American Realist Art

Waiting - Abstracted Urban Landscape with Figures in Acrylic on Canvas Urban landscape by an unknown artist (20th Century). There are several figures standing under what appears to ...

Antique American autumn mountain lake with village oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas.

John McNulty, Irish/American (1949 - ) - Eagles I, Year: 1983, Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and titled in pencil, Edition: 175, Size: 22 x 3...

This mid-1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 w...

Bubbles Oil on canvas, 44 1/2 x 30 inches (113 x 76.2 cm) Signed lower right: Koch Provenance Private collection, New Jersey; Thomas Colville Fine Art, Guilford, Connecticut; Privat...

Oil painting by Willard Dixon featuring a massive sculptural rock. Willard Dixon, who is one of the finest American contemporary realist painters today, has painted coastal landscape...

Vibrant, colorful still-life of fruit arranged in front of a bowl and pitcher by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). Circa 1940. This piece is partially incomplete. Unsigned, but...

Original vintage poster ZERMATT MATTERHORN SWITZERLAND TWA c.1950. Along the way of TWA. Professional acid-free archival linen backed in fine condition. Ready to frame. Early Trans World Airline poster that features the Constellation aircraft. This is before the artwork of David Klein for TWA. TWA (Trans World Airlines) was formed in 1924 as Transcontinental & Western Air. The airline's first route was New York to Los Angeles, soon followed by multiple National routes. The airline expanded to serve Europe, the Middle East, and Asia after WWII when the company was under Howard Hughes's owner's control from 1939 until 1961. Hughes was a dominant force in expanding and promoting the routes flown by his company. The economy was vastly improving and travels through the air for business and pleasure...

This mid-1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 w...

Danza has a deep appreciation for the feelings of wonder and awe that come from being in nature. She tries to capture this experience with her immersive paintings, while also paying ...

Remember Your First Thrill of American Liberty — A Historic Call to Patriotic Action Own a piece of American history with this authentic 1917 Liberty Loan vintage poster from the 2n...

This artwork titled "The Trail Ends at the Sea" c.1980 is a color offset lithograph by renown western artist Arnold Friberg, 1913-2010. It is hand signe...

Unique contemporary 'Grey Ocean' depicts a provocative grey sky with a blue, yellow and white sea. Choppy waters beneath a sky alive with filtered early eve...

American, b. 1962 Contemporary artist Lori Zummo paints in a style evocative of the American Barbizon School. She received her BFA from Syrac...

Water Trails down Empty Street in Front of Water Tower by Michael Ormerod is a black and white photographic print in this size of 24" x 34" in an Edition of 10. Michael Ormerod was ...

Noel Daggett, American (1925 - 2005) - A Last Look Back, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300, AP 40, Image Size: 17.5 x 25 inches, S...

Artist Comments
Artist Gary Leonard juxtaposes a realistic figure clothed in a floral dress against a dreamy background that hints at a wild garden. The spotlight heightens her reserved gesture and timid expression while giving her skin a soft glow. Shadows on her face, neck, and body create a striking contrast to the lighter tones of the composition. "This work creates an atmosphere of calm, blending the woman's soft countenance and pastel greens of nature. "

About the Artist
Through composition, color, texture and more, Gary Leonard celebrates beauty. His works start with the subject, but then he lets the work evolve into a more complex composition. Oftentimes, he enjoys merging figures with abstract images and varying textures. He hopes that his works will leave the viewer with a sense of warmth and peace. When he's not making art, he enjoys listening to music and learning how to play the piano.

Words that describe this painting: figurative, figure, people, woman, fashion, standing, peaceful, oilpaint, dreamy, vertical, realism, people, realism, oil painting, beige

In the Calm...

This artwork titled "TheLong Trail West" c.1980 is a color offset lithograph by renown western artist Arnold Friberg, 1913-2010. It is hand signed and n...

Claude Curry Bohm: 1894-1971. Well, listed American artist with Auction results over $32,000. He was a very important Chicago artist who is mostly known for his Indiana landscapes an...

Naturalistic coastal dock landscape depicting Arnold's Wharf in Massachusetts by New England native artist John Nesta. Signed in the front lower left corner. Currently hung in a wood...

Elizabeth Zanzinger's (US based) "Onions II" is a masterfully created realistic oil still-life. This painting measures at 12 x 8 inches, and is framed at 13.50 x 9.50 inches ready t...

This is an oil on artist board (unframed) by the important Hungarian-born and internationally celebrated Denes de Holesch (1910-1983). Denes de Holesch was an international equestrian artist. His works have been exhibited all over the world, including in New York, Beverly Hills, Boston, Chicago, Paris, Mexico City, Montreal, Tokyo, Sydney, and Madrid. His horse paintings fall into one of seven themes, including polo, cowboys, circus, rodeo, hunt, bull-fight, race-course and running free. His mastery of the subject has been compared to that of Picasso, Delacroix and Franc Marc. 1910 Denes Dezo George de Holesch was born on 9 February, 1910 at Banska-Bystrica, Northern Hungary. He was the third child and youngest son of Hugo de Holesch, an architect and Margit, nee Wagner. Many generations of the de Holesch family had worked as professional architects. He studied at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest on a scholarship. Early in his career he traveled to China, Japan, Philippines, Java, Bali and Australia, where his reputation grew rapidly. Here he produced portraits in oils, and lithographs of the Chinese, as well as landscape works in oils,depicting the local countryside, and canal, street and city scenes. His exposure to the arts of the Chinese, with their simplicity of line, greatly influenced his later works. In 1939 he established a studio at Lavender Bay near Sydney. In 1940 he exhibited at the Macquarie Galleries in Sydney. In 1944 he married Joyce Greer, the Melbourne concert pianist. In 1945 the couple moved to New York where his interest in horses grew. He held exhibitions at Gallery Wildenstein, Herve, and FAR Gallery. In 1946 Holesch moved to Montreal where he exhibited at the National Gallery of Montreal. In 1947 he moved to Boston where he continued painting portraits and horses. He exhibited there at the Ehrmann and Vose galleries. Later in the year he moved to San Francisco where he was invited to participate in the "Renoir to Picasso" Exhibition held at the Maxwell Gallery.1946 He moved to Montreal, Canada and exhibited at the National Gallery of Montreal. (Frederic Remington and Charles Russell) 1947 Early in the year he moved to Boston and continued painting portraits and horses. In June, he painted the portrait of Harvard Law School Dean, Erwin N. Griswold, and in October his works were exhibited at Margaret Brown's Galerie Intime, Newbury Street, Boston. 1948 He produced a clay sculpture head of Egon Petri, one of a number of clay sculptures that he produced. He also produced a number of wood carvings. His paintings were chosen for inclusion in a Group Exhibition in the National Gallery of San Francisco, and in the important and prestigious 'Renoir to Picasso' Exhibition held at Maxwell's Galleries, 372 Sutter Street, San Francisco. 1953 His works were included in a Group Impressionists Exhibition held at the Ohana Gallery, London 1954 He travelled to New York, where he was commissioned to paint Herbert Gasser, Nobel Prize Winner in Biochemistry. 1955 He returned to England, and then travelled to Paris to exhibit works in the Galerie Marcel Lenoir. 1956 He again returned to New York to work on portrait commissions and for exhibitions of his works, mainly of horses. These exhibitions were held in New York, Boston, San Francisco and late in the year at the Galleries of Frank J. Oehlschlaeger at 107 East Oak Street, Chicago. During this year, visits with his family to Ringling Circus and to a rodeo in Tucson, Arizona must have impressed him greatly, for images of these events soon appeared on his canvases. His work was greatly admired by Hollywood film- stars, such as Ann Rutherford and Burt Lancaster, and David Niven purchased one of the horse paintings to give as his wedding present to Grace Kelly on her marriage to Sovereign Prince Rainier III of Monaco. 1959 The prints of 'Courtship' and 'Chargers' were produced. It has been estimated that close to a million copies of his prints were sold over the next ten years, with 'Courtship' being advertised by Stern's Book Dpt. on 5th Avenue, New York along with prints by Picasso...

Shelly (Sheldon) Fink (American, 1925-2002), "Busy Woman" Artist Proof, Lithograph signed on Paper, 14 x 17, Late 20th Century, 1960s Depicts a woman sewing. Color: Black and White ...

Artist: Sandu Liberman, Romanian/Israeli (1923 - 1977) Title: Woman on a Park Bench Year: Circa 1970 Medium: Oil on Canvas, unsigned Size: 24 x 24 in. (60...

A wonderful landscape reminiscent of the great American artist Camille Carrot done. The details are masterfully done with beautiful brush work and wonderfully rich and lush color pal...

Beautiful original watercolor and gouache on archival paper by the famous American marine artist, Gordon Grant. The artwork depicts two rugged lobstermen bringing their catch ashore...

Original James Dean, Rebel without a Cause vintage Swiss movie poster. Linen backed ready to frame. Grade A excellent condition. Size: 50" tall by 36" wide. Own a piece of mo...

Sheldon Fink (American, 1925-2002), "Maine Harbor" Edition of 150, Lithograph signed on Paper, 14 x 17, Late 20th Century, 1960s Depicts boy standing on r...

Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Portrait of Man in Trench Coat, 1950. Ink on paper, measuring 8 x 12 inches. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Unframe...

The painting features a 3/4 bust portrait of a refined lady from the Verplanck family of Orange County, New York. The painting shows a young woman seated for her portrait in a fine b...

Original one-sheet vintage American movie poster, The Sting. Archival linen backed. In very good condition, ready to frame.

"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 c...

Nora Othic Marceline, Missouri Signed recto Nora Othic is a painter whose work draws from close observation of rural life and the rhythms of the Midwestern landscape. She is widely r...

I think of my work as being like a visual journal- observations and interpretations of people, places and things I experience day to day. Translating that experience into two dimensi...

'The Artist's Garden' by Julius Moessel, 1943. Munich Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, Corcoran ----- Signed lower left 'Moessel' for Julius Moe...

Norman Rockwell (American, 1894–1978) Signed recto Norman Rockwell remains one of the most celebrated illustrators of the twentieth century, renowned for his ability to translate na...

Clyde Singer captures a moment between bar patrons at the historic McSorley's Old Ale House in New York City. The painting titled, Be Good or Be Gone, takes its name from a sign be...

Anton Schutz, 'U.S. Chamber of Commerce', etching, edition not stated, 1928. Signed in pencil. Annotated 'U.S. Chamber of Commerce S/516', in another hand, in the bottom right margin. A fine, richly-inked impression, with skillfully-controlled plate tone, on cream wove Japan paper; the full sheet with margins (1 3/4 to 2 3/8 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches; sheet size 14 1/8 x 11 5/8 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed. ABOUT THE ARTIST Etcher, painter, and architect, Anton Schutz was born in Germany in 1894. He studied at the University of Munich, earning a double degree in mechanical engineering...

Donn DeVita: 1913-2010. Listed American artist who lived most of his career in East Dennis,Massachusetts on Cape Cod.This charming beach scene with a seal measures 30” x 20”. The fra...

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 California School of Fine Arts (CFSA) John & Lynne Bolen Fine Arts, Huntington Beach, California Exhibited: New York, World's Fair, Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, 1939. San Francisco Museum of Art, 1962. Literature: American Art from the New York World's Fair 1939, Poughkeepsie, 1987, no. 11, p. 41, illustrated. Robert W. Cherny, Victor Arnautoff and the Politics of Art, Urbana, Illinois, 2017. The lighthouse in the distance is the Mile Rocks Lighthouse in San Francisco Bay, built in 1906 after many shipwrecks made the lighthouse necessary. In 1962 the lighthouse was reduced in size to make room for a helipad. Arnautoff was the son of a Russian Orthodox priest. He showed a talent for art from an early age and hoped to study art after graduating from the gymnasium in Mariupol. With the outbreak of World War I, he enrolled in the Yelizavetgrad Cavalry School. He went on to hold military leadership positions in the army of Nicholas II and the White Siberian army. With the defeat of the Whites in Siberia, he crossed into northeastern China and surrendered his weapons. Arnautoff remained in China for five years. He again tried to pursue art, but was impoverished and took a position training the cavalry of the warlord Zhang Zuolin. He met and married Lydia Blonsky and they had two sons, Michael and Vasily. In November 1925 Arnautoff went to San Francisco on a student visa to study at the California School of Fine Arts. There he studied sculpture with Edgar Walter and painting with several instructors. His wife and children joined him, and they all continued to Mexico in 1929, where, on Ralph Stackpole...

Artist: Moses Soyer, American (1899 - 1974) Title: Self-Portrait in the Studio Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 24 x 20 inches Frame: 32 x 28 inches

"Devil's Backbone" by Diego Glazer is an original painting depicting rock formations bathed in warm light. About the Artist: For as long as I can remember, I have been on a quest t...

Silver and sepia tone photographic print of an indigenous spearfisher by Edward Sheriff Curtis, image circa 1901 (American, 1868-1952), as a 1974 copy of (and printed from negatives derived from) the original Edward Curtis copper gravure plate, by Jean-Antony du Lac (1929-2002). Curtis used a process he mastered of creating orotones, which are photographs on glass, which Jean-Anthony du Lac spent years mastering. Jean-Antony du Lac's work is considered that of a preservationist. Titled lower left, signed lower right. Presented in an aluminum frame with anti-glare glass. Paper size: 20"H x 15"W Born in France and raised in New York City, Jean-Anthony du Lac moved west to San Francisco in 1957. Jean was an accomplished photographer whose published credits include Life Magazine and the San Francisco Examiner. He spent many years reproducing Edward S. Curtis' images of North American Indians; and he mastered the process of creating orotones, which are photographic reproductions on glass. Jean's orotones appeared on the walls of the Smithsonian as well as the White House during the Carter and Reagan administrations. A preservationist, his reproduction of Edward Muybridge...

The original Hawaii Western Airlines 1970s vintage travel poster is archivally linen-backed, in excellent condition, and ready to frame. It was p...

1959: Surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) with a red-haired woman in a green dress at a vintage ball in New York. The artist is captured with his characteristic walking st...

Original WWII poster: Protect his Fugtures buy and Keep War Bonds The color poster shows a young, smiling boy being lifted in the air, holding on to a man's hands. The boy has blond...

Original poster: SOLDIERS-SAILOR AND WOMEN GUESTS welcome to the Y.W.C.A. hostess house "A bit of home within the camps". A sailor shakes the hand of a man while a woman is standing and smiling at them. Linen-backed original WW1 poster...

London original travel poster; artist Sam Wisnom. Size 25 x 37"; archival linen backed and ready to frame. Original vintage travel po...

This artwork titled "America! America" is a color lithograph after noted American artist James Fetherolf, 1925-1994. It is hand signed at the lower rig...

"En Salada" Salad Fixings Etching on Paper by Joseph C. MaCarthy This Intaglio print, titled "En Salada," by San Francisco Bay area artist Joseph C. McCarthy (American, 20th C), cre...

This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta. This is an estate stamped and h...

The Law vs. Billy the Kid, is an original 1954 vintage movie poster. Dead for six dollars! Archival linen backed and ready for framing. This The Law...

Magnolias at Moonlight Susan Meeks oil on canvas 36" x 36" Look for Free Shipping at Checkout Susan is a native Houstonian. She is passionate about oil paintings, specializing in lar...

Linen backed original post-World War II military poster "First Class Soldier and Citizen, U.S.A." Original fold marks have been restored during linen backing. The poster features a smiling Army soldier in his khaki uniform. A rare original military poster to find today. (The poster was documented as being printed in a larger size.). R-224-RPB-2-1-47 A military recruitment poster for young men to join the military post World War 2. The poster features a clean-cut, handsome man in his military uniform with crossed arms smiling at you. Artist: Glass. No known biography of this artist. This is an original 1947 vintage American poster...

'Diversity (Yellow)', An abstract organically shaped sculpture reminiscent of totems. It is a spatial composition from the Void series. Composite materials and fiberglass is 84 x 25...

Incredible early American realist still life featuring pineapple and strawberries on a table. Oil on canvas. Incredible detail and masterfully painted. Signed illegibly, last n...

Lani Vlaanderen's (US based) "Sand Wash Crossing" is an oil painting that depicts a herd of multi-colored wild horses and a pony crossing a river. Bio/artist statement: Living in the mountains near Rocky Mountain National Park Lani is never lacking something inspiring to paint, be it a grand sunrise on Long's Peak or a small sparrow perched on a pine branch. All fill her with the desire to put paint to canvas. Her goal is not to replicate what she sees, but to express her emotional response from the source of inspiration visually in paint and convey it to the world. She wants to communicate the awe she feels when in the natural world and the joy she experiences from seeing even the seemingly most insignificant moment in time that will never come again. She strives to convey her belief that all things, all beings, all life and non-life, share equal significance and are essential to the whole. "I began my art quest by taking a few classes at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, then enrolled in Kim English's class at the Art Student's Leaque of Denver. After four years with Kim and functioning as his class monitor, I had the opportunity to participate in a painting group with Richard Schmid in Loveland Colorado. I painted there with him for six years. I have taken workshops from such masters as David Leffel, Sherrie McGraw...

This artwork titled "Noyo Sundown, California" c. 2000, is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Erin Dertner, b.1957. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist....

Signed lower right Unframed dimensions: 17 x 22 inches Framed dimensions: 23 x 28 inches

Societe National des Chemins de fer Francais. Puissance Economie. (powerful and economical) Original vintage railroad SNCF poster. Linen backed. Movin...