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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
Infinity - underwater black and white nude photograph - archival paper 17"x22"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a topless female dancer in the pool. Original gallery quality print signed by the artist. Digital archival pigment print on archival pap...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Boats Sailing At Sunset, Santa Cruz - Color Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Boats Sailing At Sunset, Santa Cruz - Color Photograph Color photograph of sailboats at sunset in front of the Breakwater Lighthouse in Santa Cruz, California by John F. Hunter (American). The viewer looks out towards the ocean as multiple colorful sailboats sail...
Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Art

Materials

Ink, Photographic Paper

The Clash by Janet Macoska, framed 20x24" signed limited edition print
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Bassist Paul Simonon and lead singer Joe Strummer of British punk rock band The Clash backstage at the Agora Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio on February 13, 1979, by Janet Macoska Framed, signed limited edition number 2/25 Frame measures 32" x 25" x 1" Recently framed with an 8ply mat, in new, perfect condition Since 1974, Janet Macoska has been capturing rock’s greatest on film. Among the publications who have used her photos are Rolling Stone, People, Vogue, American Photo, Creem, MOJO, NY Times and London Times. VH1, Bravo, A&E and the BBC regularly use Macoska’s vast archive in their “rockumentaries.” Her work is in the permanent collection of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Smithsonian Museum of American History, The National Portrait Gallery in London and in Hard Rock Cafe restaurants, hotels and casinos all around the planet. David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, The Clash, DEVO, Heart, Hall and Oates...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

Bambini per la strada, New York, 1955 Limited Edition Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Bambini per la strada, New York décembre 1955 - Black and White Photography Artwork sold in perfect condition During the 15 year period in which Fabrizio La Torre dedicated himself t...
Category

1950s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

David Bowie smoking portrait by Kevin Cummins
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition 16x20" silver gelatin print of David Bowie by Kevin Cummins, taken in a studio during rehearsals for the It’s My Life Tour with his band Tin Machine, Dublin, I...
Category

1990s Photorealist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

First Looks over Canada, 1955 - # 1 Limited Edition Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition Coffret Collector including 6 Fine Art Prints During the 15 years during which he gave himself to photography, Fabrizio La Torre traveled to Italy, Europe, North America and Asia. From everywhere he brought back photos that tell of the human, universal and soul-filled condition, to which he was so sensitive. Here is First Look at Canada, where Fabrizio La Torre stayed in November and December 1955, on a 6-month trip to North America which also took him to Canada and California. In Montreal, he could not resist the urge to travel aboard the "Canadian", the most modern and luxurious version of the Canadian Pacific train, inaugurated a few months earlier, on April 24, 1955. And even if the official story of this company claims that as from this inauguration the train was pulled by modern diesel locomotives, the heavy steam engines are still used, to the delight of the photographer who knows how to play with their big white plumes. In stations, on platforms, steam is everywhere; while the temperature is around - 30°C, steam is welcome to thaw the axles, often blocked by ice. 1 - "The Rex Hotel", Toronto, November 1955. A cold, grey day with snow not far away, silhouettes of men in...
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1950s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Willie Nelson playing pool
Located in Austin, TX
Willie Nelson, taken playing pool at the Pedernales Studio's in 1983 by photographer Scott Newton Signed limited edition print, printed on heavyweight co...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Two bellow a Tree Photography Paris Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Original black-white photograph, photographer Karol Kállay, picture shooted in 1966 for a German publisher / book about Paris. Signed by the author on the back.
Category

1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Original James Tormey Photo Realist Oil Painting Still Life Candy Bowl Pop Art
Located in Surfside, FL
James Tormey (American, 1938-2017) "Candyland (Mixed Bowl)" on table with white tablecloth cover. Oil Painting on Canvas. Hand signed lower right. Measures approx. - 32" high x 37" wide, total with frame - 37 1/2" high x 42 1/2" wide. James J Tormey, NYC artist, He was born in Brooklyn in 1938. As a young man he moved to Manhattan where he lived and worked for more than 60 years. James Tormey studied at the Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn, and at Columbia University and worked in advertising for several years while he painted part time. In the 1960s he supported himself as a photographer, covering openings and events for the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City. For many years he was represented by the Madison Avenue Gallery, in New York City, where he had numerous one-man shows. He has also exhibited in Japan and Germany. The artist makes his home in Manhattan and is represented by the Uptown Gallery, also in New York City. James Tormey paints still lifes of traditional subject matter: fruit, vegetables, or eggs appear in bowls or on surfaces illuminated by powerful directional light. Tormey builds stronger and more precise meaning into his work by exploring how the backgrounds and settings for his still lifes can convey particular ideas. In his recent work, for instance, he painted a series of images in which fruit—a traditional still-life subject—is placed in architectural settings or frames that we usually associate with religious imagery. In Icon, for instance, the artist painted a red cabbage and placed it inside a Renaissance-style frame that he built and decorated himself. Instead of being presented with a saint or a Madonna within such a context, we are given a fully realized, but quite ordinary, vegetable. Tormey’s painting technique involves great care from the beginning. He works in his apartment in Manhattan’s Upper West Side in a meticulously clean space equipped with a very solid easel and a large glass palette on a painting table. For reference he uses photographs he has taken of still-life setups in conjunction with pictures of architectural or other settings he has collected over the years. “I start with a careful graphite drawing right on the canvas,” he explains. These days he uses lightweight cotton duck, although much of his earlier work was done on smoother surfaces. Once the graphite line is established, the artist makes a thin monochrome version of the image with a dull green. “I don’t add anything to the paint other than turpentine,” he explains. “I don’t use oil or glazing mediums because I don’t like shine. The turpentine dulls the paint, which suits what I’m doing.” Once the green layer has dried, the artist applies a second thin layer in a warm brown using burnt sienna or burnt umber. “In all these stages I’m working from dark to light,” he says, “so that I’m always getting a rendered, three-dimensional image.” Tormey works on two or three paintings at a time to allow for sufficient drying time between layers. “I also like the way one painting seems to talk to another,” he says. “It makes for a richer process.” Once he starts working in full color on the image, he continues slowly, applying many thin layers and gradually achieving subtle tonal and color shifts until his forms burst with three-dimensional life. “I work with a very dry brush,” explains the artist. Many of Tormey’s paintings contain dark backgrounds, some of which are pure black—something that can present its own technical problems. “I don’t want those backgrounds to feel present,” he says. “I want them to simply drop out.” Because he doesn’t want any shine on his work he doesn’t use varnish. It’s not surprising that Tormey’s work, with its heavy contrasts and smooth tonal transitions, is strongly influenced by photography. Tormey worked as a photographer for some years, and when he began doing still lifes he often photographed them against black backgrounds. His work was also published as fine art cards, posters, and fine art Giclee prints. He pioneered the "larger-than-life" still-life with his work combining traditional subject matter with a contemporary interpretation that produces startling images of heroic proportions. Light reflected and transmitted lends the natural objects, which are the subjects, a quality which may evoke in the viewer clarity of vision and a delight in the forms of the natural world around them. His work conveys a powerful positive philosophy and he once said "I believe the only way we can come to terms with the world is if we look at it as it really is." He believed that artists should take responsibility for the meaning their works carry and stated that "there are definite ideas behind my paintings". He studied at Pratt Institute and Columbia University and worked in advertising and as a photographer before turning to full-time painting. His paintings were exhibited in dozens of galleries around the country, in Germany and Japan and are now seen in numerous public and private collections. While he was not officially part of the Photorealism art...
Category

20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2" (2022) By Shan Fannin Limited Edition Giclée Print
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2 - Limited Edition Giclee Print" is an limited edition giclée print that depicts a close up view of the front of a red Alfa Romeo Giulia. This print ships in a tube. About the artist: Born 1969 in California, artist Shannon “Shan” Fannin brings vehicles to life with a combination of photorealism and abstraction. Painting in a unique style using acrylics, hands, and brushes allows her to focus on the vehicle while giving a hint of the abstract surroundings. Fannin travels internationally to photograph vehicles and talk with their owners to enhance her creative process. Fannin’s paintings have been shown in 2 solo exhibitions and national galleries throughout the United States. She has been published in Greek, British, and American publications including PoetsArtists, American Art Collector, and Where Women Create. Fannin artworks are currently represented through 33 Contemporary, The Good Art...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Giclée

Newport
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
The NYU picture is a part of photographs done in 1965 for a German book publisher, lately a book with his photographs about NYC was published.
Category

1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Newport
Newport
$408 Sale Price
68% Off
David Bowie Aladdin Sane by Brian Duffy framed
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

Homage to Redon, Ian Hornak - Painting
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Homage to Redon Year: 1997 Medium: Oil on panel Size: 20 x 16 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed by artist, recto. Provenance: Estate o...
Category

1990s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Sky 52" Oil and Gold Leaf Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 52" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey clouds arching through a blue sky with the sun in the background.
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Big Cherry Pie a la Mode" Photo-Realist Cherry Pie Slice/ Vanilla Ice Cream
Located in Wellesley, MA
Mary Ellen Johnson is internationally recognized as one of the top Photo Realist painters working today whose extraordinary area of expertise is large-scale unimaginably realistic, stunningly beautiful, and delightful images of food. Currently available are this mouth-watering slice of cherry pie...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

'Outdoor Street Scene', by Sonya Terpening, Watercolor on Paper
By Sonya Terpening
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Sonya Terpening's framed watercolor on paper painting titled 'Outdoor Street Scene' captures a calm scene outside of a cafe. The dining table depicted in the work becomes the focal point when observing this piece, as it is placed in the foreground and captures the eye with a vivid blue table cloth; on the table are four glasses placed upside-down and what appears to be a sugar and salt shaker. Terpening's realistic style is exemplified in her depiction of the table; the blue cloth's folds and wrinkles, and the heavy use of shadows and lighting on the table cloth, chairs, and glasses all contribute to the realistic qualities of the piece. The table is positioned on a red brick sidewalk/street directly outside of the cafe, which is also brick but painted white. The cafe door...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Iggy Pop "Lust For Life"
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition 16x20" silver gelatin print of Iggy Pop, taken on stage during the tour to support the album ‘Lust for Life’ at the Manchester Apo...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Amy Winehouse portrait
Located in Austin, TX
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

"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

"Spring Hills" Mid Century Modern Farmhouse Landscape in Acrylic on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
"Spring Hills" Mid Century Modern Farmhouse Landscape in Acrylic on Masonite Expansive landscape by notable California artist Farren Jensen (American, 1...
Category

1970s Photorealist Art

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

Water Sketch II - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a naked young woman in the pool. Original gallery quality print signed by the artist. Digital archival pigment print on archival paper w...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

White Castle, Photorealist Screenprint by John Baeder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Baeder, American (1938 - ) Title: White Castle Year: 1981 Medium: Screenprint on Somerset Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 S...
Category

1980s Photorealist Art

Materials

Screen

Woman In Ballet Pose Holding a Flower - San Francisco Richard Edwards
Located in Soquel, CA
Woman In Ballet Pose Holding a Flower - San Francisco Richard Edwards A brunette woman poses, standing on her left leg with her hand out holding a flower. A collection of photograph...
Category

1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

Paper, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Portrait of a Woman in a Pink Vest - Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate drawing of a woman by Palo Alto artist Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015). A woman wearing a pink vest and her hair pulled back sits looking to the viewer's right. She is rendered in loving detail, with smooth shading and glowing highlights. Of particular note are the details in her hair, jewelry, and folds of her skirt. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Acquired with a collection of her work. Presented in a new white mat with foam-core backing. Mat size: 26"H x 24"W Paper size: 23.75"Hx 19.75"W Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015) was born in Santa Paula. California. She received an art degree from San Jose State in 1950, after which she worked for H. M. Gousha, for whom she drew many illustrations of missions and other California sites. From the mid-1970s on, she did freelance drawing and painting, with lots of commercial work (pamphlet illustrations, posters, custom birthday cards...
Category

1990s Photorealist Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Ken Orton, "Patent Image", 40x60 Photorealist Glass Jar Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Ken Orton's "Patent Image" is a 40x60 original oil painting on canvas. This painting depicts a still life setting featuring a grouping of crystal clear jars and bottles. Included in ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Country Lane to Farmhouse & Birds in English Countryside by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Country Lane to Farmhouse & Birds in English Countryside by 20th Century Artist Christopher Osborne. Art measures 12 x 8 inches Frame measures 16 x 12 inches Signed, oil on board, ...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

White Rock Lake
Located in Dallas, TX
Brian Cobble’s landscapes tend to particularly focus on the interplay of man and his surroundings, whether natural or built. A signature attention to the liminal aspects of a scene, ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Pastel

Double Trouble - underwater nude photograph - print on aluminum 24" x 36"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of two naked young women in the pool. Original digital print on aluminum plate signed by the artist. Limited edition of 12 The artwork is fu...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Metal

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

Admiral Pinscher
Admiral Pinscher
$360 Sale Price
40% Off
Three Dinghies, original 36x48 contemporary landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Adorable dinghies awaiting their chance at some action, bobbiing up and down, stirring up the waters below. Verging on popart, this contemporary, original oil painting is a joy to b...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

Jimi Hendrix playing pool by Ed Caraeff
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Jimi Hendrix, shooting pool at the Bel Air home of John and Michelle Phillips, in Laurel Canyon, LA on July 1st 1967 ...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"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

Pink Flight - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 42" x 53"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman with broken umbrella. The photograph is artistically modified into a fantastic warm tinted picture. The piece looks quite abstract with c...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Tutu Skirt - underwater black & white nude photograph - print on paper 14 x 24"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white nude photograph of a young female dancer in the pool. The dancer is putting on her tut skirt. The photograph depicts her beautiful naked butt about to hid...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

Intimate Perspective by Josephine Cardin Contemporary Fashion photography
Located in DE
Artist: Josephine Cardin Medium: Photography Limited edition of 30 “From this new and intimate perspective, she learned a simple, obvious thing she had always known, and everyone k...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Pigment

Painted Blind 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 musi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Pigment

Still Life with Sugars, Photorealist Screenprint by Ralph Goings
Located in Long Island City, NY
Still Life with Sugars Ralph Goings American (1928–2016) Date: 1981 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of AP 34/40 Image Size: 19 x 20 inches Size: 22 in. x 23 in. ...
Category

1980s Photorealist Art

Materials

Screen

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

Debbie Harry by Lynn Goldsmith, framed signed limited edition print
Located in Austin, TX
Fine art print of Debbie Harry of Blondie by acclaimed photographer. Lynn Goldsmith, taken in New York City in 1977. Framed, signed limited edition 16x20" print, edition #2/20 Cust...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

Dolly Parton and Mick Jagger
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition archival print of Country music star Dolly Parton hugs rock star Mick Jagger backstage after her Bottom Line concert. NYC 5/14/77 ...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Aura, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's "Aura" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude woman's torso in profile overlaid with blue and green colors around her hands. About the Artist: D...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil

Corks
Located in Boca Raton, FL
OPAC, the Organization of Photorealist Artists and Collectors, presents Johanness Wessmark, who often been called the Thomas Arvid of Sweden. Johannes has perfected the photorealistic portrayal of all things wine, be it corks, bottles, labels, storage units and racks. His work is shown throughout Europe and North America at such important galleries and shows as Galleri Backlund, Galleri Sjöhästen, Gallery Eklund, Gallery Knud Grothe, Gallery Nord, Gallery Oscar, Affordable Art Fair, All Media Fine Art Exhibit, Älvängen, ArtHouse Karlstad, Clarion Hotell Plaza, EngGården Gallery, Fowlerville Fair, Frykenstrand Hote, Gothenburg Book Fair, IGOR´s 9th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Jones & Terwilliger Galleries, Karlstad Hospital Gallery, Kil Art-association, Konstfrämjandet Eskilstuna, Konstfrämjandet Karlstad, Konstfrämjandet Västerås, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Los Angeles Artshow, Melon Festival Art Show, National Watercolor Show, No White Walls, Malmö, Pfizer Art Association, Red Wine & Brew Opera House Show, Sillegården, Västra Ämtervik, Spånga Art-association, Speed Art Design, Mariestad, Stjärnfors Grinder Gallery, Sundsbergs Gård, Sunne, Tierps Art-association, Värmlands Artist Association and Värmlands Museum. Artist Statement: Traditional photorealists who have impacted me include Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Robert Bechtle, Charles Bell, Tom Blackwell, Chuck Close, Robert Cottingham, Don Eddy, Audrey Flack, Ron Kleeman, Richard McLean, John Salt and Ben Schonzeit. More recent photorealist influences include Pedro Campos...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Kate Moss at 16
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

Rolling Stones Mick Jagger by Jim Herrington
Located in Austin, TX
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1989 by Jim Herrington 17x22" Archival pigment print on baryta 315 gsm, acid-free, 100% cotton-fiber paper. Edition 75 ...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Reflection Around
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

Arrested Vehicle with Red, Photorealist Lithograph by John Salt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Painter John Salt is known for his photorealistic depictions of the deteriorating American landscape. His favored subjects include junkyard jalopies and broken-down mobile homes. Bor...
Category

1970s Photorealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Point Man
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original charcoal drawing on panel by artist Rachel Brownlee. Framed.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Charcoal, Panel

Stratford-upon-Avon, vintage 1950s travel poster by J. Dixon Scott
Located in London, GB
John Dixon Scott Stratford-upon-Avon 76 x 51 cm Lithograph Published by the Travel Association of Great Britain and N.Ireland this beautiful photographic image encouraged travel to ...
Category

1950s Photorealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

George Barris, "Chilly Wind", photolithograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This image is from the last photoshoot of Marilyn Monroe taken by George Harris, 2 1/2 weeks before her death in August, 1962 in Santa Monica, California. Photolithograph taken from ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

"A Little Longer, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's "A Little Longer" is an original, handmade painting that depicts a feminine figure, in sequined green clothing, wearing a black face mask...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Cold Song III - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 16x23.5"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
'Cold Song III' exemplifies the avant-garde evolution of underwater fine art photography, merging contemporary conceptual art with technical mastery. This ethereal composition captur...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

Art about Food Pizza Stromboli Mezzalluna - Mezzogiorno - New York, NY (Plate)
Located in New York, NY
Ralph Goings Pizza Stromboli Mezzalluna - Mezzogiorno - New York, NY, 1996 Ceramic Plate Artist signature fired into the plate on the front and back and numbered 105 from an edition of 510. 10 1/5 inches diameter by 1/4 inch height Unframed This beautiful, limited edition, signed and numbered bowl...
Category

1990s Photorealist Art

Materials

Ceramic, Screen, Mixed Media

Gardenia, Photorealist Flower Painting by Lowell Blair Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...
Category

1980s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

David Bowie Scary Monsters Clown Contact Sheet by Duffy
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality contact sheet print of David Bowie in the Scary Monsters Clown costume from the official Duffy Archive. Taken from the original negatives from the Scary Monsters and ...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

"Agelada", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ali Ghassan's "Agelada" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a orange cow with yellow ear tags licking its nose with green and blue graffiti ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Pure Gold" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sheri Farabaugh's "Pure Gold" is a handmade, original oil painting that depicts the white and golden flowers of a yucca plant blossoming. Artist Stat...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

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

Something New, 1941 Signed Gelatin Silver Print by Rowena Fruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Something New Rowena Fruth American (1896–1983) Date: 1941 Gelatin Silver Print, signed in pencil on matting l.r. Size: 17.5 x 15.5 in. (44.45 x 39.37 cm)
Category

1940s Photorealist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Johnny Cash 1968 portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition silver gelatin print of Johnny Cash, taken by Barrie Wentzell in London in 1968. This Johnny Cash print is available in the following sizes. 16" x 20" - Edi...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

FADED - photorrealism hyoerrealism original painting
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Faded' depicts Chinese immigrant woman looking out from the window of her Chinatown home. The building is covered with cascading shadows that are created from the building's metal...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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