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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
After the storm. 2020. Watercolor, paper, 70 x 96 cm
Located in Riga, LV
After the storm. Watercolor, paper, 70 x 96 cm Sea after the storm Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibited since 1969 and are held in private collec...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Expansion of Consciousness. 2018, oil on canvas, 160x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Expansion of Consciousness. 2018, oil on canvas, 160x100cm Agate Apkalne. Born in Riga, 1977 Education: 2005 – MA in arts, Art Academy of Latvia 1998 ...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait John Gilbert - Australian 20's exhibited art male portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
A stunning portrait of Mr John Gilbert. This original oil on canvas was painted by James Peter Quinn in 1929 and was exhibited at The Paris Salon of that year. A fine portrait, it is in excellent condition and framed in the original period frame. This is a fine painting by a noted Australian listed artist. Signed right. Provenance. Exhibited at the Paris salon 1929. Condition. Oil on canvas in very good condition, image size 40 inches by 30 inches. Housed in its original gallery frame, 47 by 37 inches framed. Excellent condition. James Peter Quinn (1869-1951) was born on 4 December 1869 at 60 Bourke Street, Melbourne. He was the third son of John Quinn, restaurant-keeper born in Antigua, West Indies, and his English wife Ann, née Long. Little is known of Quinn's childhood and early education; both parents died when he was young. His guardians apprenticed him to an engraver, but he undertook part-time studies at the school of design, National Gallery of Victoria, under Frederick McCubbin in 1887-89, and at the school of painting under George Folingsby and Bernard Hall in 1890-93. Awarded several student prizes, he won the gallery's travelling scholarship in 1893. Quinn went to London in 1894 but quickly left for Paris where he studied at the Académie Julian, at the Académie des Beaux-Arts under Jean Paul Laurens, and with Colarossi and Delécluse. He returned to London about 1902 and married fellow art-student Blanche Louise Guernier there on 29 September. By 1904 he had exhibited with the Royal Academy of Arts and went on to establish a reputation as a highly successful portrait painter. His finest and most sensitive work was produced before 1910. His family were the subjects of many paintings, including 'Mère et Fils', awarded an honourable mention at the Old Salon, Paris, in 1912. He also painted many self-portraits. His many commissioned works included portraits of Joseph Chamberlain, the Duchess of York and, later, the Duke of Windsor. In 1918-19 he was an official war artist with the Australian Imperial Force in France, and exhibited war paintings at the Grafton Galleries, London. In 1919, with George Coates he was an official artist to the Canadian War Records. He was a council-member of the London Portrait Society, and a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, exhibiting regularly with them and the Royal Academy, and in Paris with the Old and New salons. Quinn's sudden return to Australia in December 1935, alone, followed the death of his gifted artist-son René. He held exhibitions at the Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, in 1936 and the Royal South Australian Society of Arts Gallery next year. Quinn ostensibly returned as an acclaimed artist, was invited to rejoin the Victorian Artists' Society he had joined first in 1888, and was its president (but for one year) in 1937-50. Yet a coolness existed. Though he had little in common with the modernist painters of the period, his commitment to a tolerant brotherhood of artists found no allies among the aggressively conservative old guard. In 1937 he clashed publicly with (Sir) Robert Menzies who in opening a V.A.S. exhibition denigrated modern art. In spite of the affection felt for him by many artists and students, Quinn was somewhat isolated. He continued to exhibit, winning the Crouch prize, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, in 1941. In the mid-1940s he taught briefly at the National Gallery school. A lover of good food, wine and conversation, Quinn delighted in mixing with all classes. Frequenting the haunts of journalists, writers and the more Bohemian fringe, he was easily recognizable with his bow tie, grey curly hair and cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth. Survived by one son, he died of cancer on 18 February 1951 at Prahran and was buried in St Kilda cemetery. His war portraits are held by the Australian War...
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1920s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

"Three White and Gold Cups with Polka Dots" Sparkly Still Life of Stacked Cups
Located in Wellesley, MA
Olga Antonova’s subject is compositions of extraordinarily elegant and beautiful cups, plates, teapots, and dishes, but there is something humorous and provocative about these painti...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

WESTERN LIGHT & SHADOW, Original Contemporary Realist Landscape Painting
Located in Boston, MA
WESTERN LIGHT & SHADOW, Original Contemporary Realist Landscape Painting 24" x 40" x 1.25" (HxWxD) Oil on Stretched Linen Artist Jim Lamb paints the rural pastural landscape with a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Newport Sailboat
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist FRAMED: 21.375" x 17.375" x 1.25"; UNFRAMED: 12" x 16"
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Legend of Hummingbird
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original painting signed by the Artist on the lower right.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Spring. Oil on cardboard, 40x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Spring. Oil on cardboard, 40x50 cm Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I) His first professional education was at National University at studies to...
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Cardboard, Oil

Akari. Holiday. Girl, Japan, Kimono
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting “Akari. Holiday” continues the series of paintings “Children of the World”. "Akari is the most popular girl's name in Japan today." said Anna about this portait. "The g...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Saint Cergue Switzerland
By Willam Stewart Orr
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Saint Cergue Switzerland" c.1930 is a watercolor by noted Scottish artist William Stuart Orr, 1872-1944. It is hand signed by the artist at the lower left corner...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

"Beginnings" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's (Us based) "Beginnings" is an oil painting that depicts a window partially blocked with a white curtain, with the contending light and shadows making patterns on its for...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel, Linen

Jaguar
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement “I like to think of the jaguar as the welterweight of big cats. Even though this sculpture is small my aim was to c...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Bronze

Puissance, Horse Drawing, Charcoal and graphite on Fabriano paper, white frame
Located in Dallas, TX
Puissance is a beautiful and unique charcoal drawing on paper of a dynamic horse. The Fabriano paper is a high quality watercolor grade set in a custom white wood frame, all archival...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite

Water Lilies, Cornelis Van Reken, 1879 – 1959, Dutch Painter, Harlem School
Located in Knokke, BE
Water Lilies Van Reken Cornelis 1879 – 1959 Dutch Painter Harlem School Signature: Signed bottom left Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 60 x 80 cm Biography: Van Reken Cornelis was born in 1879. He was a Dutch landscape painter...
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Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Old Testament Scene with Angel 1813 Large Grisaille Drawing on Paper Signed
Located in Stockholm, SE
One of the characters in this scene is a mature man, kneeling with his head bowed and hands clasped near his chest in a gesture of supplication. His posture conveys a sense of humili...
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Early 19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Mahogany, Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

"Musical Interlude" 19th century antique realism Large oil painting on Board
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Provenance: Private Collection Atlanta, GA Estate sale Everard Gallery, Savannah, GA, Private Collection Callen Estate, Savannah GA 2018 Description: The painting is signed on the lower right side. Francesco Beda (1840-1900) was an Italian painter celebrated for his exquisite genre scenes and historical subjects. Born in Italy, Beda displayed a natural talent for art from a young age and received formal training in painting. He developed a distinctive style characterized by meticulous attention to detail, vibrant colors, and a keen eye for capturing the essence of his subjects. One of Beda’s notable oil paintings on canvas is titled “Musical Interlude.” This masterpiece measures 24×36″ and bears the artist’s signature. The painting showcases Beda’s exceptional skill in depicting textures, colors, and architectural details with stunning realism. In “Musical Interlude,” Beda transports the viewer to a scene of musical entertainment in the 19th century. The bold and vibrant colors of the dresses and period-style clothing evoke the richness and elegance of the time. Beda’s attention to fabric texture allows the viewer to almost feel the weight and flow of the garments through their eyes. The interior architecture depicted in the painting reveals Beda’s mastery in capturing delicate details. The beautifully painted marble column and intricately carved wood chair...
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19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Bombay Hook Wildlife Reserve: large black & white landscape photograph w/ sepia
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This large-scale black and white landscape is part of artist Ron Tarver's long-term, ongoing project, " Land, Sea, Air," that explores the wide-ranging system of wetlands in the US National Wildlife Refuge. It depicts the wetlands of the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, one of the largest remaining expanses of tidal salt marsh in the mid-Atlantic region. The refuge, located along the coast of Delaware, is mostly marsh, but also includes freshwater impoundments and upland habitats that are managed for other wildlife. Through his elegantly rendered naturalistic photos that verge on abstraction, Tarver investigates the delicate nature of the ecosystem, the government's precarious conservation policies, and our relationship to these unique spaces. This print is also in the collection of the Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA. It ships rolled in a 36 "x 6" tube. Ron Tarver is a professor of Studio Art specializing in Photography at Swarthmore College. He served as staff photographer at the Philadelphia Inquirer for 32 years, and his work has appeared in National Geographic, Life, Time, Newsweek, The New Yorker, and Black and White Magazine. He is co-author of the book We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans, published by Harper Collins in 2004, which was accompanied by a traveling exhibition. Tarver shares a 2012 Pulitzer Prize at the Inquirer for his work on a series documenting school violence in the Philadelphia public school system, and was nominated for a second Pulitzer in 2013 for a series exploring dog...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Still life with fruits. 1930, oil on canvas, 64x56 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with fruits. 1930, oil on canvas, 64x56 cm Alfons Mihailovskis (1899. 29. 03. Riga - 1966. 27. 12. Nothingem, England) He graduated the Art Academy of Latvia, master clas...
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1930s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Satirical French Illustration of Man and Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Satirical French Illustration of Man and Woman Comical illustration by Gaston Hoffmann (French, 1883-1967) titled "un bon tien vant amieux que deux tu l'auras" in French, "one real ...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Coffee Shop of Cairo, Egypt: Original 19th C. Lithograph by David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "The Coffee-Shop of Cairo" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio edition, published in Lo...
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1840s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Ex Nihilo Fragment 6", Frederick Hart, Figurative Bronze Sculpture, 39X23X12 in
Located in Dallas, TX
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 6" by Frederick Hart is a figurative bronze with the edition of 55/65. Ex Nihilo Fragment No. 6, detail from the full-scale plaster for the final stone sculpture of Ex Nihilo, was commissioned as part of The Creation Sculptures at Washington National Cathedral...
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Early 2000s Realist Art

Materials

Bronze

Early 18th Century Globe Terrestre Engraving
By Francois Halma
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderfully detailed steel engraving of the earth, locations labeled in French: Afrique, Grande Tartarie, La Chine, etc., by By Francois Halma (Dutch, 1653-1722), 1705. Interesting f...
Category

Early 1700s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Afternoon Cala Molto", Oil on canvas of underwater swimmers, cool tones
Located in Dallas, TX
"Afternoon Cala Molto" is a stunning oil on canvas by Patsy McArthur, showing a couple underwater swimmere surrounded by refreshing, cool turquoise green water and stunning reflectio...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

London Stock Exchange Waiter - 1960s British drawing by Francis Watt
By Frances Watt
Located in London, GB
FRANCES WATT (1923-2009) London Stock Exchange Waiter Pen and ink and watercolour wash, unframed, in mount only 17 by 13 cm., 6 ½ by 5 in. Edith Frances Watt was born in Falkirk in 1923. In 1926 the family moved to Switzerland when her father, the Rev Thomas Meikle Watt, was appointed permanent chaplain to the Church of Scotland in Geneva. Her father died in 1938 and the family returned to Scotland where Frances continued her schooling at Aberdeen High School for Girls. Her mother moved the family to London in about 1940 and they settled in Southwood Lawn Road, Highgate. Frances attended the Hornsey School of Art were she gained a National Diploma in Design before going on to study at the Byam Shaw School in London, where she later taught. In Highgate she was a member of the Highgate Artists Group, which included Sir Kyffin Williams among its exhibiting members, and she was also an active member of the Highgate Choral Society, designing many programmes and posters for its productions in the 1950s. In the early 1960s she was commissioned by the Council of the Stock Exchange to record the daily life in the Square Mile. Over the next 20 years she was brilliantly placed to observe the enormous changes taking place in the great institutions of the Stock Exchange and Lloyd’s of London...
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1960s Realist Art

Materials

Ink

Walking Leopard
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement “By exploring the forms in this piece, and given the simplicity of the gesture, I can directly address the concept ...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Bronze

Detailed Fantasy Landscape by Mystery Artist
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Fantasy Landscape), c. 1890 Oil on canvas Sight: 5 1/4 x 3 14 in. Framed: 12 3/4 x 10 5/8 x 1 in.
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1890s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"TWO MALLARDS" FLYING DUCKS FRAMED 23.25 X 27.25
Located in San Antonio, TX
Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951) Massachusetts Image Size: 15.5 x 15.5 Frame Size: 23.25 x 27.25 Medium: Charcoal on Paper Dated 1930 "Two Mallards Biography Frank Weston Benson (1862...
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1930s Realist Art

Materials

Charcoal

No Surrender, Belfast, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features children playing 'Ring a Ring o' Roses' on a street marked with graffiti reading 'No Surr...
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1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Kolkhoz in winter. 1950, oil on cardboard, 28.5x35.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
skiers by Kolkhoz at winter A. Zviedris was a member of the Latvian Artists’ Union since 1945 and had more than 50 solo exhibitions in Latvia. He travelled extensively by yacht aroun...
Category

1950s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

"On Lake Senezh, Moscow Region"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
“On Lake Senezh, Moscow Region” - Continuity of artistic traditions in a modern vision You have a unique opportunity to join the living history of art through the painting “On Lake S...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Hyperreal Bright Yellow Glass Balloon Sculpture
Located in East Quogue, NY
Hyperreal bright yellow glass water balloon sculpture by Dylan Martinez. Dylan Martinez’s hyperrealistic water balloons are made of solid sculpted glass sandblasted and acid-etche...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Glass, Blown Glass

Light. Amber evening., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Light. Amber evening. Warm water, serenity of waves, shine of the ocean, evening sun glare glide on the water, create an atmosphere of relaxation and romance. Made in the style of re...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Acrylic

"Finest Hope" original lithograph signed pop art abstract hyperrealism collage
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Finest Hope" is an original color lithograph by Michael Knigin. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and wrote the edition number, 182/300, in the lower left with graphite...
Category

1980s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Ink

Spring Surf on Lake Michigan
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Lake Michigan is famous for its landscape paintings. This limited edition lithograph numbered 459/500 is entitled "Spring Surf on Lake Michigan" and is signed and remarqued by the artist Leo Kuschel.
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Impressionistic Realism Ocean City Beach Seascape Oil Painting Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Original Summers Point Bridge to Ocean City, NJ oil/canvas 20 x 28 image size 26 x 34 framed (frame shows some age with marks, etc. on sides but shows well front on) An oil painting ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil

"Prisoner of Love" Oil Painting 47" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Prisoner of Love" Oil Painting 47" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy 2019 ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube. A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a glamorous, feminine,...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Summer Over Bridgehampton" - realist landscape painting, sun setting over beach
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Summer Over Bridgehampton" is an oil on brass landscape painting. The painting shows the sun setting over a mecox bay from Scott Cameron Beach in The Hamptons. Clouds swirl around t...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Brass

"Reds of Venice" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Reds of Venice" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a boat floating on a channel within the brick lined walls of Venice, Italy. Ar...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Linen

"Russian Olive Tree", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Jill Soukup's "Russian Olive Tree" is an oil painting created on location in 2021` that depicts a tree highlighted with sky. About the artist: Jill Soukup was born in Buffalo, New...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

"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

Giclée, Digital

The Great Escape by Patsy McArthur - unique charcoal on paper - white box frame
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a beautiful and unique charcoal on paper drawing. The Fabriano paper is a high quality watercolour grade set in a custom white wood frame, all archival materials. Scottish ...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper

Portrait of Decima Moore - Actress & Suffragette Edwardian drawing female artist
By Maria Cowell nee Sayer
Located in London, GB
A fine, circa 1907, Edwardian pencil / charcoal drawing. Executed by Maria Cowell nee Sayer, it depicts a portrait of Decima Moore - an actress and Suffragette. A very striking and f...
Category

Early 1900s Realist Art

Materials

Charcoal, Carbon Pencil

Sunrise at Camp Big Horn; Lake Arrowhead
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 18" x 24" FRAMED: 25.5" x 31.75" x 1.75" Artist Statement “I love sunrises. I love the life-affirming sensation of the inevitable coming of light despite the temporary rule of darkness. I try to catch it every time I can. Sunrises are particularly spectacular in the mountains. Camping with our twin boys sets opportunities to witness those awesome moments, such as with this magical sunrise at Lake Arrowhead...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Stormy Night, Tribeca, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
One of those cold, blustery nights in Tribeca, snow squalls and wind! The play of street lights, window lights, and car lights against the darkening night sky highlights the lone fi...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

“Still Life With Tulips” Contemporary Realist Art Historical Still Life Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Realist still life painting by contemporary Houston artist Scott Woodard. The work features a vase of white tulips, a brown decorative vase, a statue referencing Jan van Eyck's "The ...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Acrylic

"Ballet Lessons", 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Sebastián Llobet Ribas, Spanish
Located in Madrid, ES
SEBASTIÁN LLOBET RIBAS Spanish, 1887 - 1975 signed "Llobet Ribas" (lower right) signed again "Llobet Ribas" (on the reverse) oil on canvas 32 x 25-3/4 inches (80.5 x 65 cm.) unframed PROVENANCE Private Collector, Barcelona Painter and draftsman of the twentieth century, born in Barcelona in 1887. He attended the Fine Arts Schools and was a disciple of Vicente Climent. He participated in the Self-Portraits Exhibition held in 1907, in the Drawing Exhibition in the Sala Parés in 1910, in several of the Spring and International Exhibition, and in the National Exhibition of 1942 and 1944 in Barcelona and in 1950 in Madrid. In the 1951 Exhibition of the Circulo de Bellas Artes de Palma de Mallorca, he obtained a medal for the set of drawings...
Category

1930s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Study I (Surrender), 6 x 4, Waterfall Landscape, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's "Study I (Surrender)," completed in 2023, is a captivating example of contemporary realism expressed through the timeless medium of oil on mounted linen. This original ...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Still life with vegetables. 1973. Oil on cardboard and canvas, 35x55 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with vegetables. 1973. Oil on cardboard, on canvas, 35x55 cm
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard, Canvas

Conceptual Realist Drawing Floral Wheat Delicate Detailed American female artist
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original contemporary graphite drawing by American contemporary female artist Amanda Besl. Diana's Field 2, 2018 Graphite on paper 34 × 24 in 86.4 × 61 cm This work was created ...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Graphite

An Old Man Pointing at Pocket Watch, Artist 19th Century, European School
Located in Knokke, BE
An Old Man Pointing at Pocket Watch Artist 19th Century European School Signature: Signed bottom left Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: Image size 46 x 55,50 cm
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19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Original Still Life oil painting on canvas, Fruits, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is an original oil painting on canvas depicting a Still Life composition. Unsigned. Nicely framed. Good condition. Please see the photos, they are part of the descript...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Sun's Rays, Westhampton Beach
Located in New York, NY
Gouache on paper Signed and dated, l.r. 9 x 12 inches This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City Born in California, John Button (1929-1982) was educated at Univ...
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Vintage Huge Signed Photorealist Southwest Cactus Avocado Still Life Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Windmill and Shepherd Boy Landscape Collaboration Two Famous Norwegian Artists
Located in Stockholm, SE
Сollaboration work by two Norwegian artists: Morten Müller (1828 - 1911) and Olaf Christopher Dahl (1842 - 1895). Painted approximately in late 19th century (ca. 1870 - 1880). The collaboration of two renowned Norwegian artists in this landscape is an example of the fusion of their talent and skill. A very interesting compositional solution, where among the hills buried in vegetation, a lowland with a small pond is depicted, where a young shepherd has brought his cow to the watering hole. In the distance, on the hill, a windmill is visible, creating an emphasis on the perspective and depth of the composition. The nuanced interplay of light and shadow adds of complexity to the scene. The calmness of the pastoral setting below contrasts markedly with presence of gloomy clouds looming above. This juxtaposition creates a harmonious balance, presenting a duality inherent in nature. And this rare and awesome work of art should be considered for museum collection as well. Both painters presented in National Museum Oslo, Norway. Size app.: 46 x 69 cm (roughly 18.1 x 27.2 in), with frame 60 x 84 cm cm (roughly 23.6 x 33.1 in). Good condition with wear, tiny losses to paint in minor areas and craquelure. So it needs minor care and conservation. Please study good resolution images for overall 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. 4.4 kg is going to measure some 6 kg volume weight packed for shipment. Morten Müller began his art studies with Adolph Tidemand and Hans Gude in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 1847 to 1848. From 1850 he was again a student at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, with Johann Wilhelm Schirmer as a teacher. From 1850 to 1851, Müller painted with the Swedish landscape painter Marcus...
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Late 19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

'Still Life with Sculpture', Hague School Oil, Dutch Artist, Liu Haichan, Daoism
By Cornelius Anton Bartels
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'C.A. Bartels' for Cornelius Anton Bartels (Dutch, born 1890) and painted circa 1945. A still-life with a sculpture of the Daoist immortal, Liu Haichan...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper, Graphite, Gouache

In the yard. 1869, watercolor on paper, 30, 5 x 47, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
In the yard. 1869, watercolor on paper, 30, 5 x 47, 5 cm C. J. W. Huns was born in the family of Estonian teacher, organ player and sacristan Karl Fridrich Huhn. He studied in Rig...
Category

1860s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Jane Peart, Sea View, Original Seascape Painting, Contemporary Realist Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Sea View by Jane Peart [2022] original Acrylic painting Image size: H:51 cm x W:76 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:51 cm x W:76 cm x D:2cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Olaf Schneider, "Tiny Dancer", 16x10 Ballet Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"Tiny Dancer" by Olaf Schneider is a 16"x10" oil painting on canvas. This life-like painting depicts a brunette ballerina dancer in pose, dressed in blue with a white hair piece tyi...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, 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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