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
White Paint Splatters - Large Scale Abstract Textural Photograph
By Bill Clark
Located in Soquel, CA
White Paint Splatters - Large Scale Textural Photograph
Detailed macro photo by Bill Clark (American, 20th Century). Clark has taken a photograph of heavily painted concrete, with w...
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Dolly Parton "Here You Come Again"
By Ed Caraeff
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print by Ed Caraeff of Dolly Parton taken during the cover session for her album ‘Here You Come Again’ in Los Angeles, CA, US, July 7, 1977. Limited edition number 2/50
This stunning Dolly Parton 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...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
"New" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "New" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the glow of a lit candle with the morning light of sunrise
Mia Bergeron's interest in art was cul...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Wax, Oil, Panel
Kate Bush Underwater Tryptich
By Guido Harari
Located in Austin, TX
Underwater triptyc of Kate Bush captured during a photo shoot in London in 1989
Signed limited edition print, number 4/50
Guido Harari revealed during an i...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Giclée
"Sea and Sky in Hazy Sun" Highly Realist Large Beach Landscape Purple/Pink/Blue
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Sea and Sky in Hazy Sun," Oil on Canvas, 60 x 46 Inches, is a large beach painting of the shoreline at sunset dominated by a dramatic sky of bl...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rolling Stones Keith Richards by Bill Wyman
Located in Austin, TX
The Rolling Stones guitarist, Keith at the microphone at Olympic Studios, Barnes, London England, October, 1966.
Signed limited edition, signed and numbered by Bill Wyman and featur...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
The Rolling Stones backstage by Bill Wyman
Located in Austin, TX
The Rolling Stones, featuring Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts, taken backstage before a show at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. June 12t...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Fresh Fruits, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Fresh Fruit", my most recent work, made in 2023 with the oil on linen technique, is a testimony of my deep commitment to realism and the beauty of everyday life. In this composit...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
The Rolling Stones "Out Of Our Heads" by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, TX
The Rolling Stones, taken in London back in 1965 by Gered Mankowitz. This image was used for the cover of Out Of Our Heads. Featuring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
The Ramones Jeans and Keds
By Norman Seeff
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition fine art print of The Ramones, taken in Los Angeles by celebrated photographer and filmmaker, Norman Seeff in 1977.
The Ramones we...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Love Birds” Photography 12” x 16” Individual Print Edition of 20 Birds Nature
Located in Houston, TX
“Love Birds” is a limited edition of 20 prints. Printed on fine art paper, these limited-edition photographs are designed to preserve the beauty of the original scenes. Each piece i...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Morrissey Kill Uncle Tour 1991
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition silver gelatin print of Morrissey by Kevin Cummins, taken standing in front of a sign reading ‘Penis Mightier Than The Sword’ during the Japanese leg of his ‘K...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
David Bowie holds a cassette player, 1974 by Terry O’Neill
Located in Austin, TX
Never before printed, a rare image from the Terry O’Neill archive, available now for the first time.
An outtake from the iconic Freddie Burretti suit photoshoot in Los Angeles, 1974...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
December : Christmas Tree - Original handsigned etching - Exceptional n° 1/100
Located in Paris, IDF
Albert DECARIS
December : Christmas Tree
Original etching
Signed in pencil
Exceptional copy bearing n° 1/100
Titled Janvier (January)
On vellum 66 x 50 cm (c. 26 x 20in)
Excellent ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Etching
Art about Food Pizza Stromboli Mezzalluna - Mezzogiorno - New York, NY (Plate)
By Ralph Goings
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
Gary Clark Jr backstage Troubadour portrait
By Ben Sklar
Located in Austin, TX
Gary Clark Jr taken on backstage at The Troubadour, LA, by Ben Sklar
Available in the following sizes:
16" x 20" - Edition 20 - signed and numbered by Ben Sklar
20" x 24" - Edition ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Cramps "Cobwebs" by Simon Fowler
By Simon Fowler
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of The Cramps featuring Lux Interior and Poison Ivy, taken by Simon Fowler in the UK in 1979.
Simon recalls - "Shot this at LFI’s Studio. I say Studio, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Amy Winehouse limited edition 20x24" print
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition 20x24" print of Amy Winehouse taken in London by Jake Chessum in 2004.
Limited edition number 2/15
Jake recalls the session: “I travelled from NYC to London in February 2004 to do a press shoot with Amy Winehouse. It was a classic February day: cold, wet, foggy and dark by about 4pm. We met at her flat and went to a few of her local haunts: a cafe, a launderette, Primrose Hill. The record company were very hands off and didn’t pressure us to do any particular set ups. We just went with the flow. She was really entertaining: funny, smart and cooly indiscreet. I am a huge jazz fan and I remember we talked about music, London and New York.”
Jake grew...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Giclée
"Sugar Heist" Hyperrealistic Narrative Lemurs Acrylic on Canvas Framed Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Sugar Heist" is a framed acrylic work on canvas by Ariel Vargassal, depicting a figure in a suit jumping alongside two lemurs holding iced sugar cookies. The hyperrealistic style in...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
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
"Tangled" Hyperrealistic Narrative Monkey Acrylic on Canvas Framed Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Tangled" is a framed acrylic work on canvas by Ariel Vargassal, depicting a figure in a suit tangled in yarn while also holding aloft a spider monkey. The hyperrealistic style inclu...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Wintry Trees 3, photorealist graphite landscape drawing, 2021
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
Mary Reilly’s laborious method of toning her paper serves as the starting point for her intricate compositions. She begins by covering the entire sheet with up to eight smooth, unmod...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Lemons and Limes on Quilt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt
Title: Lemons and Limes on Quilt
Year: 1988
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 39 in. x 48 in. (99.06 cm x 121.92 cm)
Frame Size: 40.25 ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marc Bolan T-Rex, The Guru
Located in Austin, TX
16" x 20", signed limited edition prints of Marc Bolan of T-Rex by Masayoshi Sukita, limited edition number 3/30, taken at Logan International Airport, Bost...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Judy in Lingerie, Photorealist Lithograph by John Kacere
By John Kacere
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Kacere, American (1920 - 1999)
Title: Judy
Year: 1982
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 300, 40 AP
Image Size: 24 x 20 inches
Size: 29 in. x 21....
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sunflowers, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
In this creation I chose a muted grey for the sky as I wanted the focus to be on the sunflowers and the background to compliment, not take over. This was purely from my imagination u...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Original Vienna Austria Photographic Travel Poster Eglise des Freres Mineurs
Located in London, GB
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Anton Tusch (photographer)
Eglise des Freres...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
David Bowie 1977 Heroes session – Speak No Evil
Located in Austin, TX
David Bowie, "Speak No Evil", 1977 by Masayoshi Sukita, taken during the photo shoot for the Heroes album cover - Signed limited edition 20" x 24" print ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Kate Bush
Located in Austin, TX
Portrait of singer and dancer, Kate Bush by acclaimed photographer, Gered Mankowitz, taken in his London studio in 1978. Kate Bush has seen a huge resurgence...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
David Bowie 1977 Heroes session – See No Evil
Located in Austin, TX
David Bowie, "See No Evil", 1977 by Masayoshi Sukita during the photoshoot that produced the album cover shot tor Bowie's Heroes album cover - Signed limit...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Arrested Vehicle with Red, Photorealist Lithograph by John Salt
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
Morrissey by Kevin Cummins
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition silver gelatin print of Morrissey, former frontman of rock band The Smiths, wearing a plaster on his forehead, September 5, 1991.
This Morrissey print by Kevi...
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Morrissey by Kevin Cummins
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition silver gelatin print of Morrissey performing at Jones Beach, Long Island, New York, during his 'Kill Uncle' tour, July 10, 1991.
This Morrissey print by Kevi...
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kate Moss at sixteen
By Jake Chessum
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
Vintage Limited Edition Nature Photograph Fish Still Life
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful and rare photograph by Henry Horenstein (b.1947). Limited edition of 35 pieces. Gallery label verso. Framed. Measuring 16 by 24 inches overall and 15.5 by 23.5 photo alone.
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Morrissey
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition 16x20" silver gelatin print of Morrissey by Kevin Cummins, taken at Rochdale Canal, Manchester England, 5th September 1989. Limited edition number 36/50
This ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Being" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Being" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a blue fish leaping from dark water as it swallows a lit candle.
Mia Bergeron's interest in art...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Devo Grey Suits
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition archival print of Signed limited edition print of Devo posing for SoHo Weekly News, NYC, 1981 by Allan Tannenbaum. Available in different sizes. Limited editi...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Devo Energy Dome
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition archival print of Signed limited edition print of Devo posing for SoHo Weekly News, NYC, 1981 by Allan Tannenbaum. Available in different sizes. Limited editi...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Four Flowers, Photorealist Screenprint on Paper by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Four Flowers
Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–1993)
Date: 1980
Screenprint, signed, numbered and dated in pencil
Edition of 137200
Image Size: 25 x 25 inches
Size: 31.5 x 31.25 i...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Screen
The Beastie Boys
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, TX
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
Willie Nelson at the 4th July Picnic 1979
Located in Austin, TX
Willie Nelson, taken at the 4th July Picnic in 1979 in Austin Texas by photographer Scott Newton
Signed limited edition print, printed on heavyweight cotton ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sierra Mountains in Autumn - Landscape in Oil on Oval Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Sierra Mountains in Autumn - Landscape in Oil on Oval Canvas
Gorgeous mid-century autumnal landscape of Sierra mountains by W.R. Rolls (American, 20th Century). Rendered in luscious...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Original Austria Photographic Travel Poster Vienna Musee des Beaux Arts
By Albert Herndl
Located in London, GB
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Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
John Lennon "Adoration" by Robert Whitaker
Located in Austin, TX
Iconic photo of John Lennon with a dandelion in his eye, fondly known as 'Adoration' by Robert Whitaker.
Photographed in the garden of his Weybridge h...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
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
Paper and Rope, Framed Photorealist Oil Painting by Lourdes Leon
By Lourdes Leon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lourdes Leon, Mexican
Title: Paper and Rope
Year: 2002
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 28.5 x 29 inches
Frame Size: 35.5 x 36.5 inches
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Rolling Stones Charlie Watts by Bill Wyman
Located in Austin, TX
The Rolling Stones drummer, Charlie in the dressing room before a show in San Francisco. July 26th, 1966
Signed limited edition, signed and numbered by Bill Wyman and featuring the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
"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
Mid Century Vintage -- Arab Couple - Palestine
By Eva Korn
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning black and white photograph of Arab couple by photographer Eva Korn (German, 20th c.), circa 1951. Eva Koran studio stamp on verso. Presented in black metal frame and mat. Im...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
(Abstract Mythological Landscape) Untitled, 2001, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: (Abstract Mythological Landscape) Untitled
Year: 2001
Medium: Ink on archival paper
Size: 11 x 14 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of I...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
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
Great Western Staircase, New York State Capitol Building, Albany
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas
Great Western Staircase, New York State Capitol Building, Albany, 1980
Pastel on paper drawing
Hand-signed by artist, Signed and dated 1980; bears RDA (Readers Digest...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Pastel
Teal Ribbons and Copper Thread - Photorealistic Drawing on Collotype
Located in Soquel, CA
Teal Ribbons and Bronze Thread - Photorealistic Drawing
Highly detailed drawing by Patricia Pearce (American, b. 1948). The base layer of this piece is a collotype, but the ribbons ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Paper, Pen, Pencil, Color Pencil, Lithograph
Kate Bush Lionheart album back cover
Located in Austin, TX
Portrait of singer and dancer, Kate Bush by acclaimed photographer, Gered Mankowitz, taken in his London studio in 1978 for the back cover of her album, Lionheart.
Gered recalls, "The cover series of portraits that I shot for Lionheart in August 1978. I art directed the album cover and my assistant at the time, Richard Grey...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
"Ladew Topiaries" (2024) By Adrienne Stein, Original Oil Landscape Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Adrienne Stein's (US based) "Ladew Topiaries" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting.
About the artist:
Adrienne Stein (b. 1986) is an award winning artist living and working...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Light Lavender Iris, Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
Title: Light Lavender Iris
Year: 1984
Medium: Oil on linen
Size: 40 x 30 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed, dated, titled by the arti...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Grace Building on West 42nd St., Photorealist Oil Painting by Ronald Mallory
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ronald Mallory, American (1939 - )
Title: Grace Building on West 42nd St.
Year: 1981
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. and verso
Size: 48 in. x 30 in. (121.92 cm x 76.2 cm)
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
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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