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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
Secret Omen

Secret Omen

By Sandy Scott

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number. 1/35

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Bust of Demosthenes 4th Century BC Greek Orator
19th Century Bust of Demosthenes 4th Century BC Greek Orator

19th Century Bust of Demosthenes 4th Century BC Greek Orator

Located in Rochester, NY

19th century plaster bust of Demosthenes. Size is slightly larger than life. 15" high. Inscribed on bottom "Demosthenes" Demosthenes was a Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athen...

Category

19th Century Realist Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Donut - Unique 3 foot Large Frosted  Donut with Sprinkles sculpture/sign
Donut - Unique 3 foot Large Frosted  Donut with Sprinkles sculpture/sign

Donut - Unique 3 foot Large Frosted Donut with Sprinkles sculpture/sign

Located in New York, NY

Donut with Sprinkles – Large 3-Foot Pop Art Sculpture 🍩✨ 📏 Size: 3 Feet (36 Inches) – Oversized Statement Piece 🎨 Style: Pop Art, Americana, Vintage Advertising, Retro Decor 🏗 Material: Durable, Hand-Painted This large, eye-catching donut sculpture...

Category

2010s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Italian Big Scale Hand Carved Table Top Wood Lion Sculpture
Italian Big Scale Hand Carved Table Top Wood Lion Sculpture

Italian Big Scale Hand Carved Table Top Wood Lion Sculpture

Located in Firenze, IT

This 19th century big scale Italian animalier sculpure features a lion striding forward on a root-wood base, snarling with open mouth and expressive eyes enlivening its rippling mane with an extremely realistic sense of motion. The wooden statue, wonderful as a table top, is entirely hand carved in the round in a single block of solid olive wood, sign of high quality and sculptural artisanal mastery. An original whimsical and impressive centerpiece clearly sculpted by a true artist who carved the block of wood creating this figure of the proudest feline boasting a detailed study of the lion's anatomy.The features on the face, mane, muscles, tail and the paws are still distinctive and full of character as well as the beautifully carved stand. This sculpture boasts smooth surface and a warm patina developed over centuries and exudes wonderful quality and timelessness of the ancient world. The rich original patina brings further intrigue to its intricately carved details. This hand carved wooden lion statue is a great looking antique centrepiece...

Category

19th Century Realist Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Bluebell

Bluebell

By Melissa Cooper

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper. Edition #14/35. Signed on base.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Turtle Pond Urn
Turtle Pond Urn

Turtle Pond Urn

By James Moore

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Bronze signed/etched into base by Artist. 8/200

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Mr. Remington's Cowboy

Mr. Remington's Cowboy

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze inscribed with the Artist's signature and an edition number. AP (Artist's Proof)

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Snap

Snap

By Margery Torrey

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Signed/engraved by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with an edition number. Open Edition #4

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Octopus-modern- blue bronze marine animal sculpture-contemporary Art-limited ed.
Octopus-modern- blue bronze marine animal sculpture-contemporary Art-limited ed.

Octopus-modern- blue bronze marine animal sculpture-contemporary Art-limited ed.

By Andrzej Szymczyk

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Horses Come First

Horses Come First

By Bill Nebeker CA

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Signed/etched by Artist into the base of bronze with edition number. 2/30

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Far and Away
Far and Away

Far and Away

By Scott Rogers 1

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Signed/etched by artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number. 2/30

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bison Tondo
Bison Tondo

Bison Tondo

By Sandy Scott

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of piece with edition number. 3/35

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Eternity

Eternity

By Dan Chen

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Edition #17/75 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen. Signed on bronze sculpture.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

The Measure of a Man

The Measure of a Man

By Bill Nebeker

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Inscribed/signed by the Artist on the bottom portion of the bronze piece with an edition number. 11/20

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Urban Red

Urban Red

By Gerald Balciar

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Edition #18/100. Original Bronze Sculpture by Gerald Balciar. Signature inscribed on base of sculpture.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Opportunity

Opportunity

By Dan Chen

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Edition #17/75 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen. Signed on bronze sculpture.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Grupo
Grupo

Grupo

By Francisco Zúñiga

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Grupo" 1982 is an original Mixograph cast paper bas relief by Costa Rican/Mexican artist Francisco Zuniga, 1912-1998. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 24/10...

Category

Late 20th Century Realist Sculptures

Materials

Other Medium

Scout

Scout

By Melissa Cooper

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper. Edition #19/50. Signed on base.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

19th century Italian carved wood heraldic eagle reading lectern - Eclectic
19th century Italian carved wood heraldic eagle reading lectern - Eclectic

19th century Italian carved wood heraldic eagle reading lectern - Eclectic

Located in Varmo, IT

Carved wooden lectern - Eagle. Italy, 19th century. 88 x 55 x h 153 cm. Made entirely of carved wood in the shape of an eagle. • This item is sold with attribution and age docume...

Category

Early 19th Century Realist Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Summer Breeze

Summer Breeze

By Stefan Savides

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Signed/etched by Artist on base of bronze with an edition number. 9/35

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Embryo Lizard
Embryo Lizard

Mark MorrisonEmbryo Lizard, ca. 1960

$2,400Sale Price|40% Off

Embryo Lizard

By Mark Morrison

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Mark Morrison (1895-1964) Embryo, ca. 1940. Carved Italian granite. 12.5" wide, 8.5" deep, height is 5" Measurement are for stone form alone. It sits 12.5 inches tall at a pitch ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

Materials

Granite

Bird's Eye View

Bird's Eye View

By Melissa Cooper

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper. Edition #8/35. Signed on base.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pale Blues

Pale Blues

By Melissa Cooper

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper. Edition #7/35. Signed on base.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Rain
Rain

Rain

By Katib Mamedov

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Rain The sculpture “Rain” depicts a human figure immersed in a state of inner silence and contemplation. The female form is defined by smooth, elongated lines, gentle transitions, a...

Category

2010s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ebb and Flow
Ebb and Flow

Ebb and Flow

By Dan Chen

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze Sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and edition number. 8/26

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Going Out
Going Out

Going Out

By Bruno Lucchesi

Located in Greenwich, CT

Bruno Lucchesi Biography Italian, b. 1926 Born in 1926 in the village of Fibbiano Montanino, Lucca, Italy, Bruno Lucchesi has been called “the last of the Renaissance sculptors.” A...

Category

1970s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Altar boy
Altar boy

Altar boy

Located in Roma, RM

Alfio Castelli (Senigallia 1917 – Rome 1992), Altar boy Bronze sculpture of 58 x 40 x 20 cm signed lower left.

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

DeCoy
DeCoy

DeCoy

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Bronze sculpture engraved with the Artist's signature and edition number. Open Edition

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Judgment of Wotan; Die Walküre II
Judgment of Wotan; Die Walküre II

Judgment of Wotan; Die Walküre II

By Christopher Slatoff

Located in Pasadena, CA

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Description Christopher Slatoff’s Judgment of Wotan; Die Walkure II depicts the music drama, Walkure, Die (The Valkyrie)....

Category

2010s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"The Farewell Kiss"
"The Farewell Kiss"

"The Farewell Kiss"

By Evgeny Lanceray

Located in Southampton, NY

This is a beautiful original bronze casting by the foremost Russian sculptor of his day Evgeny Lanceray. Artist signed on the base in Cyrillic (image 5) and is also inscribed on the ...

Category

Late 19th Century Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Power II

Power II

By Lisa Gordon

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon. Edition #6/30. Signed on base.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ralaxing moment.
Ralaxing moment.

Ralaxing moment.

By Alex Radionov

Located in Zofingen, AG

"Classical ballet was my main source of inspiration. Grace and beauty of ballerinas combining with extremely hard work they do. This combination is shocking and inspiring in the same...

Category

2010s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Self-Made Man 24"
Self-Made Man 24"

Self-Made Man 24"

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Signature of the Artist engraved in the bronze base of the piece with an edition number. 201/350

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Johannes Gutenberg / - The Fate of Humanity -
Johannes Gutenberg / - The Fate of Humanity -

Johannes Gutenberg / - The Fate of Humanity -

Located in Berlin, DE

Hans Bitterlich (1860 Vienna – 1949 ibid.), Johannes Gutenberg, 1900. Plaster on wooden base, 95 cm (height) x 65 cm (width) x 50 cm (depth), approx. 30 kg, signed “H. BITTERLICH” on the side. - Showing heavier wear in places and minor chips - The Fate of Humanity - This larger-than-life, monumental head is believed to be the 1:1 model for the head of the Johannes Gutenberg monument erected in 1900 on the Lugeck in Vienna. Designed to be viewed from below, the head with its flowing beard is equally that of a thinker and a prophet. The heavy humanist cap depicts Gutenberg as the initiator of a cultural revolution. Through the printing press, not only will every person ultimately be able to partake in the source of knowledge in the future, but the new medium’s capacity for expression also accelerates the production of knowledge in ways unforeseeable at the time. It is precisely these consequences that Gutenberg—filled with deep solemnity—seems to foresee with a prophetic gaze. The prophetic quality is reinforced by the facial expression, reminiscent of Michelangelo’s Moses...

Category

Early 1900s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Pole Dancer-original nude figurative bronze sculpture-artwork-contemporary Art
Pole Dancer-original nude figurative bronze sculpture-artwork-contemporary Art

Pole Dancer-original nude figurative bronze sculpture-artwork-contemporary Art

By Andrzej Szymczyk

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Balancing Act

Balancing Act

By Dan Chen

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Edition #20/27 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen. Signed on bronze sculpture.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Masked
Masked

Masked

By Bela Bacsi

Located in Pasadena, CA

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Description Masked suggests a sense of mystery and eccentricity, and begs the question: Who is the man behind the mask? ...

Category

2010s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Carrara Marble

Mountain Goat
Mountain Goat

Mark MorrisonMountain Goat, ca. 1950

$1,950Sale Price|35% Off

Mountain Goat

By Mark Morrison

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Mark Morrison (1895-1964) Mountain Goat, ca. 1950. Carved granite. 6.25" long, 3.25" wide, height is 6.25" Born: Kingfisher, OK Education: University of Missouri John Flannag...

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

Materials

Granite

Zebra Shark -original modern bronze wildlife marine sculpture - contemporary Art
Zebra Shark -original modern bronze wildlife marine sculpture - contemporary Art

Zebra Shark -original modern bronze wildlife marine sculpture - contemporary Art

By Andrzej Szymczyk

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pearfect in Pink
Pearfect in Pink

Pearfect in Pink

By Bela Bacsi

Located in Pasadena, CA

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Exhibitions Exhibited at the Los Angeles Art Show 2014, January 15-19, 2014

Category

Early 2000s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Julio Pedro Borrego Woman in Bathing Suit
Julio Pedro Borrego Woman in Bathing Suit

Julio Pedro Borrego Woman in Bathing Suit

Located in San Francisco, CA

Julio Pedro Borrego is a Colombian artist born in 1951. He is obviously. Influenced by the Colombian master Botero as he likes to portray Rubenesque women. This fabulous.Bronze of a...

Category

1980s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Mountain Goat
Mountain Goat

Mark MorrisonMountain Goat, ca. 1940

$1,000Sale Price|50% Off

Mountain Goat

By Mark Morrison

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Mark Morrison (1895-1964) Mountain Goat, ca. 1940 Carved diorite 3 7/8" wide, 2.5" deep, height is 3" Provenance: Estate of Mrs. Mark Morrison. Born: Kingfisher, OK Educatio...

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Debora Lima-original figurative female dancers bronze sculpture-contemporary Art
Debora Lima-original figurative female dancers bronze sculpture-contemporary Art

Debora Lima-original figurative female dancers bronze sculpture-contemporary Art

By Andrzej Szymczyk

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Herself", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Female Sculpture, 17x16x6 in., 176/350, white
"Herself", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Female Sculpture, 17x16x6 in., 176/350, white

"Herself", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Female Sculpture, 17x16x6 in., 176/350, white

By Frederick Hart

Located in Dallas, TX

"Herself" by Frederick Hart is an acrylic figurative sculpture of a woman's face numbered 176/350. Hart began to equate light and spirit, the medium itself conveying the meaning, bey...

Category

1980s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Acrylic Polymer

Roxie

Roxie

By Andrea Wilkinson

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson. Edition #2/20. Signed on bronze sculpture.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hamlet

Hamlet

By Andrea Wilkinson

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson. Edition #2/10. Signed on bronze sculpture.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Chevre Allongee (Reclining Goat)
Chevre Allongee (Reclining Goat)

Chevre Allongee (Reclining Goat)

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Chevre Allongee (Reclining Goat)" c. 1860, is bronze sculpture after renown French artist Antoine Louis Barye, 1796-1875. Signature is impressed in the bronze. The subject size is 4.25 x 7 x 3.35 inches, including marble base is 5.25 x 4 x 7.75 inches. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Antoine-Louis Barye lived his entire life in Paris and may never have left France. He was born in 1795 (a date revised in the 1990s from 1796 as a result of Martin Sonnabend's recalculation of the Revolutionary calendar). He is reported to have had minimal formal schooling even in reading, and to have acquired his extensive liberal-arts education on his own. His initial professional training was in metalwork: first with his father, a goldsmith from Lyons, then with a metal engraver in military equipment, and finally with Martin-Guillaume Biennais (active 1800-1832), then master goldsmith to Napoleon. After serving in the army from 1812 to 1814, Barye trained in the fine arts with sculptor François-Joseph Bosio (1768-1845) and painter Baron Gros (1771-1835). He then studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts from 1818 to 1823. His miniature medallion, Milo of Crotona Devoured by a Lion, won an honorable mention in metal engraving in 1819, but he failed to win the Prix de Rome. He worked as a craftsman for the goldsmith Jacques-Henri Fauconnier (1779-1839) from 1823 to 1831 and made his Salon debut in 1827 with a selection of busts. Barye made his critical and public mark as a sculptor four years later, in the Salon of 1831, with groups representing predatory violence in the wild. His first government commission came soon after, precisely for such a subject. The Minister of the Interior purchased Barye's monumental plaster Lion (since called Lion Crushing a Serpent), shown in 1833, and had it cast in bronze by Honoré Gonon and shown in 1836, before placing it in the public Tuileries Gardens (now Musée du Louvre, Paris). In 1834 Barye was chosen for a project that was never executed, the colossal eagle as the crowning element of the triumphal arch at the Etoile. Around 1836 the government commissioned him to execute the emblematic animal decoration on the July Column at the place de la Bastille, inaugurated in 1840. He produced a monumental effigy of Saint Clotilde for the Church of the Madeleine, Paris, in the early 1840s. In 1846 the government commissioned a pendant Seated Lion for the Tuileries Lion Crushing a Serpent (1847, bronze, Portal, Pavillon de Flore, Palais du Louvre, Paris). During these same years the royal family began buying and commissioning small-scale works from Barye for their private collections. Around 1834, the duc d'Orléans commissioned a highly publicized surtout de table representing hunts of different regions and historical periods, possibly one of several tabletop projects that he ordered from Barye. The duc's sister Marie d'Orléans allegedly commissioned a lost-wax bronze of Barye's Charles VI Surprised in the Forest of Le Mans (location unknown; later serial variants), a model first shown in the Salon of 1833; his brother, the duc de Montpensier, apparently commissioned a pair of figurative...

Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Madonna
Madonna

Mark MorrisonMadonna, ca. 1940

$1,600Sale Price|60% Off

Madonna

By Mark Morrison

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Mark Morrison (1895-1964) Madonna, ca. 1940 Carved stone 7" wide, 5" deep, height is 4.5" Provenance: Estate of Mrs. Mark Morrison. Born: Kingfisher, OK Education: Univers...

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Cinnamon Bear
Cinnamon Bear

Mark MorrisonCinnamon Bear, ca. 1950

$2,500Sale Price|50% Off

Cinnamon Bear

By Mark Morrison

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Mark Morrison (1895-1964) Cinnamon Bear, ca. 1950 Carved red granite 11" wide, 11" deep, height (including wood base) is 15" Provenance: Estate of Mrs. Mark Morrison. Born: ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

Materials

Granite

Realist sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Realist sculptures 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 sculptures created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Frederick Hart, Gary Alsum, SOPHIE MARTIN, and Peter Brooke. Frequently made by artists working with Metal, and Bronze 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 sculptures, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for sculptures 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 $550 and tops out at $935,000, while the average work sells for $7,200.