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
Gold thistle screen oil painted - self-supporting exclusive piece of furniture
Located in Milan, IT
The main green gardening show in Milan, stimulated Margherita Leoni to create her first screen.
Using her painterly skills, the artist designed and created a self-supporting, zig za...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Barcas al atardecer en la costa - Óleo sobre tabla
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte inferior
La obra se presenta enmarcada con un marco de la época de la obra
Medidas obra: 15 cm. altura x 29 cm. ancho
Medidas obra: 3...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reflections from a Kayak, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Mulberry Creek flows into the Rappahannock River in eastern Virginia. In the stillness of the afternoon, the reflection of reeds and trees on the water dissolve...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Honfleur France oil on canvas painting french seascape urbanscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell (Gerona 1932-2001) - Honfleur - Oil canvas
Oil measurements 46x38 cm.
Frame measurements 66x58 cm.
Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell...
Category
1990s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Probability" "Probabilidad" oil Cuban Artist New Life Freedom Escape
Located in Houston, TX
"Probability" "Probabilidad" oil Cuban Artist New Life Freedom
Crossing the threshold of a door, a girl covers herself with the Cuban flag, she faces the immensity of the sea, t...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer day in the old town
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting depicts a corner of an old European city on a hot summer day. The sun illuminates the ground and the roof tiles almost to whiteness. The wall of an ancient cathedral and...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The sound of a distant train
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting depicts a night interior, the main place in which is occupied by a wardrobe with mirrored doors. Each door reflects its own world. The left door reflects the hero's bed,...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
FORGET ME NOT. Oil on canvas, Floral, Abstract realism, Square, Blue
Located in Oslo, NO
It's a square (20 cm by 20 cm ) oil on a stretched canvas still life painting .
There we can see a bunch of beautiful blue Forget Me Not flowers in a clear glass vase and light back...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Far Away, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Joseph McGurl's "Far Away" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a vast landscape of valleys and mountains in the distance under the orange and yellow glow of sunrise or...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Wicked Witch of the East
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Wicked Witch of the East' is a masterfully painted oil on panel, that features a long haired, young and nude woman with a scar down her stomach. I bird atop her head gazes down at a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
California Spring Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Norma Josephine Shug Rodriguez– American (1906- 2006)
Title: untitled - California Spring Landscape
Year: ca 1965
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 24 x 36 inches
Framed size: 32 x 44 inches
Signature: Signed lower left
Condition: Very good
Frame: framed. Frame in poor condition
This painting by Norma Rodriguez is composed of oil on canvas. The painting depicts a spring landscape in the hills of California. The painting is in very good condition. The inexpensive frame is in good condition except there is a stain in the upper right linen liner. Therefore, I am rating the frame in poor condition. Please see the pictures. I will ship the painting only, without the frame unless the buyer specifies otherwise.
Born in San Francisco, California on June 14, 1906. Norma Shug began painting in 1923 and studied locally at the California School of Fine Arts, University of San Francisco, and with Maria von Ridelstein. Married in 1926, as Norma Marotto she did botanical illustrations of California wildflowers...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Plastic Figure 6" Oil Painting
By Jason Walker
Located in Denver, CO
Jason Walker's (CAN based) "Plastic Figure 6" is an oil painting that depicts a lone red plastic Cowboy figure toy aiming his weapon into the darkness.
...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Luigi Lucioni attr. Traditional American Still Life, 20th century
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to Luigi Lucioni
Untitled (Still Life), c. 1900
Oil on canvas
30 x 26 in.
Framed: 34.5 x 30 in.
Born in Malnate, Italy, in 1900, Luigi Lucioni became one of America's well-known landscape painters, whose work has been noted for its heightened realism and photographic attention to detail.
Lucioni immigrated to the United States with his family in 1911. In 1915 he won a competition which allowed him to attend Cooper Union, and he began studying there with William Starkweather.
In 1920, he studied with William Auerbach Levy...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Medieval Peach Wine -original still life impressionism painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is framed, signed & currently for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery.
There is something enchantingly old-world about Medieval Peach Wine, a compositi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Village Fish Pond
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Artist Statement
"Another remote village where time seemed to stand still. Only the sound of insects to accompany the painting. The ancient red brick shed was a wonderful visual foil for the milky green fish pond...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Ballerinas, cardboard/oil, 33x41 cm, 1997
Located in Riga, LV
Born in Republic of Georgia, Serguei Zlenko graduated first from the Russian Art Academy’s Art School, and later received a Bachelor and Masters of Fine Art from the Moscow Surikov A...
Category
1990s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Peodil (Pink Peony with Yellow Center and Smaller Daffodil Realist Still Life)
Located in Hudson, NY
Peodil (Pink Peony with Yellow Center and Smaller Daffodil Realist Still Life)
Made in 2023, by Berkshire based artist Ann Getsinger
oil on linen, 20 x 16 inches
Signed, lower left
...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Unexpected Pleasure, Oil Painting
By Jo Galang
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A close-up view of plump red apples, their shiny skins catching the sunlight. Bright green leaves extend from the branches, framing the fruit in a lively contra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
American City Diner-original retro realism cityscape painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
American City Diner, a captivating cityscape immortalized on c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Contemporary Wildlife Print Loons Michael Budden Mystical Voyagers
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Mystical Voyafers, is a limited edition offset print by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a pair of loons in their natural environment created in an imp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Offset
Realist European painter - 19th century figure painting - Portrait of a gentlema
Located in Varmo, IT
European Painter (19th century) - Portrait of a Gentleman.
13.5 x 10 cm without frame, 18.5 x 15.5 cm with frame.
Watercolor on paper, in original 19th century frame (not signed).
...
Category
19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Sticks and Stones" (2022) by Sheri Farabaugh, Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Sticks and Stones" (2024) by Sheri Farabaugh (United States Based) is a beautiful handmade still life oil painting that depicts a closeup of a pond shore, with tree branches laid ac...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
In Full Bloom
By Ciba Karisik
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A verdant green path cuts through a field of red poppies, blue cornflower and white wild carrot in this summertime landscape by Ciba Karisik. The painting is a reminder that after a ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
New York City Oil Painting Michael Budden 5th Avenue Winter Cartier
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Winter Window Shopping, Cartier
oil/linen
16 x 20 unframed, 23.88 x 27.88 framed.
Winter Window Shopping, Cartier is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American 19th C Realist California River Landscape Oil on Canvas 1888
Located in Portland, OR
A good late 19th century realist oil on canvas California river landscape painting, circa 1888, by Albert Horatio Slade (1843-1922).
The painting depicts a river through a mountainou...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Oriental jug. Original Oil Painting with Flowers by Irina Trushkova
Located in Zofingen, AG
Light is the main thing in still life “ Oriental jug”. I like how objects light up from warm light. And the cold reflection from above gives a gentle interweaving of warm and cold s...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Abraham Rydberg at Full Sail”, ocean-going Clipper, original oil on canvas
By Alfred Collin
Located in Naples, Florida
Alfred Collin (1880-1944).
Alfred Collin was a Swedish impressionist landscape and marine painter. Like many of his Scandinavian contemporaries he ...
Category
20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Figures and horses by a country tavern"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Unidentified Dutch Artist (17th Century)
"Figures and Horses by a Country Tavern" (1618)
Oil on canvas
Framed: 69 x 82 cm Canvas: 52 x 64 cm
No signatured
This exquisite 17th-century Dutch painting masterfully depicts a bustling village scene with figures and horses gathered outside a country tavern. The composition is rich in detail, featuring travelers, merchants, and townspeople engaging in lively interactions, while a Dutch flag waves above the rustic inn, reinforcing the national identity of the scene.
Executed in oil on canvas, the painting showcases warm earthy tones and delicate use of light and shadow, capturing the golden glow of a late afternoon or early evening setting. The finely rendered architecture, expressive figures, and atmospheric depth are reminiscent of the works of Isaac van Ostade, Jan Steen, or Adriaen van de Velde...
Category
17th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Girl with Flowers by Andrei Belichenko & Maria Boohtiyarova
Located in Uppingham, GB
A Wonderful Oil on canvas by Andrei Belichenko & Maria Boohityarova. Two excellent Russian artists who have been exhibiting in France, their works are centred around exquisite detail...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Ca' d' Oro, Venice" Late 19th Century Oil on Canvas of Venice, by Antonio Reyna
Located in Madrid, ES
ANTONIO REYNA MANESCAU
Spanish, 1859 - 1937
CA' D' ORO, VENICE
signed & located "A. Reyna, Venezia" (lower right)
oil on canvas
11-1/2 x 19-3/4 ...
Category
1890s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Beach Play V
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beach Play V
oil/panel
image 8 x 10 unframed, 13 x 15 framed
Beach Play V is an oil painting on panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beach full...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Fly Me to the Moon
Located in Zofingen, AG
There are models of such amazing beauty that all dramatic ideas are postponed for a while and the artist simply begins to glorify joie de vivre, the joy of life. This theme was born ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
One Way
Located in Zofingen, AG
This surreal artwork portrays a solitary figure in a dark coat standing on a desert road, evoking mystery and introspection. A red phone booth to the l...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Adaugo (You and I in Color 3)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Adaugo is the third piece in Lynda Charles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Fruits - Painting Aquatint Pastel Color Red Grey White
Located in Sofia, BG
"Fruits" is a watercolor painting on canvas by Maestro Marina Dobrovolskaya
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting, aquatint, pastels
STYLE: Realist, Contemporary
Edition : Un...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Aquatint
Winter Snow Scene Nocturne by Michael Budden Moonlight Shadows
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Moonlight Shadows
oil/canvas
20 x 24 image
Moonlight Shadows is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden. It is a quiet scene of a winter stream ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Pool Hall
By Jaimendes
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower left.
Category
1980s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,000
Block and Tackle, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting depicts the running and standing rigging of a ship under sail. The creak of ropes as the strain comes upon them are the music of the ship at sea. This painting has been...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"THE SEAMSTRESS" NATIVE AMERICAN GIRL COWBOY ARTISTS OF AMERICA. INDIAN
Located in San Antonio, TX
Don Crowley
(1926-2019)
Arizona / California Western Artist
Image Size: 20 x 24
Frame Size: 33 x 37
Medium: Oil
"The Seamstress" Indian Weaver Native Ameri...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Metempsychosis: Ginger Snapped, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Pamela Wilson's (US based) "Metempsychosis: Ginger Snapped" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a topless female model with a Baboon head.
This is a secondary market...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Secret Desire" (2024) By Matt Talbert, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert's "Secret Desire" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting on panel that depicts a portrait of a woman with an abstracted and colorful background.
Artist bio/statem...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
David with Head by Caravaggio, from The Holy pictu, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Although the pictorial-plastic speech of realism is observable in the outline of figural compositions, his canvases are not just images of reality, they are unexpected, sharp, sincer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Andrada Trapnell's 'Reaching For the Sun' Original Monkey Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Andrada Trapnell's "Reaching for the Sun" is a captivating original artwork created in 2023. This piece measures 30 x 40 inches and features a masterf...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
New York City Winter Snow Central Park Carriage Ride Oil Painting Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Winter Afternoon Snowy Carriages is an oil painting by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a view of carriages in Central Park. Central Park and the Plaza...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
RINGEL Belgian painting Realist school Workshop Painter 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Frédéric RINGEL
Barmen (Germany), 1826 – 1907
The Painter in his Studio
Oil on canvas
33 x 24 cm (60 x 51.5 cm with frame)
Signed on the lower right side "F. Ringel"
Very fine 19th-c...
Category
19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary portrait "The End of the World"
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork combines vintage aesthetics with surreal elements, set against a thought-provoking backdrop. A woman in a black suit and bow tie, holding a cigarette, exudes timeless el...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Floral Still Life Promise of Life - British fifties exh flower art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This beautiful British 1950's exhibited floral still life oil painting is by noted female artist Elizabeth Bridge. It was painted in 1955 and exhibited at the Royal Academy London th...
Category
1950s 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
17th Century Genre Painting -- The Pipe Smoker
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful genre painting from 18th Century of pipe smoker. Signed lower right edge with monogram "I I E". Oil paint on copper. Condition: good: minor wear/rubbing from frame's rabbet...
Category
Mid-17th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Copper
$1,628 Sale Price
34% Off
Silence, Oil Painting
By Jesse Aldana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A lone red-tailed hawk floats between lofty palm trees and the moon. Wispy clouds drift across the sky, basking in the light from the setting sun. As the nigh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landing Place, 18 x 22.5, Landscape, Oil Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's 2023 piece, "Landing Place," is a poignant example of the artist's engagement with the classical landscape genre, presented in oil on mounted linen. The dimensions of th...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Big Mirror 1" (2023) - Original Portrait Painting by Elena Burykina
Located in Denver, CO
Elena Burykina's "The Big Mirror 1" (2023) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a woman in a red coat stretching her arms behind her head.. This piece mea...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
American or English School Perched Eagle
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This striking mid-19th century oil painting captures the drama and majesty of a perched eagle surveying its domain at dusk. Painted around the 1840s, the work evokes the spirit of th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
View on Thames Looking to Blackfriars Bridge - Italian 19thC art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This large captivating and stunning oil painting is by noted Italian artist Francis Moltino. Painted in 1866 the painting is of a view of the Thames with Blackfriars Bridge and the c...
Category
19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
$13,277 Sale Price
20% Off
"Convergence of Peppers and Beets" (2022) By Timothy J. Standring, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Convergence of Peppers and Beets" by Timothy J. Standring is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a still life featuring vegetables on a white tablecloth and a yellowish ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Opus One Wine (original painting)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by Thomas Stiltz. Canvas size 36 x 24 inches. Frame size approx 43 x 31 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Frame has...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$3,375 Sale Price
25% Off
Ancient Rock Wall with Stone-filled Window - Figurative Painting of Greek Wall
Located in New York, NY
This painting measures 13.5"x 11.3". It is a poetic representation of a stone wall in the Greek island of Kythira. George Tzannes is an American painter of Greek origins. In his twen...
Category
1980s Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Morning Sun, Shark Harbor; Catalina Island
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Artist Statement
"This unique vantage point could only be accessed by jeep.
I was set-up before sunrise so was able ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Still Life with Cherries Original Oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2025
Style: Impressionism,
Title: Still Life wit Cherries
Size...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Conversation 1
Located in Natchez, MS
Another in a series of visually arresting still life's from Australian artist Louise Feneley. Exquisitely painted feathers and whimsical smiley face set...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, 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.