Realist Paintings
REALIST STYLE
Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world.
Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history.
By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.
Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.
Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.
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Style: Realist
In the Wheatfield (Girl Standing in a Wheat Field)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"In the Wheatfield (Girl Standing in a Wheat Field)" is a painting by Winslow Homer. The painting is signed, lower left, "Homer 1873". The framed piece measures 29 3/4 x 21 5/8 x 2 7/8 in.
During the early 1870s, Winslow Homer frequently painted scenes of country living near a small farm hamlet renowned for generations for its remarkable stands of wheat, situated between the Hudson River and the Catskills in New York state. Today Hurley is far more famous for inspiring one of Homer’s greatest works, Snap the Whip...
Category
1870s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Elegant Antique American Sultry Framed Portrait of Woman Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American portrait oil painting by Allan Lee Swisher (1888 - 1960). Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 39H by 30L.
Category
1910s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
River Dart in Devon in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
River Dart in Devon in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, Victor Elford (1911 - 2003)
Art measures 36 x 24 inches
Frame measures 42 x 31 inches
Oil on canvas, ...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cat Therapy
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, we see a minimalist room with a huge window, beyond which stretches a sky filled with fluffy white clouds. Muted colors dominate—the blue of the sky contrasts beaut...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Snowdrops. Original oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Snowdrops are the first flowers that appear in my garden. Their fragility and incredible tenderness are amazing. The various shades of white color of the flower, the reflections of t...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Let Them Eat Cake" (2014) by Suzy Smith, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Suzy Smith
Located in Denver, CO
Suzy Smith's "Let Them Eat Cake" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a female nude with a crown set against a backdrop inspired by a Wayne Thiebaud cake ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
"Meringues" (2015) by Suzy Smith, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Suzy Smith
Located in Denver, CO
Suzy Smith's "Meringues" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a female nude set against a backdrop inspired by a Wayne Thiebaud pie painting.
About the ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
The Cat Knows but Says Nothing
Located in Zofingen, AG
A woman sits in a sunlit room with soft geometric lines and a peaceful color palette of green, beige, and blue. A black cat rests on her lap, staring out the window at a calm, bl...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
"Last Light" - Oil on Canvas Winter Landscape with Sunset Mountains
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison’s Last Light (2025) is an original, handmade oil painting on canvas that captures the fleeting beauty of twilight as it falls over a snow-covered plain and the rugged p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
David Smith (1939-) English Countryside large REALIST ORIGINAL Oil Painting
By David Smith
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: David Smith (1949-) British
TITLE: "The River Dove, Derbyshire"
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 102cm x 72cm framed
CONDITION: excellent
DETAIL: British ...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Coffee & Tea, Oil Painting
By Nick Savides
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A woman sits on a bench, sipping her drink, outside of St. Mark’s Coffee & Tea in the East Village. The cafe’s red facade contrasts with the subdued urban e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Conrado Lopez "Bolonia III" – 2024 Acrylic and Gold Leaf Beach Figurative Painti
Located in Denver, CO
Conrado Lopez presents “Bolonia III,” a 2024 original, handmade piece created with acrylic, gold leaf, and oil on canvas. Measuring 39.37 x 25.59 x 1.18 inches (100 x 65 x 3 cm), thi...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Impressionistic Moonlight Seascape OilPainting Michael Budden Mystical Monlight
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Mystical Moonlight
oil/panel
8 x 10 unframed 13.25 x 15.25 framed.
An oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beautiful moonlit ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"In Repose" (2025) By Matt Talbert, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert's "In Repose" (2025) is an original, handmade oil painting on panel that depicts a portrait of a brunette seated at a table in deep contemplation.
Artist bio/statement...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Antique American Marine Seascape Oil Painting Crashing Surf Atlantic Coast Maine
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique seascape oil painting on panel by the celebrated marine artist, Frederick Judd Waugh (1861-1940), depicting the Atlantic of the coast of Maine, circa 1910.
The painting is finely executed with bold and decisive brush strokes with crisp edges, one can almost hear the roar of the ocean as the surf crashes upon the rocks. The painting is signed lower right "Waugh" and is housed in the original carved & gilded frame.
Condition is very good indeed, this fine seascape by one of America's most acclaimed late 19th early 20th century marine artists is ready to grace your wall. The painting will be accompanied with a certicificate of authenticity & provenance.
Frederick Judd Waugh was an American artist, primarily known as a marine artist. During World War I, he designed ship camouflage for the U.S. Navy, under the direction of Everett L. Warner.
Waugh was the son of a well-known Philadelphia portrait painter, Samuel Waugh. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with Thomas Eakins, and at the Académie Julian in Paris with Adolphe-William Bouguereau. After leaving Paris, he moved to England, residing on the island of Sark in the English Channel, where he made his living as a seascape painter. In 1898 he was recorded as living in Heath and Reach, Bedfordshire.
In 1908, Waugh returned to the U.S., settling in Montclair Heights, New Jersey. He had no studio until art collector William T. Evans (a railroad financier and President of the dry goods firm, Mills Gibbs Corporation) offered him one in exchange for one painting a year. In later years, he lived on Bailey Island, Maine, and in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Waugh’s marinescapes were highly acclaimed, garnering him the Popular Prize at the Carnegie International Exhibition for five years in a row, a feat accomplished by no other artist. In 1914, he was a judge of the art exhibit on Monhegan Island, Maine during the 1914 Ter-Centenary celebration of the Voyage of Captain John Smith.
In addition to his marinescapes, Waugh sometimes published work in periodicals, such as The Green Sheaf, to which he contributed at least one illustration. He also produced paintings and sketches on legendary and mythological themes; see, for instance, his 1921 sketch “Levitation in Dream No. 3”, and his c. 1912 painting “The Knight of the Holy Grail”.
In 1918, Waugh was recommended to serve as a camouflage artist (or camoufleur) for the U.S. Navy, as a member of the Design Section of its marine camouflage unit. That section was located in Washington, D.C., and was headed by American painter Everett L. Warner.
According to a biography of Waugh, “Many large ships, including the Leviathan, were painted according to his designs. Though the enterprise was of course a team effort in which no man played a solo part, he had every reason to be proud of his record. Only one ship with his system of camouflage was lost during the war”.
Waugh was known to produce literary work, publishing a short poem in Pamela Colman Smith’s short-lived periodical The Green Sheaf; a fairy tale in The English Illustrated Magazine; and, in 1916, the book The Clan of Munes...
Category
1910s Realist Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
River Landscape Painting of Scottish Highlands by 19th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
River Landscape Painting of the Scottish Highlands by 19th Century British Artist, Alfred De Breanski Snr, (1852 - 1928). Signed on the front (l...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Linen, Wood, Cotton Canvas
'Southern California Desert Landscape', Art Institute of Chicago, Who Was Who
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Bickerstaff' for George Sanders Bickerstaff (American, 1893-1954) and painted circa 1950.
This California landscape painter was born in Arizona and studied at t...
Category
1950s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Last Light" - Oil on Canvas Winter Landscape with Sunset Mountains
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison’s Last Light (2025) is an original, handmade oil painting on canvas that captures the fleeting beauty of twilight as it falls over a snow-covered plain and the rugged p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed Antique American Realist Nude Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 26 by 34 inches overall and 20 by 28 painting alone. In excellent condition. Handsomely framed in a period ar...
Category
1930s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Large Finely Framed 19th C Realist Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French realist flower still life painting by Jules Edouard Diart (1840 - 1890) . Oil on canvas. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period go...
Category
1860s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French school La Demoiselle Oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
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Ghostly apparition, a lady dressed in a black gown leans on a fence marking the boundary of a field. In the background, a larg...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Wood Panel, Stretcher Bars
A Boy and His Book by Italian Artist Bernadino Giani
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are pleased to offer this charming and rare oil painting by the Italian artist Bernardino Giani (1823–1886), dated 1867. The painting depicts a young boy kneeling on the floor, de...
Category
1860s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
Black Sea. Ukraine
Located in Zofingen, AG
Two figures stand, facing the horizon, their eyes fixed on a missile flying horizontally. Its fiery trail cuts through the calm sky, and the moment hangs between “there’s still time”...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Poor Girl – An Early Genre Scene by Julius Kronberg, 1873
Located in Stockholm, SE
This small, tenderly rendered painting— titled The Poor Girl (Den fattiga flickan)—offers a rare glimpse into Julius Kronberg’s early period, when he was still exploring the genre mo...
Category
1870s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
River Dart in Devon in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
River Dart in Devon in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, Victor Elford (1911 - 2003)
Art measures 36 x 24 inches
Frame measures 42 x 31 inches
Oil on canvas, ...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wild Strawberry - original still life impressionism painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This elegantly framed artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
A quiet yet poignant study of nature’s simple beauty, Wil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Crimson Murmurs" - Oil on Linen Figurative Painting With Red Birds
Located in Denver, CO
Alexandra Manukyan’s “Crimson Murmurs” (2024) is an original oil painting executed on linen mounted to aluminum gallery wrap, measuring 30 x 24 inches (32 x 26 inches framed). This e...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Original English Antique 19th / 20th Century oil painting PORTRAIT OF A GIRL
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: George Henry Grenville Manton (1855-1932) English
TITLE: "A Sketch From Life"
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 86cm x 76cm inc frame
CONDITION: original condition, images taken i...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fig Fruit
Located in Oslo, NO
This small Still Life is horizontally composed with dark juicy fig fruits delicately contrasting to the white drapery they are resting on. Light shadow covers one half of fruit, lett...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Miniature Painting of Cattle Grazing in Ireland Countryside 20th Century Vintage
Located in Preston, GB
Miniature Painting of Cattle Grazing in Ireland Countryside by 20th Century Irish Artist - Presented in an ornate vintage gold frame
Art measures 7 x 5 inches
Frame measures 11 x ...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
19th Century American Realist Fruit Still Life Finely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted 19th Century American realist still life painting. Oil on canvas. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period giltwood molding. Excellent c...
Category
1870s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting of Highland Cows in Scotland Loch by 20th Century British Artist
By Wendy Reeves
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of Highland Cows in Scotland Loch by 20th Century British Artist Wendy Reeves.
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
Frame measures 24 x 20 inches
...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Table top bottles still life painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Italian Still Life painting by unknown artist in the style of Giorgio Morandi.
Oil on panel, measuring 16 1/8 x 22 inches. ca. 1960s
Artist board and fixtures are Italian.
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Don't Worry, Be Happy!..
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting transports us to a world where reality and absurdity merge. An old house contrasts against a dark sky resembling an abyss. A cow grazes peacefully, standing out against ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Impasto Oil Painting of River Tree Scene British Postwar & Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Impasto Oil Painting of River Tree Scene British Postwar & Contemporary Artist, Terry Evans
Terry Evans is a British Postwar & Contemporary Painte...
Category
1990s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Camellia - original realism still life oil painting modern floral study artwork
By Martha Nairn
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. The original realism painting by Martha Nairn is framed and rea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Serene River Scene with Cottage & Cows in the Fields of the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Serene River Scene with Cottage & Cows in the Fields of the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist. Unique Vintage Original, Oil on Canvas, Signed.
Art measures 30 x 20...
Category
1990s Realist Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Cotton, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"English Setter Puppies" Late 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Two Dogs
Located in New York, NY
This work by Harry B. Tallman is a pertinent example of his vividly alive works portraying two English Setter Puppies with in a barn filled with hay. The details are truly exquisite,...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marine Melody
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I depicted a young woman wading through shallow waters, her movements smooth and graceful. I focused on capturing the interaction of light with water and fabric, hi...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Magnolia. Original oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
These stunning magnolia placed in a transparent vase. A dark background helps to reveal delicate forms of flowers and capture the reactions of light with glass. The medium used is oi...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Music of the Rain, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Golden autumn leaves blanket the paths of Central Park, setting the stage for a romantic stroll. A couple walks closely, sharing a blue umbrella while leaving a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Man Walking the Dog at a River Side in the Lush Green English Countryside
By John Haskins
Located in Preston, GB
Man Walking the Dog at a River Side in the Lush Green English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
Frame measures 25 x 21 inches
John Haskins...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of a Handsome Beatnik
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mary Kiisel Greenwood (b.1924)
Studied: PAFA
Exhibited: Gross McCLeaf Gallery, Philadelphia
Portrait of a Beatnik, ca. 1955-60.
Oil on canvas measuring 12 x 16 inches.
Some w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Conrado Lopez Bolonia IV - Acrylic, Gold Leaf, And Oil Figurative Beach Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Experience the captivating artistry of Spanish painter Conrado Lopez with this original piece entitled Bolonia IV, completed in 2024. Reflecting Lopez’s ability to capture intimate h...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Classical Horse Painting of a Grand Andalusia Evoking Strength and Warmth
Located in Charleston, US
Renowned equine artist Valarie Wolf presents "Trusted Friend," a stunning classical horse painting that captures the beauty, strength, and loyalty of the majestic Andalusian horse. C...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Error 404: Gasoline Not Found
Located in Zofingen, AG
A pastel blue convertible with a bold red top stands out against the vast desert. Beside it, a couple shares a quiet moment, their conversation hinting at an untold story. A weathere...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Alpine Mountain Hut Vintage Landscape Painting by 20th Century German Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Alpine Mountain Hut - Vintage Landscape Painting by 20th Century German Artist, Fritz Haupt
Art measures 11 x 9 inches
Frame measures 15 x 13 inches
This exquisite painting by F....
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Painting of the English Countryside with River Otters by Modern British Artist
By James Wright
Located in Preston, GB
Traditional Oil Painting of the English Countryside with River Otters by Modern British Landscape Artist
Art measures 30 x 20 inches
Frame measures 36 x 26 inches
James Wright...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
"In Repose" (2025) By Matt Talbert, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert's "In Repose" (2025) is an original, handmade oil painting on panel that depicts a portrait of a brunette seated at a table in deep contemplation.
Artist bio/statement...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
English Landscape of Church, Farmhouse & Lake District Mountains in Background
Located in Preston, GB
English Landscape of Church & Farmhouse with the Lake District Mountains in the Background, by 20th Century British Artist, Michael Dent
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
Frame measures 2...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Cloud-Gazing Club
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork captures a surreal and serene moment, blending simplicity with mystery. A barefoot woman in a black dress stands on a vast, white, textured expanse, reminiscent of salt ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
"Reign" (2024) By Michele Kortbawi Wilk, Oil Painting with Silver Leaf
Located in Denver, CO
Michele Kortbawi Wilk's "Reign" is a 2024 oil on linen with silver leaf, measuring 12 x 12 inches, that depicts a white horse mid jump with a crown dangling from a string in its mout...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Silver
shellfish harvesters women on the beach Spain spanish seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
**Title**: Fisherwomen on the Beach
**Author**: Rafael Mumpao Hinojosa
**Technique**: Oil on canvas
**Canvas dimensions**: 25.6 x 31.9 in
**Framed dimensions**: 37.8 x 44.1 in
This artwork captures a beautiful costumbrist scene, focusing on traditions and everyday life. **Rafael Mumpao Hinojosa**, with his detailed and realistic style, draws inspiration from renowned painters such as **Joaquín Sorolla**, a master of light and movement, and **Julio Romero de Torres...
Category
1980s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Serenity" (2024) by Sheri Farabaugh, Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Serenity" (2024) by Sheri Farabaugh (United States Based) is a beautiful handmade still life oil painting that depicts a bundle of lotus flowers and pads resting in a clear blue pon...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Oracle" (2024) By Allen Williams, Original Oil Nude Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Oracle" (2024) by Allen Williams is an original oil painting on a sealed illustration board that depicts an eerie portrait of a nude female figure. Thi...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
19th Century American Realist Fruit Still Life Finely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted 19th Century American realist still life painting. Oil on canvas. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period giltwood molding. Excellent c...
Category
1870s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Realist Skyscape Triptych in Blue Tones of Serene Cloudy Sky, Handmade Cyanotype
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of water, forests, and skies. These...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Emulsion, Lithograph
Loch Katrine in the Scottish Highlands Realist Landscape Vintage Oil Painting
Located in Preston, GB
Loch Katrine in the Scottish Highlands Landscape Vintage Painting. A beautiful realist oil painting of the Scottish Highlands from a highly respected British Artist.
Art measures 36...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
"Melancholy in Red" Oil Painting by Joseph Lorusso, Female Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Joseph Lorusso's (US based) "Seeing Shadows" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female figure at a table with a wine glass in the foreground. The painting is framed and ready to hang.
Joseph Lorusso was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1966 and received his formal training at the American Academy of Art. He went on to receive his B.F.A. degree from the Kansas City Art Institute. Born of Italian descent, Lorusso was exposed to art at an early age. Through several early trips to Italy, his parents introduced him to the works of the Italian Masters. Lorusso would look to these influences throughout his early artistic development and they are still evident in his work today.
While in school, Lorusso majored in watercolor and considers himself self-taught as an oil painter. He learned to paint by studying the works of master painters, often losing himself in the halls of the Chicago Art Institute during lunch hours...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"The Bather" (2024) Oil Painting by Karen Offutt, Female Portrait, Nude
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's (US based) "The Bather" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female in a landscape, bathed in light, with a towel draped around her. The painting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Lemons. Original oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Lemons” is an ode to the simple pleasures of life, inviting viewers to appreciate the inherent beauty in everyday objects. The central place is occupied by a plate of lemons with le...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunset, seascape oil painting, one of a kind, framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Seascape oil Painting
Artist: Karen Darbinyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2019
Style: Classic Art, Impressionism,
Subject...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yacht Wanderer (Slave Ship)
Located in Jacksonville, FL
When you gaze upon "Yacht Wanderer (Slave Ship)" by William Gay Yorke, you're not just looking at a maritime painting; you're peering into a fragment of history with profound and com...
Category
1870s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Oil on Canvas Orientalist Painting Moorish Spain Gate of The Sun Toledo
Located in Portland, OR
A large & important Orientalist oil on canvas painting, Moorish Spain, by Pollok Sinclair Nesbit (1848-1922) ASRA, "The Gate of the Sun" Toledo, 1872.
A member of The Royal Scottish ...
Category
1870s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Small Dog Painting of a Serious and Intent Greyhound Focused on What?
Located in Charleston, US
Discover the captivating elegance of Valarie Wolf’s small yet powerful dog painting, "Focused." This 4" x 6" original artwork portrays a refined Greyhound, its intense gaze piercing ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Betises 22" by Marina Dieul, Oil Painting, Cat and Mouse
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
This whimsical oil painting by Marina Dieul, titled "Betises 22," created in 2024, features a dual portrait of a cat and a mouse. The artwork is rendered on a panel measuring 10.5 x ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Antique American Fluffy Pomeranian Dog Portrait Wide Gold Frame Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible signed early American dog portrait painting. Oil on board. Signed. Housed in a period gold giltwood frame.
Category
1870s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Turnip"
By Giacomo Ceruti
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Giacomo Ceruti, known as Il Pitocchetto (1698-1767) – “Turnip”
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 204 x 124 cm (unframed)
Provenance: Private collection
This remarkable painting, “T...
Category
18th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman in Hat, Original Figurative Oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2023
Style: Impressionism,
Title: Woman in Hat,
Size: 31.5 x 3...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sleeping Girls - contemporary, figurative, portrait, acrylic, oil on board
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This realistic painting, a portrait of children, is by internationally recognized artist Daniel Hughes.
Daniel Hughes is known best perhaps for his true-to-life figurative paintings. Early in his life, Hughes was strongly influenced by the work of his artist mother and her friends, many of whom were renowned British artists.
He grew up drawing…never in color books but on six-foot lengths of computer paper. Hughes was especially drawn to the figurative paintings of British artists of the 1950s. His aesthetic focuses on a realistic interpretation, composition, light, harmony, and emotion. Hughes' work, like this acrylic and charcoal painting of two little girls sleeping...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
LARGE OIL PAINTING OLD MASTER Chester Harding (1792 - 1866) FINE 19th CENTURY
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING OLD MASTER ATTR to CHESTER CHARLES HARDING (1792 - 1866) FINE 19th CENTURY BRITISH
Original Antique Large Early 19th Century British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING Romantic Se...
Category
19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dog Portrait: The Red Terrier, circa 1910
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Red Terrier
Possibly Dutch School
Oil on wood panel, circa 1900-1910. Initialed lower left
7 1/2 x 7 (12 x 11 1/2 frame) inches
A charming and thoughtfully rendered depiction of a t...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Paris Rainy Cafe" by Christopher Clark, Original Oil Painting, French Cityscape
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's "Paris Rainy Cafe" is an original, hand made oil and acrylic painting that depicts a night scene of a bustling cityscape in France.
Christopher has been an artist since early childhood, when he would watch Bob Ross on PBS and mimic the famed oil painter’s art with crayons. He considers himself a self-educated artist, with his studies ranging from personal training with contemporary masters, to classical academic art technique, with much inspiration from 19th Century art and the Impressionist Movement. Christopher lived in Italy for a time, immersing himself in Italian culture and art, which continues to influence his painting. His fan base has grown considerably since his return to the US, gaining the attention of Lucasfilm and Marvel Fine Art, which both signed him as an officially licensed artist in 2016. Other clients include George Lucas, Major League Baseball, Louisville Slugger, and Fender Guitars.
Christopher’s painting skills are not his only talent in the arts. He has won several national swing dance championship competitions, and also studies tango and blues dancing. He has played guitar since the age of 12, and during his time as lead guitarist for a rock band, he opened for Blue Oyster Cult and Eddie Money...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
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