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
Mountain Lake Oil Painting of a Loch in the Scottish Highlands by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Mountain Lake Oil Painting of a Loch in the Scottish Highlands with two boys fishing with their dog, by British Artist, Andrew Grant Kurtis M.A.(Lon) B.Des.(Hons) L.S.I.A.D.
Art measures 24 x 18 inches
Frame measures 27 x 21 inches
As an artist of both classical and traditional style, Andrew Grant Kurtis excels in his paintings of english landscape...
Category
20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dog Portrait of a Terrier 3/4 View by Jules Chardigny (1849-1892) circa 1870s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Dog Portrait of a Terrier 3/4 View
Jules Chardigny (1849-1892)
Circa 1870s
Oil on wood panel
Housed within its beautiful and original ornate original gilt frame.
8 1/2 x 6 (15 3/4 ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Three-masted Ship
Located in Jacksonville, FL
"The Three-Masted Ship" by John Tudgay stands out as a remarkable piece of marine art for several compelling reasons. At first glance, the painting captures the viewer with its intri...
Category
1860s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Drake Mallard Duck Portrait - Scottish 1920's animal art oil painting
By Andrew Law
Located in London, GB
This absolutely lovely Scottish oil painting is by noted artist Andrew Law. Painted circa 1920, the composition is of a drake Mallard duck stood profile on a grassy bank with water b...
Category
1930s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Keeping the Culture, mixed media signed/N print by top African American artist
Located in New York, NY
Kerry James Marshall
Keeping the Culture, 2011
Silkscreen and linocut in colors with full margins and deckled edges on Arches paper with full margins and deckled edges
20-1/4 x 30-1/4 inches
Hand signed, titled and numbered 79/100 by Kerry James Marshall in graphite pencil on the front
Published by Africa House International, Chicago
Unframed
Kerry James Marshall's 2011 "Keeping the Culture" is based upon the artist's eponymous painting done the year earlier. Marshall, along with his dealer, were voted by ArtReview the top two of the 100 most influential people in the art world of 2018 - even ahead of the #MeToo movement, and ahead of figures like Jeff Koons, Larry Gagosian and Eli Broad! His paintings now sell for tens of millions of dollars - after P. Diddy paid $21 million for a painting. The present work "Keeping the Culture" is an extremely desirable work of art and exemplifies Marshall's style. For a feature profile/article written for Marshall's first retrospective - a blockbuster show entitled "MASRY" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, LA, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Met Breuer in New York, Barbara Isenberg of the LA Times wrote: ." The New York Times called the show “smashing” and its subject “one of the great history painters of our time.” The New York Review of Books and Artforum magazine put large images from the show on their January covers. “I’ve been acutely aware that museums are behind their academic colleagues in terms of thinking of representation and people of color,” MOCA chief curator Helen Molesworth says. “I find Kerry’s paintings ravishing — they are drop dead, great paintings — and they have an extra level of reward for people who hold in their heads a history of Western painting.” Marshall is a compelling storyteller, whether on canvas or in conversation. Talking at length during a visit to MOCA, he is easygoing but eloquent, recalling his neighborhood in Birmingham, Ala., where he was born in 1955, or about growing up black there and in Los Angeles. He remembers the names of teachers who encouraged him. Asked when he first began to notice a lack of black subjects...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Linocut, Screen, Mixed Media, Pencil
Landscape with deer by James Gant - oil on canvas 42x53 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
James Y. Gant was an active British artist during the early 19th century, primarily known for his landscape paintings. His career spanned from 1827 to 1841, a period in which he prod...
Category
1830s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Dix/Dixie unique signed Award winning pet dog painting by renowned female artist
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Dix/Dixie, 2020
Oil on linen painting
Hand signed on the front, side and back: with initials on the front; full signature on the back, and on the side
10 × 8 × 1 1/2 inche...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
HEARTLAND Hand Drawn Lithograph, Winter Landscape Stone Farmhouse Bucks County
Located in Union City, NJ
HEARTLAND is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by Peter Sculthorpe (b.1948 Ontario, Canada) printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% ...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Wish You Were Here - Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Realistic Girl Portrait
By Kamil Lisek
Located in Salzburg, AT
KAMIL LISEK (born in 1980) Studied under the guidance of prof. Maciej Świeszewski at the faculty of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. He graduated with distinction obta...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hyperreal Dark Purple Glass Balloon Sculpture with Droplets
Located in East Quogue, NY
Dark purple hyperreal glass water balloon sculpture with glass droplets by Dylan Martinez.
Dylan Martinez’s hyperrealistic water balloons are made of solid sculpted glass sandblas...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
"Home and Dry" - Oil Landscape Painting With Storm Clouds and Sunset 2024
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison's "Home and Dry" is an original, handmade oil painting that captures a fleeting yet powerful moment in the American landscape. Created in 2024, this horizontal composit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Extra Large Cyanotype Seascape of Pacific Ocean Currents, Nautical Blue & White
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Pacific Ocean Currents (Blue Border)" is a handmade cyanotype print of rough water texture resembling Pacific Ocean swell...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor, Other Medium, Rag Paper, Lithograph
Dutch Winter landscape with children playing on the ice by Per Wickenberg, 1839
Located in Stockholm, SE
Per Wickenberg was a Swedish artist active in the early 19th century.
He was only 34 when he died of tuberculosis; thankfully for the art history - at that point, he had practised the art of painting for more than 20 years.
After his art studies at the Royal Academy of Art in Stockholm, he left Stockholm and travelled to Paris in 1837.
In Paris, he finally received the well-deserved success for his landscapes; he won golden medals at the Salon de Paris both in 1838 for his painting "Nordiskt vinterlandskap" and in 1839 for a painting called "Vinterfiske".
Per received a travel scholarship from Sweden and used that money for trips to Belgium and the Netherlands.
Our painting is from that time, the time after his success in Paris, and in this magnificent painting, we see his talent in capturing the cold winter mood with meticulous care of details.
Notice how nicely painted the children are on the ice, the sledge filled with hay to provide comfort and insulation against the cold.
In the background, we can see an ice skater, a detail that gives the painting depth and three-dimensionality.
This is a wonderful painting by a talented artist - who devoted almost his entire life to the art of painting.
Artist: Per (Pehr) Wickenberg (1812-1846) Swedish
Title: Dutch Winter landscape with children...
Category
1830s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Angel Food" (2013) by Suzy Smith, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Suzy Smith
Located in Denver, CO
Suzy Smith's "Angel Food" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a female nude set against a backdrop inspired by a Wayne Thiebaud cake painting.
About th...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Purple lace of white peonies" realistic still life by Liliya Volskaya
Located in Zofingen, AG
Purple lace of white peonies" realistic still life by Lilia Volskaya. Flowers are the ultimate delight in beauty, which is flawless. The slight curves of lines, tones and semitones, ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil
Rare, Antique, Life-Size Dog Bronze of a Chihuahua "Lydie" Charles Valton. 1890s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog Sculpture
Chihuahua "La Petite Belle Lydie"
Charles Valton (French, 1851-1918)
Circa 15 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 7
Lydie is a Chihuahua making her a very rare image from ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Important American Social Documentary Photograph Milton Rogovin Rare Original 60
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original gelatin silver print by American social documentary photographer Milton Rogovin depicting a resident of Buffalo's East Side in the early 1960's. This work is hand signed...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Serenity at Dawn - beautiful misty morning at a River in the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Serenity at Dawn - a beautiful misty morning at a River in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, Spencer Coleman. Unique Vintage Original, Oil on Canvas, Signed.
A...
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Cotton, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"New York City, Jazz" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's "New York City, Jazz" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a night scene of a bustling cityscape.
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Spring in the Moon
By Su Yu
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Warm-up.
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Classical ballet was my main source of inspiration. Grace and beauty of ballerinas combining with extremely hard work they do. This combination is shocking and inspiring in the same...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Limited Edition Hyperreal Glass Goldfish Water Bag Sculpture
Located in East Quogue, NY
Inspired by popular demand, these limited-edition hyperreal goldfish cracker glass water bags are a playful nod to the carnival goldfish in plastic bags.
Created with molten glass ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Ceramic, Glass, Blown Glass
Large Antique German Oil on Canvas Norwegian Fjord Landscape River Boats Scene
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine & Large oil on canvas painting by Karl Julius Rose (1828-1911), "Norwegian Fjord", signed and dated 1890.
The artist also painted under the nam...
Category
1890s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL C. 1820'S PORTRAIT OF MERCHANT ON SHIP WITH GLOBE & MAP
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Anglo/ American School, early 19th century.
Title: Full length portrait of a seated young gentleman wearing a dark suit, cream waistc...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
HMS Glasgow returning from Falklands - Shipping Scene Warship & other Vessels
Located in Preston, GB
HMS Glasgow returning from the Falkland Islands - Shipping Scene Warship & other Vessels by British Artist Norman Elford GRA (1931 - 2007)
Art measures...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of Jeannie Netter, wearing a Burgundy dress
By Fedor Encke
Located in West Sussex, GB
Fedor Encke (1851-1926) – German
Full length Portrait of Jeannie Netter, standing in an interior, wearing a Burgundy Velvet Dress holding a Pink Rose
Oil on canvas :85 ¾ x 50 ¼ in. Frame :103 x 67 ¼ in. Signed & inscribed ‘New York’. Circa 1910
Jeannie Netter was an American born musician and song-writer but was mostly merited for her sculpture having been taught by the Russian artist Bernstamm.
Fedor Encke was born in Berlin, Germany in 1851. Younger brother of Erdmann Encke who was a sculptor, Encke was the illegitimate grandson of King Frederick Wilhelm II of Prussia and Mistress Wilhelmine Encke, Countess of Lichtenau.
Fedor studied under Karl Gussow in Berlin and then went on to study in Rome and Paris.
Although he set up a studio in Berlin during the 1880’s, he seems to have travelled regularly between Paris and New York painting many American Society sitters, including President Theodore Roosevelt.
Encke’s portrait of Roosevelt dressed in Rough Rider uniform, originally hung in the dining room of the White House and is now at the Presidents place of birth, Segamore Hill, New York. This portrait was also published as the frontispiece of ‘The Rough Riders’ by C. Scribners&Sons, 1899.
Encke was in Paris in 1902 and painted the two banking giants, John H. Harjes and J.P. Morgan both having their portraits painted at the same time.
To try and finish Morgan’s painting Encke hired a young photographer named Edward Steichen to take Morgan’s picture as a kind of aid memoir to minimize the sitting time. This photograph and the painting that resulted from it caused a considerable stir because of the uncompromising pose of Morgan. The portrait became synonymous with the new capitalism.
Encke seems to have been very well connected socially and painted for many members of the European nobility as a result. Encke died in 1926.
Works in Museums: Segamore Hill, New York (Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt) National Portrait Gallery America; Smithsonian; Brooklyn Museum of Art; Philadelphia Museum of Art. Bibl: Book on Moses Ezekiel...
Category
1890s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Geranium" Original Oil and Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Conrado López's "Geranium," a 2023 artwork, is a vivid representation of the artist's skill with acrylic and oil on canvas, spanning 65 x 46 cm (25.59 x 18.11 inches). This original,...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
The Great Hall at Karnak, Luxor, Egypt: A 19th C. Lithograph by David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "Great Hall at Karnac, Thebes" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the larg...
Category
1840s Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Yin Yang (2022) By Hadley Rampton, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Yin Yang" by Hadley Rampton (United States) is a handmade landscape painting that is unframed, but ready to hang.
Hadley Rampton’s paintings are an amalgamation of her love of comp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Moonlight Saddle River New Jersey Oil on Canvas Nocturne, dated 1954
By H Johnson
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is an evocative and moody nocturne painting of the Saddle River in New Jersey. Although it may seem dark, with the right light, it comes to life, surely as the artist intended. The main photo shows the painting with light directed at it and the second image shows it in normal room light without directed light.
Titled in the back “Moonlight Saddle River” the painting is signed H Johnson...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Awakening" allegorical oil painting, Garden of Eden-esque nude in nature framed
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of an Eve-like figure in the classical reclining pose with one toe dipped in a lily pond. Her arm is intertwined with an auburn snake as they make eye-contact with ea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hyper Realistic Contemporary Painting: "Portrait of Never-Ending Hive"
Located in Vilnius, LT
Petras' work is rooted in the exploration of specific geographical locations, the observation of everyday life and its relationship to the flow of virtual information. The author def...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
White lilies" floral still life realism of the Volskya Liliyaily.
Located in Zofingen, AG
"White lilies" floral still life realism of the Volsky Lily. The painting is done in oil on canvas. It is written in 3 layers.
Flowers look very impressive on a dark background. Lil...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil
Grace Jones for After Dark
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait of Grace Jones, 1975. Period print measures 8 x 11.75 inches; 10.25 x 13 inches framed. Artist studio stamp on ve...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Estate Edition Photograph, Poolside in Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' 1976 photograph of bathers at the Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, is a masterful capture of vintage glamour and the epitome of Mediterranean elegance. This ico...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
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 stre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Still life with Sea Fish on Table - Isaac Van Duynen
By Isaac Van Duynen
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Isaac van Duynen was a 17th century painter, specialized in fish still lifes. Born in Dordrecht, he settled in The Hague around 1650. We know from 17th century sources that his paint...
Category
17th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Reclining Nude", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Please note: This is a secondary market artwork with one previous owner.
Kang Cho's artistic legacy endures through "Reclining Nude," a serene and contemplative handmade original o...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Shadow of a Tree on Facade, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two modern buildings, one raw sienna, and the other white, stand side by side against a deep blue sky. The daylight in the background contrasts with the struc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Back View 11, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Back View 11" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the nude back of a brunette woman sitting in a chair with white fabric delicately...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
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...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Vintage David Hockney Poster Galerie der Spiegel 1970 (Boy in an Egg) with bird
Located in New York, NY
This vintage exhibition poster reproduces The Boy Hidden in an Egg by David Hockney from his Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, 1969. A shirtless young man curls up inside a d...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Spring Garden Urn Planter
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting.
Torres Aleu was born in Cadiz, Spain and has been painting from a very young age. In 1952 his talent was recognized by family members and he began his formal training in art. During his education and training, he studied under the Spanish professor, Mr. Francisco Prieto, a Gold National Medal Landscape Artist.
Aleu began painting professionally when he completed his school training in 1960. Since this time he has exhibited in galleries, including Galeries Des Verges, Switzerland, in 1991 and 1992, Galerie Castegliani, Roma, Italy, in 1993, Galerie Soria, Chateauroux, France, in 1995, and Galerie Hispaluz, Concepcion, Chile in 1996 and 1997.
Awards received by Aleu include Premio Provincial De Cadiz, Cadiz, in 1957, Premio Nacional De San Fernando, Cadiz, in 1972 and Premio Caga De Ahorros De Jerez, Cadiz in 1973.
The Public library in San Fernando, Cadiz and the County Council Office in Cadiz display Aleu’s work. Torres Aleu’s art is included in private collections throughout Japan, Saudi Arabia, Holland, and the United States. A list of collectors includes Prince Fahd Bin Salman Bi Abhulaziz Al Saud...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Anthesis
Located in Denver, CO
"Anthesis," is an original oil painting by Tenaya Sims. It is framed and ready-to-hang. "Anthesis" has nested mini-figures within the little droplets, comi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Linen
Peaceful Misty Riverside in the English Countryside with Cows & Tree Reflections
Located in Preston, GB
Peaceful Misty Riverside in the English Countryside with Cows & Tree Reflections by 20th Century British Artist. Unique Vintage Original, Oil on Canvas, Signed.
Art measures 30 x 2...
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Cotton, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Ancient Rock Wall with Stone-filled Window - Figurative Painting of Greek Wall
Located in New York, NY
This painting measures 13.5"x 11.3". It is a poetic representation of a stone wall in the Greek island of Kythira. George Tzannes is an American painter of Greek origins. In his twen...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Pastoral Landscape with Shepherd and Sheep"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Unidentified Artist (19th Century)
"Pastoral Landscape with Shepherd and Sheep" (1860)
This idyllic 19th-century oil painting on canvas beautifully...
Category
19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Horse In Front Of The Barn 19th Century Oil Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Horse in front of the barn.
19th Century English by Edward John Hoy signed, dated 1899.
Beautiful custom (Richard Tobey) gilt wood frame, canvas 18x24 ...
Category
1890s Realist Art
Materials
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
PSFS Building (Philadelphia Cityscape Architecture)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Naomi Charles Limont (1929-2010). PFSF Building, Philadelphia, ca. 1990. This piece is a restrike of the following Earl Horter image, using the exact plate created by Horter nearly 6...
Category
20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Etching
Pocket White Anemone 5 c, Original Painting, Realist, Autumnal art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket White Anemone 5 c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque st...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Book Club, Oil Painting
By Nick Savides
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Nick Savides took inspiration from a Book Club Bar on East 3rd Street in the East Village in New York City. Intrigued by its open-front design, he studie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Super Moon, Oil Painting
By Jesse Aldana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Waves crash against a rocky coastline under the glow of a luminous silver moon. A lone tree clings to the cliff's edge, defying the elements. The vibrant inte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting of a Woodland Scene in the English Countryside by British Artist
By James Wright
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of a Woodland Scene in the English Countryside by 20th Century Modern British Artist, James Wright
Art measures 30 x 16 inches
Frame measures 36 x 22 inches
This 198...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
"Little Iris Icon" (2022) By Fred Wessel, Egg Tempera on Gold Leaf Painting
By Fred Wessel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "White Orchid" is a stunning egg tempera painting on gold leaf. Created in 2023, this piece features a blooming branch of white orchids, resting over a deep red backgro...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Is There Anyone Here?..
Located in Zofingen, AG
A cozy café with three visitors: two in dark attire, one figure in a checkered coat. The interior is understated with retro details, and soft blue light filters through the windows. ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Sitges beach Barcelona Spain charcoal drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Francesc Ferret Farreras ”Bruno” (1921-2000) - Sitges Beach - charcoal
Measurements drawing 44x59 cm.
Frame measures 65x79 cm.
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Charcoal
I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Located in Zofingen, AG
Evgeniy loves to listen to the great Jim McCann during the painting sessions and one of the Irish folk songs performed by him, very suitable in terms of lyrics and mood, gave the tit...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel
Fine Quality English late 20th century Still life of wild flowers in a vase
Located in Woodbury, CT
Bennett Oates,
Fine Quality English late 20th century Still life of wild flowers in a vase.
Oates was an English painter of flower subjects during the last half of the 20th centur...
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Trompe L'Oil Interior Scene Finely Framed 19th C Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American interior scene oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20H by 16L.
Category
1880s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Looking Away" by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Oil Painting, Female Nude Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz’s "Looking Away" (2020) is a masterful example of contemporary figurative realism, executed in oil on board. This original, handmade painting captures a quiet, ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Oil on Canvas by Christina Major Titled “Meaning of Life”
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Quotes within painting:
George Bernard Shaw (?)26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950)
“This is the true joy in life, being
used for a purpose recognized
by yourself as a mighty one.
Being ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
French Contemporary Art by Claudine Picard - Grenades
Located in Paris, IDF
Claudine Picard is a French artist born in 1949 who lives & works in Sainte Marie, France. She is graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in 1973 (ENSAD).
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"King of the Barn"-Farmyard Rooster 19th century France
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"King of the Barn"-Farmyard Rooster
19th century France
Oil on board
Signature to be read
18 x 15 (19 3/4 x 23 3/4 frame) inches
A very finely painted and expressive rendition of a...
Category
1890s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Oil Painting of Highland Cows in Scotland Loch by 20th Century British Artist
By Wendy Reeves
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of Highland Cows in Scotland Loch by 20th Century British Artist Wendy Reeves.
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
Frame measures 24 x 20 inches
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Category
Late 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life With Lemons by Ginny Williams American Goldfinch Oil Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
In Still Life with Lemons, Ginny Williams reimagines the classic still life with quiet wit and luminous detail. A single American Goldfinch—recognized by its brilliant yellow plumage...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Moss Beach, California, San Francisco, West Coast Landscape, Ocean Shore
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Ernest William Christmas (Australian, 1863-1918)
Signed: E. W. Christmas (Lower, Left)
" Moss Beach, Ocean Shore, Cal. ", 1915
(California)
Watercolor on Paper
20" x 25 3/4"
Hou...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Pocket Lemon 2022, Original Painting, Still Life, Fruit Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Very Yellow Lemon is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque st...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Man of Mangea 1784 final voyage of Captain Cook by John Webber
By John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
A Man of Mangea is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook. John Webber (1752-1793) was the official a...
Category
1780s Realist Art
Materials
Engraving
Portrait of John Tattos (male nude)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roy Blakey (b.1930). Portrait of John Tattos, 1974. Original photographic print on paper, image measures 8.75 x 13 inches, sheet measures 12 x 16 inches. Me...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
River Landscape with Highland Cows & Sheep in the Scottish Mountains
By Wendy Reeves
Located in Preston, GB
River Landscape with Highland Cows & Sheep in the Scottish Mountains by 20th Century British Artist, Wendy Reeves. Original, Oil on canvas, Signed
Art measures 24 x 14 inches
Frame measures 30 x 20 inches
This painting depicts a serene landscape featuring a river flowing through a valley surrounded by majestic mountains. The scene is bathed in soft, natural light, with clouds partially covering the peaks, creating a misty atmosphere. In the foreground, three cows are grazing near the riverbank, adding a pastoral element to the tranquil setting. The lush greenery and rocky outcrops contribute to the overall idyllic and peaceful ambiance. The painting is framed in a vintage gold-colored frame, enhancing its classic and timeless appeal.
Wendy Reeves garnered acclaim for her Scottish Highland and Lakeland paintings. Born in 1944 in Ewell, Surrey, she took to her father Gordon’s craft, deciding early on that she would be a painter. Prior to her famous paintings of the British Isles, artist Wendy Reeves painted scenes from a trip she made to Spain when she was 21. It was during this time that her dream of following in her father’s footsteps became a reality, and when she returned to England she cemented her name as an artist.
Wendy Reeves' paintings showcase her talent with natural landscapes and the wildlife that inhabits them. Her work often features ochre and pink lights...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting of New York Storm Rain on 42nd Street by Leading British Urban Artist
Located in Preston, GB
A high quality hand-signed limited edition print entitled 'New York Storm' on 42nd Street with the Chrysler Building by Leading British Urban Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. Part of her New York Series.
The character of New York’s skyline and large residential districts is often defined by the skyscrapers, street scenes and elegant brownstone row houses, town houses, and shabby tenements that were built during a period of rapid expansion at the end of the 19th century. Angela has now produced over 100 paintings of New York City in her New York Series. “New York City’s five boroughs are home to some of the world’s most recognisable, cherished landmarks and attractions. Angela’s painting style perfectly encapsulates the mood of New York.”
Angela Wakefield (Born 1978) has twice been on the front cover of ‘Art of England’ and featured in ARTnews – the most widely read art magazine in the world. Angela has attracted international attention with her urban landscape paintings of New York, London & the North of England.
The style of painting has been described as ‘contemporary realism’, and she is often favourably compared with Edward Hopper by collectors and art critics. Her work is held in private collections in Europe and the USA, and has been exhibited in London and across the United Kingdom. Angela's admirers include leading figures in international business, filmmaking and the media.
Angela studied at UCLan in the UK, gaining a BA(Hons) in Fine Art. Working with acrylic paint on canvas or board, she is mainly associated with cityscapes and city street scenes, incorporating figurative elements of the landscape, architecture, transportation and the human figure.
Angela Wakefield has undertaken several high-profile commissions:
She was commissioned by the University of York to paint the high profile £800,000 renovation project 'Greg's Place', kindly funded by Greg Dyke, the former Chancellor of the University, FA Boss & Director General of the BBC.
Angela was also commissioned by Stonyhurst College to paint the world-famous Grade 1 listed building. (Former Alumni inching JRR Tolkien...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Color, Digital, Archival Paper, Giclée
Vintage David Hockney Poster Miami New World Festival of Arts 1982 palm trees
Located in New York, NY
This vintage David Hockney poster features whimsical imagery and rich, bright color. Palm trees, boats in the ocean, a cafe, and a bodega with an elaborate iron-wrought balcony sit a...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
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