Realist Color Photography
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
Skiing in St. Mortiz, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Countess Jan Bonde in the Palace Hotel sleigh on Lake St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1983
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The Costa-Delords, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Delfina Costa-Delord and Alessia Costa-Delord posing for a portrait, each wearing a hat, in Asolo, Italy, in September 1988.
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Villa Borghese Lion, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A young girl eating an ice cream while sitting on a sculpture of a lion in the grounds of the Villa Borghese in Rome, Italy, 1970
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Skiers in St. Moritz, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963.
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Ski Slope In St. Moritz, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers (bottom) on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963.
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Between the Sea and Sky, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ingrid Morath sunbathes by a swimming pool next to the sea in Acapulco, 1961. Ingrid was born in Rio de Janeiro and lives in Mexico City.
Portofino Villa
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Franco Zeffirelli, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1985, Film director Franco Zeffirelli at his home, Tre Ville, in Positano, Italy.
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Skiing In Vail, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964.
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Lunch At La Pigna, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
US restaurateurs Gilda Cioffi, owner of Mama Gilda in Palm Beach, Guy Avventuiero and his wife, of Gino's in New York, Gus and Geraldine Pucillo, of the Petite Marmite in Palm Beach,...
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Franco Zeffirelli, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1985, Film director Franco Zeffirelli at his home, Tre Ville, in Positano, Italy.
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Caleta Beach, Acapulco Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A couple walk on Caleta Beach holding hands, Acapulco, Mexico, 1968.
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Relaxing in Lech, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A ski resort in Courchevel in the French Alps, circa 1970.
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Sugarbush Skiing, Estate Edition, Vermont
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960.
Visual Description: A skiier crests a snow-covered mountain in Sugarbush, Vermont, in 1960.
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Massimo Family, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960, Prince and Princess Massimo with five of their six children in their residence, Palazzo Massimo all Colonne, Rome, Italy.
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Skiing In Vail, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964.
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Edna Lewis, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A restaurant in Positano, Italy, 1958. One of the woman is art director Edna Lewis.
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Zermatt Skiing, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968.
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Skiing at St. Moritz, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978.
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Lili Livi, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lili Livi poses by Lake Como, Italy, circa 1960. Lili is the daughter Madame Camilo Livi.
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Belvedere Pool, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The swimming pool at the Hotel Belvedere, Amalfi, Italy, August 1984.
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Holiday In Capri, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carla Vuccino and Bianca Volpato holiday with their friends on Capri, Italy, July 1958.
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Crossing Snow Field, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A line of sleighs crossing a snow field at St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963.
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Marisa Berenson, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actress Marisa Berenson sunbathing in Capri, 1968.
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Windsors In Portofino, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor walking their dog in Portofino. Picture Post - 5599 - Portofino - unpub.
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Yachting Trip, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Selvaggia Borromeo wades ashore from her yacht during a holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, August 1967.
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Capri Bay, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1958: Faraglioni Rocks on the Italian island of Capri.
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Monte Carlo Swimwear, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman in a black cutaway swimsuit and turquoise scarf under a red, fringed umbrella in Monte Carlo, Monaco, in August 1970.
In this classic Slim Aarons scene of 1970's vintage seaside glamour, a red umbrella with white fringe adds movement at the top right corner, and the subject's arms direct the viewer's eye across the picture in a zig-zag fashion. In the background, yellow and green umbrellas shade...
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Catch Up By the Pool (Kaufmann Desert House, sister image to Poolside Glamour)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1970: A desert house in Palm Springs designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar Kaufman. Lita Baron approaches Nelda Linsk, right, wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk who is talking to a frien...
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Slim Aarons, Estate Edition, Self Portrait with Cigarette in Capri, 1960s
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Photographer Slim Aarons (right) on board a yacht off Capri, Italy, September 1968.
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Positano Beach, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, 1979.
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Loving Look?, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
September 1968: Film star Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz) gazes at his third wife Leslie Allen while relaxing at the Quisisana Hotel, Capri.
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Massimo Family, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960, Prince and Princess Massimo with five of their six children in their residence, Palazzo Massimo all Colonne, Rome, Italy.
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Donna Fabrizia Lanza Di Mazzarino, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Donna Fabrizia Lanza di Mazzarino at the Villa Tasca, Sicily, Italy, 1984.
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Nino Cerruti, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
September 1968: Nino Cerruti, fashion designer and perfumer with a model in Capri.
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Pope Paul VI, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978) delivering a sermon during his visit to Venice, Italy, in October 1972.
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Walking On Capri, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rodney Pleasants, Alessandro Spicaglia, Pauline Cappa, Don C. Napolitano and Luigi Boscaln walking on the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980.
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Palermo Pool, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This rich, vibrant Slim Aarons Estate Edition photograph depicts a swimming pool at the glamorous Villa Igiea, in the Sicilian cultural, economic and tourism capital of Palermo, on the Tyrrhenian coastline, in 1975. A storied destination for artists, Hollywood elite, and assorted royalty, the Villa Igiea is a symbol of vintage Sicilian elegance and grandeur.
This iconic image vividly captures a shimmering swimming pool and sun-kissed stone and gardens, beside boats navigating the sparkling turquoise waters of Palermo. Adding to the image's depth and allure are the geological formations subtly visible beneath the sea's surface. This midcentury masterpiece offers a unique glimpse into Aarons' ability to blend nature and lifestyle in his photography.
Former description from the Slim Aarons archive: Slim Aarons' Hotel Taormina, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage depiction of a swimming pool in Taormina, Sicily, 1975.
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Saint-Tropez, France is a glamorous vacation destination west of Nice and east of Marseille in the Var...
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Caprice On Capri, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1958: Singer and actress Caprice Chantal (right) on the Italian island of Capri.
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Buckleys in Switzerland, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American author and journalist William F. Buckley Jr. and his wife Patricia take a sleigh ride from the Chateau de Rougemont in Switzerland, 1986.
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Venice Gondolier, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Premium Rates Apply. A gondolier on the Grand Canal in Venice, 1957.
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Skiing in St. Mortiz, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Countess Jan Bonde in the Palace Hotel sleigh on Lake St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1983
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Harbour Area, Portofino, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
General view of the harbour area, crowded with small and large boats, in Portofino, Italy, 1977.
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Castello Di Paraggi, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Castello di Paraggi near Portofino, Italy, August 1977.
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Marina Piccola, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tullio Abbate, of Abbate Boats, at the back of yacht as it is moored at a property on the shores of Lake Como, Italy, in June 1983.
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Marisa Berenson, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actress Marisa Berenson sunbathing in Capri, 1968.
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Patrick Lichfield, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
September 1968: Patrick, Earl of Lichfield, with a friend in Capri, Italy.
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Hotel Punta Tragara, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Hotel Punta Tragara on Capri, Italy, August 1974.
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Lunch At La Pigna, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
US restaurateurs Gilda Cioffi, owner of Mama Gilda in Palm Beach, Guy Avventuiero and his wife, of Gino's in New York, Gus and Geraldine Pucillo, of the Petite Marmite in Palm Beach,...
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Porto Ercole, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The waterfront at Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1967.
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Donna Fabrizia Lanza Di Mazzarino, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Donna Fabrizia Lanza di Mazzarino at the Villa Tasca, Sicily, Italy, 1984.
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Donna Fabrizia Lanza Di Mazzarino, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Donna Fabrizia Lanza di Mazzarino at the Villa Tasca, Sicily, Italy, 1984.
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A Roman Prince, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1982: Prince Raimondo Orsini d'Aragona stands in the ancient Roman forum wearing an elegant suit by tailor Savini-Brioni.
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Crespi And Mastroianni, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian countess Consuelo Crespi (left, 1928-2010) and Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni (right, 1924 - 1996) in conversation with a third woman in Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy, ...
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Hotel Taormina, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Hotel Taormina, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage depiction of the seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina in Taormina, Sicily, August 1975...
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Marisa Berenson, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actress Marisa Berenson in Capri, 1968.
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Laudomia Pucci, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian fashion designer and daughter of Emilio Pucci, Laudomia Pucci, Florence, Italy, 1983.
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A Roman Prince, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1982: Prince Raimondo Orsini d'Aragona stands in the ancient Roman forum wearing an elegant suit by tailor Savini-Brioni.
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Marisa Berenson, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
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American actress Marisa Berenson sunbathing in Capri, 1968.
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Realist color photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Realist color photography 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 color photography 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, pink, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Massimo Listri, Sean Scully, and John Conn. Frequently made by artists working with Digital Print, and Lambda Print 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 color photography, so small editions measuring 8.5 inches across are also available. Prices for color photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $200 and tops out at $28,500, while the average work sells for $3,350.