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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
Today's Journey
Today's Journey

Today's Journey

By George Walbye

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze Sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and edition number. 23/30

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Kimiko Bronze Sculpture, Realist Style, Ed/7, 54x19x20 Inches, 2000s
Kimiko Bronze Sculpture, Realist Style, Ed/7, 54x19x20 Inches, 2000s

Kimiko Bronze Sculpture, Realist Style, Ed/7, 54x19x20 Inches, 2000s

By Gary Alsum

Located in Loveland, CO

Kimiko by Gary Alsum Bronze ed/7, 54x19x20", comes with 3" high, 24" diameter sandstone round base as pictured in the garden images. Young woman in traditional attire holding an fan. Ideal scale for a garden setting. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Taking the knowledge passed on from artists such as Fritz White, Glenna Goodacre...

Category

Early 2000s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone, Bronze

Hollyhocks & Hummers

Hollyhocks & Hummers

By Gerald Balciar

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Bronze sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and edition number. 37/45

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Which Came First
Which Came First

Which Came First

By Dan Chen

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze Sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and edition number. 11/23

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Double Rainbow
Double Rainbow

Double Rainbow

By Dan Chen

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze Sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and edition number. 11/32

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pointer / - The elegance of the hunting dog -
Pointer / - The elegance of the hunting dog -

Pointer / - The elegance of the hunting dog -

Located in Berlin, DE

Anton Büschelberger (1869 Eger - 1934 Dresden), Pointer, around 1930, made by the Karl Ens porcelain manufactory in Volkstedt (Thuringia), model number 2478, 6. Porcelain with underg...

Category

1920s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

In a Class of His Own

In a Class of His Own

By Raymond Gibby

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze Sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and an edition number. 10/25

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Double Shot of Wild Turkey
Double Shot of Wild Turkey

Double Shot of Wild Turkey

By Stefan Savides

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and an edition number. AP #3

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bust of a young woman / - Beauty of youth -
Bust of a young woman / - Beauty of youth -

Bust of a young woman / - Beauty of youth -

Located in Berlin, DE

Anonymous, Bust of a young woman, c. 1900, artificial marble and gray onyx marble. 37 cm (height) x 37 cm (width) x 22 cm (depth), weight 17.2 kg. Signed “GURRINI” on the reverse. -...

Category

Early 1900s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Marble

A Little Me Time

A Little Me Time

By Raymond Gibby

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze Sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and an edition number. 16/25

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hippopotamus "lace" Bronze 6/8 by Sophie Martin
Hippopotamus "lace" Bronze 6/8 by Sophie Martin

Hippopotamus "lace" Bronze 6/8 by Sophie Martin

By Sophie Martin

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 and real life with a zest of fancy. Without humanizing the model, respecting the uniqueness of each one in its biodiversity. After studying three years of art history at the Ecole du Louvre, it was with her uncle and her aunt veterinarians, that her love for animals truly took shape in the clay; as with the first models animals on the examination table...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Italian Glazed Terra Cotta Wall Hanging Leopard Head
Vintage Italian Glazed Terra Cotta Wall Hanging Leopard Head

Vintage Italian Glazed Terra Cotta Wall Hanging Leopard Head

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Striking mid century Italian life size leopard head crafted in terra cotta, hand decorated and glazed, now and forever caught in mid growl.

Category

20th Century Realist Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

"Bride stealing"
"Bride stealing"

"Bride stealing"

By Katib Mamedov

Located in Edinburgh, GB

This bronze sculpture, entitled ‘The Abduction of the Bride’, depicts a scene from a traditional Caucasian custom: a man abducts a girl to marry her. It all looks as though ‘oh dear,...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

New to Arizona
New to Arizona

New to Arizona

By Curt Mattson

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze Sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and an edition number. 8/9

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Carved in the West
Carved in the West

Carved in the West

By Curt Mattson

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze Sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and an edition number. 2/9

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"SAM HOUSTON" HORN CARVING 1936 TEXAS CENTENNIAL AMAZING WORK
"SAM HOUSTON" HORN CARVING 1936 TEXAS CENTENNIAL AMAZING WORK

"SAM HOUSTON" HORN CARVING 1936 TEXAS CENTENNIAL AMAZING WORK

Located in San Antonio, TX

Dan Super "SAM HOUSTON" (1873-1953) Houston Artist Image Size: 3 3/4 inches tall Medium: Carved Horn of Sam Houston to celebrate the Texas Centennial. Texas Centennial 1936 "Sam Houston Pin Cushion Holder" Biography Dan Super (1873-1953) Dan E. Super, Jr. (1873 – 1953) Dan Super had the eye of a sculptor, envisioning and then creating hundreds of objects from the elongated form of a Texas Longhorn’s tusk. At the age of six, Dan Super carved his first drawing into a piece of the horn of a Texas Longhorn. Over the next 56 years, he made utilitarian pieces like pencil cups, pin cushions, and backscratchers, realistic replicas of animals and birds, and imaginative carvings of elegant nudes. While these carvings resemble the traditional art of scrimshaw, carvings from whale bone, we’ve not been able to identify another carver who used the Texas Longhorn as his material. “My work is done with an ordinary pocketknife, hacksaw file and rasp,” Super wrote in 1937. He used the horn in every way conceivable; whole, allowing the shape to define the object he was making, flattened to make mosaic or inlay work. He incised and pierced it and carved in the round. His own hands polished the horn to a sheen. Daniel Super, Jr. was born in Houston on August 22, 1873. His father owned stock years, D. Super and Brothers Co., providing the young Super with ready access to his raw material. Throughout his life, he worked in the businesses key to the identity and success of young, booming Houston, cattle, oil, real estate and rail. In 1896 he married Lula, and took over the family business, expanding it to include a grocery. He closed the company in 1912 and got into the oil business...

Category

1930s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Other Medium

The Great Escape
The Great Escape

The Great Escape

By Raymond Gibby

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Bronze sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and edition number. AP 2/20

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bountiful River
Bountiful River

Bountiful River

By James Moore

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original bronze sculpture inscribed by the artist with a signature and edition number. 19/20

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

If Pigs Could Fly
If Pigs Could Fly

If Pigs Could Fly

By Margery Torrey

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze Sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and an edition Number. Open Edition #7

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Harvey Wallbanger

Harvey Wallbanger

By Margery Torrey

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze Sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and an edition Number. Open Edition #29

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ocean's Cradle
Ocean's Cradle

Ocean's Cradle

By Kent Ullberg

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original sculpture signed(inscribed) by the Artist with an edition number. 7/20

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Reclining Woman"  Karl Bitter, Reclining Woman with Reddish Patina
"Reclining Woman"  Karl Bitter, Reclining Woman with Reddish Patina

"Reclining Woman" Karl Bitter, Reclining Woman with Reddish Patina

Located in New York, NY

Karl Bitter Reclining Woman, 1897 Signed: Bitter 97 Stamped: GORHAM M F G CO. Bronze 10.25 x 10.25 x 4 inches Initially from Vienna, Karl Bitter first studied art at the city’s Kunstgewerbeschule and the Kunstakademie before being drafted into the Austrian army. He deserted his position in the military while on leave, and departed for New York City where he would discover considerable success. Early on, he won a competition for the Astor memorial bronze gates at Trinity Church, which awarded him enough capital to open his own studio. He went on to execute sculptures of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson at the Cuyahoga Courthouse in Cleveland; he also created portraits of Jefferson for the state of Missouri and the University of Virginia. These commissions caught the attention of sculptor Richard Morris Hunt (who famously designed the façade of the Metropolitan Museum), earning Bitter the duty of producing the portrait medallions that now appear near the top of the museum’s grand face. Notably, he presented at Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and directed the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo in 1901. Over his career, his artwork became more flexible – his early academy training is easily identifiable within his work, but after moving to America, conventions of Modernism became more prevalent within his sculpture. In addition to many awards, Bitter presided over the National Sculpture Society in 1906-1907, and was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Design, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Architectural League, and the Art Commission, New York. His public work can be found at the Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC; Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA; Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison, WI; United States Naval Academy...

Category

1890s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hummingbird Spring
Hummingbird Spring

Hummingbird Spring

By James Moore

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze Sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and an edition number. 1/30

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Luna Song
Luna Song

Luna Song

By James Moore

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Bronze signed/etched into base by Artist. 2/30

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

First Saddle
First Saddle

First Saddle

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze inscribed with the Artist's signature and an edition number. 30/35

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Horse is Out of the Barn

Horse is Out of the Barn

By Greg Kelsey

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze sculpture etched with the Artist's signature and an edition number. 5/25

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Field of Green

Field of Green

By Lisa Gordon

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Bronze Sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and an edition number. 1/1

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

By The River
By The River

By The River

By Kent Ullberg

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the piece with an edition number. 3/9

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Draught Horses Sculpture By Hager Albert (1857-1940)
Bronze Draught Horses Sculpture By Hager Albert (1857-1940)

Bronze Draught Horses Sculpture By Hager Albert (1857-1940)

By Albert Hager

Located in Gent, VOV

Two draught horses, 1925 A fine bronze sculpture with dark brown patina with a reddish undertone., representing two draught horses one grazing, one looking forward. Documented in En...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Mother & Child", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 24x18x10 in., 43x150, white
"Mother & Child", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 24x18x10 in., 43x150, white

"Mother & Child", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 24x18x10 in., 43x150, white

By Frederick Hart

Located in Dallas, TX

"Mother and Child" by Frederick Hart is an acrylic figurative sculpture of a woman and her baby numbered 43/150. Inspired by the birth of his own child, Frederick Hart masterfully ce...

Category

1990s Realist Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Acrylic Polymer

Bronze Colt 6/8 by Sophie Martin
Bronze Colt 6/8 by Sophie Martin

Bronze Colt 6/8 by Sophie Martin

By Sophie Martin

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 and real life with a zest of fancy. Without humanizing the model, respecting the uniqueness of each one in its biodiversity. After studying three years of art history at the Ecole du Louvre, it was with her uncle and her aunt veterinarians, that her love for animals truly took shape in the clay; as with the first models animals on the examination table...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

River King
River King

River King

By Andrea Wilkinson

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and an edition number. 11/20

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Cottontail

Cottontail

By Bryce Pettit

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Bronze sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece. 20/20

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Chamisa Morning
Chamisa Morning

Chamisa Morning

By Greg Kelsey

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze Sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and edition number. 3/25

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Yawning Hippopotamus Bronze EA IV/IV
Yawning Hippopotamus Bronze EA IV/IV

Yawning Hippopotamus Bronze EA IV/IV

By Sophie Martin

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 and real life with a zest of fancy. Without humanizing the model, respecting the uniqueness of each one in its biodiversity. After studying three years of art history at the Ecole du Louvre, it was with her uncle and her aunt veterinarians, that her love for animals truly took shape in the clay; as with the first models animals on the examination table...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

King of the Forest
King of the Forest

King of the Forest

By Chris Navarro

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze sculpture inscribed with the Artist's signature and an edition number. 6/25

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Head of a Woman, green patina cement head by Erzia
Head of a Woman, green patina cement head by Erzia

Head of a Woman, green patina cement head by Erzia

Located in New York, NY

Head of a Woman, ca. 1939. Stepan Dmitrievich Erzia, born Stepan Nefyodov on October 27, 1876, in Bayevo, Simbirsk Governorate, Russia, was a distinguished sculptor of Erzya Mordvin descent. He adopted "Erzia" as his artistic pseudonym to honor his ethnic heritage. Erzia's artistic journey began with apprenticeships in icon-painting studios in Alatyr and Kazan between 1892 and 1897. During this period, he decorated churches throughout the Volga region and attended the Kazan Art...

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures

Materials

Concrete

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.