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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Period: 20th Century
Period: 1930s
Style: Photorealist
David Bowie 1972 Contact Sheet Print, Framed
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition contact sheet of print David Bowie by Barrie Wentzell, taken during an interview at 252 Regent Street, London in January 1972. One of the images was used on th...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Giclée
MAN RAY (1890-1976), MRS ROWELL, 1930 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976)
Title: MRS ROWELL
Date Of Negative: 1930
Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure.
Date Of Print: 1934 1st Ed...
Category
1920s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photogravure
David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open by Brian Duffy
By Brian Duffy
Located in Austin, TX
David Bowie Aladdin Sane "Eyes Open" print from Brian Duffy, taken during the phot shoot for the Aladdin Sane album cover.
Taken from the original 1973 negatives, these official Du...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Salita scivolosa a Trinità dei Monti - Roma, 1956 - Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork #1 / 5 sold in perfect condition printed on baryta heavyweight paper & framed (black metal border)
From the collection called "Art 2014", format 30x42 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bernard Sumner of New Order
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition 16x20" silver gelatin print of Bernard Sumner by Kevin Cummins. This stunning shot of the New Order frontman was taken in New York Cit...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
White Tulips, Photorealist Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: White Tulips
Year: 1980
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 40
...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Screen
Jack Nicholson on the sofa in his room at the Carlyle Hotel in 1981
Located in White Plains, NY
'Jack Nicholson on the sofa in his room at the Carlyle Hotel,' 1981 by famed American photographer, Allan Tannenbaum. Archival pigment print. 10 x 15 inch photo on 17 x 22 inch on th...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Pigment
David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open by Brian Duffy with gold frame
By Brian Duffy
Located in Austin, TX
David Bowie Aladdin Sane "Eyes Open" print from Brian Duffy, taken during the phot shoot for the Aladdin Sane album cover. This "Eyes Open" shot was introduced for the first time to promote the hugely successful David Bowie Is...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
MAN RAY (1890-1976), ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY, 1922 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976)
Title: ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY
Date Of Negative: 1922
Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure.
Date Of Print: 19...
Category
1920s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photogravure
Morrissey by Kevin Cummins
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition silver gelatin print of English singer and songwriter Morrissey, of English rock band, The Smiths, photographed in Dunham Massey, Greater Manchester on Septemb...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Les Fleurs à la Manière de Redon #7: Anemones, circa 1998, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Les Fleurs à la Manière de Redon #7: Anemones
Year: 1998
Medium: Oil on masonite
Size: 16 x 13.5 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of Ia...
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil, ABS
Rotondità, 1963 - Roma, Italy - Limited Edition Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Print called "Art 2014", format 42 x 60 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS + 2 AP
On Via del Tritone, an elegant exit from the small underground passage which m...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Houdini Stamps First Day of Issue Collection
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Collection of Twelve Items
Six of them are USA Day of Issue Houdini stamp Covers July 3, 2002
One is Hungary Day of Issue Houdini stamp 150th Anniversary of Houdini's birth Nove...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Paper
Er Fusto, Roma Ciampino Airport (1953) Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork :
The Fine Art print on Baryta paper is mounted on a 2mm dibo...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser (CIA-Roma) - Full Framed Fine Art Edition
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This photo was made in 1953, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (fram...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Frank Zappa by Lynn Goldsmith
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Frank Zappa taken in 1978 by Lynn Goldsmith
Signed limited edition #2/20 - signed, numbered and titled by Lynn Goldsmith
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Soho Saint (Fire Engine), Photorealist Screenprint by Ron Kleemann
By Ron Kleemann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ron Kleemann, American (1937 - 2014) - Soho Saint (Fire Engine), Year: 1976, Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 80, Image Size: 35.5 x 38.5 inc...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
Screen
The Landmark Tavern II, Photorealist Lithograph by Harry McCormick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Harry McCormick, American (1942 - ) - The Landmark Tavern II. Year: circa 1985, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP 60, Size: 26 x 31 in. (66.04 x 78.74 cm)
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Farm in the Woods at Sunset in the English Countryside with Warm Brown Colours
Located in Preston, GB
Farm in the Woods at Sunset in the English Countryside with Winter Trees and Warm Brown Colours, by 20th Century British Artist Christopher Osborne.
Art measures 12 x 8 inches
Fra...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Acqua e Fantasia, 1962 - Roma - Large size Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
An impressive flood of the Tiber had already battered the pontoons of the few rowing clubs in the city. The raging wav...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
ANCIENT STUFA - Sepia effect photograph, illegible shape, Italy 1990s
Located in Napoli, IT
Photograph on analog and photographic paper, signed and dated on back 1992. It depicts an antique stove, and the photo has been antiqued with a beautiful sepia effect,
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Market Day, Guatemala
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Market Day, Guatemala" c.1998, is a photograph by American artist Lisa Kristine, b.1965. It is stamp signed and titled on the back. The photograph size is 6.5 x ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Other Medium
David Bowie "He'd Blow Our Minds" by Sukita
Located in Austin, TX
16" x 20", signed limited edition print of David Bowie, titled "He'd Blow Our Minds" by Masayoshi Sukita.
This print is also available as a 30x40" signed limited edition print.
“...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Namaste
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Namaste" 2001, is a photograph (Cibachrome) by American artist Lisa Kristine, b.1965. It is hand signed, titled and dated in pencil by the artist. The photograph...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Other Medium
Universo bianco, Canada, 1955 - Limited Edition Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
During the 15 years during which he gave himself to photography, Fabrizio La Torre traveled to Italy, Europe, Nort...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pop Art Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print Audrey Flack Rolls Royce Lady Photo
By 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 ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer
Jimi Hendrix by Baron Wolman rare signed platinum print
By Baron Wolman
Located in Austin, TX
JIMI HENDRIX ON STAGE AT THE WINTERLAND BALLROOM IN SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY 1968.
One copy available
Signed limited edition #7/150
Rare signed platinum print with deckled bottom edge
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Platinum
Elvis Presley 1956 portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Fine art print of Elvis Presley from the collection of acclaimed photographer. Lynn Goldsmith, taken in 1956
These prints are open edition and come with full certification.
Availab...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
David Bowie & Twiggy Pin-Ups album cover, 1973 by Justin de Villeneuve
Located in Austin, TX
English model Twiggy poses with David Bowie in Paris for the cover of his ‘Pin Ups’ album, 1973, by Justin de Villeneuve
Justin recalls, "Twiggy and I were staying in the Bel Air Hotel in LA when Peter...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Jimi Hendrix at Monterey
By Ed Caraeff
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print by Ed Caraeff of Jimi Hendrix setting fire to his Fender Stratocaster guitar while performing at the Monterey Internat...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
La Bonna Violetta, Venice
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "La Bonna Violetta, Venice" 1983, Is a photographic print on paper by noted photographer Lydia Clarke Heston, 1923-2018. It is hand signed, titled, dated and insc...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Other Medium
Morrissey by Kevin Cummins
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition silver gelatin print of English singer and songwriter Morrissey, photographed whilst on his 'Kill Uncle' tour in Cologne, Germany, May 1991.
This Morrissey pr...
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dolly Parton ‘Here You Come Again’ 1974 by Ed Caraeff
By Ed Caraeff
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Dolly Parton taken during the cover session for her album ‘Here You Come Again’ on July 7, 1977 in Los Angeles, California by Ed Caraeff.
Signed limited edition print number 3/50
This stunning 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...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ian Curtis of Joy Division by Kevin Cummins
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition silver gelatin print of Ian Curtis by Kevin Cummins. Edition number 38/75
This iconic shot of the Joy Division singer was taken at T...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Patti Smith portrait by Lynn Goldsmith signed limited edition 16x20" print
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition 16x20"" print of Patti Smith taken in 1978 by Lynn Goldsmith.
Limited edition number 3/20
Modern C-type print. Available for immediate shipping.
Lynn Goldsm...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Debbie Harry Blondie 1977
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Debbie Harry of Blondie by Michael Brennan, taken at the studio on East 45th in Manhattan, New York, USA, Febru...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Ronnie Wood and David Bowie by Rolling Stones Bill Wyman, signed framed print
Located in Austin, TX
Ready to ship immediately. Free domestic US shipping.
Rolling Stones guitarist, Ronnie Wood and a camera- shy David Bowie at the Kellgren House in Los Angeles, September 3rd 1975 by...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Peter Max (Portrait of the Pop Artist)
By Theo Wujcik
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Theo Wujcik (1936-2014): Peter Max, 1970. Etching in black on wove paper. Unsigned.
3.5 x 4.25 in. (sheet), 10 x 9 in. (frame).
Custom welded brass frame with resolved corners and ...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
Etching
The Doors by Art Kane
By Art Kane
Located in Austin, TX
The Doors, taken in 1968 by Art Kane
The band shot that accompanied the Jim Morrison TV/Xray portrait in Life Magazine’s April 1968 ‘The New Rock’ photo essay. This photograph is an...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Jefferson Airplane 1968 for the cover of Life Magazine by Art Kane
By Art Kane
Located in Austin, TX
Taken for the cover of Life Magazine, Jefferson Airplane, 1968 by Art Kane
Art Kane pioneered the art of conceptual portraiture. He didn’t photograph artists doing their thing, he p...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Midtown Stillife
By Karol Kallay
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
The picture is a part of photographs which Kallay done in 1965 for a German book publisher about NYC.
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
The water carrier - Thailand 1959 - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 of 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
The water carrier - Thailand
This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork :
The Fine Art print on Baryt...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jimi Hendrix by Baron Wolman signed limited edition 16x20" print
By Baron Wolman
Located in Austin, TX
Jimi Hendrix by iconic photographer, Baron Wolman. Taken at the Travelodge Motel, San Francisco, February 1968
One copy available
Signed limited edition #30/175
20x16” hand printed ...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Second World War photograph, Lancaster bomber - G for George
Located in London, GB
Charles E. Brown
Lancaster bomber, G for George
Silver gelatine photograph
21 x 14 cm
This striking black and white photograph by Charles E. Brown showcases the magnificent Lancast...
Category
1940s Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
David Bowie "The First Time I Saw You" 1972 by Sukita
Located in Austin, TX
16" x 20", signed limited edition print of David Bowie, titled "The First Time I Saw You" by Masayoshi Sukita.
Limited edition number 2/30 - signed and numbered by Sukita
This pr...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
"FernLake" Cargo Ship at Sea - Company Chromolithograph on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"FernLake" Cargo Ship at Sea Chromolithograph on Canvas
Original Maiden Voyage of the FernLake Chromolithograph from the painting by Norwegian artist Carl B. Hestman (Norwegian, 19...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Printer's Ink, Photogravure, Lithograph, Stretcher Bars
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 2 - Roma - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 2 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jimi Hendrix by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, TX
Jimi Hendrix, London 1967 by Gered Mankowitz
A portrait of Jimi looking serious while in an embroidered jacket. "Shot during my first session with Jimi at my Studio in early 1967."
...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
David Bowie Aladdin Sane by Brian Duffy framed
By Brian Duffy
Located in Austin, TX
David Bowie Aladdin Sane album cover print from Brian Duffy
Taken from the original 1973 negative, these official Duffy Archive prints are open edition, authenticated with the offic...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Ivy Nicholson in New York for American Vogue, 1957
Located in Austin, TX
Model and future Factor Star, Ivy Nicholson in New York for American Vogue, 1957 by Norman Parkinson
NORMAN PARKINSON POSTHUMOUS LIMITED EDITION PRINTS ...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Fiat Lux, Roma 1962 - Contemporary Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in perfect condition
Limited Edition of 5 + 2 AP
: Fiat Lux. Religiously parked under the watchful gaze of the Blessed Virgin, the ca...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 2 - Roma - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 2 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Pigment
The Rolling Stones 1964 by Terry O'Neill
Located in Austin, TX
Rare, signed silver gelatin print, an early portrait of the Rolling Stones outside the Donmar rehearsal theatre, London, 1964
12x16" silver gelatin darkroom print, signed and number...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
AJ Foyt Cartwheel, Photorealist Screenprint by Ron Kleemann
By Ron Kleemann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ron Kleemann, American (1937 - 2014) - AJ Foyt Cartwheel, Year: 1977, Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 175, Image Size: 20 x 29.75 inches, Si...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
Screen
Audrey Flack On Painting (hand signed, dated and inscribed by Audrey Flack)
By Audrey Flack
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Flack
Audrey Flack On Painting (hand signed, dated and inscribed by Audrey Flack), 1981
Hardback monograph with dust jacket (hand signed, dated and inscribed by Audrey Flack)
...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Famiglia numerosa, Bangkok 1958 - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
Famiglia numerosa, Bangkok
This photo was made in 1958, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and th...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Paul McCartney
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Paul McCartney by Alec Byrne, taken in London in 1970.
This Alec Byrne signed limited edition prints is available in. the f...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
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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