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.
Find authentic realist paintings, sculptures, prints and more art on 1stDibs.
63
to
590
3,493
2,146
2,678
561
3,076
2,169
830
1,658
1,208
1,155
1,029
1,088
Overall Height
to
Overall Width
to
45,657
37,088
19,086
7,846
3,456
3,015
2,941
2,285
1,255
1,208
1,188
1,183
452
223
2,214
1,207
1,104
936
650
637
548
497
433
428
379
355
305
295
285
276
276
240
235
229
29
515
1,263
4,331
63
48
54
66
46
67
84
121
144
132
25
106
66
50
48
44
5,934
4,924
2,300
2,065
719
Style: Realist
Del Bourree Bach, "Tidal Treasure", 21x24 Seashell Ocean Beach Landscape
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Tidal Treasure", is a 21x24 acrylic painting on board by artist Del Bourree Bach featuring a view over a solitary body of clear ocean water. A solitary seashell sits amo...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
"Two Turquoise, Silver, White and Gold Cups Stacked"
Located in Wellesley, MA
Olga Antonova
"Two Turquoise, White and Silver Cups Stacked"
Oil on Canvas
12 x 12 Inches
Olga Antonova’s subject is compositions of extraordinarily elegant, beautiful and whimsical cups, plates, teapots, vases 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
Canvas, Oil
Clever Trompe L'oeil Landscape of Frolicking's Lambs, One About to Jump Through
Located in Charleston, US
Beth de Loiselle's delightful animal painting, "Spring Lambs," portrays a trompe l'oeil effect, featuring a lamb gazing directly at the viewer while baby lambs frolic in the backgrou...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reynard Fox Painting in Snowy Winter Landscape Celebrates the Fox's Cunningness
By Beth Carlson
Located in Charleston, US
Beth Carlson's dramatic fox painting, titled "Reynard," emphasizes the fox's power of wit over strength. The cunning fox is set against a beautiful snowy winter backdrop. The fox pa...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pocket Raspberry Original Painting, Baroque style, Realism, food
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Raspberry is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still life...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary painting with Mona Lisa "Spring"
Located in Zofingen, AG
Spring is coming, lilacs will bloom, and we'll be able to wear ripped jeans again. In creating this piece, I fused figurative elements and realism to capture a moment, timeless yet i...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Freedom VIII - 21st Century painting of a bird on barbed wire
By JP Marsman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
JP Marsman
Freedom VIII
Oilpainting on linen
70 x 70 cm ( the painting is framed in a wooden black frame (see pictures)
With the frame the size is 75 x 75 cm
JP Marsman's cheerful and hyper-realistic paintings appeal to the imagination on several levels. In the last two years his paintings became more and more popular and are worldwide in several collections.
Artisan; the work is painted so realistically that everything seems 'touchable'. It seems to be 'there'...
Color; the artist isn't afraid to go wild with color. This gives the still lifes a liveliness that is unique for 'still lifes'.
Combinations; the subjects that Jean Paul Marsman...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Freedom IX - 21st Century painting of a bird on barbed wire
By JP Marsman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
JP Marsman
Freedom IX
Oilpainting on linen
70 x 70 cm ( the painting is framed in a wooden black frame (see pictures)
With the frame the size is 75 x 75 cm
JP Marsman's cheerful and hyper-realistic paintings appeal to the imagination on several levels. In the last two years his paintings became more and more popular and are worldwide in several collections.
Artisan; the work is painted so realistically that everything seems 'touchable'. It seems to be 'there'...
Color; the artist isn't afraid to go wild with color. This gives the still lifes a liveliness that is unique for 'still lifes'.
Combinations; the subjects that Jean Paul Marsman...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Cyclamens
Located in Zofingen, AG
Cyclamens picked in my garden set in a transparent vase. The various shades of pink and the choice of details made it possible to convey the beauty of these flowers. My intention was...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Cotswold Stonebreaker - Charles March Gere - Early 20th Century British Oil
By Charles March Gere, RA, RWS
Located in London, GB
CHARLES MARCH GERE, RA, RWS
(1884-1963)
A Cotswold Stonebreaker
Signed l.l.: CHARLES GERE; signed and inscribed with title and the artist’s address on the stretcher
Oil on canvas
...
Category
1930s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Spring Day
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
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
"L'intruso" Pappagallo Ara Olio cm. 50 x 65 2018
By Luisa Albert
Located in Torino, IT
Bellissima opera realista, Pappagallo Ara
Luisa Albert è una magistrale interprete della scuola realista vicino alla pittura fiaminga.
Le nature morte e bellissimi animali vengono tr...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary painting with Mona Lisa "New Hat"
Located in Zofingen, AG
1 March. Today is spring, which means autumn is coming soon.
These are the associations. In this visceral depiction, I've merged timelessness with contemporary energy. My strokes in ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vibrant Red Parrot Tulips Reach Up to The Sky in Dramatic Vertical Still-Life
Located in Charleston, US
Beth de Loiselle's floral still-life oil painting, '"Parrot Tulips in the Sky," captivates viewers with vibrant colors and unique stylization. In Beth de Loiselle's composition, re...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pastoral Country Landscape Travelers on a Forest Road 19th century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Brass plate leads to Russian artist Pavel Pavlovich Dzhogin (1834 - 1885). This 19th century oil painting beautifully captures a serene rural scene with travelers on a cart traveling...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
“Lilies” realist oil paint still life with landscape in background en plain air
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Melissa Franklin Sanchez was born in 1984, in Warwickshire, England. In 2002 she graduated from her humanistic studies: Art, Music, English Literature, Performing Arts and Ballet. In...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Copper
Contemporary portrait "Two Black Cats on the Sofa"
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this artwork, I've juxtaposed the timeless elegance of a poised figure with the playful curiosity embodied by two black cats. My brushstrokes in acrylic and oil dance across the c...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
White Face Monkeys
Located in Charleston, US
One of Beth de Loiselle’s favorite subjects, an animal painting, "White Faced Monkeys" captures a Central American Monkey dining on a banana while his troop forges for food. Look clo...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Dog Painting: Cane Corso ("Bodyguard Dog") Jules Chardigny, circa 1870
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Painting of a Hunting Dog
Jules Chardigny (1849-1892)
Circa 1870
Oil on wood panel
Housed within its beautiful and original ornate original gilt frame.
9 x 7 1/4 (15 1/4 x 1...
Category
1860s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Antique Dog Painting: "Hunting Dogs at the Kennel, 1901" Jules-Bertrand Gélibert
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting:
"Hunting Dogs at the Kennel, 1901"
Jules-Bertrand Gélibert (France, 1834-1916
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
24 x 19 inches, frame
Jules-Bertrand Gélibert w...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Bread and French Goat Cheese
Located in Woodbury, CT
Oil on panel, signed and dated 2018. Classic French black wooden frame with gold leaf. Unframed size: 19.69 inches high x 19.69 inches wide. Framed size: 25.2 inches high x 25.2 inches wide x 1.25 inches deep. Sold framed.
Inspired by the modest works of the French painter, Chardin, this classic composition focuses on the simple, zen-like qualities of the gustatory delights of Stefaan’s locale, where bread and cheeses are freshly made and sold at his favorite outdoor market. Interposed with a large knife and antique glass wine bottle...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Upper Pool of London. River Thames. Maritime Marine Oil Painting. Wyllie.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Charles William Wyllie.
English ( b.1853 - d.1923 ).
The Upper Pool of London, River Thames.
Oil on Canvas.
Signed lower left.
Image size 17.3 inches x 31.5 inches ( 44cm x 80cm ).
F...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer Fashion. Young Victorian Lady With Meadow Flowers In Her Straw Hat
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Alice Anne Renshaw.
English ( b.1849 - d.1900 ).
Young Lady With Meadow Flowers In Her Straw Hat
Watercolor & Gouache on Artist's Board ( An embossed stamp in the top left hand corn...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
Green Bartlett & Black Grapes- Original realistic still-life painting-modern art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Green Bartlett & Black Grapes" by Blair Atherholt is a captivating original still life painting that celebrates the natural beauty of fruits in a simp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Balance, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A portrait of a woman is an inexhaustible source to express your vision of female attractiveness, sexuality and mood. Original oil painting, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenti...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Day in Venice, 1892
Located in Stockholm, SE
This captivating painting by Axel Axelson (1854-1892), titled "A Day in Venice, 1892" illustrates a moment from Venice in the year of 1892. Within the compact dimensions of 24 x 14 c...
Category
1890s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cold day In Victoria, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Walking the streets of Victoria during the winter months is very inspiring for an artist. This time of year to see snow on the ground is very rare, however, when is snowing can be ve...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Among the mallows, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A portrait of a woman is an inexhaustible source to express your vision of female attractiveness, sexuality and mood. Original oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed on the front side ...
Category
2010s 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
Painting of the Chrysler Building 42nd Street New York City by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of the Chrysler Building 42nd Street New York City by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield.
Art measures 24 x 36 inches
Frame measures 30 x 42 inches
Framed in a ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Acrylic, Cotton Canvas, Canvas
Windmill Wehe, Germany, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Today's Weher Windmill was the bishop's mill until 1650, then until 1732 it was owned by the Rahden church as a state royal mill. The mill was then sold to different owners. The last...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Anjou & Brass- Original realistic still-life painting- contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Red Anjou & Brass" by Blair Atherholt is a captivating original still life painting that celebrates the beauty of everyday objects through meticulous ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
NYC Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Macy's Parade Series Stars & Sonic
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Macy's Star & Sonic II
Part of a series of 11 paintings.
An oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases images from the Macy's Tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Meditation" Dutch Woman Sewing Interior Genre Home scene Fruit Flowers on Table
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Bernard de Hoog was born in Amsterdam in 1866. He studied under J.F. Hulk and J.C. van Essen at the Quellinus School in Amsterdam. Mainly a genre and portrait painter, he occupies ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pastoral Landscape w Cattle Cows 19th century Oil Painting by Russian Master
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower left “Orloff” and ascribed on the name plate “C.Orloff” for unidentified professional Russian artist painter. However short research within artprice web data base gets m...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
'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
Gospel Scene on Sunrise Jesus Passing Peter 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gospel of Apostle Luke, Chapter 22:
61. and the Lord turned and looked at Peter; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Befor...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
New York City Oil Painting Michael Budden Summertime Central Park
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Summertime, Central Park
oil/panel
16 x 12 unframed, 22.38 x 18.5 framed
Summertime, Central Park is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budd...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
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
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
Scottish Highlands with Children Playing in the Mountains by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
The Scottish Highlands - A colourful and dramatic original acrylic on canvas depicting children walking in the Mountains of Scotland. Entitled "The Road to Glencoe" by British Contem...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Wild Parseta, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Painted Plein air on the Parseta. I find this river very exciting because it is left to its self and looks different every year. Sometimes there are many fallen trees in the river...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The true Great ones, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
The true Great ones. I painted this painting in 2018 as a reaction to the megalomania of some politicians. Man is so small and insignificant compared to nature. Öl on Canvas lamin...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sighthound Dog Painting of an Italian Greyhound with a Beautiful Collar
Located in Charleston, US
Valarie Wolf's sighthound dog painting is of an Italian Greyhound with a beautiful collar. The Italian Greyhound, a sighthound dog, has the poise of a model with a glamorous collar w...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
At the beach Henkenhagen - Sarbinowo Morskie., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air in Poland, 2022. The first Plein air painting of a total of 12 paintings painted on my painting trip to Poland, West Pomerania. I discovered this beach accidentally and w...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary portrait "Together"
Located in Zofingen, AG
The memory of the festive Coca-Cola commercial came to mind, where a truck adorned with holiday lights rushes along the night road.
There's no festive truck...
Only the night and the...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
New York City Street Scene Oil Painting Michael Budden Visual Variations
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Visual Variations A NYC Collage
oil/panel
Image is 10 x 8 unframed, 16.63 x 13.63 framed
An oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that show...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painter in the forest, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air, Poland, 2022. On the second day, I was in the forest with my painter colleague, and we painted together. She painted the forest path and I painted her painting. A beautif...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The way to Peace, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air, Poland, 2022. Plein air in the forest near Klopotowo. The whole thing exuded such a calmness, I felt at home and calmed down immediately. Perhaps warring factions should ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gorse eye-catcher, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air, Poland, 2022. On the way back to my accommodation in Klopotowo, I saw this eye-catcher flowering gorse in the Forest afar. Oil on linen laminated on HDF. :: Painting :: ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dune protection, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air, Poland, 2022. As I searched between the dunes for protection from the sun and wind, I found this wonderful sheltered spot and painted it right away. Oil on cotton lamina...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lighthouse Bastorf, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air festival Baltic Sea Kuehlungsborn 2022. This picture was painted at the Plein air festival in Kuehlungsborn on a path below the Bastorf lighthouse. It was very hot and har...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spring Collection: Pocket Bluebells, Baroque Still Life, Flower art, Realism
Located in Deddington, GB
Spring Collection: Pocket Bluebells is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Skylover" contemporary realist male nude perspective oil painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Skylover" is a contemporary realist male nude perspective oil painting in a unique wood frame. An ellipse shaped canvas displays a man laying on the ground under the morning sky. Hi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Sumatran Tiger" - Original Oil Painting of an Endangered Big Cat
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch's "The Sumatran Tiger" is a stunning handmade original oil on wood panel artwork, with dimensions of 30 x 30 x 1.50 inches. Created in 2023, this piece stands as a p...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
New York City Painting Michael Budden Evening On Broadway St James & Sardis
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Evening On Broadway, St. James & Sardi's
Image is 10 x 8 unframed, 15.5 x 13.5 framed.
An acrylic painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Khalid, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
An original piece from the series “Sistine moodâ€
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.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Mary And Child
Black J12
Infinity Sign
Horse Head Painted
Country French Provence
Antique Russian Painting
Pair Street Signs
Dance Floor
Women Sculptures Italian
J12 Black
House Of R And D
Antique Portrait Italian
French School 18th Century
Pair Of Paintings Gold Frame
Cool Vintage Paintings
Cool Vintage Painting
Fresco Modern Painting
Piano Music