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
#1913 Rooster Brothers (cut out sculpture)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery -- This work is about what I do while I write letters and think about all these urgent, global concerns and feel frustrated and powerless. I dri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Mylar, PVC, Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Groß Dölln, Boris Mäht
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
Egg Tempera, Canvas
The Charm of Twilight, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This piece captures the essence of nature in its most serene and magical state," says artist Jose Luis Bermudez. The calmly f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
#1724 Gang of Four (cut out sculpture)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery. This work is about what I do while I write letters and think about all these urgent, global concerns and feel frustrated and powerless. I drin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Mylar, PVC, Oil
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Hamburger Speicherstadt, Schlösschen
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
"Banksia" Oil Painting 27" x 39" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Banksia" Oil Painting 27" x 39" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Life Still
"I produced this series in 2020 while mostly in lockdown due to the Coronavirus. I a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Blick vom Hamburger Fernsehturm, Heili
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
"Music in the Palace" 19th Century Orientalist Oil Painting on Copper, Signed
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Description:
Antonio Maria Fabres (1854-1936) was a Spanish painter known for his exquisite artworks depicting historical and Orientalist themes. Born in Barcelona, Fabres displayed ...
Category
19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Copper
Old Farmhouse, 1935
Located in Franklin, MI
A fine example of the magic realism of this Detroit artist whose work is included in the Whitney Museum of Art
Category
1930s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Apples with a glass, 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
The Mighty Oak, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Shela Goodman paints a lone oak tree standing majestically in an open sunlit field. "It is a symbol of strength, endurance, and protection," says Shela. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-century oil on canvas portrait painting of a seated woman, by Sierk Schroder
Located in Oostende, BE
Sierk Schröder (1903-2002) is considered to be the most important and most requested Dutch portrait painter of the twentieth century. Many well-known fi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas
One O'Clock, 1915 Corona No. 3 Typewriter
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery. Chris Stott is part of a new generation of representational painters pushing the genre forward in fantastic ways. At first glance, Stott’s pai...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
GRACE, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Eva Hoffmann
Located in Yardley, PA
Beautiful woman, timeless and proud. Grace Women's beauty does not mean anything, Is too often a rigid image; Only such a being can I praise, That springs joyful and full o...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Eternal Venice: Antique Landscape Oil Painting of The Floating City
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Immerse yourself in the timeless allure of "Eternal Venice," an Antique Landscape Oil Painting delicately presented on an Oval Convex Wood Frame measuring 27.5" x 39". This masterful...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Morning Reflections, Oil Painting
By Nick Savides
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Nick Savides depicts the Boathouse on the Lullwater of the Lake in Prospect Park in Brooklyn. The winter morning sun illuminates the mist as it filters t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Man Smoking a Pipe in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Man Smoking a Pipe in Oil on Masonite
Detailed portrait of a man with a pipe by Heinz Robert Schubert (German, 1912-2001 approx.). A man wearing a short-brimmed hat is...
Category
1940s Realist Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
ASKING, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Eva Hoffmann
Located in Yardley, PA
Remembering history…during pandemic social media made the communication possible. It was a hard time, but it so over! :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official c...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Pumpkin Patch" Oil Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's (Us based) "Pumpkin Patch" is an oil painting that depicts a pumpkin on the vine with beautiful light.
Nature and those that inhabit it—our human selves included—poss...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Double portrait, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The work is made on canvas of 100% high-quality and thick cotton. The Italian canvas is stretched on a solid pine wood frame with a profile thickness of 2.5 cm and a width of 4 cm. S...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Portrait of a Woman with Curly Brown Hair in Oil on Canvas (Marie Osmond)
By Cindy Gin
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman with Curly Brown Hair in Oil on Canvas (Marie Osmond)
Elegant portrait of a woman (Marie Osmond) with a perm by Cindy Gin (Cindy Lin) (American, 20th Century). A...
Category
1980s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bavarian Gentleman Holding a Candle Fine German Oil Painting Portrait of Man
By Fritz Muller
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fritz Muller (1913 - 1972)
oil painting on board, framed
signed
framed: 17 x 14.5 inches
board: 14 x 12 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good and sound ...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Under the Maples
By Beth Carlson
Located in Charleston, US
Beth Carlson has done it again with her horse painting “Under the Maples” her astonishingly accurate depiction of her beloved horses are just as beautiful as the lovely landscape wit...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spanish school XX century Saint Pancras oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil measures 55x46 cm.
Frameless.
Category
1990s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Three's a Crowd
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Artist Statement
"A darkened recess provides a safe haven for a pair of Goldfinches to make their nest, already laden with light blue eggs. The soft yellow color of Goldfinches turns green in shadow, so the whole composition was yellow and green. The need for a bright color in the focal area gave me the opportunity for visual as well as narrative interest. This is a Western Tanager sitting between the mated pair of Goldfinches. Relationships are complicated."
—Mary Kay West
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Utrecht, A Day on St. Gertrude's Place (1880) by Pieter Cornelis Dommershuijzen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pieter Cornelis Dommersen, also known as Pieter Cornelis Dommershuijzen (1833 - after 1913) was renowned for his 'capriccio' paintings, where imagination melds with reality, Dommerse...
Category
1880s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Fall Sky" Oil Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's (Us based) "Fall Trees" is an oil painting that depicts leaves turning during the fall season.
Nature and those that inhabit it—our human selves included—possess a magi...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Faberge Rosebud Egg with Unique Swarovski Crystals Mosaic Oil Original Art
Located in Norwalk, CT
Faberge Rosebud Egg 24″X18″ Oil and Swarovski® crystals mosaic on Canvas. Stretched and Framed. 2013
Originally the Faberge Rosebud Egg was created by Peter Carl Faberge in 1895 for Empress Alexandra Fedorovna.
The uniqueness of this piece is that the art is hand-embellished by oil and mosaic of Swarovski crystals, each crystal installed individually by hand representing the exact design of original Faberge Egg.
The interesting story behind this art is that artist, Oksana Tanasiv, was inspired by Faberge Eggs while she worked in the Faberge Inc company in Stamford, CT, during 2005-2009 years. She met Faberge's granddaughter Tatiana Faberge...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mosaic, Oil
"Earth, Air, Fire, Water" Original Oil Painting 12"x16"
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Earth, Air, Fire, Water" is an Original Oil Painting on cradled panel. Incorporating the four elements of life: The earthy greens of nature, the incense smoke unfurling in the air, ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Little Girls and Their New Friends Genre Scene 19th century Oil Painting on Wood
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very touching scene with two little girls. Two sisters are thrilled to meet their new pets that their parents have bought. The sincerity and immediacy of children's feelings depicted...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Beach Play V
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beach Play V
oil/panel
image 8 x 10, is an oil painting on panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beach full of summer life with people, boats, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Warbler and Dragonfly
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Artist Statement
"White poppies and magenta wisteria against a rustic white wall panel set the stage f...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of a Woman and Infant in White - Oil on Canvas Natalie Wood
By Cindy Gin
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman and Infant in White - Oil on Canvas Natalie Wood
Elegant portrait of a woman and her newborn child (*Natalie Wood and Natasha) by Cindy Gin (Cindy Lin) (American...
Category
1990s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Opened Eyes - Oil Acrylic Figurative Painting Ivory Blue White Brown Green
Located in Sofia, BG
" Opened eyes " is a modern art line painting by Maestro Dimitar Voynov -Junior,
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic, oil on canvas painting
STYLE...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
River and bridge oil on canvas painting spain spanish european art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Helios Gisbert (1948) - River and bridge - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 33x55 cm.
Frameless.
Helios Gisbert was born in Alcoi (Alicante) in 1948. His father, also a painter, introduce...
Category
1980s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Red Gift
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
A still life painting featuring a red onion on a white table cloth by Eric Forstmann
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Oil
"Musical Interlude" 19th century antique realism Large oil painting on Board
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Provenance:
Private Collection Atlanta,
GA Estate sale Everard Gallery,
Savannah, GA, Private Collection Callen Estate, Savannah GA 2018
Description:
The painting is signed on the lower right side.
Francesco Beda (1840-1900) was an Italian painter celebrated for his exquisite genre scenes and historical subjects. Born in Italy, Beda displayed a natural talent for art from a young age and received formal training in painting. He developed a distinctive style characterized by meticulous attention to detail, vibrant colors, and a keen eye for capturing the essence of his subjects.
One of Beda’s notable oil paintings on canvas is titled “Musical Interlude.” This masterpiece measures 24×36″ and bears the artist’s signature. The painting showcases Beda’s exceptional skill in depicting textures, colors, and architectural details with stunning realism.
In “Musical Interlude,” Beda transports the viewer to a scene of musical entertainment in the 19th century. The bold and vibrant colors of the dresses and period-style clothing evoke the richness and elegance of the time. Beda’s attention to fabric texture allows the viewer to almost feel the weight and flow of the garments through their eyes.
The interior architecture depicted in the painting reveals Beda’s mastery in capturing delicate details. The beautifully painted marble column and intricately carved wood chair...
Category
19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Fernand Adriaenssens, Antwerp 1859 – 1944, Belgian Painter, Still Life with Book
Located in Bruges, BE
Adriaenssens Fernand
Antwerp 1859 – 1944
Belgian Painter
Still Life with Books
Signature: Signed bottom middle left, on revers signed and placed
...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pond Near Laon" French countryside landscape painted en plein air
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Framed Dimensions: 40 x 49 inches
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Untitled (Sketches of Sheep)
By Rosa Bonheur
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This is an original oil painting on paper that was then mounted onto canvas. It was created by Rosa Bonheur and has the artist's stamp on the verso of the canvas, as well as the fram...
Category
1850s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Abstrakcion 149, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
My still life paintings vary from lively decorative colorful compositions to thoughtful studies of reality. I rip objects out of their context and put them to new context. Here they ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Evening, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Evening" by Shawn Krueger (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is unframed, but ready to hang.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Evening Groove
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gallery)
About Artist
Born in 1991 in the Western Ugandan town of Fort Portal, Switzin Twikirize...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sounds of Friendship
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gallery)
About Artist
Born in 1991 in the Western Ugandan town of Fort Portal, Switzin Twikirize...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Like That But Not Exactly
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gallery)
About Artist
Born in 1991 in the Western Ugandan town of Fort Portal, Switzin Twikirize...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Splash 5" Oil Painting 31.5" x 53" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Splash 5" Oil Painting 31.5" x 53" inch by Sasha Sokolova
SPLASH
This series is about those sunny summer days in my dacha (country house) in a small v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
New York City Winter Flatiron Painting Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Winter Flatiron is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden. Rockefeller Center is obviously a favorite spot to hit while visiting NYC in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seascape Moonlit view of Crimean bay 19th century Russian master Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower left: 'G. Kalmykov' - attributed Grigory Odisseevich Kalmykov (1873 - 1942), Russian landscape painter, graduate of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Spectacular Crimean Coa...
Category
1890s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
SEA SHELLS ON THE SEA SHORE, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
An oval gallery wrapped oil on linen canvas. Supplied ready to hang with advice on hanging options. No additional framing is needed because the painted area extends around the outer ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Backlit Candies, colorful super realistic oil painting of wrapped candy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The artist was inspired by backlighting some cellophane wrapped hard candy. He states, "The patterns made by the transmitted colored light seemed like something I'd never seen before...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Splash" Oil Painting 39" x 28" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Splash" Oil Painting 39" x 28" inch by Sasha Sokolova
SPLASH
This series is about those sunny summer days in my dacha (country house) in a small villa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wildflowers, Cleburne Lake
By Jack Barnett
Located in Dallas, TX
Jack Barnett's skyscapes and landscapes reflect the quiet sensual joy of looking at—and being in—nature. Both expansive and intimate, the paintings survey areas he explores, and thei...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Bird of Paradise " Oil Painting D 20" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Bird of Paradise " Oil Painting D 20" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Bio
Born in Moscow into a family of artists, Sasha Sokolova is an award winning contempo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
After a successful hunt 1858 Kitchen Genre Scene Swedish Animalist J. Arsenius
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower right: Johan Arsenius and dated 1858 or 1853, attributed Johan Georg Arsenius (1818 - 1903), was a Swedish military man, painter and draftsman. Up for sale is important ...
Category
1850s Realist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
New York City Oil Painting Michael Budden Winter Afternoon Public Library
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Winter Afternoon Public Library is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden. The Public Library 5th Avenue is obviously a favorite spot to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape Impressionistic Oil Painting Springtime by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Springtime is an oil painting on canvas that showcases the beautiful light of a Spring day painted on location near my home. Painting image measures 18 x 14 and is being sold unframe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pickleball, Oil Painting
By Nick Savides
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Nick Savides shows the Seravalli Playground on Gansevoort, bathed in the warm glow of late afternoon sunlight. The orange hues of the one building contra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary 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.
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