton, CA 1096 Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1985 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS 2008 Djerassi Foundation, Alumni Winter Residency 2004 Morris Graves Foundation, Artist Residency 2002 Morris Graves Foundation, Artist Residency 2000 Karie Thomson Honorary Fellowship, Djerassi Foundation Djerassi Foundation, Artist Residency Year 2000, Woodside, CA Marin Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant 1998 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Award of Artistic Merit Marin Arts Council, Community Art Grant 1992 University of the Pacific, Alumni Fellowship 1986 University of the Pacific, Alumni Fellowship BIBLIOGRAPHY “Mitchell Albala and John McCormick,” Visual Art Source, review by Matthew Kangas, March, 2014 “Coast to Coast, Best of the West”, Southwest Art , May 2005 “Start your collection”, Southwest Art, June 2004 "The Studio Book" by Kathleen Riquelme & Melba Levick, Rizzoli Publishing, Nov. 03 “Artists offer two views of the landscape” Seattle Times, February 14, 2003 “Preview-John McCormick” Artweek, February, 2003 “Challenging Landscapes Expand Horizons” The Telluride Watch, May 31, 2002 “Following Their Bliss; John McCormick & Jan Gauthier” SFSU Magazine, spring, 2002 “John McCormick, Landscapes”, essays by Ron Glowen & Susan Hillhouse, Horsehill Press, 2001 “Bay Area Artist”, Southwest Art Magazine November, 2001 “John McCormick at Diane Nelson” Orange County Register, November, 2000 “Marin Artists Open their Studios” San Francisco Chronicle, May 2000 “MarinScapes Returns for 11th Year” Marin IJ, July 1999 “Designs by Joseph Escherick” Architectural Digest, August 1996 “San Francisco Best Bets”, SF Examiner, June 4, 1995 “Marin Open Studios” Marin IJ, May, 1995 “In The Galleries”, Marin IJ, February, 1995 “John McCormick at Harleen & Allen”, Northern CA...
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1980s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Clocks and Peonies
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 12" x 16" FRAMED: 18.125" x 22.125" x 1.75" Artist Statement “’Clocks and Peonies’ explores the intricate balance between the passage of time and the ephemeral beauty of nature. At the heart of the composition rests a delicate vase, cradling a lavish bouquet of peonies in full bloom. Their petals unfurl in a graceful display of pinks and creams. Beside the peonies, an array of antique clocks stands...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

William Franklin Jackson "Still Life with Vase and Grapes" c.1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
William Franklin Jackson (1850-1936) Still Life with Vase and Grapes c.1900 Rare still life painting by listed California artist William Fran...
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Late 19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Three handled Vase with Flowers, unique signed oil painting
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Three handled Vase with Flowers, 2003 Original Oil on canvas painting Hand signed, titled and dated by the artist on the back Frame Inc...
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Early 2000s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Lev Khodchenko (Ukrainian painter) - 20th century Soviet still life painting
Located in Varmo, IT
Lev Pavlovich Khodchenko (Shimanovka, 1912 - 1998) - Still life of fish and vase. 60 x 80 cm without frame, 72 x 92 cm with frame. Oil on canvas, in wooden frame. - Work signed on...
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Late 20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Super Realist Trompe L'Oeil Cactus Avacado Still Life
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American realist still life. Oil on canvas. Unframed.
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1970s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Phoenix Purple" Contemporary Realistic Detailed Pink And Yellow Rose Portrait
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Presenting a contemporary, serene acrylic painting of a single flower exuding a joyous elegance. The up-close pink flower composition is delicately portrayed with thin and delicate brushstrokes, providing a realistic and immersive viewing experience. The soft and subtle nuances of pink, and the bright yellow tucked in soft green bed...
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Early 2000s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

British Still life Flowers and Fruit Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life Flowers and Fruit, Signed Oil Painting Signed by British artist 'Arthur Pass' C.1993 signed, oil painting on board framed Painting framed H24.5 x W21 inches Elegant stil...
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Late 20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Rosemary, Oil painting with rose and teacup
Located in Dallas, TX
JEFF CHESTER (b. 1976, CANADA) Born in Summerside, P.E.I., Jeff Chester completed a B.F.A. and a B.Sc. from the University of Guelph in 2001. After completing a B.Ed. the following ...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

The Essence of Life
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Hidden within the textured depths of this coffee bean are symbols that unfold like a visual narrative. On the left, a delicate leaf emerges, a symbol of growth and renewal. To the ri...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pocket Quail's Egg No. 3 and Pocket Juicy Red Strawberry diptych, Original Art
Located in Deddington, GB
This is a diptych of Pocket Quail's Egg No. 3 and Pocket Juicy Red Strawberry. Both art works are the same size. Pocket Quail's Egg No. 3 is an original oil painting by Dani Humber...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Kate Verrion, Two Pears and a Satsuma, Original Realist Still Life Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Kate Verrion Two Pears and a Satsuma Original Still Life Painting Oil Paint on Board Image Size: H 15cm x W 20cm x D 2.5cm Framed Size: H 21.5cm x W 26.5cm x D 5.5cm Sold Framed in a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

"The Grove" (2024) By Adrienne Stein, Original Oil Floral Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Adrienne Stein's (US based) "The Grove" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting. About the artist: Adrienne Stein (b. 1986) is an award winning artist living and working in Pe...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Realistic Still Life Painting, "Birthday Present with Glass Vases" 2024
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original painting by southern California artist, Leslie Winokur. Its dimensions are 11" x 14" x 1.5" (HxWxD). It is oil on linen...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Seashell Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous watercolor of seashells by Northern California artist Barbara I. Gibson (American, 20th Century).Signed "Barbara Gibson" and dated "1990" lower right. Presented in mat. Unfr...
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1990s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Orioles and Grapes
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNRAMED: 16.5" x 11.5" FRAMED: 11.5" x 16.5" x 1" Exhibited Spring into Art 2024, presented by the San Marino League at The Huntin...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

M. Doré - Chrysanthemums. Oil on cardboard, 76x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
M. Doré - Chrysanthemums. Oil on cardboard, 76x70 cm Realistic still life with white flowers in a vase and porcelain figure.
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Late 20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

"Donut Pile" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Jason Walker's (CAN based) "Donut Pile" is an oil painting that depicts a pile of varied glazed and powdered donuts all sitting together in the dark.
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Roses" Contemporary Dutch Fine Realist Still-Life Painting of Pink Roses
Located in Utrecht, NL
During his successful career as a goldsmith the desire to paint grew on Dutch artist René Smoorenburg (1954). The attention to detail, which was of great importance in his work as a ...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Coffee Pot with Glass Balls and Flowers, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist John Jaster illustrates a dramatic still life in high contrast realism. A vintage blue campfire coffee pot sprouts a dynamic arrangement of colorful fl...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic

The Quiet Approach of Spring by Ginny Williams Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ginny Williams, "The Quiet Approach of Spring" – Serene Oil Painting on Canvas Embrace the gentle transition of seasons with "The Quiet Approach of Spring", a captivating 20 x 24-inc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Signed Italian Oil Painting Realist Flowers in Pewter Vase, Peonies
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian School, signed lower left, 20th century Title: Flowers in a Pewter Vase Medium: oil painting on board , framed Size: framed: 15.5 x 13.5 inches painting: ...
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20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Pocket Mauve Anemone 2 (c), Original Painting, Flower, Nature, Spring art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Mauve Anemone 2 (c) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque ...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Compelling, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Compelling" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a birthday cake with white and blue frosting on a white table surrounded with white, green, ...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Cherries, Oil on canvas by Zhang Wei Guang - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas - 40x50 cm. Hand signed lower right. In excellent conditions, it includes a contemporary wooden frame with gilded edges. Zhang Wei Guang, also called ‘mirror' was bo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"Composition with Blueberries" Stacked Cups Still Life White, Gold, Gray, Blue
Located in Wellesley, MA
Olga Antonova’s subject is compositions of extraordinarily elegant and beautiful cups, plates, teapots, and dishes, but there is something humorous and provocative about these painti...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

"Lemons" contemporary realist interior yellow green and blue still life
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Lemons" is a contemporary realist interior yellow green and blue still life of fresh cut produce from the Italian countryside. Frame Dimensions 24.19 x 20.25in Daniela Astone was...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

"Orange Lily - Purple Vase" (2022) By Fred Wessel, Egg Tempera Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "Orange Lily - Purple Vase" is a stunning egg tempera painting on gold leaf. Created in 2022, this piece features a beautiful single orange lily, fully bloomed, in a de...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Still Life with Picasso
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting for the artist lies in the ability to manipulate ones subject matter and in the intimate, direct nature of the painting process. It is very much a studio-centric activity, complete and self-sufficient. The objects that one works with do seem to take on a life of their own, both by themselves and in their affinity for one another. They have a history, a patina, they may be new, or world-weary." The artist continues, "My collection has been substantially whittled down to an essential few over the years, yet their combinations seem infinite. There is a lengthy and persistent shuffling, adding and eliminating to find that particular combination that suddenly takes on a rightness or self-sufficiency. It is interesting how one small object of the right color in the right place can facilitate such an event, or in another case the removal of something, a simplifying. I have a feeling when composing these paintings similar to my experience of playing with my jazz...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"View from Ponte de Piscina, Venice" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "View from Ponte de Piscina, Venice" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a channel within the brick lined...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Summer flowers. 2023. Canvas, oil, 15x20 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Summer flowers. 2023. Canvas, oil, 15x20 cm Summer herbs small size plein air painting Alyona Prokofyeva (1988) From 2016 surname Galaktionova. Alyona graduated Riga art school, L...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Pond Near Laon" French countryside landscape painted en plein air
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Framed Dimensions: 40 x 49 inches
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Still Life with Tulips, Glass Vase of Pastel Tulips, Scissors & Burning Candle
Located in Chicago, IL
Helen Oh's painting simply titled "Still Life with Tulips" is done in the style made famous by the Dutch Artists of the 17th Century. The simplicity of the p...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Marble Sundae (Framed Super Realist Still Life Oil Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A charming little realist painting of marbles in a sundae glass. Turned up in our inventory, new and never owned. Custom framed and ready to hang. Measu...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"Peaceful Afternoon" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Peaceful Afternoon" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an interior setting adorned with fine wooden fur...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Whispering by Ginny Williams Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ginny Williams, "Whispering" – Ethereal Oil Painting on Canvas Immerse yourself in the quiet elegance of "Whispering", a mesmerizing 20 x 24-inch oil painting by Ginny Williams. Fram...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

David Austin Roses-original realism still life oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "David Austin Roses" by Robert Lemay is an exquisite original ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Purple Plate / oil on canvas
Located in Burlingame, CA
purple, grey and blue still life composition from American realist painter, Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting for the artist lies in the ability to manipulate...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Art by Claudine Picard - Sceaux
Located in Paris, IDF
Claudine Picard is a French artist born in 1949 who lives & works in Sainte Marie, France. She is graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in 1973 (ENSAD).
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Magnolia. Original oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
These stunning magnolia placed in a transparent vase. A dark background helps to reveal delicate forms of flowers and capture the reactions of light with glass. The medium used is oi...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Figs" (2023) By Quang Ho, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Quang Ho's (US based) "Figs" is an oil on panel depicting figs growing on a tree with lush green foliage. About the artist: Quang Ho was born on April 30, 1963, in Hue, Vietnam. He...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Still Life with Flowers & Fruit in a French Farmhouse Interior by French Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Still Life with Flowers & Fruit in a French Farmhouse Interior by 20th Century French Artist, Robert Chailloux (1913-2006). Art measures 18 x 21 inch...
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1990s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

In Memoriam (American Flag), unique signed acrylic painting in honor of 9/11
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel In Memoriam, 2002 Acrylic on Canvas painting Hand signed, dated and titled in black marker on the back This is a unique work Frame Included Absolutely stunning signed painting by beloved abstract and representational painter Thelma Appel. This 2002 work was done by the artist to honor those who lost their lives in the 9-11 terrorist attacks, as the artist's studio was in lower Manhattan at the time. A similar work done by Appel from this era was acquired by the Police Museum in lower Manhattan, near Ground Zero. This work is elegantly framed in a handmade brushed aluminum museum frame and is ready to hang. Signed, titled and dated verso. Ms. Appel has been the subject of a 50 year career survey at the Brattleboro Museum in Vermont. Measurements: Frame: 18.78 x 24.3 x 4 inches Artwork: 18 x 24 inches This work will be accompanied by a limited edition catalogue of the artist's museum retrospective, along with the original invitation and separate promotional materials. Thelma Appel biography A co-founder of the Bennington College Summer Painting Workshop, Thelma Appel is a representational and abstract painter who has been working and teaching for more than six decades. Most recently, she was subject of a 50-year career survey (October, 2019 -February 2020) at the Brattleboro Museum in Vermont, entitled Thelma Appel: Abstract/Observed curated by Mara Williams, and she exhibited at the Mattatuck Museum in Connecticut which acquired one of her fabric collages for their permanent collection. Thelma Appel was raised in Darjeeling, India and educated in London, England, at St. Martin's School of Art (now Central St. Martins) and Hornsey College of Art before emigrating to the United States in the 1960s. Her work has been exhibited in numerous venues, including the Bennington Museum, the Berkshire Museum in North Adams, Mass., the Children's Museum of the Arts in New York City, the Mattatuck Museum, the Brattleboro Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont and the University of Pennsylvania Fine Arts Gallery. In 1974 she was awarded a YADDO Fellowship, and in 1975, Thelma Appel, along with the painter Carol Haerer, co-founded the Bennington College Summer Painting Workshop, where many distinguished painters of the day, both abstract and representational, conducted master classes. Among them were Neil Welliver, John Button, Alice Neel, Larry Poons, Friedel Dzubas, Stanley Boxer, Elizabeth Murray and Doug Ohlson – a program that continued until 1980. She has also taught drawing at Parsons School of Design, painting at Southern Vermont College and at the University of Connecticut. Appel’s work has been presented at Art on Paper, Texas Contemporary, Market Art & Design and Art New York art fairs and has been exhibited at Alpha 137...
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Early 2000s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Three White and Gold Cups with Polka Dots" Sparkly Still Life of Stacked Cups
Located in Wellesley, MA
Olga Antonova’s subject is compositions of extraordinarily elegant and beautiful cups, plates, teapots, and dishes, but there is something humorous and provocative about these painti...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Apples - Oil on Canvas by Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror) - 2000
Located in Roma, IT
Original oil on canvas realized by Zhang Wei Guang in the early 2000s. Signed on rear. In excellent conditions, it includes a contemporary black wooden frame. Zhang Wei Guang, als...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"Williamsburg Bridge" oil painting, realist, iconic build, lower east side NYC
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Williamsburg Bridge" is a collaborative realist painting by Stephen Bauman & Steven Forster. It depicts the Williamsburg Bridge in New York City at sunset. The painting shows the bo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Moses B Russell 19th Century Still Life
Located in San Francisco, CA
Moses B Russell: 1810-1884. Well listed 19th century American artist. Most known for being a miniature portrait painter, but has similar ...
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19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Watercolor

Sunflowers and Stories - original surreal realism seascape floral oil painting
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. In "Sunflowers and Stories by the Sea," Luis Fuentes captures ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Deep Red Apple, Dani Humberstone, Original oil painting, Still life art, Realist
Located in Deddington, GB
Deep Red Apple by Dani Humberstone [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Oil on Canvas Image size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:15 cm x W:15 cm x D:2c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

STILL LIFE - Hyper - Realistic - Oil on Canvas Italian Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Stil life Maximilian Ciccone Italia 2011 Oil on canvas mis. cm. 60x90. This oil on canvas painting is an incredible example of the artist's ability to capture breathtaking detail a...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pink Elephant Ear Leaves, Figurative Still Life Painting, Exotic Botanic, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This illustration-style painting captures the lush elegance of pink elephant ear leaves, their broad, heart-shaped forms unfurling in delicate gradients of blush, rose, and soft mage...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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India Ink, Acrylic, Paper

Deep Red Apple and Yellow Banana diptych
Located in Deddington, GB
Deep Red Apple and Yellow Banana diptych Overall size cm : H66x W66 Deep Red Apple by Dani Humberstone [2021] original Oil paint on canvas Image size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm Complete Si...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Window Sill
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This still life by Stephen Scott Young stands out in the artist’s oeuvre in that Young is most known for his luminous portraits of African Americans or native Bahamians. Nonetheless,...
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Late 20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

Blush Peony Shabby Floral Art, 36 H X 48" W Abstract Framed Floral Painting
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
48 x 36” inches, Acrylic on Stretched Canvas, Framed - Silver Floater Frame, 2017 in Los Angeles FLORAL ART Irena Orlov's floral art collection is oversized, vibrant and guaranteed ...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic

French Contemporary Art by Claudine Picard - Kaki
Located in Paris, IDF
Claudine Picard is a French artist born in 1949 who lives & works in Sainte Marie, France. She is graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in 1973 (ENSAD).
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Peonies With Cherries Still Life
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Still Life Buquet Peonies with Cherries framed 22x26x1 Zbigniew Kopania, artist painter, cinematographer, born December 21, 1949, in Łódź Poland. Kopania style of paintings charact...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The Rose 03.12.2014" Realist oil painting, rose in vase with black background
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"The Rose 03.12.2014" is a realist oil on linen painting. It depicts a rose reaching up from a glass vase with a dark green and black background. Frame Dimensions 8 x 6inches Fra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Southwest Zuni Pottery Still Life by Amaranta
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautifully executed realistic Southwestern still life of traditional Native American pottery, with a patterned textile, feather, and ear of red corn, by an unknown artist (20th cent...
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Late 20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Essence of Life
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Hidden within the textured depths of this coffee bean are symbols that unfold like a visual narrative. On the left, a delicate leaf emerges, a symbol of growth and renewal. To the ri...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Brugmansia Datura (Big Pink)" (2024) By Fred Wessel, Egg Tempera Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "Brugmansia Datura (Big Pink)" is a stunning egg tempera painting on gold leaf with coral cabochons. Created in 2024, this piece features a bloomed stem of Brugmansia D...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Egg Tempera

Peonies With Cherries Still Life
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Still Life Buquet Peonies with Cherries framed 22x26x1 Zbigniew Kopania, artist painter, cinematographer, born December 21, 1949, in Łódź Poland. Kopania style of paintings charact...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Listen, Shell, oil painting on copper, Style of Realism, Florence, Sound of Sea
Located in Houston, TX
Listen is inspired by the moment you put your ear to a shell and hear the sound f the sea. If you are silent and close your eyes and believe, you may hear it. The Painting is experi...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Copper

Bouquet. 1995, oil on canvas, 49, 5x72 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bouquet. 1995, oil on canvas, 49,5x72 cm
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1990s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Bowl Of Cherries. 1920s Watercolor
By Irene P. Gardner
Located in Brecon, Powys
Skilled and very beautiful watercolor by I. P. Gardner from the 1920s to 1930s. Artist is well known for her watercolors of life in the Middle East during that period. Signed lower l...
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1920s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

Arrangement XVII, Realist Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Zane York deftly walks the line between playfulness and profundity. Drawing inspiration from the inherent strangeness of the natural world, York imbues quotidian scenes with subtle e...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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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