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
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Abstract Color Conceptual Photographic Print, "Floating" 2014
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original photographic print from Southern California artist Michal Greenboim. It is a close up color print that is 13" x 19" x 0.5" (HxLxD) and is edition 5 of 10. It is u...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Color
Close Up Nature Color Photographic Print, "Butterflies" 2015
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original photographic print from Southern California artist Michal Greenboim. It is a close up color print that is 13" x 19" x 0.5" (HxLxD) and is edition 5 of 10. It is u...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Color
Close Up Nature Color Photographic Print, "Dancers" 2014
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original photographic print from Southern California artist Michal Greenboim. It is a close up color print that is 13" x 19" x 0.5" (HxLxD) and is edition 5 of 10. It is u...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Animal Skin, Color
Close Up Nature Color Photographic Print, "White Hair" 2014
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original photographic print from Southern California artist Michal Greenboim. It is a close up color print that is 13" x 19" x 0.5" (HxLxD) and is edition 5 of 10. It is u...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Color
Close Up Nature Color Photographic Print, "White Strings" 2015
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original photographic print from Southern California artist Michal Greenboim. It is an abstract color print that is 13" x 19" x 0.5" (HxLxD) and is edition 5 of 10. It is ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Color
Close Up Nature Color Photographic Print, "Daisy" 2015
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original photographic print from Southern California artist Michal Greenboim. It is a close up nature color print that is 13" x 19" x 0.5" (HxLxD) and is edition 5 of 10. ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Color
Abstract Color Conceptual Photographic Print, "Sparks" 2015
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original photographic print from Southern California artist Michal Greenboim. It is an abstract color print that is 13" x 19" x 0.5" (HxLxD) and is edition 5 of 10. It is ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Paroles de femmes (Women's words, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A red moouth in a white plastic bag on a black background :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready t...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
"Portrait of MiKyoung with Camera" - Silver Gelatin Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Portrait of MiKyoung with Camera" - Silver Gelatin Photograph - Edition (5)
Dramatic black and white portrait of a woman by Dale Sparage (American, b. 1954). A woman named MiKyoung is standing, wearing a dark dress and furry hat. She is holding two bird of paradise flowers and looking directly at the camera. Off to the left, there is a vintage camera at the edge of the frame.
Artist's information on verso.
Presented in a white mat and a black aluminum frame.
Frame size: 20.5"H x 16.25"W
Image size: 9"H x 9"W
Dale Sparage (American, b. 1954) is a photographer and artist from Detroit, Michigan. She completed her BFA with honors from York University in Canada, and an MFA in painting from Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan. She has taught at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, University of Michigan, and The School for Visual Arts at the Toledo Museum of Art. She is currently working on an MFA in Photography at Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Her ongoing work on photographing women...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Blue Crabs and Fishing Ball, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Blue Crabs on an old boat rudder with a Japanese fishing ball. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Al Pasino, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Al Pacino is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. The portrait is painted in oil on linen canvas. Realism. It is varnished, the sides are painted in the color of the painti...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
LOL, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
LOL written with gold balloons on a pink background :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Water Sketch II - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white nude photograph of a young woman in the pool.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment print on archival paper wi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
I LOVE YOU, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"I LOVE YOU" made with red and gold balloons on a black background. Several layers of paint, using traditionnal tools, :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an offici...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Time To Grow - Hyperrealist Botanical Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With a contemporary perspective on landscape painting and inspired by paintings created by old masters, German artist Katharina Husslein paints in a representational manner to captur...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Striking Photographic Landscape of a Cactus , "Beautiful Danger" 2023
Located in San Diego, CA
These are photographic prints done on sheets of metal by the Southern California artist Doug Dolde. There are three available sizes, 18" x 24", 24" x 32", 30" x 40". They are 1 of 30...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Color
Les bulles II (Bubbles II), Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Soap bubbles on a black background. Fine canvas with several layers of paint. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Cotton Plantation
Located in KRAKÓW, PL
Cotton Plantation is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Tadeusz Zych from the series entitled Black and white states. The photo was taken during a trip...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Les roses rouges (The red roses), Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Red roses on a white background Several layers of paint on a fine canvas :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the a...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Affectionate waves., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Affectionate waves. The sea, clear skies, waves, sea foam, sun glare on the water create an atmosphere of relaxation and romance. Made in the style of realism. Part of a permanent se...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Missouri Highway
Located in KRAKÓW, PL
"Missouri Highway" is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Tadeusz Zych from the series entitled Black and white States. The photo was taken during a tri...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
New York to Sydney via LAX, SFO, HNL, & TYO - Photorealistic Painting on Canvas
By Ross Tamlin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ross Tamlin's unique photorealistic compositions merge traditional painting methods with modern industrial techniques to create captivating works of art. Using layers of oil and enamel paint, Tamlin creates an illusion of corrugation that adds depth and texture to his pieces. His use of industrial imagery and found objects is a nod to contemporary art, while his bold color palette and incorporation of text is a nod to the Pop Art movement.
Tamlin created this one-of-a-kind, vibrant, and colorful painting measuring 54-inches high by 44-inches wide and 1.25 inches deep with oil and enamel paint on canvas. The sides of the canvas are painted in a continuation of the front, eliminating the need for framing. In addition to being signed by the artist on the front, the artwork also comes with a certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery. The certificate guarantees the authenticity and provenance of the artwork. Free local Los Angeles are delivery. Affordable U.S. and worldwide shipping available.
In this artwork, Tamlin reworks the traditional idea of landscape painting by incorporating text and familiar places' names, such as Metropolitan cities, painted in large letters over the colorful photorealistic painted corrugated metal. This photorealistic painting by Ross...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Enamel
Summer Garden Study VI by Dylan Lloyd, Contemporary painting, botanical art
Located in Deddington, GB
Summer Garden Study VI by Dylan Lloyd [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Oil on Linen Board
Image size: H:30 cm x W:20 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:20 c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Linen, Oil, Board
Shadow on Daytona Beach
Located in KRAKÓW, PL
"Shadow on Daytona Beachis" a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Tadeusz Zych from the series entitled Black and white States. The photo was taken during...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Heart & Soul Opens No. 4 - Photorealistic Painting of Powerful Ocean Waves
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Steven Nederveen's art is a testament to the complex and ever-evolving relationship between humans and nature. His vivid nature scenes, often seemingly uplifting and idyllic, also reveal the darker aspects of our connection with the natural world. Through his work, Nederveen explores the dualities of our relationship with nature - the love and destruction that can coexist within us. His masterful use of color and light illuminates the beauty and mystery of natural environments such as oceans and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Things are Looking Up" Charcoal Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
Tammy Liu-Haller's "Things are Looking Up" is an original, handmade charcoal and graphite drawing that depicts a fox in profile looking upwards towards the s...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Summer Flowers Bouquet on Black Background, Limited Edition Still Life, Giclee
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive limited edition color Giclée print, printed on matte photographic paper.
This exquisite still life photo, shows a classy bouquet beautifully lit with soft light...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, C Print, Giclée
"VERITAS" Truth", Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
The question "What is truth?" is a hot topic, especially today. Truth"”at times affronted and manipulated"”can elicit the nuances of shadow and light. But t...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Sailing trip., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Sailing trip. The work is written with inspiration, positively. Nature: seascape, clear sky over the ocean, light reflected from the incoming waves, glare of the sun on the water, se...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Pablo Genoves Spanish Artist Original Hand Signed photography n2
Located in Miami, FL
"Pablo Genoves (Spain, 1959)
'Deseos flotantes II', 2005
photography on paper
27.6 x 27.6 in. (70 x 70 cm.)
Edition of 35
ID: GEN1701-002-035
Hand-signed by author in pencil"
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Wave", Oleg Turchin, Oil on Canvas, 30x47, Photorealism Original Oil Seascape
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
Oleg Turchin's "Waves" is an oil on canvas that measures 30" x 47". The painting is a beautiful photorealistic seascape of the blue and white ocean waves crashing in on a brown sandy beach on a stormy day. The artist's attention to detail, perspective, and refinement of the scene brings together a painting true to the scenery. The painting is not stretched at the moment but can be stretched and shipped within 3 days.
Blending photorealism and surrealism, Oleg achieves a signature style of his own. The beauty of nature bursts off the canvas with vibrant life. Oleg Turchin is a Moldovan artist, born in 1964. He studied at the Sciusev children’s art...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Taking Flight by Josephine Cardin Contemporary Fashion photography
Located in DE
Artist: Josephine Cardin
Medium: Photography
Limited edition of 30
Cardin uses a mix between photography and painting to develop her contemporary figurative art, inspired by music...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
"Burning I" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Burning I" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a dollar bill in flames.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1986 and moved to C...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Pablo Genoves Spanish Artist Original Hand Signed photography n1
Located in Miami, FL
"Pablo Genoves (Spain, 1959)
'Deseos flotantes I', 2005
photography on paper
27.6 x 27.6 in. (70 x 70 cm.)
Edition of 35
ID: GEN1701-001-035
Hand-signed by author in pencil"
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Guardian
By Glenn Ness
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery.
Glenn Ness is recognized for his photorealistic oil paintings of vacant backyards, landscapes, urban streets, and interiors. Ness’s composition...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Land Fall, by John Gibson (screen print of stacked colorful spheres)
Located in New York, NY
This print has a deep blue background and brightly colored red and orange billiards balls.
John Gibson has been painting delicate still-life arrangements of balls since the 1990s. T...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Screen
"Reclining Nude in Green" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Reclining Nude in Green" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 11.5 in H x 1...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Panel, Canvas, Oil
SEGUIMI, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
DETAILS: Oil on canvas, size 20x40x1.5 inches - 50x100x4 cm - Sides are painted to match the painting SUPPORT: gallery canvas, wrapped around the sides and stapled to the back SI...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Morning Meditation
By Glenn Ness
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery.
Glenn Ness is recognized for his photorealistic oil paintings of vacant backyards, landscapes, urban streets, and interiors. Ness’s composition...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"English Teddy Bear Company, " Watercolor by Bruce McCombs
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"English Teddy Bear Company" is an original signed watercolor by Bruce McCombs. It depicts the front window display of a toy store. The window allows the viewer to peek inside but al...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Light on the water 2., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Light on the water 2. The shining of the ocean, small waves, the glare of the sun on the water create an atmosphere of relaxation, romance. Made in the style of realism. Part of a pe...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Young Man Rising up out of the Sea
Located in New Orleans, LA
A signed Certificate of Authority will be included with all photographs. A nude young man is seen rising from the sea after his swim.
This impression is printed on Hahnemuhle archi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Digital, Photographic Paper
Soft Dance - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 35"х23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A black and white photograph of a naked young woman diving in a pool. The woman is coming from the depth up toward the surface and her body reflects in the internal water surface.
O...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Flora Odyssey N°3
Located in Deddington, GB
Diasec® mounting is a time proven system that has set the benchmark for face mounting photographic and fine art prints. Developed in the late 1960’s Diasec® was the first system that...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Color of Money
By Max Ferguson
Located in Greenwich, CT
Born in New York City in 1959, Max Ferguson started as a filmmaker, making
award-winning animated films as a teenager. But it was while he was a visiting
student at an art school in ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
"Sleepyhead" Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
Tammy Liu-Haller's "Sleepyhead" is an original, handmade charcoal and graphite drawing that depicts a cow sleeping on the ground.
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Soft Dance - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 24"х16"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A black and white photograph of a naked young woman diving in a pool. The woman is coming from the depth up toward the surface and her body reflects in the internal water surface.
O...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
'Shallow Waters' Contemporary Blue Photorealist painting of the sea, sand, rocks
By Marc Esteve
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Shallow Waters' is a realist Contemporary Seascape Painting by Marc Esteve. Sea, sand and waves make for a composition that is beautiful and tranquil. You can hear the rolling waves...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Maquina 1
Located in New York, NY
Black and white photography in Cuba.
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital, Digital Pigment
Her Soul, I Saw -by Josephine Cardin Contemporary Fashion photography
Located in DE
Artist: Josephine Cardin
Medium: Photography
Limited edition of 30
Cardin uses a mix between photography and painting to develop her contemporary figurative art, inspired by music...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
Joy / Swimming / Pool / Underwater / Photo-transparency Painting / Eric Zener
By Eric Zener
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Joy"
18 x 24 inches
Unique
Photo transparency with resin, paint and silver or gold leaf, on a wood panel.
Eric Zener (b. 1966) is a self-taught photorealist artist recognized fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Foil
Greek Beach Bliss, Handmade Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, Swimming Body in Blue
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Greek Beach Bliss" is a cyanotype of a woman's feet in the fresh water of a sandy beach shore...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Pap...
No Way - black and white nude photograph - print on aluminum 23" x 36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A black and white photograph of a perfect woman's buttocks and her handcuffed hands giving a finger.
Original digital print on aluminum plate signed by the artist.
Limited edition o...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Metal
Western Lullabys N°4, Statement Floral Art, Dramatic Realist Still Life Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Diasec® mounting is a time proven system that has set the benchmark for face mounting photographic and fine art prints. Developed in the late 1960’s Diasec® was the first system that...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Metal
Flight
By Glenn Ness
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery.
Glenn Ness is recognized for his photorealistic oil paintings of vacant backyards, landscapes, urban streets, and interiors. Ness’s composition...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Tuck
By Glenn Ness
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery.
Glenn Ness is recognized for his photorealistic oil paintings of vacant backyards, landscapes, urban streets, and interiors. Ness’s composition...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pomegranate, photorealist fruit still life drawing, colored pencil
Located in New York, NY
David Morrison’s new series of drawings are regal in their naturalism. Morrison uses his extreme attention to detail to give equal weight to both the fruit's delicate features and si...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Under the cover of a Crane Contemporary art Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich
Title: Under the cover of a Crane,
Sise: 35.5x43.5 inches, (90x110 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Hand painted, original, one of a kind.
This oil pai...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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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