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
Color: Gray
We Don't Need No More Trouble
Located in Denver, CO
"We Don't Need No More Trouble," is an original oil painting by Brian Keith Stephens. It is unframed, but ready-to-hang.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Oil
"Yellow Hair Sioux", John Berry, Native American Indians, Oil/Canvas, 60x36 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
John Berry is a well-known English artist who painted portraits of the royal family. During his career, he discovered Edward Curtis's photographs of Native Americans and became awestruck by the strength and power each portrait held. He studied them in-depth and became an expert in depicting the Native American lifestyle and portraits. This painting entitled "Yellow Hair Sioux" is an original oil on canvas painting measuring 60x36 in. This is a portrait of chief Yellow Hair of the Sioux Tribe. Chief Yellow Hair, a Native American Rosebud Sioux is holding a sword, with a feathered headdress, a leather and fringe shirt...
Category
1990s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bailer Shell - Single Bailer Sea Shell on Brown Table w/ Green Watered Backdrop
By Helen Oh
Located in Chicago, IL
The simplicity of "Bailer Shell" is deceptive. The upturned pale yellow shell sits upon a deep, rich brown table. The shell's reflection is seen in the highly polished surface. The background is delicate green moiré pattern to give an even more opulent feel while adding to the meditative quality of the painting. This artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Helen Oh...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Still life with vegetables. 1973. Oil on cardboard and canvas, 35x55 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with vegetables. 1973. Oil on cardboard, on canvas, 35x55 cm
Category
1970s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard, Canvas
Venezia
Located in Storrs, CT
Armando Romano's depiction of a gondola ride in Venice. Colorful flower boxes decorate the building to the left. Oil on canvas measures 19 1/2 x 15 3/4;...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Marie Channer, "Splash Dance", 30x20 Equine Rider Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Splash Dance", is a 30x20 equine oil painting on canvas by artist Marie Channer. Featured is the silhouette of a horse and woman rider...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Male Academic Nude Painting Henri Brugnot Exposition Label 1st Prize
By Henri Brugnot
Located in New York, NY
Antique Male Academic nude painting Henri Brugnot with exposition label (1st prize).
by Henri Brugnot (1874-1940)
Oil on canvas board
15" x 30"
The lab...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Portrait of a Rock
Located in Storrs, CT
Freeman Baldridge's landscape painting, "Portrait of a Rock." The painting featured a rock on the slope of a hillside covered in wildflowers; the eye...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madrid-calle del Pez, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The artist shows us an abandoned building decorated by street artists. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist ::...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Soup Terrine and Apples" Large Realistic Still Life Painting
By Joan Farish Quillen
Located in Houston, TX
Large scale still life painting with wine, apples, and a soup terrine. The work is signed by the artist, Joan Farish Quillen a Houston, Texas artist, in ...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Quo Tendimus (Where are we going)
Located in Burlingame, CA
Quo Tendimus (Where are we going), is a glowing landscape with figures gathering at a summit before a brilliantly abstracted sky. The compelling and highly contemporary dramatic suns...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
'Let's play for real money'
Located in Paris, FR
Ray Richardson is a contemporary British artist known for his cinematic paintings. The artist employs icons of working-class London, including bull terriers, soccer pitches, and grit...
Category
1990s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Untitled, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Shana Levenson's "Untitled" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a close up portrait of a female model.
This is a secondary market work ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Bird Concert (after Earlom)
By Shelley Reed
Located in Denver, CO
This is an oil painting on canvas and is monochromatic black.
Reed's primary focus has been the rich vein of Northern European art from the mid-17th through 18th centuries, a period of enlightenment and profound interest in science, nature, and the animal world. Animals were assigned human traits (peacock:vanity; dog:fidelity), and nature itself was considered a symbol of God's providence - a commonly held belief within the stratified, gentry dominated social order of the time.
Reed (b. 1958, New York, NY) lives and works in Boston, MA. She is a recipient of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Maud Morgan...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
By the river in the spring. Paper, watercolor, 48x54 cm
Located in Riga, LV
By the river in the spring. Paper, watercolor, 48x54 cm
Arnolds Pankoks (born 1914.21.IX - 2008.)
Graduated Art Academy of Latvia (1937 – 43, 1945 – 4...
Category
1990s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Misty Scottish landscape, Border Terrier, dog and horses in a charming narrative
Located in Charleston, US
Scottish artist, David McEwen's oil painting of a Border Terrier dog and horse, "The Runaways" is a masterfully painted narration of Phillip, a dog, and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
White And Pink Peonies in The Window
Located in Delray Beach, FL
White And Pink Peonies Still Life Oil Painting, framed.
canvas size 23.5x31 framed 28.5x36
Zbigniew Kopania, artist painter, cinematographer, born December 21, 1949, in Łódź Poland.
...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
It's A Jungle Out There, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Grace Diehl
Located in Yardley, PA
I have been an artist for most of my life. Throughout my creative journey, I have had the pleasure of studying with many established artists. My current studies are under private mentorship of Lucas Bononi in NYC. I've honed in my drawing skills for two years at the Woodstock School of Art with Vince Natale. I also have taken classes/workshops with Todd Casey, Andrew Lattimore and Paul McCormack. I have exhibited at the Mark Gruber Gallery in New Paltz, NY. My artwork resides in hundreds of private collections worldwide and on a major Cruise Ship I currently live and work in the Hudson Valley region of New York. ~~~~~~~~~~ About the Painting: Animal Cracker...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blackberry Patch (Raccoon), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"This wonderful little Racoon looks out with an inquisitive look in his eyes. The dark eyes and dark mask of this Raccoon inspired me to set him against the varied charcoal shades f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Salt Marsh 1
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery. Margery Gosnell-Qua received an MFA in Painting and an MS in Art History from Pratt Institute in 1996, where she traveled to Italy to study Pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Edwardian Ecclesiastical Gouache Design for Tripytch Above Altar c1920 Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Anonymous
Design for Triptych Above Altar
British, c. 1920s
Gouache
38×28.5cm
Christ Pantocrator stands in the middle of the design, surrounded by the four evangelists (Saints Matthew...
Category
1920s Realist Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Market 2021, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Asher Topel
Located in Yardley, PA
People in the market . :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
1th September. Paper, watercolor, 50x38 cm
Located in Riga, LV
1th September. Paper, watercolor, 50x38 cm
Arnolds Pankoks (born 1914.21.IX - 2008.)
Graduated Art Academy of Latvia (1937 – 43, 1945 – 47) with diploma work "...
Category
1990s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Wish You Were Here - Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Realistic Girl Portrait
By Kamil Lisek
Located in Salzburg, AT
KAMIL LISEK (born in 1980) Studied under the guidance of prof. Maciej Świeszewski at the faculty of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. He graduated with distinction obta...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sea at winter. 2020. Watercolor, paper, 60, 5 x 85 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Sea at winter. 2020. Watercolor, paper, 60,5 x 85 cm
Sea with ice at the shore
Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibited since 1969 and are held in pr...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Blood Orange, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Grace Diehl
Located in Yardley, PA
I have been an artist for most of my life. Throughout my creative journey, I have had the pleasure of studying with many established artists. My current studies are under private men...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Thanks for Nothing
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
Social commentary by the artist, Eric Forstmann, about how these bags are not good for the environment.
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mirror
By Scott Duce
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b.1956
Scott Duce is an international artist working in New York. Duce’s work is included in many corporate, museum, and private collections. Notable collections include ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Rural life. 1970s, cardboard, oil, 23.5x36.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Rural life. 1970s, cardboard, oil, 23.5x36.5 cm
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional education was at National University at studies to R.Suta, J. Bine an...
Category
1970s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Lakeside. 1959, oil on cardboard, 36x49, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Lakeside. 1959, oil on cardboard, 36x49,5 cm
Summer landscape by the lake
Edgars Vinters (1919-2014)
Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints ...
Category
1950s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Blue into Gold, colorful food, candy super realistic reflections
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A realistic oil painting if two cellophane wrapped hard candies, emphasizing reflections and brilliant color. Gallery wrapped on heavy stretchers with clean white sides. Can be exhib...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Batumi. 1987, paper, watercolor, 18.5x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Batumi. 1987, paper, watercolor, 18.5x30 cm
Landscape with, blue mountains and clouds
Category
1980s Realist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"Interior of Alcazar of Seville", Early 20th Century oil on canvas by F. Liger
Located in Madrid, ES
FERNANDO LIGER HIDALGO
Spanish , 1880 – 1945
"Interior of Alcazar of Seville"
Signed & located "F. Liger, Sevilla " (lower left)
Oil on canvas
2...
Category
1920s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Field at Dusk
By Ciba Karisik
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A flowering field of pink, white and sapphire blue merges with an atmospheric horizon in this charming oil landscape by Ciba Karisik. This intimately sized painting is unframed.
Cib...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dahl Taylor, "Dinghies", 24x26 Boat and Water Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Dinghies" by artist Dahl Taylor is a 24x26 oil painting on canvas featuring six dinghies bound together by rope, bobbing in the water. Sunligh...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Down a Country Road, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
An old farmstead set along a quiet country back road, is the scene that I depicted in this painting. I paint from memories and my imagination for the rural landscapes that I love ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Showtime, a slick black and white charcoal Scottish Terriers dogs in a cityscape
Located in Charleston, US
Showtime, Barrie Barnett, renown pastel artist, astonishes with her skill with charcoal. Not a black and white photograph this is an original painting. Two Scotties dogs and thei...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Sea. Oil on canvas, 61x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Sea. Oil on canvas, 61x70 cm
Dontsov German (1916. Saratow, Russia – 2001. Riga, Latvia)
His professional carrier began at Art School of Astrakhan (1934 – 1939) and cont...
Category
1950s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Ocean I, " Coastal Oil Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This original oil painting is a highly detailed, coastal rendering of rolling waves crashing at an ocean shoreline with a clear blue sky above the horizon line. The blue sky is a bal...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Hawaii
By John Button
Located in New York, NY
Gouache on paper
Signed and dated, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City
Born in California, John Button (1929-1982) was educated at University of Calif...
Category
1970s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
The First Sign of Spring
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Richard Whorf circa 1960. A realist landscape of a circus ad wheat-pasted to the side of a dreary-looking barn.
Artist: Richard Whorf
Title: The First Sign of Spring...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Autumn landscape. 1978. Paper, watercolor, 53x62 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Autumn landscape. 1978. Paper, watercolor, 53x62 cm
Dzidra Bauma (1930)
Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions, portraits, landscapes, flowers a...
Category
1970s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Regal, " Oil Painting
By Suzy Smith
Located in Denver, CO
Suzy Smith's "Regal" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude woman in a white Victorian era collar as bright pink and red flowers bloom al...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life, a plate and apples - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Realistic
Located in Warsaw, PL
ZBIGNIEW WOZNIAK (b. 1952)
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, at the Department of Glass and Ceramics. He is involved in painting, graphics and artistic glass design. He...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Title Surge, Original Acrylic Painting, 2016
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Red and black work so well together. Saw this striking photograph and had to put it on canvas. The large frame is jet black.
Keywords: Abstract, geometric, white,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cracow - Contemporary Cityscape Oil Painting, Realism, Architecture, Figurative
By Janusz Szpyt
Located in Warsaw, PL
Janusz Szpyt was born in 1960, he is a Polish painter. He graduated from the Graphic design faculty and painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. 1983 onward, he became the m...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Marie Channer, "Foggy Morn", 30x40 Equine Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Foggy Morn", is a 30x40 equine oil painting on canvas by artist Marie Channer. Featured is a pasture in the early morning hours. Horses graze in the cool summer air, sil...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sleeping Mountain. 2021, canvas, oil, 80x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Sleeping Mountain 2021, canvas, oil, 80x80cm
Artwork in black and white
Agate Apkalne.
Born in Riga, 1977
Education:
2005 – MA in arts, Art Academy of...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunset in the forest oil paint on canvas seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Born in Valencia but with German and Mediterranean roots, his artistic work has been focused on exhibitions around the idea of "landscape", within a formal pictorial and drawing po...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Ornaments No. 3, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's "Ornaments No. 3" is an oil on board created in 2018 depicting a set of western spurs against a blue background.
About the artist:
Gr...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Monumental Mid-19th Century Oil Portrait of Two Siblings
Located in San Francisco, CA
Monumental mid-19th century oil portrait of two siblings
Stunning museum quality original oil painting of a brother and sister with marbles...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The lakeshore. 1972, oil on cardboard, 30x35 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The lakeshore. 1972, oil on canvas end board, 30x35 cm
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional education was at National Unive...
Category
1970s Realist Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
At sun. 1982, oil on cardboard, 29x34 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At sun. 1982, oil on cardboard, 29x34 cm
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional education was at National University at studies to R.Suta, J. Bine and G. Sk...
Category
1980s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Bright summer flowers. 2020. Watercolor, paper, 74 x 59 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bright summer flowers. 2020. Watercolor, paper, 74 x 59 cm
Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibited since 1969 and are held in private collections in...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Michael Bergt – American (1956- )
Title: Untitled
Year: unknown, circa 1985
Medium: Watercolor
Sight size: 10.5 x 14.5 inches.
Framed size: 17.5...
Category
1980s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A Bright Day on the Mystic, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
By Mark Hunter
Located in Yardley, PA
Whale boats tied up to the dock at Mystic Seaport :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jessica Leonard, "Indigo", 36x24 Equine Horse Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This equestrian piece, "Indigo", by artist Jessica Leonard is a 36x24 oil painting on canvas featuring a horse in black and white with cool tones th...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Behind Paraportiani, Mykonos
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Evelyne Brigeois – French/American (1946-2016)
Title: Behind Paraportiani, Mykonos
Year: ca. 1990
Medium: Watercolor
Sight size: 20 x 14.75 inches.
Framed size: 29.5 x 23.5 inches
Signature: Signed lower left
Condition: Very good
Frame: Framed in original frame. Frame in good condition.
This watercolor is by Evelyne Brigeois (1946-2016) a very well-known Boise, Idaho artist. It depicts an area behind Paraportiani. The Church of Paraportiani is on island of Mykonos in Greece. It is in the town of Chora. The painting is in very good condition with no flaws to note. The painting is signed in the lower left corner. It is double matted and enclosed in a simple light wood frame. The frame is in good condition, with a few very faint scratches.
Born in France in 1946, Evelyne Brigeois was an internationally acclaimed watercolor artist. Having grown up in a small town east of Paris, Brigeois was particularly drawn to places which seem to have preserved their timeless and peaceful aspect. Crisp precision, strong definition of light and shadow, and beautiful composition distinguish her images of the Greek Islands, Venice and France.
Brigeois received many national awards, from the Louisiana Watercolor Society, the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan Watercolor...
Category
1990s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Realist paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Realist 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, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Michael Budden, Su Yu, Olga Antonova, and Mark Hunter. 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 Realist paintings, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available.
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