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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
Maurice Chevalier, Casino de Paris
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Maurice Chevalier, Casino de Paris" created 1925 is a lithographic poster on paper by French noted artist Charles Kiffer, 1902-1...
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Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Winter Snow Scene Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Budden Beautiful Light
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Afternoon Transitions oil/canvas 14 x 18 unframed, 19.5 x 23.5 framed Afternoon Transitions is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that show...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

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Oil

Autumn Forest , 1970's Earth-tone Vertical Landscape Watercolor with Trees
Located in Soquel, CA
Autumn Forest , 1970's Earth-tone Vertical Landscape Watercolor with Trees Serene vertical landscape by Kay Swanson (American, 20th Century). This vintage 1970s watercolor depicts a lovely autumn forest full of tall trees depicted in a range of subtle earth-tones and fine detail. Signed "Kay Swanson" in the lower right corner. Presented in a double mat of cream and charcoal with a modern gold frame and glass. Tag on verso with artist information. Image size: 22.5"H x 15"W Kay Swanson (American, 20th Century) is a watercolor artist from Park Ridge...
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1970s Realist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

The Light of Love - original realism floral oil painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "The Light of Love" offers a striking play between softness and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Terracotta Sculpture Titled: "Touch or Strike"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Terracotta with under glazes EDUCATION: 1990 - BFA- College of Fine Arts, Boston University, Boston, MA PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: PRESENT STUDIO 740- ARTIST/ STUDIO MANAGER, Helena, MT ASSISTANT CURATOR OF EDUCATION- HOLTER MUSEUM OF ART, Helena, MT 1998-2014 SCULPTURE DEPART. CHAIR/ FOUNDRY DIRECTOR - Armory Art Center,WPB, FL 2012 SUMMER RESIDENT ARTIST @ THE ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION, Helena, MT 2010 ELECTED MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY DESIGNED & FABRICATED ANNUAL AWARD - The Arthur R. Marshall Foundation, WPB, FL DESIGNED & FABRICATED SENIOR GIFT SCULPTURE - Northwood University, WPB, FL 2008 DESIGNED & FABRICATED ANNUAL AWARD - Judge Knott Award, Historical Society of Palm Beach County DESIGNED & FABRICATED ANNUAL AWARD - Providencia Award- Palm Beach County Convention Bureau, WPB, FL FINALIST - My Wendy, My Way, Wendy’s International, Dublin, OH 2003 DESIGNED & FABRICATED CEE CEE LYLES MEMORIAL- Veteran’s Park, Ft. Pierce, FL 1998 - 1996 RDK STUDIOS - Owner/Operator, FIne Art Bronze Foundry, Riviera Beach, FL EXHIBITIONS: 2015 CHRIS RICCARDO & FRIENDS, The Art Spirit Gallery of Fine Art, Coure d’Alene, ID 16TH ANNUAL SMALLL ARTWORKS INVITATIONAL, The Art Spirit Gallery of Fine Art, Coure d’Alene, ID 2014 ON & OFF THE WALL: SOFLO CERAMICS, The Art Gallery @ Eissey Campus Gallery ART PALM BEACH, JF Gallery, WPB, FL IN LIQUID 15, Philadelphia, PA 2013 NCECA 2013: Resident Artist Exhibtion, NCECA 18 Hands Gallery, Houston TX ART PALM BEACH, JF Gallery, WPB, FL THE INVISIBLE HOURDE: Unit 1 Gallery, WPB, FL 2012 ARCHIE BRAY @ the Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA RESIDENT ARTIST EXHIBITION: Bray Warehouse Galley, The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT MUSES & SIRENS: CHRIS RICCARDO & JACQUES De BEAUFORT, The Art GAllery @ Eissey Campus, PBG, FL PALM BEACH ART & ANTIQUES, JF Gallery, WPB, FL SMALL FAVORS VII- The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA BEYOND THE BRICKYARD ( 4th Annual Juried Exhibition ) Juried by Richard Shaw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

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Terracotta

Richard Haas, Downtown Los Angeles MOCA, Etching & Aquatint, Signed/N, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas Downtown Los Angeles MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), 1991 Etching and aquatint on paper with printers blind stamp SIgned, dated '91 and numbered 14/35 in graphite pen...
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1990s Realist Art

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Etching, Aquatint

A Day's Sail in New England
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
An able sailor guides a fine sloop through the choppy waters of a busy American port in this work by Dutch-American artist Maurtiz DeHaas. Given the sailor's hat, what appears to be ...
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1860s Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Sun reflex before Sunset
Located in Zofingen, AG
The last live sketch with industrial marker and tempera at the very end of a beautiful day, when the setting sun painted everything in the studio gold. Sheet from Monahov's studio a...
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2010s Realist Art

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Paper, Tempera, Permanent Marker

"Tilted Tree, Mendocino, California" (2000) By Kate Breakey, Original Print
Located in Denver, CO
"Tilted Tree, Mendocino, California" (2000) by Kate Breakey is a limited-edition archival pigment print that is hand colored using pencil and pastel. About the artist: Kate Breakey...
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2010s Realist Art

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Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

"Petunias" oil painting of white flowers in pot on table, springtime, realism
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Petunias" is a realist oil on canvas painting by Rachel Personett. A potting of white petunias overflows in verdant abundance. White blossoms glow against the dark background. Frame...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Flowers Market
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Hans Figura (Austrian, 1898-1978) Title: Marche aux Fleurs Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Color etching with aquatint Edition: Unknown Plate mark (Image) size: 8.5 x 6.5...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Rural Scene with Horses, Farm Workers & Thatched Cottage in English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Rural Scene with Horses, Farm Workers & Thatched Cottage in the English Countryside by British Artist, Chris Howells (1947-2013) Art measures 24 x 16 inches Rural Landscape showin...
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Senses
Located in Denver, CO
"Senses," is an original oil painting by Karen Offutt. It is unframed, but ready-to-hang.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Venice, 1906, " Italy, Warren W. Sheppard, Realist, Oil, Gondola, Canal
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Marine painter Warren W. Sheppard was born in Greenwich, New Jersey, to a ship captain father who instilled in his son a love and respect for the sea. He studied privately with Mauritz F. H. De Haas and took courses in drawing at Cooper Union in New York City. He traveled along the Mediterranean coast in 1879, sketching the ports of Naples, Gibraltar, Genoa and Messina. Sheppard’s foreign tours continued between 1888 and 1893, with stays in Paris and Venice, where he captured the architecture and busy canals of the Floating City. This fondness for travel also translated to his home country. He sailed along the East Coast from New Jersey to Maine in search of subjects and was an expert navigator, eventually writing the book Practical Navigation. Yacht design became a second career for Sheppard and he participated in a number of sailing competitions himself, most notably winning the New York-to-Bermuda race twice while skipper of the Tamerlane. Sheppard exhibited at the Denver Exposition, Chicago Exposition...
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Early 1900s Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, silkscreen on aluminum, signed/N, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Incised signature in aluminum, annotated "Artists Proof" and titled; ink on top smudged If you've ever visited the Guggenheim Bilbao, you should get this stunning mixed media on alum...
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Early 2000s Realist Art

Materials

Metal

Moment
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The journey is never-ending. There is always going to be growth, improvement, and adversity; you just have to take it all in and do what’s right, continue to grow, and continue to live in the moment. This painting "Moment" depicts the feelings and actions of the mind. There is a moment in life in which we tend to put all differences and difficulties aside. Putting a pause to the challenges of life. At this point in time the mind and heart of free from worries. This act helps to put a person in a deep state of self-awareness coupled with the clues and directions to be taken. This element in the painting symbolizes the process of the mind. The compass is for guidelines and directions. The clock signifies the state of actualization putting in place the solution to the worries of the mind. Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Taiwo Samuel Olutimileyin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"After, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "After" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a dark haired woman in a dark interior with a yellow lamp lit behind her. Mia Bergeron's intere...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Ralph Goings-Sweet 'n Low-
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sku: YY6961 Artist: Ralph Goings Title: Sweet 'n Low Year: 1980 Signed: No Medium: Serigraph Paper Size: 36 x 45 inches ( 91.44 x 114.3 cm ) Image Size: 33.5 x 42.5 inches ( 85.09 x ...
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20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Screen

Fresh, Juicy Lemons-original still life impressionism painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is framed, signed & currently available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery. Bursting with energy and vibrancy, Fresh, Juicy Lemons captures the ze...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of Emily Gertrude Muirhead - British Italian 1910 art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Portrait oil painting is by noted Italian born artist Pilade Bertieri. Painted circa 1910, Bertieri had a London address in 1908 and exhibited five pictures at the Royal ...
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1910s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Ocean Beach Seascape Oil Painting Children Playing Michael Budden Summer Play
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Summer Play, Sailboats and the Jetty 6 x 8 unframed, 9.75 x 11.75 framed Summer Play is a study oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showca...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Bottle Bag (Lady Selborne, Pretoria, South Africa)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Tshidiso Andrew Motjuoadi (1935-1968) Bottle Bag (A Penny for a Bottle). 1963. Ink on handmade paper laid down on plywood board, panel measures 20.5 x 28.75 inches. Signed and dated ...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Art

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Ink, Archival Paper

Summer Garden Study IV by Dylan Lloyd, Contemporary painting, Original art
Located in Deddington, GB
Summer Garden Study IV by Dylan Lloyd [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Oil on Linen Board Image size: H:30 cm x W:20 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:2...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

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Linen, Oil, Board

Tahiti
By Wolfgang Wolff
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

Embers
Located in Denver, CO
"Embers," is an original oil painting by Tenaya Sims. It is framed and ready-to-hang.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dessert Painting by Contemporary Artist Michael Budden Chocolate Cheesecake
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Chocolate Cheesecake acrylic/panel 6x8 unframed, 11.5 x 13.5 framed An acrylic painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a chocolate chees...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

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Acrylic

"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...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Pot Plants 2" Original Oil and Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Pot Plants 2" is a continuation of Conrado López's exploration into the world of flora through his adept use of acrylic and oil on canvas. This 2023 piece measures 5 x 5 inches (12....
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Saint Mark's Basilica Interior Oil Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Saint Mark's Basilica Venice Oil Painting Signed, lower left dated, titled verso. Romanesque Bizantine Basilica. canvas 35"x45" framed 46.5 x56.5. Frank LeB...
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1910s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

Hounds Gentlemen Please by Tom Carr - Engraving 26x31 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper Ed: 63/75
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

The Flycatcher
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 20.5" x 11" FRAMED: 20.5" x 11" x .75" Exhibited Spring into Art 2024, presented by the San Marino League at The Hunting...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

View on Thames Looking to Blackfriars Bridge - Italian 19thC art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This large captivating and stunning oil painting is by noted Italian artist Francis Moltino. Painted in 1866 the painting is of a view of the Thames with Blackfriars Bridge and the c...
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19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Impossible Series (Horse with Knight), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Impossible Series (Horse with Knight) Year: 1983 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 69 x 99 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, verso ...
Category

1980s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Contemporary Landscape Winter Snow Scene Oil Painting by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Winter Forrest Interior is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden in an impressionistic realism style. The image measures 8n x 10 unframed and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Sculpture, "Icarus Ascending"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a limited edition figurative realistic sculpture by San Diego artist, Peter Dingli. It is made of bronze. Its dimensions are 21" x 35" x 15". A certificate of authenticity wi...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Metal, Bronze

River Landscape of Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Oil Painting of River Landscape of Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands by 20th Century Artist, Robert Egginton. Art measures 30 x 22 inches Frame measures 36 x 28 inches Presented in the highest quality hand-finished off-white Frinton moulding. Robert Egginton was born in Devon in 1943 and is a landscape painter in watercolours and oils. He paints mainly Scottish scenes in an accurate pictorial manner, with a bright palette. He is the grandson of Wycliffe Egginton RI (1875-1951) and nephew of Frank Egginton...
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Cotton, Cotton Canvas, Board

Slim Aarons 'Lounging in Verbier' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss Alps, 1964: This landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holiday-makers taking in the sunset on a white snowy mountain top in Verbier, Switzerland in 1964. In classic snowscape of midcentury glamour, winter travelers dressed in 1960s ski fashion relax on colorful red, yellow, and green sun loungers, viewing the blue and white Swiss Alps mountain peaks in the background. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Verbier Vacation Slim Aarons Estate Edition Chromogenic Lambda print Modern printing from original transparency Captured 1964 (printed later) Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector will receive the next number in the edition 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. 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. Photograph is unframed 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. This is a genuine Slim Aarons Estate photograph, estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. We are pleased to offer this vibrant photograph, printed by the Slim Aarons estate. It is part of the estate's only official limited run, of 150. Estate stamp embossed on recto, hand numbered in ink on recto, with certificate of authenticity from the estate (not a secondary gallery licensing from the estate). Increasingly heralded for his influence, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) made a career out of photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." Aarons is known for his iconic images of Hollywood glamour and luxurious people, places and lifestyles. Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II. Though he earned a Purple Heart for his service, he declared that combat had taught him that the only beach worth landing on was decorated with beautiful people enjoying themselves in the sun. Slim Aarons is noted for his documentation of the Beautiful People over 50 years, encompassing high society, celebrity, aristocracy, and the jet set. He was born and raised in New York City and New Jersey and later New Hampshire. He took up photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was later appointed official photographer at the United States Military Academy at West Point. During World War II he served as an army combat photographer for Yank magazine in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. After the war he became a freelance photojournalist, first based in Hollywood, then Rome, then New York. His photographs appeared in many magazines, including Life, Holiday, Town & Country, Look, Venture, and Travel & Leisure. His first book A Wonderful Time (1974) is considered a classic. 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. Visual Description: In one of Slim Aarons most popular and iconic series, bright, colorful notes of red, yellow, blue and green punctuate the clean white snow, with majestic peaks in the background. In the foreground, holiday-goers, lounge in a perfect vintage moment of casual winter glamour. Snowy mountaintops rise in the background. Verbier is a stunning mountain and winter ski destination in the Swiss Alps, known for its notoriously challenging slopes as well as its famous apres-ski scene. Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included. Internal: Vintage Verbier, Vintage Ski Photography...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Alpine Landscape with Fishing in Rapids and Watermill 19th Century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Depicts a sunny summer day in the Alps with figures of fishermen and working lumberjacks processing logs with a water-powered sawmill located on the bank of a turbulent mountain rive...
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

At The Edge Of The Ocean, Original painting, Seascape, Ocean, Nature, Coastal
Located in Deddington, GB
At The Edge of The Ocean is a beautiful realist seascape oil painting, measuring 30 x 30 inches (approx 76 x 76cm). The viewer is looking directly out to sea from the standpoint of t...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Girl
Located in White Plains, NY
'Girl' 2003 by American artist, Kim McCarty. Watercolor on paper, 29.875 x 22 in. (framed). This work on paper expresses the fragile vulnerability of adolescence. By using a “wet into wet” watercolor medium the artist conveys the transitory and emergent state. The figures heads become too large for their small, narrow bodies, their hands too large for their arms. The translucent watercolor expresses both the flaws and perfection. Kim McCarty is known for her nubile and waif-like figurative watercolors in muted hues, which she likens to “blurry afterimages drifting past closed eyelids.” McCarty began working with the medium in 1993, after a fire destroyed her studio and she could no longer find a space with proper ventilation for working with oil paint and became quickly intrigued with watercolor’s transparency, immediacy, and “unforgiving qualities.” She works in a wet-on-wet technique, in which watercolor is applied to a moistened sheet of paper—a technique that allows for very little control over the final image because of the pigment’s tendency to spread. For McCarty, this style corresponds to the longing, loss, and vulnerability embodied in her subjects. A graduate of UCLA (MFA) and the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena (BFA), McCarty has had many solo exhibitions include Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York and David Klein Gallery...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"003 - Plein Air-O'Fallon Park, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's ( US based) "003 - Plein Air-O'Fallon Park, CO" is a gouache painting depicting a peaceful snowy naturescape. Artist bio/statement Judd Mercer is a contemporary landsc...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Sheep by an Idyllic Tree Lined River Landscape in Ireland by Modern Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Sheep by an Idyllic Tree Lined River Landscape in Ireland by Modern 20th Century Irish Artist, Frank Fitzsimons Art measures 18 x 14 inches Frame measure 21.5 x 17.5 inches Frank Fitzsimons was born in Antrim but grew up in Bangor, Co Down in the 1930’s. Fitzsimons joined the Belfast Art Club where he painted with Maurice Canning Wilks...
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Roses from Rene-original still life hyper realism oil paintings-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
In Tobias Harrison's "Roses from René’s Cafe," the viewer is transported into a world of elegance and refinement. At the center of the composition stands a glass vase, gracefully cra...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

"Purple Grapes" Contemporary Fine Dutch Realist Still-Life Painting of Fruit
Located in Utrecht, NL
During his successful career as a goldsmith the desire to paint grew on Dutch artist René Smoorenburg (1954). The attention to detail, which was of gr...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Three Setters on Point
By Edmund Henry Osthaus
Located in Missouri, MO
Three Setters on Point Edmund Henry Osthaus (German, 1858-1928) Watercolor on Paper Signed Lower Right 18 x 27 inches 24.5 x 33.5 inches with frame Born in Hildesheim, Germany, Edmu...
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Vincent" Realist Cat Portrait in the Outdoors Oil Painting on Carved Wood Panel
Located in New York, NY
With the medium of traditional oil paint, this charming piece by Chaval is exceptionally detailed and thought-provoking. Following a realist approach, yet depicting some playful impe...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Fire IV - 21st Century Realistic Figurative Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Jeanine Donkers Fire IV 20 x 20 cm ( framed included in price) Measurement with included frame: 24 x 24 cm Oil on wood panel Jeanine Donkers' paintings offer a world filled with fa...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Pink" (2023) by Suzy Smith, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Suzy Smith's "Pink" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a feminine figure, in a formal dark pink gown with a pink background. About the Artist: Suzy Sm...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

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...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

Peonies With Cherries Still Life
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Still Life Buquet Peonies with Cherries framed 22x26x1 Zbigniew Kopania, artist painter, cinematographer, born December 21, 1949, in Łódź Poland. Kopania style of paintings charact...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Loch Eck, Scotland - Scottish Edwardian art landscape oil painting
By William Young
Located in London, GB
This breath taking Scottish Edwardian landscape oil painting is by much exhibited landscape artist William Young RSW. Entitled Loch Eck and painted circa 1908...
Category

Early 1900s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

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

Home Sweet Home" - Oil on Canvas Winter Cabin Landscape Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison’s “Home Sweet Home” (2024) is a masterful oil on canvas capturing a winter forest scene steeped in quietude and solitude. Measuring 15.75 x 39.37 inches (40 x 100 cm) a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Coconut Palm Trees and the Blue Sky, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Towering coconut palm trees stretch into a vibrant blue sky, their fronds swaying gently in the breeze. Expressive strokes and texture bring out the details o...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a painter in a costume - Oil on wood 65x53 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas with frame The frame is new and the total size is 70x80 cm Signed " V. Marendaz ", Unknonwn artist from the gallery Dated 1920
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1920s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

"Steady Hand" (2024) by Sheri Farabaugh, Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Steady Hand" (2024) by Sheri Farabaugh (United States Based) is a beautiful handmade still life oil painting that depicts a father helping his son across river stones. Sheri Farab...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

LOVE Original Hyperrealistic Painting Acrylic on Wood
Located in Palm Desert, CA
LOVE (2018) by Gerard Boersma Acrylic on Woodpanel 70 x 90 cm Unique Hand-signed by the artist Black wooden frame is included Dutch artist Gerard Boersma studied painting and fi...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Two well-behaved clumber spaniels, seated on a Witney blanket
Located in London, GB
Painted with warmth and precision, this 1907 portrait by Oscar Brown depicts a pair of Clumber Spaniels posed atop a boldly striped Witney blanket. With their dense, feathered coats ...
Category

Early 1900s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Psyche / - Fulfilled longing -
Located in Berlin, DE
Jan Jozef Jaquet (1822 Antwerp - 1898 Brussels), Psyche, 1847. Black-brown and brown patinated bronze on a cast base. 30 cm (height) x 22 cm (width) x 12 cm (depth), weight 5 kg. Ver...
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1840s Realist Art

Materials

Bronze

#5, 2008
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Joseph Piccillo's large-scale canvases contrast masculine and feminine qualities, carefully balancing strength and power beside grac...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Graphite

Realist art for sale on 1stDibs.

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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