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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
Color:  Beige
Evening on a Surrey Common, original oil on canvas, British realist landscape
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
This is a lovely oil on canvas painting of a warm evening on a Surrey common. This original painting is circa the 20th Century and is by the English Artist D...
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Early 1900s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Seated Man Facing Left)
Located in New York, NY
Conté crayon on paper Signed and dated, l.r. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in New York City. ...
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Conté

"Rene Pablo Louise Still Life Spider" Contemporary Realist Interior Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Realist still life painting by contemporary Houston artist Scott Woodard. The work features art historical references to iconic artists such as Rene Magritte, Pablo Picasso, and Loui...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Antoine Louis-Barye "Walking Tiger" Antique Engraving by Firmin Gillot ca. 1870
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Walking Tiger" Antoine Louis-Barye Antique Engraving by Firmin Gillot Circa. 1870 11 1/3 x 7 3/4 (21 3/8 x 17 1/2 frame) inches This is "Walking Tig...
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1870s Realist Art

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Black and White

Happy Sisters
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "Happy Sisters" 1977 in a color off set lithograph by renown Chinese/American artist Wai Ming A.K.A Lo Hing Kwok, b.1938. It is hand signed and inscribed A.P (Artist Proof) in pencil by the artist. The image size is 29 x 19 inches, sheet size is 36 x 25 inches, framed size is 42.25 x 31 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold leaf rubbed, scratched style frame, with off white matting. It is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright. About the artist: Wai Ming, was born in Canton, South China on November 11, 1938, the son of a school master with nine children. Extremely poor as a child, he was raised in Hong Kong enduring many hardships amidst a chaotic environment of war and refugee settlements. Wai Ming's love for art flourished and he developed his drawing techniques without any art education, just painting what he saw. In the 1960s, Ming found representation in Hong Kong and also took the unusual step of opening his own gallery to display his work in. His primary interest being to capture images of life in fishing villages, or 'fish-folk', who have retained traditional Chinese culture, his work was at home with the sensibilities of many art buyers in Hong Kong. Crossing the ocean in his mid-30s, Wai Ming arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong in 1974. There, he experienced initial resistance from galleries and the official art world for a variety of reasons, but was ultimately embraced by dealer Jack Swanson...
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Salt Marsh1
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --Represented by George Billis Gallery, NY -- Margery Gosnell-Qua received an MFA in Painting and an MS in Art History from Pratt Inst...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

High 'n Dry, Prince-Edward Island
Located in Brooklyn, NY
frame size: 27.5 x 37.5 inches ( 69.85 x 95.25 cm ) Image Size: 19 x 29.25 inches ( 48.26 x 74.295 cm ) Framed: Yes Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Addit...
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Julian Trevelyan RA, Peterhouse Cambridge College proof print (1959/62)
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. We also have a series of prints and original oil paintings by Trevelyan. Julian Otto Trevelyan, RA (1910 -1988) Peterhouse, Cambridge College (1959/1962) Proof print aside from the edition of 70. Signed by the artist and numbered in pencil. 38 x 44 cm (15×17 in.) This comes from Julian Trevelyan’s Cambridge Suite which consisted of 10 lithographs: Caius College, Caius College II, Christ’s College, Corpus Christi College, Downing College, Emmanuel College, Jesus College, Peterhouse, St Catharine’s College and Sidney Sussex...
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1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

River Landscape with Cottage in Ireland by 20th Century Modern Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of River Landscape with Cottage in Ireland by 20th Century Modern Irish Artist, John S Haggan (1946-2021) Art measures 20 x ...
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

An Original Photograph Sean Scully Pueblo Museum COA Rare Important Mexico
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original C-Print from Sean Scully's Pueblo Dzibalchen series (A Suite of 20) created in 2001. This work comes in a fantastic natural wood archival frame presentation. This serie...
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Early 2000s Realist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

Ghost Bridge, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Bridge and marshes. New Jersey Meadowlands. Nature. Rocks. Lush. Golden Hour. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the a...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Golden Cove Breakers; Rancho Palos Verdes
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. Artist Statement “At the time of big surf in the late afternoon, it is wonderful to watch the color and the wave shadows...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil Pastel

Tahiti
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tahiti" 1941 Is a original woodcut by noted French/German artist Wolfgang Wolff, 1909-1994. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist at the lower right corner, ...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Woodcut

View of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge c. 1830 watercolour painting
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the ...
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19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

London Bridge in 1827 - British watercolour by Henry Barlow Carter
Located in London, GB
HENRY BARLOW CARTER (1795-1867) View of New London Bridge in June 1827. John Rennie, Esq., Engineer Signed and dated 1827 Sepia watercolour 30 ...
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Early 19th Century Realist Art

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Watercolor

St John's College Cambridge M Gerling pencil drawing 1885
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge , particularly suitable for wedding and graduation presents, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from...
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1850s Realist Art

Materials

Pencil

Tree Of Hope 2020, Lee Tiller, Original Landscape Floral Tree Painting, Nature
Located in Deddington, GB
Tree of Hope 2020 [2020] original Oil on stretched canvas Image size: H:60 cm x W:76 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:76 cm x D:1.8cm Sold Unframed Please note tha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"In My Dreams I Can Fly, " Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
Bill Starke's "In My Dreams I Can Fly" is a limited edition, cast and patinated aluminum sculpture created by Bill Starke depicting a male figure free falling through the air. ( 3/99 ) About the artist: Human beings interacting, colliding, cooperating, striving, & achieving are the themes I wish to portray in my sculptures. My observations on the human condition are meant to be both humorous and thought provoking. Bill Starke's "Free Man" is everything that good art should be: technically superb, brilliantly composed, emotionally powerful and visually arresting... like George Stubbs, the 18th century English...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Other Medium

Lila
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, "Lila" 1981 (State I) is an original lithograph on heavy paper by renowned Navajo artist Rudolph Carl (R.C.) Gorman, 1932-2005. It is signed, dated and numbered 90/150 in pencil by the artist. With the blind stamp of the artist and printer. The sheet size is 17.75 x 22.5 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed, the colors are fresh and bright. About the artist: Born in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona and raised in a hogan on the Navajo Reservation, R.C. Gorman became one of the Southwest's best known late 20th-century artists. His signature works were Navajo women in a variety of poses. Many persons have been fascinated by the fact that he, an Indian artist, became famous in the white man's world with some calling him the "Picasso of Indian artists". Of this kind of attention, he said: "I wish people would quit pushing my being Indian. The only time I was interviewed as If I were a normal person was by the Jewish Press in Tucson. It was the first time I felt international and almost white". (Samuels 222) His parents were Carl Nelson...
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Idle Away
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

John Speede Map The Countye of Monmouth
Located in London, GB
To see our other views and maps of England - including London, Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send...
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17th Century Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

Colorful Crew, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of colourfully dressed holidaymakers on a yacht, Bermuda, June 1970. Bathers in bright pink and red vintage swimwear enjoy the afternoon on t...
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

"My House by the River", Humans in Nature Pigment Chinese Ink Landscape Drawing
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Named "My House by the River", this drawing by the masterful artist Frank Girard was created with Chinese ink, pigments, and watercolors on Arches p...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Lacquer, Paper, Ink, Pigment

Early 20th Century Country Cottage Landscape with Ducks
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene depiction of a country house with ducks milling around in the grass by Josh Fisher (British, 1859-1930). Signed "JOSH FISHER" in the lower-left corne...
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Late 19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

An Original Photograph Sean Scully Pueblo Museum COA Rare Important Mexico
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original C-Print from Sean Scully's Pueblo Dzibalchen series (A Suite of 20) created in 2001. This work comes in a fantastic natural wood archival frame presentation. This serie...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

Slim Aarons 'Colorful Crew' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of colourfully dressed holidaymakers on a yacht, Bermuda, June 1970. (Photo credit Slim Aarons / Getty Images) Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certific...
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

"Wind in the Grass" Inhabited by Human, Chinese Ink and Wash Drawing on Paper
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This drawing by Frank Girard is created with Gouache, Chinese ink and wash drawing on 180g/m2 neutral white paper. It is not framed. Through drawings, th...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Coke Bottle", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Coke Bottle" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an open and empty red Coca Cola bottle with its meta...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

"Mears Peak", Mark Pettit, Original Realistic Landscape, Oil on Canvas, 30x46
By Mark Pettit
Located in Dallas, TX
"Mears Peak" by Mark Pettit (b. 1955) is an original oil on canvas and measures 30x46 inches. The realistic painting is a mountain view of Mears Peak locat...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shawn Faust, "Polkadot Dress", Mixed Media Portrait on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This painting, "Polkadot Dress", 36x36 by artist Shawn Faust features a portrait of a woman in a polkadot pink dress and a abstract patterned hat. The ...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Christ Church Library, Oxford College, William Nicholson lithograph 1905
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. William Nicholson (1872-1949) Christ Church Library, Oxford Signed and numbered 34, published by Stafford Gallery with blind stamp Lithograph 26 x 34.5cm Probably best known through his graphic works, as a book designer and illustrator, Nicholson was greatly encouraged in his landscapes by Whistler from about 1900. In 1902-03 he produced a series of watercolour, chalk and pen drawings of Oxford which were published in 1905 by the Stafford Gallery as two portfolios of lithographs, with descriptions by Arthur Waugh – father of Evelyn Waugh...
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Early 1900s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

G. Paterson "Dinner Party at a Mandarin's House" Engraving After T. Allom c.1840
Located in San Francisco, CA
G. Paterson "Dinner Party at a Mandarin's House" Original Engraving After T. Allom C.1840 Original engraving Dimensions 8" wide x 5" high The frame measures 20.5" wide x 18.5" hig...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Self Portrait
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hut in Forest Landscape Etching
Located in Houston, TX
Twentieth century etching by artist Paul Sollmann depicting a hut in a forest (maybe Germany). Signed "Paul Sollmann-Coburg" in the bottom right corner. ...
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1930s Realist Art

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Etching

Hanging on in Tracy, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Hanging on in Tracy, California" 2003 Is a watercolor on paper by Filipino artist Ephraim Samson, b.1947. It is signed and dated at the lo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

California Coast
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "California Coast" 2003 Is a watercolor on paper by Filipino artist Ephraim Samson, b.1947. It is signed and dated at the lower right corne...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Girl with wild flowers. 2002, canvas, oil, 64x64 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Girl with wild flowers. 2002, canvas, oil, 64x64 cm
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Early 2000s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Osprey, " William Lewin, Old Master, original gouache, realist, natural history
Located in Wiscasset, ME
William Lewin (1747–1795) was an English naturalist and illustrator. By 1776 he was earning a living as a pattern drawer, and by 1783 was describing himself as a painter. Lewin spec...
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Late 18th Century Realist Art

Materials

Gouache

All Souls College, Oxford, William Nicholson lithograph 1905 Stafford Gallery
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. William Nicholson (1872-1949) All Souls College, Oxford Signed, and numbered 98, published by Stafford Gallery with blindstamp Lithograph 35x28cm Probably best known through his graphic works, as a book designer and illustrator, Nicholson was greatly encouraged in his landscapes by Whistler from about 1900. In 1902-03 he produced a series of watercolour, chalk and pen drawings of Oxford which were published in 1905 by the Stafford Gallery as two portfolios of lithographs, with descriptions by Arthur Waugh – father of Evelyn Waugh...
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Early 1900s Realist Art

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Lithograph

Point nine recurring
Located in ATLANTA, GA
1972-73 Eastbourne College for Art and Design: Fine Art Foundation Course: studies drawing. Works through the South Coast Period of paintings. Studio: South Coast of England. 1974-81 University of Wales: studied painting under Welsh artist Selwyn Jones. Public and private commissions: twenty-five multistory murals in Wales and England: documented by the BBC and British National Newspapers. Studios: Bethesda and Bangor City, Wales. Studies composition and portraiture. Shows at the Royal Exchange, London; Bangor City Museum, Wales. 1981-82 Commission: The Trial of Saint Deiniol: 19-panel, 18 x 21 ft. painting. Studio: Shropshire, England 1982-86 The New York Times send photographer Dith Pran (on whom the movie The Killing Fields was based) to photograph Povey in New York with The Trial of Saint Deiniol painting at Art Expo New York 1986. Povey is advised by George Bush Senior’s former campaign manager Zena Temkin on shaping his public persona. The BBC film Edward Povey with former President of the Royal Academy of Art in London - Sir Hugh Casson KCVO, RA, RDI in which Sir Hugh interviews Povey about his art career. Public and private commissions for collections in the United States, London, Wales, Belgium, West Indies. Studies symbolism and trains in color with Jan de Maere in Brussels and works through the Tapestry Period of paintings Studio: Grenada, West Indies. 1987-91 Studies psychology and narrative in art whilst he builds the extensive Childhood, Illusion and Desire Period of paintings. Studio: Guisborough, England courtesy of the town mayor. Shows in Belgium, London, New York. 1992-93 Public commission: Hall of Illusion mural: 20 X 40 ft. interior oil painting in the Chamber Concert Hall of the University of Wales. The commission is followed by BBC Television, S4C Television; BBC Radio Four and regional and national newspapers. Studios: Guisborough, England; Bangor City, Wales. Designs the Hall of Illusion mural on the island of Grenada, West Indies. 1994-96 Deepens his studies in the relationship between art and the psyche. Researches new ways to evolve concepts with models using theaters...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

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Linen, Plaster, Paper, Oil

Costumi di Roma - Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1819
Located in Roma, IT
Costumi di Roma is a beautiful artwork realized by Bartolomeo Pinelli in 1819. Etching and Watercolor tecnique. In Good condition, worn paper on the marginal line and some little st...
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1810s Realist Art

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Etching

Untitled #187
Located in New York, NY
Graphite on paper Dated in pencil, l.r. Numbered 187 in pencil, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. John Button (1929-1982) was a fine draftsman an...
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1960s Realist Art

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Paper, Graphite

Portrait of African Man Tanzania - Signed Oil Painting circa 1970's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: The work is signed and dates to the 1970's period. Title: Portrait of an Africa Woman, believed to be from Tanzania (according to previous owner). Medium: oil paint...
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20th Century Realist Art

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Oil

Sun rise. 1974, cardboard, oil, 40x49 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Sun rise. 1974, cardboard, oil 40x49 cm Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I) His first professional education was at National University at studies to R....
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1970s Realist Art

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Cardboard, Oil

The Ploughman - Austrian Realist Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Hallberg (Austrian, Born in 1912- ) Title: The Ploughman Medium: Oil on Panel Dimensions: Framed 14” x 12”, Unframed 9” x 7” Description An oil painting of an Aust...
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1940s Realist Art

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Oil, Panel

Florence Camm, 'Clarke Arms' watercolour stained glass design for TW Camm & Co
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of designs for stained glass windows from the TW Camm studios that had not been seen for decades. To see more of them scroll down to "More from this Seller" and ...
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20th Century Realist Art

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Watercolor

"Three Monkeys (Triptych), " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lisa Fricker's (US based) "Three Monkeys (Triptych)" is a set of three oil paintings that depict a figure who is holding their hands over their mouth, ov...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

19th Century Loch Tay Scottish Landscape
By Aaron Edwin Penley
Located in Soquel, CA
Masterful Scottish watercolor landscape of Loch Tay with boats and small figures on the short by Aaron Edwin Penley (English, 1826-1897)....
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1870s Realist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Rosemary Ellis Snail on Leaf Linocut Modern British Art Wildlife Mid Century
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from thi...
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1950s Realist Art

Materials

Linocut

Untitled (Man Reclining on Tile Floor)
Located in New York, NY
Graphite and conté crayon on paper Signed and dated, l.r. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in Ne...
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Graphite, Conté

"Dive into the sea" Mediterranean, swimming, Sea, Green, Oil cm. 40 x 40
Located in Torino, IT
Water,Swimmer,Yellow,Green,Summer,sea Birgitte LYKKE MADSEN (Odense, Denmark, 1960) 1981-86, Educated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Odense First solo exhibition in 1983 Artist statement: “I am a painter. I am fascinated by the difference in cold and warm colors and the different atmospheres that it creates in our mind. My hereby presented oil paintings are describing people in water...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

(After) "The Gleaners" Ink Drawing Painting Study
Located in Houston, TX
The original "The Gleaners" is an oil painting by Jean-François Millet completed in 1857. It depicts three peasant women gleaning a field of stray stalks of wheat after the harvest. ...
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19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Ink

Twentieth Century Blue Toned Sunset Seascape of Boat in Wavy Seas Painting
By Jules Dupré
Located in Houston, TX
Blue toned impressionist sunset seascape depicting a boat in a wavy sea. Signed by artist in bottom left. Framed in a carved vintage frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 10 in. x W 1...
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20th Century Realist Art

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Oil

Trompe L'oeil [untitled]. Homage... Ter Nagedachtenis van S. G. Wezel oud 76 Jar
Located in New York, NY
Trompe l'oeil [untitled]. Homage.... Ink drawing, multimedia, 1837. Paper size 13.13 x 16.44" (33.3 x 41.8 cm). On watermarked paper "Blauw and Briel." Overall good condition. Small tears and the occasional bit of paper missing at the paper edge. Original color. Center paper crease - as issued. We believe the artist created this artwork on a sheet of paper that had been previously bound in a book. Dutch trompe l'oeil drawing with pen & ink, pencil, sepia, and black chalk, wax seal, and painted pigment. This montage of early 19th century ephemera depicts sheet music, scenic views, a sealed letter, cards, a portrait of an unknown sitter, and a penned sheet noting ... van S. G. Wezel Wassenaar, October 1837. Is this a homage to the individual portrayed, a metaphorical self-portrait, or just a random assortment of ephemera beautifully composed? The artist keeps us wondering and visually appeased by a striking harmony created through contrast. This piece starts with sheet music entitled; Romance Larghetto No 2. There is a Psalm and Op Jezus Geboorte (On Jesus Birth...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Conté, Ink, India Ink, Watercolor

Bove Condotto al Macello - Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1819
Located in Roma, IT
Bove condotto al macello is a beautiful artwork realized by Bartolomeo Pinelli in 1819. Etching and Watercolor tecnique. In Good condition, worn paper on the marginal line and some ...
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1810s Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Roma Costumi Trasteverini - Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1819
Located in Roma, IT
Roma Costumi trasteverini is a beautiful artwork realized by Bartolomeo Pinelli in 1819. Etching and Watercolor technique. In Good condition, worn paper on the marginal line and som...
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1810s Realist Art

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Etching

Clarendon Building Oxford, William Nicholson lithograph 1905 Stafford Gallery
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. William Nicholson Clarendon Building, Oxford Signed, published by Stafford Gallery, with their blindstamp Lithograph 32x26cm Probably best known through his graphic works, as a book designer and illustrator, Nicholson was greatly encouraged in his landscapes by Whistler from about 1900. In 1902-03 he produced a series of watercolour, chalk and pen drawings of Oxford which were published in 1905 by the Stafford Gallery as two portfolios of lithographs, with descriptions by Arthur Waugh – father of Evelyn Waugh...
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Early 1900s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Fortune Teller - Original woodcut (Buisson #60.109)
Located in Paris, FR
Leonard Tsuguharu FOUJITA The Fortune Teller, 1960 Original woodcut Signature printed in the plate On vellum 37 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in) REFERENCES : Catalogue Raisonne Sylvie Buiss...
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1960s Realist Art

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Etching

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Find a wide variety of authentic Realist 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, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Michael Budden, Daniel Pollera, and Su Yu. 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 Realist art, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available.

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