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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
Apprehensive
Located in Denver, CO
Grouping of brown horses
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

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Autumn Excursions on the Southern Railway, 1930 poster design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987) Easter Excursions from London Gouache 26 x 15 cm c.1930 Artist's stamp to reverse Provenance: Family of the artist A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a Brit...
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1930s Realist Art

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Gouache

Cherries, Oil on canvas by Zhang Wei Guang - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas - 40x50 cm. Hand signed lower right. In excellent conditions, it includes a contemporary wooden frame with gilded edges. Zhang Wei Guang, also called ‘mirror' was bo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil

St, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Inspired by a twilight he witnessed, artist Jose Luis Bermudez captures the setting sun on a natural landscape. Bathed in su...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

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Oil

Cherry Blossoms 4, A Gray, Black and White Drawing of Cherry Blossoms on Branch
Located in New York, NY
Mary Reilly's "Cherry Blossoms 4" (2025) is a 24 x 18-inch graphite pencil drawing that captures the delicate beauty of cherry blossoms. Reilly's meticulous technique involves layeri...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Graphite

"Colombo"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Ludwig Hans Fischer (1848–1915) – "Colombo" (1889) An exceptional original watercolor by Austrian artist Ludwig Hans Fischer (1848–1915), titled "Colombo" (1889). This vibrant and m...
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19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Miguel Peidro, "Mountain River", 18x26 Autumn Forest Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Mountain River" by Miguel Peidro is an 18x26 original oil painting on canvas. This painting depicts a peaceful flowing river, with foliage just beginning to turn color ...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Within The Snow, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Samantha Buller's (US based) "Within The Snow" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a white house surrounded with a fresh snow fall. Bio/artist statement: Samantha B...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Nevel
Located in Columbia, MO
Abe Gerlsma
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Oil on canvas : Cattle near the cliffs of Herne Bay KENT by Thomas Syndey Cooper
Located in Gent, VOV
Thomas Sidney Cooper was one of the foremost animal painters of the Victorian period. He was born in Canterbury, Kent, and as a small child he began to show strong artistic inclinations, but the circumstances of his family did not allow him to receive any systematic training. By the time he was twelve years old, he was working in the shop of a coach painter. Later he obtained a job as a scene painter, and he alternated between these two occupations for about eight years. He still felt a strong desire to become an artist, and all his spare moments were spent drawing and painting from nature. At the age of twenty, he went to London, drew for a while in the British Museum, and was admitted as a student of the Royal Academy. Subsequently, he returned to Canterbury, where he was able to earn a living as a drawing master and by the sale of sketches and drawings. In 1827, he settled in Brussels and married before taking up a position as a teacher in Brussels in 1829. There he befriended Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven, the great Belgian animal painter, who greatly influenced his style. He was also influenced by the 17th Century Dutch School. Because of the Belgian Revolution, he returned to London where he settled and first exhibited at Suffolk Street in 1833. He exhibited forty-eight pictures at the British Institution between 1833 and 1863. ‘Landscape and Cattle’, Royal Academy 1833, was shown until 1902 without a break - a record for a continuous exhibit at the Royal Academy. Sheep and cattle were his most frequent subjects, although he did paint a few figurative subjects. Cooper collaborated between 1847 and 1870 with Frederick Richard Lee...
Category

1880s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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...
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

LANGEROCK Portrait Young Egyptian girl Belgian realist painter 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Henri LANGEROCK Ghent, 1830 – Marseille, 1915 Oil on canvas 45 x 33 cm (69 x 57 cm with the frame) Signed top right "H. Langerock" Beautiful 19th century gilded wood frame Henri Langerock was a Belgian painter born in Ghent but who worked in France and died in Marseille. He also traveled a lot, in France and abroad. Langerock first became known for his landscapes of France (Vosges, Picardy, Ardèche...). Then he traveled to Egypt and Brazil between 1878 and 1885, as well as to black Africa. He exhibited his painting of a traveling painter at the Paris Salon until 1901. Our painting is a beautiful portrait of a young girl with a lace headdress and a sequin necklace...
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19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil

The Observer, Portrait of Jackson Nash by Graham Nash
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous archival digital photograph, limited edition giclee by Graham Nash (American, b. 1942) of a Nash's first born son Jackson, age five, looking into an aquarium in his San Francisco house...
Category

1980s Realist Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Laid Paper

Gipsies with Horses in England Landscape Painting by 19th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Gipsies with Horses & Covered Wagons in the Wild Moorland Landscape of England. An Original Watercolour Painting by 19th Century British Artist, James Walter Gozzard...
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Board, Paint, Watercolor

"Purple Rose of Cujo" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Pug with purple flowers
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

No, I'll not give you my password!
Located in Zofingen, AG
Usually viewers try to look over the shoulder to see what the artist is painting, but here Evgeniy Monahov, in a quick sketch portrait, seems to be looking over the shoulder of his m...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Tempera, Permanent Marker

Faust
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ GARCÍA Y RAMOS Spanish, 1852 - 1912 FAUST signed "J. García y Ramos" (lower right) oil on canvas 21-1/2 x 24-5/8 inches (54.5 x 62.5 cm.) framed: 24-5/8 x 27-3/4 (62.5 x 70.5 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Collection, France José García y Ramos (Seville, 1852-ibídem, 1912) was a Spanish painter and illustrator. He was a student of the Provincial School of Fine Arts of Seville from a young age, completing his training in the workshop of José Jiménez Aranda...
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1880s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper Signed and dated, recto This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt ...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Charcoal, Wax Crayon, Rag Paper

A Breezy Day on Chandler Preserve
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement "A cool, breezy day on the preserve. The first few wild flowers signal the coming of spring." —Richard Humphrey...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

"Nude II" - limited edition finest quality - color photograph
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Kseniia Kokovashina - "Nude II". Beautiful limited edition art photography. Printable in colour or black/white. Editions: 20. Technique: Photo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Gruppo de Mujeres Sentadas, I.
Located in New York, NY
Signed, dated and numbered 59/92 in pencil, lower margin. Printed by Kyron, Mexico City. Co-published by Kyron, and Tasende, Mexico City. Catalogue raisonne: Vlady 244.
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Color

Pink Sunset on River Winter Village Landscape early 20th century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower right "J. Purvit", presumably by Latvian artist Vilhelms Purvitis (1872 - 1945), but we do not claim. The tranquil, unfrozen river flowing on the outskirts of the village, situated on a hill in a picturesque location, whimsically reflects the houses and trees along the shore, adding an extra charm to the scene. The autumn leaves, not yet completely fallen, show bright colors peeking out from under a light blanket of snow covering the trees. In the distance, the mountain ranges add depth and dimension to the scene, while the green trees against the changing backdrop highlight the smooth transition of seasons. The winter sky with its cold hues and the fiery sunset casting beautiful pink shades across the all scene set the mood and create a captivating atmosphere. This painting once again reminds us of the beauty of nature that surrounds us... if only we find the time to pause and appreciate it. Antique oil painting on canvas, signed, unframed. Size app.: 50 x 69.5 cm (roughly 19.7 x 27.4 in). Overall in very good ready to hang condition with just minimal wear. Please study good resolution images for cosmetic condition. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Weight of app. 2 kg is going to measure 4 kg packed for shipment. Vilhelms Purvitis, landscape painter and educator who founded the Latvian Academy of Art and was its rector from 1919 to 1934. In 1890 Purvītis started studies at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, Russia from 1890 to 1897, primarily under Arkhip Kuindzhi...
Category

1930s Realist Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

Italian Big Scale Hand Carved Table Top Wood Lion Sculpture
Located in Firenze, IT
This 19th century big scale Italian animalier sculpure features a lion striding forward on a root-wood base, snarling with open mouth and expressive eyes enlivening its rippling mane with an extremely realistic sense of motion. The wooden statue, wonderful as a table top, is entirely hand carved in the round in a single block of solid olive wood, sign of high quality and sculptural artisanal mastery. An original whimsical and impressive centerpiece clearly sculpted by a true artist who carved the block of wood creating this figure of the proudest feline boasting a detailed study of the lion's anatomy.The features on the face, mane, muscles, tail and the paws are still distinctive and full of character as well as the beautifully carved stand. This sculpture boasts smooth surface and a warm patina developed over centuries and exudes wonderful quality and timelessness of the ancient world. The rich original patina brings further intrigue to its intricately carved details. This hand carved wooden lion statue is a great looking antique centrepiece...
Category

19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Wood

BENAVENT ROCOMORA Spanish painter night landscape fire 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Cayetano BENAVENT ROCAMORA Reus, 1834 - Barcelona, ​​1910 Oil on cardboard 18.5 x 25.5 cm (29 x 34 cm with the frame) Signed lower right “Cayentano Benavent” Nice old frame Cayentan...
Category

19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Still Life Flowers & Ewer, 19th C.
Located in Astoria, NY
19th Century School, Still Life Scene with Flowers and Ewer, Oil on Canvas, unsigned, giltwood frame. Image: 11.5" H x 15.5" W; frame: 19.25" H x 23" W x 2.75" D. Provenance: From a ...
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19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Siliang Sun Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "The Shade"
Located in New York, NY
Title: The Shade Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 12 x 12 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is uns...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early Morning Light, rose, flower, nature, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting was done with high quality oil paint on canvas. I used traditional techniques such as chiaroscuro, layers, and glazing to achieve a high level of realism and show how b...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Brittany Spaniel with Pheasant
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Brittany Spaniel and Pheasant" c.1950, in a watercolor on paper by Russian/French artist Jean Herblet A.K.A. Boris O'Klein, 1887-1983. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 17.5 x 13.5 inches, framed size is 21.5 x 17.5 inches. Framed in original wood frame, with brown/green velvet liner. It is in excellent condition, The velvet is slightly damaged at the upper left corner, see picture #8. About the artist: Boris O'Klein, born Arthur Boris O'Klein a French artist and cartoonist. An anthropomorphic artist, he is known for his numerous prints and watercolors of dogs getting up to mischief. The prints are generally called "The Naughty Dogs" or "The Dirty Dogs" or "The Dirty Dogs of Paris...
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Floral Still Life
Located in Astoria, NY
Francois Gabriel (French, 1893-1993), Still Life with Bouquet and Fruit, Oil on Panel, late 20th century, signed lower right, giltwood frame. Image: 29.5" H x 24.5" W; frame: 39" H x...
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Scene Galante au XVIII eme Siecle #2
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Scene Galante au XVIII eme Siecle" c.1930 in an aquatint on paper by French artist Antoine Calbet, 1860-1944. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower right corner. The plate mark (image) size is 9.60 x 12.25 inches, framed size is 16.5 x 19.5 inches. Framed in a wooden gold and black frame, with fabric matting. The artwork is in very good condition, frame and matting are in good condition, frame have some minor dents, matting have a small point of discoloration at upper left. About the artist. Antoine Calbet is the son of Marie Singlande and Jean-Baptiste Calbet, landowner at a place called Gaubert. Trained at the School of Fine Arts in Montpellier by Édouard - Antoine Marsal (1845-1929) where he learned drawing, this illustrator and illustrator, a painter of nudes and gallant scenes, was very popular during his lifetime. Antoine Calbet is then admitted to the School of Fine Arts in Paris in the studio of Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889). He was a member of the admission jury of the Beaux-Arts from 1913 to 1930. He began to exhibit in 1880 and became a member of the Society of French Artists . He was the friend of his compatriot of Lot-et-Garonne, the President of the Republic Armand Fallières , for which he drew the menus of his meals, which made him known in Parisian salons.He illustrated works by Jean Lorrain , Henri de Regnier , Pierre Loues 3 and for periodicals like L'Illustration . Selected museums and collections Dallas , Dallas Museum of Art : Back woman...
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Aquatint

Winter Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Winter Landscape" c.1950, is a color etching on paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the ...
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Etching

"The Pincio Fountain in Rome"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Jozefina Kirchner (1890–1931) "The Pincio Fountain in Rome" (1923)** This atmospheric oil painting on canvas by Jozefina Kirchner, completed in 1923, captures a captivating view of t...
Category

19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Cellist - British 1925 Musical art oil painting Wandering Minstrel
By Carey Morris
Located in London, GB
This superb British musical portrait oil painting is by noted Welsh artist Carey Morris. Painted circa 1925, it is a seated portrait of a white haired gentleman with a large beard, p...
Category

1920s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Street in Oxford
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Street in Oxford" 1972 is a watercolor by noted architectural British artist, Ken Messer 1931-2017. It is signed and dated at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 14,60 x 10.15 inches, framed size is 21.65 x 15.65 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...
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Apples with Copper Jug - original realism still life fruit painting art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. “Apples with Copper Jug ” by Laura Critchlow is a stunning sti...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"INDIAN ON HORSE" WESTERN NATIVE AMERICAN
Located in San Antonio, TX
Olaf Wieghorst (1899 - 1988) California, New York, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas Artist Image Size: 11 x 8.5 Frame Size: 18.5 x 14.5 Medium: Print "Indian on Horse...
Category

20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

14th and California
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
At an intersection in Santa Monica, silence holds sway beneath a rapturous composition of clouds at sunset.

About the Artist
Jesse’s scenes of Los ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Vermont Winter, Vermont, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vermont Winter, Vermont, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph This 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features students from Sto...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Figurative Nude Painting by Jules Pages 1867 - 1946 American, California, artist
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
"Femmes nue allongee" oil/panel 12.5 x 17.75, is an oil painting on panel by Jules Pages. The painting is in good condition but could benefit from some conservation cleaning, etc and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil

"The General" oil painting, realist portrait of senior army officer w sideburns
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"The General" is a realist oil on linen painting. A portrait of a senior war offical, The General wears a dark grey military jacket and a white undershirt can be seen poking out at h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Big World (Created in collaboration w/ Matthew Alexa)", Oil on ACM Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alexander Chistov's "Big World" is an original, handmade, oil on ACM panel painting depicting the landscape in southern California, located in Ventura County. Artist Bio: Alexande...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Winter Sunset with Sheep & Farmer in the English Countryside by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Winter Sunset with Sheep & Farmer in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, Noel Ripley (b.1944). Original, Signed, Oil on Board Art mea...
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Chinese Garden, Huntington Library
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. FRAMED: 15.5" x 18.5" x 1.125"; UNFRAMED: 9" x 12"
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Landscape by William Heatlie - Watercolor on paper 27x37 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category

1880s Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Romantic Autumn Collection (still life painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful still life painting by California artist, John McCormick III. Romantic Autumn Collection, ca. 1985. Oil on wood panel, 4 x 7 inches; 6.5 x 9.5 inches in wood frame. Signed lower right. Minor scratches in varnish. EDUCATION 1980 San Francisco State University, CA, Teaching Credential 1978 University of the Pacific, CA, B.F.A. SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2020 Harris Harvey Gallery, Wild Life and Other Topics, Seattle, WA 2016 Harris Harvey Gallery, Clues and Fragments, Seattle, WA 2014 Lisa Harris Gallery, Visitation, Seattle, WA Elins Eagle-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2011 Julie Nester Gallery, The Land, Park City, Utah 2010 Lisa Harris Gallery, Recent Landscapes, Seattle, WA SF City College Art Gallery, New Landscapes and Portraits, San Francisco, CA 2009 Lisa Harris Gallery, Water Journey, Seattle, WA 2008 Anne Reed Gallery, Water Journey, Ketchum, ID 2007 Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Solo Exhibition, Montréal, Quebéc 2006 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, Solo Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 2005 Anne Reed Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Ketchum, ID Lisa Harris Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Seattle, WA 2004 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, Solo Exhibition, San Francisco, CA The Bolinas Museum, Solo Exhibition, Bolinas, CA 2003 Anne Reed Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Ketchum, ID Lisa Harris Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Seattle, WA 2002 Scott White Contemporary Art, Solo Exhibition, La Jolla, CA 2001 Lisa Harris Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Seattle, WA The Triton Museum, New Works by California Artists, Santa Clara, CA The Munson Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM DNFA Gallery, Landscape and Memory, Pasadena, CA 2000 Diane Nelson Fine Art, New Landscapes, Laguna Beach, CA 1999 Tercera Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Los Gatos, CA 1998 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Solo Exhibition, San Jose, CA 1997 Robert Allen Fine Art, Solo Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 1996 Robert Green Fine Art, Solo Exhibition, Mill Valley, CA 1995 Harleen & Allen Fine Art, Solo Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 1993 Harleen & Allen Fine Art, Solo Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 1984 Triangle Gallery, Two-Person Show, San Francisco, CA 1982 Triangle Gallery, New Work, San Francisco, CA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2020 Harris Harvey Gallery, Fall Perspectives, Seattle, WA 2020 Harris Harvey Gallery, Provenance, Seattle, WA 2019 Harris Harvey Gallery, Summer Reflections, Seattle, WA 2018 Harris Harvey Gallery, Fall Focus, Seattle, WA 2017 Elins Eagles Smith, San Francisco International Art Fair, San Francisco, CA 2016 Harris Harvey Gallery, Winter’s Offering, Seattle, WA Lisa Harris Gallery, 31 for 32: Summer Salon, Seattle, WA Elins Eagles Smith, San Francisco International Art Fair, San Francisco, CA 2012 Lisa Harris Gallery, Plein Air Invitational, Seattle, WA 2010 Bolinas Museum, 22nd Annual Mini Show, Bolinas, CA 2009 Lisa Harris Gallery, 25th Anniversary Show, Seattle, WA 2008 Lisa Harris Gallery, Water Falling, Seattle, WA 2007 Triton Museum, Survey of Bay Area Landscape Painters, Santa Clara, CA, Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA Galerie De Bellefeuille, Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL Julie Nester Gallery, Group Show, Park City, UT 2006 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL Galerie De Bellefeuille, Toronto Art Fair, San Francisco, CA Renee George Gallery, Small Scale II, Charlotte, NC 2005 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, SF International Art Fair, San Francisco, CA Scott White Contemporary Art, Palm Beach Art Fair, Palm Beach, FL 2004 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, SF International Art Fair, San Francisco, CA 2003 Anne Reed Gallery, Group Landscape Show, Ketchum, ID Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL Arcadia Fine Art, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL 2002 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, SF International Art Fair, San Francisco, CA Scott White Contemporary Art, Terrain, Telluride, CO Arcadia Fine Art, Summer International Invitation, New York, NY DNFA Gallery, Landscape Show, Pasadena, CA Diane Nelson Fine Art, Landscape Show, Laguna Beach, CA 2001 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, Summer Salon, New York, NY Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach, CA Anne Reed Gallery, Reflecting on Surfaces, Ketchum, Idaho 2000 Lisa Harris Gallery, Millennium: Three Introductions Seattle, WA 1999 Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, Large Paintings, San Francisco, CA The Munson Gallery, New Gallery Artists, Sante Fe, New Mexico Diane Nelson Fine Art, Elements of Landscape, Laguna Beach, CA 1998 Robert Green Fine Art, Selected Gallery Artists, Mill Valley, CA Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery, Birmingham, England University of the Pacific, Alumni Exhibition, Stockton, CA 1997 Robert Allen Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 1996 Robert Green Fine Art, Mill Valley, CA 1995 Harleen & Allen Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 1990 United States Embassy, Selected Western Artists, Moscow, Soviet Union 1989 University of the Pacific, Alumni Show, Stockton, CA 1096 Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1985 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS 2008 Djerassi Foundation, Alumni Winter Residency 2004 Morris Graves Foundation, Artist Residency 2002 Morris Graves Foundation, Artist Residency 2000 Karie Thomson Honorary Fellowship, Djerassi Foundation Djerassi Foundation, Artist Residency Year 2000, Woodside, CA Marin Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant 1998 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Award of Artistic Merit Marin Arts Council, Community Art Grant 1992 University of the Pacific, Alumni Fellowship 1986 University of the Pacific, Alumni Fellowship BIBLIOGRAPHY “Mitchell Albala and John McCormick,” Visual Art Source, review by Matthew Kangas, March, 2014 “Coast to Coast, Best of the West”, Southwest Art , May 2005 “Start your collection”, Southwest Art, June 2004 "The Studio Book" by Kathleen Riquelme & Melba Levick, Rizzoli Publishing, Nov. 03 “Artists offer two views of the landscape” Seattle Times, February 14, 2003 “Preview-John McCormick” Artweek, February, 2003 “Challenging Landscapes Expand Horizons” The Telluride Watch, May 31, 2002 “Following Their Bliss; John McCormick & Jan Gauthier” SFSU Magazine, spring, 2002 “John McCormick, Landscapes”, essays by Ron Glowen & Susan Hillhouse, Horsehill Press, 2001 “Bay Area Artist”, Southwest Art Magazine November, 2001 “John McCormick at Diane Nelson” Orange County Register, November, 2000 “Marin Artists Open their Studios” San Francisco Chronicle, May 2000 “MarinScapes Returns for 11th Year” Marin IJ, July 1999 “Designs by Joseph Escherick” Architectural Digest, August 1996 “San Francisco Best Bets”, SF Examiner, June 4, 1995 “Marin Open Studios” Marin IJ, May, 1995 “In The Galleries”, Marin IJ, February, 1995 “John McCormick at Harleen & Allen”, Northern CA...
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1980s Realist Art

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Oil

"The Fisherman's Fight" oil painting, narrative realism, figures hauling boat in
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"The Fisherman Fight" is a realist oil on linen painting. It depicts five figures heaving a rope towards the right end of the painting. A sixth man, the left-most figure, has lost his grip and fallen into the water, onto a rock in the waves, as the men behind him braces to pick up the slack, their muscles strained against the weight. The man behind him, centered in the painting an wearing a yellow...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

People's Photo Service Storefront illustration painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Very interesting illustration painting of People's Photo Service Store, location unknown, Gouache on illustration board, measuring 9 x 12.5 inches, 12 x 16 inches in original mattin...
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1950s Realist Art

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Bird Concert (after Earlom)
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is an oil painting on canvas and is monochromatic black. Reed's primary focus has been the rich vein of Northern European art from the mid-17th through 18th centuries, a period of enlightenment and profound interest in science, nature, and the animal world. Animals were assigned human traits (peacock:vanity; dog:fidelity), and nature itself was considered a symbol of God's providence - a commonly held belief within the stratified, gentry dominated social order of the time. Reed (b. 1958, New York, NY) lives and works in Boston, MA. She is a recipient of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Maud Morgan...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Theodoor Galle Martin de Vos 17th Century Engraving Jesus on the Cross
Located in London, GB
We have the full series of 52 prints (including title page) from Vita Passio et Resurrectio Iesu Christi listed. To find the others scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" and search for 'Collaert' - or message us as they may not all have been uploaded yet. Theodoor Galle (1571 – 1633) after Maerten de Vos (1532 - 1603) Jesus on the Cross...
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17th Century Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

St Albans Cathedral (1810), engraving by James Basire
Located in London, GB
James Basire & John Carter Floor plan of St Albans Cathedral Engraving 61 x 95 cm This engraving was originally published by the Society of Antiquaries of London, an organisation ...
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1810s Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Graphite on paper Dated in pencil, l.r. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. John Button (1929-1982) was a fine draftsman and drew from life models throug...
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Daffodils Oil on Canvas Floral Italy Still-life nature
Located in Houston, TX
Daffodils by Melissa Franklin Sanchez is an Oil on Canvas Painting. Looking closely at Daffodils by Mellissa F. Sanchez you will notice the background with objects. There is pot...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Province Landscape Impressionism Original Oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism, Title: Province Size: 15.5 x 19.5 x...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Celebrating Autumn With the Mother Tree, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Celebrating Autumn With the Mother Tree" by Deb Komitor (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. Deb Komitor, born in 1957, is a conte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil

"Opening the Fold - Early Morning" Eclogue 8 original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. This impression on Alton Mill laid paper was printed in 1883 for "An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil" and published in London by Seeley and Compan...
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1880s Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Scarlett Macaw Parrots and Ferns Watercolor, Large-Scale Horizontal Panorama
Located in Soquel, CA
Scarlett Macaw Parrots and Ferns Watercolor, Large-Scale Horizontal Panorama A substantial horizontal watercolor of four Scarlett Macaw parrot...
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Square in Paris with the Kiss Sculpture - Original handsigned lithograph - 275ex
Located in Paris, IDF
Rolf RAFFLEWSKI Square in Paris with the Kiss Sculpture Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Limited /275 copies On vellum 56 x 76 cm (c. 22 x ...
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

S. LOEB (SOLOMON LOEB)
Located in Portland, ME
Zorn, Anders. S. LOEB (SOLOMON LOEB). H&H76, Asplund 115, Delteil 113. Etching, 1897. Unsigned (signed in the plate). Apparently the 2d or 4th State of 4. All of the states are descr...
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Late 19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Crossing the ford Capriccio Baroque Landscape 18th century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
As we gaze upon at this artwork, our eyes are immediately drawn to the foreground where a comical spectacle unfolds before us. A carriage, stubbornly stuck in the midst of a ford, se...
Category

Late 18th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Santa Cruz, California Figurative Vintage Boardwalk Scene, 1944
Located in Soquel, CA
A lively and detailed mid-1940's vintage boardwalk scene of Santa Cruz, California by California artist Cassard (20th Century), 1944. This figurative...
Category

1940s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Realist art for sale on 1stDibs.

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