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
Alpine Mountain Hut Vintage Landscape Painting by 20th Century German Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Alpine Mountain Hut - Vintage Landscape Painting by 20th Century German Artist, Fritz Haupt
Art measures 11 x 9 inches
Frame measures 15 x 13 inches
This exquisite painting by F....
Category
20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
"Sailing at Sunset" Realist Oil Painting on Canvas Board of Sailboat in Open Sea
Located in New York, NY
George Nemethy finds his inspiration in moments of quiet and solitude. Where he finds himself one with the sea and the sky and the tranquil world which he freely escapes to. Trained from an early age by his father Albert Nemethy, a world-renowned painter known best for his large scale steamer boats, George found and nurtured his passion for miniature sailboats...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board, Canvas
Brown teapot surrounded by red onions on Yellow background
By Glenora Richards
Located in New Orleans, LA
Glenny created beautiful miniature watercolors, mostly still life. This image of a bronze teapot with red onions is a unique work of art.
Glenora Rich...
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Contemporary portrait "Inhabitants"
Located in Zofingen, AG
Once I lived in a private house.
We had four cats, and then we accidentally found the fifth.
Where he came from and how long he lived with us is unknown).
For texture on the primed c...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Pearfect in Pink
By Bela Bacsi
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Exhibitions
Exhibited at the Los Angeles Art Show 2014, January 15-19, 2014
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Marble
Sunset in the Scottish Highlands, Moody Landscape
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
British, 19th Century
Signed: L. Clipston (Lower, Right)
" Sunset in the Scottish Highlands ", circa 1880s
Oil on Canvas Laid on Board
10 1/2" x 22 1/2"
Housed in a 3" Period O...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Laura" (2021) - Original Portrait Painting by Elena Burykina
Located in Denver, CO
Elena Burykina's "Laura" (2021) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a close up portrait of a woman. This piece measure 12 x 12 in and is ready to hang.
About the Arti...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Fire Starter" – Nude Figure Oil Painting Artistry
Located in Denver, CO
Dave Seeley's "Fire Starter" is an exquisite example of nude figure oil painting artistry, masterfully rendered on canvas mounted on board. Cr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$6,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Woman Feeding Goldfish in a Dutch Interior, c. 1870
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Frans Moormans
(Dutch, 1831-1893)
The Goldfish Bowl, c. 1870
Oil on panel, 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches
FRAMED: 19 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches (approx.)
Signed at lower right: “Frans. Moormans”
B...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Pocket Damson - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Dani Humberstone’s Pocket Damson reveals the artist’s mastery o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Bolonia IV" – Oil Painting, Female Nude Beach Scene
Located in Denver, CO
"Bolonia IV" by Conrado López is a striking original 2024 painting depicting a female nude figure executed in acrylic, gold leaf, and oil on canvas. Measuring 39.37 x 25.59 x 1.18 in...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mountain Goat
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964)
Mountain Goat, ca. 1940
Carved diorite
3 7/8" wide, 2.5" deep, height is 3"
Provenance: Estate of Mrs. Mark Morrison.
Born:
Kingfisher, OK
Educatio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Stone
$1,000 Sale Price
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Highland Lighthouse, Truro MA
By Sandor Bernath
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Sandor Bernath (1892-1984). Highland Lighthouse at Dusk, Truro MA. Watercolor on heavy wove paper, 17 x 17 inches; 18 x 18 inches framed. Excellent condition with no fading. Signed lower right.
Silver leaf custom frame.
Sandor Bernath was known for his stylized watercolors of sailing ships. He was a student of Edward Hopper. Born in Hungary on December 30, 1892, Bernath immigrated in his youth to the United States, and by the early 1920s had begun to establish himself within New York art circles. In January of 1922, he was given a one-man show at Mrs. Malcolm's Gallery on East 64th Street.
Although little is known about Bernath's education and early training, this exhibition of nineteen watercolors included works, which suggest that by 1922, the artist had traveled and studied abroad. "Coast of Normandy" and "Shrine, Czechoslovakia" are two works the subjects of which certainly resulted from time spent in Europe.
Other paintings exhibited in the 1922 show, such as "Brooklyn Bridge", "Weehawken Freight Yards" and "East River" reveal that on the whole, Bernath's earliest subjects remained those found in New York. After his show at Mrs. Malcolm's Gallery, Bernath became a member of the American Watercolor Society and later that year, showed six works at their annual exhibition. Unlike the works exhibited on East 63rd Street, the watercolors featured at the AWS show, such as "Grand Manan Coast" and "Fishing Boats", reflected a growing attraction to the subjects offered within the Maine landscape, an attraction which truly took hold in the summer of 1922.
Like many of his peers, Bernath worked as a teacher and illustrator to support himself. In order to escape the tedium of these dreaded day-jobs, many retreated to the villages of Maine and Massachusetts where artists' communities such as those at Monhegan Island, Gloucester and Ogunquit had sprung from the modern artist's desire to study natural forms. By 1923, Bernath's fascination with these forms becomes apparent with the complete shift in focus of his subject matter from the sights and scenes of his urban surroundings to the land and seascapes of New...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,600 Sale Price
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Minimal Triptych of Calm Costa Rica Shore, Handmade Cyanotype on Paper, Blue
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of water, forests, and skies. These...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Monotype
Mid Century Crystal and Glass Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous midcentury painting of crystal decanter and clear glass vessels against a vivid orange backdrop by Donald Werden (American, b. 1921). Signed and...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Nude I - Limited Edition Finest Quality - Color Photograph
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Beautiful limited edition art photography
Printable in colour or black/white
Editions: 20
Technique: Photography
Surface: Photo Paper
Country of Origin: Russia
Signed: Signed, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
$857 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Super Realist Trompe L'Oeil Framed Signed Still Life Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early American super realist trompe l'oeil still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Signed. Image size, 14H by 10L.
Category
1890s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Horse Bronze Trotting Stallion Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Bronze
Portrait of a Trotting Stallion
Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)
Cast bronze mounted on a rectangular plinth with dark brown patina,
Signed: I. BONHEUR
17 x 11 3/4
A brilliant exploration of a stallion in full trot. The patina is a deep, warm walnut brown with honey-colored tones.
Isidore Bonheur was best known and the most distinguished of the 19th century French animalier sculptors. Isidore, the younger brother of Rosa Bonheur and older brother of Auguste, began his studies of painting initially with his father, who was friends with Francisco Goya. By 1848 he debuted at the Paris Salon having discontinued animal and landscape painting to concentrate on creating sculptures and in 1849, Bonheur enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He won medals at the Paris Salon in 1859 and did so again in 1865 and in 1869. After entering the Exposition Universelle 1855, he won the Gold Medal in 1889. In the 1870s exhibited in the London at the Royal Academy of Arts where he earned great prestige and won the coveted Medaille d’Or. After winning numerous other medals and prizes, Bonheur was awarded the Legion d' Honneur in 1895 and he was Knighted in Portugal, Spain and France. Bonheur continued exhibiting at the Paris Salon until 1899.
Many of his bronzes were fabricated at the foundry owned by Hippolyte Peyrol, Bonheur's brother-in-law by marriage to Isidore’s youngest sister Juliette Bonheur. The Peyrol casts for both Rosa and Isidore are exceptionally well executed which suggests a strong working relationship between the founder and sculptor. There is little doubt that Isidore Bonheur was an acute observer of nature; his animals were not anthropomorphized but modelled to catch movement or posture characteristics of the particular species he was sculpting. He achieved this most successfully with his sculptures of horses which are usually depicted as relaxed rather than spirited. These figures are among his most renowned works and his equestrian models became very popular, particularly among the British aristocracy.
An acute observer of nature, his sculptures reflect his commitment to the Realist school - with precise detailing of the movements of animals in their natural habitats. Ultimately, His naturalistic studies of animals are now some of the most highly sought after works by any of the animalier. He was possibly inspired by his many visits to the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show...
Category
1870s Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
"Tranquil Sailing" Realist Oil Painting on Canvas Board of Sailboat in Open Sea
Located in New York, NY
George Nemethy finds his inspiration in moments of quiet and solitude. Where he finds himself one with the sea and the sky and the tranquil world which he freely escapes to. Trained from an early age by his father Albert Nemethy, a world-renowned painter known best for his large scale steamer boats, George found...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Rooster . original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork stands out remarkably and captures attention.
It is a nostalgic tribute to my childhood memories at the summer house. Those early mornings when the sun rose and I intend...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting of the English Lake District by Modern British Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of Glaramara and Combe Ghyll in the English Lake District by Modern British Landscape Artist Arthur Terry Blamires (b. 1930)
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
Frame measure 2...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Hyperreal Light Blue Glass Balloon Sculpture
Located in East Quogue, NY
Light blue hyperreal glass water balloon sculpture by Dylan Martinez.
These hyperrealistic water balloons are made of solid sculpted glass sandblasted and acid-etched to resemble r...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Coastal Seascape Landscape Painting with Boats by 20th Century French Artist
By Pierre de Clausade
Located in Preston, GB
Coastal Seascape Landscape Painting with Boats by 20th Century French Artist, Pierre de Clausade (1910-1976).
Oil on canvas, Signed on the lower ...
Category
20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Snowmass Picnic, Colorado, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Snowmass Picnic, Colorado, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
This late 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a stand-up fondue...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
HARBINGER OF SPRING Signed Lithograph, Farm House Landscape Blue Sky White Barn
By Mel Hunter
Located in Union City, NJ
HARBINGER OF SPRING is an original limited edition, hand drawn lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) by the American artist/illustrator Mel Hunter, printed using hand...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Nature's Bounty, Oil Painting
By Jo Galang
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The vibrant colors in this piece highlight a dynamic interplay of orange and green hues, evoking freshness and vitality. It captures the essence of abundance ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"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
$857 Sale Price
20% Off
Peony Study-original modern realism floral still life painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Peony Study" by Julie Whitehead is a stunning original still ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
"Just the Two of Us, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 48"
Located in Westport, CT
This coastal seascape limited edition print captures a scene from the porch of a beachfront property along the coast. A setting sun casts sharp light and cool blue-grey shadows across the porch, where two sets of shoes and two boat paddles...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Digital, Giclée
Daffodils in a milk jug
Located in Zofingen, AG
These daffodils picked in my garden set in a milk jug. The various shades of yellow-white color and the choice of details made it possible to convey the beauty of flowers. The blue p...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hallucination
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting conveys the idea that what we perceive as life may be an illusion, while the true reality remains hidden. At the center of the scene, a man and a woman stand by a pool, ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
David Roberts “Approach of the Simoon - Desert of Geezah” “
Located in San Francisco, CA
David Roberts: 1796-1864. Very important and well Listed 19th century Scottish artist. He has had Auction results for paintings in excess of $1 million. Nevertheless, he is most reco...
Category
1850s Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Oil on Canvas “Debbie Harry” by Christina Major 40 x 77
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Words within painting:
High tide, let the water wash away what my heart hides
And show me all the things that Your love finds
Chase away the shadows in my mind with Your light
It's ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
New York City Evening Theater Painting by Michael Budden Phantom of the Opera
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Mystical Phantom
oil/canvas
14x20 unframed, 27.75 x 21.75 framed
signed LR
Mystical Phantom is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Esther Williams, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American swimmer and actress Esther Williams (1921 - 2013) lounging on a trampoline.
This ...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Bull Resting On The Ground
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
$110 Sale Price
20% Off
"Road to Castle Valley, " Original Southwestern Landscape Pastel Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Road to Castle Valley" by Lorenzo Chavez (US based) is a handmade, landscape, pastel painting that depicts a meandering dirt road flanked by majestic sandstone cliffs.
“Road to Ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"The Adoration of the Magi"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
18th Century Italian or Spanish School
"The Adoration of the Magi"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions (Framed): 109 x 197 cm
Dimensions (Canvas): 90 x 170 cm
No signatured
Provenance: ...
Category
18th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Oil Painting on canvas Still Life, books, candle, Signed Azuquita Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This painting is a still-life composition featuring an arrangement of books and other objects on a table. The focal point is an open book, its pages splayed out as if it was recently...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Materials
Oil
"Nude I&II" - limited edition finest quality - color photograph - set of two
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Kseniia Kokovashina - "Nude I&II" set of two.
Beautiful limited edition art photography.
Printable in colour or black/white.
Editions: 20.
Tec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
$500 Sale Price
85% Off
Self-portrait oil on canvas painting
By Lluis Ribas
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
LLuis Ribas (1949) - Self-portrait - Oil canvas
Oil measurements 55x46 cm.
Frameless.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$963 Sale Price
33% Off
Copy of "Wall Street - The Noon Hour" by Felicie Waldo Howell created in 1925
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful copy by an unknown artist, of the original painting "Wall Street - The Noon Hour" originally created in 1925 by the great American artist Felicie Waldo Howell (1897-1968)...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Oil on Canvas -Audrey "I Believe” by Christina Major 57 x 84
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Words within painting:
Audrey “I believe”
Giving is living. If you stop wanting
to give, there’s nothing more to live
for. I believe in being strong when every
thing seems to be goi...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Cityscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Cityscape" c.1930 is an original color etching on wove paper by Austrian/American artist Tana Kasimir Hoernes, 1887-1972. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist. The image (plate mark) size is 12.75 x 9.15 inches, framed size is 19.35 x 15.25 inches. Custom framed in a silver with brown patina frame, with light grey matting and green and red filet. It is in excellent condition,
About the artist:
Tanna Kasimir...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Etching
"Cloud Composition 3" Original Realist Skyscape with Clouds
Located in Denver, CO
"Cloud Composition 3" is a realistic capturing of a golden skyscape, created with oil paint on panel. This piece is framed at 9.5 x 9.5 inches and is ready to hang.
Jesse Mangerson ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Streambed III, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 18" x 30"
Located in Westport, CT
This realistic limited edition print by John Harris features an earth-toned palette and captures a close-up view of water rushing over small rocks in a river bed. Toward the top of t...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Digital, Giclée
Venice Beach Seascape, Long Wave, Nautical Scene in Blue Tones, Limited Edition
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
This beautiful cyanotype is titled "Long Wave in Venice Beach" and it shows an outstanding wave in one of the most iconic ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Emulsion, Watercolor, Engraving, Etching, Monotype
Zermatt Skiing, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland.
This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 ...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Lilies in Soft Light
Located in Fairfield, CT
Jeffrey Vaughn, from Alton, Illinois, received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1978 from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, and his Master of Arts degree in 1981, and Ma...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
Magnolia Blossoms and Blue Jay
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Signed "Mary K. West" on back
UNFRAMED:30" x 20" FRAMED: 30" x 20" x 1.125"
Artist Statement
“The magnolia tree and I share common rots in the Southeast. The Carolinas, Georgia, and Tennessee are home to us both. This stately, ancient tree is native to the Southeast. Its large fragrant blossoms and dark, shiny leaves adorn the green lawns and line the streets of the small towns where I am from. So, when I moved to California, I was pleasantly surprised to see this icon from the South growing freely here as well! This paining, with its representatives from the Southeast (the Magnolia and Blue Jay) and the West (the Plums and Persimmons) shows how roots can expand and grow to embrace new beginnings.”
— Mary Kay West...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Vineyard Haven Dinghy, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 45" x 60"
Located in Westport, CT
This realistic nautical limited edition print by Michel Brosseau captures a view of a small white dinghy boat tied to a dock. Two ores rest inside the small boat, which is surrounded...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Digital, Giclée
Snorkelling In The Shallows, Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta.
This is an estate stampe...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Antique American Fluffy Pomeranian Dog Portrait Wide Gold Frame Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible signed early American dog portrait painting. Oil on board. Signed. Housed in a period gold giltwood frame.
Category
1870s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
Deforestation
Located in Paris, FR
Deforestation is a figurative bronze sculpture by French artist Romain Langlois, representing the face of a man wearing a wooden crown – also made of bronze.
The sculptor’s figurati...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Window with Tulips - original surreal realism seascape floral oil painting
By Luis Fuentes
Located in London, Chelsea
Luis Fuentes captures a serene moment by the coast, inviting viewers to experience the tranquil beauty of the seaside. This original floral and seascape painting, rendered in oil on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dog Portrait of a Hunting Dog by Jules Chardigny (1849-1892)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting of a Hunting Dog
Jules Chardigny (1849-1892)
Circa 1870
Oil on paper.
8 x 6 (18 1/2 x 15 1/4 frame) inches
In Jules Chardigny's signature style, a beloved compa...
Category
1860s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
Gosling (Geese Sculpture)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964)
Gosling , ca. 1960
New Hampshire granite
9.5" by 9 5/8", height is 8 7/8"
Awards: Honorable Mention, Henry O. Avery Prize of 1958.
Sculpture is sold wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Granite
$4,000 Sale Price
60% Off
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
Realist art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Realist art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Michael Budden, Daniel Pollera, and Su Yu. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Realist art, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available.
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Mauritz Lindstrom
Maximillien Luce
Michael Budden Central Park
Midcentury Matador Paintings
Mike Wright
Miracle On Ice
Mississippi River Painting
Monarch Of The Glen Painting
Moroccan Paintings Essaouira
Morpho Butterfly Art
Mount Tamalpais
Murray Dessner
Native American Oklahoma
New England Barn
New Orleans Jazz Poster
Niagara Falls Oil
Oil Painting By Alice
Oil Painting Willow Tree