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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
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...
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1990s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

A MIDSUMMER'S MORNING
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 o...
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1990s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

ONE OF A KIND
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

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Paper, Lithograph

HAWK'S COUNTRY
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

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Paper, Lithograph

Jagellonian Library, Krakau, Poland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " Jagellonian Library, Krakau, Poland" 1941 is an original color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower righ...
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Early 20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Street with Church
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Street with Church" c.1925 is an original color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist at the lower center. The p...
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Early 20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

La Rosa
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "La Rosa" 1984 Is an original colors lithograph on Wove paper by renown Navajo artist Rudolph Carl Gorman, 1932-2005. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 29/200 in white pencil by the artist. With the blind stamp of the Publisher/printer, Houston Fine Art Press, Houston at the lower right corner. The size is 30 x 23 inches inches. It is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright, Hanging tape remaining in the back across the upper sheet, and 2 small skinned area at the lower back of the sheet. all these not visible from the front. 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 Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Saint Charles's Church (Wien Kariskirche)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Saint Charles's Church (Wien Kariskirche)" c. 1970 is a color etching on wove paper by noted Austrian artist Robert Kasimir, 1914-2002. It is hand signed in penc...
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Late 20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Mujeres de Mexico
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Mujeres de Mexico" 1973 is an original colors lithograph on Wove paper by renown Costa Rican/Mexican artist Francisco Zuniga, 1912-1998. It is hand signed, dated and numbered XX/XXV in pencil by the artist. The artwork size is 22.25 x 30.75 inches, framed size is 34.5 x 42.25 inches. Published by Editions Press, San Francisco, with their blind stamp at the lower right corner. Referenced and pictured in the artist's catalogue raisonne by Brewster plate #5. Beautifully custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with fabric matting and gold color bevel. It is in excellent condition, the frame have some light discoloration at the left side, please see picture #1. About the artist: Internationally acclaimed sculptor and printmaker Francisco Zuñiga was born in Costa Rica. He studied drawing, stone sculpture, and engraving at the School of Fine Arts in San Jose. Later, in 1936, he studied stone carving at La Esmeralda in Mexico City. He was appointed to the faculty of La Esmeralda where he remained until his retirement in 1970. Zuniga's art reflects a love and respect for Central American people and traditions. In 1972, he created his first lithograph. As a complement to his emotionally powerful sculpture, Zuniga's prints articulate the sensitivity and sensuality of the human figure. He has been the recipient of numerous international prizes and awards. His work is exhibited frequently in prominent galleries throughout the world and may be found in the permanent collections of twenty-nine museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum, the Mexican Museum in San Francisco, and the Phoenix Art Museum. In 1936, Francisco Zuniga left San Jose, Costa Rica, where he had studied drawing at the School of Fine Arts and worked as an assistant in his father's studio, a workshop which produced religious sculpture for the churches and convents in and around the city. His destination was Mexico City. It was from there that he would begin an illustrious career as a sculptor and draftsman. Zuñiga's exploration into the nuances of volume, in line and space, are demonstrated in this, the most complete exhibition of his work to be shown in more than a decade. Mexico City in 1936 was, even then, one of the major art centers of the Americas. As such it witnessed and participated in many of the frenzied and controversial art movements which reflected the political and intellectual climate of the first three decades of the twentieth century. Muralism, the graphic arts, the incorporation of in-ternational movements had produced an artistic climate, which would eventually attract to Mexico international artists and intellectuals such as Sergei Eisenstein...
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Late 20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Madre Juchiteca" Large original color lithograph.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Madre Juchiteca" 1973 is an original colors lithograph on Arches paper by renown Costa Rican/Mexican artist Francisco Zuniga, 1912-1998. It is hand signed, dated...
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Late 20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Canoe - Island, Contemporary, 21st Century, Silkscreen, Limited Edition
Located in Zug, CH
Canoe - Island, Contemporary, 21st Century, Silkscreen, Edition Silkscreen Edition of 300 74 x 100 cm (29.1 x 39.3 in.) Signed, dated, and numbered In mint condition, as acquired fro...
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Early 2000s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Cyril's Bay - Peter Doig, Contemporary, 21st Century, Magic Realism, Edition
Located in Zug, CH
Cyril's Bay - Peter Doig, Contemporary, 21st Century, Magic Realism, Limited Edition Digital pigment print with silkscreen varnish on Somerset Velvet 255gsm with hand torn edges Edit...
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Early 2000s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Heiligen Bluts
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Heiligen Bluts" 1948, is a color etching on Wove paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist at the lower center...
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Early 20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Turmgasschen
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Turmgasschen" 1935 is an original color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower center by the artist and titled in the plate. The plate mark (image) size is 15.5 x 10 inches, framed is 24.35 x 17.5 inches. It is custom framed in a dark wood frame, with light creme color matting and light brown filet. It is in very good condition, the frame have some scratches. Luigi Kasimir was born in 1881 at Pettau, today Ptuj, Slovenia, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He inherited his talent from his ancestors; his grandfather was a painter and a poet, and his father an officer in the Habsburg army, who later became a professional painter. Kasimir attended the Vienna Academy of Art where he studied under Wilhelm Unger, who introduced him to the technique of the coloured etching, and also to his future wife, the artist Tanna Hoernes.[1] He died in 1962 in Grinzing, a suburb of Vienna.Kasimir was among the first to develop the technique of the coloured etching. Before this, prints were usually hand-coloured with the colour being applied in a casual, haphazard manner. Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the plate, all done by hand. Kasimir is mainly famous for his etchings, but he also produced some oil painting, as well as some pastels. One of his favourite genres was the landscape, or veduta. He demonstrated a predisposition street scenes, and tourist landmarks. He depicted places from all over Europe, mainly Italy, Austria, and Germany. He also travelled to the United States to do a series of etchings of famous sights ranging from urban landmarks such as New York City skyscrapers, to natural wonders like Yosemite Valley. Luigi Kasimir’s etchings...
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Early 20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Heidelberg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Heidelberg" 1928 is an original color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower center by the artist and titled, dated November 19 1928 in the plate. The plate mark (image) size is 13 x 10.25 inches, framed is 21.65 x 17.25 inches. It is custom framed in a dark wood frame, with light creme color matting and dark silver filet. It is in excellent condition. Luigi Kasimir was born in 1881 at Pettau, today Ptuj, Slovenia, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He inherited his talent from his ancestors; his grandfather was a painter and a poet, and his father an officer in the Habsburg army, who later became a professional painter. Kasimir attended the Vienna Academy of Art where he studied under Wilhelm Unger, who introduced him to the technique of the coloured etching, and also to his future wife, the artist Tanna Hoernes.[1] He died in 1962 in Grinzing, a suburb of Vienna.Kasimir was among the first to develop the technique of the coloured etching. Before this, prints were usually hand-coloured with the colour being applied in a casual, haphazard manner. Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the plate, all done by hand. Kasimir is mainly famous for his etchings, but he also produced some oil painting, as well as some pastels. One of his favourite genres was the landscape, or veduta. He demonstrated a predisposition street scenes, and tourist landmarks. He depicted places from all over Europe, mainly Italy, Austria, and Germany. He also travelled to the United States to do a series of etchings of famous sights ranging from urban landmarks such as New York City skyscrapers, to natural wonders like Yosemite Valley. Luigi Kasimir’s etchings...
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Early 20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Waiting Women
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, titled "Waiting Women", 1976 is an original color lithograph by renown Navajo artist Rudolph Carl Gorman, 1932-2005. It is hand-signed, dated and numbered 63/120 in pencil by the artist, also dedicated "To Purificacion Ramirez" With the blindstamp of the artist and another blindstamp. The sheet size is 22 x 30 inches, framed size is 22.5 x 30.5 inches. Custom framed in a clear acrylic box. It is in excellent condition. The acrylic box is in good condition with a few very faint scratches. Artist: R.C. Gorman (1932-2005) Title: Waiting Women Medium: Lithograph on Paper Sheet Size: 22" x 30" Framed size: 22.5" x 30.5" Year Produced: 1976 Edition Size: 120 plus proofs (25 proofs) This one: 63/120 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 Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Doreen" - Large original color serigraph
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, titled "Doreen", done in 1983, is an original color serigraph by renown Navajo artist Rudolph Carl Gorman, 1932-2005. It is hand signed and numbered E.P.I. in pencil by the artist ( E.P.I. refers to "Editions Press Impression", one of ten impressions done for the publisher.) With the blind stamp of the artist and the printer, Editions Press, San Francisco. The edition size was 150 plus proofs (a total of 45 proofs). The sheet size is 26.25 x 33.25 inches, framed size is 39.25 x 45.25 inches. Custom framed in a wooden oak frame, it is floating, with a deep red liner and with natural linen matting. The artwork is in excellent condition. The frame is in very good condition, it has minor restorations, practically invisible. Medium: Serigraph on Paper Dimensions: 26 1/4" x 33 1/4" Year Produced: 1983 Edition Size: 150 plus proofs (45 proofs) 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 Prints and Multiples

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Screen

The Circus Dressing Room
Located in Missouri, MO
Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) "The Circus Dressing Room" 1925 Aquatint Engraving Signed in Pencil Lower Right Image Size: approx 14 x 9 inches Framed Size: approx. 23.5 x 18.5 inche...
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1920s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Aquatint

Vienna Opera House
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Vienna Opera House" 1922 is a color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is estate signed in pencil at the lo...
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Early 20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Hanover Schmiedestrasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Hanover Schmiedestrasse" 1920 is an original color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist at the lower cen...
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Early 20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Announcing the Charter for the First Bank in the Missouri Territory 1813
Located in Missouri, MO
Publisher's Print Image Size: approx 24 x 30 inches Framed Size: approx 31 x 37 inches Known for his Civil War genre paintings, Mort Kunstler studied art at Brooklyn College, U.C.L.A., and Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He became a successful illustrator in New York and received assignments including numerous book and magazine publishers. He was affiliated with the National Geographic Magazine, and through their assignments of historical subject matter, learned the value of accuracy by working with historians. He also did illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post, Newsweek, and Argosy. In the early 1970s, his work began attracting the attention of collectors. His first paintings were primarily Western subject matter, and from 1977 he has had nine one-man shows at the Hammer Gallery in New York City. In 1982, he had a commission from CBS to do a painting for the television mini series "Blue and Gray," and this activity directed his attention to the Civil War. A painting, The High Water Mark, was very correct in its details and was unveiled on July 2, 1988 at the Gettysburg National Military Park in celebration of the anniversary of the battle. He has also completed an official U.S. postal stamp commemorating the Buffalo Soldiers...
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20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples

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Color

Hippo Tightrope Dancer
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 50. Color engraved etching by Bjorn Skaarup of a hippo dancing on a tightrope.
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2010s Realist Prints and Multiples

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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 ...
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1970s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Realist prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Realist prints and multiples 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 prints and multiples created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Daniel Pollera, Luigi Kasimir, Peter Doig, and John Harris (painter). Frequently made by artists working with Etching, and Lithograph 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 prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available. Prices for prints and multiples 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 $50 and tops out at $72,120, while the average work sells for $793.

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