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
Campanula - original impressionism painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork.
"Campanula" is a stunning exploration of depth and delicacy, featuring three grace...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Spark" (2024) Oil Painting by Karen Offutt, Nude Female Portrait
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's (US based) "Spark" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female on an abstracted background. The painting is framed, with overall dimensions of 18 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
NYC Study #64
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --The primary subjects of my paintings are 21st century man's working monuments, which represent our culture's dedication to production...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
View of Mount Vernon Estate, the historic home of George and Martha Washington
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unknown
(American, nineteenth century)
Mount Vernon Estate
Oil on canvas, 12 x 17 inches
Framed: 20 x 25 inches (approx.)
Mount Vernon Estate, located in Virginia, is the historic p...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter Moonlight Nocturne Snow Scene Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
An oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beautiful winter nocturne landscape. The long foreground shadows accent the effect of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Autumn Roses
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
UNFRAMED: 16" x 20" FRAMED: 19.75" x 23.75" x 1.5"
Artist Statement
"'Autumn Roses' encapsulates a haunting narrative, merging nature's poignant cycle. Within a softly lit room, where a glass pitcher, once filled with life, cradles a bouquet of withered roses. Amidst this tableau, a dance of warm candlelight weaves an intimate and reflective ambiance. I invite the viewer to discover solace within the delicate harmony of life and decay, symbolized through a visual tapestry of contrasts: a vibrant peach beside faded roses, radiant candles amidst subtle decay, and the whispered promise of untold stories held within a closed book."
— Alex Tabet
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Original Oil Painting on canvas, Still Life, Flowers, Signed, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a beautiful original oil painting on canvas. This painting is a classical and elegant floral still-life composition, featuring a lush bouquet of vibrant flowers arrang...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Farm Horse at Trough before a Tavern - British Victorian animal art oil painting
By Arthur William Redgate
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely Victorian genre oil painting is by noted animal artist Arthur William Redgate. Painted circa 1900 the scene is a farm horse having a drink at a water trough outside a tav...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young Boy Fishing by a Beautiful Riverside in Lush Green English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Young Boy Fishing by a Beautiful Riverside in Lush Green English Countryside, by 20th Century British Artist
Art measures 41 x 20 inches
Frame measures 48.25 x 27 inches
Barry West...
Category
1990s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plywood, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Board
$3,256 Sale Price
25% Off
OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY Calm Seas Gold Gilt Frame
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY Cram Seas GGF
Description
OLD MASTER LARGE OIL PAINTING
19th Century
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ENGLISH HISTORY
“Very Goo...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
$1,200 Sale Price
33% Off
"Fire Starter" – Nude Figure Oil Painting Artistry
Located in Denver, CO
Dave Seeley's "Fire Starter" is an exquisite example of nude figure oil painting artistry, masterfully rendered on canvas mounted on board. Cr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$6,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Mrs William Tisdall Elsie Gardiner - British Edwardian oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb large British Edwardian exhibited portrait oil painting is by noted artist George Spencer Watson. It was painted in 1909 and exhibite...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Quadriptych Of Fruits, Pocket Sloes, Strawberry, Wild Apple, Pocket Raspberry
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Crimson Strawberry is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque s...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Travel Through Time 6
By Su Yu
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fine Quality English late 20th century Still life of wild flowers in a vase
Located in Woodbury, CT
Bennett Oates,
Fine Quality English late 20th century Still life of wild flowers in a vase.
Oates was an English painter of flower subjects during the last half of the 20th centur...
Category
1990s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Levi Jackson" (2015) By John Tarantola, Nude Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Levi Jackson" (2015) is a realist oil on panel painting that depicts a nude male lying on a bed, looking up seductively at the viewer's point...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Bolonia IV" – Oil Painting, Female Nude Beach Scene
Located in Denver, CO
"Bolonia IV" by Conrado López is a striking original 2024 painting depicting a female nude figure executed in acrylic, gold leaf, and oil on canvas. Measuring 39.37 x 25.59 x 1.18 in...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Daffodils", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Daffodils" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a bouquet of yellow daffodils with a white background.
About the artist:
When Dianne Massey...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The ruines Undspunnen and the Jungfrau - Oil on cardboard 19th century
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on cardboard sold with frame. The total size with frame is 21x23 cm.
The work is unsigned but we can recognize the Ruine Undspunnen and the Jungfrau in Switzerland. Dated around...
Category
19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
$496 Sale Price
38% Off
"Phone Home" - Oil Landscape Painting With Desert, Power Lines, and Distant Hous
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison’s "Phone Home" (2024) is a captivating original oil painting that immerses viewers in a solitary desert scene defined by expansive silence and subtle human presence. Se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American School Signed Trompe L'Oeil Nude Woman Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted American school modernist painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Nicely framed. Image size, 16L x 20H.
Category
1940s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$746 Sale Price
25% Off
Landscape, canvas/cardboard/oil, 39x50 cm, 1929
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape, canvas/cardboard/oil, 39x50 cm, 1929
Category
1920s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Odalisque - Woman in a Harem - French 1900 Orientalist art portrait oil painting
By Lucien Laurent Gsell
Located in Hagley, England
This charming ex Christie's Victorian Orientalist oil painting is by noted French exhibited artist Lucien Laurent Gsell. The painting dates to around 1900 and portrays a beautiful yo...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hubert Henrard - 19th Century Belgian Still Life of wildflowers
Located in London, GB
HUBERT HENRARD
(Belgium 1816-1898)
Still Life with Cornflower and Harebells
Signed l.r.: Hubert Henrard
Oil on canvas
Framed
25 by 20.5 cm., 10 by 8 in.
(frame size 41.5 by 36.5 c...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pacific Sunset Waves, Contemporary Cyanotype on Paper, Navy Blue, Beach House
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Pacific Sunset Waves" is an original cyanotype that abstractly shows the sunset reflections on the sea.
Details:
+ Titl...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Emulsion, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Lithograph, Monop...
Danish Vintage Still Life oil painting on canvas, Unsigned, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This Danish still life painting presents a harmonious arrangement of everyday vessels, rendered in bold, confident brushstrokes and a rich color palette. A green teapot with ornate d...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Grapes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Morston Constantine Ream
(American, 1840-1898)
Grapes
Oil on canvas, 10 x 12 inches
Framed: 22 x 24 inches (approx.)
Signed at lower right: “Morston Ream”
The still-life painter Mor...
Category
1880s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coastal View of Penzance from Newlyn, Cornwall - British landscape oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely floral landscape oil painting is by artist Elsie Bye- Rawson. Painted circa 1960 the view is looking down from Newlyn and along the coast to Penzance in Cornwall. St Mary...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wonderful Mid-20th Century Still life, Colorful Flowers, MUST SEE, Unknown
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Now available, and ready to be hung and enjoyed!
Unknown Artist
Signed: Clayton ? (Lower, Right)
" Still Life ", circa mid 20th Century?
Oil on Canvas
36" x 24"
Housed in a 3...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,300 Sale Price
60% Off
"The Norwegian Madonna" Original realistic portrair. Large vertical oil painting
Located in Oslo, NO
This painting was created specifically for the New masculinity collection on Singulart.
The topic is very relevant and concerns many people .Gender roles have ceased to be as specifi...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hungarian Rabbi Judaica Oil Painting Hasidic Rabbi with Shtreimel
Located in Surfside, FL
20th century Jewish Chassidic Rabbi with fur hat portrait, Judaica Oil Painting
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
FINE OIL PAINTING By Richard Ansdell RA 19th Century British OLD MASTER PIECE
By Richard Ansdell
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING Antique 19th Century British old master in a Gold Gilt Frame
Description
Good condition Canvas , Professional Cleaned & relined ,
Frame Is original and in very good ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Quadtych of Pocket Upstar Tulip, Veronique Tulip, Snowdrop 2, Bluebells 2024 art
Located in Deddington, GB
This quadtych includes 4 pocket paintings from Dani Humberstone's spring collection: Pocket Upstar Tulip, Pocket Veronique Tulip, Spring Collection: Pocket Bluebells and Pocket Snowd...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Portrait of a Man', oil on canvas by Jozef Isräels
Located in London, GB
Jozef Isräels
(1824-1911)
'Portrait of a Man'
Oil on canvas
72 x 57 cm, 90 x 77 cm (framed)
1861
Signed and dated middle left 'J. Israels 1861'
Jozef Israëls was considered the l...
Category
1860s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Touch"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Portrait of a young girl in a delicate, light-colored dress, painted in soft pastel tones.
The composition of the portrait focuses on the figure of the girl, who is located in the ce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Mountain Lake Oil Painting of a Loch in the Scottish Highlands by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Mountain Lake Oil Painting of a Loch in the Scottish Highlands with two boys fishing with their dog, by British Artist, Andrew Grant Kurtis M.A.(Lon) B.Des.(Hons) L.S.I.A.D.
Art measures 24 x 18 inches
Frame measures 27 x 21 inches
As an artist of both classical and traditional style, Andrew Grant Kurtis excels in his paintings of english landscape...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Miniature Oil Painting of Cottage Farmhouse in Lush Green English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Miniature Oil Painting of a Cottage Farmhouse in the Lush Green English Countryside, by 20th Century British Artist, Peter J Greenhill
Art measures ...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A view of Sebastopol in the Crimea.
Located in Paris, FR
A view of Sebastopol in the Crimea.
Oil on canvas.
In a 19th century gild wood and plaster frame.
This painting can be dated around 1830/1840 given the dresses worn by the women i...
Category
1830s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Coastal Countryside Scene with Horse-Drawn Cart - Antique Original Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Coastal Countryside Scene with Horse-Drawn Cart - Antique Original Oil Painting
Early 20th century oil painting of a countryside scene, potentially the British Isles. In the foregro...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"Surefooted Team" (2019) By Lindsey Bittner Graham, Original Oil Animal Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Surefooted Team" (2019) by Lindsey Bittner Graham is an original handmade oil painting that depicts a horse drawn carriage walking through a snowy forest. This Painting measures at ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Landscape Seascape Impressionistic Oil Painting by Michael Budden Sunrise
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Sweet Sunrise
oil/panel
10 x 8 unframed, 14.25 x 16.25 framed
Sweet Sunrise is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a breath t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"King of the Barn"-Farmyard Rooster 19th century France
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"King of the Barn"-Farmyard Rooster
19th century France
Oil on board
Signature to be read
18 x 15 (19 3/4 x 23 3/4 frame) inches
A very finely painted and expressive rendition of a...
Category
1890s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$2,712 Sale Price
30% Off
Light show
Located in Zofingen, AG
There is so much about the ocean that remains unknown, undiscovered, and mysterious. Yet much of what we are taught instills fear — warnings of riptides, strong currents, towering wa...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Lady Sewing - British 19th century art Newlyn School oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This beautiful late 19th century portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of Walter Langley. It has the hallmarks of the Newlyn School of artists such as the subject matter, com...
Category
1890s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Dust Storm" by Morgan Cameron, Oil painting Featuring Galloping Horse
Located in Denver, CO
Morgan Cameron’s (US based) “Dust Storm” is an oil painting on panel that depicts a red and white horse galloping with it's mane flowing.
This painting is framed and ready to hang. ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Moody Dawn Mist with Winter Trees in a Rural Village in the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Moody Dawn Mist with Winter Trees in a Rural Village in the English Countryside by British Artist, Kevin Curtis (1958-2009)
Art measures 24 x 18 inches
F...
Category
1980s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Oil Painting of River Sunset in the Woods of the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Oil Painting of River Sunset in the Woods of the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist. Painted using warm orange and green colours creating a unique atmosphere....
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage European Impressionist Seascape Coastal Mediterranean Sea Town Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage European impressionist coastal town oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition...
Category
1950s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Nothing Gold Can Stay 5, Oil painting, portrait of woman
By Al Saralis
Located in Dallas, TX
Al Saralis – "Nothing Gold Can Stay 5"
Oil on Canvas
39 x 39 inches - 100 x 100 cm)
Al Saralis’s Nothing Gold Can Stay is a hauntingly beautiful meditation on impermanence, memory,...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,760 Sale Price
20% Off
"Ensemble of Austrian artists"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Franz Rotter (1900–1944) – "Ensemble of Austrian Artists"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 176 x 288 cm (unframed), 181 x 295 cm (framed)
Signature: Lower left corner
Provenance: Pr...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Gentleman in Crimson Coat - British 19th century art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This fine portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Joshua Reynolds. Painted circa 1800 it is a half portrait of a fine young man in a crimson velvet coat. The detail in h...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Picasso Muse, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Realism Original Oil Painting on canvas by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certificate of Authenticity ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Golden Hour, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The sea exudes an atmosphere of comfort and peace at sunset. The water mirrors the glorious colors of the sky, creating a captivating display of light. The re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Crucifixion Of The Tyrians by Alexander the Great, 332 BC, 19th Century
By John Martin
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Crucifixion Of The Tyrians by Alexander the Great, 332 BC, 19th Century
School John MARTIN (1789-1854)
Huge 19th Century history painting of the Crucifixion...
Category
19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
$17,635 Sale Price
25% Off
Throwing Shade, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The sun pierces through the morning mist, casting a warm, golden glow on the fields and meandering stream below. The aerial view captures the scale, depth, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Timeless Dreamer" Whimsical Oil Painting of Mouse
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach- Martucci's "Timeless Dreamer" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a mouse perched atop a clock with a crescent moon in the background.
About the A...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Blood Moon, Oil Painting
By Jesse Aldana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A blood moon glows softly against a brilliant night sky. A row of palm trees in the foreground reaches upward. Pale clouds drift and billow, adding a sense of c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Oil Painting of Soldiers and Woman on the Street
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique oil painting of soldiers and woman on the street. Oil on board. Framed.
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$741 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Painting, Oil on canvas, Winter Morning in the Alps Mountains, Zugspitze
Located in Berlin, DE
OTTO PIPPEL, Painting, Oil on canvas, Winter Morning in the Wetterstein Mountains, Zugspitze (Alps)
Beautiful, large painting by the internationally known artist Otto Pippel.
Snow...
Category
19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$27,248 Sale Price
20% Off
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.