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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
Keeping the Culture, mixed media signed/N print by top African American artist
Located in New York, NY
Kerry James Marshall Keeping the Culture, 2011 Silkscreen and linocut in colors with full margins and deckled edges on Arches paper with full margins and deckled edges 20-1/4 x 30-1/4 inches Hand signed, titled and numbered 79/100 by Kerry James Marshall in graphite pencil on the front Published by Africa House International, Chicago Unframed Kerry James Marshall's 2011 "Keeping the Culture" is based upon the artist's eponymous painting done the year earlier. Marshall, along with his dealer, were voted by ArtReview the top two of the 100 most influential people in the art world of 2018 - even ahead of the #MeToo movement, and ahead of figures like Jeff Koons, Larry Gagosian and Eli Broad! His paintings now sell for tens of millions of dollars - after P. Diddy paid $21 million for a painting. The present work "Keeping the Culture" is an extremely desirable work of art and exemplifies Marshall's style. For a feature profile/article written for Marshall's first retrospective - a blockbuster show entitled "MASRY" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, LA, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Met Breuer in New York, Barbara Isenberg of the LA Times wrote: ." The New York Times called the show “smashing” and its subject “one of the great history painters of our time.” The New York Review of Books and Artforum magazine put large images from the show on their January covers. “I’ve been acutely aware that museums are behind their academic colleagues in terms of thinking of representation and people of color,” MOCA chief curator Helen Molesworth says. “I find Kerry’s paintings ravishing — they are drop dead, great paintings — and they have an extra level of reward for people who hold in their heads a history of Western painting.” Marshall is a compelling storyteller, whether on canvas or in conversation. Talking at length during a visit to MOCA, he is easygoing but eloquent, recalling his neighborhood in Birmingham, Ala., where he was born in 1955, or about growing up black there and in Los Angeles. He remembers the names of teachers who encouraged him. Asked when he first began to notice a lack of black subjects...
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2010s Realist Abstract Prints

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Screen, Pencil, Mixed Media, Linocut

colorful landscape abstract Landschaftsszene
Located in Belgrade, MT
Pawel Kontny was born in Poland, he began with sketching wartime scenes combining abstract with realism. He exhibited throughout Europe. This piece is a part of my private collection...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, silkscreen on aluminum, signed/N, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Incised signature in aluminum, annotated "Artists Proof" and titled; ink on top smudged If you've ever visited the Guggenheim Bilbao, you should get this stunning mixed media on alum...
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Early 2000s Realist Abstract Prints

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Metal

1984 Olympic Runner Print, Hand Signed by April Greiman AND Jayme Odgers w/ COA
Located in New York, NY
Renowned artists and designers April Greiman and Jayme Odgers 1984 Olympic Games Print (Hand Signed by both April Greiman and Jayme Odgers), 1982 Offset Lithograph Poster - art in sports - Signed in graphite pencil on the front. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from the publisher Also accompanied by Certificate of Guarantee issued by Alpha 137 Gallery 36 x 24 inches Unframed Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from the publisher on Olympic letterhead. This is one of 750 hand signed lithographic posters (though fewer than 200 said to be extant), published in 1982 to celebrate the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics . April Greiman is an American designer widely recognized as one of the first designers to embrace computer technology as a design tool. Greiman is also credited, along with early collaborator, the late artist Jayme Odgers, with helping to import the European New Wave design style to the US during the late 70s and early 80s." The Olympic Committee commissioned 15 nationally known artists, including April Greiman and Jayme Odgers to create unique designs to promote the event. The complete list of artists is: Sam Francis, David Hockney, Richard Diebenkorn, Carlos Almaraz, Robert Rauschenberg, Jennifer Bartlett, Jonathon Borofsky, Roy LIchtenstein, April Gornik, Raymond Saunders, Martin Puryear, John Baldessari, Lynda Benglis, Billy Al Bengston and Garry Winogrand. This was Greiman and Odger's contribution to the portfolio. In 2017, the Olympic Museum in Lausanne Switzerland...
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1980s Realist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset, Pencil

Australian Rolling Waves, Nautical Triptych of Vigorous Coast, Large Seascape
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of water, forests, and skies. These...
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2010s Realist Abstract Prints

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Emulsion, Lithograph, Paper

Young Lady in Yellow Dress
Located in New York, NY
Color etching and aquatint on wove paper. Signed, titled and numbered 56/100 in pencil. This etching is made after the painting of the same subject "Woman in Yellow Dress...
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1970s Realist Abstract Prints

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Color, Etching, Aquatint

La Bandera Cubana
Located in New York, NY
Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) created this color lithograph entitled “LA BANDERA DE CUBA” in 1980. This impression is signed, titled, and inscribed “Seis” [six] in pencil. The printed ...
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Late 20th Century Realist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Finest Hope" original lithograph signed pop art abstract hyperrealism collage
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Finest Hope" is an original color lithograph by Michael Knigin. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and wrote the edition number, 182/300, in the lower left with graphite...
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1980s Realist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Ink

Mujer fumando
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Fernando Botero ''Mujer fumando" 1985 lithograph, signed in lower right corner Numbered in Roman numerals in lower left corner num. XLVI/L, 40 x 33 cm.
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1980s Realist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Ansel Adams and the West
Located in New York, NY
Ansel Adams and the West, 1979 Offset Lithograph Poster 23 × 36 inches Unframed This offset lithograph poster was created on the occasion of the Ansel Adams exhibition, Ansel Adams and the West, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York from September 8 - October 28, 1979. The photograph featured in this poster is Old Faithful...
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1970s Realist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Object on Cloth, from: Nine Objects
Located in London, GB
This offset lithograph is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "Richter, 1969" at the lower right margins. It was printed by Hoppe & Werry, Mulheim an der Ruhr. and was co-...
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1960s Realist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Nancy Spero, Thou Shalt Not Kill (The Sixth Commandment), signed/n lithograph
Located in New York, NY
Nancy Spero Thou Shalt Not Kill (The Sixth Commandment), 1987 from the 10 Commandments Portfolio 9 Color lithograph and letterpress on Dieu Donne handmade paper 24 × 18 inches Edition AP 2/15 Signed and numbered AP 2/15, aside from the regular edition of 84 Printed by Peter Kruty, Dan Stack and Judy Solodkin Unframed with deckled edges This nine color lithograph and letterpress on Dieu Donne handmade paper is a signed, dated and numbered Artist's Proof, numbered AP 2/15, aside from the regular edition of 84. It was created as part of the 1987 portfolio "The Ten Commandments", in which ten top Jewish American artists were each invited to choose an Old Testament commandment to interpret in contemporary lithographic form. The "Chosen" artists were, in order of Commandment: Kenny Scharf, Joseph Nechvatal, Gretchen Bender...
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1980s Realist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Gran vía
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Antonio López Gran Vía 2023? Etching and lithography Print run of 20 copies (17/100) 78 x 72cm
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2010s Realist Abstract Prints

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Etching, Lithograph

Reflejos II
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Jaume Plensa 2024 "Reflections II" Etching on polymer plate 65 x 71
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2010s Realist Abstract Prints

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Etching

Violin - By Fernandez Arman
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Fine serigraphy on plexiglass 1973, hand signed and numbered (edition of 600), in good condition. After Arman's so-called "allures d'objets", in which objects are inked and stamped o...
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Late 20th Century Realist Abstract Prints

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Plexiglass

Flammes Interieures
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marcel Gromaire Medium: Lithograph Title: Flammes Intérieures Portfolio: Verve Vol VII No. 27-28 Year: 1952 Edition: 6000 Signed: Signed in the plate Framed Size: 22" x 18 1/...
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1950s Realist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

La Penitenciaria
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this early woodcut. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 145/300 in pencil by Siqueiros.
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1930s Realist Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

John Muench at Joan Whitney Payson Gallery of Art (Signed by John Muench)
Located in New York, NY
John Muench at Joan Whitney Payson Gallery of Art (Signed by John Muench), ca. 1982 Offset lithograph poster (Hand signed by John Muench) Hand-signed by artist, Pencil signed by John...
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1980s Realist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset, Pencil

César - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
César - Original Lithograph 1961 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm From the art review XXe siècle Unsigned and unnumbered as issued
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1980s Realist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

César - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
César - Original Lithograph 1963 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm From the art review XXe siècle Unsigned and unnumbered as issued
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1980s Realist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Square with Shadow, from: Nine Objects - German Realism
Located in London, GB
This offset lithograph is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "Richter, 1969" at the lower right margins. It is hand numbered from the edition of 80 at the lower right marg...
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1960s Realist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Cube on Lawn Chair, from: Nine Objects - German Realism
Located in London, GB
This offset Lithograph is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "Richter, 1969" at the lower right margins. It was printed by Hoppe & Werry, Mulheim an der Ruhr. and was co-...
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1960s Realist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Object on a Table, from Nine Objects - German Realism
Located in London, GB
This Offset Lithographs is Hand Signed and Dated by the artist "Richter, 1969" in pencil at the lower right margins. It was co-published by Galerie Heiner Friedrich and Verlag G. v....
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1960s Realist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Cube with Cups, from Nine Objects - German Realism
Located in London, GB
This Offset Lithographs is Hand Signed and Dated by the artist "Richter, 1969" in pencil at the lower right margins. It was co-published by Galerie Heiner Friedrich and Verlag G. v....
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1960s Realist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Table Legs, from: Nine Objects - German Realism
Located in London, GB
This offset lithograph is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "Richter, 1969" at the lower right margins. It was printed by Hoppe & Werry, Mulheim an der Ruhr. and was co-...
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1960s Realist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

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Find a wide variety of authentic Realist abstract prints 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 abstract prints 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 and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Gerhard Richter, César Baldaccini, Ansel Adams, and Elizabeth Catlett. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Offset 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 abstract prints, so small editions measuring 3.25 inches across are also available. Prices for abstract prints 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 $295 and tops out at $20,000, while the average work sells for $2,400.

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