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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
Period: 20th Century
Skiing Waiters Estate Edition Photograph (Vintage Winter Snowscape)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Three skiing waiters on a ski slope, circa 1960. In the foreground, a white-clad chef skis towards the viewer, offering a beautifully prepared bird on a tray. Behind him, a man in a ...
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1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Original Portrait of Noir Crime Writer Cornell Woolrich
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Portrait of 1940's Noir Writer Cornell Woolrich Pencil portrait of famous 1930's 40's noir/crime writer Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich, circa 1980. Cornell George Hopley-Woo...
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

"TWO MALLARDS" FLYING DUCKS FRAMED 23.25 X 27.25
Located in San Antonio, TX
Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951) Massachusetts Image Size: 15.5 x 15.5 Frame Size: 23.25 x 27.25 Medium: Charcoal on Paper Dated 1930 "Two Mallards Biography Frank Weston Benson (1862...
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1930s Realist Art

Materials

Charcoal

Split Rock Lighthouse
Located in Clinton Township, MI
"Split Rock Lighthouse" is a limited edition lithograph 38/500 signed by the artist Leo Kuschel and remarqued with a commemorative lighthouse stamp. The frame is in great condition.
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

1940's Portrait of Cairn Terrier Dog Oil Painting Fine British Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Bob" Portrait of a Cairn Terrier by Frances Mabel Hollams (British 1877-1963) signed & dated 1946 titled to the lower corner oil painting on wood panel: 14 x 18 inches framed condit...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Buckleys in Switzerland, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American author and journalist William F. Buckley Jr. and his wife Patricia take a sleigh ride from the Chateau de Rougemont in Switzerland, 1986. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certi...
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Oriel College, Oxford etching by Richard Beer 1980s
Located in London, GB
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Slim Aarons 'Venice Vacation', Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers on the pier at the Lido in Venice, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Venice Vacation Chromogenic Lambda print 1957, Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included. This artwork DOES include a certificate of authenticity from the authenticating body, the estate Collector will get the next number in the edition 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 inches $3000 12 x 12 inches $1800 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Photograph is unframed Modern estate edition with estate blindstamp signature and hand number in lower margin Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). * Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Internal: Slim Aarons Venice...
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1950s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Trinity College, Oxford etching by Richard Beer Modern British Art
Located in London, GB
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1980s Realist Art

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Etching

Female Nude, Pastel and Chalk Study for a Sculpture
Located in Cotignac, FR
A chalk and crayon study for a scuplture by French female artist Marie-Josèphe Bourron. Presented in modern frame with mount under glass. Though not signed the drawing was acquired d...
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Crayon, Pastel

Merton College, Oxford etching by Richard Beer
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, 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 artist you ...
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20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

The Ali Children, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
August 1980: In Spanish style riding clothes from l to r; TRH Princess Rajwa Ali, Princess Basma Ali and Prince Bin Ali. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate Editi...
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Venice Vacation', Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers on the pier at the Lido in Venice, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Venice Vacation Chromogenic Lambda print 1957, Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included. This artwork DOES include a certificate of authenticity from the authenticating body, the estate Collector will get the next number in the edition 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 inches $3000 12 x 12 inches $1800 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Photograph is unframed Modern estate edition with estate blindstamp signature and hand number in lower margin Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). * Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Internal: Slim Aarons Venice...
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1950s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Cocteau Collector, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
August 1982: Art collector Sylvia Coca sits in front of one of Jean Cocteau's murals in Marbella. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Auth...
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

The Ali Children, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
August 1980: In Spanish style riding clothes from l to r; TRH Princess Rajwa Ali, Princess Basma Ali and Prince Bin Ali. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate Editi...
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Sunflowers
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Walter Nelson – American (1942- ) Title: Sunflowers. From the Fleur portfolio Year: 1981 Medium: Dye transfer color photograph Sight size: 14.25 ...
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Dye Transfer

Slim Aarons 'Venice Vacation', Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers on the pier at the Lido in Venice, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Venice Vacation Chromogenic Lambda print 1957, Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included. This artwork DOES include a certificate of authenticity from the authenticating body, the estate Collector will get the next number in the edition 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 inches $3000 12 x 12 inches $1800 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Photograph is unframed Modern estate edition with estate blindstamp signature and hand number in lower margin Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). * Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Internal: Slim Aarons Venice...
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1950s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Cocteau Collector, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
August 1982: Art collector Sylvia Coca sits in front of one of Jean Cocteau's murals in Marbella. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Auth...
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Botanical Studies, Pair of Watercolours on Silk on Handmade Paper, Anemones
Located in Cotignac, FR
A pair of fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk of anemones by La Roche Laffitte. The works are signed bottom right. Both are titled. The silk has been mounted on h...
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Gouache

Fall Beauty - Charcoal drawing by Terry Futvoye
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Charcoal drawings add warmth to an artwork and this is a nice one by Terry Futvoye. It has a few minor imperfections but still looks nice in the frame. Reframing is an option if t...
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Charcoal

Cocteau Collector, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
August 1982: Art collector Sylvia Coca sits in front of one of Jean Cocteau's murals in Marbella. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Auth...
Category

1980s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

The Ali Children, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
August 1980: In Spanish style riding clothes from l to r; TRH Princess Rajwa Ali, Princess Basma Ali and Prince Bin Ali. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate Editi...
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

"Fall Beauty" by T.Futvoye
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Autumn detail depicted in this original charcoal drawing by Terry Futvoye. It is signed twice on the front by the artist. It is in fair condition.
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Charcoal

The Old Club
Located in Clinton Township, MI
The Old Club is a well known private boat club located in the St.Clair Flats, Michigan. This print is excellent for decorating with a nautical theme.
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Neoclassical Interior Scene by Russian Theater Artist Early 20th century Mixed
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower right with monogram "MD" - in Cyrillic, leads to the Russian - Lithuanian artist Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky (Mstislavas Dobužinskis; 1875 - 1957). Fascinating d...
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Wood, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Marquette Lighthouse: Lake Superior
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Marquette Lighthouse is a well known landmark for anyone who has visited the Upper Peninsula of Michigan! This is signed by the artist Leo Kuschel who lived near the Great Lakes. I...
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20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Spring Thaw Landscape Oil Painting 1901 Swedish Artist by Ankarcrona
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signature bottom left - Edvard Alexander (Alexis) Ankarcrona (1825 - 1901), was a Swedish painter and military (this is one of the last works of the artist!). This artwork perfectly ...
Category

Early 1900s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Cabane 13 Lake in the Pyrenees Landscape . figurative. lake.mountains. blue
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
cabane. lake in the Pyrenees Landscape . figurative. lake.mountains. blue Original watercolor by the Spanish artist Joaquin Cabane. 1922/1993 Painter and watercolorist, Joaquim Caba...
Category

1990s Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Lido Life, Slim Aarons Estate Photograph in Venice, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lido Life: A group of friends squeeze onto an inflatable raft at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957. This vibrant photograph by Slim Aarons, taken in 1957 at the Venice Lido, enca...
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1950s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

"Masha's fairy tales" watercolor cm. 17 x 22 1970
Located in Torino, IT
Children, illustrations, tales Marina Evgenevna USPENSKAYA (Moscow, 1925 – 2007) Marina Evgenevna Uspenskaya was born in Moscow. She graduated from the 1905 Art College, where she ...
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Milly with Minstrel. Children with their Pony in Dappled Summer Sunlight.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Harold Walton Freckleton. English ( b.1890 - d.1979 ). Milly with Minstrel. Oil on Canvas. Signed lower right. Image size 24.4 inches x 29.52 inches ( 62cm x 75cm ). Frame size 30.7 ...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Eton College watercolour
Located in London, GB
To see more, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." Francis Barraud (1856 - 1924) Eton College Watercolour 12 x 18 cm Inscribed f...
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20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Mother and child
Located in Täby, SE
Teuvo Kotilainen was born in 1925 in Rääkylä and died 2010 in Tampere. He was a finnish sculptor inspired by Jussi Mäntynen and his lynxs and he performed several himself but also or...
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Bronze

Cabane 5 Landscape Pyrenees original realist watercolor painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Landscape Pyrenees original realist watercolor painting Original work on paper by the Spanish artist CABANE Joaquin Cabene. 1922/1993 Painter and watercolorist, Joaquim Cabané trave...
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Slim Aarons 'Venice Gondolas', Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island. Captured with the exquisite clarity and charm that epitomiz...
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1950s Realist Art

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Lambda

Family Portrait Mother with Children Playing Coins Framed Antique Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Family genre scene late 19th early 20th century. The boy, tired of posing for a portrait painter, decided to play by spinning a coin on the table, this game greatly impressed his you...
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Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Wood, Oil, Cardboard

Ballroom Dancing
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Couples Ballroom Dancing is a very attractive print that is VERY nicely framed-- A wonderful accent to a living room or bedroom! 16 x 16 in size and it is wired and ready to hang.
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20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Rose. 1991, cardboard, oil, 34x24 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Rose. 1991, cardboard, oil, 34x24 cm by Uldis Zemzaris (born 1928.24.II) Uldis Zemzaris graduated from J. Rozentāls Riga Art High School (1953) and the Painting Department of the L...
Category

1990s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Lido Life, Slim Aarons Estate Photograph in Venice, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lido Life: A group of friends squeeze onto an inflatable raft at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957. This vibrant photograph by Slim Aarons, taken in 1957 at the Venice Lido, enca...
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1950s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Caesar on his way to Pompeii. 1999, canvas, oil, 40x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Caesar on his way to Pompeii. 1999, canvas, oil, 40x50 cm
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1990s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Country yard in spring. Oil on canvas, 74x96 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Country yard in spring. Oil on canvas, 74x96 cm Oto Pladers (1897.8.III – 1970.2.V) Oto Pladers learned in Riga city school of art (1913 – 15). He was called into the army in 1916 a...
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1930s Realist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Slim Aarons 'Venice Gondolas', Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island. Captured with the exquisite clarity and charm that epitomiz...
Category

1950s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Venice Gondolas', Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island. Captured with the exquisite clarity and charm that epitomiz...
Category

1950s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Venice Gondolas', Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island. Captured with the exquisite clarity and charm that epitomiz...
Category

1950s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Lido Life, Slim Aarons Estate Photograph in Venice, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lido Life: A group of friends squeeze onto an inflatable raft at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957. This vibrant photograph by Slim Aarons, taken in 1957 at the Venice Lido, enca...
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1950s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Set of Four Botanical Watercolours of Fruiting Plants on Silk on Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A set of four fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk by La Roche Laffitte. The works are signed bottom right and titled below three of the watercolours in Latin and ...
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Broadway Costume Design Illustration
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Fabulous illustration depicts a costume for Broadway production. Gouache on illustration board, image measures 10.5 x 16.5 inches; 15 x 22 inches framed. Excellent condition in ori...
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1960s Realist Art

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Purple irises. 1998, canvas, oil, 35x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Purple irises. 1998, canvas, oil, 35x25 cm Juris Jurjans (1944-2023) - Painter Juris Jurjāns graduated from J. Rozentals School of Art in Riga (1962), and Painting Department of La...
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1990s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hans Baluschek Sommer an der Havel ( Summer On The River Havel ), 1934
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Baluschek ( 1870-1935 ), Germany. "New Objectivity" Style. Mixed media on paper, 1934. Signed and dated lower right: HBaluschek.34. Framed. Height: 26.18 in ( 66,5 cm ), Width:...
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1930s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Firing. Setting & Detonation of Explosive Charges Underground Welsh Coalminers
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Valerie Ganz. Welsh ( b.1936 - d.2015 ). Firing. Oil on Artist’s Board. Signed lower right. Image size 15.4 inches x 19.3 inches ( 39cm x 49cm ). Frame size 20.9 inches x 24.6 inches...
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Botanical Studies, Watercolours on Silk on Handmade Paper, Set of Three Tulips.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A set of three fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk of tulips by La Roche Laffitte. The works are signed bottom right. Some are titled and numbered (see photos) Th...
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Gouache

Slim Aarons 'Westin Excelsior, Venice'
Located in New York, NY
Westin Excelsior in Venice 1957 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art photo...
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1950s Realist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Westin Excelsior, Venice'
Located in New York, NY
Portofino 1957 C print Signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate. The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in ...
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1950s Realist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Oxford cityscape #1
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Oxford Cityscape #1" 1972 is a watercolor by noted architectural British artist, Ken Messer 1931-2017. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 20 x 11.25 inches, framed is 26,85 x 17.75 inches. It is custom framed in his original wooden gold and green frame. Artwork and frame are in very good condition. About the artist. After attending City of Oxford High School for Boys, where he excelled at rugby and cricket, he started work as an accountant in the city. He then moved on to become a steward for the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). In the 1960’s Mr Messer was involved in a car accident which would end his sporting career and change his working life. When he left his job with BOAC he became a graphic designer at Pergamon Press, owned by Robert Maxwell, which allowed him time to pursue his real passion which was painting watercolours. He rose through the ranks at Pergamon to become studio manager and when he could progress no further he decided to become a full time artist, a role from which he never retired. He quickly became well-known for his paintings of Oxford...
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Sheep in Landscape (C. 558)
Located in New York, NY
Sheep in Landscape (C. 558), 1974 Lithograph in colors, on wove paper 18 1/8 x 20 1/4 in. (46 x 51.4 cm) Edition of 50 Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Slim Aarons 'Lido Life, Venice'
Located in New York, NY
Lido Life, Venice 1957 C print Signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate. A waiter serves fruit to bathers, ...
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1950s Realist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Ballerina at the Barre (Poster with photography by Harvey Edwards)
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Ballerinas and those that own dance schools would appreciate this beautiful poster with a photograph by Harvey Edwards of a ballerina at the barre. It has been tastefully framed wit...
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Paper

Summer Landscape with Birches by Austrian Master Gollob Early 20th century Oil
Located in Stockholm, SE
Heinrich Gollob (1886 - 1917) - Austrian painter. Gollob's attention to detail demonstrates his talent for bringing landscapes to life through vibrant colors, textures and the play o...
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Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil

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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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