Photorealist Paintings
PHOTOREALISM
A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.
Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.
The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.
“Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”
The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.
On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.
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Style: Photorealist
“Scompte”, 12 pieces, 2011, Canvas, Acrylic Paint, Photorealism
Located in San Jose, CR
Argentine artist Viviana Zargón shows us these empty, uninhabited spaces. Their enormous skeletons put into sharp relief the economic and social collapse of the modernist dream. From...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Large Horse Portrait Hyperrealistic Beige Taupe Brown Polka Dots Texture 48"x48"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
"Poetry in Motion" 48" x 48" is a one-of-a-kind, large, monochromatic, hyperrealistic, portrait of a horse, earthy tones, beige, taupe, cream, brown, neutral hues, textured, raised p...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Stencil, Stretcher Bars, Other Medium, Paste, Canvas, Paint, Va...
Vince II, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Marshes. Reeds. Lush Landscape. New Jersey Meadowlands. Sunset. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: R...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Serie Saguas 5“, Canvas, Painting
Located in San Jose, CR
Argentine artist Viviana Zargón shows us these empty, uninhabited spaces. Their enormous skeletons put into sharp relief the economic and social collapse of the modernist dream. From...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sweetness -- Original Oil Painting -- Please watch attached video
By Mark Schiff
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Please see accompanying video. One cannot appreciate this painting on a computer screen; in real life, it is absolutely amazing. Because you cannot appreciate it on a computer scre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Baker's Dozen", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Baker's Dozen" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts twelve glazed donuts in a white pastry box.
About the artist:
When Dianne M...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Camellia Branch, colorful, still life, superealsim
By Doug Newton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Painted directly from live observation, Doug Newton’s hyper-real paintings explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light can transfo...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Covered - hyper-realism face close up finger eye lashes detail oil painting
By Anne Moses
Located in London, GB
Anne Moses is a British artist living and working in the UK. Since leaving the University of Manchester with a B.A Honours Degree in Fine Art she has been developing and producing wo...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Last Night" Oil Painting 43"x39" inch by Yousra Hafad
By Yousra Hafad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Last Night" Oil Painting 43"x39" inch by Yousra Hafad
* Due to the Ministry of Culture policy + COVID situation, handling time (paperwork) may take up to 1-3 month.
Yousra Hafad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mum II - Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Realism, City Scape, Women, Street Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life Contemporary painting of a Signed Red Rose and Glass with Water
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Monreal was born in 1958 in Valencia, Spain. A painter with hyper-realist tendencies who began to paint as a child, at first simply as a pastime. Over time, this hobby led him t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Untitled 3
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original graphite and charcoal painting by American contemporary artist Joseph Piccillo, "Untitled 3" created in 2014.
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Canvas, Charcoal
"Scraping", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Scraping" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a construction worker smoothing freshly poured cement in a developing urban landsc...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude Woman
By Hilo Chen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hilo Chen, American (1942 - )
Title: MB 3
Year: 1987
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
Frame Size: 30 x 42 inches
Category
1980s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Circus Liquor
Located in Westport, CT
Artist Statement
Nothing But Neon, 2021
I see beauty in old neon signs.
I have always been fascinated by the glow inside the hand-bent, glass tubes. I enjoy the sculptural, mechan...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Last Song: Beim Schlafengehen (Going to Sleep)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Last Song: Beim Schlafengehen (Going to Sleep)
Year: 1985
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, with Artist Painted Frame
Size: 47 x 59 inches
Condition: E...
Category
1980s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Midnight Wish II
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Underground -Waterloo, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Created in photo realistic popart style using a limited tonal pallet for this striking work. I worked from one of my photographic images of London for this painting. Daily life in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Reflections in the Monitors" - Photorealistic oil painting by James Zamora
By James Zamora
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Using different spatial compositions the artist translates common marketplace imagery into a stylized, elevated environment. Working in oil on canvas, he explores the representation ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Manon Cleary "Rat"
By Manon Cleary
Located in Washington, DC
Photorealist oil painting of rat by Washington D.C. artist Manon Cleary (1942-2011). Painting is signed on reverse "Cleary". Painting is stretched on aluminum stretcher and dates to ...
Category
1990s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Rt. 30 - Caledonia, PA" - Contemporary Americana Road Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
An astonishing work of photorealism. I think it speaks for itself, right? In fact, it's probably hard to tell from the pics that it's not a photograph. The artist, Jim Thomson, has p...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Arco del Triunfo Barcelona", Jesus Navarro, Realism, 24x39, Original Oil Canvas
Located in Dallas, TX
"Arco del Triunfo Barcelona" by Jesus Navarro is an original hyperrealism cityscape measuring 24x39 in. A lady in a white blouse is browsing her phone as she rides the trolly pass Th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Keeping Floating", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Pegah Samaie's (CA based) "Keeping Floating" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts two pink and fuchsia colored origami boats floating in a blue body of water.
About t...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Flying Machine: Monument to an Uprising," Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Flying Machine: Monument to an Uprising" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts yellow and green reeds of Sweet Flag sprouting from the shallo...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Victory Corset shop, acrylic on canvas, 36x30 Vintage New York City image
By Charles Ford
Located in Southampton, NY
Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. A wonderful early painting (1982) by Charles Ford that captures the great lighting and shad...
Category
1980s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Dutch Dodo, Tammy Mackay, Limited Edition Animal Print, Contemporary Art
By Tammy Mackay
Located in Deddington, GB
Tammy Mackay
The Dutch Dodo
Limited Edition Animal Print
Edition of 40
Sheet Size: H 61.5cm x W 56.5cm x D 0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Paper, C Print
"Awakening," Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Brian O'Neill's (US based) "Awakening" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts purple and yellow Iris flowers blooming from their green stems into the darkness.
About th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Heartland 50" x 70"
By Randy Ford
Located in Boca Raton, FL
One cannot appreciate this painting on a computer screen; in real life, it is absolutely amazing. Because you cannot appreciate it on a computer screen, our gallery has a unique pol...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
TV Dinner, Fried Chicken
Located in Westport, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles -- Artist Statement
Nothing But Neon, 2021
I see beauty in old neon signs.
I have always been fascinated by the glow inside the h...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Awaken," Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Brian O'Neill's (US based) "Awaken" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cloud filled sky in pink and purple hues as it shimmers over a pink ocean crashing to shore. ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Attributes of Art
By Dana Loomis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dana Loomis
Title: Attributes of Art
Year: 1984
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and titled in marker
Size: 40 in. x 46 in. (101.6 cm x 116.84 cm)
Frame Size: 41 x 47 inches
Category
1980s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
To Be a Hawk
By Lynette Cook
Located in Burlingame, CA
Lynette Cook, 'To Be a Hawk', 30 x 24, Acrylic on canvas. One of the artist's new 'To Be' paintings that is a recognition of our urban spaces coexisting with nature. Diving deeper, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
CALIFORNIA - Photorealistic Oil and Enamel Painting on Canvas
By Ross Tamlin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Incorporating the aesthetics of modern industrial technique, the corrugation in Ross Tamlin’s photorealistic compositions is a visual illusion created by layers of oil and enamel pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Beige & White Flowers (floral still life)
Located in Hudson, NY
Ben Schonzeit (b.1942). Beige & White Flowers, 2001. Oil on linen, 46 x 62 inches. Signed, titled, dated on verso. Excellent, clean condition. Unframed.
A pioneer of the Photorealis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Pink Peonies - portrait original hyperrealist photo still life technology modern
By James Zamora
Located in London, Chelsea
This contemporary realist painting by James Zamora presents an intimate portrait of a vase of peonies. Achieving a photo-like quality by imparting detailed paint work to the figurati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"2 Bucks", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Judith Dickinson's (US based) "2 Bucks" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a crumpled two dollar bill on a gray background.
About the Artist:
Judith considers her l...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Shrimp Cocktail on Black" Photorealist ptg, bright light, orange/yellow, green
Located in Wellesley, MA
Mary Ellen Johnson is internationally recognized as one of the top Photo Realist painters working today whose extraordinary area of expertise is images of food. Johnson actually de...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
"The Last," Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Victoria Novak's "The Last" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a still life of tangerines or mandarin oranges peeled and unpeeled with leaves.
About the Artist:
Rea...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Whoppers No. 2
By James Zamora
Located in Los Angeles, CA
James Zamora's realistic “aisle paintings” are well-known throughout the US. Using different spatial compositions the artist translates common marketplace imagery into a stylized, el...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Los Angeles Crashing Waves Triptych, Nautical, Handmade Cyanotype in Blue Tones
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
This gorgeous triptych shows a vigorous crashing wave off Los Angeles Coast.
Details:
+ Title: Los Angeles Crashing Wav...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, C Print, Co...
Chicken Bacon Ranch
By James Zamora
Located in Los Angeles, CA
James Zamora's realistic “aisle paintings” are well-known throughout the US. Using different spatial compositions the artist translates common marketplace imagery into a stylized, el...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Kentucky Horse Rider
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her hyperrealistic ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Crushed Coke Can
By James Zamora
Located in Los Angeles, CA
James Zamora's realistic “aisle paintings” are well-known throughout the US. Using different spatial compositions the artist translates common marketplace imagery into a stylized, el...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Creation of Adam -- Original Oil Painting -- Please watch attached video
Located in Boca Raton, FL
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One cannot appreciate this painting on a computer screen; in real life, it is absolute...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pool No.11 - contemporary female figure waterscape oil painting photo realist
Located in London, Chelsea
This original artwork by Jean-Pierre Kunkel depicts the human form of a swimmer in pool water in contemporary realism. Rendered in precise photo realism, the artist enhances what can...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Seeker" photorealist oil painting of a white folded sail with exposed linen
Located in Edgartown, MA
Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years. Both cities are on the Atlantic coast of France and have rich maritime histories, highlighted by prospero...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Essex: Industrial Still Life Photo-Realist Painting of Grey & Blue Train
Located in Hudson, NY
Large industrial photo-realist painting on canvas of a grey and steel blue train exterior
oil on canvas, thin wood stripping
49 x 73 x 2 inches inches
signed, verso
Wire is instal...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dark Mane - Photorealistic Painting of a Safari with a Lion and Land Rover
By Rick Pas
Located in Chicago, IL
A lion strolls in front of a Range Rover in this photorealistic painting entitled "Dark Mane" by Rick Pas. Though small in scale this painting delivers great impact. Every detail i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
"Las Orange" photorealist oil painting of distressed orange life buoy, chingles
Located in Edgartown, MA
Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years. Both cities are on the Atlantic coast of France and have rich maritime histories, highlighted by prospero...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Calumet Vista - Iron and Steel Girder Bridge, Contemporary Photorealist Painting
By Roland Kulla
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting captures a spiderweb like red iron girder beam steel bridge. Roland has always been fascinated by the built environment. Reflecting on what the structures tell about t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Flower Aisle 1
By James Zamora
Located in Los Angeles, CA
James Zamora's realistic “aisle paintings” are well-known throughout the US. Using different spatial compositions the artist translates common marketplace imagery into a stylized, el...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hannah’s Mirror,Rembrandt’s Three Trees Transformed Into The Expulsion From Eden
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Hannah’s Mirror, Rembrandt’s Three Trees Transformed Into The Expulsion From Eden
Year: 1978
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 60 x 120 inches
Con...
Category
1970s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pastel Splash - original cityscape realism modern urban oil painting new york
Located in London, Chelsea
Contemporary realist painter Michael Steinbrick captures a showery perspective of a street scene. Delicately and precisely rendered droplets are illuminated with neon pastel hues whi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Crane 2 (Large Photo-realist Oil Painting of a Red & Yellow Crane on Blue)
Located in Hudson, NY
Large, photo-realist painting on canvas featuring a crimson red and yellow industrial crane against a bright sky blue background
97 x 60 x 1.5 inches
oil on canvas, thin wood strippi...
Category
1990s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Six Windows, Myrtle Ave (Photo-Realist Oil Painting of Classic NYC Red Building)
Located in Hudson, NY
Photo-realist oil painting of a classic red brick building exterior in New York City
Oil on linen mounted on panel in a handmade walnut frame
10 x 27 x 2 inches framed
Wire backing ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"2015 Lamborghini Giallo Evros Aventador," Acrylic painting
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "2015 Lamborghini Giallo Evros Aventador" is an acrylic painting that depicts a banana yellow angles and form of a Lamborghini Giallo Evros Aventador
Born ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
20th Italian Oil Painting trompe l'oeil Studio Interior Palm Tree Realist Museum
By Andrea Vizzini
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original late 20th Century realist interior scene by Italian artist Andrea Vizzini.
This important work was exhibited at The Anderson Gallery and comes housed in an attractive wo...
Category
1980s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
"King's Highway Deep", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Heather Neill's (US based) "King's Highway Deep" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a dirt trail leading into the forest where fall has sprung and colorful autumn lea...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
