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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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Temple of Hathor, Dendera Egypt: David Roberts' 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored lithograph entitled "View from Under the Portico of the Temple of Dendera" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the lar...
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1840s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Poet's Paradise, Estate Edition T.S. Eliot in Love Beach, New Providence Bahamas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anglo-American poet and playwright, TS Eliot (1888 - 1965) at Love Beach, New Providence Island while on his honeymoon in the Bahamas, 1957. Complimentary de...
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1950s Realist Art

Materials

C Print

Poet's Paradise, Estate Edition T.S. Eliot in Love Beach, New Providence Bahamas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anglo-American poet and playwright, TS Eliot (1888 - 1965) at Love Beach, New Providence Island while on his honeymoon in the Bahamas, 1957. Complimentary dealer shipping to your fr...
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1950s Realist Art

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C Print

Pastoral Landscape
Located in Surfside, FL
Susan Shatter ranks among the best contemporary American watercolor painters. Shatter studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture before receiving a BFA from Pratt inst...
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Featuring Craftmanship, Original Framed Signed Contemporary Still Life Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Featuring Craftmanship, Original Framed Contemporary Representational Still Life Painting 12" x 12" x 1" (HxWxD) Oil on Canvas 15" x 15" x 1" (HxWxD) Framed Hand-signed by the artist. Another still life by artist Marion Buricatu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Robin, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
43 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2022 Style: Realism, Subject: Robin, Size: 12 x 16 inch,...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Wren, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
34 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2022 Style: Realism, Subject: Wren, Size: 12 x 16 inch, ...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Temple of Kalabshi, Egypt: David Roberts' 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored lithograph entitled "Portico of the Temple of Kalabshi" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio edition, p...
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1840s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Poet's Paradise, Estate Edition T.S. Eliot in Love Beach, New Providence Bahamas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anglo-American poet and playwright, TS Eliot (1888 - 1965) at Love Beach, New Providence Island while on his honeymoon in the Bahamas, 1957. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projects...
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1950s Realist Art

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C Print

Poet's Paradise, Estate Edition T.S. Eliot in Love Beach, New Providence Bahamas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anglo-American poet and playwright, TS Eliot (1888 - 1965) at Love Beach, New Providence Island while on his honeymoon in the Bahamas, 1957. Complimentary de...
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1950s Realist Art

Materials

C Print

Weft Malling Abbey, Kent. Antique print
Located in Sydney, NSW
West Malling Abbey,Kent Antique print Matt size 30cm x 33cm Image Size 14 cm x 18 cm
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1780s Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

Convent of St. Catherine, Mount Sinai: Roberts' 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored lithograph entitled "Convent of St. Catherine Mount Sinai Looking Towards the Plain of the Encampment" by David Roberts, from his Egypt ...
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1840s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"1940 - Number Nine" Original Mixed Media on Board by Tom Perkinson, Framed
Located in Encino, CA
"1940 - Number Nine" is an original mixed media on board by Tom Perkinson. His use of saturated violets, vivid yellows, and resplendent oranges pushes colo...
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Reginald Hallward Design for celebratory flag with cross
Located in London, GB
To see our other Architectural Drawings, Stained Glass designs and 20th Century British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below ...
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20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Painting of the Irish Sea Coastline by British Post-War & Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of the Irish Sea Coastline by British Post-War & Contemporary Artist, David Long UWS. The location is Fairhead in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. ...
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Harvester at work in the field" - Ink Drawing on Heavy Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate and detailed drawing of a harvester in the field by an unknown artist. A team of horses is pulling a large harvester, controlled by four people riding on the machine. To the...
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Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Paper, India Ink

Contemporary Realist Still-Life Painting of Yellow 'Quinces', Dutch Masters
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Barbara was born in Watermael-Boisfort in Belgium in 1974. She showed an incredible natural talent early on in her life and after school she studied art at the Institute Bishoffsheim...
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20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Panel, Oil

"Cup with Dragonfly" Tan, White and Silver Cup on Tan Ground with Gray Dragonfly
Located in Wellesley, MA
Olga Antonova’s subject is compositions of extraordinarily elegant, beautiful and whimsical cups, plates, teapots, vases and dishes, but there is something playful about these paint...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tanner, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
24 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2022 Style: Realism, Subject: Tanger, Size: 12 x 16 inch...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Untitled (Male Nude)
Located in New York, NY
Realized in the manner of Thomas Eakins, this sophisticated figurative print presents a nude male model with his back to the viewer. Showcasing both the technical faculty of the arti...
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20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Digital

Fortuny Rose drawing
Located in Burlingame, CA
Fortuny Rose, original drawing created with Conté & Pastel on Fabriano watermarked, handmade paper, by Susan Manchester. Museum quality frame included...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Conté, Graphite

Le Chat et Les Fleurs
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and aquatint on cream laid, watermarked Rives paper. 6 5/8 x 5 inches (167 x 126 mm). Sixth and final state, a posthumous impression. A fine, inky impression with full margin...
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1860s Realist Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Siegfried and the Bear
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Exhibitions William Stout: South Pasadena and Nordic Myths at The Raymond, Pasadena, CA, November 2, 20Provenance Acquire...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

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

Thou Shalt Not Kill (The Sixth Commandment)
Located in New York, NY
Nancy Spero Thou Shalt Not Kill (The Sixth Commandment), 1987 9 Color lithograph and letterpress on Dieu Donne handmade paper 24 × 18 inches Edition AP 2/15 Signed and numbered AP 2/15, aside from the regular edition of 84 Printed by Peter Kruty, Dan Stack and Judy Solodkin Unframed with deckled edges This nine color lithograph and letterpress on Dieu Donne handmade paper is a signed, dated and numbered Artist's Proof, numbered AP 2/15, aside from the regular edition of 84. It was created as part of the 1987 portfolio "The Ten Commandments", in which ten top Jewish American artists were each invited to choose an Old Testament commandment to interpret in contemporary lithographic form. The "Chosen" artists were, in order of Commandment: Kenny Scharf, Joseph Nechvatal...
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

'Landscape' by Joseph Fred-Perry Rendell, Watercolor Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 14.25" x 17" watercolor by British artist Joseph Fred-Percy Rendell features a quiet landscape of rolling hills among a cluster of dense white clouds in a summer blue sky...
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Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Early 19th Century British Design for a Carriage by Samuel Hobson
Located in London, GB
SAMUEL HOBSON (fl. 1815-1837) Carriage Design Signed l.r.: Sam Hobson Bodycolour, gum arabic, gold paint and pen and ink Unframed in conservation mount o...
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Early 19th Century Realist Art

Materials

India Ink, Gouache

HOLD THE LINE Kansas City Chiefs, Signed Stone Lithograph, NFL Football History
Located in Union City, NJ
HOLD THE LINE is an original limited edition lithograph by the American artist, Merv Corning printed from hand drawn lithographic stones using traditional...
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

New Guinea Creeper
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sally Robertson - American Title: New Guinea Creeper Year: 1996 Medium: Watercolor Sight size: 24.5 x 16 inches Sheet size: 29 x 22.25 inches Framed size: 33x 27 inches Signature: Signed, titled, dated lower right.. Condition: Very good Frame: Framed and floating. Simple metal frame This very realistic watercolor depicts a flowering plant, a New Guinea Creeper The colors are rich and saturated. The composition makes wonderful use of shadow and light to give definition and depth. The painting is on heavy Arches paper. It is mounted and floating on a simple acid-free mat and enclosed by a metal frame. The painting, mat and frame are in very good condition. Born in San Francisco and raised in Marin County, Sally Robertson was always the class artist. Attending UC Santa Barbara during the Pop Art era, she found the aesthetics of soup cans and Brillo boxes could not entice her into being a full-time artist. She switched to the History of Art, later earning a Master’s Degree at UC Berkeley. Even then, late 19th-century art nouveau resonated with her, a style sensuous and decorative with an emphasis on floral motifs. With this background, Sally joined a gallery on Union Street in San Francisco, which evolved into Thackrey & Robertson, significant dealers in works of art on paper from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Traveling widely for her gallery, she saw the originals of her most revered watercolor painters, including Charles Demuth, Charles Renee Mackintosh...
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1990s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Pillar of Absalom near Jerusalem: David Roberts' 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored lithograph entitled "Absaloms Pillar, Valley of Schoshaphat" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio editi...
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1840s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"6 Pack", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "6 Pack" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts Coors light beer bottles with a white background. "6 Pa...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

"Compelling, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Compelling" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a birthday cake with white and blue frosting on a white table surrounded with white, green, ...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Play it on the B side by Noland Anderson, Vibrant Black Jazz Trumpeter
Located in Charelston, SC
Noland Anderson is a self taught portrait artist who strives to create works of art that are a celebration of people of color. He is known for his deta...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"Allure v1, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Allure v1" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman with long flowing red hair that curls into ringlets with straight across ban...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Cowling Castle Kent Antique Print
Located in Sydney, NSW
View Cowling Castle Kent. Printed in 1784 Matt size 29cm x 33cm Image Size 11 cm x 15 cm
Category

1780s Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

View of Cairo, Egypt: A 19th C. Framed Hand-colored Lithograph by David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored lithograph entitled "Tombs of the Memlooks, Cairo" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio edition, publis...
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1840s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

La Tauromaquia, Plate #28
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "El Esforzado Rendon Picando un Toro, De Cuya Suerte Murio en la Plaza de Madrid" from the suite "La Tauromaquia" engraved between 1815 and 1816, is a photogravur...
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Early 19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Photogravure

African Children Suffer Famine and Despair in Hot Colors - Africa is Bleeding
Located in Miami, FL
An intense and powerful study of five undernourished and perhaps starving African children partly superimposed and partly integrated into the silhouette of the African continent...
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Graphite, Watercolor

The Harbour Lynmouth. Antique Print 1920s
Located in Sydney, NSW
Edgar James Maybery The Harbour Lynmouth Antique Print 1920s Matt size 28cm x 33cm Image Size 14cm x 21 cm
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Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Etching

The Country House - Farm Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
The Country House - Farm Landscape Highly detailed scene with a country house, workers, and a hare with rider by an unknown artist (19th Century). Five people - one on a horse - are...
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19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Bushwick
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Gina Bellando Gina Bellando is an award-winning artist and photographer with over 35 years or experience. She graduated with honors from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts i...
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20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Charcoal, Wax Crayon, Crayon

War Birds - 1920s British watercolour on silk by George Sheringham
Located in London, GB
GEORGE SHERINGHAM (1884-1937) The War Birds Signed and inscribed with title on a label on the backboard Watercolour and gold paint on silk, semi circle shape, in artist’s decorated mount Framed 24 by 47.5 cm., 9 ½ by 18 ¾ in. (frame size 46 by 71 cm., 18 by 28 in.) Exhibited: London, Leicester Galleries. Sheringham was born in London and studied at the Slade under Henry Tonks and later in Venice, Brussels, Berlin and Paris where he held his first one-man exhibition in 1905. On his return to London he initially supported himself with poster designs and teaching. His first exhibition of fan designs was held at the Ryder Gallery in 1909 followed by another in the following year. With enthusiastic reviews in Studio he had launched his career as a decorative designer, theatrical designer and illustrator. He illustrated books by Max Beerbohm and Cyrus MacMillan. In 1921 he collaborated with his brother Hugh on a book about fishing, The Book of the Fly Rod. He wrote Drawing in Pen and Pencil (1922), with James Laver, Design in the Theatre (1927) and with Rupert Mason and R Boyd Morrison he edited Robes of Thespis, Costume Designs by Modern Artists (1928). As a decorator, Sheringham designed the music room at 40 Devonshire House...
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Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Cowling Castle Kent May 1784 Antique Print
Located in Sydney, NSW
View Cowling Castlecastle Kent. Printed in 1784 Matt size 29cm x 33cm Image Size 11 cm x 15 cm
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1780s Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

Still life with basket. Spanish Contemporary Figurative Realism. Oil on panel
Located in Segovia, ES
Still life with basket ("Bodegón con canasto #2"). Spanish contemporary figurative realism. Oil on panel. Dimensions: (H) 61 x (W) 100 x (D) 2 cm. / Inches 24.02 x 39.37 x 0.79 " Framed: (H) 73 x (H) 112 x (D) 4 cm. / Inches 28.78 x 44.09 x 1.57 " The fruits contained in an overturned basket are scattered on the table around an old bottle covered with esparto grass, giving a rich note of color and contrasting textures. The warm light projected on the entire scene, the roughness of the back wall with its shadows, and the brightness of the horizontal plane of the table, constitute the environment of this delicate composition. Juan Carlos Ospina Ortiz (Colombia 1963), practices realistic figuration with themes of clear Spanish influence. The artist settled in Andalusia (Spain), where, searching for his roots, he immersed himself in the music, folklore, and traditions of that country. In his timeless classic still lifes, we can see the influence of the great masters of 17th century Spanish painting such as Zurbarán and Sanchez Cotán.
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Early 2000s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Full Sail"
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautifully rendered watercolor of a sailing ship under full sail in good original condition. Very slight fading or toning. Signed lower right and recently...
Category

1930s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

'Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire, England', Tudor Architecture, National Gallery
By Edward Salomons
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An exceptionally fine study of this landmark Tudor manor house in the English county of Cheshire. Signed lower right, 'E. Salomons', dated 1900 and titled, 'Moreton Hall'. Close a...
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Early 1900s Realist Art

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Board, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Approach to Mount Sinai 1839: Roberts' 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored lithograph entitled "Approach to Mount Sinai Wady Barah Feby 17th 1839" by David Roberts, Plate 122 in Volume III of his Egypt and Nubia...
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1840s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

The North East Coast of England, Ralph Stubbs, Bridlington 1826 – 1879 Levisham
Located in Bruges, BE
The North East Coast of England Stubbs Ralph Bridlington 1826 – Levisham 1879 English Painter Signature: Signed bottom right and dated 1861, verso stamp Dimensions: Image size 58,5...
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19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Animal drawing of sitting crow in black by enlightened british painter
Located in Milan, IT
Peter Paillou (c.1720 – c.1790) was a British artist best known for his paintings of birds, many of which were used as book illustrations. He gained repute in the 18th century as a natural history painter and illustrator. He was employed by two leading naturalists and antiquarians of the time, Taylor White (1701-1772) and Thomas Pennant (1726-1798). He illustrated the latter's British Zoology and decorated the hall at Downing, Pennant's house in Flintshire, with several pictures of birds...
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18th Century Realist Art

Materials

Tempera, Watercolor

Happy Painting
Located in Fairfield, CT
George Billis Gallery presents Stephanie Reiter. Painting for me is about capturing the light and beauty of the day. Usually a landscape will hit me and say, “paint me”. Then I know I must capture it. My reactions and interpretations combined with the right pigments and line express the natural beauty I am experiencing. What Cezanne called “petite sensations”, the little feeling you get from being alive...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Ease of Ascent: Night Heron
Located in Burlingame, CA
Susan Manchester’s drawings of feathers and flora are meditations on the ephemeral nature of life, and they reflect the artist’s fascination with beau...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Graphite, Pastel, Archival Paper

Red Kite . Carreg Cennen .Wales, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Red Kite flying above the stunning Welsh Castle of Carreg Cennen. Original watercolour presented in a double white bevel cut mount 50 cm x 40 cm ( 20 in x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Soldier Shooting Gun with Bikini Girls, Mid-Century Mens Magazine War
Located in Miami, FL
The artist tells a whole action-packed story in one picture. A handsome young soldier shoots his pistol at a passing bomb-dropping airplane. The close call splashes water on him and his two sexy girl...
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1960s Realist Art

Materials

Board, Gouache, Pencil

Birds of Paradise
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant and detailed depiction of three bird of paradise flowers by unknown artist "Albright" (20th Century). Three flowers are shown with seve...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Mulled Wine with Asters, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Autumn still life with mulled wine, asters, acorns, apples, rowan berries and maple leaves. Warm bright colors - red, crimson, orange, yellow, brown - will...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil

'Foul Rope (Left)' — early American rodeo
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
William Robinson Leigh, 'Foul Rope (Left)', etching, c. 1920, edition unknown but small. Signed in pencil. Signed in the plate, lower left. A superb, richly-inked impression, in dark brown ink, on buff wove Umbria paper, the full sheet with margins (1 1/2 to 2 3/4 inches); slight toning at the sheet edges, otherwise in excellent condition. Very scarce. Image size 14 7/8 x 11 15/16 inches (378 x 303 mm); sheet size 20 3/8 x 15 3/8 inches (518 x 391 mm). Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed. ABOUT THE ARTIST Born near Falling Waters, West Virginia on a plantation a year after the Civil War, and raised in Baltimore, William Robinson Leigh (1866 - 1955) became one of the foremost painters of the American West. His career spanning some seventy-five years, Leigh created some of the most iconic depictions of the western landscape, admirers referring to him as ‘The Sagebrush Rembrandt’. The son of impoverished Southern aristocrats, Leigh took his first art training at age 14 from Hugh Newell at the Maryland Institute where he was regarded as the best student in his class. From 1883 to 1895, he studied in Europe, mainly at the Royal Academy in Munich with Ludwig Loefftz. From 1891 to 1896, he painted six cycloramas or murals in the round, a giant German panorama. In 1896, Leigh began working as a magazine illustrator in New York City for Scribner's and Collier's Weekly Magazine, and he also painted portraits, landscapes, and genre scenes. Leigh's trips to the Southwest began in 1906 when he made an agreement with William Simpson, Santa Fe Railway advertising manager, to paint the Grand Canyon in exchange for free transportation West. In 1907, he completed his Grand Canyon painting, which led to more commissions and an extensive painting trip through Arizona and New Mexico. These travels inspired him to paint western subjects for the next 50 years, his primary interest being the Hopi and Navajo Indians. In 1910, he traveled to Wyoming, where he painted in Yellowstone Park and created sketches, many of which he later converted into large canvases such as ‘Lower Falls of the Yellowstone’ (1915) and ‘Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone’ (1911). In 1926 he traveled to Africa at the invitation of Carl Akeley for the American Museum of Natural History, and from this experience wrote and illustrated 'Frontiers of Enchantment: An Artist's Adventures in Africa'. In 1933, he wrote and illustrated 'The Western Pony'. His adventures were chronicled in a number of popular magazines including Life, the Saturday Evening Post, and Colliers. For many years, his work was handled exclusively in New York by Grand Central Art Galleries at the Biltmore Hotel. In 1953 Leigh was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, becoming a full Academician in 1955. In March 1999, the Historical Center of Cody, Wyoming, held an exhibition of his field sketches and finished works depicting his experiences near Cody in the early part of the century. These years, between 1910 and 1921, when he often painted in the Carter Mountain vicinity, were considered pivotal to his artistic development and his devotion to the western landscape. Leigh's work is held in many museum collections of American western art...
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1920s Realist Art

Materials

Etching

"Daffodils", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Daffodils" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a bouquet of yellow daffodils with a white background. About the artist: When Dianne Massey...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

La Tauromaquia, Plate #23
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork from the suite "La Tauromaquia, Plate #23" 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

Materials

Photogravure

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