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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
Antique Dog Painting: Pair of Grand Griffon Vendéen Hunting Dogs, circa 1870
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting: Pair of Grand Griffon Vendéen Hunting Dogs Jules Chardigny (France, 1842-1892) circa 1870 Oil on canvas, signed 21 3/4 x 18 1/3 (29 1/8 x 24 3/4 frame) inches This rather large painting depicts a very finely executed portrait of a two Grand Griffon Vendéen hunting dogs. The Grand Griffon Vendéen are a very old breed of French hunting dogs...
Category

1870s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Large Oil Painting Still Life and Child by Walter Stuempfig
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Walter Stuempfig Jr. (American, 1914-1970) Interior: Still Life and Child Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches Framed: 36 x 46 inches (approx.) Signed at lower left: "STUEMPFIG" Walter Stu...
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Grapes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Morston Constantine Ream (American, 1840-1898) Grapes Oil on canvas, 10 x 12 inches Framed: 22 x 24 inches (approx.) Signed at lower right: “Morston Ream” The still-life painter Mor...
Category

1880s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Soleil Levant, Vallée De La Dordogne By William Didier-Pouget
Located in New Orleans, LA
William Didier-Pouget 1864-1959 French Soleil levant, vallée de la Dordogne (Sunrise, Dordogne Valley) Signed "Didier-Pouget" (lower right) Oil on canvas The majesty of the Frenc...
Category

20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Oil Painting Depicting Sheep Grazing by a River Bank
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Carl Philipp Weber (American, 1849-1921) Sheep Grazing by a River Bank Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 inches Framed: 31 x 45 inches (approx.) Signed at lower right: "C Ph. Weber: Carl Phil...
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lornes Pond With Yarrow - Nature Landscape Romantic Realism
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amber Young's creative focus centers on nature, with a particular emphasis on the intricate beauty of forests, flowers, and water reflections.Young's artistic journey is deeply roote...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cheryl C at Dock, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The lone boat bears the marks of its history. Here, she sits alone, at rest. Artist Tom Hoerber has kept the composition simple to emphasize the quiet solitude,...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Reflections, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The colorful buoys of a fishing boat in San Pedro harbor reflect on the dark, calm water. The gray sky sets a peaceful tone. The two men fishing from the docks ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Baby's Blue
Located in Dallas, TX
Words fall short when art speaks for itself. A language all its own. "Inspiration was never something to seek out but to be awake for." Based in Southern California, Miriam contin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Evening at Lake Lucerne by Herman Herzog
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Herman Herzog (American, born Germany, 1832-1932) Evening at Lake Lucerne Oil on canvas, 14 x 21 inches Framed: 21 x 28 inches (approx.) Signed at lower right: "Herman Herzog" Germa...
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bread and French Goat Cheese
Located in Woodbury, CT
Oil on panel, signed and dated 2018. Classic French black wooden frame with gold leaf. Unframed size: 19.69 inches high x 19.69 inches wide. Framed size: 25.2 inches high x 25.2 inches wide x 1.25 inches deep. Sold framed. Inspired by the modest works of the French painter, Chardin, this classic composition focuses on the simple, zen-like qualities of the gustatory delights of Stefaan’s locale, where bread and cheeses are freshly made and sold at his favorite outdoor market. Interposed with a large knife and antique glass wine bottle...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

"Eel Spear" trompe l'oeil still life of an antique object, black and grey tones
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Eel Spear" is a trompe l'oeil still life of an antique object with black and grey tones. John Morfis was born in Bayville, Long Island in 1976. His humble beginnings made pursuing ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Scottish Landscape, possibly Hell's Glen, Argyll Forest Park by Robert Frier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Robert Frier (Scottish, 1855–1912) Scottish Landscape Watercolor on paper, 11 x 18 3/4 inches (sight) Framed: 21 x 28 inches (approx.) Signed at lower left: "Rob Frier" Inscribed on ...
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Departure" 19th century style Realist self portrait by the Croatian artist
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Departure" is as 19th century style Realist self portrait by the Croatian artist, Tina Orsolic Dalessio. Tina Orsolic Dalessio is a figurative painter born and raised in Zagreb, C...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Canvas, Oil

Outgoing Fog (South Bristol, Maine)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Watercolor on paper, 1976 Painted in South Bristol, Maine Signed by the artist lower left Condition: Excellent
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Natural Drama III, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Dramatic technicolor clouds sweep across the sky, reflecting their vibrant hues on the water and sand below. The light from the nearly obscured sun peeks throug...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Homage to Gericault
Located in Woodbury, CT
Oil on panel, signed and dated 2012. French handmade wooden Delf frame, raised panel with dark gold/bronze patina and gold leaf. Unframed size: 19.09 inches high x 15.75 inches wide. Framed size: 29.5 inches high x 25.125 inches wide x 1.63 inches deep. Sold framed. Stefaan’s tribute to the great French neoclassical painter stems from first seeing Gericault’s horses...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

The Natural History of Moths: An Antique Hand-colored Engraving by Moses Harris
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored engraving depicting the natural history of Pinkunderwing Moths, Cream Spotted Tyger Moths, which is plate 4 from Moses Harris' publication "The Aurelian: or Na...
Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

Tortoise-shell Butterfly, Hawk Moth: Antique Hand-colored Engraving by M. Harris
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored antique engraving depicting the natural history of the Privet Hawk Moth, Tortoise-shell Butterfly, which is plate 2 from Moses Harris' publication "The Aurelia...
Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

Portrait of a Man with Architectural Drawing by a European Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unknown (European, nineteenth century) Man Holding an Architectural Drawing Oil on canvas, 30 3/4 x 25 1/4 inches Framed: 35 1/2 x 30 inches (approx.) Original frame.
Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Sighthound Dog Painting of an Italian Greyhound with a Beautiful Collar
Located in Charleston, US
Valarie Wolf's sighthound dog painting is of an Italian Greyhound with a beautiful collar. The Italian Greyhound, a sighthound dog, has the poise of a model with a glamorous collar w...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

View from the Public Baths, Cherbourg, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Percival Skelton (English, active 1852-87) Cherbourg Watercolor on paper, 5 3/8 X 9 3/8 inches Framed: 11 x 15 inches (approx.) Inscribed at lower left: "Cherbourg"; at lower right: ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Glass Half Full, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A solitary glass of bourbon stands against the backdrop of muted hues. Bathed in soft, ambient light, its amber depths evoke a sense of warmth and tranquility. ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Pewter and Lemons
Located in Woodbury, CT
Oil on panel, signed and dated 2007. Classic French black wooden frame with raised panel and gold leaf. Unframed size: 18.11 inches high x 14.96 inches wide. Framed size: 25.6 inches high x 22.4 inches wide x 1.25 inches deep. Sold framed. Inspired by 17th century Masters, Davidz De Heem and Willem Heda...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Clink, Clink, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The liquor's warm amber hues glow softly against the rustic wooden table. Wisps of aromatic vapor rise from the golden liquid, creating an ethereal aura around ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Phil Limited Edition rubber stamp Portrait of Philip Glass, pencil no. 243/1000
Located in New York, NY
Chuck Close Phil, 1976 Limited Edition Print on Strathmore 3-Ply Paper. Pencil numbered 243/1000 on the verso. Artist's printed copyright name verso. Accompanied by original envelope...
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Pencil, Lithograph, Offset

Vintage Classical Fishing Landscape Wide Gold Frame Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage classical landscape oil painting. Housed in a nice giltwood frame. No signature found.
Category

1980s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Yin Yong Chun, "White Roses", 24x30 Floral Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This floral still life, "White Roses", by artist Yin Yong Chun is a 24x30 oil painting on canvas featuring a bouquet of white roses in a glass vase with fallen white petals on the t...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

View of Mount Vernon Estate, the historic home of George and Martha Washington
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unknown (American, nineteenth century) Mount Vernon Estate Oil on canvas, 12 x 17 inches Framed: 20 x 25 inches (approx.) Mount Vernon Estate, located in Virginia, is the historic p...
Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Poppies, Jegun" Contemporary Impressionist painting en plein air in France
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Poppies, Jegun" is a contemporary Impressionist painting, painted en plein air in rural France. Tina Orsolic Dalessio is a figurative painter born and raised in Zagreb, Croatia. Sh...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Canvas, Oil

Warbler, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
289 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 2024 Style: Classic Art Title: Warbler Size: 12 x 16 inch, ...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Watershed
Located in Burlingame, CA
Watershed, oil on canvas is 36 x 55 inches. The painting features a walking pathway and rolling foothills up close, and into the distance with a clear blue sky. A serene and calming painting by Willard Dixon, who is one of the finest American contemporary realist painters living today. Dixon has painted coastal landscapes for 35 years, capturing the undeniable beauty of the West with its grand and humble spirit. The same sensitivity can be found in Dixon’s contemporary still life scenes that offer viewers a resting place to contemplate objects: fruit, glassware, orbs and bowls — and his portraiture, which largely focuses on his artist friends and illustrious colleagues. Dixon’s work can be found in a wide array of distinctive private and public collections, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Watershed — 36 x 55 inches. Oil on canvas, and traditionally framed in streamlined, minimal oak. The artist was born: Kansas City MO, 1942 Education: Art Students League, New York, NY Cornell University Brooklyn Museum School San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969 Awards and Commissions N.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989 California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998 Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998 Teaching 1989-90: San Francisco State University 1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar 1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CA One Man Exhibitions 2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield 2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY 2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY. 2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA 2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY 2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA 1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA 1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery) 1994: Fischbach Gallery 1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery 1992: Fischbach Gallery 1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1990: Fischbach Gallery 1989: William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1988: Gallery 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1987: Fischbach Gallery 1987: Gallery 454 North 1986: William Sawyer Gallery 1985: Fischbach Gallery 1984: Harris Gallery, Houston, Tx 1984: William Sawyer Gallery 1983, 1982: Fischbach Gallery 1981: William Sawyer Gallery 1980,1979: Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1976, 1975: William Sawyer Gallery 1973, 1972: William Sawyer Gallery Selected Group Exhibitions 2017: SHIFT / with Elizabeth Barlow, Kim Frohsin, Erin Parrish, Irene Zweig, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA 2015: REAL with Elizabeth Barlow Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA. 2014: Stillness and Activity / A father and daughter exhibition, Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA. 2013: Outwin Boocher Portrait Competition 2013 Exhibition” Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. Hey Everybody / Portraits, Diablo Valley College 2012: Artistic Visions of the Golden Gate Bridge”, George Krevsky Gallery, S.F., CA. Introduction Two/ Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA. 2011: California: A Landscape of Dreams/ Fresno Art Museum 2010: Self Portrait Invitational/ Julie Nester Gallery, Park City UT 2009: On Beauty /I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA. 2008: At Water’s Edge / I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA. 2007: San Francisco Scenes/ George Krevsky Gallery, S.F., CA Ten Years- A Retrospective/ Dolby Chadwick Gallery, S.F., CA. 2006: Our Planet, Our Home/ SFMOMA Artists Gallery, S.F. CA 2005: 2005 Spring Group Show/ Earl McGrath Gallery, L.A., CA 2002: H2O’02, Paintings of Water/ Fischbach Gallery, NYC Scene in Oakland 1852-2002 Oakland Museum Oakland, CA The Garden/ Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA The Moving Still Life/ Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY Bay Area Printmakers/ works from Trillium Press, Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA California Landscape Paintings/ College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, CA Bay Area Printmakers/ SF Museum of Modern Art/Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA Visions: Northern California/ Bank of America, San Francisco, CA 2001: Opening Exhibit: Group Show, Fischbach Gallery, NY, NY 2000: Hackett Freedman Gallery Artists/ Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, Ca 1999: Homage to the Art Institute, Artists Who Transformed American Culture, Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1999: What is Art For? What are Museums For? What are You For? curated Curated for the Oakland Museum by William T. Wiley & Mary Hull Webster, Oakland, CA 1998: Paintings of Marin County Past and Present/ The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997: 10th Anniversary Exhibition/ Hackett Freedman Gallery, S.F., CA 1996: Rediscovering the Landscape of the Americas/ Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (traveling exhibition) Contemporary American Realist Painters/ Halls Crown Center Gallery, Kansas City, MO 1996: Foundation for the Future: Celebrating 125 Years at the San Francisco Art Institute/ One Bush St., S.F., CA 1996: New Work by Selected Gallery Artists, Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Flower Paintings/ Contemporary Realist Gallery, S.F., CA 1995: Facing Eden: 100 Years of Landscape Art in the Bay Area / De Young Museum, S.F., CA Contemporary Still Life Painting/ David Klein Gallery...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Pine Warbler Perched On a Twig" Original oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Brian Mashburn's painting "Pine Warbler Perched On a Twig" crafted in 2023, is an original oil painting that depicts the close up views of a pine warbler bird in profile, on a branch...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Peonies on the dark background, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Peonies on a dark background. The painting was created in 2021. High-quality materials, strong construction of the subframe. The canvas is gallery stretch, the edges of the picture a...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Duet of Peonies 2, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Duet of Peonies 2 . The year of creation is 2022 . Oil on canvas, signature on the reverse side :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticit...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Oil painting of a House and Garden, Morristown, New Jersey in 1908
By Frank Waller
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Frank Waller (American, 1842-1923) House and Garden, Morristown, 1908 Oil on canvas, 18 1/2 x 12 inches Framed: 23 x 16 inches (approx.) Dated and inscribed at lower left: "From/Ou...
Category

Early 1900s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"At Last, " Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
Bill Starke's "At Last" is a limited edition, bronze sculpture created by Bill Starke depicting a male figure with out-stretched arms. ( 3/85 ) About the artist: Human beings int...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Rooster or Cock
Located in Raleigh, NC
Japanese wood block print of a rooster or cocktail in sosakuhanga. Signed in pencil lower right within the image. Frame is acceptable, but has some scratches as shown in the photos.
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Woodcut

My Baby Sent Me a Letter, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil painting of daffodils, plate and letter on reflective glass. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Pine, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"This work is a representation of the unadorned beauty of nature," shares artist Jose Luis Bermudez. The clear blue sky stretc...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Spring Field
Located in Burlingame, CA
Glorious green and glowing 'Spring Field' oil painting by Willard Dixon, who is one of our finest American contemporary realist painters today. Dixon has painted coastal landscapes f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

"Butcher Bird" Original oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Brian Mashburn's painting "Butcher Bird," crafted in 2023, is an original oil painting that depicts the close up views of a butcher bird in profile perched on a tree branch. The artw...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Peony roses, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Peony roses. Flowers with lots of details are my favorite theme to embody on canvas. Such a work of art always attracts the eyes, it is interesting to study and consider :: Painting ...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Tomales Bay Evening / oil on canvas
Located in Burlingame, CA
Evening light bathes a sailing boat in Northern California's Tomales Bay with rolling foothills in the distance, in this serene and calming painting by Willard Dixon, who is one of t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sonoma Coast
Located in Burlingame, CA
Warm sand and blue surf featured in this California coastline scene with distant rolling hills. 'Sonoma Coast', oil painting on canvas by Willard Dixon, who is one of the finest American contemporary realist painters today. Dixon has painted coastal landscapes for 35 years, capturing the undeniable beauty of the West with its grand and humble spirit. The same sensitivity can be found in his urban street scenes that offer viewers a resting place to contemplate our rapidly changing world, and his portraiture, which largely focuses on his artist friends and illustrious colleagues. Willard Dixon’s work can be found in numerous distinctive private and public collections, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA), the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Oakland Museum of California. Dixon's work is collected worldwide. 'Sonoma Coast' is 36 x 56 inches. Oil on canvas. It is traditionally framed in thin, minimal natural oak with an outer dimension of 37 x 57 inches. Artist signed and dated. Condition is excellent / as new. Painted in late 2020. From Andra Norris Gallery in California. Born: Kansas City MO, 1942 Education: Art Students League, New York, NY Cornell University Brooklyn Museum School San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969 Awards and Commissions N.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989 California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998 Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998 Teaching 1989-90: San Francisco State University 1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar 1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CA One Man Exhibitions 2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield 2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY 2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY. 2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA 2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY 2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA 1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA 1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery) 1994: Fischbach Gallery 1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery 1992: Fischbach Gallery 1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1990: Fischbach Gallery 1989: William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1988: Gallery 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1987: Fischbach Gallery 1987: Gallery 454 North 1986: William Sawyer Gallery 1985: Fischbach Gallery 1984: Harris Gallery, Houston, Tx 1984: William Sawyer Gallery 1983, 1982: Fischbach Gallery 1981: William Sawyer Gallery 1980,1979: Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1976, 1975: William Sawyer Gallery 1973, 1972: William Sawyer Gallery Selected Group Exhibitions 2017: SHIFT / with Elizabeth Barlow, Kim Frohsin, Erin Parrish...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Lady in Blue
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Well-known Soviet master from Minsk, Belarus. Beautifully painted portrait of a young lady in a blue dress. Framed in a 22-k gold frame.
Category

1960s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Watercolor of Cumberland, England by English Artist William James Blacklock
Located in Philadelphia, PA
William James Blacklock (English, 1816-1858) Rural Landscape, Watercolor on paper, 5 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches Framed: 15 x 18 inches (approx.) Inscribed on verso: (in pencil) "Heath sce...
Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Modern Abstract Photograph of a Pink and Gold Building with Window
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract photograph of the side of a building with pink and gold accents by the Texas artist Mark Greene. The off-centered window is balanced by the extension of the black mat...
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Photographic Film

Lounging in Verbier, Swiss Alps, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Estate edition. Larger and smaller sizes available. Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964. Visual Description: In one of Slim Aarons m...
Category

1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Red Door, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A townhouse on West 27th Street draws attention at night, its red door seemingly glowing in the darkness. Shadows of a street sign and construction vehicles add...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Admirable Butterflies, Magpie Moths: A Hand-colored Engraving by Moses Harris
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored antique engraving depicting the natural history of the Admirable Butterfly and the Small Magpie Moth, which is plate 6 from Moses Harris' publication "The Aure...
Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

Natural History of Moths and a Beetle: A Hand-colored Engraving by Moses Harris
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored engraving depicting the natural history of moths and a beetle, which is plate 22 from Moses Harris' publication "The Aurelian: or Natural History of English In...
Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

City Service Building (70 Pine Street, Manhattan)
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas City Service Building (70 Pine Street, Manhattan), 2005 Etching Signed, titled, dated and numbered 7/20 in pencil on the front 20 × 16 inches Unframed Rare print by Rich...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Art

Materials

Etching, Pencil

Portrait de Priscilla Le Petit Chien
Located in New York, NY
Mickalene Thomas Portrait de Priscilla Le Petit Chien, 2012 Pigment print on 100% cotton rag paper Edition 148/150 Frame included with official COA affixed to the back Hand numbered from the edition of only 150 with plate signed official Certificate of Authenticity on the verso of the frame. This exquisite print, published in 2012, is based on an original collage made by the artist of her long-haired miniature dachshund (a gift from fellow artist Kehinde Wiley), Priscilla. Highly acclaimed contemporary art star Mickalene Thomas created this collage specifically for children- though adults will appreciate it as well - as will pet lovers! Portrait de Priscilla Petit Chien features Priscilla, Thomas' own dog who frequently attends the artist's photoshoots. This limited edition archival pigment print is printed on cotton rag paper and accompanied by a plate (facsimile) signed and uniquely hand numbered certificate of authenticity. It is matted and comes in a 1"-deep wooden frame with Plexiglas®. Wired for hanging. Edition of 150. This professionally framed limited edition pigment print on 100% cotton rag paper is based on an original collage made by the artist of her long-haired miniature dachshund (a gift from fellow artist Kehinde Wiley), Priscilla. The print is matted and comes in a white wooden frame (16" x 19" x 1") with Plexiglas, wired for hanging. Dimensions: 11" x 14" sheet, 9-1/4" x 12" image. Mickalene Thomas Biography: Mickalene Thomas (b. 1971, Camden, NJ; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) makes paintings, collages, photography, video, and installations that draw on art history and popular culture to create a contemporary vision of female sexuality, beauty, and power. Blurring the distinction between object and subject, concrete and abstract, real and imaginary, Thomas constructs complex portraits, landscapes, and interiors in order to examine how identity, gender, and sense of self are informed by the ways women are represented in art and popular culture. Rhinestones—the artist’s signature material and a symbol of femininity—serve as an added layer of meaning and a metaphor of artifice. Thomas uses rhinestones to shade and accentuate specific elements of each painting, while subtly confronting our assumptions about what is feminine and what defines women. Thomas has drawn inspiration from multiple artistic periods and cultural influences throughout Western art history, particularly the early modernists such as Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Edouard Manet, and Romare Bearden. She models her figures on the classic poses and abstract settings popularized by these modern masters as a way to reclaim agency for women who have been presented as objects to be desired or subjugated. Though Thomas draws from a number of time periods and genres, her use of pattern and domestic spaces often references various periods throughout the 1960s to the 1980s. This was a time of immense social and political conflict, change, and transformation—the civil rights movement, the black is beautiful movement, and the second wave of feminism—during which many women, particularly African-Americans, rejected and redefined traditional standards of beauty. Thomas received a BFA from the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, in 2000 and an MFA from Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, in 2002. Solo exhibitions of her work have been organized at The Dayton Art Institute, OH (forthcoming, 2018); Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA (forthcoming, 2018); Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA (forthcoming, 2018); Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA (forthcoming, 2017); Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (2017); Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA (2017); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2016); Aspen Art Museum, CO (2016); Aperture Foundation, New York (2016); George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY (2014); Brooklyn Museum, New York (2012-13); Santa Monica Museum of Art (2012); Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2012); Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2011); and La Conservera Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Ceuti, Spain (2009). Select group exhibitions featuring her work include Third Space / Shifting Conversations About Contemporary Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, AL (2017); Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art, Portland Art Museum, ME (2017); The Color Line: African American Artists and the Civil Rights in the United States, Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2016); SHE: International Women Artists, Long Museum, Shanghai (2016); No Man’s Land: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, traveled to the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (2015); 30 Americans, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (2011), which has traveled extensively around the United States (2011-2017, ongoing); and Americans Now, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC (2010). Thomas’ work is in numerous international public and private collections, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Art Institute of Chicago; MoMA PS1, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Yale University Art Collection, New Haven, CT; and Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Thomas has been awarded multiple prizes and grants, including the USA Francie Bishop Good & David Horvitz...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Digital Pigment, Permanent Marker, Laid Paper

Butterflies & Moths: An Antique Hand-colored Engraving by Moses Harris
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored antique engraving depicting the natural history of the Drinker Moth, the Brown Hairstreak Butterfly, the Larke Skipper Butterfly, the Small Skipper Butterfly, ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

Swimming In The Bahamas, Estate Edition, Nassau
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

"Camellias From My Garden II, " Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Yvonne Melchers' "Camelias From My Garden II" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts two fully blossomed pink camellias that compliment their green leaves in a glass pitcher with a plain white background. Artist Yvonne Melchers showcases her mastery of light and form in her sumptuously detailed paintings of subjects both intimate and universal. Whether painting a scene from her beloved North Sea Shore, the portrait of a strong but vulnerable young man dressed for the historical Siena Palio round, or the rumpled sheets and textures of a Venice hotel room, Melchers infuses each with a glow that speaks of the real and the ethereal. Precise technical skills join a rich historical palette and striking compositions in paintings that leave an indelible impression. (2019, Alessandro...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Signpost''
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Bahamas Signpost 1964 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. A signpost in Nassau points the way to Rum Cay...
Category

1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

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