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.
Style: Photorealist
Color: Orange
Higher than Clouds Portrait Contemporary art Original oil Painting One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich
Title: Higher than Clouds,
Sise: 39.5x47.5 inches, (100x120 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Hand painted, original, one of a kind.
What's higher than the clouds? This happy...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Snapshot Series No. 2 (Iris), photorealist colored pencil still life drawing
Located in New York, NY
David Morrison's freshly bloomed Magnolia and Iris drawings further his play with artifice and hyperrealism. Cream and rose-colored blossoms seem to jump boldly from their branches. ...
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2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Color Pencil, Paper
"Apricity", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
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Artist S...
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2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
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Marc Bolan T-Rex 1971 portrait
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Marc Bolan and T-Rex by Alec Byrne, taken in London c. 1971
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
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Archival Pigment
Wood Stock from Abruzzo - Italy - Contemporary Panoramic Color Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Pigment photographic paper - photography & fine art print © Jean Pierre De Neef
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Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
AROMATICO, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Wood Stock from Abruzzo - Italy - 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-...
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2010s Photorealist Art
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Archival Pigment
Bakhtiyari Girls - Kermanshah
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Artist
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Paper
Orange Under Wraps
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1948
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2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Fushimi Inari-taisha
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title: "Fushimi Inari-taisha"
Medium: Custom Archival Pigment Print on Archival Paper
Date: 2019
Dimensions: 8 x 10 in.
Signed, dated and inscribed on la...
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2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Two Picardie Glasses, colorful, photo realistic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
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Category
2010s Photorealist Art
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White Rabbit Yellow
By Paul Urzica
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Born in Transylvania, Romania and of Hungarian origin, Paula Urzica lives and works in London, England. She is known for her hyperrealist paintings depicting large-scale macaroons.
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Oil
Tropical Sizzle Palm
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. Kathleen brings a fresh, clean perspective to her colorf...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
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Tangerine Heat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. Kathleen brings a fresh, clean perspective to her colorf...
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Orange Cupcakes
Located in Fairfield, CT
Framed size: 9.5x12.5"
I love junk food. Who doesn’t? In my latest series of paintings, I am presenting snippets of childhood.. images that I like to look at. Presenting these ob...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
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The name Photorealism (also known as Hyperrealism or Superrealism) was coined in reference to those artists whose work depended heavily on photographs, which they often projected onto canvas allowing images to be replicated with precision and accuracy. The exactness was often aided further by the use of an airbrush, which was originally designed to retouch photographs. The movement came about within the same period and context as Conceptual art, Pop art, and Minimalism and expressed a strong interest in realism in art, over that of idealism and abstraction.
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Photorealist art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist art 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 art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, purple, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Alex Sher, Gregory Block, Lowell Nesbitt, and Ian Hornak. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Photorealist art, so small editions measuring 0.79 inches across are also available. Prices for art 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 $11 and tops out at $585,000, while the average work sells for $2,404.
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