Realist Prints and Multiples
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
Color: Beige
What I discovered in Greenwich Park
Located in New York, NY
This large scale landscape monotype in black and brown features a scene from London’s Greenwich Park, a former hunting park established in the 15...
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1990s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monoprint, Monotype
New York, Columbia University Color Etching by Luigi Kasimir
Located in Paonia, CO
The famous Austrian artist, Luigi Kasimir ( 1881- 1962 ) studied at the Vienna Academy of Art. He went on to develop the technique of color etching using multiple plates to creat a finished etching in color. Previously a colored etching had to have the color applied by hand. Kasimir was a very prolific artist famous for his scenes of Vienna...
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1940s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Architectural Engraving of the House of Conseequa, Canton, China by Thomas Allom
By Thomas Allom
Located in Alamo, CA
"House of Conseequa, A Chinese Merchant in the Suburbs of Canton, From a Drawing in the possession of Sir Geo. Staunton, Bart." a hand colored engraving by Samuel Bradshaw (1810-1888...
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1840s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
GATHERING Signed Stone Lithograph, NYC Group Portrait Drawing, Light Brown
Located in Union City, NJ
GATHERING is an original hand drawn stone lithograph by Raphael Soyer, the renowned Russian-born American realist painter, draftsman, and printmaker. Hand proofed and printed in 1977...
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1970s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Somme, Coucher de Soleil
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Roger Hebbelinck (Belgian, born 1912)
Title: Somme, Coucher De Soleil
Year: Circa 1965
Medium: Color Etching
Edition: Numbered 109/300 i...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
Explorator
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia, 'Explorator', engraving, 1734, edition unknown, scarce. Signed 'Dom. Campiglia del.' in the matrix, lower left. A fine impression, on handmade antique, l...
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1730s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Prayers - Lithograph by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Prayers is a beautiful original lithograph on paper, realized by the Italian artist Bartolomeo Pinelli.
In very good conditions, published by Engelmann.
Sheet dimension:30 x 46
Th...
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19th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Nous Voila Pas de Braves., from the suite les Bohemiens
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
Title: Nous Voila Pas de Braves., from the suite les Bohemiens
Year: 1620
Medium: Etching
Paper: Laid paper
Size of paper: 4.85 x 9 inches
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17th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Pottery Shop, Austria
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Pottery Shop, Austria" c. 1975 is an etching by noted Austrian artist Josef Eidenberger, 1899-1991. It is hand signed n pencil by the artist. Printed by Graphic...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Synthesis
By Frank Hill
Located in New York, NY
Frank Hill (English 1881 - 1981 ) "Synthesis", Figurative/Academic/Realist Original Etching signed in Pencil on Paper (No Edition Specified), 11 x 14, Early 20th Century, 1920
Colo...
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1920s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Hans Baluschek Lithograph "Wochenende" ( Weekend )
Located in Berlin, DE
Lithograph on firm wove paper by Hans Baluschek, Germany, 1927. The three-part cycle "Volk" is one of the most important print series of the first third of the 20th century. Signed l...
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Early 20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
La Tour de L’Horloge (The Clock Tower, Paris)
Located in New York, NY
Charles Meryon (1821-1868), La Tour de L’Horloge (The Clock Tower, Paris), 1852, etching with engraving. Reference: Schneiderman 23, Delteil 28. Third state (of 10). On very thin Jap...
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1850s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Engraving
TAA Trans-Australia Airlines original vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original TAA Trans Australia Airlines vintage travel poster. Linen-backed and ready to frame. TAA Airlines was started in 1946 and was renamed Australian Airlines in 1986. In 1...
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20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Landscape "Campi Phlegraei - Plate XXXIII" Naples - By Hamilton-Fabris
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 21.5x39 cm.
Beautiful plate from the volume "Campi Flegrei" by William Hamilton including 59 plates by Pietro Fabris. This particular plate illustrates the eruptio...
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18th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Saved from Drowning
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-1879), [Saved from Drowning], lithograph, plate 7 from the series Les Canotiers Parisiens, a sur blanc impression from the album, with binding holes at left (als...
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1840s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
WARY STUDY
By Carl Arlen
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 off...
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Late 20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
GULLS
By Carl Arlen
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 off...
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Late 20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
HAWK'S COUNTRY
By Carl Arlen
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 off...
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Late 20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
"de poort" - Landscape with Trees & Art Nouveau Gate, Limited Edition Lithograph
By David Corbett
Located in Soquel, CA
Limited edition lithograph featuring an ornate, Art Nouveau style gate in a wintry landscape with bare trees on the horizon by David Corbett (American, 20th Century). Numbered, title...
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Late 20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Apple, Digital on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
apple, I wanted to show how an apple looks in lines :: Digital :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes ...
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2010s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Digital
Eric Fraser 'For Progress in the Future Save Now' World War 2 original poster
By Eric Fraser
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage 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 cannot find the poste...
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1940s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Architectura Curiosa Nova, Chalice Garden Fountain
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
George Andreas Böckler, 'Chalice Garden Fountain', antique copperplate engraving, 1664, from the book 'Architectura Curiosa Nova'. A fine, richly inked ...
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1660s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Donne Tirolesi - Etching - 1809
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful etching enriched by watercolor technique.
Passepartout included : 49 x 34 cm
Image Dimensions : 19 x 27 cm
This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, ...
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Early 1800s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Double Magnolia
By Mark Jenkins
Located in Palm Springs, CA
From an edition of 25. Photography and digital print of a backlit magnolia blossom.
Based in San Francisco, Mark Jenkins has spent the majority of his career working as a commercial...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Digital
cat on the table - Original Handsigned Etching
By Mily Possoz
Located in Paris, FR
Mily POSSOZ (1888-1967)
The cat on the table, 1930
Original etching
Handsigned in pencil by the artist
Blind stamp of the editor Marcel Guiot (Paris)
On vellum 46 x 32 cm (18.1 x 12...
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1930s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Drury Lane
Located in New York, NY
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), DRURY LANE, etching, 1880-81, signed with the butterfly and inscribed imp in pencil [also with the butterfly upper right in the plate], on...
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Late 19th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Bridge
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Not numbered.Original Prints.
Passepartout included: 49.5 x 34.5 cm
Image Dimensions : 20 x 14.5 cm
This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any ...
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Early 20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Gioco di Morra - Etching a Watercolor by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Gioco Di Morra is an original hand-colored print realized by Bartolomeo Pinelli in the XIX century
Good conditions except for some foxings and some folds along the margins.
This...
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19th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
S. LOEB (SOLOMON LOEB)
By Anders Zorn
Located in Portland, ME
Zorn, Anders. S. LOEB (SOLOMON LOEB). H&H76, Asplund 115, Delteil 113. Etching, 1897. Unsigned (signed in the plate). Apparently the 2d or 4th State of 4. All of the states are descr...
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Late 19th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
The Goatherd in Tivoli - Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1819
Located in Roma, IT
Il Capraro di Tivoli is a precious hand-colored etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli. The inscriptions appear at the bottom, inside the matrix, and just below the image. On the left, “Pinel...
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1810s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Ciociare Near Subiaco - Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1820
Located in Roma, IT
Ciociare, vicino a Subiaco; passato Tivoli is a precious hand-colored etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli. The inscriptions appear at the bottom of the artwork, inside the matrix, and just...
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1820s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Canard de Miclon (Old Squaw) /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art Duck
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: François-Nicolas Martinet (French, 1731-1800)
Title: "Canard de Miclon (Old Squaw)" (1008)
Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux
*Signed by Martinet in the plate (printed...
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1770s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor, Laid Paper, Intaglio
Red Apple, Realist Lithograph
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: A. Lester Gaba, American (1907 - 1987)
Title: Red Apple
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition PP 8/10
Size: 29.5 x 26 in. (74.93 x 66.04...
Category
1970s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
YOUNG WOMAN, STRIPED TEE SHIRT Signed Lithograph, Realist Portrait, Rust, Peach
Located in Union City, NJ
YOUNG WOMAN, STRIPED TEE SHIRT is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism ...
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1970s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"November Morning, " Original Etching signed by Churchill Ettinger
By Churchill Ettinger
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"November Morning" is an original etching by Churchill Ettinger. The artist signed the piece in pencil lower right and titled it in pencil lower left. It depicts two fishermen workin...
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1940s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
La fortune fait oublier les amis
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-79),La fortune fait oublier les amis,lithograph, plate 31 from the series Caricaturana, published in Le Charivari in 1837; later in Alb...
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1830s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
New York, Battery Park - Etching by J.E. Laboureur - 1907
Located in Roma, IT
Etching, 1907.
Image Dimensions: 10 x 18.5 cm.
Hand signed. Edition of 30 prints.
Jean-Émile Laboureur was a French painter, illustrator and engraver who spent his life between Par...
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Early 1900s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Le Harle Femell (The Female Merganser) /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: François-Nicolas Martinet (French, 1731-1800)
Title: "Le Harle Femell (The Female Merganser)" (Plate 953)
Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux
*Signed by Martinet in the...
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1770s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor, Laid Paper, Intaglio
Orage en Briere
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Orage en Briere, etching and drypoint, 1932, signed in pencil lower left, numbered lower right and annotated “imp” (impressit, printed by the artist...
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1930s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
Les Canotiers Parisiens - Une Rencontre désagréable
Located in Roma, IT
Signed on plate.Original Prints.
From the series “Les canotiers parisiens”, 1843.
Catalogue Delteil N°1034.
Image Dimensions : 20.5 x 27 cm
This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under...
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1840s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Dup...
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-1879), “Dup…”, lithograph, 1832, from the series Celebrites de la Caricature, plate 171. Reference: Delteil 45, Daumier Register 45, only state. In generally goo...
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1830s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
New York, Courtland Street
Located in Roma, IT
Etching, 1908.
Image Dimensions: 30 x 17 cm
Hand signed and signed on plate.
Provenance: Galleria Prandi 26/10/1976.
Jean-Émile Laboureur was a French painter, illustrator and engra...
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Early 1900s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
La Fortune Fait Oblier Les Amis
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-1879), La Fortune Fait Oblier Les Amis, lithograph, from the series Caricaturana, plate 31, 1838. Daumier Register 385, third state (of...
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1830s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Street Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Street Scene" c. 1935 is an original etching on paper by noted American artist Samuel V. Chamberlain, 1895-1975 It is hand signed and numbe...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
1995 Davis Cone 'Bad Axe Theater, Michigan' Realism
By Davis Cone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 17 x 22 inches ( 43.18 x 55.88 cm )
Image Size: 13 x 17.5 inches ( 33.02 x 44.45 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A: Mint
Additional Details: Signed and Numbered out of 1...
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1990s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Little Girl's Head - Original Handsigned Etching
By Mily Possoz
Located in Paris, FR
Mily POSSOZ (1888-1967)
Little Girl's Head
Original etching
Handsigned in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 50 copies
Blind stamp of the editor Marcel Guiot (Paris)
On old Japan paper...
Category
1930s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Woman on a Bed
By Lucian Freud
Located in New York, NY
1991-92
Etching on Somerset Satin White paper
Sheet: 17 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.
Edition of 30
Initialed and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Framed, excellent condition
Category
1990s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Paper
Hippo Tightrope Dancer
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 50.
Color engraved etching by Bjorn Skaarup of a hippo dancing on a tightrope.
Category
2010s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Judy
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A magnificent original lithograph by American artist Beth van Hoesen.
Noted as a master printmaker, van Hoesen exhibited at the de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco; Achenbach ...
Category
1970s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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