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Realist Art

REALIST STYLE

Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world. 

Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history. 

By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.

Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.

Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.

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Style: Realist
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Self-portrait - Homo nudus -
Located in Berlin, DE
Bruno Paul (1874 Seifhennersdorf - 1968 Berlin). Self-portrait, c. 1895. Pencil on paper, mounted on cardboard, 53.5 x 35 cm, signed 'Paul' at upper left. - Homo nudus - About the artwork In a mirrored situation, Bruno Paul looks at himself in the picture. While his body, which is the size of the format, is shown in profile parallel to the picture, he turns his head into the picture in order to become aware of himself there, whereby the lighter use...
Category

1890s Realist Art

Materials

Pencil

1830's Hand-colored Lithograph of a Ground Squirrel
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderfully preserved hand-colored 1830's lithograph "Ground Squirrel" by Thomas Doughty (American, 1793 - 1856), circa 1830. From "The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports." Phila: J.&T. Doughty, 1830-32. Sold previously by Bland Gallery, Early 20th century East Side gallery specializing in miniatures. Presented in frame with new acid-free mat under plexiglass. Image size: 7.25"H x 8.75"W. Doughty’s short-lived magazine “The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports” is an important imprint in the history of American printing. It contained the first colored sporting prints made in America. Issued in monthly parts and published from the end of 1830 until the spring of 1834, “The Cabinet” featured articles on hunting, detailed descriptions of newly discovered flora and fauna, and some of the finest examples of early American hand-colored lithography. It was originally the work of the Doughty brothers, Thomas and John, with virtually all of the plates being the work of Thomas, who also founded the Hudson River School. But, by the spring of 1832, the partnership had broken up and Thomas had moved to Boston. An abbreviated third volume lacked Thomas’ touch. Printed by Childs & Inman, the partnership between Philadelphia engraver and lithographer Cephas G. Childs and New York portrait...
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1830s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Funk In Tuscany, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian fashion designer, model and socialite, Marta Marzotto (1931 - 2016), playing a James Brown album on an Italian Brionvega Radiofonograph RR126 stereo system, Porto Ercole, Tus...
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1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Pink Bottle Display, Modern Still Life, Silhouette Transparencies Tan Background
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Pink Bottle Display" is a contemporary still-life painting portraying a set of bottles and cups in pink tones against a classy beige background. Details: Title: Pink Bottle Display...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor

Apple tree twig- Realistic Figurative Still life Oil Painting, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Gabryela Wasowicz is a Polish painter born in 1947. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Warsaw and then at the Gerrit Rietveld Akademie in Amste...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Apple tree twig- Realistic Figurative Still life Oil Painting, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Gabryela Wasowicz is a Polish painter born in 1947. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Warsaw and then at the Gerrit Rietveld Akademie in Amste...
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Early 2000s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Powerlines and Reflections
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
A painting done on location on the canal in Scottsdale, AZ. A detailed look at man made structures and line.
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

YE PIPE AND BOWL Signed Lithograph Old Tavern Sign Painter American Illustration
Located in Union City, NJ
Artist: Norman Rockwell, American (1894 - 1978) Title: Ye Pipe and Bowl Year: 1976 Medium: Hand Drawn Lithograph on Arches paper, 100% acid free, signed in pencil by Norman Rockwell Edition: 200 Lithograph was hand proofed and printed by Atelier Ettinger, NYC. YE PIPE AND BOWL was featured on the Saturday Evening Post Cover - Feb. 6, 1926 (First Post cover to be printed in full color). This cover depicts a colonial artist...
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Watercolour of Ireland Valley Countryside by 20th Century Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Watercolour of Ireland Valley Countryside by 20th Century Irish Artist, George Trevor. Art measures 13.5 x 9.5 inches Frame measures 20.5 x 17 inches ...
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Mary Pickford Douglas Fairbanks at Walpi First Mesa Hopi Village 1920 Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks at Walpi First Mesa Hopi Village 1920 Photograph Original Sepia toned Silver gelatin photographic print by Charles Roshe (British, 1885-1974). Provenance: Mary Pickford, Elizabeth (Bess) Huggins. Image 10.75"H x 13.75"W He was Mary Pickford's favorite cinematographer and a personal friend, shooting all of the films in which she starred from 1918 to 1927, before they had a falling out during production of Coquette (1929). He was the first cinematographer to receive an Academy Award, along with Karl Struss, for Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and won again for The Yearling (1946), with Leonard Smith and Arthur Arling. He was also nominated four times. Walpi, pueblo (village), Navajo county, northeastern Arizona, U.S., on the edge of a high mesa in the Hopi Indian Reservation. It comprises a group of angular stone houses of two to three stories crowded on a narrow tip of the steep-walled mesa at an elevation of 6,225 feet (1,897 metres). The original pueblo (founded c. 1700) was on a lower part of the mesa, but following the Pueblo Rebellion, the inhabitants moved to the top as a defensive measure against Spanish retaliation. Walpi is known for an antelope ceremony and for snake dances, held during odd years in August and generally closed to non-Hopi spectators. Shitchumovi (Sichomivi) pueblo is adjacent and Hano is nearby. Pickford was the first Canadian to win an Oscar. She was also the second to win best actress and the first for a role in a film with sound. She was one of the founding members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 1919 Pickford took the lead in organizing the United Artists Corporation with Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, and Douglas Fairbanks. In 1920, after the dissolution of her first marriage (1911–19) to actor Owen Moore, she married Fairbanks (divorced 1936). Pickford’s popularity continued unabated in Pollyanna (1920), Little Lord...
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1920s Realist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Fairy Wren, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
181 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 2023 Style: Classic Art Title: Fairy Wren Size: 12 x 16 inc...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Chickadee, Bird Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
182 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 2023 Style: Classic Art Title: Fairy Wren Size: 12 x 16 inc...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Snack Bandit" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christy Stallop's (US based) "Snack Bandit" is an oil painting that depicts a Crow wearing a green wrestling mask.
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Approach of the Simoon, Desert of Gizeh: 19th C. Hand-colored Roberts Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored lithograph entitled "Approach of the Simoon, Desert of Gizeh" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio edition, published in London by F. G. Moon in 1849. The lithographs were prepared by Louis Haghe (1806-1885) from drawings and paintings by Roberts. The resultant large folio editions of 'The Holy Land' and 'Egypt & Nubia' are considered the greatest lithographically illustrated works issued in the 19th century. This is the most famous and collectible of David Roberts' works, entitled "Approach of the Simoon, Desert of Gizeh". The scene captures the dramatic moment when a fierce sandstorm, known as a simoon, approaches a caravan traveling through the desert of Gizeh in Egypt. The scene is filled with swirling clouds of sand, which obscure the figures of the travelers and their camels. The sky is dark and ominous, with lightning bolts striking the ground in the distance. The figures in the foreground appear to be huddling together for protection, while one man in the center struggles to keep his turban from being blown away. Roberts' lithograph is particularly striking for its attention to detail and its use of light and shadow to create a sense of depth and atmosphere. The figures and camels in the foreground are rendered with great precision, while the distant landscape and stormy sky are suggested with broad, sweeping strokes. Overall, "Approach of the Simoon, Desert of Gizeh" is a powerful and evocative image of the harsh realities of life in the desert, and a testament to David Roberts' skill as an artist. This is the most well known and sought-after of all Roberts prints, as well as the most difficult to find and hence most expensive. This hand-colored lithograph is printed on wove paper with wide margins. The print is in excellent condition. It is presented in a gold-colored wood frame with a tan mat. It is glazed with UV conservation glass. All framing materials used are archival museum quality. The frame measures 23.75" high and 29" wide. There are two additional iconic David Roberts hand-colored lithographs for sale on 1stdibs that are matted and framed in identical styles, although slightly different sizes. They are scenes of Petra and the Citadel of Cairo. They can be viewed by typing their reference #'s, LU1173211969422 and LU1173211970142, into the 1stdibs search field or typing Timeless Intaglio in the search field and tapping on the drop down name to be taken to our storefront. Two or all three of these pieces would make for a striking display grouping. A discount is available for the purchase of multiple pieces. David Roberts (1796-1864) was a Scottish painter who specialized in landscapes, architectural subjects, and scenes from the Middle East and Europe. Born in Edinburgh, Roberts began his career at age ten as an apprentice to a house painter and eventually became a scene painter for theater companies in Edinburgh and London. In the 1820s, J. M. W. Turner recognized his artistic talent and encouraged him to become a full-time artist. He began to focus on painting landscapes and architecture. In 1838 he traveled to Egypt and soon after to the Holy Land, concluding in Jerusalem. Roberts' travels in the Middle East had a profound impact on his art, and he produced a series of highly detailed and realistic paintings and sketches of the region's famous ruins and other landmarks, including the Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, the Temple of Abu Simbel...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (Couple with Seascape)
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
Peter Stevens (1920-2001) is an American painter, known for Illustrating magazines. He worked for slick magazines, such as The American Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Family Circle, Liberty, McCall's, Redbook, and The Saturday Evening Post. By 1961 the trend in magazine design was turning away from classic illustration, just as his portrait commissions were growing more successful. He was represented by Portraits Incorporated of New York City with a steady stream of significant clients. He painted the portraits of several speakers of the Rhode Island House of Representatives...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Board

Chaffinch, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
153 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2023 Style: Classic Art, Title: Chaffinch, Size: 12 x 1...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Las Brisas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The coastline near Warren Avis' villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, January 1978. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projects is proud to offer this v...
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

C Print

Harvesting, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right and dated 1950.
Category

1950s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Black and White Etching -- Rodez
Located in Troy, NY
This detailed etching depicts Notre Dame in France. The foreground shows an alleyway, with cracking and peeling buildings, plants climbing the walls, and a shifting stone road. Each ...
Category

1920s Realist Art

Materials

Etching, Paper

Las Brisas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The coastline near Warren Avis' villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, January 1978. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projects is proud to offer this v...
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

C Print

Jetty 4
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery. Margery Gosnell-Qua received an MFA in Painting and an MS in Art History from Pratt Institute in 1996, where she traveled to Italy to study Pai...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

CARIBOU, MOUNT JACQUES CARTIER
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on paper. Hand signed, titled and numbered by the artist. Edition of 350. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity is included. All reasonable o...
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Bullfinch, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
132 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2023 Style: Classic Art, Title: Bullfinch, Size: 12 x 1...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Bullfinch, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
138 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2023 Style: Classic Art, Title: Bullfinch, Size: 12 x 1...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"For This From That Will Be Filled" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ken Cunningham's "For This From That Will Be Filled" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts two women picking apples of green and red with the silhouette of a tree behind...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Chaffinch, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
146 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2023 Style: Classic Art, Title: Chaffinch, Size: 12 x 1...
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2010s Realist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Chaffinch, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
145 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2023 Style: Classic Art, Title: Chaffinch, Size: 12 x 1...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Marisa Berenson, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actress Marisa Berenson sunbathing in Capri, 1968. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by ...
Category

1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Sizzle by Ali Mourabet, Contemporary art, Original art, Figurative art
Located in Deddington, GB
Sizzle [2020] original and hand signed by the artist Acrylic on canvas Image size: H:80 cm x W:80 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:80 cm x W:80 cm x D:2.5cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look A bird's eye view of sunbathers on the beach with matching multi-coloured parasols Ali Mourabet...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Robin, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
129 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2023 Style: Classic Art, Title: Robin, Size: 12 x 16 in...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Eileen Soper - 20th Century British drawing of chicks in the nest
Located in London, GB
EILEEN SOPER (1905-1990) The Coconut Nest Box Dated l.r.: June 14 1956, bears artist’s studio stamp on the reverse Pencil Unframed, in conservation mount only 18 by 15 cm., 7 by 6 in. (mount size 37 by 33.5 cm., 14 ½ by 13 ¼ in.) Provenance: The artist’s estate; Chris Beetles, London; Private collection. Eileen Alice Soper was born in Enfield, Middlesex in 1905. In 1908 the family moved to Harmer Green, Welwyn in the Hertfordshire countryside and she was the live in that same house of the rest of her life. She attended Hitchen Girls School and was artistically trained by her father, the noted illustrator and etcher, George Soper...
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Pencil

Intervention 2. 2012, canvas, oil, 70x90 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Intervention 2. 2012, canvas, oil, 70x90 cm
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Twice Blessed, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960: Framed in a rustic window, member of the so called 'black aristocracy' who trace their ancestry back to the papal courts, Princess Laudomia Hercolani, wife of Prince Hercolani and daughter of Prince and Princess del Drago...
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1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Twice Blessed, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960: Framed in a rustic window, member of the so called 'black aristocracy' who trace their ancestry back to the papal courts, Princess Laudomia Hercolani, wife of Prince Hercolani and daughter of Prince and Princess del Drago...
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1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Bettina Graziani, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French fashion model Bettina Graziani (Simone Micheline Bodin) (1925 - 2015) adjusting the sail of a boat, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy, 1964. Sl...
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1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

MARTEN AND GRAY JAYS
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on paper. Hand signed, titled and numbered by the artist. Edition of 350. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity is included. All reasonable o...
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Helen & Nelda by the Pool, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo (left) talking to Nelda Linsk, wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. Slim Aaro...
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1970s Realist Art

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Lambda

Bettina Graziani, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French fashion model Bettina Graziani (Simone Micheline Bodin) (1925 - 2015) adjusting the sail of a boat, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy, 1964. Sl...
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1960s Realist Art

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Lambda

Eileen Soper - 20th Century British drawing of Netsheds on Hastings Beach
Located in London, GB
EILEEN SOPER (1905-1990) Netsheds, Hastings Beach Pencil Unframed, in conservation mount only 15.5 by 22.5 cm., 6 ¼ by 9 in. (mount size 33 by 39 cm., 13 by 15 ¼ in.) Provenance: The artist’s estate; Chris Beetles, London; Private collection. Eileen Alice Soper was born in Enfield, Middlesex in 1905. In 1908 the family moved to Harmer Green, Welwyn in the Hertfordshire countryside and she was the live in that same house of the rest of her life. She attended Hitchen Girls School and was artistically trained by her father, the noted illustrator and etcher, George Soper...
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Pencil

Marisa Berenson, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actress Marisa Berenson sunbathing in Capri, 1968. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by ...
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1960s Realist Art

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Lambda

Bettina Graziani, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French fashion model Bettina Graziani (Simone Micheline Bodin) (1925 - 2015) adjusting the sail of a boat, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy, 1964. Sl...
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1960s Realist Art

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Lambda

untitled / ohne Titel
Located in New York, NY
Martin Eder untitled work on paper executed in ballpoint pen with traces of watercolor. Ohne Titel Arbeit auf Papier, ausgeführt in Kugelschreiber mit Spuren von Aquarell. 2007
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Early 2000s Realist Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Pen

"A Mirror to Presence" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ken Cunningham's "A Mirror to Presence" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman holding a red apple.
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Washerwomen by the river, oil on canvas by Karl Girardet
Located in Gent, VOV
This painting is part of a series of paintings Girardet made of washerwomen by the river. Upon their presentation they had a considerable success, which endures till now. In 2008 another painting of this series was sold at Christie's . Karl Girardet was born in 1813 in Le Locle, which at the time was part of France but is now part of Switzerland. Girardet lived and worked most of his life in Paris. After beginning his career as a painter of landscapes, he became a well-known history painter. As a confidant of the French king Louis Philippe I...
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Late 19th Century Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil, ABS

Study for a Stage Design
Located in New York, NY
Signed, lower right: M Dobuzhinsky
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Early 20th Century Realist Art

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Dendera, Egypt, Dec 7th, 1838: David Roberts' 19th C. Duotone Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored lithograph entitled "Dendera, Dec 7th, 1838" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio edition, published in...
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1840s Realist Art

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Lithograph

Passion
Located in Atlanta, GA
Item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting. Item includes frame; Fernando Ibañez Alcaraz was born in Alcoy, Alicante (Spain) in 1969. Growing ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

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Board, Oil

Lavender Mountain
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
A girl on a lavender mountain on a sunny day
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2010s Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Luigi Bazzani - Port of Portus, Italy
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Luigi Bazzani’s delicate watercolor of the busy port of Portus, Rome depicts in detail, and the activities underway. The realism of the architectural details, from every step and stone to the ornate column...
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Late 19th Century Realist Art

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Watercolor

''Cherries” Contemporary Fine Realist Still-Life Painting of Red Cherries, Fruit
Located in Utrecht, NL
During his successful career as a goldsmith the desire to paint grew on Dutch artist René Smoorenburg (1954). The attention to detail, which was of gr...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Caleta Beach, Acapulco Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A couple walk on Caleta Beach holding hands, Acapulco, Mexico, 1968. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projects is pleased to offer this vibran...
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1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

"Untitled, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Rebecca Venn's (US based) "Untitled" is an original, handmade graphite drawing on paper that depicts a nude female model laying on her side, with her back...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Graphite

Portrait of a Young Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gilbert Lewis (b.1945). Portrait of a Young Man, ca. 1990s. Gouache on illustration board, 18 x 24 inches. Signed upper right. Excellent condition. Measures 24 x 30 inches in custom frame. Provenance: estate of the artist. Artist statement: Figurative art is a vital active process. The image has its own meaning; not storytelling, not just a picture of a face or a flower. Neither is it simply an exercise in the arrangement of shapes or colors. I want to translate my immediate impression into paint to present the image of an outstretched branch of flowers or a face – direct and simple. My art reflects human concerns expressed symbolically, through fantasy and in a more concrete manner in the process of making the representation itself. Art is my response to the image, the end result of an active process of exploration of the limits of the paint on paper within the confines of representation. The painting of a face is not just a face. My feelings are expressed through these images. My paintings speak to anyone in touch with their own humanity; to anyone else my art may be dismissed as “to personal”. Biography: Gilbert Braddy Lewis born September 25, 1945 in Hampton, Va. Son of David Blake Lewis (born in Atlanta, Ga.) and Gladys Louise Braddy [Lewis] (of Sanford, Fl.); brother of David Blake Lewis (Jr.) and Linda Lewis [Hunter]. The family resides at 3 South Linden Street, Hampton, Va. 1953 until 1962 “I studied from the age of seven, in Virginia, with two well-known Tidewater artists, Jean Craig and the late Allan Jones. The teaching methods of carefully observed studies from nature in charcoal or tempra paint, derived, of course, from the original French academic model, conveyed its impact on my early development; however, my eye and consciousness were mostly activated by the reproductions on the studio wall of works by Botticelli, Da Vinci, and Michelangelo.” Gilbert Lewis in Contemporary Philadelphia Artists: A Juried Exhibition, (Philadelphia Museum of Art 2000), p. 145 1963-68 Studies at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Franklin Watkins, Hobson Pittman, Morris Blackburn, and Walter Stuempfig. While a student at PAFA he shares apartment [261 South 21st Street] with PAFA students, Jody Pinto and Barbara Sosson. In 1967 he receives PAFA’s: Bergman Prize in Painting; M. Herbert Syme Prize; and Samuel Cresson Memorial Travelling Scholarship. The latter award enables Lewis to travel to Europe during the summer of 1967 where he visits museums. “In 1967, after having seen the Italian master’s work while on scholarship from the Pennsylvania Academy, I was to realize my great influences and to discover the earlier Sienese masters whose clarity and energy still move me.” Gilbert Lewis in Contemporary Philadelphia Artists: A Juried Exhibition, (Philadelphia Museum of Art 2000), p. 145 1968 Horizontal painting [of an interior with a seated woman and cat by a large window] reproduced in black and white in school catalog for Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1968-1969, p. 24. Other students whose works are reproduced include Clayton Anderson, Barkley Hendricks...
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1990s Realist Art

Materials

Gouache

WOLF FAMILY
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on paper. Hand signed, titled and numbered by the artist. Edition of 350. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity is included. All reasonable o...
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1990s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

La Tauromaquia, Plate #5
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Brave Moor Gazul" from the suite "La Tauromaquia" engraved between 1815 and 1816, is a photogravure on creme wove paper after renown Spanish artist Francisco Jose De Goya...
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Early 19th Century Realist Art

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Photogravure

Ursula Andress, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1955: Swiss film star Ursula Andress (left) relaxes with artist Novella Parigini in a hammock in Rome. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Au...
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1950s Realist Art

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Lambda

20th Century British Watercolour of Boats at Teddington by Paddy Carstairs
Located in London, GB
JOHN PADDY CARSTAIRS (1910-1970) Boats at Teddington Signed and dated ‘52; bears title and the artist’s address on the label attached to the backboard Watercolour and bodycolour over pencil 34 by 48.5 cm., 13 ½ by 19 in. (frame size 47 by 61 cm., 18 ½ by 24...
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Marisa Berenson, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actress Marisa Berenson sunbathing in Capri, 1968. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by ...
Category

1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

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