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Style: American Realist
Still Life with Currants
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on panel. It features red currants reflected in a silver vessel. A house finch perches above the scene, its red breast complimenting the berrie...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Sunny Day in New York
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on panel. It features cheerful yellow flowers and a graphic black and white background--one in a series of pieces where the artist has used the...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Subway no. 4 - Beijing
Located in Burlingame, CA
BING ZHANG's Subway no. 4, 48 x 48 inches, oil on canvas. Proudly presented by Andra Norris Gallery in California. Bing Zhang’s Subway painting series explores themes of class, labo...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Original Oil Plein Air Landscape of Western Nevada
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Antique Western Nevada Desert Oil Landscape by Phoebe K. Higgins A mid-century desert oil landscape of Western Nevada by Phoebe K. Higgins (American, 1895 - c 1960), circa ...
Category

1950s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Board

Red Grapes Study
Located in Wenham, MA
Dale Zinkowski is a master of still life. His work, reminiscent of Golden Age Dutch still life painting, glows with light and subtle, quiet beauty. This original oil painting shows a...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vita Brevis
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on linen canvas. It features a beautiful bouquet of two varieties of tulips. Harkening back to Dutch floral paintings, export porcelain popular...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Forest Landscape - an Antique Oil Painting by 19th Century American Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Forest Landscape - an Antique Oil Painting by 19th Century American Artist, Clara Davis Inness (1874-1932) Art measures 36 x 24 inches F...
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1920s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cotton Canvas

Waves of Clouds, Deep Blue Cyanotype Print, Pleasant Cloudy Sky, Large Triptych
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of water, forests, and skies. These triptychs are large pieces that feature lush blues, making them an impressive addition to any beautifully designed space. Each triptych is printed by hand and carefully crafted to capture the unique essence of these natural environments, with a focus on the interplay of light and shadows, and the subtle nuances of tone and texture. The beach and ocean scenes depict the dynamic beauty of waves crashing against the shore, with the cyanotype process lending a dreamy, ethereal quality to the images. Similarly, the forest and wood scenes...
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2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Lithograph, Rag Paper

Sunlight Through the Picket Fence
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on panel. A garden is shown with the subtle shadow cast by a picket fence on the path between the flowers. In a wide, linen-lined frame, the ov...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

View From the Window, Oil on Canvas
Located in Burlingame, CA
One of our finest living contemporary American Realist artists, Willard Dixon, has painted 'View From the Window; featuring green leaves, grey branches, purple lilac and orange turni...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Fallen
Located in Burlingame, CA
Through the lens of autobiographical realism, Bing Zhang invites us into an intimate visual narrative—one that reflects not only her private world, but also offers a mirror to our ow...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Floral Triptych of Large Floral Bouquet, Botanical Cyanotype in Classic Blue
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of water, forests, and skies. These...
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph, Rag Paper

"Child Star" Mid Century Portrait of a Boy with Brown Eyes Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Child Star" Mid Century Portrait of a Boy with Brown Eyes Oil on Canvas Stately portrait of a boy by William Robert Shulgold (Russian-American, 1897-1989). The subject is looking o...
Category

1950s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Vitrum Umbrae 03, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A realistic painting of an assortment of glassware set atop a wooden desk by artist Christopher Garvey. A fitting muted back...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Golden Days
Located in Wenham, MA
This is a beautiful original oil on linen painting by master painter, Donald Jurney. Reminiscent of Dutch Golden Age works, the landscape shimmers with light. This painting is not cu...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Seascape and Figural Original oil painting on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Seascape and Figural Original oil painting on Linen 1956 Solitary figure on wharf by California artist Robert Watson, painted 1956 (1923 - 2004)The following, is from To...
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1950s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

The Breath of Every Small Child
Located in Denver, CO
Hummingbird in flight
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

In Gratitude, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Jo Galang says this piece was inspired by a lovely bouquet she received from her son and his girlfriend on Mother's Day. "It was so beautiful, and the ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Perfection, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"Perfection is what comes to mind when looking at the work of the Almighty," says artist Jo Galang. "I found these captivating, perfect beauties at the grocer...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Street of the Old Quarter British School signed Cade oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
**Technical Sheet** **Title:** "Street of the Old Quarter" **Author:** British School, 19th Century **Date:** 1892 **Technique:** Oil on canvas **Dimensions:** 14.17 x 10.63 inc...
Category

1890s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Her Room
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on panel by American artist, Ginny (GC) Williams. Its framed measurements are 14.5x14.5 inches. GC Williams has a degree in art history which gave her an understanding of, and appreciation for, not only the art of the past, but the historical events and ideologies that fostered various aesthetics, movements, and styles. She has studied at several classical ateliers, including three years at Boston's Academy of Realist Art. Her work has been shown in galleries throughout the US and is included in public and private collections. She maintains a studio on the north shore of Massachusetts. "My work is about the little moments of beauty that comprise our existence: the greening of the landscape in early spring, the glint of light on an object; growing things and made objects. I enjoy creating interesting interactions, and making up narratives. I love the way light animates objects...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Terminus no. 2
Located in Burlingame, CA
Breathtaking impressionistic ocean scene with large cumulus cloud rising where the mountains meet the ocean. Tranquil blue water with filtered early evening light captured on the canvas where time stands still. Ready to hang unframed with its edge painted in a reddish brown patina for which the artist is known. Artist signed, titled and dated. Condition is excellent / as new. Brooks Anderson...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Trompe l'oeil American modern oil painting Bruce Kurland Magnolia Floral Framed
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Kurland – Still Life with Decoy and Shells Oil on board, framed in antique gold leaf A master of intimacy and restraint, Bruce Kurland’s Still Life with Decoy and Shells is a ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Spring Serenity, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
After arranging the composition for this floral still life, artist Nicole Lamothe was immediately attracted to the soft warm lig...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Male Figure at Beach
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985).Male Figure at Beach, 1952.. Gouache on cardboard panel, 9 x 10 inches, 14.5 x 15.25 inches in maple frame. Signed, dated lower le...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Bouquet for a March Weekend
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on linen panel. It's overall framed dimensions are 16x18 inches. It is framed in a silver and navy blue hand-painted frame. GC Williams has a ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Late 19th century Bunny Rabbits
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming 19th century oil on canvas of bunny rabbits. The painting appears to be unsigned. It measures 15 inches wide by 10 inches high. The period frame...
Category

19th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still Life with Domino
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 proc...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century American School - Gentleman with Groom, Horse and Hounds by a House
Located in London, GB
AMERICAN SCHOOL (CIRCA 1840) A Gentleman with Groom, Horse and Greyhounds outside a Country House Oil on canvas Framed 75 by 99 cm., 29 ½ by 39 in. (frame size 87 by 113 cm., 34 ¼...
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Early 19th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

All Saints
Located in Wenham, MA
This is an original oil painting on a linen panel. Mums, the traditional flower of All Saints Day in France, are pictured in a reflective silver cup. A jewel-like deep green-blue bac...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Ten Lemons on Blue, Large Photorealist Painting by Lowell Blair Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lowell Blair Nesbitt's arrangement of lemons against a blue tablecloth is full of contrast and color. With light shining over the table and casting shadows across the cloth, the lemo...
Category

1970s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vitrum Umbrae 02, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Christopher Garvey presents a group of varying glassware in different colors, sizes, and shapes. Set against a tonal background, the focus is drawn to ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Cold Shed" by Eric Sloane, Oil on Board – Autumn Landscape with Barn and Tree
Located in Rockport, MA
Painting size with frame: 21"x28" Painting size without frame: 15 1/2 x 23 Eric Sloane (1905–1985), "Cold Shed," a beloved chronicler of Americana, Sloane’s work blends painterly r...
Category

20th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Blueberries
Located in Wenham, MA
Dale Zinkowski is a master of still life. His work, reminiscent of Golden Age Dutch still life painting, glows with light and subtle, quiet beauty. This original oil painting shows ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Letter to the Sixth Poet (diptych)
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. Taking cues from nature’s extraordinary visual offer...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Colorado Landscape, Rocky Mountains in Autumn, 20th Century Oil Painting
By Raphael Lillywhite
Located in Denver, CO
This stunning autumn mountain landscape by renowned artist Raphael Lillywhite captures the breathtaking beauty of Colorado’s rugged terrain. Painted in the traditional plein air styl...
Category

1920s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Big Blue, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A pair in a kayak glides through the ocean under a clear blue sky in this realistic piece by artist Jesse Aldana. Calmer waters in the open sea promise a great day under the warm sun as the light glistens on the crashing waves near the shore. A gentle haze glows where mountains peek through the mist. "The bright horizon hints at a future of limitless possibilities."


About the Artist
California artist Jesse Aldana uses the ritual of sunrise and sunset to capture the spirit of the west. Using a hybrid of realist brushwork and an almost surreal absence of humans, Jesse documents residential neighborhoods, main thoroughfares and coastal scenes across the great city of Los Angeles. Reminiscent of Ed Ruscha, Jesse’s work acts as both a record of the current landscape as well as a metaphor for the openness and sense of opportunity that continually draw settlers to the west coast. Jesse says of California, “the sky is an overwhelming presence.” He frames his big sky compositions with narrow palm trees and low-slung buildings at the periphery of the canvas to illustrate the scale of the scene. In doing so, the viewer can begin to appreciate the sentiment of the final frontier. Jesse works from a home studio in Los Angeles using photographs that he takes of the surrounding area as source material. He holds a BA from Brown University and an MFA from The New York Academy of Art. He regularly exhibits at the Beverly Hills Art Show.


Words that describe this painting: kayak, ocean, wave, nature, sports, realism, water, seascape, sea, horizon, boating, oilpaint, seascape, realism, oil painting


Big Blue...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique Still Life with Fruit and Melon
Located in Soquel, CA
Antique Still Life with Fruit and Melon Traditional European style still life with harvest fruits, figs, pears, grapes, and cantaloupe. The range of to...
Category

Early 20th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Reverie: Morning
Located in Burlingame, CA
Ethereal landscape with water celebrating morning light. Oil on canvas is 30 x 40 inches, and it is meticulously painted by Brooks Anderson. Signed, ti...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Beach Snack Shack Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
John Hanlen (1922-2003). Beach Snack Shack, ca. 1950. Tempera on paper, sheet measures 18 x 23 inches. Measurement with matting: 26 x 31 inches. The piece is unframed. There is ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera

Preparing the Trick
Located in Missouri, MO
Canvas Size: approx 26.5 x 18 Framed Size: approx 30 x 22 inches Born into a poor family in Durham, England, John George Brown (1831-1913) earned a reputation as one of 19th-century...
Category

Late 19th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Portofino Memories" Italian Harbor With Brilliant Water Reflections
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Portofino Memories," with rippling water reflections below the iconic Portofino harbor is a quintessential example of Tom Swimm's enhanced realism. This colorful oil painting is on ...
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

De Donde Eres - Large Colorful Original City Painting Los Angeles Artist
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danny Brown’s artworks allocate an intrinsic connection between himself and the diverse communities occupying Los Angeles. Brown combines art history, streetwear trends, and pop art symbolism to create a signature style with a soft and fun, yet edgy character. He is willing to address a very unique point of view about social issues of our day with unmistakable perspectives. His artworks have the potential to influence a new generation of artists, incorporating diversity and respect for varying cultures. This one-of-a-kind acrylic and oil stick painting...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media

Here with Bhakti
Located in Dallas, TX
Eleanor Jones Harvey, Chief Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, writes about Bob Stuth-Wade: “Over the course of his career, Bob Stuth-Wade has examined his responses to life through landscape, still life, portraiture, and abstraction. Restlessly creative, he has explored these varied genres with equal concentration…..” Bob Stuth-Wade’s method of painting is uniquely his own, having taught himself technique; his only formal training was as a teenager with Dallas artist Perry Nichols...
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Gather
Located in Lexington, MA
“Gather” is an elegant still life by Boston-based artist McKenzie West, capturing a delicate arrangement of shells and crab claws nestled in a dark bowl. This intimate composition ex...
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Park Sunset, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Shuxing Fan exhibits a picturesque sunset from a neighborhood park in classical painting style. He captures the last rays of...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Boats at Dock', by C. Hjalmar Amundsen, Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
C Hjalmar Amundsen's 'Boats at Dock' is a Mid-20th Century Oil on Canvas painting depicting a sailing vessel docked next to a couple of wharf buildings. The colors are rich values of...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Car Wash
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Car Wash' a highly collectable 48 x 48 inch oil on canvas painting by Internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson, framed in a contempo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Classical Study
Located in Boston, MA
Gammell Trust #W126. Signed and dated in pencil lower right: "R.H. Ives Gammell, Paris, 1917". This is a very early work and despite the fact that it is squared off for enlargement,...
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Early 20th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Vintage Edgartown Harbor, Martha’s Vineyard Oil Painting; James King Bonnar 1960
By James King Bonnar
Located in Baltimore, MD
This painting, by listed artist James King Bonnar (1884-1961), is a lovely scene of Edgartown Harbor, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. It dates to ca 1960, towards the end of his career. There is a lot of action and detail presented, as the harbor is busy, likely in full summer season. The variety of boats, men working them and an abundance of rigging fill the composition. Bonnar, however, left enough of the foreground water clear to show off his skills of reflection and slight movement to the water. Full sail boats glide past in the background. A hillside of Edgartown is depicted beyond, with a few of its buildings highlighted. The sky is blue with just a hint of high clouds...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large American Modernist Oil Painting Baseball Game the Tryout Sidney Goodman
Located in Surfside, FL
Sidney Goodman (1936-2013) The Tryout Oil on Canvas Hand signed lower right Dated 1965 Provenance: bears labels verso from Terry Dintenfass Gallery (partial label) George Krevsky Ga...
Category

1960s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Important Modenist Oil Pastel Will Barnet Emily Dickinson Black & White
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern realist painting by American artist Will Barnet from the artist series of works created to accompany the poetry of Emily Dickinson. rom Bever...
Category

1980s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

Ruby Red Rose Realism Oil on Canvas Gallery Wrapped Floral 40 x 30 Valentines
Located in Houston, TX
Ruby Red Rose Oil on canvas gallery wrapped 40" x 30" Red roses symbolize all the qualities that speak to a powerful and genuinely beautiful love story. They represent devotion, p...
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2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Auto Service" (2025) By Greg Gandy, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Auto Service" (2025) is a striking handmade still-life oil painting by American realist Greg Gandy, depicting an older car in a bay at an auto service station. Artist Bio: Greg Ga...
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2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Turning them North" Large Western Painting Cowboys Longhorn Cattle Landscape
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on Canvas Canvas size: 24 x 36 in. Frame Size: 33 x 39 in. "Turning them North" is an exhilarating scene of the American Old West by Gary Lynn Roberts (b. 1953, American) execut...
Category

1940s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Winter Lake
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. Taking cues from nature’s extraordinary visual offer...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Coffee Time-American Scene Painting-Cranbrook Academy of Art-Michigan Travel
Located in Marco Island, FL
This is a delightful, large oil painting of a coffee run to a quintessential diner. Zolton Sepeshy, who lived and painted in Michigan, captured the stillness of the late-night or ea...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

26 Miles Across the Sea
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Growing up in the early 60's, Kent loved to listen to music on the transistor radio. Yes, transistor! The Kingston Trio had a big hit 26 Miles across the Sea...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original Painting. New Yorker Magazine Published 1935 American Scene Modern WPA
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. New Yorker Magazine Published 1935 American Scene Modern WPA Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Movers New Yorker published, September 20, 1935 18 X 11 1/2 inches...
Category

1930s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Columbus Avenue NYC c. 1920s/30s American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Columbus Avenue NYC c. 1920s/30s American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century "Late Afternoon, Columbus Avenue, New York", impasto oil on canvas, signed lower left, signed verso (under relining, shown in photo), and titled verso on stretcher, in maple mitered cove frame, 23 1/4" x 27 1/4", SS: 19 1/4" x 23 1/4", Relined. BIO Russian-born Gussow trained at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design. He also studied under Bonnat at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His first claim to fame was exhibiting two works at the Armory Show in 1913. Gussow exhibited at the Society of Independent Artists between 1917 and 1934 and at Salons of America in the 1930s. The Whitney Museum of American Art, for example, has his Subway Stairs. The Barnes Foundation...
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1920s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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