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
PARZIALMENTE SCREMATO, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
What I love about this painting is the simplicity given by the two colors that compose it with all their nuances, I find that this simplicity is very relaxing and invigorating for th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
NYC Kid
Located in Paris, FR
Jerome Romain lives and works in Montpelier, France
He defines his painting as Classic Painting for Contemporary History
" The world as a representation " His oil on canvas painting...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Reflex 3 - Contemporary, Photorealist, Figurative Painting, Portrait, Hoodie
By Ana Maria Micu
Located in Berlin, DE
Reflex 3, 2007
Oil on canvas (Signed on reverse)
17.71 H x 23.62 W in
45 H x 60 W cm
The artist Ana Maria Micu wrote about her works:
"There is certain culpability in self-represe...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
SAN GIOVANNI, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil on canvas, size 28x40x1.5 in This painting is very important for me because this plate was made by a very special chef in Asti. His speciality is the typical plates from Piedmon...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dj Princesse
Located in Paris, FR
Jerome Romain lives and works in Montpelier, France
He defines his painting as Classic Painting for Contemporary History
" The world as a representation " His oil on canvas painting...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hate Love - Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Red, Couple, Belt, Human Figure
By Mihai Florea
Located in Berlin, DE
Hate Love, 2010
Oil Paint on Canvas (Signed on reverse)
47.24 H x 55.11 W in.
120 H x 140 W cm
“Buckle up” is a series of ten works that have as the main theme a fashion accessory: ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Acquiescence - 21st Century, Figurative Painting, Interior, Purple, Couple
Located in Berlin, DE
Acquiescence, 2012
Oil on canvas (Signed on the reverse)
80.76 H x 80.76 W in
180 H x 180 W cm
Radu Rodideal is interested in the atmosphere of his work...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Hallow Taxi
Located in Paris, FR
Jerome Romain lives and works in Montpelier, France
He defines his painting as Classic Painting for Contemporary History
" The world as a representation " His oil on canvas painting...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Grande Parade
Located in Paris, FR
Jerome Romain lives and works in Montpelier, France
He defines his painting as Classic Painting for Contemporary History
" The world as a representation " His oil on canvas painting...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Louis Robbe, Landscape With Barn, Sheep & Goats, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This exquisite mid to late-19th-century oil painting by Belgian artist Louis Robbe (1806-1887) depicts three finely rendered sheep, a lamb and two goats before a landscape with dista...
Category
1910s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
'Painter with Pati' Figurative painting, man & woman wearing a pink ball gown
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Painter with Pati' is a self portrait of the artist himself and his life model Pati. Pati wears a bright pink ball gown whilst the artist is depicted in a mirror behind her. Highly detailed with an incredible vibrant colour palette, and a work that would make a great addition to any collection.
Robert...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'Cockerel' Photorealist painting fo a colourful bird, red, orange, green, black
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
''Cockerel'' by Ben Waddams is a Contemporary Realist Wildlife oil painting of a large cockerel standing regal. Colourful bright and bold, a work that would stand out in any interior...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'Blue Vista' Contemporary Seascape painting of rocks, blue skies, sunlit water
By Marc Esteve
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Blue Vista' is a realist Contemporary Seascape Painting by Marc Esteve. Sea, sand and waves make for a composition that is beautiful and tranquil. You can hear the rolling waves and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ukrainian Winter - Portrait Painting Red Yellow Green White Black Blue Grey
Located in Sofia, BG
"Ukrainian winter" is a portrait painting on canvas by Maestro Marina Dobrovolskaya.
The painting is unframed.
Dear clients,
Thank you so much for your interest to the art of Maestro Marina Dobrovolskaya.
The artist Marina Dobrovolskaya has escaped the war in Ukraine and she is safe with her family in Germany, where she continues to create her incredible ART.
Unfortunately, she had to leave all her artworks and her native town Kharkiv in Ukraine.
We wish you well and in the meantime we hope you will enjoy our artworks in a digital way!
Kindly yours,
Snow Pearl art gallery
Milko Pamouktchiev
Owner
Snow Pearl gallery offers the possibility to increase the value of this artwork by adding a gorgeous wooden Italian contemporary frame of your choice.
We can also offer a very special ancient restored frame. The frame can be hand-carved with composition ornamentation and hand-applied, with water gilded with 22 Kt. genuine gold leaf over rouge burnishing bole and then patinated to the appropriate patina.
This will slightly increase the price, the shipping cost and the delivery time.
The paintings bring emotion of happiness, love, energy and beauty represented by the vast creative power of her talent.”
Dear art lovers,
if you like the art of maestro Dobrovolskaya, please click the link to follow this artist and art gallery Snow Pearl to discover all our artists and beautiful artworks.
Thank you so much! we appreciate your interest to our work.
“The impressions of Marina's paintings on the viewer is so mighty, mesmerizing, grand, that it paralyzes the imagination and leaves no option.
Her paintings bring emotion of happiness, love, energy and beauty represented by the vast creative power of her talent.”
Maestro Dobrovolskaya Marina Evgenievna
was born in 1986, in Kharkov. In 2009, she graduated from the GS faculty of the Kharkov National Academy of Municipal Economy with a degree in architecture.
Member of the Kharkov Organization of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (graphics section) since 2018.
She took part in course for design and decoration. She practices techniques of decoupage, craquelure, painting on glass, modeling of polymer clay, drawing up fabric and floristic panels, felting. She is master in technique of sand animation. It works both in online animation and in the creation of original paintings made with sand on glass. She took part with sand animation in the annual charity evening held in London. Participant of numerous All-Ukrainian exhibitions and international open-airs. In 2010, she taught sand animation at the Beitdan Jewish Center (Kharkov).
In 2013, she took part in a drawing course at the Family Art Club Family Development Center, in 2014 she worked in a ceramic workshop (Kiev).
The peculiarity of the artist is in her individual manner of execution: Maestro Dobrovolskaya works with mixed technique of watercolors and pastels, which gives the work a feeling of hyper-realism. Portraits occupy a special place in her work, in which great attention is paid to detailing in order to convey the character of a person. In the technique of pencil graphics, as well as mixed (pencil with a liner), the artist depicts the city landscape - one of her favorite subjects, which is due to her training at the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, under the guidance of remarkable teachers: N.I. Krivoruchko, V.P. Manokhin, V.A. Kodina, L.O. Bogdanova and others.
List of exhibitions:
2016 -2017 Allukrainian artist vistavka “Rіzdvyana” (Kyiv)
2016-2017 The All Ukrainian painting...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pastel, Acrylic, Canvas
'Sparkling Crest' Photorealist painting of a blue, turquoise wave, sea foam
By Marc Esteve
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Sparkling Crest' is a realist Contemporary Seascape Painting by Marc Esteve. Sea, sand and waves make for a composition that is beautiful and tranquil. You can hear the rolling wave...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Roaring seas' Contemporary powerful blue seascape painting of a crashing wave
By Marc Esteve
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Roaring Seas' is a realist Contemporary Seascape Painting by Marc Esteve. Sea, sand and waves make for a composition that is beautiful and tranquil. You can hear the rolling waves a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vibrant & Vivid Still life painting 'Yellow Napkin' with lemons, peaches & Bowl
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Lijftogt was born in Amsterdam and at the age of 19 decided to pursue his creative path. He would spend every day for several years in the Museums of Amsterdam studying the old maste...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
'Quinces & Apples' Still life panting of fruit in a bowl by Mark Lijftogt
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Quinces & Apples' is a subtle, meditative and delicate painting by the hugely talented Contemporary Still life painter Mark Lijftogt. Photorealism at its very best!
Lijftogt was b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Touch 2 - contemporary photorealistic female face close-up 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
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
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
Dj Princesse
Located in Paris, FR
Jerome Romain lives and works in Montpelier, France
He defines his painting as Classic Painting for Contemporary History
" The world as a representation " His oil on canvas painting...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
L'Opération
Located in Paris, FR
Jerome Romain lives and works in Montpelier, France
He defines his painting as Classic Painting for Contemporary History
" The world as a representation " His oil on canvas painting...
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
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
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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