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
Orchard Porker
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of piece with edition number.
6/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Motivated Study
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with an edition number.
1/75
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hummingbird and Roses
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
9/100
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
In the Orchard
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
19/100
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cheetah Chase
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
1/25
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rock of Liberty(Eagle)
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist in the bronze base with an edition number.
4/25
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Beauties, Hummingbirds and Hollyhocks
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/engraved by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with an edition number.
6/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bit of Sun
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number.
23/45
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Don't Move
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number.
30/45
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Good Time Charlie
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture etched/signed by the Artist on the bronze base.
7/15
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Simple Pleasure
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
14/100
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Storytelling
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on the bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number. 5 piece set.
5/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
House of Saguaro
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on the bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number.
96/100
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Searchin Silhouettes
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture etched/signed by the Artist on the bronze base.
11/13.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Eyes on the Prize
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed with Artist's name and edition number. 12/15
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Little Chaps
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on lower bronze base with an edition number.
2/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rabbit Run
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture signed/etched by the Artist on the base. 4/10
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Joy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on lower bronze base with an edition number.
4/5
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
Mending The Flag
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed with Artist's name and edition number. 25/25
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Silent Watch
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/engraved by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with an edition number.
2/25
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Southwest Express
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of piece with edition number.
8/65
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
King of the Forest
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by artist on bronze base of sculpture with an edition number.
4/25
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Scent of Water
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist in the bronze base with an edition number.
4/19
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Anasazi Splendor
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base with edition number.
3/25
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untamed
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with an edition number.
2/9
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mittens
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze signed/etched into base by Artist. 12/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
Farm Boys
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on base of bronze with an edition number.
6/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fowl Ball
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on base of bronze with an edition number.
5/12
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Going Out
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
Diamond Flight
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist into the base of bronze with edition number.
5/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Livin' the Life
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on the bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
21/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Desert Jewel
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze signed/etched into base by Artist. 4/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Ground Zero" Bronze German Shepherd Dog Searching for Survivors
Located in Brookville, NY
This sculptor is not only an artist, but a vetrinarian. She knows anatomy as well as she knows breeds and behaviors.. This beautiful bronze depicts a German Shepherd Dog searching ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
In the Currents
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
Dos Amigos
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed with Artist's name and edition number. 5/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vulnerable
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #15/75 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ready to Rope
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture etched/signed by the Artist on the bronze base.
1/25
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
La cruche cassée
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Nice, 19th-century gilt bronze cast by Emile Francois Carlier
Exhibited:
Salon, Société des Artistes Français, Paris, 1865 (another cast)
Salon, Société des Artistes Français, Pari...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Literary Scot
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #15/20.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Buffalo Pot
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition #78/100.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Medicine Bowl (small)
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition A/P.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
For Life
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #5/24 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Unconditional Love
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by E.C. Wynne.
Edition #26/50.
Signed on bronze.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Garden Glove
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by E.C. Wynne.
Edition #46/125.
Signed on bronze.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Crow Tray
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition #3/60.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Charging Practice
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #4/30 - Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Winter Berries
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #25/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Shar Pei
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original Bronze Sculpture by Mark Dziewior.
Edition #3/20.
Signed on bottom/base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Praying Nail Tips Malverde
Located in Roma, RM
One piece from the Nail tips series in which the artist talks about the political situation in the USA
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Buffalo Trail
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition #3/60.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Balancing Act
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
Support System
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #6/12.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cactus Perch
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #29/100 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cougar Canyon
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #19/30 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Joy II
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #3/15 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cactus Run
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #89/100 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
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.