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
'Loquats & Chinese Bowl' Contemporary photorealist still life painting, yellow
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Contemporary Still Life Painting 'Loquats & Chinese Bowl' by Barbara Vanhove. Inspired by the Dutch Masters.
Barbara was born in Watermael-Boisfort in Belgium in 1974. She showed an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
FRANCE Chamonix Vallée Blanche French skiing poster Télépheriques de l'Aiguille
Located in London, GB
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Télépheriques de l'Aiguille du Midi et de la Vallée Blanche...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Vegetables, Photorealist Painting by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Vegetables
Year: 1978
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 30 in. x 40 in. (76....
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fiesta Photography Mexico Stamped Karol Kállay
By Karol Kallay
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Photography done for the publication Mexico/Volk und Welt Berlin 1968/stamped on the back with authors stamp.
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pineapple Kiss
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hummingbird Rhino
By Adonna Khare
Located in Denver, CO
This is a framed original drawing on paper. Adonna Khare is an America Artist mainly focused on carbon pencil on paper drawings. She received her Masters of Fine Art from California...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil
"Féith", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch’s (US based) "Féith" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a Great blue Heron bird perched on a fountains with red floral designs in the background.
A...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Crushed
Located in Austin, TX
"Crushed" by Gaylon Dingler
Acrylic on board
24.75 x 18.5 inches
Framed: 30 x 25 inches
A larger-than-life, photorealistic composition that captures ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Board
The Clash
Located in Austin, US
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 Cl...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Greedy, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Hand holding three macaroons on a white backgroune :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
"Clam Shells and Their Shadows" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Emma Hirst (US based) "Clam Shells and Their Shadows" is an oil painting that depicts an interior still life with six clam shells laid out on a white surfac...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Gas Line, Photorealist Silkscreen by Ron Kleemann
By Ron Kleemann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ron Kleemann, American (1937 - )
Title: Gas Line from the CityScapes Portfolio
Year: 1981
Medium: Serigraph on Somerset Paper, signed and number...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
Screen
The Rolling Stones "Stones Into Camera" London 1968
Located in Austin, US
“Stones Into Camera” by Michael Joesph from the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, Hampstead, London, 1968. Featuring Mi...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
David Bowie
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of David Bowie by Jake Chessum.
Jake recalls the session: “I shot David Bowie at a house in Fulham in May 1995. I grew up on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Marc Bolan T-Rex 1971 portrait
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Marc Bolan and T-Rex by Alec Byrne, taken in London c. 1971
This Alec Byrne signed limited edition prints is available in. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
BLUES
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, titled, numbered and dated, lower margin. Screen print in colors on wove paper with full margins. Sheet size: 38 x 37 inches. Image size: 32 x 32 inches. Frame size approx 41 x 40 inches. Edition of 100. From American Signs portfolio.
Certificate of Authenticity included. Published by Greg Smith...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Screen, Paper
"The Cardozo, Miami Beach, Florida, " Kathleen Piunti, Sunny Street Scene
Located in New York, NY
Kathleen Piunti (1928 - 2016)
The Cardozo, Miami Beach, Florida, 1995
Oil on canvas
32 x 60 inches
Signed lower right
Provenance:
Uptown Gallery, New ...
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jimi Hendrix by Baron Wolman signed limited edition 20x24" print
By Baron Wolman
Located in Austin, US
Jimi Hendrix by iconic photographer, Baron Wolman. Taken at the Travelodge Motel, San Francisco, February 1968. Having served as Rolling Stone magazine’s first Chief Photographer, Ba...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Led Zeppelin on the Starship 1973
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Led Zeppelin by Michael Brennan, taken aboard their Boeing 707 ‘Starship’, on their way to Detroit, US, January 31, 1975.
T...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Sprinkles - Photorealist Chocolate Cupcake Colorful Sprinkles on Purple Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stuart Dunkel is an artist, a musician and an author. He has studied music at Boston University, Mannes College of Music, the Juilliard School (Doctorate), and art at the Boston Mus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Desolate Amber by Jo Cardin - Contemporary Figurative photography on Diasec
Located in DE
Artist: Josephine Cardin
Medium: Mixed Media of Photography and Painting
Size: 150 x 100 cm
Limited edition 2 of 15
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Il Camion, Painting by Giuseppe Bartolini
By Giuseppe Bartolini
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Giuseppe Bartolini, Italian (1938 - )
Title: Il Camion
Year: 1984
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 22.5 x 20.5 in. (57.15 x 52.07 cm)
Frame: 31 x 29 inches
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
M
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, titled, numbered and dated, lower margin. Screen print in colors on wove paper with full margins. Sheet size: 38 x 37 inches. Image size: 32 x 32 inches. Frame size approx 41 x 40 inches. Edition of 100. From American Signs portfolio.
Certificate of Authenticity included. Published by Greg Smith...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Screen, Paper
FLORA ROYAL 3
Located in Deddington, GB
Allan Forsyth
FLORA ROYAL 3
Limited Edition Archival Chromagenic Photographic Print
Edition 12
Size: H 100cm x W 100cm x D 2cm
Diasec Framed
Size: H:100 cm x W:100 cm
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photogram, Archival Pigment
Patti Smith portrait, New York 1969
By Norman Seeff
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition fine art print of musician, poet and writer, Patti Smith, taken in New York by celebrated photographer and filmmaker, Norman Seeff in 1969.
This Patty Smith...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Mickey Pin" Oil painting
By Nick Leibee
Located in Denver, CO
Nick Leibee's (US based) "Mickey Pin" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an enamel pin of Mickey Mouse, the beloved Disney character,...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
THE QUIET BEATLE - George Harrison limited edition black and white photograph
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
A Portrait of George Harrison of ‘The Beatles’ Rock Band by British photographer Arthur Steel.
Image unearthed September 2018.
Arthur recalls: “George and I hit it off the moment w...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Digital
"Spearing Salmon: Spokan", Sepia Photograph of Indigenous Spearfishing
Located in Soquel, CA
Silver and sepia tone photographic print of an indigenous spearfisher by Edward Sheriff Curtis, image circa 1901 (American, 1868-1952), as a 1974 copy of (and printed from negatives derived from) the original Edward Curtis copper gravure plate, by Jean-Antony du Lac (1929-2002). Curtis used a process he mastered of creating orotones, which are photographs on glass, which Jean-Anthony du Lac spent years mastering. Jean-Antony du Lac's work is considered that of a preservationist. Titled lower left, signed lower right. Presented in an aluminum frame with anti-glare glass. Paper size: 20"H x 15"W
Born in France and raised in New York City, Jean-Anthony du Lac moved west to San Francisco in 1957. Jean was an accomplished photographer whose published credits include Life Magazine and the San Francisco Examiner. He spent many years reproducing Edward S. Curtis' images of North American Indians; and he mastered the process of creating orotones, which are photographic reproductions on glass. Jean's orotones appeared on the walls of the Smithsonian as well as the White House during the Carter and Reagan administrations. A preservationist, his reproduction of Edward Muybridge...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Trouble - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 15 x 23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A passionate furious energy radiates in the ripples of red that overtake the reflection. Intense motion, stirring the water into an explosion of bubbles we encounter “The Trouble...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nick Cave
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition 16x20" silver gelatin print of Nick Cave by celebrated British photographer, Kevin Cummins, taken for the British music publication, N...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Ruffles", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Adrienne Stein's "Ruffles" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a vase of purple orchids with green fabric in the background.
About the artist:
Adrienne Stein (b. 1...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Sky 59" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 59" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky.
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
‘LE CORBUSIER BRIEY TWO’ (with Le Corbusier flaking paint from Cité de Refuge)
Located in London, GB
‘LE CORBUSIER BRIEY TWO’
(with Le Corbusier flaking paint from Cité de Refuge)
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
"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
Oil, Canvas
Honey Pot II - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 18" x 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater nude photograph of a girl relaxing in the pool. The photograph was taken with terra-cotta background and with green trees and bright blue sky visible thorough the water...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kelp Nymph - underwater ocean black & white photograph print on paper 18" x 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a beautiful young woman diving in kelp forest. The picture is taken in Pacific Ocean near Palos Verdes, California.
Original gallery qu...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Banana Beau, Screenprint by Richard McLean
Located in Long Island City, NY
Banana Beau
Richard McLean, American (1934–2014)
Date: 1981
Screenprint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 250; HC
Size: 27 in. x 29.5 in. (68.58 cm x 74.93 cm)
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Screen
"Sky 60" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 60" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky and the sunlight dances through it.
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
David Bowie 1969 portrait
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition, silver gelatin print of David Bowie by Alec Byrne, taken at the Coventry Theatre, October 8th 1969, just before Bowie’s opening slot...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin
'Cherries in the Sunshine', Aegean, Hydra, Greece, National Watercolor Society
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'E. Brigeois' for Evelyne Brigeois (French, 1946-2016) and dated 19868; additionally titled, verso, 'Hydra, the Cherries'.
A view of a townhouse window on the Greek island of Hydra showing a sunlit row of jars filled with freshly preserved cherries basking in the Aegean sun.
Born in Troyes, France in 1946, Evelyne Brigeois grew up in the town of Nimes, east of Paris. She subsequently lived and painted in Germany, England and Spain before moving to the United States in her late twenties. Settling in Idaho, she began a forty-year career as a fine artist, exhibiting widely and with success including, regularly, at both Boise's Art in the Park and Art and Roses Festival. Evelyne Brigeois was also the recipient of numerous national and international awards including from the National Watercolor Society, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Michigan Watercolor Society, The Salem Academy Fine Arts Center and the Louisiana Watercolor Society among others. Her work was frequently featured in national publications including 'U.S. Art' and 'American Artist'. Her style combines a precise and delicate realism with a close observation of light- often with with strongly contrasting shadow. Her talent for serene and lyrical composition distinguishes her landscapes and townscapes of her favorite subjects, the Greek Islands, Venice and rural France. We are pleased to offer this intimate view of a sunlit window on the island of Hydra in the Greek Aegean.
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Steve Martin, Los Angeles 1974 “Let’s Get Small”
By Norman Seeff
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition fine art print of Steve Martin, taken in Los Angeles by Norman Seeff in 1974.
Norman recalls - “When I relocated to LA as Creative Director of United Artist ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Beastie Boys 1994
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of the Beastie Boys by Jake Chessum.
Jake recalls ” This was from April 1994. I flew from London to shoot at Mike D’s ba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Faye Dunaway Oscar outtake by Terry O'Neill signed Lifetime Edition
Located in Austin, US
Lifetime prints are the last remaining prints available, signed by Terry O’Neill and obtained from the Terry O’Neill Archive in London.
American actress Faye Dunaway takes breakfast by the pool with the day's newspapers at the Beverley Hills...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Blue Napkin Holder, Photorealist Lithograph by Ralph Goings
By Ralph Goings
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ralph Goings, American (1928 - 2016)
Title: Blue Napkin Holder
Year: 1980
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 300; 40 AP's
Image Size: 18 x 25 inches...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Arrested Vehicle with Red
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
Contemporary Modern Minimalist Landscape Pool Painting - Crisp Angled Water
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. Kathleen brings a fresh, clean perspective to her colorf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Marilyn Monroe . Marilyn Monroe in chinchilla coat
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern
Marilyn Monroe in chinchilla coat
Mythical photo of the last seance (1962)
ink jet print by bert stern
2010
signed on both sides
certificat...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Studio 54 Logo/Crowds
Located in White Plains, NY
Studio 54 Logo/Crowds, 1978 by famed American photographer, Allan Tannenbaum. Archival pigment print. 10 x 15 inch photo on 17 x 22 inch on the finest satin photo paper, Ed. of 50. T...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Pigment
Rock and Roll Circus Group Portrait
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition, archival pigment print from photographer Alec Byrne, taken during the Rock and Roll Circus taping on December 11th, 1968 featuring, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin
Outfall 234, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Splintered sunlight slipping through lush trees. Guard rail attempting to halt access. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity s...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Realist Contemporary Still-Life Painting 'Trio of Apples' by Barbara Vanhove
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Trio of Apples' by Barbara Vanhove is an exceptional still-life painting. You can almost pick up the apples to eat them, such is the detail with which they have been painted.
Barbar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
The Labyrinth, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A Labyrinth. New Mexico. Warm colors. Sunlight. Nature. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Texas Tug, Screenprint by Ron Kleemann
By Ron Kleemann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ron Kleemann, American (1937 - )
Title: Texas Tug
Year: 1980
Medium: Serigraph on Somerset Paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 250
Paper Size: 22 x 30 inches
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Screen
Raquel Welch on the cross signed Lifetime Edition
Located in Austin, US
Lifetime prints are the last remaining prints available, signed by Terry O’Neill and obtained from the Terry O’Neill Archive in London.
American actress Raquel Welch being crucified in an oddly anachronistic publicity still for the Hammer Films production 'One Million Years BC...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
The Beastie Boys
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of the Beastie Boys by Jake Chessum.
Jake recalls ” This was from April 1994. I flew from London to shoot at Mike D’s ba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
La sorella maggiore, Thailand (1959) - Large size Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
« La sorella maggiore », In a Méo village, Thaïland
This photo was made in 1959, printed later, the negative was digit...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Forty Licks Mick Jagger 1977 limited edition iconic photograph by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Of this iconic one of a kind photo by British photographer Arthur Steel he shared:
"I'm a great believer in luck and one day in London I was walking just off Fleet Street. Unexpected...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
Digital
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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