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
Florence -original realism still life fruit painting oil - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Florence," a captivating Impressionistic masterpiece by the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Love consists in this that two solitude - K.Husslein Hyperrealistic Still life
Located in DE
This is a beautiful oil painting of an array of flowers in a vase in front of dark background.
Reminding us of old master paintings, this is a brand new painting full elegance and ti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Swamp Thing (large signed giclee on canvas)
Located in Aventura, FL
Giclee on canvas. Hand signed lower right by Doug Bloodworth. Hand numbered 8/150 lower right. Canvas size 38 x 48 inches. Canvas is not stretched.
Artwork is in excellent con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"1959 Red BMW Isetta 300" (2022) By Shan Fannin, Original Acrylic Painting
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1959 Red BMW Isetta 300" is an acrylic painting that depicts a red 1959 Red BMW Isetta 300.
Born 1969 in California, artist Shannon “Shan” Fannin brings v...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Board
Malaysia Beef Jerky, 16x19.5, acrylic on masonite
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. Another wonderful painting by Charles Ford that captures the great lighting and shadows of ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
"Return to Earth", R. W. Hedge, Original Oil on Canvas, 44"x60", Grand Canyon
By R. W. Hedge
Located in Dallas, TX
Ronnie Hedge's artwork, "Return to Earth," masterfully captures the tranquility and grandeur of one of nature's most iconic landscapes—the Grand Canyon. Through his hyperrealistic te...
Category
1990s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Spirals, colorful ribbon and candy, super realism neutral toned background
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil paint on canvas colorful whimsical
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cream rose on dark brown background, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Welcome to my gallery of original flower arrangements made with professional oil paints. My paintings are created manually, in several sessions, in classical execution. I also make s...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The High Line, 16x17x1.5", acrylic on Masonite
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.
Another outstanding painting by Charles Ford that focuses on the High Line in New York City ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
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 gr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
The perfect beach, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"The perfect beach" is part of the "Ocean Waves" collection inspired by the colors ocean has in the Bahamas. Calm splashing waves, warm and teal turquoise ocean, clear blue sky. Peac...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Window, Contemporary Art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich
Title: Window
Sise: 61x53 inches, (155x135 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Hand painted, original, one of a kind,
"Window" is an oil painting that ca...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wanna Swim?, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
:: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Location: bottom...
Category
2010s 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
"You Can Leave Your Hat On" - Large Contemporary Still Life Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
I have noticed the work of this Tennessee-based painter for awhile now, and the superb craftsmanship and subject story appeal are so engaging. He's widely show, and has been part of ...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of consequence
Located in Belfast, GB
Portrait of consequence
Oil on Canvas
35 3/8 x 23 5/8 in
90 x 60 cm
"The quirky manner in which Johnston pulls and twists narratives, highlighted by the realistic nature of his work, sheds light on the camouflaged absurdities hiding in plain sight. Johnston invites the viewer to dig through the layers of mundane normality with the shovel of imagination to unearth new perspectives." - Saatchi Art (2023)
Award winning artist Stephen Johnston...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Peonies, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Peonies, 2023 year :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signatur...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Settling Into Dusk - Calm Seascape of Crashing Waves Painting
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 re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Locked, " Oil Painting
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's "Locked" is an original, handmade painting that depicts a close up view of a feminine face at three quarters view, her brown hair frames her porcelain face.
About th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bird paradise, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Flower arrangement of tropical plants. Made on canvas gallery stretch, professional paints. Before sending, the painting will be covered with a protective varnish :: Painting :: Phot...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pineapple Kiss
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
Red peonies on a turquoise background, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Red peonies on a turquoise background , 2022 :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Magenta Iris, Photorealist Oil on Canvas Painting by Daniel Maffia
Located in Long Island City, NY
Daniel Maffia, French (1937 - ) - Magenta Iris, Year: 1985, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 30.25 x 24 in. (76.84 x 60.96 cm)
Category
1980s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Life belt-original hyperrealism modern water oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Life Belt" by Alina Hubarenko is an entrancing original oil p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Ciruelas / Plums". Contemporary, Realism, food, figurative
Located in MADRID, ES
"Ciruelas / Plums". Contemporary, Realism, food, figurative, hyperrealism, photorealim
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Sandía / Watermelon". Contemporary, Realism, food, figurative
Located in MADRID, ES
"Sandía / Watermelon". Contemporary, Realism, food, figurative, hyperrealism, photorealim
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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 Emotional Reunion - Contemporary, Dream, Blue, Black, Hug, Affection
By Mihai Florea
Located in Baden-Baden, 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
Canvas, Oil
White Iris, Midnight, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
White iris dramatically framed by a deep midnight blue background. Blue filters in through the translucent petals creating a range of lighter blues. Japanese style, called so because...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gas Lamp, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
This is an oil painting the paper and tape is an illusion is called Trompe-l'Å“il The painting is signed and dated by the year and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. DENNI...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Waterloo Station - London
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting.
Jesús Navarro was born in Jerez, (Cadiz), located in southern Spain, in 1952. By the age of tw...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Catbird Seat
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original oil painting on linen by artist Dustin Van Wechel. Framed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Bon Appetit!, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Bright red cherries oil painting. Food, taste, berries. Oil on a gallery hardboard. Certificate of Authenticity included. I use all professional packing materials to make su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
One Left
Located in Greenwich, CT
Robert E. Zappalorti Biography
American, b. 1948
What is “sharp focus” drawing? Put very simply, it is a rendering with refined, precise line and tone to create a lifelike represent...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
At the Edge of Reality VI -original-still life painting, modern realism seascape
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Expanding the canvas to a generous 70x70 cm for "At the Edge o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Souvenirs de Paris II, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Golden Eiffel towers in a transparent box on a pink-orange backgroune :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seanergy II -original modern realism waterscape painting -contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Seanergy II" offers a stunning meditation on light and water, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seanergy I -original modern realism waterscape painting -contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Seanergy I" captures the visceral power of a wave mid-crash, i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sand Dunes -original realism seascape oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Sand Dunes by Olga Calado takes the viewer on a visual journey ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Magenta Peony with Butterfly
Located in Greenwich, CT
David Henry is a contemporary realist painter living in Philadelphia. He has devoted many years developing the art of capturing light and color in his canvases. Born in 1962, Henry's...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Legendary Blue / Cassowary, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Photorealistic colorful tropical bird painting/portrait of the cassowary, also known as dinosaur bird, or one of the most dangerous birds in the world. I channel my enthusiasm for the amazing characteristics of animals by rendering them with academic oil painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sinnickson Landing, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Water at sunset. Abstracted realism. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signe...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ten Lollipops, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Grace Diehl
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is composed with colorful Tootsie Roll lollipops in a glass canisters. The studio lighting is set up to create wonderful shadows cast onto the surfaces. An interesting ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
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
Grapes and Peaches by Arthur C. H. Herzog - Oil on Cardboard - 57x40.5
Located in Geneva, CH
Arthur Charles Henri Herzog (1862–1913) was a Swiss painter renowned for his landscape paintings and designs, depicting both Swiss and foreign scenes.
Born in Neuchâtel, Herzog devel...
Category
1970s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Going Forward - Trees, Nude, Women, Landscape, Green, Plants, Figurative
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Going Forward, 2023
Oil on canvas
88 H x 70 W cm
34 41/64 H x 27 9/16 W inches
This oil painting, "Going Forward" by Carmen Belean, captures the essence of serenity and natural beau...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White Rabbit Yellow
By Paul Urzica
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Born in Transylvania, Romania and of Hungarian origin, Paula Urzica lives and works in London, England. She is known for her hyperrealist paintings depicting large-scale macaroons.
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Elevated View of a Sussex Town in the Countryside of South England in Summer
Located in Preston, GB
Elevated View of Sussex Town in the Countryside of the South of England in Summer, by 20th Century British Artist, Christopher Osborne.
Art measures ...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sea and Sky in Moonlight" Large Photo-Realist Beach Landscape Dark Blue/White
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Sea and Sky in Moonlight," Oil on Canvas, 60 x 46 Inches, is a large nocturne of the shoreline dominated by a highly dramatic sky of deep blues, grays, lavender and white, with bril...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
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
Second Light 32″ x 57″
By Randy Ford
Located in Boca Raton, FL
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About Randy Ford
Exhibitions of Ford’s work have taken place at Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, Editions/Line Gallery, Marlton, NJ, Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY, Galería artelibre Zaragoza,Spain, Hughes Gallery, Boca Grande, FL, J. Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, CA, Jones & Terwilliger Galleries, Palm Desert, CA, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY, M.A Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK, Plus One Gallery, London, England, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY, Stricoff Fine Art, New York, NY, Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples FL...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lotus No. 65 (Photo-Realist Still Life Painting of Pink & Green Lotus Flowers)
Located in Hudson, NY
Photorealist still life painting on canvas of a light pink lotus flower with brown lotus pods and green petals against a light grey background
"Lotus Number Sixty-Five"
oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches, 49 x 49 x 2 inches with a dark wood frame
Signed lower left
Excellent condition and ready to hang
Painted with the exactness of a still life photograph, this hard edge realist painting by artist Frank DiPietro features a light pink lotus flower, with lush green leaves on a pale grey background. Inspired by close observations of the natural world and encounters with still moments that give us pause. Lines, shapes and colors encountered in nature, reveal the cycles of decay and regeneration that are life’s constant state of change. The work has a quiet, meditative quality. The subject is portrayed in a manner true to their existence in a specific time and place and selected based on considerations of visual relationships to formal elements of painting. Aspects of photo realism, hard edge and color field techniques are utilized to isolate the uniqueness of the subject’s detail, as well as emphasize flatness and illusion of depth within the two-dimensional space of the painting.
About the artist:
Frank DiPietro was born and raised in Scranton PA. He received a Bachelor of Art from Bloomsburg University in 1997, majoring in both Painting and Ceramics with a minor in Art History. In 2000 he earned a degree in Art Education from Moore College of Art and Design while continuing his studies in painting. Frank lived in Philadelphia for twelve years painting and teaching at several museums, art centers and schools in the region. In 2010 he and his family moved to Chester County PA, where he currently resides. Frank currently teaches painting classes and workshops at the Delaware Art Museum and Longwood Gardens...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Umber" Oil Painting 80" x 50" inch by Casey Baugh
By Casey Baugh
Located in Culver City, CA
"Umber" Oil Painting 80" x 50" inch by Casey Baugh
Medium: oil on canvas
The artwork signed and dated by the artist.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Baugh's work can be described as narrative i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ruins in the snow
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
Ancient houses in ruins, blanketed by a layer of snow, stand as remnants of bygone days. In the foreground, a wall with a window and two openings, one of them sealed, rises as a test...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Aerial Sun Through Clouds" Medium Sized Landscape of Fields and Sky at Sunset
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Aerial Sun Through Clouds," Oil on Canvas, 44 x 40 Inches is a highly realistic landscape in blues, grays, pinks, lavender and white which depicts a sunset over water and a burst ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lemon Jelly Marmalade - original still life realism painting - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
In Lemon Jelly Marmalade, Heidi Von...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Leaping Peony (Still Life Painting with Pink Flower and Country Landscape)
By Ann Getsinger
Located in Hudson, NY
Photo-realist still life painting of a pink peony against a country landscape with blue mountains and a blue, moon-lit sky just after sunset
"Leaping Peony" by Ann Getsinger...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
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.