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
Period: 20th Century
Original Painting of Sweden Norway Fjord Landscape by Danish Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Painting of Sweden Norway Fjord Landscape by Danish Landscape Artist.
Art measures 27 x 23 inches
Frame measures 33 x 29 inches
An oil painting of an idyllic Scandinavian...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil
'Old Minisink Mill', Marshalls Creek, Silver Lake, PA, Doylestown Art League
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'George L. Beidler' (American, 1917-1981) and dated 1956. Additionally signed, verso, on stretcher bar and titled on artist label, 'Old Minisink Mill, Marshall's Creek, Pennsylvania' with artist address.
Known also as Zimmerman's Mill and Kerr's Mill, this historic mill is located in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Built in 1849 by Peter Zimmerman...
Category
1950s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue-Eyed Young Woman Portrait Framed Oval by Swedish Master early 20th century
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower left “С Wilhemson” possibly leading to Carl Wilhelm Wilhelmson (1866 - 1928), was a Swedish painter, draftsman, graphic artist, art educator and professor at the Royal A...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Katherine Merry Nee Horstmann Director Horstmann Gear Company 1946 City of Bath
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Howard Barron.
English/Australian ( b.1900 - d.1991 ).
Portrait of Katherine Joan Merry nee Horstmann b.1914 - d.1973. Director of Horstmann Gear Company of Bath, 1946.
Oil on Canva...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter Trees at Village in English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
By Wendy Reeves
Located in Preston, GB
Winter Trees at Moonlight at a Village in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, Wendy Reeves
Art measures 40 x 20 inches
Frame measures 46 x 26 inches (framed in a...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gentleman Caller Southern Belle
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful illustration art painting depicts a gentleman calling on a Southern belle. Oil on canvas measures 16 x 20 inches; 18 x 22 inches framed. Signed lower left.
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Historical Wells Fargo Stage Coach Western Shotgun Still Life Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted early 20th century historical still life. Oil on canvas. Nicely framed. Signed.
Category
1930s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sierra Mountains in Autumn - Landscape in Oil on Oval Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Sierra Mountains in Autumn - Landscape in Oil on Oval Canvas
Gorgeous mid-century autumnal landscape of Sierra mountains by W.R. Rolls (American, 20th Century). Rendered in luscious...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Stretcher Bars, Canvas
Traditional English Countryside Original Oil Painting British Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
A traditional original oil painting of the beautiful English countryside, capturing the range of trees, fields and buildings to be f...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cotton, Cotton Canvas, Gesso
"Quimper Bowl & Black Grapes" Realist Still Life Oil Painting on Wood Panel
By Bert Beirne
Located in New York, NY
A luminous still life that borrows themes from Dutch 17th Century Masters, we are drawn to the very details that Beirne captures effortlessly. The subdued, yet boldness of the colors represent an interesting arrangement throughout. In this painting, Beirne depicts a beautiful Quimper bowl on a wooden board with black grapes and clothe. Signed lower right comes displayed in a wonderful wood ornate antique gold frame with hanging wire on verso.
Art measures 9 x 8 inches
Frame measures 12 x 11 inches
Bert...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Vintage Schooner at Sea Oil Painting by Listed Artist Phillip Schuster
Located in Baltimore, MD
West Coast artist Phillip Schuster is a well known maritime painter who was born in 1948. This work, signed by him in the lower left and titled “Last Days” on the reverse side, may ...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Man Fishing with Children Playing at a River Side in the English Countryside
By John Haskins
Located in Preston, GB
Man Fishing with Children Playing at a River Side in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
Art measures 28 x 20 inches
Frame measures 33 x 25 inches
Reframed in ...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
White Horses Running Free Large Russian Signed Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Running Wild"
by Lubov Bazanova (Russian b.1957)
signed to the front, inscribed verso
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 24 x 34 inches
Beautiful quality contemporary oil painting on canvas, by the well listed Russian artist, Lubov Bazanova (born 1957). The work is signed to the front as well as inscribed verso in Cyrillic. It is a stunning image and superbly painted, capturing these wild horses...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Laurence Henry Irving - Gypsy Camp in a Chalk Pit - British Oil Painting, 1928
Located in London, GB
LAURENCE HENRY IRVING, OBE
(1897-1988)
Gypsy Camp in a Chalk Pit
Signed with monogram
Oil on canvas
Framed
16 by 21 ½ in.; 40.5 by 54.5 cm.
(frame size 60 by 65 cm., 23 ½ by 25 ½...
Category
1920s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Mid Century Modernist Trompe L'Oeil Signed Interior Scene Realist Oil
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive 1970s modernist interior scene. Great palette and a sophisticated composition. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed and dated verso.
Category
1970s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life. Wood, oil, 25.5x22 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still Life. Wood, oil, 25.5x22 cm
Realistic still life with glasses, books, on black background. Artwork is framed, size without frame
Category
1970s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Evening at Lake Lucerne by Herman Herzog
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Herman Herzog
(American, born Germany, 1832-1932)
Evening at Lake Lucerne
Oil on canvas, 14 x 21 inches
Framed: 21 x 28 inches (approx.)
Signed at lower right: "Herman Herzog"
Germa...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape. Oil on canvas, 54x73 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape. Oil on canvas, 54x73 cm
Category
1920s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"AFTER GLOW" NATIVE AMERICAN GIRL W/DOLL (1926-2019) Arizona / California
Located in San Antonio, TX
Don Crowley
(1926-2019)
Arizona / California Western Artist
Image Size: 11 x 13
Frame Size: 18 x 20
Medium: Gouache Study
"After Glow" Indian Girl with her...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Almazan Realistic Still Life watercolor Painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Almazan Realistic Still Life watercolor Painting
MIQUEL was an artist focused on the art of realism. His structured works on his great mastery of drawing, are romantic and translate...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Same Old Story (Brooklyn Dodgers & St. Louis Cardinals Illustration)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Bill Crawford (1913-1982). Original illustration artwork depicting teams as they advance to the World Series. Depicted are representations of the St. Louis Cardinals and The Brooklyn...
Category
1940s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Gouache, Pencil
Vintage Classical Fishing Landscape Wide Gold Frame Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage classical landscape oil painting. Housed in a nice giltwood frame. No signature found.
Category
1980s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dripping Kimono with Copper Colored Threads
Located in Soquel, CA
Dripping Kimono with Copper Colored Threads
Iridescent kimono by Patricia Pearce (American, b. 1948). The kimono has been created from controlled drips of ink, resulting in a natura...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Thread, Ink
A Berlin short-faced tumber pigeon
Located in London, GB
Tunnicliffe is one of the greatest wildlife artists of the 20th Century. A Royal Academician, the RA recently had an exhibition of his work. The present picture was probably executed...
Category
1950s Realist Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache, Pencil
Almazan Realistic Still Life watercolor Painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Almazan Realistic Still Life watercolor Painting. . frame
MIQUEL was an artist focused on the art of realism. His structured works on his great mastery of drawing, are romantic and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
The Cardinal's Visit
Located in Madrid, ES
SALVADOR SÁNCHEZ BARBUDO
Spanish, 1857 - 1917
THE CARDINAL'S VISIT
signed, located and dated "Barbudo / ROMA 1902" (lower right)
oil on canvas
22 x 33-2/3 inches (55.5 x 85.5 cm.)
...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Soleil Levant, Vallée De La Dordogne By William Didier-Pouget
Located in New Orleans, LA
William Didier-Pouget
1864-1959 French
Soleil levant, vallée de la Dordogne (Sunrise, Dordogne Valley)
Signed "Didier-Pouget" (lower right)
Oil on canvas
The majesty of the Frenc...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil painting of a House and Garden, Morristown, New Jersey in 1908
By Frank Waller
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Frank Waller
(American, 1842-1923)
House and Garden, Morristown, 1908
Oil on canvas, 18 1/2 x 12 inches
Framed: 23 x 16 inches (approx.)
Dated and inscribed at lower left: "From/Ou...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cranes. Early 20th century, Art Nouveau, cardboard, canvas, oil, 84x61 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Author unknown, initials A.N.
Cranes. Early 20th century, Art Nouveau, cardboard, canvas, oil, 84x61 cm
Category
1920s Realist Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Canvas, Oil
Bunch of Roses, Oil on Paper
By Gustave Lino
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on paper mounted on cardboard by Gustave Lino (1893-1961), France, 1950s. Bunch of Roses. Measurements : with frame: 73.5x58.6 cm - 28.9x23.1 inches
without frame: 61x46 cm - 24...
Category
1950s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Cardboard
Woodstock: Field with Trees in Hilly Landscape
Located in Philadelphia, PA
William S. Butz
(American, active Woodstock, N.Y., 1911-39)
Field with Trees in Hilly Landscape
Oil on canvasboard, 8 3/4 x 11 inches
Framed: 15 x 17 inches (approx.)
Signed on verso...
Category
1920s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Large Oil Painting Still Life and Child by Walter Stuempfig
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Walter Stuempfig Jr.
(American, 1914-1970)
Interior: Still Life and Child
Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches
Framed: 36 x 46 inches (approx.)
Signed at lower left: "STUEMPFIG"
Walter Stu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady in Blue
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Well-known Soviet master from Minsk, Belarus. Beautifully painted portrait of a young lady in a blue dress.
Framed in a 22-k gold frame.
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Redhead. 1967., cardboard, oil, 78x48.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Merija Bernere (1903-1984)
Redhead. 1967., cardboard, oil, 78x48.5 cm
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Israeli Oil Painting Ruth Schloss Child, Doll, Wagon, Kibbutz Social Realist Art
By Ruth Schloss
Located in Surfside, FL
Large magnificent colorful Ruth Schloss oil painting of a child with a wagon with a doll or a baby in a carriage stroller.. Signed in Hebrew
size measures 31x43 with frame , 23x35.25...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
FINE OIL PAINTING by Michael Whitehand B1940 NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY PIECE
Located in Ferndown, GB
FINE RARE MARTINE PAINTING ORIGINAL
20th Century OLD MASTER STYLE OIL PAINTING GOLD GILT FRAME
By Similar $3,000 Premier Collection
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF OLD HISTORY
G...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Tent By Charles Walter Simpson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Charles Walter Simpson, RBA, RI, ROI
1885-1971 British
The Tent
Signed "Charles Simpson" (lower right) Oil on canvas
The sunny warmth of a leisurely day on the beach radiates fro...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young boy by Hannes Fritz-München - Oil on canvas 64x73 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with frame
Total size with frame 78x87 cm
Hannes FRITZ-MÜNCHEN is an artist born in 1886 and died in 1981
Category
1920s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life. 20s-30s, canvas, oil, 48.5x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still Life. 20s-30s, canvas, oil, 48.5x70 cm
Category
1920s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Grandpa by Hannes Fritz-München - Oil on canvas 77x91 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with frame
Total size with frame 89x102 cm
Hannes FRITZ-MÜNCHEN is an artist born in 1886 and died in 1981
Category
1920s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life of Fruits and Wine Carafe Large Framed Oil Painting
Located in ludlow, GB
George Leslie Reekie
British 1911 - 1969
Painter in Oils of Still Life mostly featuring Flowers, Fruits and Wine Bottles. His work is detailed, precise and well executed and his ba...
Category
1950s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil On Canvas Reclining Nude at the beach By Marcel René Herrfeldt
By Marcel Rene Herrfeldt
Located in Gavere, BE
"Oil On Canvas Reclining Nude By Marcel René Herrfeldt"
Beautiful and large oil on canvas
The painting is large in size and is in good condition ...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Luis Lopez, Oil on canvas "Beach Near Valencia", fishermen
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Luis LOPEZ, 1983, Spain. Beach near Valencia. Fishermen, fisherman. With frame: 106.7x80 cm - 42x31.5 inches ; without frame: 92x65 cm - 36.2x25.5 inches. P30 format...
Category
1980s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ebb Tide, Kennebunport, Maine
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ebb Tide, Kennebunport, Maine" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas by Irish artist Val McGann, 1928-2016. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Roses in a Vase Large Signed Oil Painting
Located in ludlow, GB
George Leslie Hunter
British 1911 - 1969
George Leslie Reekie
British 1911 - 1969
Painter in Oils of Still Life mostly featuring Flowers, Fruits...
Category
1950s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life of various Fruits and Wine Carafe Large Framed Oil Painting
Located in ludlow, GB
George Leslie Reekie
British 1911 - 1969
Painter in Oils of Still Life subjects with an interesting background style that is vaguely cubist. Extremely proficient at depicting his s...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young Female Ballet dancer
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful WPA era ca. 1930s portrait of a ballet dancer signed F. Miller.
Oil on canvas measuring 18 x 24 inches; 24 x 30 inches in contemporary frame.
Signed on back.
Category
1930s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bahamian Fishermen Bahamas
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful painting depicts Bahamian fishing boats by Phoebe Towbin (1911-1995). Bahamian Fishermen, 1952. Alkyd on masonite panel measuring 16.5 x 22.5 inches; 22.5 x 28.5 inches fra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Alkyd
Farmhouse by a River in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Farmhouse by a River in the English Countryside with Figure Walking a Dog by 20th Century British Artist, Peter J Greenhill
Art measures 16 x 12 inc...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Loch Eilt in the Scottish Highlands Realist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Preston, GB
Loch Eilt in the Scottish Highlands Landscape Painting. A beautiful realist oil painting of the Scottish Highlands from a highly respected British Artist.
Art measures 33 x 18 inch...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
St Ives Harbor at Low Tide. Smeaton’s Pier. Edwardian Cornwall. Original Oil.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Edward Matthew Elliott.
English ( b.1869 - d.1955 ).
St Ives Harbor at Low Tide. Cornwall.
Oil on Board. Signed.
Image size 11.4 inches x 17.3 inches ( 29cm x 44cm ).
Frame size 16.7...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Cuban Dancer (Female Portrait Cuba)
By Moses Soyer
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Moses Soyer (December 25, 1899 – September 2, 1974. Cuban Dancer, ca. 1950s. Oil on panel measuring 15.25 x 18 inches. Signed upper right. Two original ACA Galleries labels affixed o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'Portrait of a Boy' by Arthur Bésengez, 1867 - 1947, Belgian Painter
Located in Bruges, BE
Arthur Bésengez
1867 – 1947
Belgian Painter
'Portrait of a Boy'
Signature: Signed lower right and dated 1913
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Image size 168 x 103, frame size 186 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Lakeland Landscape Painting with Sheep by 20th Century British Artist
By Peter McKay
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Lakeland Landscape Painting with Sheep by 20th Century British Artist, Peter McKay
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
Frame measures ...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Loch Lomond in Mountains of Scottish Highlands Realist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Preston, GB
Loch Lomond in the Mountains of the Scottish Highlands - a beautiful realist oil painting of the Scottish Highlands from a highly respected British Landscape Artist.
Art measures 3...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting of Natural English Woodland Scene by 20th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of Natural Woodland Scene by 20th Century Artist, John Caesar Smith (British, Born 1930)
Signed and dated '82 (lower left), Oil on Board
Art measures 10 x 7.5 inches ...
Category
1980s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bacchante Bathes Faun Childrens at Sunset 1932 Swedish Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed Ernst Gunnar Widholm (1882 - 1953). Vivid sunset color explosion in the coastal green opening reveals sacred action of the mythological reality: beautiful bacchantes taking ca...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Cardboard
The Picnic
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Picnic" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas board by Irish artist Val McGann, 1928-2016. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork (...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
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