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
"Tower Bridge", Oleg Turchin, Oil/Canvas, 37x60, Photorealism Landscape Original
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
Oleg Turchin's "Tower Bridge" is an oil on canvas that measures 37" x 60". The painting is a beautiful photorealistic depiction of Tower Bridge. Built bet...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Happy Old Woman (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,275 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled (9658-17), Original Black and White Photograph, 2012
By Koyo Tamaki
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is the fifth print in an edition of six. Approximate image size is 12"W x 8"H.
Keywords: abstract, shadow, black and white, photograph, new york
Artist Biog...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
San Giorgio
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the San Giorgio church - Milan (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works betwe...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
San Satiro Bramante
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the Santa Maria church - San Satiro.
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
San Maurizio
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the San Maurizio Church of Milan.
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. H...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Centrale
Located in Milano, MI
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works between Milan and Barcelona. He bega...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Neptune Rising
Located in Fairfield, CT
Here oil on canvas images are photorealistic and gorgeous.
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shadow on Daytona Beach
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
"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
Missouri Highway
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
"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
Woman with Hand on Chin, 42nd Street
By Paul Graham
Located in New York, NY
Paul Graham
Woman with Hand on Chin, 42nd Street, 2008
Pigment ink print with custom mount
13 7/8 x 10 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
Edition 1 of 5, with 2 AP
Signed ...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Ink, Pigment
Rio
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist Statement
Nothing But Neon, 2021
I see beauty in old neon signs.
I have always been fascinated by the glow inside the hand-bent, glass tubes. I enjoy the sculptural, mechan...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$7,800
Hollywood Premiere
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist Statement
Nothing But Neon, 2021
I see beauty in old neon signs.
I have always been fascinated by the glow inside the hand-bent, glass tubes. I enjoy the sculptural, mechan...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
One World Trade Center
Located in White Plains, NY
'One World Trade Center' 2015 by famed American photographer, Allan Tannenbaum. Archival pigment print, 15 x 10 inch photo on 22 x 17 inch metal...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Imogene/Brian Large Scale Photo Urban Art Portrait Contemporary
By Harry Sudman
Located in Miami, FL
Imogene/Brian Large Scale Photo Urban Art Portrait -This colorful large acrylic mounted photo by one of Chicago's leading photographers is a close look at two people who are not identifiable as their heads are not completely visible. They look like they belong together with their avant-guard look of massive tattoos and cool funky dress...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Film
$4,500 Sale Price
40% Off
Cover of Newsweek, Kruschev, Russia March 16th 1959
By Robert Engle
Located in Miami, FL
Cover of Newsweek, Kruschev, March 16th 1959
Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.),
Gouache on board
12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 cm.)
Signed Lower left
Powerful study of Russian ...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Gouache
Bakhtiyari Girls - Kermanshah
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Paper
Woman on Cot, Photorealist Oil Painting by Lisa Martin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lisa Martin - Woman on Cot, Year: circa 1996, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 63 x 49.5 in. (160.02 x 125.73 cm)
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Woman Dressing, Photorealist Oil Painting by Lisa Martin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lisa Martin - Woman Dressing, Year: circa 1996, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 49.25 x 39.25 in. (125.1 x 99.7 cm)
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait, Photorealist Oil Painting by Lisa Martin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lisa Martin - Portrait, Year: circa 1996, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm)
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Woman Concealed, Photorealist Oil Painting by Lisa Martin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lisa Martin - Woman Concealed, Year: 1996, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated lower right, Size: 40 x 36 in. (101.6 x 91.44 cm)
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Woman in Bed, Photorealist Oil Painting by Lisa Martin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lisa Martin - Woman in Bed, Year: circa 1996, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 46 x 38 in. (116.84 x 96.52 cm)
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Interior Self Portrait, Photorealist Graphite Drawing by Lisa Martin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lisa Martin - Interior Self Portrait, Year: circa 2000, Medium: Graphite on Paper, Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm)
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Graphite
Bold Black Thread Portrait by Nemo Jantzen
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Exclusive Original Artwork : A one-of-a-kind artwork by Nemo Jantzen
* Innovative Nail and Thread Technique: Handmade artwork with nails and thread on wood. Each nail is carefully pl...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Thread
Price Upon Request
Butterfly Collector #12
Located in New York, NY
Coming from the world of Street art, Lis Sam is a self-taught artist. Born in Tunisia in 1989, he arrived in France at the age of 11, where he entered the world of craftsmanship, dev...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper
Price Upon Request
Butterfly Collector #11
Located in New York, NY
Coming from the world of Street art, Lis Sam is a self-taught artist. Born in Tunisia in 1989, he arrived in France at the age of 11, where he entered the world of craftsmanship, dev...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper
Price Upon Request
Butterfly Collector #10
Located in New York, NY
Coming from the world of Street art, Lis Sam is a self-taught artist. Born in Tunisia in 1989, he arrived in France at the age of 11, where he entered the world of craftsmanship, dev...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper
Price Upon Request
Butterfly Collector #9
Located in New York, NY
Coming from the world of Street art, Lis Sam is a self-taught artist. Born in Tunisia in 1989, he arrived in France at the age of 11, where he entered the world of craftsmanship, dev...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper
Price Upon Request
Butterfly Collector #8
Located in New York, NY
Coming from the world of Street art, Lis Sam is a self-taught artist. Born in Tunisia in 1989, he arrived in France at the age of 11, where he entered the world of craftsmanship, dev...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper
Price Upon Request
Butterfly Collector #7
Located in New York, NY
Coming from the world of Street art, Lis Sam is a self-taught artist. Born in Tunisia in 1989, he arrived in France at the age of 11, where he entered the world of craftsmanship, dev...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper
Price Upon Request
Butterfly Collector #4
Located in New York, NY
Coming from the world of Street art, Lis Sam is a self-taught artist. Born in Tunisia in 1989, he arrived in France at the age of 11, where he entered the world of craftsmanship, dev...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper
Price Upon Request
Butterfly Collector #3
Located in New York, NY
Coming from the world of Street art, Lis Sam is a self-taught artist. Born in Tunisia in 1989, he arrived in France at the age of 11, where he entered the world of craftsmanship, dev...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper
Price Upon Request
Automn Shadow
Located in New York, NY
Coming from the world of Street art, Lis Sam is a self-taught artist. Born in Tunisia in 1989, he arrived in France at the age of 11, where he entered the world of craftsmanship, dev...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper
Price Upon Request
Purple Orchid 2
Located in New York, NY
Coming from the world of Street art, Lis Sam is a self-taught artist. Born in Tunisia in 1989, he arrived in France at the age of 11, where he entered the world of craftsmanship, dev...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper
Price Upon Request
Purple Orchid 1
Located in New York, NY
Coming from the world of Street art, Lis Sam is a self-taught artist. Born in Tunisia in 1989, he arrived in France at the age of 11, where he entered the world of craftsmanship, dev...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper
Price Upon Request
Purple Orchid 3
Located in New York, NY
Coming from the world of Street art, Lis Sam is a self-taught artist. Born in Tunisia in 1989, he arrived in France at the age of 11, where he entered the world of craftsmanship, dev...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper
Price Upon Request
Shadow Diptyque
Located in New York, NY
Coming from the world of Street art, Lis Sam is a self-taught artist. Born in Tunisia in 1989, he arrived in France at the age of 11, where he entered the world of craftsmanship, dev...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Paper, Plexiglass
Price Upon Request
Ancient Blessing
By Roseta Santiago
Located in Missouri, MO
Ancient Blessing, 2006
Roseta Santiago
Oil on Canvas
Signed Middle Left
42 x 48 inches
43 x 50 inches with frame
Roseta Santiago was born and raised in Washington D.C. She started ...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Bob Dylan, "Bowling For Dollars" Liverpool, England 1966
Located in Austin, TX
Bob Dylan, mock Olympic curling tryouts, Liverpool, England, 1966 by Barry Feinstein
All limited-edition prints released by the Estate of Barry Feinstein are embossed in the margin ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bob Dylan "Licensed Betting Office" Sheffield, England 1966
Located in Austin, TX
Bob Dylan, leaving betting office, Sheffield, England, 1966 by Barry Feinstein.
All limited-edition prints released by the Estate of Barry Feinstein are embossed in the margin of th...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bob Dylan, The Royal Albert Hall, London 1966
Located in Austin, TX
Bob Dylan taken during his sound check at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 1966
All limited-edition prints released by the Estate of Barry Feinstein are embossed in the margi...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Bob Dylan, Trying on boots, England 1966
Located in Austin, TX
Bob Dylan taken while trying on boots, in England, 1966 by Barry Feinstein
All limited-edition prints released by the Estate of Barry Feinstein are embossed in the margin of the pri...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Bob Dylan, Liverpool, England 1966
Located in Austin, TX
Bob Dylan by Barry Feinstein, taken on the cobbled streets of Liverpool, England, 1966
All limited-edition prints released by the Estate of Barry Feinstein are embossed in the margi...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Bob Dylan "The Giant" Liverpool, England 1966
Located in Austin, TX
Bob Dylan “The Giant” by Barry Feinstein, Liverpool, England, 1966
All limited-edition prints released by the Estate of Barry Feinstein are embossed in the margin of the print recto...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Bob Dylan, "Kids On Steps" Liverpool, England 1966
Located in Austin, TX
Bob Dylan taken by Barry Feinstein, Liverpool, England, 1966
All limited-edition prints released by the Estate of Barry Feinstein are embossed in the margin of the print recto. The ...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Bob Dylan "Fans Looking in Limo" The Royal Albert Hall, London, 1966
Located in Austin, TX
Musician Bob Dylan with fans looking into his limousine, London, England, 1966 by Barry Feinstein.
All limited-edition prints released by the Estate of Barry Feinstein are embossed ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bob Dylan - "The Times They Are A-Changin'" cover
Located in Austin, TX
Barry Feinstein's iconic cover for Bob Dylan's 1964 album, The Times They Are A-Changin'. Take in New York City, 1963.
All limited-edition prints released by the Estate of Barry Fei...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Solitaire (It's 3am), Photorealist Oil on Canvas Painting by Nicholas Maravell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Solitaire (It’s 3am)
Nicholas Maravell, American
Date: 1992
Oil on Canvas, signed, titled and dated in marker on verso
Size: 78 x 54.5 in. (198.12 x 138.43 cm)
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shimmer Abstraction, Photorealist Acrylic Painting on Aluminum by David Kessler
Located in Long Island City, NY
Shimmer Abstraction
David T. Kessler, American (1950)
Date: 2005
Acrylic on Brushed Aluminum mounted to board, signed, titled and dated on verso
Size: 48 x 72 in. (121.92 x 182.88 cm)
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Metal
T-Series "After The Hunt" by Harnett, Photorealist Painting by John Clem Clarke
Located in Long Island City, NY
T-Series “After The Hunt” by Harnett
John Clem Clarke, American (1937–2021)
Date: 1983
Mixed Media on Canvas, titled and dated in marker on verso
Size: 72.5 x 55.5 in. (184.15 x 140....
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Porcelain Alliance
By Drew Tal
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 7
With his works included in the permanent collection at the Norton and the New Britain Museum, Drew Tal’s successful career has been nothing but a soaring ascension into...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Dye, Photographic Paper, Photogravure, Ph...
Price Upon Request
Incognito
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Handmade resin domes on board with unparalleled craftsmanship by Nemo Jantzen. Every inch of this piece is made by hand, with careful attention to detail. "Paradise" is a stunning pi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Epoxy Resin
Price Upon Request
KING V
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork.
In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Thread
Price Upon Request
Intergalactic
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork.
In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Thread
Price Upon Request
Silence Is Golden
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork.
In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Thread
Price Upon Request
Out of Focus
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork.
In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Thread, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Who’s Laughing Now
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork.
In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Thread
Price Upon Request
State of Grace
Located in Rye, NY
Meditation. Prayer. Focusing on the breath. Clearing the mind. Letting go of the world that can distract us, rob us, from moments of true peace. These paintings capture individuals i...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
The Psychotropic Splendor of Utopian Intoxication
Located in Greenwich, CT
Still life of grapes, wine and foliage against an ocean background
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
"Fading Moment"
By Jane Jones
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
In our quick paced culture, we are hyper-stimulated with visual media, which has caused our sense of vision to become blind to many things of incredible loveliness and consequence, s...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
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.