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
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
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Category
1970s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Father and Son - Late 19th Century Stone Statue
Located in Carmel, CA
Carved stone sculpture with incredible detail. Father and Son was created by an unknown artist in the Late 19th Century.
This sculpture boasts incredible craftsmanship and attention to detail carved throughout the stone.
The statue comes with a certificate of authenticity and a letter of appraisal.
Shown in the American Art Gallery...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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 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
Makin' It Look Easy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
10/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Doubt" figurative sculpture bronze limited at 8 pieces 16x16x16cm 2009
Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne
"Doubt" bronze figurative sculpture limited at 8 pieces 16x16x16cm left n° 3/8 certificate emmanuelle vroelant
in 2009 Emmanuelle Vroelant decided to start scu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Alfreda, The Artist's Daughter - British 1950s plaster bust by Richard Garbe
Located in London, GB
RICHARD LOUIS GARBE, RA
(1876-1957)
Alfreda, The Artist’s Daughter
Signed and dated 1956
Plaster with patinated surface on a wooden base
30 cm., 11 ¾ in. high
Provenance:
Gifted ...
Category
1950s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
States of Matter
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture with an inscribed signature by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
All Catch No Release
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze piece signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
2/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Swallows (Latitude Series)
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Stainless Steel sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the base of the piece.
24/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Generations
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece.
7/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rarin' to Ride
Located in Wimberley, TX
George Lundeen's Rarin' to Ride is a captivating bronze sculpture that embodies the youthful exuberance of a young cowboy, eagerly anticipating his next adventure. Standing at 16.5 i...
Category
2010s 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
Family Vacation
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece.
24/40
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Born and Raised
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece.
11/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"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
Happy Hen (with 8 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.
17/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Sentinel
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece.
29/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Odd Couple
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece.
24/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nuthatch Glissando
By James Moore
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed by the Artist with a signature and edition number on bronze base.
12/100
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze and steel sculpture by David Kimball Anderson 'Untitled 1'
Located in White Plains, NY
'Untitled 1' by David Kimball Anderson, 2021. Bronze, steel, and paint, 18 x 8 x 8 in. This sculpture features a rounded vase cast in bronze and finished in patinas of grey. It featu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
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
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
Design made in Italy duckboard bar cabinet in marple wood, fine details
Located in Milan, IT
The sideboard made by experienced contemporary Italian cabinetmakers is made of solid maple. Every finish is taken care of down to the smallest detail, from the duckboard on the four...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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
The Soprano
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture signed/etched by the Artist on the base. 20/36
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tradition
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of piece with edition number.
1/25
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Steer Clear
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signature etched in base with edition number 7/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The march of the crabs, series of wrought-iron sculptures by Italian blacksmith
By Ivan Zanoni
Located in Milan, IT
Ivan Zanoni's expert craftsmanship shows us this composition of 5 handmade and unique sculptures that provide the effect of watching crabs emerge from the sea.
The measure written a...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Iron
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
Classic Cast Bronze Sculpture of a Horse
Located in Toronto, ON
A realistic sculpture of a standing horse in bronze on a black marble base. Bronze base is patinated in a different tone to imitate ground.
Siegfried (Siggy) Puchta was born in 1933...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Red-Tailed Hawk Alert
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of piece with edition number.
8/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
Ceramic Wall Sculpture of Crow #16
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
"Awake" by Bronze sculptor "Renzo", Larry Renzo Lewis, 58x26x16 in, 2009, Figure
Located in Dallas, TX
This masterpiece, "Awake" by Renzo was created in 2009, and intricately weaves together the essence of Symbols, Stones, Bindings, Nudity, and Masks to offer a profound reflection on ...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Among the Stones, 48" wide, mixed media wall sculpture
Located in Loveland, CO
Among the Stones by Leo E. Osborne
Abstract Nature Wall Relief, best suited for interior placement
Carved Canada Goose and Rocks - Unique Carved Mixed...
Category
1980s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
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
Under Watchful Eyes
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed by the Artist on the bronze base with an edition number.
15/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Beaver Lodge
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #23/45 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
Yawning Hippopotamus Bronze EA IV/IV
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
The Golden Acorn
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/engraved by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with an edition number.
Open Edition #5
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Quarter Horse
Located in Milwaukee, WI
A life-sized fiberglass sculpture of a horse. This specific breed of horse the sculpture is based on is called Quarter Horse. Many visitors to our galler...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
Feather the Nest
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
Under Watchful Eyes
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed with Artist's name and edition number. 7/18
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Flyover
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #26/45 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Coat of Armor
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed by Artist on Bronze base of the piece with signature and edition number.
64/75
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Keeper of Secrets
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base with an edition number.
1/25
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Far and Away
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
Cedar Waxwing
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on the bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number.
4/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Plentiful
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #3/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Canyon Princess
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #24/45 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hollyhocks & Hummers
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed by Artist on Bronze base of the piece with signature and edition number.
35/45
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Atop the Cholla
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed by Artist on Bronze base of the piece with signature and edition number.
27/45
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Realist sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
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