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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Period: 20th Century
Period: 1930s
Style: Photorealist
Ma... I Want to Swim!, Photorealist Painting by Wai Ming
By Ming Wai
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Wai Ming, Chinese/American (1938 - )
Title: I Want to Swim
Year: 1985
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and titled verso
Size: 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
Frame Size: 35 x 2...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Vintage Bridge, ' by Unknown, Black & White Photography
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 15.5" x 12.5" black and white vintage photograph depicts a dramatic bird's-eye view of an unknown bridge. The composition shows the bridge vertically, as the bridge continues fu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Raquel Welch
By Eva Sereny
Located in Austin, TX
Modern edition, C-Type print estate stamped and authenticated on reverse by a representative of the Eva Sereny archive.
American film star and sex symbol Raquel Welch...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
"Return to Earth", R. W. Hedge, Original Oil on Canvas, 44"x60", Grand Canyon
By R. W. Hedge
Located in Dallas, TX
Ronnie Hedge's artwork, "Return to Earth," masterfully captures the tranquility and grandeur of one of nature's most iconic landscapes—the Grand Canyon. Through his hyperrealistic te...
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Karen Seltenrich "Groupies", signed limited edition silver gelatin print
By Baron Wolman
Located in Austin, TX
Karen Seltenrich by Baron Wolman, taken in San Francisco in 1970 as part of Baron's Groupies series, taken for Rolling Stone magazine.
Limited edition number 2/150, signed and noted...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bob Marley
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition silver gelatin print of Bob Marley by Kevin Cummins, photographed whilst performing at Bingley Hall in Stafford, England, June 22, 19...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Rolling Stones "Stones Playing Cricket" London 1968
Located in Austin, TX
“From the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, Hampstead, London, 1968. Featuring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Bi-Plane, Photorealist Screenprint by Ted Wilbur
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ted Wilbur, American (1930 - 2019) - Bi-Plane, Year: 1981, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, Size: 22 in. x 26 in. (55.88 cm x 66.04 cm)
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Screen
Sonny and Cher
By Art Kane
Located in Austin, TX
Sonny and Cher, taken in the pool in 1966 by Art Kane
Photographed at Sonny and Cher’s Beverly Hills residence in 1966 for the McCall’s magazine photo essay ‘Teen Idols’, Art Kane s...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
David Bowie "A Day in Kyoto 2 - Hankyu Train" by Sukita
Located in Austin, TX
16" x 20", signed limited edition print of David Bowie, titled "A Day in Kyoto 2 - Hankyu Train" by Masayoshi Sukita
This print is also available as a 30x40" signed limited edition...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Windowsill, Large Photorealist Oil Painting by Richard Mizdal
Located in Long Island City, NY
Windowsill
Richard Mizdal, American (1944)
Date: 1985
Oil on Canvas, signed and dated lower right
Size: 54 x 40 in. (137.16 x 101.6 cm)
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marilyn Monroe nude in Somethings Got To Give by Lawrence Schiller EP5/6
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality print of Marilyn Monroe by Lawrence Schiller, taken on the set of Somethings Got To Give in 1962 during the famous naked swimming pool scene
...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie "Pin Ups" cover
Located in Austin, TX
English model Twiggy poses with David Bowie in Paris for the cover of his ‘Pin Ups’ album, 1973, by Justin de Villeneuve
Justin recalls, "Twiggy and I were st...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Mick Jagger with camera by Baron Wolman signed 11x14" limited edition print
By Baron Wolman
Located in Austin, TX
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones by the legendary late photographer, Baron Wolman, Taken on the set of "Performance" in London, September 1968.
One copy available
Signed limited e...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
“Untitled”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original photorealistic watercolor on archival paper by the American artist, Gregory Strachov. Signed lower right. Circa 1980. Condition is excellent. Beautifully matted and frame...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
James Carter, "Blue Print" Serenity in Ivory, Taupe & Black
Located in San Francisco, CA
Clarity plus precision in execution could yield, in this case, serenity. Perhaps this is the magic formula that has put James Carter’s works into such high-powered corporate collecti...
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Ian Curtis of Joy Division by Kevin Cummins
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition silver gelatin print of Ian Curtis of post-punk band Joy Division, photographed at Princess Parkway, Manchester, January 6, 1979.
T...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Prayer Beads, Western Tibet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Prayer Beads, Western Tibet" c.1998, is a photograph by American artist Lisa Kristine, b.1965. It is stamp signed and titled on the back. The photograph size is ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Other Medium
The Rolling Stones "Mick Feeding Goat" Beggars Banquet by Michael Joseph framed
Located in Austin, TX
The Rolling Stones "Mick Feeding Goat" - Outtake from the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, Hampstead, London, 1968, si...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
100th Anniversary Celebration Coffret # 10 - Canada - Vintage Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Fabrizio La Torre’s 100th Anniversary Celebration (1921-2021) Set # 10 - Canada
Limited edition of 100 Coffrets for each themes, all artworks printe...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bob Dylan portrait by Guido Harari
By Guido Harari
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Bob Dylan by Guido Harari, taken in Sirmione, Italy, 1984.
Available in the following sizes:
A. 11” x 16” - Edition 50
B. 16” x 20” - Edition 50
C. 20” x 28” - Edition 25
D. 32” x 44” - Edition 10
E. 44” x 59” - Edition 5
Guido Harari has photographed many music legends in his prolific career in Italy.
Lou Reed said about him: "I'm always happy when Guido takes my picture because I know it will be a musical picture. And it will also have some poetry and feeling to it. The things that Guido captures with his portraits are generally speaking ignored by other photographers. I consider Guido a friend, not a photographer".
Guido started out in the early Seventies as a music photographer and journalist, also exploring reportage, fashion, advertising and corporate photography. He’s produced record covers for Kate Bush, David Crosby...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Three Egrets 1980 Signed Limited Edition Screen Print
By Fran Bull
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Fran Bull
Title: Three Egrets
Year: 1980
Print: Screen Print on Rives BFK White paper
Size: 22'' x 30'' inches
Edition: Signed in pencil and marked 230/250
Fran Bull is b...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Screen
Bianca Jagger
By Eva Sereny
Located in Austin, TX
Modern edition, C-Type print estate stamped and authenticated on reverse by a representative of the Eva Sereny archive.
Bianca Jagger is pictured wearing Zandra Rhodes clothes in a fashion shoot for Sunday Times magazine, at her house in Cheyne Walk...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
(Abstract Still Life with Chessboard) Untitled, 1964, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: (Abstract Still Life with Chessboard) Untitled
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Acrylic on illustration board
Size: 14 x 11 inches
Condition: Good
Prove...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Faye Dunaway Oscar outtake by Terry O'Neill signed Lifetime Edition
Located in Austin, TX
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
Chris Cornell by Chris Cuffaro
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, from acclaimed music photographer, Chris Cuffaro. Taken in September 1991 in Indio, CA
Signed limited edition 17x22" print, edition number 25/50
Chris Cuffaro has shot the best of the best in the music world including ground-breaking bands like Jane’s Addiction...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Who with children by Art Kane
By Art Kane
Located in Austin, TX
The Who under a Union Jack flag, 1968 by Art Kane
Shot in 1968 in NYC in Morningside Park near Columbia University, Art Kane had plenty of fun with The Who. Kane described them as “...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Still Life with Sugars, Photorealist Screenprint by Ralph Goings
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
Cream 1968 by Art Kane
By Art Kane
Located in Austin, TX
British psychedelic rock group, Cream, taken in 1968 by Art Kane, featuring Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker.
Cream was a new kind of blues band. British of course, but put...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
The Who under a Union Jack flag
By Art Kane
Located in Austin, TX
The Who under a Union Jack flag, 1968 by Art Kane
Shot in 1968 in NYC in Morningside Park near Columbia University, Art Kane had plenty of fun with The Who. Kane described them as “...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers), 1963, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers)
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Acrylic on double layered Masonite
Size: 29.5 x 21 inches
Condition: Good
P...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
One-Eleven Diner, Photorealist Screenprint by Ralph Goings
By Ralph Goings
Located in Long Island City, NY
In this photorealistic print, Ralph Goings focuses on the classic American diner with his depiction of a lone waitress behind the counter. With h...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Screen
Bob Marley 1972 portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition, silver print of Bob Marley, taken in the recording studio during the "I Can See Clearly Now" sessions with Johnny Nash, 1972
Alec Byrne...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin
Marianne Faithfull by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, TX
English singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull, photographed at The Salisbury pub in London, 1964.
Available in the following sizes. All prints signed and numbered by Ger...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
Red Spotted Lily, Photorealist Screenprint on Paper by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Photorealist flower screenprint by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt, signed and numbered in pencil.
Red Spotted Lily from the Stamp Series
Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–1...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Screen
1960's Hollywood Photography by Lawrence Schiller 'Marilyn Monroe'
Located in White Plains, NY
'Marilyn Monroe, 1962' by American photographer, Lawrence Schiller. Archival digital pigment, AP 3/5. Image: 12.5 x 19 in. / Paper: 16 x 20 in. From the set of the film 'Something's ...
Category
1960s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie Scary Monsters Clown Contact Sheet by Duffy
By Brian 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
Sail Boats
Located in Miami, FL
A precise and exact rendering and meticulous spacial arrangement are on full display in Lewandowski's this later work.
The work looks better in person. The artwork is in pristine co...
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Noel Gallagher from Oasis by Jill Furmanovsky
Located in Austin, TX
Limited edition fine art print of Noel Gallagher from Oasis, tuning his guitar on the floor of Studio Two, Abbey Road Studios during the recording sessions for Be Here Now in October...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Noel Gallagher of Oasis by Jill Furmanovsky
Located in Austin, TX
Noel Gallagher of the legendary band Oasis taken in NEC Birmingham, England in the mid-90s, taken by Jill Furmanovsky (featuring his signature Union Jack guitar).
Signed and number...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Jam "In The City" album cover outtake by Martyn Goddard
Located in Austin, TX
Signed, limited edition print of The Jam. This shot is an outtake from the debut album cover for 'In The City' with photographer Martyn Goddard in May 1977.
Available in the follow...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Figure, Volcano
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Figure, Volcano (John Huszar)
Year: June 1971
Medium: Acrylic, Pen & Ink on Canvas
Size: 72 x 48 inches
Condition: Ex...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Grapes and Peaches by Arthur C. H. Herzog - Oil on Cardboard - 57x40.5
Located in Geneva, CH
Arthur Charles Henri Herzog (1862–1913) was a Swiss painter renowned for his landscape paintings and designs, depicting both Swiss and foreign scenes.
Born in Neuchâtel, Herzog devel...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil
Steve Martin, On Fifth Avenue, 1977
Located in White Plains, NY
'Steve Martin, On Fifth Avenue,' 1977 by famed American photographer, Allan Tannenbaum. Archival pigment print, 10 x 15 inch photo on 16 x 20 inch on the ...
Category
1970s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Robert & Patti, New York 1969 “Patti with Cigarette”
By Norman Seeff
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition fine art print of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe, taken in her kitchen in New York by celebrated photographer and filmmaker, Norman Seeff in 1969.
This Patty Smith...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie Ziggy Stardust contact sheet by Duffy. Large format limited edition
By Brian Duffy
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality fine art contact sheet print of David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust, taken by Brian Duffy in London, 1972, from the official Duffy Archive.
Available in one size - 30"x40" ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Time Square Night (Eternity), Photorealist Screenprint by Ken Keeley, circa 1995
By Ken Keeley
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint was created by New York-based artist Ken Keeley. Keeley's Keeley's collections of candy bars and magazines; storefronts and street scenes gr...
Category
1990s Photorealist Art
Materials
Screen
Revere ware Still Life
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Jeanette Pasin-Sloan (b.1946). Still Life with Revere ware, 1988. Mixed media on paper. 13 1/8 x 13 3/4 inches (image) ; 18 x 20 inches (sheet); 22 x 23.5 ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Heroic Materialism No. 1, Photorealist Acrylic Painting by Jeanette Pasin-Sloan
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jeanette Pasin Sloan-American (1946-)
Title: Heroic Materialism No. 1
Year: 1981
Medium: Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Board, signed
S...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Color Pencil
Rajah of Sarawak - Mid-Century Mens Magazine - Pulp Adventure Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
Male illustration Illustration - Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, KCB (29 April 1803[1] – 11 June 1868), was a British adventurer whose exploits in the Malay Archipelago...
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Gouache
Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall nude contact sheet
Located in Austin, TX
Contact sheet print featuring American model Jerry Hall with singer Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, photographed for Norman Parkinson’s exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
C Print
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
Pinetrees, Seashore
By Ansel Adams
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Pinetrees, Seashore” by Ansel Adams, published by Little, Brown and Co. in 1990, is a captivating reproduction that encapsulates the serene beauty and stark majesty of coastal lands...
Category
1930s Photorealist Art
Materials
Offset
New York Skyline 1980 Cityscape Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
H.N. Han
Han Hsiang-Ning (Chinese b.1939)
New York Skyline
1980
From the Cityscape Portfolio
Pencil signed, dated and marked PP 4/25 in the margin
Color lithograph on Somerset.
Pape...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Mid Century Still-Life with Grapes, Copper Vessel & Wine
By Manuel Ventura Millán
Located in Soquel, CA
Soft and realistic mid century still life of a basket overflowing with clusters of ripe grapes, beside a copper vessel and a glass of white wine, by Manuel Ventura...
Category
Mid-20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Tom Waits, Mantello, 1992
By Guido Harari
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Tom Waits, taken in Paris 1992 by Guido Harari
16x20" giclee print
Guido Harari has photographed many music legends in his prolific career in Italy.
Lou Reed said about him: "I'm always happy when Guido takes my picture because I know it will be a musical picture...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art
Materials
Giclée
Pop Art Vintage Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print "Time to Save" Audrey Flack
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
Cold Beer (with coca cola sign) iconic photorealist lithograph, Signed/N Framed
Located in New York, NY
Two Color Offset Lithograph on Wove Paper by photo realist star Robert Cottingham
Pencil signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 150 on the front
This hand signed, titled and...
Category
1980s Photorealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
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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