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
On the Hard, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
By Mark Hunter
Located in Yardley, PA
A Whaling Boat at Mystic Seaport. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Objets d'Arctic" Aaron Bohrod, Inuit, Polar Bear, Penguin, Winter Still Life
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
Aaron Bohrod
Objets D'Arctic, 1987
Signed lower right
Oil on gesso board
14 x 11 inches
Aaron Bohrod's work has not been limited to one style or medium. Initially recognized as a regionalist painter of American scenes, particularly of his native Chicago, Bohrod later devoted himself to detailed still-life paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book on pottery.
Born in 1907, Bohrod began his studies at Chicago's Crane Junior College in 1925, and two years later enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago. But it was at the Art Students League in New York City, from 1930 to 1932, that he studied under the man believed to be his most significant early influence, John Sloan. Sloan's romantic realism is reflected in the many depictions of Chicago life...
Category
1980s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Ken Otsuka, "Sunny Day Song", 30x36 Ocean Beach Comber Oil Painting on Canvas
By Ken Otsuka
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This realistic piece, "Sunny Day Song", is a 30x36 oil painting on canvas by artist Ken Otsuka featuring a bright ocean shoreline in the midafternoon sun. Smell the sea salt air as the tide washes over the sand below, bringing seashell treasures and other findings with it's pull. Sun dries the tops of uncovered rocks, warm from the afternoon light.
About the artist:
Ken Otsuka delivers timeless beauty to canvas with each masterful stroke of his brush. Ken is world renowned for his breathtakingly realistic landscape paintings...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait d'enfant
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Signed lower right: Geo
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Echoes on the Homestead, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A small house stands alone on the vast Utah prairie, once home to a hardworking homesteading family. The laughter and gospel songs that once echoed inside have ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Coronaleader DT, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
The president, vested in some unusual garments. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting (After Rubens)
Located in Natchez, MS
This oil on canvas painting exemplifies the skill inherent in all of Girbent's work. The work, "Painting (After Rubens), is in fact a painting in the sty...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Summers Day in the Country
Located in Naples, Florida
Henry John Yeend King (1855-1924) was a landscape and rustic genre painter. He began his artistic career by working for three years in glass works. King went on to study painting under William Bromley in London, and also with Bonnat and Cormon in Paris. He exhibited from 1874 to 1924 at The Royal Academy and The New Watercolour Society. He was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists in 1879, the Royal Institute in 1886, later becoming Vice President. He was also a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. In 1898 his picture 'Milking Time' was purchased by the Tate Gallery in London. Yeend King was a fine late-Victorian oil painter...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Wacholderwald und Heide, Schmarbeck
Located in Paris, IDF
Egg tempera on canvas, Shadow joint frame
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North Ge...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
Rowboats in Maine, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Idyllic, peaceful painting of three rowboats moored on the water in a cove in Maine. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paradise Regained, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic on Canvas Framed to Guild of Framers Museum Standard in exeter. Approximate size 12â€x16â€. Additional frame size is a further 3.5†approx. Total size Approximately 15.5x...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique MUSEUM 1890’s CUBAN Painting, “The ARTIST GRAND CHILDREN”
Located in New York, NY
For sale we have this large portrait depicting two young girls in white dresses, standing side by side and posing for the painting. Painted by John Peoli and the Girls happen to be J...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
A ballerina in pink III
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil on canvas, I strived to capture the essence of grace and poise inherent in ballet. The soft pink hues of the ballerina's tutu contrast elegantly against the muted backdro...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antonio Soler, "Rolling Tide" 39x39 Beach Wave Seascape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This meditative landscape by artist Antonio Soler, "Rolling Tide" is a 39x39 oil painting on canvas. Depicted is a crashing wave, perfectly crested and c...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Saudi Arabia King Faisal Time Magazine Cover - Man of The Year Study
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Master portrait artist and illustration legend Bob Peak captures the likeness, dignity and essence of Saudi Arabia's King Faisal for Time Magazine Cover ...
Category
1970s Realist Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Western Glow
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original oil painting on panel by artist Patricia McGeeney. Framed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Colorado winter landscape original oil painting snowy landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
Title: "Mountain Valley"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 36 x 48 inches
"Mountain Valley" is a serene, atmospheric oil painting that captures the quiet beauty of a snow-covered valley i...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Four Stacked Blue, White, and Gold Cups on Ground with Lavender Flowers"
Located in Wellesley, MA
Olga Antonova’s subject is compositions of extraordinarily elegant, beautiful and whimsical cups, plates, teapots, and dishes, but there is something playful about these paintings. Stacked teacups are also amusing, having a kind of jaunty and upbeat personality of their own. Polka dots are as endearing to adults as to children, and everyone responds to the bling and sparkle of gold and silver while marveling at Antonova’s seemingly effortless ability to paint these radiant details...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Oil on canvas by Eugene Verboeckhoven & Alexander Daiwaille (1796-1881)
Located in Uppingham, GB
Oil on canvas by Eugene Verboeckhoven (1796-1881) & Alexander Daiwaille (1818-1888) Landscape with cattle & sheep on a farm track.
Signed by both artists.
Canvas size: 22" x 31" Fr...
Category
1870s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Riga port. 2015, paper, etching, 28x15 cm 7/30
Located in Riga, LV
JEKATERINA GRYAZEVA
Born in Latvia, Riga 1968
Education
1979 - 1986 J.Rozentals Secondary Art School (Riga).
1987 - 1993 Academy of Art (Riga, Latvia), department of Graphics,...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Etching
"Stained Glass" A Cathedral of Color
Located in San Francisco, CA
There was a time when pausing in a subdued environment dappled with the sunlit jeweled tones of stained glass helped to bring one closer to God. It may still work. Certainly, the Bri...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colorado River, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Golden autumn trees line the Colorado River, flowing beneath a cloudy sky. Sunlight filters through the branches, enhancing the leaves' golden hues. The turbu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Apples with a cup, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
100% Handmade Original Oil Painting © 2023 Albert Kechyan. All rights reserved :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by t...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Five Chocolate Caramels
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An (almost) photorealist painting - but painted from life {!}
This closeup of five foil wrapped chocolate covered caramels is a study of the textures in the foil, the brilliant color...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
29th century English, Portrait od a seated Siamese Cat
Located in Woodbury, CT
J. Foley (British, 20th Century)
Siamese Cat
Oil on canvas
Signed on the reverse
This elegant portrait captures the distinctive grace and poise of the Siamese cat, renowned for its ...
Category
1970s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fire I - 21st Century Realistic Figurative Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Jeanine Donkers
Fire I
20 x 20 cm ( framed included in price)
Measurement with included frame: 24 x 24 cm
Oil on wood panel
Jeanine Donkers' paintings offer a world filled with fam...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fire Balls Forming - Oil On Canvas - Abstract Painting By Dante Rondo
Located in Carmel, CA
Any novelist battling through writer’s block might be excited to encounter Dante Rondo, whose life has been a collage of free-spirited experiences that would satisfy the most vicario...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Candle Stick Telephone
Located in Fairfield, CT
Chris Stott is part of a new generation of representational painters pushing the genre forward in fantastic ways. At first glance, Stott’s paintings are elegantly refined compositio...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life, 1863
By George Forster
Located in Milford, NH
An interesting 1863 still life painted by George E. Forster (German/American, 1817-1896). George Forster was born in Bavaria, Germany and came to New York in 1865 with his wife and ...
Category
1860s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Odalisque - Woman in a Harem - French 1900 Orientalist art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
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
Bay area landscape painting 48x72 original oil painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
This large-scale, immersive oil painting of the northern California landscape captures the breathtaking view looking east from the East P...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
fruit still life oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antonio Pérez Tarrasó (1946) - Fruit still life - Oil on canvas
Canvas measures 65x81 cm.
Frame measures 77x93 cm.
It presents cracked areas as can be seen in the photos.
Category
1990s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Until the final bloom - 21st Century Realistic Still-life Painting with a bird
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Jeanine Donkers
Until the final bloom
40 x 40 cm ( framed included in price)
Measurement with included frame: 44 x 44 cm
Oil on wood panel
Jeanine Donkers' paintings offer a world ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Royal Mail Coach
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Signed with initials in carriage: CHC
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Road Trip VI, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Mandy Main presents an expansive, glowing landscape with an accentuated perspective that pulls the eye deep into the distance. "The impressive momentum...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impossible Series (Iris), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting (60 x 100 inches)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
Title: Impossible Series (Iris)
Year: 1983
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 60 x 100 inches
Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, verso
LOWELL NESB...
Category
1980s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Embers of the Evening" oil painting, bright sunset between tall trees, Italy.
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Embers of the Evening" is a realist oil painting on linen. The painting depicts two tall evergreen trees, with a golden, orange, and yellow sunset bursting through the trees. A sing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Crisp No. 2" small contemporary realist oil painting of ocean wave on beach
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Crisp No. 2" is a small contemporary hyperrealist oil painting of an ocean wave crashing onto the beach. Minoff masterfully depicts the textures of the Atlantic in this realist portrait of the sea, in hues of deep green and silvery blue.
Framed in a natural wood 2-inch floating frame.
Framed dimensions: 9.5 x 11 inches
Artist Bio:
Edward Minoff Graduated with honors from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Throughout his high school and college years he studied painting and sculpture at the Art Students League of New York, The National Academy School of Design, and later at Vassar College...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
OIL PAINTING Small by SALVATORE COLACICCO (NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY PIECE
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING SMALL SALVATORE COLACICCO (NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY
Very good condition for age , (see pictures)
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
Description
( 19th century Style )
Salvatore Colacicco is a world-renowned marine artist who was
born in 1935 in Bellagio, near Lake Como and studied at Brera Academy,
Milan. He has been living in England for over thirty years. Nearly all
Salvatore Colacicco's paintings during that time have been
exported to the United States and sold through Tonkins of Nantucket Island.
These now adorn the walls of many a Board Room and Directors
Office throughout the States.
Colacicco's style of painting very much reminds one of
marine artists throughout the 19th century with an obvious Italian feel.
Among Colacicco's achievements were 26 panels illustrating the
history and development of the paddle steamer
(of which he had made a special study of those used on the Italian Lakes),
painted for the Russell Cotes Museum in Bournemouth and
most works by Salvatore Colacicco fetch good figures even at auction
Nice back story to these pieces , We acquired them from a gentleman that went to school with the artist son in Bournemouth , His Father purchased these ones from the artist roundabout 1960 .
Title: Racing...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fennel and Paula Reds, colorful, photo realistic, still life
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil paint on canvas
Doug Newton’s hyper-real paintings observe reality, explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light can transform...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Confab
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This charming scene of four boys sitting on a bench having a conversation is typical of the sentimentalized portrayals of street urchins that John George Brown...
Category
1880s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Daymer Bay-original impressionism coastline seascape painting- modern Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Daymer Bay" by Lenny Cornforth is an enchanting original seascape painting that transports viewers to the idyllic shores of Cornwall. Crafted with oil on canvas, Cornforth's contemp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Zehdenick/Havel, Seerosen, Gänse klein
Located in Paris, IDF
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North German Realists since 2006. He paints everyda...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
French Genre Scene in Parisian park 19th Century Oil painting
By Emile Tabary
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed by Émile Tabary. Lively scene in in a parisian park, pictured moment of city life of the late 19th century. In this painting, some irony and humor are very subtly felt. One of...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Amber Ray, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lacey Lewis's (US based) "Amber Ray" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model sitting on a red couch, with big dark hair, and pasties over her nipples.
Thi...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Kittery Point Remembered
Located in Milford, NH
This wonderful coastal Maine landscape of Kittery Point, Maine was painted by contemporary American artist Erick Ingraham (1950-). Ingraham was born in Philadelphia, PA and became a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'Still Life Four Stacked White Gold Cups with Background of White Beige Flowers'
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Elegant Still Life of Stacked White and Gold Cups with Beige and White Flower Background," 2019, Oil on Canvas, 20 x 20 Inches (Unframed).
Olga A...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Highland Cattle by a Mountain Stream
Located in Naples, Florida
Robert Watson was an accomplished painter of Highland scenes depicting sheep or cattle. There was much demand for Watson’s work as Scottish scenes were extremely fashionable in late nineteenth century Europe, partly due to Queen Victoria’s extended summer visits to Balmoral Castle...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Explorer, nude figurative oil on canvas
By Cesar Santos
Located in Miami, FL
Santos art education is worldly, and his work has been seen around the globe, from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sicily, Italy and the Beijing museum in...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
California landscape original oil painting bay area original art
Located in San Francisco, CA
Immerse yourself in the serene beauty of Northern California with this painting inspired by the enchanting Lucas Valley. This artwork beautifully captures...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Out Of The Blue" - Oil Seascape Nocturne With Crashing Waves, 2024
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison’s “Out Of The Blue” (2024) is a luminous original oil on canvas capturing the powerful serenity of an ocean at night. Bathed in moonlight, this nocturne seascape presen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Trust/Truth (Self Portrait)" Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
Stunning monochromatic realistic contemporary figurative portrait painting by Sullivan Giles. Size 40 x 30 inches. Oil on canvas.
The figures Giles de...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
California Coast I – Large Framed Seascape Original Oil Painting by Robert White
Located in Miami, FL
— CALIFORNIA COAST I — BY ROBERT K. WHITE (B. 1950)
Original Oil on Canvas ⚜ Large Scale ⚜ Signed ⚜ Framed
A DRAMATIC COASTAL MASTERPIECE
This large-scale original oil painting by R...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - The Peaceful Evening
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Kamsar Ohanyan is an Armenian artist born in 1991 who lives and works in Yerevan, Armenia. He studied in Yerevan at State Pedagogical University with Kh. Abovyan at th...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seascape Oil Painting Venice Nocturne Gondola Ride by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Evening On The Canal, Venice
oil/panel
10 x 8 unframed
Evening On the Canal, Venice is an oil painting on panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Standing Tall - contemporary, realism, tree, landscape, oil on board
By Ciba Karisik
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A stand of birch trees—their distinctive white bark playing against a backdrop of verdant green. This is the work of Ciba Karisik. He is known for his highly realistic portraits of b...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Gerberas - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Realistic Little 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, Linen
Still Life Rising - Oil On Canvas - Abstract Painting By Dante Rondo
Located in Carmel, CA
Any novelist battling through writer’s block might be excited to encounter Dante Rondo, whose life has been a collage of free-spirited experiences that would satisfy the most vicario...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
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.