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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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Photorealist
Black cans, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Black crushed cans on a yellow background :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pearls, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Hand holding a pearl necklace on a light grey background :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The soldier, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Portrait of a soldier :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signatu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Kid - 21st Century, Kid, Red, Blue, Contemporary, Figurative
Located in Berlin, DE
Kid, 2007
Acrylic on canvas (signed on reverse)
39 3/8 H x 6 11/16 W in.
100 H x 17 W cm
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Double portrait-I(awarded, PKF Grant, NY, 2003), Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
acrylic,on wood panel,ready to hang,free shipping,The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant,2003,NY :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an off...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Portrait-II(awarded, PKF Grant, NY, 2003), Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
acrylic,on wood panel,ready to hang,free shipping,The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant,2003,NY :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an off...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
AROMATICO, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
DETAILS: Oil on canvas, size 20x40x1.5 inches - 50x100x4 cm - Sides are painted to match the painting SUPPORT: gallery canvas, wrapped around the sides and stapled to the back SIGN...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hampshire Garden I, Dylan Lloyd, Original Floral Oil Painting, Realist Artwork
By Dylan Lloyd
Located in Deddington, GB
Hampshire Garden I by Dylan Lloyd [2021]
original
Oil paint on board
Image size: H:30 cm x W:24 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:24 cm x D:2.5cm
Framed Size: H:40.5 cm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Bouches (Mouths), Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Mouth-shaped candies in a black try on a white background Several layers of paint hanging hardware is provided :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official cert...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"This Morning She Was Still Flying, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Please note: This painting will ship from the artists' studio in the Netherlands.
Yvonne Melchers' "This Morning She Was Still Flying" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a common pigeon or dove laying face down on a concrete sidewalk.
Artist Yvonne Melchers showcases her mastery of light and form in her sumptuously detailed paintings of subjects both intimate and universal. Whether painting a scene from her beloved North Sea Shore, the portrait of a strong but vulnerable young man dressed for the historical Siena Palio...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
China - 21st Century, Flag, Red, Pink, White, Great Wall of China, Pagoda
By Mihai Florea
Located in Berlin, DE
China, 2010
Oil on canvas (Signed, front right middle)
14.96 H x 18.11 W in.
38 H x 46 W cm.
The contemporary society is seen as an "extra-wrapped" society by the artist Mihai Flore...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dylan Lloyd, Island Path Diptych, Bright Contemporary Art, Landscape Painting
By Dylan Lloyd
Located in Deddington, GB
Dylan Lloyd
Island Path Diptych
Original Oil Paintings on Canvas
Oil Paint on Canvas Board
Framed in a White Box Frames
Image size: H 30cm x W 20cm x D 0.5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Self Portrait With Between Clock And Bed, Painting, Acrylic on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
On this painting you see the artist himself enjoying a self portrait by Edvard Munch :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity sign...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Amaryllis, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Flowers on a white background Several layers of paint Hanging hardware is provided :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity sign...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Island Path VI, Dylan Lloyd, Contemporary Landscape Painting, Vibrant Art
By Dylan Lloyd
Located in Deddington, GB
Dylan Lloyd
Island Path IV
Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Oil Paint on Canvas
Framed in a White Box Frame
Image size: H 30cm x W 24cm x D 0.5cm
Framed Siz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Les sucres d'orge (The candy canes), Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Candy-canes in a blue vase on a yellow background Several layers of paint Hanging hardware is provided :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Kids Scooter - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Child, Joyful, Realism
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 c...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Iris et orchidées, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Iris and orhids on a white background Several layers of paint Hanging hardware is provided :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authentic...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Change - Polish Young Art, Realism, Photorealistic Oil Painting, Woman
Located in Warsaw, PL
ALEKSANDRA KALISZ
Born in Gdynia in 1992. She currently lives and works in Portugal. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk in the studio of Professor Maciej Swieszews...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brazil - 21st Century, Figurative Painting, Green, Flag, Bikini Bottom
By Mihai Florea
Located in Berlin, DE
Brazil, 2010
Oil on canvas (Signed, front right middle)
14.96 H x 18.11 W in.
38 H x 46 W cm.
The contemporary society is seen as an "extra-wrapped" society by the artist Mihai Flor...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ikea, Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
In an Ikea store painting of I saw a woman and a man looking for so-called paintings. Of course the art they're looking at isn't real art, these are just prints on canvas not eve...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Realist Leopard Portrait Wild Cat Painting from British Wildlife Tiger Artist
By Pip McGarry
Located in Preston, GB
Realist Leopard Portrait Wild Cat Painting from British Wildlife Tiger Artist. The vivid realism of the hairs & whiskers coupled with the intensity of the leopard's eyes make this pa...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Paint, Cotton Canvas
I Love Fanny - Contemporary, Belt, Figurative Painting, Blue, Human
By Mihai Florea
Located in Berlin, DE
I Love Funny, 2010
Oil on canvas (Signed on reverse)
47.24 H x 39.37 W in.
100 H x 120 W cm
“Buckle up” is a series of ten works that have as the main theme a fashion accessory: the...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Birds - Contemporary, Blue, 21st Century, Figurative Painting
Located in Berlin, DE
Birds, 2007
Acrylic on canvas (signed on reverse)
39.37 H x 6.69 W in.
100 H x 17 W cm
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Jonquil Williamson, Plums with Pittisporum, Original Contemporary Still Life Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Jonquil Williamson
Plums with Pittisporum
Original Painting
Oil on Canvas
Image Size: 25 cm x 25 cm x 1.5 cm
Framed Size: 39 cm x 39 cm x 4 cm
Sold Framed (double style tray frame, wood, painted white)
Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look.
Plums with Pittisporum is an original oil painting by Jonquil Williamson. I enjoy taking everyday objects from my house and combining them with fruit and sprigs of foliage from my garden as the seasons change. I like combining the vibrancy of the fruit with muted surroundings and colourful foliage.
Jonquil paints with oils. Colour is the dominant driver in all her works, creating vibrant still life and rich tonal landscapes.
Following a Diploma in Art and Design in 2013, she joined the vibrant artists’ community, Wimbledon Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Candy Eyes issue #8 - Contemporary, Female, Figurative, Oil on Canvas, Portrait
By Mihai Florea
Located in Berlin, DE
Candy Eyes issue #8, 2010
Oil on canvas (Signed front upper left corner)
13 4/5 H × 10 1/5 W in
35 H × 26 W cm
Through his works, Mihai Florea equally satirizes, the one who produce...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surface Dive, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Abi Whitlock
Located in Yardley, PA
The swimmers identity is warped and masked by submersion in water. This work is painted on a deep-edge, gallery-wrapped canvas. The painting continues around the edge of the canva...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Se faire les ongles
Located in Paris, FR
Jerome Romain lives in Montpelier, France
Classic Painting for Contemporary History
He defines his painting as " The world as a representation " His oil on canvas paintings are born ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Bataille de Fibonacci
Located in Paris, FR
Jerome Romain lives in Montpelier, France
Classic Painting for Contemporary History
He defines his painting as " The world as a representation " His oil on canvas paintings are born ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Schinus Molle with direct light, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Light enhances everything it touches. The most humble object becomes magical thanks to it. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authentici...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Candy Eyes issue #5 - 21st Century, Figurative Painting, Woman, Portrait, Blonde
By Mihai Florea
Located in Berlin, DE
Candy Eyes issue #5, 2010
Oil on canvas (Signed front upper left corner)
13 4/5 H × 10 1/5 W in
35 H × 26 W cm
Through his works, Mihai Florea equally satirizes, the one who produce...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
DOCCIA FRESCA, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil on canvas :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Locat...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
So what now? - Polish Young Art, Realism, Photorealistic Oil Painting, Woman
Located in Warsaw, PL
ALEKSANDRA KALISZ
Born in Gdynia in 1992. She currently lives and works in Portugal. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk in the studio of Professor Maciej Swieszews...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nerium oleander with pink ribbon, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
I picked up these Nerium Oleander leaves from the ground. They were dry but still proud with that well defined shape and golden colour. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece com...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Future Worship - Contemporary, Blue, Internet, Woman, Redhead, Female
By Mihai Florea
Located in Berlin, DE
Future Worship, 2012
Oil on canvas (Signed on reverse)
86.61 H x 47.24 W in
220 H x 120 W cm
"Worship" represents the worshiped objects of the consumerist society – oil, money and I...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Madonna bustier - Acrylic, 119x119 cm., limited edition
Located in Nice, FR
Limited edition of this licensed image of madonna en bustier. Numbered 33/950 and certificated by Z gallery and Celebrity gallery, signed by Ryan Gall and Da...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Nandina with plastic, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Nandina berries, amazingly red. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Cage, Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Through a windwo In a parking garage I saw this man trying to pay for parking. Perhaps this little slice of life appears quite normal, but to me it speaks volumes about modern techno...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Dangerous Backyard - Contemporary, Tiger, Kid, Orange, Green, Black, Panther
By Mihai Florea
Located in Berlin, DE
The Dangerous Backyard, 2019
Oil on canvas
47 1/4 H x 55 1/8 W in.
120 H x 140 W cm
The artwork was part of the solo show ONIRIX.
ONIRIX is a project about how we remember and in...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Immersed, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Abi Whitlock
Located in Yardley, PA
Light is shattered into thousands of twinkling points by the swirling currents. It seems to illuminate the drifting form of the swimmer from both above and below. This work is pai...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
SOLE, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is a sun, when you stay in the same room with its is like to feel the heat as if you take the sun! :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official cert...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
BUONGUSTO, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil on canvas The pasta taste, one of my favorite subjects and courses I chose this topic for its ability to arouse the emotion I feel in those moments before the wonderful flavor o...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chlorine Dreams, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Abi Whitlock
Located in Yardley, PA
Shattered light, rainbows and bubbles give this piece an dream like feel. The water almost looks like glass made liquid. I wanted to capture the same feeling one gets when submerged ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Submerged, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Abi Whitlock
Located in Yardley, PA
When submerged the swimmer is set free from decision making; following the currents and eddies made by the water. This work is painted on a gallery wrapped canvas and may be hung ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Forever Marilyn, Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
During a visit to the bookstore I saw these books on Marilyn Monroe. She became such an icon, but somehow you can still summarize her life into a few pages in a book and put a price ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
SPUNTINO, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
I have been inspired to this work because it is the sun for me, this light and the energy that emanates is bursting.. A really tonic for your eyes. As always I used oil on canvas and only use primary colours, which I mix to obtain all of the shades that I need. It creates deeper and more brilliant colours. I use Rembrandt oil...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Irena Chmura
Located in Yardley, PA
I Painted It Over A Period Of One Year Between 2014-15, Using A Photo As A Reference. This Painting Was Chosen For Ruth Borchard Self-portrait Prize 2015 Exhibition :: Painting :: Ph...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Product, Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
One day I visited the Ikea store in Groningen, The Netherlands where I saw these people leaving the store by escalator with all the stuff they just bought. Somehow I thought the scen...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
MARTE, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting make me serene and calm, its sweet colours and shades are a caress to the spirit, while the dynamism of the wine in this masculine form (hence the name Marte) gives a n...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Old Black Woman - Contemporary, Blue, Green, Tigers, Black, Lady, Dream
By Mihai Florea
Located in Berlin, DE
The Old Black Woman, 2019
Oil on canvas
55 1/8 H x 47 1/4 W in.
140 H x 120 W cm
The artwork was part of the solo show ONIRIX.
ONIRIX is a project about how we remember and inter...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Players in the balls, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Igor Shulman
Located in Yardley, PA
These guys really like playing balls. They even invited the photographer so that he captures them in their favorite game. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an offi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Emotional Reunion - Contemporary, Dream, Blue, Black, Hug, Affection
By Mihai Florea
Located in Berlin, DE
The Emotional Reunion, 2019
Oil on canvas
120 H x 140 W cm
47 1/4 H x 55 1/8 W in
The artwork was part of the solo show ONIRIX.
ONIRIX is a project about how we remember and inte...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Abyss, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Abi Whitlock
Located in Yardley, PA
In this painting I wanted to explore depth and the way it distorts and conceals the human figure. The dark indigo shades convey a sense of sinking, downward movement, whilst the ligh...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Gameshow, Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
One night while watching television I stumbled upon this gameshow called Lingo where two teams have to guess a word within a maximum of five turns. Here you see team 1 with candidate...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
NYC Biz
Located in Paris, FR
Jerome Romain lives in Montpelier, France
Classic Painting for Contemporary History
He defines his painting as " The world as a representation " His oil on canvas paintings are born ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ME TE MAGNO, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil on canvas This painting inspired me for its cheerfulness and its laughter, it is for me a really antidepressant! :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Show (8 o'clock news), Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
One night I was watching the 8 o'clock news with Noraly Beijer on Dutch television and wondered what I was actually watching. I decided to take a picture of my television screen ...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Tomatoes - Still Life, Fruit & Vegetables, South Africa, Realistic
By Mark Midgley
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Tomatoes by Mark Midgley. Original Oil on Canvas.
The Cape Town artist, Mark Midgley, is originally from Leeds in the UK. He moved to South Africa in 1979, where he started a silk...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Photorealist paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist 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 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, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Gregory Block, James Zamora, Ian Hornak, and Kathleen Keifer. 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 Photorealist paintings, so small editions measuring 3.5 inches across are also available. Prices for 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 $125 and tops out at $585,000, while the average work sells for $3,772.
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