Realist Sculptures
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
"Calming Chaos"
Located in Denver, CO
"Calming Chaos," is a digital print on 5 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader.
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Panel, Digital
"Discover"
Located in Denver, CO
"Discover," is a digital print on 5 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader.
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Panel, Digital
"Ready, Steady, Go"
Located in Denver, CO
"Ready, Steady, Go" is a digital print on 5 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader.
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Panel, Digital
"Just Out of Reach"
Located in Denver, CO
"Just Out of Reach" is a digital print on 5 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader.
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Panel, Digital
Kingfisher
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #2/20.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
High Point
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #12/27 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,200
Beats Any Job In Town
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
6/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Altered Perspective
By Ben Young
Located in New York, NY
Ben Young’s sculpture fluidly blends glass, concrete, bronze, steel, and light to depict romantic and pensive imagery highlighting the fragility of our climate and its most precious resource – water. Born in Australia and raised in New Zealand, Young is an avid surfer and environmentalist, inspired by a lifetime on and around oceans, bays, and reefs, with an intimate understanding of the challenges our precious ecosystems face.
Young’s thought-provoking sculpture shows great range, portraying the beauty and solitude of life on the ocean, haunting depths of the deep sea, and stunning and relaxing upside of island life. Water is many things to many people, which Young encapsulates brilliantly in his work, encompassing themes of sustainability throughout.
Using concrete to create mountains, crevasses, sand bars, and cliffs, Young’s innovative use of materials is transportative. With hand-carved glass as his guiding medium, Young amplifies light and its relationship with water – our most sacred element – to create a glowing unity that people from around the world connect with on a personal level, whether they are beachside or in the Desert.
Ben Young’s exhibition Delicate Space at Chesterfield Gallery...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Stainless Steel
Eagle (ex. "Palmira" estate of Sarkis Kaltakdjian) - Large Bronze Sculpture
Located in New Orleans, LA
A large, powerfully affecting sculpture of an eagle perched and preparing to take off. I have included a photo of a soda can in one shot to give you an idea of the scale of this scul...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Fox Solstice
By James Moore
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist's signature inscribed on the bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
19/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Keeper of the Night
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed Artist's signature and edition number on the bronze base of the piece.
4/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bolt from the Blue (Maquette)
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed Artist's signature and edition number on the bronze base of the piece.
40/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Winged Grace
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed Artist's signature and edition number on the bronze base of the piece.
2/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ride for the Brand
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed Artist's signature and edition number on the bronze base of the piece.
4/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Swallowtail Bee Eaters
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed Artist's signature and edition number on the bronze base of the piece.
5/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Light Whispers", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 17x12x5 in., 182/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Light Whispers" Dimensions: 17" x 12" x 5" Medium: Clear Acrylic Resin Edition 182/300
Frederick Hart's "Light Whispers" is the perfect name for this lucite sculpture that studies translucency's impact on the interplay of shadow and light. The nude woman subject is repeated several times, with varying degrees of revelation. In some iterations, she is shrouded in mystery, while other representations show her on full display with remarkable detail.
Thanks to his impeccable eye for detail and technical precision, Frederick Hart is considered one of the world's foremost figurative sculptors. His classical techniques make for timeless, traditional works, but the innovative and modern use of lucite as a material help modernize the work.
Frederick Hart's "Light Whispers" is signed by the artist and includes a gallery certificate of authenticity. It is from an edition of 300 and the current gallery retail price for the piece is over $16,000.
About Frederick Hart
As one of America’s greatest representational artists, Frederick Hart left a lasting and unique mark in the world of modern sculpture. Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1943, he studied at the University of South Carolina and after protesting alongside black students during the Civil rights movement, he moved to Washington D.C. to continue his studies at the Corcoran School of Art. Fascinated with the human figure and the classical approach, he started developing his career in 1966 as a stone carver apprentice at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. Leaving the Cathedral in 1971, Hart started his own studio practice but had little success in the first years. In 1974, he was awarded the project by the Cathedral to create a contemporary interpretation of The Creation, an event that would change his life. Soon, Hart’s career took a turn for the better, and in the upcoming decades, he rose to national prominence, becoming a government art advisor in 1985 and receiving the prestigious Henry Hering...
Category
1980s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
Young Roman / - Youthful Sprezzatura -
Located in Berlin, DE
Fritz Heinemann (1864 Altena - 1932 Berlin), Young Roman, 1892. Brownish patinated bronze on a cast round plinth, mounted on a red marble base (8.5 cm high), total height 36 cm, dime...
Category
1890s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$864 Sale Price
20% Off
Quail Lamp (with 7 chicks)
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece.
24/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Girl holding a Mirror, Painted Bronze Sculpture by Richard Shiloh
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Shiloh, Polish/Israeli (1949 - )
Title: Girl holding a Mirror
Year: Circa 1975
Medium: Bronze with Painted patina, signature inscribed
...
Category
1970s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gosling (Geese Sculpture)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964)
Gosling , ca. 1960
New Hampshire granite
9.5" by 9 5/8", height is 8 7/8"
Awards: Honorable Mention, Henry O. Avery Prize of 1958.
Sculpture is sold wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Granite
$7,000 Sale Price
30% Off
Madonna
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
$2,800 Sale Price
30% Off
Rattlesnake
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964)
Rattlesnake , ca. 1950
Carved pink Texas granite
13.5" wide, 13" deep, height is 7"
Repair and conservation to uppermost part of snake's body.
Provena...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Granite
$7,000 Sale Price
30% Off
Larva
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964)
Larva, ca. 1940
Carved brown soapstone
9.5" long, 4" wide, 3.75" tall
Provenance: Estate of Mrs. Mark Morrison.
Born:
Kingfisher, OK
Education:
Un...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Stone
$2,800 Sale Price
30% Off
Green Frog
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964)
Green Frog, ca. 1940
Carved green soapstone
6.5" wide, 5" deep, height is 3.25"
Provenance: Estate of Mrs. Mark Morrison.
Born:
Kingfisher, OK
Educ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Stone
$1,750 Sale Price
30% Off
Monkey
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964)
Monkey, ca. 1940
Carved New Hampshire granite
8.5" by 5", height is 16.5"
Provenance: Estate of Mrs. Mark Morrison.
Born:
Kingfisher, OK
Education:
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Granite
$5,600 Sale Price
30% Off
Platypuses
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964)
Platypuses, ca. 1940
Granite
10.25" wide, 8" deep, height is 20.5"
Very heavy, dense stone. Weighs approx. 125-150 lbs.
Provenance: Estate of Mrs. M...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Granite
$5,600 Sale Price
30% Off
Bronze Yawning Hippopotame
Located in Pasadena, CA
Animal sculptor Sophie MARTIN creates from inert clay a whole living animal kingdom.
She freely observes the animal and captures and interprets a movement; and places it in nature an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,000 Sale Price
44% Off
Osage Destiny
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of piece with edition number.
1/18
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$18,000
Prairie Sentinel
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed signature by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
5/27
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Veil of Light", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 22x12x6 in., 310/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Veil of Light" Dimensions: 22" x 12" x 6" Medium: Clear Acrylic Resin Edition of 350
Created in 1987, the work “Veil of Light” is characterized by an other-worldly appearance. Payi...
Category
1980s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
FLORAL OUD IX
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Introducing a Series of Ceramic Memorials by Nicolaas Maathuis - an exclusive collection that represents a fusion of artistry and functionality, offering a unique variation of memori...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
FLORAL OUD VIII
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Introducing a Series of Ceramic Memorials by Nicolaas Maathuis - an exclusive collection that represents a fusion of artistry and functionality, offering a unique variation of memori...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
FLORAL OUD VII
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Introducing a Series of Ceramic Memorials by Nicolaas Maathuis - an exclusive collection that represents a fusion of artistry and functionality, offering a unique variation of memori...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
FLORAL OUD VI
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Introducing a Series of Ceramic Memorials by Nicolaas Maathuis - an exclusive collection that represents a fusion of artistry and functionality, offering a unique variation of memori...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
FLORAL OUD V
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Introducing a Series of Ceramic Memorials by Nicolaas Maathuis - an exclusive collection that represents a fusion of artistry and functionality, offering a unique variation of memori...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
FLORAL OUD IV
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Introducing a Series of Ceramic Memorials by Nicolaas Maathuis - an exclusive collection that represents a fusion of artistry and functionality, offering a unique variation of memori...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
FLORAL OUD III
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Introducing a Series of Ceramic Memorials by Nicolaas Maathuis - an exclusive collection that represents a fusion of artistry and functionality, offering a unique variation of memori...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Schnauzer Love
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed with Artist's signature on the bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
1/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ceramic, Swarovski Crystals, Wall Sculpture of Crow Head
By Karla Walter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Cv upon request
Karla Walter is an American artist who explores similarities between the social interactions among crows and that of individuals in our society.
Karla Walter went to ...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Pony Express Saddle
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition #7/100.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chickadee Rhondo
By James Moore
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition 12/100. Original bronze bell sculpture by artist James Moore. Inscibed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Commute (man)
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 9
American, b. 1958
National Sculpture Society Fellow
Jim Rennert was born in 1958, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. After ten trying years o...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Boat with Sunset Sail
Located in Fairfield, CT
Pedro's sculpture's are whimsical and sophisticated. The sailboat series is affordable for the work involved in creating them. His use of mixed media gives the sculptures a unique ...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Steel
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
In the Rough
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by E.C. Wynne.
Edition #110/125.
Signed on bronze.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Great Horned Owl
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece.
2/40
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Relentless
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture signed/etched by the Artist on the base. 12/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,850
Jumpin' Jack
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #28/45 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tatonka
By Kent Ullberg
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
5/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
'Sitting Ballerina' Cast Bronze Figure on Granite Base
Located in Toronto, ON
Bronze sculpture of a ballerina taking a rest. Her leotard is patinated to a lovely green shade to contrast with the bronze colour of the rest of her figure. Ballet slippers are visi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
Black Rock Creek, 36" wide, mixed media wall relief
Located in Loveland, CO
Black Rock Creek by Leo E. Osborne
Abstract Nature Wall Relief, Unique Carved Mixed Media (primarily wood)
20x36x6" nuthatch on wood carved to appear like g...
Category
1980s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
Golf Bug
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #6/30.
Signed on bronze sculpture
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Quarter Horse
Located in Milwaukee, WI
A life-sized fiberglass sculpture of a horse, unsigned. This specific breed of horse the sculpture is based on is called Quarter Horse. Many visitors to ...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
Bison Song
By James Moore
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist's signature inscribed on the bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
6/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$25,400
Ceramic Wall Sculpture of Crow #15
By Karla Walter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Cv upon request
Karla Walter is an American artist who explores similarities between the social interactions among crows and that of individuals in our society.
Karla Walter went to ...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Study Buddies
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on lower bronze base with an edition number.
4/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
St Paul's Cathedral
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A new work by the artist
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
$390 Sale Price
40% Off
Commute (woman)
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 9
American, b. 1958
National Sculpture Society Fellow
Jim Rennert was born in 1958, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. After ten trying years o...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Spot (small)
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Etched signature by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
44/76
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Beauty
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
4/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dung-Beetle Bookends
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed signature by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
22/32
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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.
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