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Style: American Realist
Elegant Nude Woman in Dancing - Mid-Century Monochromatic
Located in Miami, FL
Excellent Mid-century nude by famous illustrator/ artist Walter Charles Klett. The work is masterfully painted with a sound understanding of the basic academic principles guiding t...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Original Painting Cathedral Interior New Yorker Cover Proposal 1939 Jesus Church
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Cathedral Interior New Yorker Cover Proposal 1939 Jesus Church Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) Cathedral New Yorker cover proposal, c. 1939 12 1/4 X 8 1/2 inches...
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Gouache, Board

Original Painting New Yorker Mag Cover proposal. Army Wedding American Scene WPA
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting New Yorker Mag Cover proposal. Army Wedding American Scene WPA Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) Army Wedding New Yorker cover proposal, c. 1939 11 1/2 X 8 inches ...
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Gouache, Board

"Motion, " Victor Arnautoff, San Francisco Lighthouse, World's Fair WPA Painting
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in Larchmont, NY
Victor Mikhail Arnautoff (1896 - 1979) Motion (Mile Rocks Lighthouse), San Francisco, 1939 Oil and tempera on board 60 x 40 inches Signed lower left Provenance: The artist Californi...
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Tempera

UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
By Joseph Lambert Cain
Located in New York, NY
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC Jo Cain (1904 – 2003) "Union Square," 24 x 36 inches. Oil on canvas, c.1940s, ...
Category

1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mountains at Phoenix
Located in Cleveland, OH
Lawrence Blazey Mountains at Phoenix Signed Lower-Right Watercolor on Illustration Board 14 1/2 x 19 inches (sight size)
Category

1950s American Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Doll House Hell
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A haunting watercolor by renowned book illustrator Willy Pogany, signed lower left. Marked on verso "Doll House Hell," this is a dark noir rendering of an ...
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

5:45 A.M.
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil on canvas painting by Maine artist Brian Kliewer. Kleiwer paints the landscapes around his home in coastal Maine. Here he has painted the Belted Galloway...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Harbor Rainbow" Colorful Boat With Deep Blue Water Reflections Serigraph
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Harbor Rainbow" with rippling water reflections of the blue boat floating in the sea is a quintessential example of Tom Swimm's enhanced realism. This ...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Screen

"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII
Located in New York, NY
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII. 18 x 24 inches Watercolor on paper. c. 1940s. Signed lower right. BIO ...
Category

1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Seated Figure
Located in Wenham, MA
"Seated Figure" is an original oil painting on panel. It is framed in a gold frame and overall the dimensions are approximately, 23 x 29 inches. Phoebe Delaney is a figurative paint...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Weather Moves In
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1950 Marla Korr attended Brooklyn College, earning both a B.A. and a M.F.A. There she studied with Philip Pearlstein, Lennart Anderson and Jimmy Ernst. She has also s...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Berkshire Landscape" George Picken, Massachusetts, New England WPA, Green
By George Picken
Located in Larchmont, NY
George Picken Berkshire Landscape, 1965 Signed and dated lower right Oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches Provenance: Estate of the artist A native New Yorker, George Picken was born in 18...
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Playground, Carl Schurz Park" George Picken, New York City, East River, UES WPA
By George Picken
Located in Larchmont, NY
George Picken Playground, Carl Schurz Park, 1938 Signed and dated lower left Oil on canvas 28 x 36 inches Provenance: Estate of the artist A native New Yorker, George Picken was bo...
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

West 14th Street at Sunset, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"This painting was inspired by the dramatic lighting and shadows receding into West 14th Street at sunset," says artist Nick Savides...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Grange Meeting Fairfax County Virginia January 1940 Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Surfside, FL
photo is 9X13.5 (image size), 16X20 is the mat. Mounted to original mat. Vintage photograph. Three young Grange members represent Flora, Ceres and Pamona in Fairfax, 1940. Arthur Ro...
Category

1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Children freeing a caged bird
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream wove paper, 4 1/2 x 7 inches (114 x 177 mm), wide margins, signed in pencil in the lower right. Laid down to non-archival board with the mat affixed, obscuring the v...
Category

Early 20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching

Plaster Repair
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Recalling one of our favorite paintings from the impressionist era, “Caillebotte’s “Floor Scrapers” Levin turned to the workman in house as a subject in “Plaster Repair”. The dramat...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

La Loire
Located in Middletown, NY
Pen and black ink on watermarked Ingres laid paper, 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (234 x 310 mm), signed, dated and titled in brown ink, and initialed and titled in black ink in the lower ri...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper, Pen

Ships in New York Harbor
Located in Middletown, NY
Pencil on cream wove paper, 5 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (141 x 250 mm), signed in pencil, lower lower left. With some remarques in graphite and the letter "H" written in green pencil in the...
Category

Mid-19th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Pencil, Graphite

"The Kiosk, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago" Aaron Bohrod, WPA Midwestern Regionalism
Located in Larchmont, NY
Aaron Bohrod The Kiosk, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, 1932 Signed and dated lower right Watercolor on paper 17 x 12 inches Provenance: The artist Everett Oehlschlager Galleries, Chicag...
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Soaking Up
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Soaking Up" c.1970 is an original lithograph on Wove paper by noted western artist Tom (Thomas) Ryan, 1922-2011. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 68/100 in...
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

While You Get To Sleep At Night
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
I guess I'll be the bigger person I'd swallow my pride and hold it inside Even though it's hurting I'll take the road that's high, while you get to sleep at night. Shipping Procedu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Leading the Remuda
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Leading the Remuda" c.1970 is an original lithograph on Wove paper by noted western artist Tom (Thomas) Ryan, 1922-2011. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 5...
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Come See Me
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This painting is emphasizing the situation that encompasses a youthful love story, in a situation whereby your love partner is a shy and timid type when it comes to getting people to...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Soaking Up
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Soaking Up" c.1970 is an original lithograph on paper by noted western artist Tom (Thomas) Ryan, 1922-2011. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 68/100 in penc...
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Emmett Till
Located in Saugatuck, MI
Original graphite pencil drawing of Emmett Till by Michigan based artist A. Z. McIntosh. Drawing is unframed on heavy fine art paper. Framing options available.
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Pencil, Graphite

On the Road to Folly
Located in Raleigh, NC
An excellent impression of one of the rarest and most desireable Verner images- Road to Folly (Beach) showing the basket people selling roadside fruits and vegetables. The image is ...
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Red Boat in Fog
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1950 Marla Korr attended Brooklyn College, earning both a B.A. and a M.F.A. There she studied with Philip Pearlstein, Lennart Anderson and Jimmy Ernst. She has also s...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Nantucket Backyard Garden
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1962 Contemporary artist Lori Zummo paints in a style evocative of the American Barbizon School. She received her BFA from Syracuse University in 1984. After receiving ...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Hymn
Located in Raleigh, NC
A compelling peek into the African American church on a Sunday.
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

John Howard Payne-Home Sweet Home
Located in Raleigh, NC
Depicted is the birthplace of John Howard Payne in Easthampton, Long Island, N.Y. The prepatory drawing for this drypoint is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum. The print is ...
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Drypoint

Charleston Gates, S.C.
Located in Raleigh, NC
A wonderful depiction of Charleston, S.C. showing the ironwork gates and the flower ladies the city is known for. The image is in excellent condition with a strong platemark. Some ...
Category

1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Red Senior
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1972 Dylan Stark is a traditional landscape and seascape painter. He is heavily influenced by the luminist style of painting popular among late 19th century American la...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Symphony of the Seas, South Shore, Nantucket
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1958 Louis was born in Omaha, NE in 1958. At the age of nine he began painting in oil, and at 14, he began studying painting, drawing, and art theory under Stanley Step...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Woman with Green Scarf
Located in Columbia, MO
UNKNOWN Woman in Green Scarf with Cat 1940 Oil on canvas 16 x 12.5 inches Framed: 21 x 18 inches
Category

1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Sconset Cliff Walk
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1962 Contemporary artist Lori Zummo paints in a style evocative of the American Barbizon School. She received her BFA from Syracuse University in 1984. After receiving ...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Lady and the Dove" is an artwork that encapsulates the beauty, gentleness, and harmony found in the relationship between humans and nature. The title itself suggests a depiction of ...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Colorful Oil Triptych for Opera Lovers Depicting: Carmen, Rigoletto, La Boheme
By Kathryn Freeman
Located in Charleston, US
Kathryn Freeman's brightly colored oil triptych , a must for opera lovers, depicts the operas Carmen, Rigoletto, and La Boheme, respectively. The operas com...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Vase with Foliage, Hand Tinted Photograph. Vintage Photo Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Russell Drisch is a photographer and painter who resided in Buffalo NY during the 1970s and 80s. Originally an actor, Drisch moved to Buffalo to play two seasons at Studio Arena Thea...
Category

20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Serene Outdoor Landscape of Man Fishing with His First Mate, a German Shepherd
By Kathryn Freeman
Located in Charleston, US
A relaxing day fishing with your best friend and “The First Mate”, in this case, a German Shepherd. A perfect scene for an escaping everyday stress.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Bianco
Located in Napoli, IT
Eclectic artist, born in Atri in Abruzzo in 1980, he works in the field of contemporary art with conceptual creations from the age of 18 years. He currently lives in Puglia. In his s...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Guitar
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a neutral-toned interior, man sits comfortably, playing a guitar. Painting dimensions: 14 x 16 inches Framed dimensions: 19.5 x 21.5 inches
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas

Sheep Dog and Sheep
Located in Columbia, MO
EDITH MAY BURLINGAME Sheep Dog and Sheep 1925 Oil on canvas 14 x 18 inches
Category

1920s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Original Painting Life Mag Published 1955 Birds Animals Illustration Mid Century
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Life Mag Published 1953 Birds Animals Illustration Mid Century Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) The World We Live In Birds of Paradise Life Magazine Illustration ...
Category

1950s American Realist Art

Materials

Gouache, Board

Original Painting Undersea Whale Life Mag Published 1953 Illustration Ocean Sea
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Undersea Whale Life Mag Published 1953 Illustration Ocean Sea Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) Underwater Whale Life Illustration published, c. November 7, 1953 1...
Category

1950s American Realist Art

Materials

Gouache, Board

Original Painting S America Map Published 1956 Illustration Animals Planet Globe
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting S America Map Published 1956 Illustration Animals Planet Globe Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) The Wonders of Life on Earth Earth South America Holiday Magazine ...
Category

1950s American Realist Art

Materials

Gouache, Board

Noir Crime Drama Shooting - Saturday Evening Post Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Saturday Evening Post Illustrator Thornton Utz captures the peak moment of action in this Noir Crime Drama, Shooting illustration on an interior page in the famed magazine in 1958 —...
Category

1950s American Realist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Board

On the Way 2
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery. Karen Woods paints a traveler’s view through the window of a moving vehicle rendered in subtly nuanced gestures in oil on canvas or panel. Thes...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

On the Way 1
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery. Karen Woods paints a traveler’s view through the window of a moving vehicle rendered in subtly nuanced gestures in oil on canvas or panel. Thes...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Nocturnal Lotus" oil on canvas, 1981
Located in Southampton, NY
Lowell Nesbitt's paintings are in most major museum collections. In the 1950s he dabbled in Abstract Expressionism for a short time. However, It wasn’t until 1962, that he created hi...
Category

1980s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Splinter Beach
Located in Oakland, CA
Mason 28; Myers & Ayres 29. Lithograph on thin laid japanese paper, full margins. Edition of 70. Signed, titled, and numbered 61 in pencil.
Category

20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Books with Wine Glass
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Levin continues his "Books and Butterflies" series with this dynamic still-life. Butterflies flit around arranged books and a wine glass that magnifies the words of one of the books....
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Le Pot de Confiture
Located in Wenham, MA
Le Pot de Confiture is an original oil painting on panel. It is framed in a handmade, black frame with gold lip. The overall dimensions of the framed piece are approximately, 14x16 i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

A Pair of Brick Wall Paintings the Size of a Wall
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of large contemporary paintings depicting a brick wall and window in a realist style. The paintings measure 72 x 30.5 inches each and are in basic wood-slat frames.
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cat-Shaped Pool, Estate Edition, Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Cat-Shaped Pool, a newly available Estate Edition photograph, features a charming swimming pool in the shape of a cat at the Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami, circa 1955. This...
Category

1950s American Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Cabbages and Chard
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Levin expertly renders the textures of the vegetables and the wood table they rest on. Levin uses chiaroscuro to dramatize this simple scene of cabbages and chard.
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gin and Tonic
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Levin depicts a still life that transports viewers to a tropical island with his realist image of gin and tonic against a seascape background.
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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