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: 21st Century and Contemporary
Pocket Mauve Anemone, Original Painting, Flower, Black
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Anemone 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 p...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pocket Ripe Red Pomegranate, Baroque Still Life, fruit
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Ripe Red Pomegranate 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...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pocket Autumn Collection Autumn leaf #2 [2024], Baroque Still Life, Small art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Autumn Leaf Collection #2 (Naples Yellow) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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Pocket Autumn Collection Autumn leaf #3 [2024], Baroque Still Life, Small art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Autumn Leaf Collection (Pinky Ochre) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
![Pocket Autumn Collection Autumn leaf #3 [2024], Baroque Still Life, Small art](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/dani-humberstone-paintings-pocket-autumn-collection-autumn-leaf-3-2024-baroque-still-life-small-art-for-sale/a_6323/a_138501721706352583092/b7a5276f4faa1c0e2af42ba27b6a9f96_1_master.jpg?width=240 "Dani Humberstone - Pocket Autumn Collection Autumn leaf #3 [2024], Baroque Still Life, Small art")
pocket dark blue sloes, Baroque Still Life Painting, Small Art, Fruit Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Dark Blue Sloes is an original still-life painting by artist Dani Humberstone. This painting is a small scale renaissance inspired still life in a photorealistic style and sol...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Blue Jay" Original Oil Painting by Susan McDonnell, Avian Art
Located in Denver, CO
Susan McDonnell's "Blue Jay," created in 2021, is a masterful oil on panel that captures the vibrant essence and lively demeanor of its avian subject. Measuri...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Japanese cup with lemon, original still life oil painting by Tim Snowdon
Located in BUNGENDORE, AU
Original artwork by Tim Snowdon
Japanese cup with lemon, oil on linen, 35cm x 41cm, 2022
A part of Snowdon's exhibition ‘Conversations’, this piece refere...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Striped cups with blossom, original still life oil painting by Tim Snowdon
Located in BUNGENDORE, AU
Original artwork by established Australian painter Tim Snowdon.
Striped cups with blossom, oil on linen, 23.8 inches x 21.4 inches, 2020
“I try to paint i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Mama, Paint!, 24 x 24, Landscape, Oil Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Discover "Mama, Paint!" a profound expression of the atmospheric wonders as envisioned by Robin Cole. Completed in 2024, this original oil on mounted linen artwork, spanning 24 x 24 ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Space Between, 40 x 52, Landscape, Oil Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's original oil painting, 'The Space Between', is an evocative exploration of ethereal landscapes, rendered on a grand scale of 40 x 52 inches. Crafted with meticulous atte...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vantage Point, 27 x 36, Landscape, Oil Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole’s “Vantage Point” is a compelling 2024 oil on mounted linen piece that transports the viewer to a serene natural setting, enveloped by a captivating double rainbow. Measur...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blueminescence-original abstract Female portrait painting-contemporary Artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
Montana Engels: "This Blue work with blue and green accent, is inspired by the neon blue or green sparkles of the sea called bioluminescence. The ocean can glow and glitter like star...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary portrait "Between You and Me"
Located in Zofingen, AG
When some crap happens - in response, I draw. I draw something visually appealing and positive. It's so hard, really hard to draw some blah-blah-blah crap in response to a missile at...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Contemporary portrait "Cat Country"
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this creation, I've endeavored to capture a moment that speaks both to the harmony of nature and the enigmatic kinship between humans and felines. The serene backdrop contrasts wi...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cotton Canvas
Elvis Oil on Canvas by Christina Major 66 x 88
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elvis 66 x 88 writing
Whatever I will become will be what God
has chosen for me. I ain't no saint, but I've
tried never to do anything that would hurt
my family or offend God. I figu...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ava Gardner Oil on Canvas by Christina Major 66 x 88
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Quotes within painting:
"I'm optimistic about whatever is going to happen. We all have a childhood
dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is
that m...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil on Canvas of Jackie O with Gold Leaf
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Words:
Now I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together so now he is a legend when he would have preffered to be a man.
the Children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen out world through their eyes they restore my faith in the familys future
One must not let oneself b overwhelmed by sadness
can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly to be living alone as the presidents widow?
Christina Major was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1982. She has lived all over the world including Hawaii, France, New York and more currently Florida. Christina has achieved her MFA at Florida Atlantic University and has exhibited throughout South Florida. Her work has been collected both nationally and internationally.
Christina Major is a portrait painter interested in the ways the identity of both artist and subject can coexist in a painting. Major's graduate thesis exhibition, Components of self, evolved from her desire to combine large scale portrait painting with writing. She developed methods of using paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Astral" Hyperrealism Oil Painting 47" x 39" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Astral" Hyperrealism Oil Painting 47" x 39" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube.
A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a glamorous, feminine, p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The snake's gaze. Hypnosis" Original Oil Painting by Liliya Volskaya
Located in Zofingen, AG
The paintings are drawn with acrylic on the hardboard (back side made of the double cardboard).
Acrylic paints are used to create the painting on canvas animals and ecology. A cruci...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Lacquer
Pocket Full Moon 4, Original Painting, Skyscape, Space, Nature, Astrology art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Full Moon 4 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 li...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pocket Eclipse 2024 2, Original Painting, Skyscape, Space, Nature, Affordable
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Eclipse 2024 2 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...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dawn On Dartmoor, Original Painting, Skyscape Art, Cloud Art, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
An original painting by Sophie Berger.
New original artwork by artist, Sophie Berger is available with Wychwood Art in their gallery and online. Sophie Berger's recent work has been...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Necklace" Oil on board by Telopa
Located in Carmel, CA
Telopa, the father and son of artists, paints women in an elegant Mannerist style that combines classic beauty and mythological, symbolic allegory.
A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
"First Steps" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Austin Howlett's "First Steps" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a tall female figure walking through a snow covered landscape.
Artis...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Pocket Green Hellebore (c), Original Painting, Flower, Nature, Spring art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Green Hellebore (c) 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 ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Andrada Trapnell's 'Dream Catcher' Original Owl Oil Painting with Ornate Frame
Located in Denver, CO
Andrada Trapnell's "Dream Catcher" is a captivating original artwork created in 2023. This piece measures 6 x 8 x 0.10 inches (15.24 x 20.32 x 0.25 cm) and features a masterful blend...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
CONTEMPORARY Fine Art Landscape Jungle Spanish Artist Carol Moreno
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Carol Moreno Lara, artistic self-taught painter. Born in Barcelona. Proposal; Embellishes unique and personal spaces through artistic painting.
A feisty woman who honors his personal...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Awakening II, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The sun breaks through the morning haze, painting the sky yellow. In the distance, low hills emerge to the left while silhouettes of dark trees stand on the rig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Winter Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Budden Winter Stream Snow
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Winter Stream
oil/canvas 12 x 16 unframed, 18.5 x 22.5 framed
An oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beautiful winter landsca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
CONTEMPORARY Fine Art Landscape Jungle Spanish Artist Carol Moreno
Located in BARCELONA, ES
For artworks with dimensions, they will be shipped rolled in a tube. If you would like them to be strengthened, please contact us so that we can provide you with a shipping quotation...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
CONTEMPORARY Fine Art Landscape Jungle Spanish Artist Carol Moreno
Located in BARCELONA, ES
For artworks with dimensions, they will be shipped rolled in a tube. If you would like them to be strengthened, please contact us so that we can provide you with a shipping quotation...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
CONTEMPORARY Fine Art Diptyh Landscape Jungle Spanish Artist Carol Moreno
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The size of each artwork is 140x140 cm. The total size of the diptych is 140x280 cm.
For artworks with dimensions, they will be shipped rolled in a tube. If you would like them to b...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Inner space Contemporary still life Oil Painting by Giulnara Khabibulina
Located in Zofingen, AG
This series of works is based on the artist's impressions and communication with old and new friends. Our future is impossible without the past. We all appreciate old stories about o...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Story of Red" - Original Painting by Andrada Trapnell, Red Riding Hood Inspired
Located in Denver, CO
Explore the enchanting narrative of "Story of Red" by Andrada Trapnell, a 2023 mixed media creation that invokes the timeless tale of Red Riding Hood. This original artwork, measurin...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
"Blue Aura" - Mixed Media Painting by Andrada Trapnell Ethereal Female Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
"Blue Aura" by Andrada Trapnell, a stunning mixed media artwork from 2022, measures 24 x 24 inches and is executed on board. This piece presents an ethereal portrait of a woman, bath...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
New York City Washington Square Spring 5th Avenue Oil Painting Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Washington Square Spring
oil/panel
14 x 11 unframed, 18.5 x 15.5 framed
Washington Square Spring is a plein air oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Mich...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moonlight Beach Clouds, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Beneath the moonlit sky and wispy clouds, gentle waves crash upon the quiet shore. The vast expanse of the seascape offers a feeling of serene openness and poss...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Marsh at Dawn, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Lush greenery and dreamy purple clouds set a tranquil mood over a coastal wetland. At dawn, the scene exudes a serene beauty as a subtle hint of sunlight emerge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Eye of the Storm" - Mixed Media Artwork by Andrada Trapnell, Surreal Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
"Eye of the Storm," an original mixed media artwork by Andrada Trapnell, measures 40 x 30 inches and is rendered on a sturdy board. Created in 2023, this piece showcases Trapnell's d...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Panel, Mixed Media
Pocket Quail Egg (c), Original Painting, Egg, Nature
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Quail Egg (c) 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 ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Emotions and Fiction
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 Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen, Paper
Who I Meet
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 Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen
Natural Beauty
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 Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen, Acrylic
"Secret Passage" - Original Oil Seascape by Adam Hall, Dynamic Wave Art
By Adam Hall
Located in Denver, CO
"Secret Passage" by Adam Hall, a 2023 oil on panel painting, measures 24 x 24 inches with a sophisticated frame extending to 31 x 31 inches. This artwork captivates with its portraya...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Graffiti Break
Located in Atlanta, GA
This item is in excellent condition, only shown in a gallery.
Griselda Ferrandez was born in the city of Barcelona, a cosmopolitan and open city. From her balcony she could contempla...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Swell Season" - Original Oil Seascape by Adam Hall, Coastal Wave Art
By Adam Hall
Located in Denver, CO
"Swell Season" (2023) by Adam Hall is an evocative original oil painting on panel, measuring 24 x 18 inches and elegantly framed to 25 x 19 inches. This piece captures the gentle yet...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Artist Materials On Shelves
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting beautifully captures a realistic view of an artist's studio. The boxes covered in oil paint fingerprints, the small dent in the wall, the palette, tubes of paint scatt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"White Noise" - Original Oil Seascape by Adam Hall, Ocean Wave Art
By Adam Hall
Located in Denver, CO
Adam Hall's "White Noise" (2023) is an expansive original oil painting on panel, with dimensions of 72 x 60 inches, elegantly framed to 73 x 61 inches. This artwork captures the tumu...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Coffee Run
Located in Atlanta, GA
This item is in excellent condition, only shown in a gallery.
Griselda Ferrandez was born in the city of Barcelona, a cosmopolitan and open city. From her balcony she could contempla...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary portrait "I'll Tell You..."
Located in Zofingen, AG
I talk to an imaginary friend almost all the time.)
Is this normal at all?)
In this painting, I explored the depth of human connection, crafting an intimate narrative through a reali...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
"Reflection: Barred Owl" - Original Oil Painting, Forest Bird Art
Located in Denver, CO
Allison Leigh Smith's "Reflection: Barred Owl" (2023) is a captivating original oil painting on aluminum, measuring 10 x 10 inches with a frame size of 12.50 x 12.50 inches. This pie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Metal
"Reflection: Barn Owl" - Original Oil Painting, Wildlife Art
Located in Denver, CO
Allison Leigh Smith’s “Reflection: Barn Owl” (2023) masterfully captures the mysterious allure of the barn owl, framed within a 10 x 10 inch oil on aluminum surface. This unique artw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Metal
Green and Gold-original British landscape panorama oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Green and Gold" by Harry Brioche is a stunning original realist aerial landscape painting that invites viewers into a world of serene beauty and atmospheric charm. Executed with pre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Reading is my First Love
Located in Atlanta, GA
This item is in excellent condition, only shown in a gallery.
Griselda Ferrandez was born in the city of Barcelona, a cosmopolitan and open city. From her balcony she could contempla...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gumball Machine & Red Trunk No. 1
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery. Stott’s work is almost object portraiture, applying traditional still life compositions and lighting but ventures beyond time honored subject m...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Distant Blue-original British landscape panorama oil painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Distant Blue" stands as a captivating original realist aerial landscape masterpiece crafted by the talented artist, Harry Brioche. This exquisite artwork, skillfully rendered in oil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Pocket Mauve Anemone 2 (c), Original Painting, Flower, Nature, Spring art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Mauve Anemone 2 (c) 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 ...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Citrus and Brass", Still Life Oil Painting featuring a Brass Jar and Orange
By Jeff Legg
Located in Denver, CO
Jeff Legg's (US based) "Citrus and Brass" is an oil painting created in 2022 depicting a golden brass jar with purple leaves, grapes and orange citrus.
About the artist:
Jeff C. Leg...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
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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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