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Photorealist Art

PHOTOREALISM

A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.

Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.

The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.

Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”

The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.

On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.

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Style: Photorealist
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Audrey Hepburn
Located in Austin, US
Audrey Hepburn is photographed wearing a Givenchy afternoon cocktail dress from his Spring/Summer 1955 collection at ‘Villa Rolli’, a farmhouse in the A...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

Souvenirs de Paris II, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Golden Eiffel towers in a transparent box on a pink-orange backgroune :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

Stbu097-Contemporary, Abstract, Minimalism, Modern, Pop art, Geometric, Acrylic
Located in London, London
Stq097, 1997 His work has been shown in Reina Sofía Museum of Madrid, Royal Academy of London, Arco Madrid, Pinta Art Fair, London, London Art Fair, The Other Art Fair, London, and...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Stblk097-Contemporary, Abstract, Minimalism, Modern, Pop art, Geometric, Acrylic
Located in London, London
Stq097, 1997 His work has been shown in Reina Sofía Museum of Madrid, Royal Academy of London, Arco Madrid, Pinta Art Fair, London, London Art Fair, The Other Art Fair, London, and...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Stbm097-Contemporary, Abstract painting, Animals, stil-life, figurative, nude
Located in London, London
Stq097, 1997 His work has been shown in Reina Sofía Museum of Madrid, Royal Academy of London, Arco Madrid, Pinta Art Fair, London, London Art Fair, The Other Art Fair, London, and...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

"Mollie's Spoons", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Scott Fraser's "Mollie's Spoons" is an oil painting created in 2020 that depicts varying fine silver spoons scattered across a warm grey surface. About ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Dolly Parton "Here You Come Again"
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print by Ed Caraeff of Dolly Parton taken during the cover session for her album ‘Here You Come Again’ in Los Angeles, CA, US, July 7, 1977. Limited edition number 2/50 This stunning Dolly Parton print is also available in the following sizes with a limited edition of 50. 20" x 24" 30" x 40" 40" x 60" Ed Caraeff is a photographer and art director. He has worked with, photographed, designed or art directed hundreds of album covers. His photography archive includes Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Elton John, Carly Simon,Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Tom Waits, Tim Buckley, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Neil Diamond...
Category

1970s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Realist Contemporary Still-Life Painting 'Trio of Apples' by Barbara Vanhove
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Trio of Apples' by Barbara Vanhove is an exceptional still-life painting. You can almost pick up the apples to eat them, such is the detail with which they have been painted. Barbar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

Wishes In The Wind
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Gas Line, Photorealist Silkscreen by Ron Kleemann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ron Kleemann, American (1937 - ) Title: Gas Line from the CityScapes Portfolio Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph on Somerset Paper, signed and number...
Category

1970s Photorealist Art

Materials

Screen

Admiral Pinscher
Located in East Hampton, NY
A Doberman Pinscher dressed like an Admiral Satire in Art Original Paintings in series of 10 (inquire where it is in the edition) Comes rolled in a tube ready to be framed Y.m.Lo. ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

"Ruffles", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Adrienne Stein's "Ruffles" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a vase of purple orchids with green fabric in the background. About the artist: Adrienne Stein (b. 1...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Hummingbird in Salvia Garden
By Diane Andrews Hall
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hall is a highly respected contemporary artist. It is framed in a contemporary lacquered off white float frame. The surface of the board is slick and almost photographic in feel. The...
Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Féith", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch’s (US based) "Féith" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a Great blue Heron bird perched on a fountains with red floral designs in the background. A...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Amur Maple Bonsai, photorealist floral still life drawing
Located in New York, NY
Ever-interested in delicate and often toiling labor, David Morrison’s newest body of work stems from his practice as a master gardener. David’s methodical cultivation of irises and bonsai plants...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil

Fish, colorful, oil painting, super realistic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil paint on canvas Doug Newton’s hyper-real paintings observe reality, explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light can transform...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Greedy, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Hand holding three macaroons on a white backgroune :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang:...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

"Sky 46" Oil and Gold Leaf Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 46" is an original, handmade oil and golf leaf painting that depicts a skyscape of orange and grey hues as sunlight plays across the clouds textured surface.
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Iggy Pop and The Stooges
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print by Ed Caraeff of Iggy and the Stooges (L-R Dave Alexander, Iggy Pop in front, Scott Asheton in back and Ron Asheton) taken at ...
Category

1970s Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

Ivy Nicholson in New York for American Vogue, 1957
Located in Austin, US
Model and future Factor Star, Ivy Nicholson in New York for American Vogue, 1957 by Norman Parkinson NORMAN PARKINSON POSTHUMOUS LIMITED EDITION PRINTS ...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

Amy Winehouse portrait
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Amy Winehouse taken in London by Jake Chessum in 2004. Jake recalls the session: “I travelled from NYC to London in February 2004 to do a press shoot...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

Vince II, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Marshes. Reeds. Lush Landscape. New Jersey Meadowlands. Sunset. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: R...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

Devo
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition archival print of Signed limited edition print of Devo posing for SoHo Weekly News, NYC, 10/78 by Allan Tannenbaum. Available in different sizes. Limited edit...
Category

1970s Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

Curly From the Three Stooges -- Original Oil Painting on Wood
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This is an original oil painting on wood. This artwork is produced under a license from the grandchildren of The Three Stooges®. We are a 1stdibs Platinum Seller...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood

"Sky 41" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 41" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of orange and lavender hues as sunlight plays across the clouds textured surface.
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Honey Pot II - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 18" x 24"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater nude photograph of a girl relaxing in the pool. The photograph was taken with terra-cotta background and with green trees and bright blue sky visible thorough the water...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Studio Lexington - Contemporary, 21st Century, Dry-print, Limited Edition
Located in Zug, CH
Cy Twombly, Studio Lexington Contemporary, 21st Century, Dry-print, Limited Edition Dry-print on cardboard Edition of 50 43.1 x 27.9 cm (17 x 11 in) Signed and numbered, accompanied ...
Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Art

Materials

Digital

Amy Winehouse
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Amy Winehouse taken in London by Jake Chessum in 2004. Jake recalls the session: “I travelled from NYC to London in Febr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

The Labyrinth, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A Labyrinth. New Mexico. Warm colors. Sunlight. Nature. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

"Hammock in the Garden"
Located in Hinsdale, IL
John Powell has worked in the arts throughout his life. Born in Hollywood, California, he began to paint at the age of 16. Over the past 45 years he has melded his life experiences i...
Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Alexander The Great's Siege Tent, Halicarnassus, ca. 333 BC, Miniature Room
Located in Chicago, IL
Halicarnassus was an ancient Greek city in Caria, in Anatolia. It was located in southwest Caria, on an advantageous site on the Gulf of Gökova, which is now in Bodrum, Turkey. The city was famous for the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, ranked as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Halicarnassus was loyal to the Persians and formed part of the Persian Empire until Alexander the Great captured it at the siege of Halicarnassus in 333 BC. Here, the Kupjack Studios have meticulously researched the era and have gone to painstaking detail to present this miniature version of Alexander's Tent. Based on a scale of one foot equals one inch, each piece of furniture, rug, decoration is fabricated with exacting detail. Kupjack Miniatures Alexander's Siege Tent, Halicarnassus, ca. 333 BC, circa 2003 mixed media 24.50h x 22.75w x 18.50d in 62.23h x 57.78w x 46.99d cm KJK004 Eugene Kupjack and his sons Hank and Jay created museum quality miniature rooms...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Firewood Series No. 9, hyperrealist colored pencil drawing
Located in New York, NY
Artist David Morrison creates hyperrealistic, finely detailed pencil drawings of found natural objects, both by observing the object itself under magnification, and also by working f...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil

"Golden Memories", R.W. Hedge, Original Oil on Canvas, 60x48. in., Grand Canyon
Located in Dallas, TX
Imagine standing a short distance from an ancient ledge, gazing across the awesome span of the canyon, with the sun setting beyond the orange canyon rim. When you look closely, you c...
Category

1990s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tongue Photography Mexico Stamped Karol Kállay
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Photography done for the publication Mexico/ Volk und Verlag Berlin, stamped on the back by the author.
Category

1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

The soldier, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Portrait of a soldier :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signatu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

Two cigarettes Photography Mexico Signed Karol Kállay
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Photography done for publication Mexico/Volk und Welt, signed by the author on the back.
Category

1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Locked, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's "Locked" is an original, handmade painting that depicts a close up view of a feminine face at three quarters view, her brown hair frames her porcelain face. About th...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"You Can Leave Your Hat On" - Large Contemporary Still Life Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
I have noticed the work of this Tennessee-based painter for awhile now, and the superb craftsmanship and subject story appeal are so engaging. He's widely show, and has been part of ...
Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

Bread and Pears super realism, colorful, object, traditional still life
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Doug Newton’s hyper-real oil paintings observe reality, explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light can transform our perceptions. His subject matter concentrates on still lives of food, toys, candy and household objects. In addition to many group shows across the country, Mr. Newton’s show, “HARD CANDY and other confections” represents his fifth solo exhibition. His paintings have been collected in numerous private collections. Dr. Sonia Coman writes in her essay, Doug Newton’s hard candy: the confection of painting Doug Newton’s paintings are about… painting. The hyperrealist technique of trompe l’oeil or “trick the eye” is knowingly playful. It simultaneously calls attention to the illusion of a different material—for example, translucent candy wrappers—and the reality of the layers of paint, masterfully applied to the canvas. In that, Newton’s paintings pay homage to an esteemed series of trompe l’oeil masters, from Inquisition-era Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán to Gilded-Age American painter William Michael Harnett...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Elephant Theater", photography by Dimitri Bourriau (31x47'), 2021
Located in Paris, France
"Elephant Theater", photography by Dimitri Bourriau. Print mounted on aluminum with plexiglas, framed. Edition of 15. "Dimitri Bourriau is a French p...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Color

"Théâtre des Bleus", photography by Dimitri Bourriau (39x59'), 2021
Located in Paris, France
"Théâtre des Bleus", photography by Dimitri Bourriau. Print mounted on aluminum with plexiglas, framed. Edition of 15. Dimitri Bourriau is a French p...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Color

Scarlet Belle Pitcher Plant, photorealist floral still life drawing
Located in New York, NY
Ever-interested in delicate and often toiling labor, David Morrison’s newest body of work stems from his practice as a master gardener. David’s methodical cultivation of irises and bonsai plants...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil

Praça do Comércio - Lisbon (Portugal) - Contemporary Panoramic Color Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Pigment photographic paper - photography & fine art print © Jean Pierre De Neef Artwork sold in perfect condition from a limited edition of 12 ex- Composition from an assembly of 12 shots made in April 2014 Praça do Comércio ("Place du Commerce" in French) is a famous square in the Baixa district of Lisbon. Our gallery has its own production department and you can receive a small format demonstrative copy of this artwork on request, send a message & we will send it to you free of charge. Jean-Pierre De Neef came to photography like a new convert to religion, convinced that it would lend meaning to his life. His path took him first to a photographic laboratory, having once been a Cibachrome expert, regularly visited by French art photographers who made their way to Brussels to consult him. Well-versed in modern high performance techniques, nowadays Jean-Pierre De Neef produces art photos for several internationally known photographers whose works can be found in galleries and fairs the world over. Twelve years ago Jean-Pierre De Neef’s encounter with François Bayle, art critic and curator of the works of various photographers for Brussels Art Edition, enabled him to pursue his passion in new fields. He was at the side of the Italian photographer Fabrizio La Torre (Rome 1921, Brussels 2014) in the last few years of his life, who entrusted him with detailed instructions for digitising his archives and explained to him the results he was seeking. Jean-Pierre De Neef with his refined technical skills, and François Bayle with his creativity made up a team which was perfectly equipped to stage a number of well-received exhibitions of the work of Fabrizo La Torre - Museum of Ixelles (Brussels 2011), Principality of Monaco, an excellent Retrospective,(2014) and Bangkok (2019), which involved the presentation of the photos taken in Thailand between 1956 to 1961. Similar restoration work was performed on the photographic archives of the German photographer Jörg Krichbaum (d. 2002 in Brussels) and the remarkable photos of Rome...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"Camera Obscura", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Heather Neill's (US based) "Camera Obscura" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an old fashion camera with an open bird cage as steam from...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Woman by Stream in Traditional Robe and Hat
Located in Atlanta, GA
Oil on Canvas, signs by artist Asian Art Photorealism
Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

Japan Cherry Trees - Brussels - Contemporary Panoramic Color Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Panoramic view from the entrance of the Josaphat park in Brussels made from 12 pictures Pigment photographic paper - photography & fine art print © Jean Pierre De Neef The technique of assembling several images allows the production of a new very heavy file, the large number of pixels obtained offers a very detailed image And precise in the nuances of colors. We get an effect close to 3D and clarity giving a striking transparency effect. Artwork sold in perfect condition from a limited edition of 12 ex Jean-Pierre De Neef came to photography like a new convert to religion, convinced that it would lend meaning to his life. His path took him first to a photographic laboratory, having once been a Cibachrome expert, regularly visited by French art photographers who made their way to Brussels to consult him. Well-versed in modern high performance techniques, nowadays Jean-Pierre De Neef produces art photos for several internationally known photographers whose works can be found in galleries and fairs the world over. Twelve years ago Jean-Pierre De Neef’s encounter with François Bayle, art critic and curator of the works of various photographers for Brussels Art Edition, enabled him to pursue his passion in new fields. He was at the side of the Italian photographer Fabrizio La Torre (Rome 1921, Brussels 2014) in the last few years of his life, who entrusted him with detailed instructions for digitising his archives and explained to him the results he was seeking. Jean-Pierre De Neef with his refined technical skills, and François Bayle with his creativity made up a team which was perfectly equipped to stage a number of well-received exhibitions of the work of Fabrizo La Torre - Museum of Ixelles (Brussels 2011), Principality of Monaco, an excellent Retrospective,(2014) and Bangkok (2019), which involved the presentation of the photos taken in Thailand between 1956 to 1961. Similar restoration work was performed on the photographic archives of the German photographer Jörg Krichbaum (d. 2002 in Brussels) and the remarkable photos of Rome...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Ken Orton "Camwal", Bottle Still Life Photorealistic Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Ken Orton's "Camwal" is a 54x36 original oil painting on canvas. This painting depicts a still life setting featuring multiple antique bottles. The bottles range in size, color and shape, the most prominent of is the middle Camwal bottle. The window in the background adds depth and interest to the composition, and the rusty orange bottle color compliments the subtle soft blues and greens within the clear glass. The artist chooses to paint larger than life still lives, cropping in closely for more impact. Every detail from the reflections on the table, to the illusion of the raised letters on the bottles, is painted masterfully. About the artist: Ken Orton has dedicated his life to painting. His childhood was spent drawing the urban, industrial surroundings of Birmingham, England. At the Birmingham and then Manchester Colleges of Art he studied Art Education and after six years teaching in England accepted an offer to head the arts program at the Joan Miro Centro de Arte of the Baleares International School in Mallorca, Spain. For the next twenty years he would introduce the concepts of pictorial composition, color theory and draftsmanship to his students. Many of these students would go on to achieve great success in the many branches of the arts, architecture and music and remain close friends with their teacher to this day. An integral part of Orton’s perspective training for his students was the study of the ellipse. He often used glass cylinders to demonstrate how the perceived ellipses generated by variations in the circle's relationship to the eye-line could be used as a powerful tool in creating the appearance of a third dimension on a two dimensional surface. Later, after he had moved to America in 1999, he discovered a treasure trove of antique mason jars...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Just JAZZ
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
The photography on photo paper is stamped on the back by the author, certificate of origin will be added. Done in NY 1968 for a book about NY.
Category

Mid-20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

The "Two of Us"
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
The photography belongs to a cycle of photographies of NY, published in the book "New York", Verlag und Volk, Berlin 1967. Stamped by the author on the back, certificate will be incl...
Category

1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Whelk, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Whelk" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a broken pink and white hued Conch shell on a rustic canvas and teal background. About the Art...
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2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

‘The Shape of Her’, homage to Henry Moore BY CLARE GROSSMAN, Limited Edition Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Clare Grossman ‘The Shape of Her’, homage to Henry Moore’ Limited edition of 45 Solar plate etching on Somerset 300gsm paper. Actual plate/image size ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching

Yin Yang
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Yin Yang' depicts a historic San Francisco brick building with warm sunlight and shadows cascading across the fire escape and facade of the building with ins...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

China - 21st Century, Flag, Red, Pink, White, Great Wall of China, Pagoda
Located in Berlin, DE
China, 2010 Oil on canvas (Signed, front right middle) 14.96 H x 18.11 W in. 38 H x 46 W cm. The contemporary society is seen as an "extra-wrapped" society by the artist Mihai Flore...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

USA Boxer Steve Navarro, color photography, Boxing, Team Steve Navarro
Located in Houston, TX
The photograph of future Olympic boxing athlete by Mayumi Cabrera will be a HD c-print that is printed at 1200 dpi in New York. Ships in a tube if you ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

USA Boxer, Kurt Scoby, Pro boxer, Color photography, Mayumi Ramirez
Located in Houston, TX
Kurt Scoby : They said I wouldn’t amount to anything. So I let the words be spoken but I never listened to outside noise . I’m Kurt Scoby Pro boxer 2-0 From Duarte California with the vision of being undefeated in life , the beautiful struggle has brought me into the ring as I’m not only a fighter in the ring I’m a fighter outside the ring beating every obstacle that’s given to me . The color photograph of Kurt Scoby, a pro boxing athlete by Mayumi Cabrera...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Manon Cleary "Rat"
Located in Washington, DC
Photorealist oil painting by Manon Cleary (1942-2011). Painting is signed on reverse "Cleary". Painting is stretched on aluminum stretcher and dates to the 1990s. Manon Cleary had a remarkable ability to draw and paint with photographic fidelity, but she was also known as a charismatic teacher at the University of the District of Columbia and as a free spirit whose exuberant life may have been her most enduring work of art. Since the 1970s, Ms. Cleary had been at the center of a group of artists in Adams Morgan. She exhibited her meticulous artwork throughout the city and around the world, but she also became known for her striking presence, her colorful love life and the rats she kept as pets. As an artist, Ms. Cleary borrowed classical techniques from her deep study of Renaissance masters to create paintings and drawings memorable for their frank realism and sometimes disturbing themes. In addition to her many nude self-portraits, Ms. Cleary made erotically charged paintings of flowers. She took inspiration from a painful personal history in a series of works depicting the terror of rape and, in later years, of not being able to breathe without mechanical assistance. Critics considered her a leading figurative artist of the photo-realist school, in which painters render their subjects with camera-like precision. In fact, Ms. Cleary occasionally won awards for photography when adjudicators didn’t realize her works were free-hand creations. She was “widely acknowledged to be among the best, if not the best, of the city’s figurative painters,” Washington Post critic Michael O’Sullivan wrote in 2006. “There is a tension between the cool, clinical detachment of photography and painting’s warm idealization of form.” Ms. Cleary exhibited her art in galleries and museums from Moscow to Paris to Hickory, N.C., but Washington was her home for the past 42 years. In 1974, she settled in the decrepit Beverly Court apartments on Columbia Road NW, where a coterie of artists soon grew up around her. She painted her walls purple, and her fourth-floor apartment — even with the pet rats — became something of a bohemian salon. “She was a star,” painter Judy Jashinsky told the Washington City Paper in 2004. “She was stunning, beautiful; long, brownish–black hair; real thin; wore . . . little sundresses and sandals. She was just very cool, and there was always a crowd around her.” Ms. Cleary had a long list of male admirers, including several whose confrontational attempts at “performance art” led to their arrests. She had a brief marriage in 1981 to a Danish artist known as Tommy — “just Tommy,” Ms. Cleary said — whom she divorced in less than a year. As a kind of graphic homage to her various lovers, Ms. Cleary made a series of intimately revealing portraits that were featured years later on the HBO program “Real Sex.” She met her second husband after a gallery opening in Baltimore. By way of introduction, Kijek, a dancer, stripped naked at a crowded party, walked up to Ms. Cleary and said, “Wouldn’t you like me to pose for you?” They were married in 2001. In spite of her unconventional life, Ms. Cleary was more than a mere provocateur. After a day of teaching at UDC, she would return to her studio, with its windows painted over to block out sunlight, and work late into the night, with a bottle of Dr Pepper at her side. She took nude photographs of herself from every angle, then painstakingly created lifelike images that seemed alive with the warmth of human flesh. After studying in Rome in her youth, she developed what she called “an obsession” with Caravaggio, an iconoclastic painter who lived from 1573 to 1610. She often copied paintings at the National Gallery of Art and, in her own work, blended Renaissance styles with a distinctly modern sensibility. Manon Catherine Cleary was born Nov. 14, 1942, in St. Louis. Her father was a doctor, and her identical twin sister, Shirley Cleary-Cooper, is an artist in Helena, Mont. She was a 1964 graduate of Washington University in her home town and, for the rest of her life, was proud of having been a member of the Pi Phi...
Category

1990s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Silver Circus, hyper realistic colorful painting w/ abstract qualities
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas Doug Newton’s hyper-real paintings observe reality, explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light can transform our pe...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Sunlight", R.W. Hedge, Original Oil on Canvas, 30x40 in, Realist Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
Imagine standing a short distance from an ancient ledge, gazing across the awesome span of the canyon, with the sun beaming beyond the orange and white canyon rim. When you look clos...
Category

1990s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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