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
"Lost In Light" (FRAMED) Oil Painting 43" x 33" inch by Casey Baugh
By Casey Baugh
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lost In Light" (FRAMED) Oil Painting 43" x 33" inch by Casey Baugh
Medium: oil on panel
Painting size: 43" x 33" inch
Size framed: 52" x 42" inch
Signed by the Artist
ABOUT THE ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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
Acrylic, Masonite
Riders Through Time and Space
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original oil painting on linen by artist Joseph McGurl. Framed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
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
"Owl/Búho". Contemporary, Realism, hyperrealims, figurative, bright, vivid, anim
Located in MADRID, ES
Contemporary, Realism, hyperrealims, figurative, bright, vivid, animal
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Strawberry and Cherry Tart with Hair
By Marc Dennis
Located in Denver, CO
Marc Dennis is an American artist known for his hyper-realistic paintings that celebrate the subversive potential of art history, beauty and humor.
In his "Desserts with Hair" seri...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Lineage Without Names" Oil Painting 47.5" x 47.5" inch by Casey Baugh
By Casey Baugh
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lineage Without Names" Oil Painting 47.5" x 47.5" inch by Casey Baugh
Medium: oil and ash on linen
ABOUT THE PAINTING:
I'm forever fascinated with the idea of what is passed to u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
The Kiss you left - K.Husslein Hyperrealistic flower 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
"Laura #1" (2016) By Rebecca Mason Adams, Original B&W Photorealist Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Laura #1" By Rebecca Mason Adams is a beautiful original photorealist acrylic on canvas painting, depicting a woman resting contently in bed, in a pale light dressed in casual attir...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
L'ORIGINE DELLA VITA, 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
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
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
Framed Peonies
Located in Indianapolis, IN
A beautiful trompe l'oeil still life.
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Greedy, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Hand holding three macaroons on a white backgroune :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mono-Poli III - Realism, Photorealistic Oil Painting, Colorful, Hyperrealism
Located in Salzburg, AT
„He is a declared painter with full awareness of his conceptual past. His works, near to photo-realism, show objects in a garish intense coloristic. It is the process of painting, the transition from the idea to a perfect canvas, which is most important for Toman.
The object is just a pretext, the valuable is the studio and the picturesque amatory, which makes it possible to copy the material fragments of life.“ (Panteon)
Born 1966, studied 1986-87 at the Institute of Artistic Education UMCS Lublin/studio Prof. Mieczysław Herman, 1988-93 at the Faculty for Painting/Academy of Fine Arts, Cracow, diploma in the studio of Prof. Włodzimierz Kunz; 1995-97 Ecole Regionale des beaux-arts in Rennes/France, diploma with distinction under direction of Prof. Gerard Baldet...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Between Guests, Tower of London, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Terry Guyer
Located in Yardley, PA
I noticed this lovely young lady in period costume, out of the corner of my eye, at the Tower of London. Whether she was a guide working for the Tower of London or a leader of a priv...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Abstract Female Nude), 1963, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Female Nude)
Year: 1963
Medium: Acrylic on illustration board
Size: 29.5 x 21 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of Ia...
Category
1960s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
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
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
Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers), 1963, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers)
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Acrylic on double layered Masonite
Size: 29.5 x 21 inches
Condition: Good
P...
Category
1960s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Oystering at First Light
Located in Greenwich, CT
Michael Harrell was born in Florida in 1964. He began painting nautical scenes at a young age and created his first published work at age 7. After rece...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
"Hotchkiss Storm" contemporary realist Northeastern U.S. water and landscape
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Hotchkiss Storm" is a contemporary realist Northeastern U.S. water and landscape.
Frame Dimensions 14 x 16 inches
Edward Minoff Graduated with honors from NYU's Tisch School of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Forever Worship - Contemporary, Blonde Woman, Brown, Yellow, Female
By Mihai Florea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Forever Worship, 2012
Oil on canvas (Signed on reverse)
86.61H x 47.24 W in
220 H x 120 W cm
"Worship" represents the worshiped objects of the consumerist society – oil, money and t...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Fauteil, Photorealist Still Life Oil Painting by Patrick Le Flohic
Located in Long Island City, NY
La Fauteil
Patrick Le Flohic, French (1952 - )
Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, titled on verso
Size: 35 x 45.5 in. (88.9 x 115.57 cm)
Frame Size: 36.5 x 47 inches
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ranchlands After the Rain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original oil painting on linen by artist Joseph McGurl. Framed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Southwold Beach, Morning-original seascape realism 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.
Christopher Witchall's "Southwold Beach, Morning" captures the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Breaking Wave-original seascape hyper realism 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.
Christopher Witchall's "Breaking Wave" commands attention with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mini Macintosh 2-original impressionism still life oil painting-contemporary Art
By James Zamora
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Mini Macintosh 2" by James Zamora stands as a captivating tes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
3 Musketeers-original impressionism still life oil painting-contemporary Art
By James Zamora
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"3 Musketeers" by James Zamora is a delectable journey into th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Undamaged - original still life oil painting - contemporary realism artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Rendered in exquisite detail, Undamaged is a striking example ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Zest for Life - original oil painting - contemporary still life realism artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Infused with warmth and vibrancy, Zest for Life is an oil on b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lime Light - original oil painting - contemporary still life realism artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Vivid, bold, and strikingly fresh, Lime Light is an oil on boa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Sprinkles - Photorealist Chocolate Cupcake Colorful Sprinkles on Purple Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stuart Dunkel is an artist, a musician and an author. He has studied music at Boston University, Mannes College of Music, the Juilliard School (Doctorate), and art at the Boston Mus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary 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
Les Carreaux Anciens, Photorealist Still Life Oil Painting by Patrick Le Flohic
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Carreaux Anciens
Patrick Le Flohic, French (1952)
Oil on canvas, signed lower left, titled on verso
Size: 44.5 x 57.5 in. (113.03 x 146.05 cm)
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
Whatever our souls are made of - 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
"Anyone, Someone, No one" Portrait Oil Painting 12" x 12" in by Casey Baugh
By Casey Baugh
Located in Culver City, CA
"Anyone, Someone, No one" Portrait Oil Painting 12" x 12" in by Casey Baugh
Medium: oil on wooden panel
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Baugh's work can be described as narrative impressionisti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Orange Under Wraps
Located in Greenwich, CT
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 representation of the subject matter. It...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
You intoxicate me with your eyes - 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
Oil, Canvas
Nice morning, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Igor Shulman
Located in Yardley, PA
Sometimes in the morning opening your eyes, you know that you should not get up. I need more sleep two of hours. And sometimes vice versa. you know that he is ready to turn the whole...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The eternal summer - 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
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
After a Long Day 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Alagbe's artwork beautifully captures the desire for calmness and relaxation. The act of pouring fruit juice into a glass cup represents the quest for a soothing beverage to calm the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Charcoal, Mixed Media
Forever Sunset - Palm Tree Red Original Landscape Painting California Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. Kathleen brings a fresh, clean perspective to her colorf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Trompe L'oeil Airbrush Painting on Canvas Duck Decoy Fishing Lure James Carter
By James Carter
Located in Surfside, FL
Provenance: Madison Gallery (Madison Connecticut) bears their label verso.
Hunting and fishing cabin themed artwork in a hyper realist or photo realist style.
James Carter (Born 194...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
James Carter, "Blue Print" Serenity in Ivory, Taupe & Black
Located in San Francisco, CA
Clarity plus precision in execution could yield, in this case, serenity. Perhaps this is the magic formula that has put James Carter’s works into such high-powered corporate collecti...
Category
1990s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, 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
Grow old along with me the best is yet to be KHusslein 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
Windowsill, Large Photorealist Oil Painting by Richard Mizdal
Located in Long Island City, NY
Windowsill
Richard Mizdal, American (1944)
Date: 1985
Oil on Canvas, signed and dated lower right
Size: 54 x 40 in. (137.16 x 101.6 cm)
Category
1980s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Currants and Jug - 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 Red Currants and Jug II, Heidi Von Faber explores the beaut...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, 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
Reeds by the Shore - 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. Reeds by the Shore by Olga Calado evokes a sense of calm and qu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Amaryllis. Oil on Linen. Colorful still-life : Flowers, Interior, Plant
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Subject : Amaryllis (Title - FR) / In this unique work of oil painting, the artist, who is an adept of contemporary realism and fiction, enjoy painting Interiors spaces and still-lif...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Paint, Oil
My Love for you is a Journey - K.Husslein Hyperrealistic Daisy 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
"The Highline at 23rd" New York City, 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
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
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.