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Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 1940s
Style: American Realist
Film Still #1 (portrait, western movie, cowboy, Hat, shadow, monochrome art)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A lone cowboy figure emerges from a stark, sun-bleached desert, his face swallowed in shadow beneath the brim of a worn hat. The cinematic framing and mid-chest crop evoke the drama ...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Pears with Grapes and Shallot
Located in Fairfield, CT
My paintings begin with a serious sense of play, both in the staging and the creating of the compositions. It is at this beginning stage that I operate under the Dadaist dictate that “anything can be art”, and at the same time I seek out a balanced and harmonious composition by way of line, shape, and color. I work according to my whimsy, sometimes seeking to assert some form of narrative however personal or ambiguous, and other times I am simply satisfied with the hint of a human presence.
Once I have my compositions the paintings then very quickly become about work, a very labor intensive work that forces me to focus my mind and slow things down (which I feel is relevant especially in this day and age of high-speed everything). A great amount of effort is spent on trying to get to the highest level of finish that is possible according to my current skill level.
For inspiration I have drawn from the past four centuries of object specific paintings, from the ontbijtjes (laid tables) of the 17th Century Dutch masters such as Willem Kalf, Jan Davidsz de Heem, Abraham van Beijeren...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Realist Landscape Original Oil Painting- Small Green Tonal Midwestern Scene
Located in Marco Island, FL
This is a great American landscape painting by the artist, Clyde Singer. Gorgeous tonal shades of green and grey depict a stormy midwestern landscape.
Framed 16 x 24 inches
Canva...
Category
1940s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'The Artist's Garden', Munich Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, PAFA, Corcoran
By Julius Moessel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Moessel' for Julius Moessel (American, 1872-1960) and dated 1943; additionally titled verso, 'In the Artist's Garden'.
A substantial, mid-century horticultural oi...
Category
1940s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Love and tenderness. Lions. Original painting Volskaya
Located in Zofingen, AG
Love and tenderness. Lions.The original painting of the Volsky Lily. Beautiful animalstics. Portrait with lions. Vivid feelings or instincts manifested. The painting is painted in a ...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Majestic Arabian, Thoroughbred Golden Brown" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Nanci France-Vaz's "Majestic Arabian, Thoroughbred Golden Brown" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a regal horse with a dark coat and wearing a leather bridle.
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Randall's Island, Framed
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --Much of Bennett Vadnais’ subject matter comes from his surroundings in Manhattan and Brooklyn. With a strong background in plein ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
Building No. 41
By Sharon Feder
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Humanity is archival, like the strata that compose the earth. Our structures and art, superfund sites to cathedrals, exist because o...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Outrunning Karma" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Linda Adair's (Germany based) "Outrunning Karma" is an oil painting that depicts a lone female figure shrouded by darkness on all sides.
Linda Adair is a...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Light and Mystery" Mixed media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's (US based) "Light and Mystery" is an mixed media painting that depicts a woman reclining into the dark background with green, blue and orange patterning.
Biogra...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
No one but the bees
Located in Zofingen, AG
Bright flowers, juicy fruits and of course the helpers of our garden: hardworking bees. They also love the juice of ripe pears. Being behind a canvas woven from my thoughts and emoti...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marsh Cloud Colors, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Nancy Hughes Miller presents an impressionist prospect of tranquil wetlands. Vast sky views from the coast provide an endless source of inspiration for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spring Flowers
Located in Fairfield, CT
I think of my work as being like a visual journal- observations and interpretations of people, places and things I experience day to day. Translating that experience into two dimensi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Notes
By Matt Condron
Located in Fairfield, CT
Having spent many years as a photographer, Matt Condron is trained to recognize the importance of a moment or the preciousness of a fleeting opportunity. He is captivated by the ide...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Milk and Crackers
By Kevin Frank
Located in Fairfield, CT
Kevin Frank statement: For me, combining the techniques of the ancient Greco-Roman painters with those of the old and new masters help to create unique modern images. As with all enc...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Wood Panel
Afternoon Departure, West Shore Terminal
Located in Greenwich, CT
Activity at the West Shore Terminal, the Woolworth Tower rising in the distance. Commuters in late afternoon on a summer day, 1954, take the ferry Westfield to reach Jersey City.
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Bethesda Terrace
By Marla Korr
Located in Greenwich, CT
Marla Korr attended Brooklyn College, earning both a B.A. and a M.F.A. There she studied with Philip Pearlstein, Lennart Anderson and Jimmy Ernst. She has also studied at Stevenson...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Jack Levine WW11 Painting
By Jack Levine
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jack Levine: 1915-2010. Well listed American social realist painter with auction results over $220,000. This fabulous gem was most likely painted between 1942 and 1945 as he was serv...
Category
1940s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Ice" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison's (UK based) "Ice" is an oil painting that depicts an arid landscape with clouds and a small unassuming building.
Sometimes they are silent epic landscapes of the Dese...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Pine Bank Arch, Central Park
Located in Greenwich, CT
Central Park during winter 1946
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
View from the Train, L.A. River
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --When asked what kind of paintings I make, I usually call my work "Urban Landscapes" to distinguish them as paintings about areas of h...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nantucket Backyard Garden
By Lori Zummo
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1962
Contemporary artist Lori Zummo paints in a style evocative of the American Barbizon School. She received her BFA from Syrac...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Barges, Smoke
Located in Fairfield, CT
Derek Buckner is represented by George Billis Gallery NYC and LA. Born in 1970, Derek Buckner lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife, novelist Joanna Hershon, their twin sons and daug...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Chesapeake Oysters
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Though I live in Texas, I consider Virginia my home and long for the shellfish I would get from the Chesapeake Bay. Since I can no longer eat oysters there, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Masks We Wear, Sometimes it's a Cape" Oil Painting, Kingfisher
Located in Denver, CO
3rd Version (Ben Patterson)’s "Masks We Wear, Sometimes it's a Cape" is a 2022 oil painting on cradled panel measuring 12 x 9 x 1.5 inches. The work is unframed but ready to hang. Th...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Painted Ladies" (2025) By Greg Gandy, Original Realist Oil CItyscape Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Painted Ladies" (2025) is a beautiful handmade impressionist still-life oil painting by American realist Greg Gandy, depicting a view over the Victorian rows of San Francisco, the s...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Young girl Redhead Holding her father's hand Illustration
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
There is a reason why there are few contemporary painters who can paint a portrait this good. It's hard to do. It's easy to throw some paint or spray a mess of graffiti on canvas. ...
Category
1940s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunrise at Monomoy
By Marla Korr
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1950
Marla Korr attended Brooklyn College, earning both a B.A. and a M.F.A. There she studied with Philip Pearlstein, Lennart Anderson ...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Modern Shaped Ceramic Duo, Contemporary Pottery on Pink Background, Paper, 2024
Located in Barcelona, ES
This modern still life diptych by Gio Bellagio is inspired by ancient Greek ceramic vessels. The pots are adorned with minimalist patterns reminiscent of Greek geometry, emphasising...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
A French Still Life
Located in Wenham, MA
This is an original oil painting on linen canvas by Ginny Williams. This still life uses colors from the French flag as its color palette, and an image of the famous "Odalisque" pain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Painted Walls
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Alex Roulette’s paintings depict false realities. The artist constructs landscapes from numerous source photographs, which he uses a...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Speeding Crows, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
I saw this pair zooming around my house, cawing wildly on some crow mission," says artist Emil Morhardt. "One would think that Common Crows are black, but in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1st Avenue
By Karen Woods
Located in Fairfield, CT
“I do think the big problem in a way…is how you deal with ordinary life—that is not extraordinary, that does not involve heroism, that does not involve crises, really. But the way in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Pepper Party / oil on canvas - still life with food
By Mimi Jensen
Located in Burlingame, CA
Glorious fun with food in this bold and colorful still life celebration where green, red, orange and yellow reigns, in this chili pepper scene from highly collectible American realis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rooftops
Located in Fairfield, CT
Alex Roulette’s paintings depict false realities. The artist constructs landscapes from numerous source photographs, which he uses as references to create his finely-tuned oil painti...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Arm
Located in Fairfield, CT
Every painting begins with a place to stand. Sometimes I find one in seconds; sometimes the hunt goes on for many seasons. A canvas can easily frame the everyday. But my task is to t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Stillwater
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Stillwater' - oil on canvas is 12 x 36 inches, meticulously painted by Brooks Anderson. Canvas edges are painted dark in artist's signature style. Lovely to behold from every angle....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sixty East 83rd Street
By Lori Zummo
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1962
Contemporary artist Lori Zummo paints in a style evocative of the American Barbizon School. She received her BFA from Syrac...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Clear to Fly
By Karen Woods
Located in Fairfield, CT
“I do think the big problem in a way…is how you deal with ordinary life—that is not extraordinary, that does not involve heroism, that does not involve crises, really. But the way in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tribesmen with Headdresses - Photo Realism
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel
"Robert Riggs was awarded the Gold Medal for Excellence by the New York Art Directors Club for ten consecutive years and received many additional awards." He was elected to the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame. His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts and the U.S. Library of Congress. Riggs's compositons are "monumental" Walt Reed Riggs was a Gay Artist...
Category
1940s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Girl with iMac, Skull and KAWS - original realist still life portraiture artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Contemporary figurative painter Andrew S. Conklin creates a co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Errant Bride
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
Clothesline
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --Every painting begins with a place to stand. Sometimes I find one in seconds; sometimes the hunt goes on for many seasons. A canvas c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Pike
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --Every painting begins with a place to stand. Sometimes I find one in seconds; sometimes the hunt goes on for many seasons. A canvas c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Lamp Post
Located in Fairfield, CT
Every painting begins with a place to stand. Sometimes I find one in seconds; sometimes the hunt goes on for many seasons. A canvas can easily frame the everyday. But my task is to t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Spring
Located in New York, NY
Karl Hartman’s Spring (2024) is a finely rendered celebration of the seasonal shift from winter to new growth. Painted in oil on a 12 x 12 inch aluminum panel, the composition is a c...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Geometric Pot Patterns Diptych on Pink, Ancient Vessels Painting on Paper, 2024
Located in Barcelona, ES
This modern still life diptych by Gio Bellagio is inspired by ancient Greek ceramic vessels. The pots are adorned with minimalist patterns reminiscent of Greek geometry, emphasising...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Water Hunters ( Cowboys in the Old West
Located in Miami, FL
Meticulously rendered account of three prospectors trying to rustle up some water before they can dig up some gold. Magazine Illustration of the Old West, American West, Cowboys
Casein on board, Western / Frontier Art...
Category
1940s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Casein
Frosty Weeds
Located in Columbia, MO
Nora Othic is considered one of the top regionalist painters in the Midwest. She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Pink and Blue Trophies, Modern Still Life Diptych of Ancient Ceramic Pots, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This modern still life diptych by Gio Bellagio is inspired by ancient Greek ceramic vessels. The pots are adorned with minimalist patterns reminiscent of Greek geometry, emphasising...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Carne Tagliata, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Part of Onelio's ongoing series centered around people occupied in various simple tasks. This painting depicts a butcher at work in his shop - it could be a s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Just One Lick" by 3rd Version, Whimsical Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Just One Lick" is a 2024 acrylic and oil painting on cotton canvas by 3rd Version (Ben Patterson), measuring 36 x 24 x 1 inches, with a framed size of 38 x 26 inches. The work is un...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Panel
Tribal Scribble Pots Diptych, Ancient Greek Base Inspiration Painting on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This modern still life diptych by Gio Bellagio is inspired by ancient Greek ceramic vessels. The pots are adorned with minimalist patterns reminiscent of Greek geometry, emphasising...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
"In the Neighborhood" Urban Oil Painting of a City Street in Shadows
Located in Denver, CO
Ken Valastro's "In The Neighborhood" is an original, handmade oil painting.
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Sailing on the Hudson River" American Oil Painting on Board of Ships at Sea
Located in New York, NY
A Fine depiction of a Sailing Ship in the Hudson River. For this wonderful depiction, Nemethy uses a Fine technique which depicts the figures on the boat in a miniature way. With joyful colors, this piece is bright and peaceful. This painting is signed by the artist lower left and it comes comes housed in a beautiful simple wood frame and ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso.
This painting measures 8 x 14 inches
Framed measures 13 x 19 inches
PROVENANCE: Lilac Gallery...
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Aspen Light" Oil Painting
By Gordon Brown
Located in Denver, CO
Gordon Brown's (US based) "Aspen Light" is an oil painting that depicts dense cluster of aspens turning with colorful yellow leaves whose thick canopy blo...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Movie Theatre Nocturne II
By Max Ferguson
Located in Greenwich, CT
Born in New York City in 1959, Max Ferguson started as a filmmaker, making
award-winning animated films as a teenager. But it was while he was a visiting
student at an art school in ...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Portofino Memories" Italian Harbor With Brilliant Water Reflections
By Tom Swimm
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
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