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: 1960s
Landscape with a willow. 1964, oil on cardboard, 48x67 cm
Located in Riga, LV
A. Zviedris was a member of the Latvian Artists’ Union since 1945 and had more than 50 solo exhibitions in Latvia. He travelled extensively by yacht around Scandinavia and Western Eu...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Autumn landscape. 1966. Watercolor on paper. 33, 5 x 54 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Forest landscape at autumn
1966. Watercolor on paper. 33,5x54 cm
Janis Brekte (1920.15.VIII – 1985.27.XII)
Janis Brekte his first artistic education got in drawing courses of K. Bre...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lake. 1965, paper, watercolor, 52x67 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Lake.
1965, paper, watercolor, 52x67 cm
The central focus of the artwork is on birches at the lake at early autumn
Janis Brekte (1920.15.VIII – 1985.27.XII)
Janis Brekte his first ...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Antoni Costa Woman original figurative drawing painting
By A. Costa
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
woman. original figurative academician drawing painting. FRAMED
Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965
It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD...
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1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Broadway Costume Design Illustration
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Fabulous illustration depicts a costume for Broadway production. Gouache on illustration board, image measures 10.5 x 16.5 inches; 15 x 22 inches framed.
Excellent condition in ori...
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1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Oil On Canvas " two ballerinas " By Maria Szantho with Frame
Located in Gavere, BE
"Two Ballerinas Oil On Canvas By Maria Szantho Frame"
Nice and large painting "two ballerinas", painted by the female artist Maria Szantho (1897 - 1998) Hungarian school.
Maria Szant...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil On Canvas Portrait Of A Seated Ballerina By Maria Szantho Framed
Located in Gavere, BE
"Oil On Canvas Portrait Of A Seated Ballerina By Maria Szantho Framed"
Nice and large painting "two ballerinas", painted by the female artist Maria Szantho (1897 - 1998) Hungarian sc...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sierra Mountains in Autumn - Landscape in Oil on Oval Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Sierra Mountains in Autumn - Landscape in Oil on Oval Canvas
Gorgeous mid-century autumnal landscape of Sierra mountains by W.R. Rolls (American, 20th Century). Rendered in luscious...
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1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Stretcher Bars, Canvas
Lady in Blue
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Well-known Soviet master from Minsk, Belarus. Beautifully painted portrait of a young lady in a blue dress.
Framed in a 22-k gold frame.
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil On Canvas Reclining Nude at the beach By Marcel René Herrfeldt
By Marcel Rene Herrfeldt
Located in Gavere, BE
"Oil On Canvas Reclining Nude By Marcel René Herrfeldt"
Beautiful and large oil on canvas
The painting is large in size and is in good condition ...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life of various Fruits and Wine Carafe Large Framed Oil Painting
Located in ludlow, GB
George Leslie Reekie
British 1911 - 1969
Painter in Oils of Still Life subjects with an interesting background style that is vaguely cubist. Extremely proficient at depicting his s...
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1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life. 1964. Oil on cardboard, 61x78 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life. 1964. Oil on cardboard, 61x78 cm
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Bridge in autumn. 1964. Oil on cardboard, 61x78 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bridge in autumn. 1964. Oil on cardboard, 61x78 cm
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Vintage American Colorful Kitschy Realist Painting Women at the Beach with Boat
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American colorful kitschy realist painting of women at the beach with a boat by well listed artist Phillip R. Perkins. Framed, oil on board.
Born in a small town in Illinois...
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1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid Century Big Sur Coast at Sunset Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid century seascape of Big Sur at sunset by California artist Arlene Manley (American, 20th Century), 1962. Signed and dated lower right corner...
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1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Cardboard
Mid Century Crystal and Glass Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous midcentury painting of crystal decanter and clear glass vessels against a vivid orange backdrop by Donald Werden (American, b. 1921). Signed and...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Antique American Modernist Street Scene Trompe L'Oeil Barn Door Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 30L x 20H.
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Boulevard at summer. 1961, paper, watercolor, 37x52 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Boulevard. 1961, paper, watercolor, 37x52 cm
Laimdonis Grasmanis (1916-1970)
1933 – 1937 – Art school of Applied art in Liepaja
1937 – 1942 – Art Academy of Latvia
Artist took pa...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Orchard in Bloom, Mid Century Spring Blossoms Landscape Watercolor by Jay Simm
Located in Soquel, CA
Lovely pastoral landscape of beautiful spring blossoms lining a quiet country lane by Jay Simm (American, 20th Century), c. 1960s. The delicate light pink flowers of the orchard in b...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Antique American Modernist European Street Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 29L x 20H.
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait on Stage - Red Cape - Scottish 60s art theatrical portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning Scottish musical theatrical portrait oil painting is by female artist Doris Zinkeisen. Painted circa 1960 it is of a lady in a red cape on stage with instruments at her...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Miss Moggy Hennesey on her Hunter - Scottish 60s art horse portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb horse portrait with rider is by keen Scottish horse artist and rider, Doris Zinkeisen. Painted circa 1960 the rider is Miss Margaret 'Moggy' Hennesey. Moggy, well known a...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Horses in a Landscape - Scottish 1960's equine art oil painting female artist
Located in London, GB
This superb oil painting of horses is by Scottish female artist Doris Zinkeisen. Painted circa 1960 the composition has six horses in a landscape. There is great impasto and brushwor...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Golden Eagle of Scottish Highlands - Scottish art bird landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning Scottish oil painting is by noted landscape artist Douglas Falconer. Painted circa 1960 the composition is of a seated golden eagle in a mountainous highland landscape....
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Coastal View of Penzance from Newlyn, Cornwall - British landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely floral landscape oil painting is by artist Elsie Bye- Rawson. Painted circa 1960 the view is looking down from Newlyn and along the coast to Penzance in Cornwall. St Mary...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Technical Illustration of a Ford Lehman Engine in Gouache on Heavy Cardstock
Located in Soquel, CA
Technical Illustration of a Ford Lehman Diesel Engine in Gouache on Heavy Cardstock
Highly detailed and precise illustration of an engine by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). ...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Pen, Gouache, Illustration Board
Landscape 1965. Paper, watercolor, 38x53 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape
1965. Paper, watercolor, 38x53 cm
Through the use of watercolors on paper, the artist has created a picturesque and emotive portrayal of the landscape, inviting viewers t...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Field 1967, paper/watercolor, 20.5x29.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Field
1967, paper/watercolor, 20.5x29.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military co...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Landscape 1967, paper/watercolor, 23x43.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape
1967, paper/watercolor, 23x43.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military ...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Landscape 1967, paper/watercolor, 29.5x35.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape
1967, paper/watercolor, 29.5x35.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many militar...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Evening Watercolor on paper, 23, 5x28 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Evening
Watercolor on paper, 23,5x28 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military cours...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Winter 1969, paper/watercolor, 29x40.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Winter
1969, paper/watercolor, 29x40.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military cou...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Landscape 1961, paper/watercolor, 20x23.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape
1961, paper/watercolor, 20x23.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military ...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
The village 1964, paper/crayons/pencil., 14x19 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The village
1964, paper/crayons/pencil., 14x19 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many mili...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Color Pencil, Paper
The factory 1961, paper/watercolor, 28.5x40.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The village
1964, paper/watercolor., 20.5x29.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many mili...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Winter 1961, paper/watercolor, 26.5x35 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Winter
1961, paper/watercolor, 26.5x35 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military courses.
In 1933 he graduated from the Arts Academy of Latvia, Graphic workshop under the guidance of R. Zarins.
He participated in the exhibition since 1924.
He painted mostly military themes. And also painted landscapes and compositions with oriental motives in watercolors technique.
He drew sketches for the plates painting to porcelain factory of Kuznetsova and faience factory.
One of the first drawer of Latvian journeyman army in 1922. He i san author of Viesturs Order sign...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The village 1964, paper/watercolor., 20.5x29.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The village
1964, paper/watercolor., 20.5x29.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many mili...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Cargo ship 1965. paper/watercolor., 8x22.3 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Cargo ship
1965. paper/watercolor., 8x22.3 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Hill 1967, paper/watercolor, 30.5x43 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Hill
1967, paper/watercolor, 30.5x43 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military cours...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The coast 1969, watercolor on paper, 20.5x28.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The coast
1969, watercolor on paper, 20.5x28.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many mili...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Hill 1969, paper/watercolor, 17.5x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Hill
1969, paper/watercolor, 17.5x25 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School o...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Landscape in the winter 1969, paper/watercolor, 20x22.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape in the winter
1969, paper/watercolor, 20x22.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and ...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Landscape 1964, watercolor on paper, 20.5x26.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape
1964, watercolor on paper, 20.5x26.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many mili...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
From the train to the Himalayas 1963., p/crayons, pencil, 20x27 cm
Located in Riga, LV
From the train to the Himalayas
1963., p/crayons, pencil, 20x27 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latv...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pencil
Landscape 1970. paper/watercolor., 28.5x40.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape
1970. paper/watercolor., 28.5x40.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet ...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Winter 1967, paper/watercolor, 31x46.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Winter 1967, paper/watercolor, 31x46.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School ...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ice breaker 1969, paper/watercolor, 14x18 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Ice breaker
1969, paper/watercolor, 14x18 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military ...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Valley 1969, paper, watercolor, 18x31 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Valley
1969, paper, watercolor, 18x31 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military cour...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Morning 1965, paper/watercolor, 15x21 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Morning
1965, paper/watercolor, 15x21 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military cour...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Winter landscape 1965, paper/watercolor, 20x25.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Winter landscape
1965, paper/watercolor, 20x25.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many mi...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Evening 1960, paper/watercolor, 14x18.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Evening
1960, paper/watercolor, 14x18.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military c...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Surroundings in countryside. 1963, cardboard, oil, 45 x 58 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Surroundings in countryside. 1963, cardboard, oil, 45 x 58 cm
Landscape painting of Latvia countryside.
Gentle and careful brushstrokes in the foreground accents sunny day.
Color u...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Flying In, Print on Canvas by Carolyn Blish
Located in Long Island City, NY
Carolyn Blish is an American landscape artist who frequently paints calm beach scenes. This is a print on canvas.
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Offset, Canvas
Still life with flowers and apples. 1964. Cardboard, oil, 63x50.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with flowers and apples. 1964. Cardboard, oil, 63x50.5 cm
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Eva Christine Reclining Nude
By Ernst Fuchs
Located in London, GB
ERNST FUCHS 1930-2015
1930 – Vienna – 2015 (Austrian)
Title: Eva Christine Reclining Nude, 1968
Technique: Signed Oil on Canvas
Paper size: 50 x 60 cm. / 19.7 x 23.6 in.
Additio...
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1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life - Flowers in Urn with Bird's Nest
Located in San Francisco, CA
This large, colorful still life painting by Paul Longenecker (1920-2008) depicts a varied assortment of flowers in an urn. There is a bird’s net to the lower right of the urn as well...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"The Active Sea", Mid Century Pacific Crashing Waves Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid-century Pacific seascape of brilliant blue waves breaking on shallow rocks by Ruth Kjos Berg (American, 20th century), circa 1960s. You ...
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid Century Portrait of a San Francisco Lady by Alfred Jonniaux
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful portrait of woman from San Francisco by European portrait artist Alfred Jonniaux (Belgian/American, 1882-1974), circa 1950s. Signed on verso....
Category
1960s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
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