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
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Glowing ocean waves., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Glowing ocean waves. Blue water, clear skies, waves, serene views, sun glare on the water create an atmosphere of relaxation and romance. Made in the style of realism, turquoise, blu...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rack Them Up, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
"Rack Them Up" is part of my Glitch series which combines realism that blends with digital aesthetics This series is based on photos that I made and combined with some graphic effec...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Autumn, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting was created from various photos my wife Loretta and I took while canoeing in Algonquin Park. I enjoy the change of the seasons and bringing these compositions to life. ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Selfie (triptych), Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Janos Kujbus
Located in Yardley, PA
Original work - 3 big paintings (triptych) in contemporary pop art style from hungarian artist Janos Kujbus. Story about artwork: "Sometimes I feel we live a strange life. We d...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sweet Satisfaction
By Mike Dargas
Located in Dallas, TX
The works of Mike Dargas elude a clear temporal distinction. Even if the representations can stand as indications of a contemporary Western zeitgeist, the images lose their temporal ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunflowers, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
In this creation I chose a muted grey for the sky as I wanted the focus to be on the sunflowers and the background to compliment, not take over. This was purely from my imagination u...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Hot Chilis" Large Acrylic Painting with Rectangular Abstraction
Located in Austin, TX
A photorealistic depictions of red chili peppers, emphasizing the aesthetic vibrance of their color and sheen.
38.5" x 51.5" Acrylic on Canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Where You Touched Me, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Where You Touched Me... Flowers Bloomed. The painting represents a woman and her feelings. It makes us think about our actions and how they affect others. :: Painting :: Photoreal...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Silver placer., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Silver placer. Blue water, waves, serene views, ocean shine, glare on the water create an atmosphere of relaxation, romance. Made in the style of realism. Part of a permanent series ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Lullaby - seascape coastal landscape original oil painting realism photorealist
Located in London, Chelsea
This seascape painting by Christopher Witchall examines the natural beauty observed in the ocean. Demonstrating a passion for this translucent sub...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Suspended Animation 2
Located in Greenwich, CT
Joel Carson Jones Biography
American, b. 1975
Joel Carson Jones lives, teaches, and paints in Northeastern Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1975. With the work-ethic of the Scran...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"VERITAS" Truth", Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
The question "What is truth?" is a hot topic, especially today. Truth"”at times affronted and manipulated"”can elicit the nuances of shadow and light. But t...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
FRAGILE II, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Ball covered with adhesive tape "FRAGILE" on a black background. symbolizing the planet. Several layers of paint on a fine canvas. Matt varnish :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This p...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
I LOVE YOU, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"I LOVE YOU" made with red and gold balloons on a black background. Several layers of paint, using traditionnal tools, :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an offici...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Al Pasino, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Al Pacino is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. The portrait is painted in oil on linen canvas. Realism. It is varnished, the sides are painted in the color of the painti...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
LOL, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
LOL written with gold balloons on a pink background :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paroles de femmes (Women's words, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A red moouth in a white plastic bag on a black background :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready t...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
????, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Four silver balloons representing question marks on a black background; Painted with several layers of paint on a fine canvas, :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with a...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lys roses (Pink lilies), Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Pink lilies and other flowers on a white background. Several layers of paint. Matt varnish :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenti...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Les bulles II (Bubbles II), Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Soap bubbles on a black background. Fine canvas with several layers of paint. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Les roses rouges (The red roses), Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Red roses on a white background Several layers of paint on a fine canvas :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the a...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Time To Grow - Hyperrealist Botanical Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With a contemporary perspective on landscape painting and inspired by paintings created by old masters, German artist Katharina Husslein paints in a representational manner to captur...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Reclining Nude in Green" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Reclining Nude in Green" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 11.5 in H x 1...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Panel, Canvas, Oil
New York to Sydney via LAX, SFO, HNL, & TYO - Photorealistic Painting on Canvas
By Ross Tamlin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ross Tamlin's unique photorealistic compositions merge traditional painting methods with modern industrial techniques to create captivating works of art. Using layers of oil and enamel paint, Tamlin creates an illusion of corrugation that adds depth and texture to his pieces. His use of industrial imagery and found objects is a nod to contemporary art, while his bold color palette and incorporation of text is a nod to the Pop Art movement.
Tamlin created this one-of-a-kind, vibrant, and colorful painting measuring 54-inches high by 44-inches wide and 1.25 inches deep with oil and enamel paint on canvas. The sides of the canvas are painted in a continuation of the front, eliminating the need for framing. In addition to being signed by the artist on the front, the artwork also comes with a certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery. The certificate guarantees the authenticity and provenance of the artwork. Free local Los Angeles are delivery. Affordable U.S. and worldwide shipping available.
In this artwork, Tamlin reworks the traditional idea of landscape painting by incorporating text and familiar places' names, such as Metropolitan cities, painted in large letters over the colorful photorealistic painted corrugated metal. This photorealistic painting by Ross...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Enamel
In the Moment
By Jose Borrell
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting.
By infusing his works with elements of portraiture, the surreal, and the classical, Jose Borrel...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Affectionate waves., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Affectionate waves. The sea, clear skies, waves, sea foam, sun glare on the water create an atmosphere of relaxation and romance. Made in the style of realism. Part of a permanent se...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Heart & Soul Opens No. 1 - Photorealistic Painting of Powerful Ocean Waves
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Steven Nederveen's art is a testament to the complex and ever-evolving relationship between humans and nature. His vivid nature scenes, often seemingly uplifting and idyllic, also reveal the darker aspects of our connection with the natural world. Through his work, Nederveen explores the dualities of our relationship with nature - the love and destruction that can coexist within us. His masterful use of color and light illuminates the beauty and mystery of natural environments such as oceans and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Unrestrained
By Jose Borrell
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery.
Josep Borell was born in Alcoy (Alicante) on January 25th, 1969. He was born into a family without a tra...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sailing trip., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Sailing trip. The work is written with inspiration, positively. Nature: seascape, clear sky over the ocean, light reflected from the incoming waves, glare of the sun on the water, se...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Morning Meditation
By Glenn Ness
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery.
Glenn Ness is recognized for his photorealistic oil paintings of vacant backyards, landscapes, urban streets, and interiors. Ness’s composition...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
SEGUIMI, 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 SI...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Heart & Soul Opens No. 4 - Photorealistic Painting of Powerful Ocean Waves
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Steven Nederveen's art is a testament to the complex and ever-evolving relationship between humans and nature. His vivid nature scenes, often seemingly uplifting and idyllic, also reveal the darker aspects of our connection with the natural world. Through his work, Nederveen explores the dualities of our relationship with nature - the love and destruction that can coexist within us. His masterful use of color and light illuminates the beauty and mystery of natural environments such as oceans and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Tuck
By Glenn Ness
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery.
Glenn Ness is recognized for his photorealistic oil paintings of vacant backyards, landscapes, urban streets, and interiors. Ness’s composition...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Light on the water 2., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Light on the water 2. The shining of the ocean, small waves, the glare of the sun on the water create an atmosphere of relaxation, romance. Made in the style of realism. Part of a pe...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Guardian
By Glenn Ness
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery.
Glenn Ness is recognized for his photorealistic oil paintings of vacant backyards, landscapes, urban streets, and interiors. Ness’s composition...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Flight
By Glenn Ness
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery.
Glenn Ness is recognized for his photorealistic oil paintings of vacant backyards, landscapes, urban streets, and interiors. Ness’s composition...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Fragility of Fate, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Fragility of Fate" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 38.5 in H x 42.5 in...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Leap of Faith' Photorealist wildlife painting of a Puffin on vibrant blue water
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Leap of Faith' by Ben Waddams is a Contemporary Realist Wildlife oil painting. With such incredible detail!
Ben Waddams is a British wildlife artist living and working in Shropshire. Originally from Buckinghamshire, South East England, Ben has lived in the States for many years on several different occasions and traveled in search of exotic wildlife...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Dorito -- Original Oil Painting
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This is an original oil painting on canvas
This artwork is produced under a license from the Frito-Lay® company.
We are a 1stdibs Platinum Seller. Th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Blood Orange, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Garuda" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 38.5 in H x 42.5 in W.
About the Artist:
For as long as ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Hallo Papa - photorealistic animal painting
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Artist Ralf Vieweg paints with almost photorealistic precision, preferably with oil on canvas. "Hallo Papa" is an original painting, handsigned by the artist, created in 2001 and sho...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dionysus: Bringer of Love" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Dionysus: Bringer of Love" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 29 in H x 21 in W.
About the Artist:
...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
T-Bird Motel
Located in Fairfield, 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 enjo...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Antonia" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Antonia" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 30 in H x 38 in W.
About th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
YES
Located in Burlingame, CA
Stunning in its simplicity and vibrancy, 'YES' is a contemporary still life oil painting by Elizabeth Barlow, who meticulously creates oil portraits and still life compositions that ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Lenaia" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Lenaia" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 21 in H x 29 in W.
About the Artist:
For as long as I ca...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink Sand Beach - Elafonisi Beach Greece #8, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original ocean painting with pink sand beach, inspired by the Elafonisi beach on the Crete Island in Greece Dealing with depression, PTSD and anxiety, painting is a form of therapy f...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Solitary Confinement, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Solitary Confinement" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 22 in H x 26 in W.
About the Artist:
For a...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Color of Money
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 Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Where nothing else matters, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original Mixed Media seascape painting Unique original ocean painting with white sand beach and frothy splashing waves, inspired by The Australian Great Barrier Reef Different shades...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'Shallow Waters' Contemporary Blue Photorealist painting of the sea, sand, rocks
By Marc Esteve
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Shallow Waters' 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sea", Oleg Turchin, Oil on Canvas, 30x47, Photorealism Original Oil Seascape
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
Oleg Turchin's "Sea" is an oil on canvas that measures 30" x 47". The painting is a beautiful photorealistic seascape of the blue and white ocean waves crashing in on a brown sandy beach on a stormy day. The artist's attention to detail, perspective, and refinement of the scene brings together a painting true to the scenery. The painting is not stretched at the moment but can be stretched and shipped within 3 days.
Blending photorealism and surrealism, Oleg achieves a signature style of his own. The beauty of nature bursts off the canvas with vibrant life. Oleg Turchin is a Moldovan artist, born in 1964. He studied at the Sciusev children’s art...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Coral reef Australia #1, Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Coral reef painting - inspired by the amazing aerial views of The great Barrier Reef in Australia Dealing with depression, PTSD and anxiety, painting is a form of therapy for me. In ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Bahamas Harbour Island pink sand beach, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Pink sand beach painting - inspired by the amazing Harbour Island beach in the Bahamas Dealing with depression, PTSD and anxiety, painting is a form of thera...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pink Sand Beach - Elafonisi Beach Greece #8, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Pink sand beach painting - inspired by the amazing Elafonisi beach on the Crete Island in Greece Dealing with depression, PTSD and anxiety, painting is a form of therapy for me. In t...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pink Sand Beach - Elafonisi Beach Greece #1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Pink sand beach painting - inspired by the amazing Elafonisi beach on the Crete Island in Greece Dealing with depression, PTSD and anxiety, painting is a form of therapy for me. In t...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The happy place, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original, one-of-a-kind, hand painted, inspired by the aerial view of The Bahamas and Turks And Caicos Islands from in my last vacation there Dealing with depression, PTSD and anxiet...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Aerial Australia - Kimberley Broome, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Unique original aerial ocean painting inspired by aerial view of the spectacular Broome in Kimberley zone, Australia Different shades of blue, turquoise, teal, aqua, beige, black and...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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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