Realist Figurative Prints
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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Vintage Hockney Tate Poster, Celia in Black Dress with white flowers and rainbow
Located in New York, NY
The poster reproduces David Hockney's 1972 drawing Celia in a Black Dress. Viewed through elegantly drooping tulip stems, Celia Birtwell stares dreamily ahead. With one hand paused i...
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1980s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Two Nudes Walking - Original lithograph, 1918
Located in Paris, IDF
Maurice DENIS (1870 - 1943)
Two Nudes Walkin, 1918
Original lithograph with charcoal enhancement
Printed signature in the plate
On cream linen paper 46 x 36 cm (c. 18 x 14 inch)
Ex...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Interiors IV: Hotel Paradise Cafe
By Peter Milton
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Peter Milton (American, 1930-)
Title: Interiors IV: Hotel Paradise Café
Year: 1987
Medium: Resist-ground etching and engraving on copper
Paper: BFK Rives
Image size: 23.5 x ...
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1980s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
"Silvia" Large original color lithograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Silvia" 1980 is an original colors lithograph on Wove paper by renown Costa Rican/Mexican artist Francisco Zuniga, 1912-1998. It is hand signed, dated and number...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Vienna Concert Hall, Austria, large color etching
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Vienna Concert Hall, Austria" c.1930 is a color etching on watermarked Kasimir Vienna paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Crimson Dreams
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Crimson Dreams" c.2000 is an original color serigraph with gold addition by British artist Peter Nixon, b.1956. It is hand signed and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Cityscape
By Hans Figura
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Hans Figura (Austrian, 1898-1978)
Title: cityscape
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Color etching with aquatint on silk
Edition: Unknown
Plate mark (Image) size: 11.25 x 8.2...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Cheh-Ayeh: Prey
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " Cheh-Ayeh: Prey" 1989 is a color offset lithograph on Artcote paper by Crow Indian artist Penni Anne Cross A.K.A. (Alawa-Sta-We-...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Navajo Women, state #2
By R.C. Gorman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Two Native American Women" 1980 Is an original lithograph on creme Arches paper by renown Navajo artist Rudolph Carl Gorman, 1932-2005. It is signed, dated and numbere...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Los Angeles II" By Ed Fairburn, Limited Edition Poster Print, Portrait of Woman
Located in Denver, CO
"Las Angeles II" is a limited edition poster print by the acclaimed UK artist Ed Fairburn. This captivating piece is reproduced onto 100% 290gsm cotton rag premium archival Moab pape...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Nuova Raccolta di Cinquanta Costumi - Suite of Original Etchings by B. Pinelli
Located in Roma, IT
Complete Title: Nuova Raccolta di Cinquanta Costumi Pittoreschi Incisi all'Acquaforte".
Suite of original colored etching realized by the italian engraver Bartolomeo Pinelli in 1815-...
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1810s Realist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Kanovitz Andre champagne: vintage 1970s wood grain still life pop art style
Located in New York, NY
This richly-hued screenprint depicts the ripped-open box packaging for Andre Champagne Cellars. On the side of the box is printed "Cold Duck," referri...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Woman with Arrow
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Woman with Arrow" 1661 is an etching on paper After Rembrandt Van Rijn, 1606-1669, plate engraved By French renown engraver Charles Armand Durand, 1831-1905. The...
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17th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Flowers Market
By Hans Figura
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Hans Figura (Austrian, 1898-1978)
Title: Marche aux Fleurs
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Color etching with aquatint
Edition: Unknown
Plate mark (Image) size: 8.5 x 6.5...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Rathaus in Vienna
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Rathaus in Vienna" c. 1960 is an original color etching by noted Austrian artist Josef Eidenberger, 1899-1991. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist. The plate mark...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
R.B. Kitaj Orgasm: drawing of woman in ecstasy with pale pink and clay red
Located in New York, NY
Printed in a rich terra cotta red on pale pink paper, Orgasm depicts a woman’s head in profile with a dark background. Kitaj was fascinated with the female form, often producing edgy...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Western Front" (2024) Limited Edition Poster Print, Portrait of Woman
Located in Denver, CO
"Western Front" is a limited edition poster print by the acclaimed UK artist Ed Fairburn. This captivating piece, released in 2024, is reproduced onto 100% 290gsm cotton rag premium ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Venice Sailboats, Italy
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Venice Sailboats" c. 1975 is an color etching by noted Austrian artist Josef Eidenberger, 1899-1991. It is hand signed n pencil by the artist. The plate mark (i...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Wind Chimes #2
By Ming Wai
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "Wind Chimes #2" 1983 in a color off set lithograph by renown Chinese/American artist Wai Ming A.K.A Lo Hing Kwok, b.1938. It is hand signed an inscribed A.C (Hors Commerce) in pencil by the artist. The image size is 30.25 x 22.75 inches, sheet size is 32.75 x 25.25 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
About the artist:
Wai Ming, was born in Canton, South China on November 11, 1938, the son of a school master with nine children. Extremely poor as a child, he was raised in Hong Kong enduring many hardships amidst a chaotic environment of war and refugee settlements. Wai Ming's love for art flourished and he developed his drawing techniques without any art education, just painting what he saw. In the 1960s, Ming found representation in Hong Kong and also took the unusual step of opening his own gallery to display his work in. His primary interest being to capture images of life in fishing villages, or 'fish-folk', who have retained traditional Chinese culture, his work was at home with the sensibilities of many art buyers in Hong Kong. Crossing the ocean in his mid-30s, Wai Ming arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong in 1974. There, he experienced initial resistance from galleries and the official art world for a variety of reasons, but was ultimately embraced by dealer Jack Swanson...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Innsbruck
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Innsbruck" is an color etching by noted Austrian artist Josef Eidenberger, 1899-1991 It is hand signed dated and dedicated in pencil. The plate mark (image) siz...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"Keswick" By Ed Fairburn, Limited Edition Poster Print, Nude Portrait of Woman
Located in Denver, CO
"Keswick" is a limited edition poster print by the acclaimed UK artist Ed Fairburn. This captivating piece is reproduced onto 100% 290gsm cotton rag premium archival Moab paper with ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Winter Landscape
By Hans Figura
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Hans Figura (Austrian, 1898-1978)
Title: Winter Landscape
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Color etching with aquatint on silk
Edition: Unknown
Plate mark (Image) size: 17.25 x 13.75 inches
Framed size: 23 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Condition: very good
Frame: Custom framed in a silver and gold frame
About the artist.
Hans Figura (Austrian, 1898-1978) was a noted painter and etcher, who was well known for his aquatint etchings on paper or satin of European and American landscape and cityscape scenes, as well as paintings of landscape and cityscape scenes, Tyrolean Alp scenes of villages and chalets, street scenes, harbor and marine scenes.
Hans Figura was born January 22, 1898, in the small town of Nagy-Kikinda near the Austro-Hungarian border, to Austrian parents. His father was a railway official and he spent his childhood in various small villages along the railway line between Vienna and Hungary. He graduated from the highschool in Vienna and also studied at the Higher Graphical Federal Education and Research Institute, a vocational school there (Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr und Versuchsanstalt)
As a young man, he served as an officer in the Austrian Army during WWI from 1916-18 on the Russian and Italian fronts. After the war he attended medical school at the University of Vienna for several years beginning in 1918, and seven semesters later, he passed his first state exam, but eventually decided that he preferred the arts to medicine. He also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) and by 1922 he had devoted himself to painting and etching, while also working in other artistic printing mediums, batik, illustration, bookbinding and working with leather.
From 1923-28, Figura made numerous art study trips throughout Europe including; Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, England, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. His first major success came in 1924, when he won acclaim for his etchings exhibited in Italy and the United States. In 1929, he visited the United States and in 1930, he traveled back to France, Holland and also Switzerland. During this time, Figura maintained studios in both New York City and Vienna, Austria. Throughout the course of his career, he exhibited his paintings and prints in many of the large cities throughout Europe and the United States and many of his etchings and paintings were acquired by museums and galleries, including The Kulturamt, Vienna, Austria; the Landesmuseum of Lower Austria; as well as The Society of Art Lovers, Berlin and Munich.
Select Exhibitions:
1924- Exhibitions in Italy and the United States.
Circa Mid 1920's-1939- All the exhibitions at the Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria.
1926- "Secession...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
'Delaware River Bridge' — Mid-Atlantic Regionalism
By Anton Schutz
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Anton Schutz, 'Delaware Bridge' (Delaware, New Jersey), etching, c. 1927. Signed in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, with skillfully wiped plate tone, on BFK Rives, cream wove paper, the full sheet with margins (1 1/2 to 2 1/8 inches), in excellent condition. Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 11 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (302 x 225 mm); sheet size 15 7/8 x 12 1/4 inches (403 x 311 mm).
ABOUT THIS IMAGE
The Benjamin Franklin Bridge, originally named the Delaware River...
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1920s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
A Man of the Sandwich Islands, Dancing (Hawaii) from Captain Cooks travels engra
By John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
A Man of the Sandwich Islands Dancing (Hawaii) is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook. John Webber (1752-1793) was the official artist for the third voyage of Captain James Cook (1728-1779). The purpose of this voyage was to discover the Northwest Passage and to explore the Pacific Ocean north of the Equator. These engravings were published in 1784-85 by G. Nichol and Thomas Cadell of London in the four large format atlas, Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Captain Cook was an extraordinary explorer known for discovering and mapping unknown territory and for his many contributions to the scientific world. These original engravings from Webber’s drawings and paintings are only a glimpse into this great man’s historical contributions that make him one of the greatest explorers of all times.
This image shows a Hawaiian dancer...
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1780s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
George Inn, Salisbury
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "George Inn, Salisbury" is a chromolithograph by noted British artist Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, 1870-1935. It is hand signed at the lower left corner by the artist. With the blindstamp of the Fine Art Trade Gulid, published and printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode ltd, London. The image size is 15 x 13 inches, sheet size is 17.5 x 14.25 inches. it is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin RBA (28 April 1870 - 6 January 1935) was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life.
Born in Slough, he was educated at Eastbourne College and Solihull Grammar School. He studied anatomy at South Kensington and animal painting under William Frank Calderon. He lived at The Abbots, Sulhamstead Abbots from 1913 to 1914 and was church warden of St Mary's church.
Early influences included Randolph Caldecott and John Leech. His drawings first made their way into print in The Building News of 12 September 1890, and began to appear throughout many popular journals and magazines; his work was published in The Graphic in 1891.
His illustrations include two of the original 1894 magazine publications of stories from Rudyard Kipling's The Second Jungle Book, the 1910 edition of Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers and The Bunch Book (1932, about Bunch, a Sealyham Terrier) by James Douglas. He also published a short series of fully illustrated books in 1923, Old Manor Houses and Old Inns.
His village scenes and rural buildings were executed in chalk, pencil and wash sketching was used for country scenes. Aldin was an enthusiastic sportsman and a Master of Fox Hounds and many of his pictures illustrated hunting.
An early work on a tiger in a zoo was studied from life, but found to be a copyright of the ideas in a photograph by Gambier Bolton.
A popular book by Aldin was Sleeping Partners, a sequence of pastel drawings of his dogs on a couch. It included his Irish Wolfhound Micky and his favorite model, Cracker, a Bull Terrier with a dark patch over one eye.
He also did some work for Cadburys advertising.
Born 28 April 1870. He was educated at Eastbourne College then Solihull Grammar School. Cecil Aldin's father was a keen amateur artist so Cecil started drawing at a very young age. He studied art at the studio of Albert Moore and then the National Art Training School which later became The Royal College of Art. After this he spent a summer with the fine animal painter and teacher, Frank Calderon.
In 1892 he bombarded the illustrated periodicals with his illustrations and thereby started a long association with The Illustrated London News. He was commissioned by The Pall Mall Budget in 1894 to illustrate "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling. At the invitation of the fine genre painter, Walter Dendy Sadler...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
James Abbott McNeill Whistler: Firelight: Joseph Pennell, No.1
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of the Artist Joseph Pennell a lithograph by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834 - 1903). This portrait, one of 3 Whistler did of Joseph Pennell, was done in 1896 ...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Vellum, Lithograph
Launch Wash, Saint Michele Venice
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Donald Hamilton Fraser (1929 – 2009)
Launch Wash, Saint Michele Venice
signed limited edition, no. 112/225, lithograph,
Image: 50.5cm x 37.5 cm,
mounted and framed,
Frame: 81.7 x ...
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1890s Realist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
$858 Sale Price
20% Off
Four Young Women and the Boy Cupid / - Mysterious Virtuosity -
Located in Berlin, DE
Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 Florence - 1815 Lisbon), Mythological Scene with Four Young Women and the Boy Cupid, 1764. Crayon engraving on laid paper after a drawing by Guercino, 22 c...
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1760s Realist Figurative Prints
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Paper
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork is an etching on wove paper by Samuel Donovan aka Don Swann (American, 1889-1954) created circa 1940. It is hand signed, titled, and numbered B....
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Adrian Collaert Martin de Vos 17th Century Engraving Annunciation of Our Lady
Located in London, GB
We have the full series of 52 prints (including title page) from Vita Passio et Resurrectio Iesu Christi listed. To find the others scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below i...
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17th Century Realist Figurative Prints
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Engraving
The Bridge House
By Hans Figura
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Hans Figura (Austrian, 1898-1978)
Title: The Bridge House
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Color etching with aquatint on silk
Edition: Unknown
Plate mark (Image) size: 10 ...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Little Chinese Girl
By Ming Wai
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Little Chinese Girl" 1982 in a color off set lithograph by renown Chinese/American artist Wai Ming A.K.A Lo Hing Kwok, b.1938. It is hand signed an inscribed A.C (Hors Commerce) in pencil by the artist. The image size is 24.5 x 22 inches, sheet size is 28 x 24.5 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
About the artist:
Wai Ming, was born in Canton, South China on November 11, 1938, the son of a school master with nine children. Extremely poor as a child, he was raised in Hong Kong enduring many hardships amidst a chaotic environment of war and refugee settlements. Wai Ming's love for art flourished and he developed his drawing techniques without any art education, just painting what he saw. In the 1960s, Ming found representation in Hong Kong and also took the unusual step of opening his own gallery to display his work in. His primary interest being to capture images of life in fishing villages, or 'fish-folk', who have retained traditional Chinese culture, his work was at home with the sensibilities of many art buyers in Hong Kong. Crossing the ocean in his mid-30s, Wai Ming arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong in 1974. There, he experienced initial resistance from galleries and the official art world for a variety of reasons, but was ultimately embraced by dealer Jack Swanson...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Williamsburg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Williamsburg" c.1974 is a color etching on Wove paper by noted Austrian artist Josef Eidenberger, 1899-1991. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist. Publishe...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Black Geese
By Winifred Austen
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Black Geese" 1934 is an original color aquatint by noted British artist Winifred Marie Louise Austen, 1876-1964. It is hand signed and titled in pencil by the artist. The image (plate mark) is 9 x 13.75 inches, sheet size is 10.30 x 16.5 inches. Published by Arthur Greatorax LTD, Grafton street, London. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Born at Ramsgate, Kent on 12 July 1876, Winifred Austen only daughter of Josiah Austin, a Cornish naval surgeon, and his wife Fanny, née Mann. She amended the spelling of her surname from Austin to Austen from the time that she began to exhibit.
In 1892 the family moved to Hornsey, London from where Austin attended the London County Council School of Arts and Crafts, studying under Cuthbert Swan, an animal painter. I n 1899 Austen exhibited a picture of a lion at the Royal Academy and in all exhibited more than seventy pictures at the Academy, the last in 1961.
She worked in both oils and watercolor but Austen is most highly regarded as an etcher. In all she made some two hundred etched plates, beginning in 1906 with a series entitled The White Heron. She had particular feeling for birds and small mammals, and the naturalist Sir Peter...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
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Aquatint
Wien
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Wien" 1911, is a color etching on paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist's estate at the lower center. The ...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Brazilian signed limited edition original art print photoengraving n6
Located in Miami, FL
Regina Silveira (Brazil, 1939)
'Huella from Portfolio ""Eclipses""', 2005
photoengraving on paper Velin Arches 300 g.
27.6 x 19.7 in. (70 x 50 cm.)
Edition of 99
ID: SIL1692-002-106_...
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Early 2000s Realist Figurative Prints
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Paper, Mixed Media
"The Fern Gatherers" 18th Century Antique Mezzotint Engraving by John R. Smith
Located in Carmel, CA
"The Fern Gatherers" After a painting by George Morland. 1763-1804. - Mezzotint engraving by John Raphael Smith. 1752-1812.
Print: 20.75" x 26" - With Frame: 28" x 33.5"
Published:...
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Late 18th Century Realist Figurative Prints
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Engraving, Mezzotint
The Communicants - Original lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Maurice DENIS (1870 - 1943)
The Communicants
Original lithograph with charcoal enhancement
Printed signature in the plate
On light vellum 48 x 28 cm (c. 19 x 11 inch)
Excellent con...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
$353 Sale Price
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Ramshackle Barn (de-accessioned from the Denver Art Museum)
By Asa Cheffetz
Located in New York, NY
Asa Cheffetz
Ramshackle Barn (de-accessioned from the Denver Art Museum), ca. 1929
Wood-engraving
Pencil signed, numbered 27/100 and titled by the artist on the front
13 × 10 1/4 inches
Unframed - affixed to matting
De-accessioned from the collection of the Denver Art Museum
Asa Chaffetz, "the engraver's engraver"
This is the original numbered wood engraving from 1929; not a later re-print
This print was honorable mention in the International Exhibition of prints, Art Institute of Chicago, 1929
Exhibited: New England engraved: The prints of Asa Cheffetz: An Exhibition of his wood engraving & an exploration of his life as an artist. Springfield, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1984 (A different example)
Asa Cheffetz Biography:
Born in Buffalo, New York, Cheffetz studied at the School Of The Museum Of Fine Arts in Boston under Philip Leslie Hale...
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1920s Realist Figurative Prints
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Engraving
DUELO (Duel)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCISCO MORA (1922 - 2002)
DUELO (Duel) c. 1945
Lithograph signed in pencil. Published by the TGP Taller de Grafica Popular. Label on verso. 9 5/8 x...
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1940s Realist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
'Venice, Maria della Salute' — Serenissima Impressionism
By Anton Schutz
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Anton Schutz, 'Venice, Maria della Salute', etching, c. 1930. Signed and titled in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, with skillfully wiped plate tone, on cream wove paper, ...
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1930s Realist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Sandu Liberman " Mother and Daughter" Lithograph Signed & Framed - Artist Proof
Located in Plainview, NY
Sandu Liberman titled (Mother and Child) Hand-signed Artist’s Proof Lithograph:
This poignant lithograph by renowned artist Sandu Liberman (Romanian–Israeli, 1923–1977) captures t...
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20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Original WW2 Blood Donor Poster UK Propaganda for HMSO by Allan Carter
By Allan Carter
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage public information posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller" - or send us a message if you ca...
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1940s Realist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Salzburg View
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Salzburg View" c. 1970 is an original color etching by noted Austrian artist Josef Eidenberger, 1899-1991. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist. The plate m...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
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Etching
'Psychopathic Ward' — Socially-Conscious Realism
By Robert Riggs
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Riggs, 'Psychopathic Ward', 2-color lithograph, c. 1940, edition c. 50, Beall 60, Bassham 78. Signed, titled, and numbered '14' in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right. A ...
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1940s Realist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Brazilian 2005 signed limited edition original art print photoengraving n8
Located in Miami, FL
Regina Silveira (Brazil, 1939)
'Gafas from Portfolio ""Eclipses""', 2005
photoengraving on paper Velin Arches 300 g.
27.6 x 19.7 in. (70 x 50 cm.)
Edition of 99
ID: SIL1692-002-106_8...
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Early 2000s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Balaclava - The target in sight -
Located in Berlin, DE
Heinrich Haberl (1869 Passau to 1934 Munich), Sturmhaube, c. 1900. drypoint, 14 x 10 cm (platemark), 28 x 21 cm (sheet size), 39 x 29 cm (passe-partout), titled "Sturmhaube" in lead at lower left and inscribed "Kaltnadelradierung", signed and locally inscribed "Heinrich Haberl Mchn. [Munich]" at lower right, inscribed again in lead on verso and with old collection stamp.
- slightly darkened, fixed and mounted
- The target in sight -
About the artwork
The theatrical "role-portrait" is to be seen against the background of the Rembrandt cult, which reached its climax at the end of the 19th century. The soldier seems to have stepped straight out of Rembrandt's Night Watch (1642) to fix something outside the picture with an alert and ready gaze. The steeply rising brim of the morion frames the gaze and thus perspectivises it as the actual 'pictorial action'. The gaze represents both the vigilant defence and the visionary goal of the battle.
Not only the subject, but also the style of the etching needle reflect Rembrandt's understanding of the times. Strong contrasts of light and dark are created in a virtuoso free stroke, without losing the effect of the reflections on the helmet and in the eyes. This shows a kinship with the early prints of Lovis Corinth, who also saw himself as an artist in the role of the knight. Against this background, Haberl's picture can also be seen as a representation of his artistic self-image.
About the artist
Heinrich Haberl first attended the art school in Nuremberg and from 1892 studied at the Munich Academy. There he was a master student of Johann Leonhard von Raab, Rudolf von Seitz, Franz von Defregger...
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Early 19th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$226 Sale Price
20% Off
Paris, Boulevard de la Madeleine
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Paris, Boulevard de la Madeleine" c.1930, is a color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist's estate at th...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Miss Hawtin - Born without Arms
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Miss Hawtin, born without arms, 18th century. Born in Coventry, she exhibited her dexterity cutting decorative watch papers with her feet all over England...
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19th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
$101 Sale Price
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Adrian Collaert Martin de Vos 17th Century engraving The woman and the Pharisees
Located in London, GB
We have the full series of 52 prints (including title page) from Vita Passio et Resurrectio Iesu Christi listed. To find the others scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below i...
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17th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Benita
By R.C. Gorman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Benita" first state, 1981 Is an original lithograph on Wove paper by renown Navajo artist Rudolph Carl Gorman, 1932-2005. It is signed, dated and numbered 122/180 in pencil by the artist. With the blind stamp of the artist and printer. The image size is 22 x 30 inches, the sheet size is 24 x 31.75 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed, the colors are fresh bright.
About the artist:
Born in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona and raised in a hogan on the Navajo Reservation, R.C. Gorman became one of the Southwest's best known late 20th-century artists. His signature works were Navajo women in a variety of poses. Many persons have been fascinated by the fact that he, an Indian artist, became famous in the white man's world with some calling him the "Picasso of Indian artists". Of this kind of attention, he said: "I wish people would quit pushing my being Indian. The only time I was interviewed as If I were a normal person was by the Jewish Press in Tucson. It was the first time I felt international and almost white". (Samuels 222)
His parents were Carl Nelson...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,650
GULL RIVER FALLS
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on paper. Hand signed, titled and numbered by the artist. Edition of 350.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity is included. All reasonable offers will be considered.
About the artist: As a self taught artist, Jake's style has developed over many years, evolving since childhood. Early in life he nurtured a bond with nature and wildlife that eventually became the basis for his artistic endeavors. Jake captures the landscape with striking compositions emphasizing light and color. Among the artist\'s favorite subjects are serene lakes, forests, and mountains of North America. Jake has enjoyed a popular following throughout the past 23 years that he has been showing, and his art continues to attract collectors throughout Canada and beyond. His art has found homes in his native province of Ontario, as well as internationally. He is honored to have collectors as far away as Japan, Dubai, Europe, as well as a growing clientele in Western Canada.
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$150 Sale Price
50% Off
HARDWOOD LANE
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on paper. Hand signed, titled and numbered by the artist. Edition of 350.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity is included. All reasonable offers will be considered.
About the artist: As a self taught artist, Jake's style has developed over many years, evolving since childhood. Early in life he nurtured a bond with nature and wildlife that eventually became the basis for his artistic endeavors. Jake captures the landscape with striking compositions emphasizing light and color. Among the artist\'s favorite subjects are serene lakes, forests, and mountains of North America. Jake has enjoyed a popular following throughout the past 23 years that he has been showing, and his art continues to attract collectors throughout Canada and beyond. His art has found homes...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$150 Sale Price
50% Off
STANDING NUDE DARK HAIR Signed Original Etching, Full-figured Woman, Casual Pose
Located in Union City, NJ
STANDING NUDE DARK HAIR is a signed original etching by Raphael Soyer, the renowned Russian-born American realist painter, draftsman, and printmaker. Printed on archival printmaking ...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Self-portrait, lithograph on wove paper, pencil signed 7/250, unframed realism
Located in New York, NY
Raphael Soyer
Self-portrait, 1980
Lithograph on wove paper
Hand-signed by artist, Pencil signed and numbered 7/250 on the front Titled "Self portrait" on the verso Bears publisher's ...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Colorado Geological" (2023) By Ed Fairburn, Limited Edition Print, Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
"Colorado Geological" (2023) is a limited edition poster print by the acclaimed UK artist Ed Fairburn. This captivating piece is reproduced onto 100% 290gsm cotton rag premium archiv...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Modern Marilyn - Original handsigned lithograph - 199ex
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Baptiste VALADIE
Modern Marilyn
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
Limited /199copies
On vellum 76 x 56 cm (c. 30 x 22 in)
Excellent condition
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Zia, State II
By R.C. Gorman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Zia" State II, 1979 Is an original colors lithograph on Buff Arches paper by renown Navajo artist Rudolph Carl Gorman, 1932-2005. It is signed, dated and number...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
HOLD THE LINE Kansas City Chiefs, Signed Stone Lithograph, NFL Football History
Located in Union City, NJ
HOLD THE LINE is an original limited edition lithograph by the American artist, Merv Corning printed from hand drawn lithographic stones using traditional...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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