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Realist Paintings

REALIST STYLE

Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world. 

Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history. 

By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.

Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.

Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.

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Style: Realist
Period: 19th Century
Boy with Sculpture Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Realist figurative oil painting depicting a young boy holding a small figural statue by R. Habig. Signed "R. Habig" lower left. Unfram...
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Late 19th Century Realist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Winter Fun
By Knut Ekwall
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
Born in Saby in Sweden in 1843, Knut Ekwall trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. He moved to Berlin where he started working as an Engraver producing illustrations for p...
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Late 19th Century Realist Paintings

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Oil

"Studying Her Lessons, " oil, mid-19th c, realism, mother and child, figurative
Located in Wiscasset, ME
With a rich, luminous palette and the subtle effects of natural light, in "Studying Her Lessons" the artist meticulously captures every fine detail of the sitters and their surroundi...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Paintings

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Oil

"Orange Roses and Lilac Posie"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
This gouache on paper is signed in the lower right. A specialist in floral still lives, especially informal arrangements, Raoul M. De Longpre was born in Lyons, Paris into an aristocratic, albeit poor, family that were "fleuristes", persons associated with flower painting whose center was Lyons. His father, Jean Antoine, decorated fans and exhibited floral still lifes in Paris and Lyons. He began drawing at a young age. By the time he was twelve he was earning a living painting flowers on fans for a firm in Paris. He worked and studied with his brother, Paul De Longpre...
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19th Century Realist Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

"William Merritt Chase" Portrait by Texas Artist Hugo Pohl
Located in San Antonio, TX
Hugo Pohl "William Merritt Chase" Portrait (1878 - 1960) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 6 1/4 x 4 inches Frame Size: 10 x 8 Medium: Drawing Circa 1880s 90s "William Merritt Chase" Portrait Biography Hugo Pohl (1878 - 1960) Born in Detroit, Michigan, Hugo David Pohl became a painter of native people and landscape in New Mexico, Arizona, California and then Texas where he settled and became known for his paintings of missions. Between 1926 and 1927, he completed 29 Texas mission paintings...
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1880s Realist Paintings

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Pencil

"Lady in Mantillia" Unsigned Tobin Collection. Exibited in recent Museum shows
Located in San Antonio, TX
Jose Arpa (1858-1952) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 25 x 20 Frame Size: 29 x 24 Medium: Oil "Lady in Mantilla" From the Robert Tobin Collection. Robert Tobin (deceased) San Antonio, Texas Developer and Philanthropist. Details This painting was exhibited in 2016-2017 at Several Texas Museums including the Panhandle Plains Museum.  Exhibition tag on verso. Biography Jose Arpa (1858-1952) Born in Carmona, Spain, José Arpa y Perea was known as "The Colorist Painter" of figures and landscapes, especially in Texas where he brought a fresh approach to San Antonio painting in his bright, sunlit local scenes.  He was also an etcher, illustrator, and muralist as well as an art teacher, and he started and ended his career in Spain.  His subjects include the Grand Canyon of Arizona. He began his art study as the pupil of Eduardo Cano de la Pena at the Academy of Fine Arts in Seville and then spent six years in Rome followed by extensive travel through Africa and Europe.  His reputation was solid enough that the Spanish government sent four of his paintings as part of the exhibition to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In 1894, as an illustrator, he accompanied a Spanish army expedition to Morocco where the Spanish had been defeated by Rifi tribesmen.  In the mid-1890s, he was brought to Mexico City, reportedly by a special Mexican naval vessel, to head the Academy of Fine Arts, but declined the position once he understood the responsibilities.  Instead he joined one of his Spanish schoolmates and went to his home in Puebla, Mexico, where his use of bright colors earned him the name of "Sunshine Man."  He became close to the children of this man, and in 1903, accompanied them as a guardian to school in San Antonio.  After twenty years of traveling in Spain, Mexico, the Southwest, and South America, Arpa settled in 1923 in San Antonio, Texas, where he became Director of the San Antonio Art School and painted bright, sun-filled landscapes.  He taught landscape and portrait painting and was exceedingly prolific, and several San Antonio collectors accumulated large numbers of his works.  Among his close artist friends were Robert and Julian Onderdonk, Tom and Joe Brown, and Charles Simmang.  They were members of a San Antonio group who painted together and called themselves the "Brass Mug...
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1880s Realist Paintings

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Oil

Le Docteur Eddy et ses Intimates
By Louis Joseph Anthonissen
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by Belgian artist Louis Joseph Anthonissen depicting a doctor and his family in a garden setting. This painting comes housed in its original grand...
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19th Century Realist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Two Horses with a Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Realistic painting of two horses in front of an old-fashioned building. The painting has a river or lake in the background with another horse. The painting is framed in a dark wooded frame. Dimensions without frame: 15.5 in W x 8.5 in H Artist Biography: Eugène Fromentin...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Paintings

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Oil

Balliol College, Oxford - Joseph Murray Ince (attributed)
Located in London, GB
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1830s Realist Paintings

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Oil

Mother and Child
By Paul Alexandre Alfred Leroy
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful depiction of mother and child displayed in a gold round ornate frame with intricate details.
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Late 19th Century Realist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

'A Three-Masted Frigate off Capri', 19th Century Seascape, Royal Naval Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A serene marine painting from the artist’s late period showing both his unerring compositional sense and his mastery of light and perspective. Inscribed lower right, "Carl Sorensen" for Carl Frederick Sorensen (Danish, 1818-1879) and dated 1863. In 1848, Sorensen was commissioned by the Danish Government as the official naval artist to accompany the Royal Danish Navy on an official tour of the Mediterranean and to make a series of studies of the trip. The inspiration that Sorensen derived from this expedition led him to return to Capri every summer for the remainder of his life and also inaugurated his career as Denmark’s preeminent marine painter. Sorensen received many honors and awards during his lifetime and his work may be found in the permanent collections of museums worldwide, including a substantial collection at the Royal Naval...
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1860s Realist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Hay Farm Scene with Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Painting has a horse moving a cart of hay in a field with others working in the background. Signed in the bottom right hand corner. Framed in a dark wooden frame. Dimensions without the frame: H 8.5 in. x W 15.5 in. Artist Biography: Eugène Fromentin...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Paintings

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Oil

View of the Roman Forum - "Colonna di Foca" - Original Watercolor 1885 ca.
By Settimio Giampietri
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 50 years ago by an artist who has died requires a licence for export re...
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1880s Realist Paintings

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Paint, Watercolor

L'Aula del Tribunale - Oil on Panel by Vincenzo dé Stefani - 1891
By Vincenzo De' Stefani
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed lower left. Oil on panel.Original Paintings. Published in the catalogue “Vincenzo De' Stefani” , Rizzoli Editore, Milano 1939, tav.III.
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1890s Realist Paintings

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Panel, Oil

"Homeward Bound"
By Samuel Frederick Brocas
Located in Southampton, NY
Circa 1830 Signed lower left. Sight size 6.5 x 8 inches Overall size in original gilt oval frame 13 x 15 in.
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1830s Realist Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Young Gentleman Portrait by American Samuel Morse inventor of Telegraph Code 19C
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed at the back of canvas the painting "Samuel F. B. Morse", revealing the full name of the artist, Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791 - 1872). The portrait in question is a strikin...
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Early 19th Century Realist Paintings

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Wood, Canvas, Oil

FINE OIL PAINTING By Robert Woodley Brown 19th Century British OLD MASTER PIECE
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD FINE Original Antique 19th Century British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING Very Good Condition Canvas , a little crazing due to age . Professional Cleaned & Re-vanished , Re-lined Ready to hang. " Beautiful frame is in Very Good condition , this work alone would cost £700 alone (See Pictures) Fine Original Antique 19th Century British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING Romantic Scene GOLD GILT FRAME By The Reverend Robert Woodley-Brown 1798 - 1869 Similar $4,000 Premier Collection This Piece is Exceptional good for its age , nice piece of British history Description ( 19th century ) Title: Romantic Scene 1845 Artist: The Reverend Robert Woodley-Brown 1798 - 1869 Signed : maybe under the frame edge Provenance: john Castagno art signature directory Medium : Oil painting on Canvas Condition: Very Good Country: British school Frame size : 23 in x 19 in ( 58 cm x 48 cm) Canvas size : 16" x 12" With an estimate of £3000 - £4000 in a London west End Gallery Description : The Reverend Robert Woodley-Brown was one of those early English landscape painters whose style is so distinct that it is nearly impossible not to be able to instantly recognize his work. This one is no exception.; His paintings remind me of the old movie, “Shangri-La,” where the travelers found a magical place while crossing the Himalayas. The Reverend’s paintings have that kind of magic in them; perhaps it’s his rich color palette or his slightly provincial, yet very Georgian style. It seems there are always pretty skies along with mountains in the background and rivers or lochs somewhere in his compositions. In any case, the result is still pure magic.; This is an accomplished yet charming painting by an artist thought to be actively painting from around 1810 to 1850 and specializing in the stunning scenery of England’s Lake District. Unfortunately, little is known about Reverend Brown’s personal life, and he did not sign most of his works. I have handled several of his paintings in the course of my career and he always has been among my favorite artists.; This gorgeous landscape delivers all of Reverend Woodley-Brown’s quintessential style, color and romantic feel for which his work is admired. His figures, though seemingly entranced themselves by the beauty around them, are there primarily to give scale and a focal point. The trees are in deep, rich greens, while the pink-tinged sky further show off his talent in the realm of color. We are immediately pulled into the artist’s world. The serenity of the scene, as in all of his works, is overwhelming, making the viewer a willing partner in the artist’s interpretation of it. The very Woodley-Brownish romantic folly only adds to the scene’s charm.; In the world of Reverend Brown, his cottages often became follies shrouded in greenery. The background mountains rose...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Paintings

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Oil

Hunting Dog retrieving Grouse after the shoot, Landscape Oil in Gilt Frame
Located in ludlow, GB
This is a wonderful painting by Edward Armfield (though it does not have a signature). We have had the painting cleaned and the Frame has also been restored and cleaned. Absolute s...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Lady in a Landscape - British 19thC art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning British 19th century Pre-Raphaelite portrait oil painting is attributed to famous Manchester born artist and elected associate of the Royal Academy, Annie Louisa Swynne...
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19th Century Realist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

El Capitain
Located in Missouri, MO
James Reeve Stuart (American, 1834-1915) El Capitain, 1870 Signed Lower Left 36 x 46 inches 46 x 56 inches James Reeve Stuart, well-trained portrait painter and teacher, was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, to one of the wealthiest families in the Antebellum South. Ancestors fled from Scotland, and one of them, John, was Superintendent of Indian Affairs of the Southern Colonies. The Stuart family owned several of the wealthiest plantations in the sea island area of South Carolina, and Stuart's parents owned the Ferry Plantation and it's Mansion "Roupelmonde" on Port Royal Island, adjacent to the Port Royal Ferry. Stuart's father, Colonel Middleton Stuart, died in 1840, and young Jimmie's education and upbringing was left to his many uncles. His uncle, Bishop Stephen Elliott...
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1870s Realist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

A Playful Afternoon
Located in Missouri, MO
Victor Gabriel Gilbert (French, 1847-1933) A Playful Afternoon Signed Lower Left 18 x 22 inches 25 x 28.5 inches with frame Victor Gilbert's natura...
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Late 19th Century Realist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Jeune femme à l’éventail (Young Girl with a Fan)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Conjuring the brilliance of late 18th-century costume with infusions of 19th-century modernity, James Jacques Joseph Tissot’s Jeune femme à l’éventail illustrates the remarkable technique for which he was renowned. His delicate portraiture, combined with his fascination with conveying texture, demonstrates why he was one of the most revered artists of the Belle Époque. Grouped with Tissot’s “keepsake pictures” of beautiful women in fashionable dress, this work is noteworthy not only for the fresh face of its sitter but also for the appearance of some of Tissot’s most beloved props. The delicate fan and paisley cashmere shawl, a favorite prop of Tissot’s artistic idol Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, made frequent appearances in his paintings, as did the exquisite dress the sitter wears. Its identifiable styling can be seen in several of Tissot’s most notable works of the period, including La chéminée and Un déjeuner à la riviere. The playful feel of this painting is grounded by Tissot’s exceptional attention to detail. A master of conjuring an array of textures, Tissot showcased this ability in this composition by juxtaposing many types of fabrics and patterns within one costume. This intricacy, which he carried even to his depiction of the woman’s manicure and jewelry, set him on par with the best artists of his day and contributed to his commercial success. Born in 1836 in the port town of Nantes, Tissot traveled to Paris at the age of 20 in order to join the studios of Hippolyte Flandrin...
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19th Century Realist Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Summer Landscape in the Meuse Valley
Located in Tallinn, EE
Andreas Schelfhout (1787 The Hague - 1870 The Hague]0 Summer Landscape in the Meuse Valley Oil on panel. 69 x 92.5 cm. Signed lower right: A. Schelfhout f. Provenance Gemäldegalerie...
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1850s Realist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Painting Realist Portrait PETUA Old man Pipe Swiss 19th Oil Wood panel
Located in PARIS, FR
Léon PETUA Besançon, 1846 – Zürich, 1921 Oil on canvas 45 x 32 cm (58 x 44 cm with the frame) Signed lower left “L. Pétua” Beautiful carved and gilded wooden frame of the 19th centur...
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Late 19th Century Realist Paintings

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Oil

Antique American School Early 1800's View of Buffalo NY Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school landscape painting of Buffalo, NY. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 33.5L x 23.25H.
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1840s Realist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Children at the Seashore
By Josef Israels
Located in Missouri, MO
Children at the Seashore By Josef Israels (1824-1911) Unframed: 9" x 15" Framed: 17.5" x 23.5" Signed Lower Left Born in Groningen, Holland, in 1824, Josef Israels was brought up in the traditions of the Jewish faith and destined for the rabbinate. His interest in drawing grew stronger with age however, and in 1840 his father finally relented, sending him to Amsterdam. There he spent his days working in the studio of Jan Kruseman and his evenings painting at the Royal Academy under Jan Pieneman, both leading portrait painters. In Paris, Israels studied a short time with the historical painter Francois Picot...
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19th Century Realist Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Oil Painting of Welsh Hamlet with Snowdon in the distance by 19th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Oil Painting of Welsh Hamlet with Snowdon in the distance by 19th Century Artist, Robert Gallon (British, 1845–1925) Art measures 18 x 12 inches Frame measures 24 x 18 inc...
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Late 19th Century Realist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cotton Canvas

"Filipino Girl Coming Down the Steps", 19th Century by Artist Fabian de la Rosa
Located in Madrid, ES
FABIAN DE LA ROSA Filipino, 1869 - 1937 "FILIPINO GIRLO COMING DOWN THE STEPS" signed & dated "F. de la Rosa, 1894" (lower right) oil on canvas 42-3/4 x 23-3/4 inches (108 x 60...
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1890s Realist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Filipino Farm Workers in Horse Carriage" 19th C. Oil on Canvas by F. de la Rosa
Located in Madrid, ES
FABIAN DE LA ROSA Filipino, 1869 - 1937 FILIPINO FARM WORKERS IN HORSE CARRIAGE signed & dated "F. de la Rosa, 1894" (lower left) oil on canvas 42-3/4 x 2...
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1890s Realist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sunny Afternoon, Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1865
Located in Milford, NH
William Stanley Haseltine (1835-1900) Sunny Afternoon, Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1865 Oil on canvas; 20.25 in H x 39.75 in W, actual; 30.75 in H x 50 in W x 4 in D, framed. Provenance: Private collection, Bedford, New York Painting is accompanied by a letter of authenticity by Andrea H. Fahnestock Born in Philadelphia to a family of talented artists, Hasseltine began his studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and received his degree from Harvard University in 1854. Upon returning to Philadelphia, he studied art under Paul Weber, before departing to Germany in 1855. There, Haseltine quickly became one of the leading figures among the group of American artists in Dusseldorf. In 1859, he returned to the United States and joined Emanuel Leutze...
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1860s Realist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"A Street in Granada", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Manuel García y Rodríguez
Located in Madrid, ES
MANUEL GARCÍA Y RODRÍGUEZ Spanish, 1863 - 1925 A STREET IN GRANADA, 1890 signed, located & dated "Garcia y Rodriguez / Granada 90" (lower left) oil ...
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1890s Realist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Enfants et les oies - Realist Oil, Figures & Geese in Landscape by Paul Druard
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A beautiful and charming oil on panel circa 1890 by French realist painter Paul Druard. The work is a depiction of farm life. A mother is seated on the grass with a daughter seated t...
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1890s Realist Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Readying for Play
Located in Missouri, MO
Framed Size: 25.5 x 23 inches Joseph Gyselinckx was born in 1817. He was a genre painter in Antwerp. The artist was a student of F. de Brakeleer. He had two paintings included in ...
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Late 19th Century Realist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Time For Discussion", 19th Century Oil on Wood Panel by José Benlliure Gil
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ BENLLIURE Spanish, 1855 - 1937 TIME FOR DISCUSSION signed "J. Benlliure" (lower left) oil on wood panel 5-1/8 x 8 inches (13 x 20 cm.) framed: 12-1/2 x 14-3/4 inches (31.5 x 37.5 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Spanish Collection José Benlliure Gil (30 September 1855, Valencia – 5 April 1937, Valencia), was a Spanish painter. He was born at Cañamelar, Valencia, studied painting under Francisco Domingo Marqués, and showed from the first such marked talent that he was sent to the Spanish school in Rome. From 1903 to 1913, he was director of the Spanish Academy of Fine Arts. He was one of the select circle pensioned by the Spanish government for residence in Italy and executed several state orders for the decoration of public buildings; but he owes his chief fame to his large historical paintings, notably the "Vision in the Coliseum." He became the leader of the Spanish art colony in Rome, where he practised as painter and sculptor. He married Maria Ortiz...
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1880s Realist Paintings

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Wood Panel, Oil

"At the Inn", 19th Century Oil on Wood Panel by Spanish Artist José Benlliure
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ BENLLIURE Spanish, 1855 - 1937 AT THE INN signed "J. Benlliure" (lower right) oil on wood panel 8-1/2 x 12 inches (21.5 x 30.2 cm.) framed: 19 x 22-1/8 inches (48 x 56 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Spanish Collection José Benlliure Gil (30 September 1855, Valencia – 5 April 1937, Valencia), was a Spanish painter. He was born at Cañamelar, Valencia, studied painting under Francisco Domingo Marqués, and showed from the first such marked talent that he was sent to the Spanish school in Rome. From 1903 to 1913, he was director of the Spanish Academy of Fine Arts. He was one of the select circle pensioned by the Spanish government for residence in Italy and executed several state orders for the decoration of public buildings; but he owes his chief fame to his large historical paintings, notably the "Vision in the Coliseum." He became the leader of the Spanish art colony in Rome, where he practised as painter and sculptor. He married Maria Ortiz...
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1880s Realist Paintings

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Wood Panel, Oil

Paysage de Neige Dans le Jura, Avec Chevreuil
By Gustave Courbet
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 19th century French oil on canvas of a snow scene in the Jura by Gustave Courbet. Signed bottom right in his characteristic 'ox-blood' red. Our painting is very similar in compo...
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19th Century Realist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fauste and Margarite Leaving Church
Located in Austin, TX
"Fauste and Margarite Leaving Church", a 19th century oil painting by French Realist painter Adolphe-René Lefevre (1834 - 1886). The painting mea...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Paintings

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Archival Paper, Oil

Near the stream
Located in Geneva, CH
Work signed and dated A. Gins 19th century artist Work on canvas Gilded wood frame 55,5 x 72 x 3 cm
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1870s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mother and Children
Located in Missouri, MO
Bernard DeHoog (1867-1943) "Mother and Children" Oil on Canvas Signed Lower Left Site Size: approx. 32.5 x 39.5 inches Framed Size: approx. 39 x ...
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Late 19th Century Realist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Ripe Enough to Gather
Located in Boston, MA
In original ornate gilt-plaster frame. Exhibited: National Academy of Design, New York, 1883, No. 56. Ripe Enough to Gather appears to be the first painting Charles Storer exhibit...
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Late 19th Century Realist Paintings

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Oil

Napoleon
Located in Missouri, MO
KPM Style German "Napoleon" c. late 19th c. Signed "Bock" Original Hand-Painted Porcelain Marked Verso approx 7 x 5 inches/approx 10 x 8 framed
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Late 19th Century Realist Paintings

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Oil, Porcelain

The Thieves and Donkey, Large Oil Painting on Canvas by Louvre Copyist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Thieves and Donkey" After Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) oil painting on canvas, late 20th century from the studio of Dagher, Paris (read notes below), stamped verso canvas: 80 x 75 cm (31.5 x 29.5 inches) unframed. provenance: the atelier Dagher, Paris Very fine quality large scale oil painting after the 19th century Renaissance painting by Honoré Daumier (1808-1879), "The Thieves and Donkey. The painting itself dates to the late 20th century and is an original work by the world famous studio in Paris, the "Atelier Dagher". The Atelier Dagher have for 35 years been faithfully painting Old Masters copies and are one of the few artists to be authorised by the Louvre and Orsay Museums in Paris to paint in situ. Mr Amal Dagher, the senior member of the family of painters, is often present in front of his easel in the Louvre Museum to paint in the way of a genuine Great Master painting...
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19th Century Realist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Martha's Vineyard Coastline
By Wesley Webber
Located in Milford, NH
A fine marine oil painting of a waterfront fishing shack and dock on the Martha’s Vineyard Coastline off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, by American artist Wesley Elbridge Webber (1841-1914). Webber was born in Gardner, Maine, lived in Boston from 1870 to 1890 and in New York City from 1892 and was self-taught. Webber served in the Civil War (Company B of the Sixteenth Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment) and was present at General Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. His original sketches made at the surrender, along with his finished illustrations of the Civil War, were shown at the Boston Art Club and brought Webber considerable fame, recognition and fortune. He was discharged from Civil War service in Augusta, Maine, June 15, 1865 and he opened a studio in Gardiner, where he became a carriage painter. Webber shared a Boston studio with marine painter William P. Stubbs and kept other studios in New York City until his death. Every summer he went to Conway, New Hampshire to paint the Hillside, where painters John J. Enneking, Frank Shapleigh...
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Late 19th Century Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Cellist
Located in Missouri, MO
Ferdinand V.L. Roybet (1840-1920) "The Cellist" c. 1880s Oil on Panel Site: 20 x 14 inches Framed Size: 28 x 14 inches Ferdinand Roybet is considere...
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1880s Realist Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

A Conundrum in the Kitchen
By Frank Hyde
Located in Missouri, MO
Frank Hyde (British 1849-1937) "A Conundrum in the Kitchen" c. 1900 Oil on Canvas Signed Lower Left Image: 37.5 x 57.5 inches Framed: 44 x 64.5 inches From the Maidstone Museum, UK: Hyde was born in Surrey in 1849 and spent a large amount of time in London during his youth. His father had been in the army but retired to live the life of a gentleman upon inheriting the family seat, Hyde End Manor in Berkshire. Hyde, however, would later inherit and sell the Manor. As a young man, Hyde trained as an artist at the Royal Academy, London, and his subsequent career revealed striking artistic versatility. His subjects varied from the portrayal of real, dramatic events to comic characters commissioned by the card manufacturer Raphael Tuck. Starting out as a 1st Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, Hyde moved on to begin his career as a war artist during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, producing drawings for ‘The Graphic’, an illustrated weekly publication. Hyde married Constance Mary Louise Felgate in 1876, but she died less than a year later. While he travelled extensively throughout his life after Constance’s, death Hyde purchased a villa in Capri where he met Rosina Ferrara, whom he used as a model, and John Singer Sargent, with whom he shared a studio. Hyde is perhaps best known for his paintings of Capri...
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1890s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Gossips
By L. Clarence Ball
Located in Missouri, MO
L. Clarence Ball "The Gossips" 1885 Oil on Canvas Signed and Dated Site Size: approx 16 x 24 inches Framed Size: approx 23 x 31 inches Born in Mount Vern...
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1880s Realist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

SAPPHO Leading DAUNTLESS Around the Mark
Located in Greenwich, CT
Seascape of a sailing race Literature: J.E. Buttersworth: 19th Century Marine Painter by Rudolph J. Schaefer SAPPHO leading DAUNTLESS Around the Mark, pg. 140 (2010 edition) and pg....
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19th Century Realist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

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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