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: 21st Century and Contemporary
Lost Horizon-original realism landscape oil painting-contemporary Modern Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Distant Blue" stands as a captivating masterpiece in realist aerial landscape art, skillfully crafted by the talented artist, Harry Brioche. This exceptional piece, expertly rendere...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Mystic Louisiana Marsh Landscape in Blue Tones, Limited Edition Cyanotype Print
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
Exquisite landscape of a "Mystic Louisiana Marsh".
Details:
+ Title: Mystic Louisiana Marsh
+ Year: 2024
+ Edition Size:...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Pap...
Lingering Spring 1-original impressionism landscape painting- contemporary ART
Located in London, Chelsea
"Lingering Spring" by Harry Brioche is a captivating original realist aerial landscape painting that captures the essence of a season in transition. Executed with mastery using oil o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
My Way 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Some...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pocket Full Moon 2 and Pocket Solar Eclipse April 2024, Diptych, Space, Night
Located in Deddington, GB
A diptych, including 2 original framed oil paintings by Dani Humberstone.
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Pocket Full Moon 2 is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting ser...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Magic Realism Acrylic Portrait, "Stenographer" by Christopher Polentz
Located in San Diego, CA
A 16” x 22” x 3” Magical Realism Acrylic Portrait Painting executed on Wood Panel with Custom Framing and Found Objects by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity w...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Wood Panel
What's the Deal, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
I myself am not a gambler but I do find casinos a wonderful source for entertainment and observation. Body and facial language tells us a great deal of what is happening behind the ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Magic Realism Acrylic Portrait Painting, "Comet" by Christopher Polentz
Located in San Diego, CA
A 18” x 9.5” x 3” Magical Realism Acrylic Portrait Painting executed on Vellum by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity will accompany the piece upon its purchase...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Vellum
Magic Realism Acrylic Portraiture Painting, "Brother" by Christopher Polentz
Located in San Diego, CA
A 15” x 19” x 1” Magical Realism Acrylic Portrait Painting executed on Wood Panel with Custom Framing by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity will accompany the ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Lemons with bowl & lime, classic still life oil painting by Tim Snowdon
Located in BUNGENDORE, AU
Original artwork by Tim Snowdon
Lemons with bowl and lime, oil on linen, 35.5cm x 40.5cm, 2021
A part of Snowdon's exhibition ‘Conversations’, this piece references the way inanimat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Linen
Contemporary portrait "Poolside Party"
Located in Sempach, LU
It's strange to paint frills and ruffles when all I have in my head are post-apocalyptic images. But I've never swum in a pool, nor have I been to a real party, even when I was in sc...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Pocket Striped Bellona Tulip, Original Painting, Flower, Still Life, Plant
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Striped Bellona Tulip 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 baroqu...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary portrait "Entomological Collection"
Located in Sempach, LU
"In winter, we will go to the Natural History Museum," my husband said. Winter has passed, but we never went to the museum.In this painting, I've interwoven the essence of nature's i...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Waxwing flew in. 2021., canvas, oil, 60x70 cm
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Waxwing flew in. 2021., canvas, oil, 60x70 cm
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter in the city. Oil on canvas, 73.5x85 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Winter on Barona Street. Oil on canvas, 73.5x85 cm
Rolands Krishjans (1966)
In 1984 I finished J. Rozenthals art school in Riga.
In 1993 I graduated from Latvian Art Academy with d...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Magic Realism Acrylic Animal Painting, Christopher Polentz, "Eagle"
Located in San Diego, CA
A 4.5” x 10” x .5” Surrealism Acrylic Portrait Painting executed on Vellum by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity will accompany the piece upon its purchase or ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Magic Realism Figurative Oil Painting, "Love" by Evgeniya Golik
Located in San Diego, CA
A 24” x 36” x 1.5" Magic Realism Figurative Oil Painting executed on Wood Panel with Gold Leaf by artist Evgeniya Golik. A certificate of authenticity will accompany the piece upon i...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pocket Pinky Red Pomegranate, Baroque Still Life, fruit
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Pinky Red Pomegranate 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 baroqu...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Black Hamlet (Momento Mori) Cityscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful painting depicts a young black man holding skull and flip phone. Gouache on illustration board, image measuring 8 x 10 inches; 16 x 20 inches framed. Signed lower left.
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Black Welsh Cob. Wales Native Heritage Horse Breed Society.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Elin Siân Blake.
Welsh ( b.1981).
Black Welsh Cob.
Charcoal on paper.
Signed lower right.
Image size 7.7 inches x 10.4 inches ( 19.5cm x 26.5cm ).
Frame size 16.5 inches x 18.1 inc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
One to Three, colorful super real candy oil painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of a series of paintings of candy, or actually of the wrappers. The cellophane provides transparency, reflections and brilliant color which is a treat and a challenge to paint. I...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Bottle Collection. Chemist Shop. Garden Dig Finds. Victorian Dump Tip
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Elin Siân Blake.
Welsh ( b.1981).
Antique Bottle Collection.
Oil on canvas.
Signed lower left.
Image size 11.2 inches x 9.3 inches ( 28.5cm x 23.5cm ).
Frame size 16.3 inches x 14.2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Rosie Pink, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Jo Beer
Located in Yardley, PA
I love Rosie’s quirky style, it’s sort of steampunk. Her hair colour changes frequently so I captured her pink phase. I wanted a slightly kitsch feel so added an Orla Kiely p...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Contemporary Surrealism Acrylic Portrait, Christopher Polentz, "Princess II"
Located in San Diego, CA
A 17"x 64" x 3" Magical Realism Acrylic Portrait Painting executed on Wood Panel with Custom Framing by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity will accompany the p...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Stable Friends. Welsh Farmer. Turning Horses. Camaraderie Across Generations
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Elin Siân Blake.
Welsh ( b.1981).
Stable Friends.
Pastels on colored paper.
Signed lower right.
Image size 11.2 inches x 7.7 inches ( 28.5cm x 19.5cm ).
Frame size 18.7 inches x 15....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Polo Match, Cirencester, The First Chukka. Cotswolds. Parkland.Framed Watercolor
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Elin Siân Blake.
Welsh ( b.1981).
Polo Match, Cirencester, The First Chukka.
Watercolor on paper.
Signed lower right.
Image size 11.2 inches x 15.6 inches ( 28.5cm x 39.5cm ).
Frame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Polo Match, Cirencester, Player and Pony. Cotswolds. Parkland. Framed Watercolor
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Elin Siân Blake.
Welsh ( b.1981).
Polo Match, Cirencester, Player and Pony.
Watercolor on paper.
Signed lower right.
Image size 15.2 inches x 11.6 inches ( 38.5cm x 29.5cm ).
Frame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Polo Match, Cirencester, Player Leading Pony. Cotswolds. Framed Watercolor.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Elin Siân Blake.
Welsh ( b.1981).
Polo Match, Cirencester, Player Leading Pony.
Watercolor on paper.
Signed lower right.
Image size 11.2 inches x 15.4 inches ( 28.5cm x 39cm ).
Fram...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ty Nain (Grandma’s House). A Welsh Cottage Interior. Hearth. Cast Iron Oven.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Elin Siân Blake.
Welsh ( b.1981).
Ty Nain (Grandma’s House).
Oil on artist’s canvas board.
Signed lower left.
Image size 19.5 inches x 15.6 inches ( 49.5cm x 39.5cm ).
Frame size 22...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rocks. 2023, canvas, oil, 75x90 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Rocks. 2023, canvas, oil, 75x90 cm
Rolands Krishjans (1966)
In 1984 I finished J. Rozenthals art school in Riga.
In 1993 I graduated from Latvian Art Academy with degree in monume...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wolf Guardian Peering From the Shadows in a Woodland Landscape
Located in Charleston, US
Valarie Wolf's animal painting "From the Shadows" unveils a majestic wolf, piercingly gazing out from the depths of the forest underbrush, inviting you into a world of enchantment ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Matthew Jay Russell, "Three Dories", 30x48 White Boat Blue Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"Three Dories" is a 30x48 oil painting on canvas by artist Matthew Jay Russell, featuring three lone white rowboats in the still soft blue waters. The subtle lighting blends the hori...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Trepidation, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Children seem to be always mesmerized by animals regardless of the animal's temperament. I wanted to set up a composition that would represent a condition for parental angst. A nan...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Pocket Autumn Collection Autumn leaf #3 [2024], Baroque Still Life, Small art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Autumn Leaf Collection (Pinky Ochre) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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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 structu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Tiger Tail Harvest, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
I'm uncertain what the motivation is to paint small observations in a large format. But I gave it a try here after having returned from my morning jog. While I was out I came acros...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Heat Beneath My Feet, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Mortality is the Question. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signat...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Fall's Complement, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Fall is such a wonderful time with its bright sunshine, puffy clouds and the smells, oh the smells. The crisp breeze brings different fragrances to me as I brush by the fallen leav...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Betrayal, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Our society throughout time has guided its direction by how it has raised its young. Betrayal has always been a part of their upbringing. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Sins of My Neighbour, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting refers to benefiting from the evils of others while not directly participating but permitting it to occur. The fox kills the ravens feast. :: Painting :: Realism :: Thi...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Can this be comedy cried the clown?, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Can this be comedy cried the clown? If this is red, replied the ring master. The elephant farted, the tiger roared, centre ring faded to black. I enjoy being creative. For me th...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Untitled" - Oil Painting of Nude Reclining Female Figure
By Rebecca Venn
Located in Denver, CO
Rebecca Venn's (US based) "Untitled" is an original, handmade oil painting on canvas paper that depicts a nude female model laying on her back.
This is ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Contemporary portrait "In the Center of the Metropolis"
Located in Sempach, LU
I love walking the streets of the private sector when the weather is nice. It feels like being in a small town rather than in the center of a metropolis. I've aimed to capture the co...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Sea. Rocks. The stones., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting Sea. Rocks. Stones: Nature is an inexhaustible source of inspiration. Seascape. Realism. The painting has good spatial quality and the colors make children happy. Oil painti...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Red and white peonies in the style of Dutch masters
Located in Sempach, LU
The collection of paintings has the name of the "Wonderful flowers".
The paintings are drawn with oil on the hardboard (back side made of the double cardboard).
Perfectly is suitabl...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Lacquer, Oil, Canvas
Pocket Pink Rose with Leaf, Original Painting, Pink, Flower, Black, Single rose
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Pink Rose with Leaf 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 ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
House by the water, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting. House by the water. English house by the river, water lilies, grass, trees, sky with clouds, summer landscape. Realism. A rich palette of green, white, blue emphasizes the ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Mid august, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting Mid-August. Nature is an inexhaustible source of inspiration. A saturated palette of greenery, a quiet river, water, a blue sky with clouds, water lilies on the water, the r...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Small Oil Still Life Painting, "Orange with Leaves"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original still life oil painting on board from southern California artist Anthony Enyedy. It is 10" x 10" x 1.5". It is unframed. A certificate of authenticit...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Willow by the water, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Willow by the water. A rich palette of greenery, lakes, forests, willows, grass, the reflection of the sky in the water, clouds evoke a feeling of love and gratitude to nature. Part ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Summer landscape, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Summer landscape. The saturated palette of greenery, the lake, the forest, the pines, the reflection of the sky in the water, the clouds evoke a feeling of love and gratitude to natu...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Verdant Marsh, a tranquil landscape view of the wetlands and grassy terrain
Located in Edgartown, MA
Art and design in varied forms have always been a driving interest in my life.
Living in Madison, Connecticut, I began my career as a muralist and trompe l’oeil painter doing signif...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Y Bugail Unig (The Lonely Shepherd), Llangattock, Brecon Beacons. Welsh Folklore
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Elin Siân Blake.
Welsh ( b.1981).
Y Bugail Unig (The Lonely Shepherd), Llangattock, Brecon Beacons
Oil on artist’s canvas board.
Signed lower left.
Image size 9.7 inches x 11.4 inch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Affectionate glare on the waves., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Affectionate glare on the waves. Blue water, ocean, small waves, sun glare on the water, clear sky create an atmosphere of relaxation and romance. Made in the style of realism, ligh...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Worm’s Head (Pen Pyrrod), Gower Peninsula. Rhossili. Swansea Bay. South Wales.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Elin Siân Blake.
Welsh ( b.1981).
Worm’s Head (Pen Pyrrod), Gower Peninsula.
Oil on canvas.
Signed lower left.
Image size 9.5 inches x 11.4 inches ( 24cm x 29cm ).
Frame size 14.2 i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fresh Light, an oil on aluminum with a vivid landscape
Located in Edgartown, MA
Art and design in varied forms have always been a driving interest in my life.
Living in Madison, Connecticut, I began my career as a muralist and trompe l’oeil painter doing signif...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Glare on blue water, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Glare on blue water. The shining of the ocean, small waves, the glare of the sun on the water create an atmosphere of relaxation, romance. Made in the style of realism. Part of a per...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Light on the water 10., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Light on the water 10. Summer seascape: blue water, ocean, small waves, sun glare on the water, clear sky create an atmosphere of relaxation and romance. The blue and white palette,...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
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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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