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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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Realist
"Warm Evening Autumn, " Original Autumn Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Warm Evening, Autumn" by Shawn Krueger (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is painted on a cradled board and ready to hang. Krueger depicts trees basking in wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Pansies and Pomegranate Egg Tempera Realism American Artist
Located in Houston, TX
Still Life with Pansies and Pomegranate is painted with egg tempera by realist painter Mark Thompson. Still Life with Pansies and Pomegranate 8.5 x 13.75 inches. Egg tempera goes ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel
"Evening (Ode to B. Foster), " Original Autumn Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Evening (Ode to B. Foster)" by Shawn Krueger (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is painted on a cradled board and ready to hang. Krueger depicts a marsh in th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Remember Time in Church" Original oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Felicia Forte's painting "Remember Time in Church" created in 2016 features a yellow sticky tab on a green and purple shadowed background.
Felicia attended the Art Students League ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Shag, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
280
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Shag
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (3...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Junco, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
283
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Junco
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Tufted Titmouse, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
282
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Tufted Titmouse
Size: 12 x 1...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Shag, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
281
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Shag
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (3...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Falcon, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
279
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Falcon
Size: 12 x 16 inch, ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Pink and Red Tulips
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery. There is a sense of freedom that I experience when painting landscape. The quality of these kinds of images allows for expression and interpret...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Vintage David Hockney Poster Gregory Loading His Camera 1983 in millennial pink
Located in New York, NY
This vintage exhibition poster features a David Hockney photographic collage. A young man with a mop of curls wearing brown leather loafers crouches over his camera, reloading its f...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Swimming In The Bahamas, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brightly coloured swimmers in a pool in Nassau on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas, 1959.
40 x 60 inches
$3950
30 x 40 inches
$3350
20 x 30 inches
$3000
10 x 12 inches...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
"Lights Out, " Original Autumn Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Lights Out" by Shawn Krueger (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is framed in a black frame and ready to hang. Krueger depicts a marsh scene of trees in the au...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"An Autumn Memory, " Original Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"An Autumn Memory" by Shawn Krueger (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is framed in an arts and crafts frame and ready to hang. Krueger depicts a scene of tree...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Elvis Oil on Canvas by Christina Major 66 x 88
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elvis 66 x 88 writing
Whatever I will become will be what God
has chosen for me. I ain't no saint, but I've
tried never to do anything that would hurt
my family or offend God. I figu...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Capercaillie, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
276
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Capercaillie
Size: 12 x 16 ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Capercaillie, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
275
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Capercaillie
Size: 12 x 16 ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Capercaillie, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
277
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Capercaillie
Size: 12 x 16 ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
African Boy
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful ca. 1970s sculpture depicting African boy. Carved and stained hardwood. Some splits in wood consistent with age, not damage. Signed indistinctly on back of platform.
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Wood
"Hillside at Sundown, " Original Autumn Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Hillside at Sundown" by Shawn Krueger (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is framed in a black frame and ready to hang. Krueger depicts a scene of trees in the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Falcon, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
272
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Falcon
Size: 12 x 16 inch, ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Bison, Animal, Watercolor on paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
271
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Bison
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Buffalo, Animal, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
273
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Buffalo
Size: 12 x 16 inch,...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Falcon, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
269
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Falcon
Size: 12 x 16 inch, ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Beach & Ocean Impressionistic Seascape Oil Painting by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Off the Coast Seascape Study is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beautiful beach scene created in an impressionist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Puck Corner, SOHO, New York signed & numbered 10/100 by top architectural artist
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas
Puck Corner, SOHO, New York, 1971
Etching and Aquatint (affixed to white matting)
Hand signed and numbered 10/100 by the artist on the lower front
19 3/5 × 16 1/2 inches
Unframed in white matting; ready to be re-framed and hung.
Puck Corner refers to the famous Puck building located on the corner of Broome and Broadway in SoHo, Manhattan:
"The Puck Building is a historic building located in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. This New York City Landmark is located at the northwestern corner of Manhattan's NoLIta neighborhood, bordered by SoHo and the NoHo section of Greenwich Village. The building was the longtime home of Puck magazine, which gave the building its name; Founded in St. Louis in 1871, the magazine moved into the building in 1887 and remained there until it ceased publication in 1918. Other famous tenants include Spy Magazine and the Manhattan Center of Pratt Institute. Since 2004, the building has been used by New York University for the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and the department of sociology. In 2011, REI opened a 35,000-square-foot store...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Pencil
"Panoramique" a photorealist maritime oil painting with a ship sailing
Located in Edgartown, MA
Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years. Both cities are on the Atlantic coast of France and have rich maritime histories, highlighted by prospero...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Linen
Landscape Seascape Impressionistic Oil Painting by Michael Budden Sunrise
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Sweet Sunrise
oil/panel
10 x 8 unframed, 14.25 x 16.25 framed
Sweet Sunrise is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a breath t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Suma Beach at Night
Located in Raleigh, NC
Suma Beach at night with a full moon Overhead and peasants catering on the beach, perhaps seaweed or water to be evaporated for the salt.
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Woodcut
"Remember Date Night" Original oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Felicia Forte's painting "Remember Date Night" created in 2016 features a yellow sticky tab on a pink, red and yellow zig zag background.
Felicia attended the Art Students League o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Rare Antique Floral Oil Painting by Southern artist Hal Morrison (1852-1927)
Located in Baltimore, MD
Hal Alexander Courtney Morrison was born in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island in 1852. Part of British North America at the time, PEI was quite rural and in order to pu...
Category
1890s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Beautiful Light, A Good Sailing Day Oil painting by Michael Budden Seascape Boat
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
A Good Sailing Day
oil/panel
13.5 x 23.75 framed
An oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a unique comp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Summer Swimming Hole along the Ventura River; Ojai, California
By Peter Adams
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist.
UNFRAMED: 24" x 30" FRAMED: 33.25" x 39.25" x 1.75"
“As an artist, my work serves as a profound exploration of the deep connectio...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Asian Elephant Standing Before Hazy Blue Mountains" Original oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Brian Mashburn's painting "Asian Elephant Standing Before Hazy Blue Mountains," crafted in 2023, is an evocative exploration of the delicate balance between nature and vestiges of ci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Ava Gardner Oil on Canvas by Christina Major 66 x 88
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Quotes within painting:
"I'm optimistic about whatever is going to happen. We all have a childhood
dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is
that m...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Purple Leaves", Oil Painting
By Jeff Legg
Located in Denver, CO
Jeff Legg's (US based) "Purple Leaves" is an oil painting created in 2023 depicting a white and blue vase with orange wedges, grapes and purple leaves.
About the artist:
Jeff C. Le...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Promise of the Prairie, 36"high Bronze Sculpture
Located in Loveland, CO
George Wayne Lundeen (American, born 1948) NSS
“Promise of the Prairie”
Museum Quality Cast Bronze, Limited edition of 21, signed and marked, G.W. Lundeen ©1983 20/21 on the top/back...
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Golden Sunset, Matilija Valley, Ojai
By Peter Adams
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Exhibited
"Ojai Mystique: Landscape Painting by 21 Nationally Renowned Artists", Ojai Valley Museum, Ojai, California, October 20, 2...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Cityscape with Bridge
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Cityscape with Bridge" c.1940 is a color etching on wove paper by Austrian/American artist Tana Kasimir Hoernes, 1887-1972. It is hand signed in pencil by the estate o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Etching
Fan Mail (Marilyn Monroe in Red), Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film 'The Asphalt Jungle' had been released.
This exquisite p...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
"Gardiens du Logis" original etching and aquatint
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and aquatint with drypoint. Also known as "Les amis du Saltimbanque". Catalogue reference Bourcard/Goodfriend 76. Published in 1902 by Revue de l'art ancien ...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Art
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
"Delicate Perch, " Oil painting Featuring Spotted Towhee
Located in Denver, CO
Morgan Cameron’s (US based) “Delicate Perch” is an oil painting on panel that depicts a bird (Spotted Towhee) perched on a branch.
This painting is unframed, but ready to hang.
A...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Andean Motmot, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
174
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art
Title: Andean Motmot
Size: 12 x 16...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Ground Zero" Bronze German Shepherd Dog Searching for Survivors
Located in Brookville, NY
This sculptor is not only an artist, but a vetrinarian. She knows anatomy as well as she knows breeds and behaviors.. This beautiful bronze depicts a German Shepherd Dog searching ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
"Late Afternoon Taos Pueblo, " Southwestern Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Late Afternoon Taos Pueblo" by Lorenzo Chavez (US based) is a handmade oil painting that depicts a rural road around the old Taos Pueblo.
“Late Afternoon Taos Pueblo” I love explo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
For the Prodigal, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Barns stand as a sanctuary for many farms across America. In this painting, a lit lantern in a high window of the structure acts as a guiding light under the gr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Rainbow Trout, " Oil painting Featuring a rainbow trout
Located in Denver, CO
Morgan Cameron’s (US based) “Rainbow Trout” is an oil painting on panel that depicts a swimming rainbow trout.
This painting is unframed, but ready to hang.
About the artist:
I ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Migration, " Oil painting Featuring migrating geese
Located in Denver, CO
Morgan Cameron's "Migration" is a dynamic and vibrant handmade original oil on panel artwork, capturing the essence of movement and freedom. Created in 2022, this piece measures 18 x...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Picnic
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Picnic" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas board by Irish artist Val McGann, 1928-2016. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork (...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Study for 'Regroup'" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Raymond Bonilla's (US based) "Study for 'Regroup'" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a city scene where many strangers are gathered , waiting on public transit toget...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
New York City Painting Michael Budden Rainy Day Fog Flatiron Building
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Rainy Day Fog, Flatiron Building
oil/panel 12 x 9 unframed, 18.5 x 15.5 framed
Rainy Day Fog, Flatiron is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Bud...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Grandpa's First Car Ride, " Southwestern Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Grandpa's First Car Ride" by Lorenzo Chavez (US based) is a handmade oil painting that depicts a rural road in New Mexico.
“Grandpas first Car Ride” I tried to image the first aut...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Young Female Ballet dancer
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful WPA era ca. 1930s portrait of a ballet dancer signed F. Miller.
Oil on canvas measuring 18 x 24 inches; 24 x 30 inches in contemporary frame.
Signed on back.
Category
1930s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Doll with Pals, childhood toys, realistic oil painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Realist artist Doug Newton says, Inspired by a doll and stuffed animals from my grown daughter's childhood. I enjoy painting the textures and patterns of the stuffed animals and the ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Zia, State II
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Zia" State II, 1979 Is an original colors lithograph on Buff Arches paper by renown Navajo artist Rudolph Carl Gorman, 1932-2005. It is signed, dated and number...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Monkey Shock" - Oil Painting with Silver Leaf featuring a Primate and Sparrows
Located in Denver, CO
Michele Kortbawi Wilk's "Monkey Shock" is a 2021 oil on canvas with silver leaf, spanning 24 x 24 inches, that offers a vivid portrayal of expression ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Mist and Shadow, " Oil painting Featuring a blue bird
Located in Denver, CO
Morgan Cameron’s (US based) “Mist and Shadow” is an oil painting on panel that depicts a blue bird prepared to take off in flight.
This painting is unframed, but ready to hang.
Ab...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"The Smell of Snow" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Shelli Langdale's "The Smell of Snow" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a white horse standing in snow with dandelion flower and a winter landscape in the background...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
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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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