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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
Framed Peonies
Located in Indianapolis, IN
A beautiful trompe l'oeil still life.
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

Cocktail Reflection
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Martini glass reflection. Measures 8 x 10 inches and is Unframed. Also available: 5 x 7 inches.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Bowl of Pears, " Large Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Charles Wildbank
Located in Long Island City, NY
This acrylic painting was created in a photorealistic style by American artist Charles Wildbank. It measures 48 x 60 inches and is signed in the lower left hand corner. It is in exce...
Category

1990s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Libby And Bumblebee, Guy Allen, Limited Edition Print, Animal Art, Black & White
Located in Deddington, GB
Please note the price is for the unframed original etching . Libby and Bumblebee is an original etching, engraved onto a copper plate, from which Guy Allen creates an impression of ink onto paper. To create his pieces, Guy Allen marries the traditional technique of etching with timeless subject matter and print making processes, for a more contemporary twist. Guy has adopted a unique approach to etching by using a stippling effect on the plate, a labour intensive pointillist technique which gives the images a detailed finish and highlights his skill in freeform drawing and etching. Image size: 29cm x 40cm Approximate size when framed: 45cm x 65cm Medium: Etching and gold leaf Edition size: 75 Year completed: 2017 Size: H:40 cm x W:29 cm Accomplished print maker Guy Allen (b.1987) grew up surrounded by Norfolk’s natural beauty. The theme of the animal world is central to Guy’s work and inspiration. His limited edition original etchings showcase his brilliant draftsmanship in a contemporary way. Guy graduated from Central Saint Martins School of Art in 2011, but discovered his passion for the traditional etching process while studying at the École Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 2010. In 2012 Guy trained as an assistant print maker at the highly respected Curwen Studios, Cambridge, under Mary Dalton and Stanley Jones, where he mastered other types of printmaking. Today Guy works as a full time artist, splitting his week between his London and Norfolk studios, accompanied by trusty wire haired...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Mick Jagger at home, London 1966 by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, TX
Mick Jagger in the hallway of his new apartment at Harley House, London, 1966 by Gered Mankowitz "I shot a series of photographs of each member of the band at home so that they did...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

Canadian Perennials -original realism oil painting for sale- contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. “Canadian Perennials” by Ann Goldberg is a masterful display o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rolling Stones Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood by Brian Aris
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition 16.5" x 23" print of Rolling Stones guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Woods, taken in Paris. Brian Aris limited edition prints, s...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Giclée

Ogni Giorno, Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Brand new painting entitled Ogni Giorno, Italian for Every Day. Inspired by a trip to Agrigento, Sicily. It shows a man working in a supermarket. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Sea 22., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Sea 22. Light blue water, sea, ocean, small waves, glare on the water, clear sky create an atmosphere of relaxation and romance. Made in the style of realism, light blue, white p...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Bob Marley 1972 portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition, silver print of Bob Marley, taken in the recording studio during the "I Can See Clearly Now" sessions with Johnny Nash, 1972 Alec Byrne...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin

The Rolling Stones "End Of The Banquet" London 1968
Located in Austin, TX
Outtake from the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, Hampstead, London, 1968, signed limited edition by Michael Joseph. F...
Category

1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

Philco Ford Television Design Drawing in Pencil and Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Design-quality illustration of a Philco Ford Television set by Edward T. Liljenwall (American, 1943-2010). The TV is expertly rendered against an olive green gradient background, wit...
Category

1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Color Pencil, Postcard

Au Sable Eagle - Photorealistic Portrait of a Female Bald Eagle, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Traditional portrait painting takes a twist when the subject is a majestic bald eagle. Artist Rick Pas delivers an extraordinarily realistic detailed portrait that almost feels tang...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Trafic jam in Bangkok -Thailand 1957 - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition Trafic Jam in Bangkok This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork : The Fine Art print on Baryta paper i...
Category

1950s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Art, from American Signs portfolio
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT COTTINGHAM Art, from American Signs portfolio, 2009 screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, 40 1/8 x 39 1/8 in (101.9 x 99.4 cm) signed, dated `2009' and...
Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Art

Materials

Screen

Il passo sospeso del pedone, Roma 1962 - Full Framed Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in perfect condition Limited Edition of 5 + 2 AP This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork : The Fine Art print on Baryta paper is mounted o...
Category

1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Gary Clark Jr backstage
Located in Austin, TX
Gary Clark Jr taken in his dressing room, backstage at the Fillmore West, San Francisco by Ben Sklar Available in the following sizes: 16" x 20" - Edition 20 - signed and numbered b...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Sun Is Hiding, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Realistic painting of a dandelions field in late evening 70x50x2 cm, on high quality stretched canvas. Contre-jour lighting effect. Painted edges (sides) of a canvas, ready to han...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

Kate Moss at sixteen
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Kate Moss by Jake Chessum, taken when she was an unknown 16 year old model, just starting her career. Jake recalls, "I had heard of Kate as she was...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Flowering Hillside, grayscale photorealist graphite landscape drawing, 2018
Located in New York, NY
In her newest landscape drawing, Flowering Hillside, Mary Reilly explores the full tonal depth of graphite. She finds all of the soft subtleties of gray in her movement from the mome...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Field of Flowers 1, photorealist graphite floral drawing, 2016
Located in New York, NY
Reilly uses a toning technique to endow her graphite works with a smooth, seamless quality. Rather than distinct outlines, her flower petals glide gracefully into the surrounding spa...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Graphite

Kiss - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Love, Joyful, Realism, Minimalism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey: "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with c...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Ice and Rugosa" Photorealist oil painting of a white ice machine with blue sky
Located in Edgartown, MA
From an incandescent sunset on Long Island Sound to an iconic pop-kitsch ice storage bin at the neighborhood corner store, Rob Brooks offers us a visual journey from the real to surr...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marc Bolan T-Rex 1971 portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Marc Bolan and T-Rex by Alec Byrne, taken in London c. 1971 This Alec Byrne signed limited edition prints is available in. ...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Aguas Cristalinas -original modern realism waterscape painting -contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Alina Hubarenko’s “Aguas Cristalinas” mesmerizes with its port...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Joseph Piccillo Dancer Hyperrealism Black and White (Dancer with Chick) Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original graphite, oil paint and collage on canvas by American contemporary artist Joseph Piccillo.
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Graphite

"1965 Ford Mustang Grill - Dynasty Green" by Shan Fannin, Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"1965 Ford Mustang Grill - Dynasty Green" by Shan Fannin is an original acrylic painting depicting a close up view of a Mustang ornament cast in blue light. Born 1969 in California,...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Waiting in the Wings, Photorealist Ballet Screenprint by Douglas Hofmann
By Douglas Hoffman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Douglas Hofmann, American (1945 - ) Title: Ballerinas Year: Circa 1990 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Image Size: 33.5 x 20 inches Frame Size...
Category

1990s Photorealist Art

Materials

Screen

Switzerland (Valais, Church of Rarogne) Photographic Travel Poster Mountains
By Philipp Giegel
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage travel posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find th...
Category

1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pop Art Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print Audrey Flack Tarot Card, Skull Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and titled in ink by the artist from edition of 50 (plus proofs). Color Photo printed at CVI Lab by master printer Guy Stricherz. Published by Prestige Art Ltd. From the ...
Category

1980s Photorealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer

Riders Through Time and Space
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original oil painting on linen by artist Joseph McGurl. Framed.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

RAM C&N RR -Steel Bridge, Chicago Skyscraper, Contemporary Photorealist Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
I’ve always been attracted to the built environment. Bridges are a great subject. Each one is specially engineered to solve the problem of how to get across the void. While usually n...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Suisse - Chutes du Rhin - Rheinfall - Waterfalls: 1925 Swiss original poster
Located in London, GB
Suisse Chutes du Rhin Original lithographic poster (1925) 40x25"
Category

1920s Photorealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Tulips II, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
My work "Tulips II" is part of a new series of paintings inspired by different types of flowers, it is an opportunity to deeply study their textures and colors. During my career a...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

After Leiter 1, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Hello, Hope you are all well. I was recently inspired by a Saul Leiter photographic exhibition and I will produce a series based on his work. The scenes are from 1960s America and...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

Primeval Landscape, Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Primeval Landscape Year: 1985 Medium: Acrylic on double layered Masonite Size: 16 x 19 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, ...
Category

1980s Photorealist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Masonite

"Jen's White Roses" by Daniel Sprick, Still Life Oil Painting of Roses
Located in Denver, CO
Daniel Sprick's (US based) "Jen's White Roses" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts white roses in a clear vase. About the artist: "Upon first glance, viewers might ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

The Comic Wood Duck- Photorealistic Portrait of a Duck on Pink Backdrop, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Taking a cue from celebrity publicity headshots, artist Rick Pas presents us with "The Comic Wood Duck". The duck takes on human characteristics, as if laughing at the camera, its colorful plumage set off by the pink backdrop. This piece is framed in a simple black frame measuring 15 x 15 inches. Rick Pas The Comic Wood Duck acrylic on panel 12h x 12w in 30.48h x 30.48w cm RPA018 ARTIST'S STATEMENT Creating is an addiction. With all the highs and lows you would expect. I am interested in the surface textures and creating paintings that portray them in realistic detail. Hopefully a viewer will feel they can run a hand over the feathers and moss, or grasp an object in the painting. This detail is usually composed in an abstract design. The design can occur naturally or be arranged by me. RESUME Rick Pas b. 1958, Flint, MI Education Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI - Bachelor of Fine Arts - Pearson Art Scholarship SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2022 Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL, Take Flight William Baczek Fine Arts, Animal Kingdom & Winter National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY, Western Visions Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK, Braveheart 2021 William Baczek Fine Arts, 25th Anniversary Exhibition 2020 William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Gallery Victor Armendariz, The Palette of Pride 2019 The James Museum, St. Petersburg, FL, Environmental Impact II Lovetts Gallery, Realism, Reveries, & Rhapsody Gallery Victor Armendariz, New Work 2018 Gallery Victor Armendariz, Front and Center Corporate Art Advisory, Chicago, IL, Portraits and Places: Redefining Realism William Baczek Fine Arts, Animal Kingdom Lovetts Gallery, Rear Window 2017 William Baczek Fine Arts, Winter, Animal Kingdom, Summer Lovetts Gallery, The Good, the Bad, and the WTF? & Red 2016 William Baczek Fine Arts, 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Summer, & Landscape Exhibition Monroe Community Church, Grand Rapids, MI, ArtPrize Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition Lovetts Gallery, Cauldron 2015 William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer JW Marriott, Grand Rapids, MI, ArtPrize Handwright Gallery, New Canaan, CT, Small Works Ann Brierly Gallery, Winnetka, IL, Ann Nathan Gallery Satellite Exhibition RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, A Magical Menagerie 2014 William Baczek Fine Arts, Spring & Landscape Exhibition 2013 Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH, Environmental Impact Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI, Interspecies 2012 Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art, Midland, MI, The Nature of Art: An Invitational Exhibition William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Exhibition Ann Nathan Gallery, Group Exhibition Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids, MI, A Natural Selection Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI, Art and the Animal Gallery Project, Extremes & Umvelt 2010 William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Group Exhibition Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI, Juried Fine Arts Exhibition San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA, Art and the Animal 2009 West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology, Grand Rapids, MI, ArtPrize William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI, Michigan Fine Arts Competition Gallery Project, Shrines and Altars Ann Nathan Gallery, Fall Group Exhibition 2008 William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Group Exhibition Gallery Project, Animal Intelligence Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, MI, The Natural Eye Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI, Art and the Animal 2007 William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Group Exhibition 2006 WARD Gallery, Harbor Springs, MI, New Dimensions in the Natural World Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT, Art and the Animal Gallery Project, Nature Reperceived 2005 Light Street Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Animal House Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT, Art of the Animal Kingdom The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO, AMERICAN BIRDS: A Flight Through Time WARD Gallery, Summer Celebration 2004 Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC, Contemporary Realism Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ, Art and the Animal Washington Street Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI, Fifth Year Celebration 2003 Fraser Gallery, Georgetown International 2001 Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA, 57th Juried Exhibition Wild Wings, Lake City, MN, Fall Festival 2000 Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Birds in Art (Also 1983-85, 1987, 1992, 1994) Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI, Midwest Winter Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY, National 2000 1993 Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wildlife: the Artist's View (Also 1990) 1992 National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY, Arts for the Parks (Also 1990) 1989 College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Neighbors, Photorealist Lithograph by Harry McCormick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Harry McCormick, American (1942 - ) - Neighbors. Year: circa 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, AP, Image Size: 12 x 23 inches, Size: 17 in. x 28 ...
Category

1970s Photorealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Ocean Reef" by Cees Penning, Original Oil on Board painting, 42 in. x 66 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
Step into a world where the ocean's vibrant life is captured with breathtaking precision in Cees Penning's photo-realistic painting. This oversized masterpiece immerses viewers in a ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Pop Art Vintage Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print "In My Life" Audrey Flack
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and titled in ink by the artist from edition of 50 (plus proofs). Color Photo printed at CVI Lab by master printer Guy Stricherz. Published by Prestige Art Ltd. From the color saturated 1980's. "In My Life" featuring flowers, a lit candle, dice, an Oriental rug, music notes. a pocket watch and a small porcelain box...
Category

1980s Photorealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer

XI Crocus Hyridus Hort
Located in Long Island City, NY
XI Crocus Hyridus Hort Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–1993) Date: 1976 Oil on Canvas, signed, titled, and dated verso Size: 50 x 36 in. (127 x 91.44 cm)
Category

1970s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paloma, Photorealist Screenprint by Harry McCormick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Harry McCormick, American (1942 - ) - Paloma. Year: circa 1990, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, Size: 26 in. x 40 in. (66.04 cm x 101.6 cm)
Category

Early 1900s Photorealist Art

Materials

Screen

Just a perfect day, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Inspired by The Turks And Caicos ocean colors Different shades of blue tones, turquoise, teal, aqua, gold and white This painting does not need to be framed, the painted image exte...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Vintage American School Signed Super Realist Kitchen Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed still life oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed.
Category

1980s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Anne Wolff, "And They're Off", Equine Racing Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This equine racing painting "And They're Off" by artist Anne Wolff is a 27x36 original oil painting on canvas. Depicted is a nose to nose line up of four race horses in colorful sil...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

In the mood for love, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original Mixed Media ocean painting Unique ocean painting with white sand beach and frothy splashing waves, inspired by The Turks And Caicos Islands Different shades of blue, ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Acrylic

"Engine 101" Dalmatian NYFD Super realism Oil on Canvas, 2020 Fantasy painting
Located in Southampton, NY
When viewing a painting by Matthew Grabelsky you can immediately see the great technical skill required, the sense of humor and the concept of the pa...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Wave, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original Mixed Media ocean painting Unique ocean painting with white sand beach and frothy splashing waves, inspired by The Turks And Caicos Islands Different shades of blue, ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Acrylic

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

Canvas, Oil

Tribute to Baroco Art - Napoli (IT) - Contemporary Panoramic Color Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Pigment photographic paper - photography & fine art print © Jean Pierre De Neef Artwork # 3 sold in perfect condition from a limited edition of 12 ex- Composition from an assembly ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"Strawberry Glaze" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Strawberry Glaze" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pink glazed donut. Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1986 and moved t...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Raquel Welch
Located in Austin, TX
Modern edition, C-Type print estate stamped and authenticated on reverse by a representative of the Eva Sereny archive. American film star and sex symbol Raquel Welch...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

Jonquil Williamson, Plums with Pittisporum, Original Contemporary Still Life Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Jonquil Williamson Plums with Pittisporum Original Painting Oil on Canvas Image Size: 25 cm x 25 cm x 1.5 cm Framed Size: 39 cm x 39 cm x 4 cm Sold Framed (double style tray frame, wood, painted white) Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look. Plums with Pittisporum is an original oil painting by Jonquil Williamson. I enjoy taking everyday objects from my house and combining them with fruit and sprigs of foliage from my garden as the seasons change. I like combining the vibrancy of the fruit with muted surroundings and colourful foliage. Jonquil paints with oils. Colour is the dominant driver in all her works, creating vibrant still life and rich tonal landscapes. Following a Diploma in Art and Design in 2013, she joined the vibrant artists’ community, Wimbledon Art...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gabriel’s Pavilion Variation II
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Gabriel’s Pavilion Variation II Year: 1980 Medium: Pencil on Arches paper Size: 29 x 41 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Fischbach Gallery, Ne...
Category

1980s Photorealist Art

Materials

Pencil

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

Just JAZZ
Just JAZZ
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Mini Blanton
Located in Indianapolis, IN
A striking work, presented in a superior quality 22K gold gilt frame.
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

"Luminalia" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Luminalia" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a candle with a dusky evening sky. Mia Bergeron's interest in art was cultivated early on, b...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel, Wax

"Iceland 2", photography by Mikael Lafontan (47x59in), 2014
Located in Paris, France
"Iceland 2", colour photograph of a mountainous landscape (Iceland) by Mikael Lafontan. Mikael Lafontan is a French-Swedish artist, born in 1968. He has been living and working in P...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Lambda

Original Vienna Austria Photographic Travel Poster Eglise des Freres Mineurs
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage travel posters, many of which are from Austria, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the poster you want. Anton Tusch (photographer) Eglise des Freres...
Category

1950s Photorealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

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