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
Goldfinch Scherzo
By James Moore
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed by the Artist with a signature and edition number on bronze base.
9/100
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Red Spirals, colorful, superrealism, photorealism
By Doug Newton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Painted directly from live observation, Doug Newton’s hyper-real paintings explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light can transfo...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
On the beach. 1976. Cardboard /mixed media. 50x59cm
Located in Riga, LV
On the beach. 1976. Cardboard /mixed media. 50x59cm
Marina landscape with beach, boats and people relaxing on the seashore.
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Panier de Peches
Located in Austin, TX
Alfred Arthur Brunel de Neuville, French (1879 - 1907) "Panier de Peches" Oil on canvas. Signed lower right side.
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Tranquility" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Tranquility" is an oil painting that depicts a lone white bowl filled with pomegranate seeds sitting with a halved pomegranate on a white surface.
Mia Be...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Linen, Panel
"Ponte Santa Trinita" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Ponte Santa Trinita" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a European city square lined with old brick and...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood
Cross Road II
By Peter Poskas
Located in Greenwich, CT
A house on a hill during winter.
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Freeway Palm
By Tony Peters
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Artist Statement
"Freeway Palm is from a road trip I took when I helped my parents move from San Diego to the midwest aft...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
River. 1979, oil on canvas, 70x81 cm
Located in Riga, LV
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 around Scandinavia and Western Eu...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Teapot & Oranges, Still-life, Italian artist, Florence, Realism, Oil Painting.
Located in Houston, TX
Teapot and Oranges is an oil painting done in the style of Realism in the artist studio in Florence, Italy. It has a custom frame made in Florence by a master framer.
Barbara Castru...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Valley 1969, paper, watercolor, 18x31 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Valley
1969, paper, watercolor, 18x31 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military cour...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Judaica Miniature Oil Painting Jewish Family Scene
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Realism
Subject: Family Portrait
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Dimensions: 12X14 includes frame
Category
20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City.
This i...
Category
1940s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Red Boat Moored, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
boat moored in river on Cape Cod :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Ego, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's "Ego is an oil painting featuring a dark skull contrasted with a light background.
About the artist:
David is an internationally acclaimed and collected artist wh...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 3", Frederick Hart, Figurative Bronze Sculpture, 43x31x18 in
Located in Dallas, TX
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 3" by Frederick Hart is a figurative bronze with the edition of 56/65.
I saw Ex Nihilo (Out of Nothingness) as a single expression of creation, as the metamorph...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Composition with jars and fruit. Realistic Oil painting still-life Bright colors
Located in Segovia, ES
Composition with jars and fruit. Realistic Oil painting still-life Bright colors.
Oil on panel by Spanish artist Álvaro Toledo.
Measurements in centimeters: 44 x 71 x 1 cm / Framed...
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Antique European Realist Framed Street Scene with Horses 19th Century Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique European street scene oil painting. Oil on panel. Framed. Measuring 14 by 19 inches overall and 10 by 14 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed ...
Category
1860s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rabbi with a Fur Hat, Oil Painting by Jeno Gussich
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jeno Gussich, Hungarian (1905 - ??)
Title: Rabbi with a Fur Hat
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right
Size: 24 x 20 inches
Frame Size: 30.5 x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Skiing at St. Moritz, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collector w...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Adrian Collaert 17th Century Engraving Wedding at Cana Martin de Vos
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 i...
Category
17th Century Realist Art
Materials
Engraving
Winter landscape. 2002, oil on cardboard, 59, 5x72 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Winter landscape. 2002, oil on cardboard, 59,5x72 cm
Juris Germanis (1941)
The artist has always had a tendency to catch the most significant features ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Santa Claus Sexy Playboy Cartoon First African American Illustrator, Elmer Simms
Located in Miami, FL
Santa has a quickie with Mom.
Elmer Simms Campbell was the first African American Illustrator to work for major newsstand magazines.
Published December, 1963
Signed in pencil lower...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil
King's College, Cambridge engraving Pieter van der Aa after David Loggan iii
Located in London, GB
Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733), after David Loggan (1634 - 1692)
King's College, Cambridge
Engraving
12 x 16 cm
An eighteenth-century view King's College, Cambridge, engraved by Pi...
Category
Early 18th Century Realist Art
Materials
Engraving
St Catharine's, Cambridge engraving Pieter van der Aa after David Loggan
Located in London, GB
Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733), after David Loggan (1634 - 1692)
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Engraving
12 x 16 cm
An eighteenth-century view of St Catharine's College, Cambri...
Category
Early 18th Century Realist Art
Materials
Engraving
Landscape 1964, watercolor on paper, 20.5x26.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape
1964, watercolor on paper, 20.5x26.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many mili...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Rabbit Hutch, Charles Hunt, Jr, British, Children, Animals
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Charles Hunt, Jr. was born in Kensington, London, in 1829 and was part of a dynasty of painters. He was the son of the genre painter Charles Hunt (1803-1877) and father to four sons ...
Category
19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
In the heyday of summer. 1988, oil on canvas and cardboard, 50x63, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
In the heyday of summer. 1988, oil on canvas and cardboard, 50x63,5 cm
Summer landscape with blooming meadow
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional educatio...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard, Canvas
Along the Coast, Walberswick, Large Print, Limited Edition, Landscape
Located in Deddington, GB
Along the Coast, Walberswick – Large Canvas Print
Limited edition canvas prints by Michael Sanders. These stunning prints are created using fine art archival quality inks and canvas ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Giclée
Adrian Collaert Martin de Vos 17th Century Engraving: The Daemons and the Pigs
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 i...
Category
17th Century Realist Art
Materials
Engraving
Bison Relief
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture signed/signed by the Artist lower left. 3/10
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Alley. 1961. Paper, watercolor, 42x29.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Alley. 1961. Paper, watercolor, 42x29.5 cm
Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013)
Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In ...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Skaal House In Stowe, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The glass-fronted triangular Skaal House, lit up at night, in the Stowe Mountain ski resort in Stowe, Vermont, 1962. A pair of skis leaning against the wal...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
fruit still life oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antonio Pérez Tarrasó (1946) - Fruit still life - Oil on canvas
Canvas measures 65x81 cm.
Frame measures 77x93 cm.
It presents cracked areas as can be seen in the photos.
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Passing/Posing, Paintings & Faux Chapel (suite of 18 separate prints in box)
Located in New York, NY
Kehinde Wiley
Passing/Posing, Paintings & Faux Chapel (suite of 18 separate prints), 2004
Portfolio of 18 Separate Color offset lithographs in original black paste board portfolio bo...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Board, Laid Paper, Lithograph, Offset
Rural road. Cardboard, oil, 50x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Rural road. Cardboard, oil, 50x60 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Leisure and Fashion (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A woman watching a poolside fashion show at the Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, 1961.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the ...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Lambda
Sugarbush Skiing, Vermont, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1660 winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an individual skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960.
This is an...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
"Docked in the Evening Light" Realist oil painting, boats reflecting on water
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Docked in the Evening Light" is a realist oil on linen painting. It depicts the evening light reflecting on water that has several small boats floating. Blue boats are tied with rop...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Minarets of Metwaleys, Cairo, Egypt: Original 19th C. Lithograph by D. Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "Minarets and Grand Entrance of the Metwaleys, at Cairo" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large ...
Category
1840s Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Good Memories, Home 1982
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Good Memories, Home 1982" 1982 is an color etching by noted Austrian artist Josef Eidenberger, 1899-1991. It is hand signed, titled, dated and resigned a second time in pencil by the artist. The plate mark size is 10.25 x 7 inches, framed size is 18 x 14.10 inches. Custom framed in a wood and silver color frame, with green matting and brown filet. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist.
Josef Eidenberger was born in 1899 in the little town of Goisern, Austria,he began his artistic career as a landscape painter. In 1923 he enrolled in the famed Graphic Academy of Art in Vienna and studied under Professor Alfred Cossman.
His recognized talent brought him many commissions from city officials and members of the business communities throughout Europe, especially in Austria and Germany. In 1973 after visiting the United States for the first time he created a series of California etchings...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Etching
Impressionistic Landscape Seascape Oil Painting by Michael Budden Late Light
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Late Light is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a unique composition of late afternoon light over the water created in an ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Impossible Series (Iris), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting (60 x 100 inches)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
Title: Impossible Series (Iris)
Year: 1983
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 60 x 100 inches
Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, verso
LOWELL NESB...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tomahawk Steak - Realist Oil Painting
Located in Tulsa, OK
Abra Johnson's "Tomahawk Steak" is a mouthwatering gem of culinary realism. This 24" x 12" oil painting showcases a perfectly cooked rare Tomahawk steak on a rustic cutting board...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Reliance, 1903 America's Cup
Located in Greenwich, CT
Signed lower left
The painting depicts Reliance in the first race of the 1903 Americas Cup. Sailed off Sandy Hook with a clear sky and a 12 knot breeze Reliance is shown with her ra...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Resist" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Resist" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman, with straight across bangs, in profile where the bright light from a window casts her s...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Yearning, oil painting, Classical Realism, Norweigan Artist, Florence Academy
Located in Houston, TX
Yearning is painted in the style of Classical Realism in Florence Italy.
Yearning was mastered in the Realist style while studying at The Florence A...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Gate of the Metwalis, Cairo, Egypt: Original 19th C. Lithograph by David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "The Gate of the Metwalis, or Bab Zuweyleh, Cairo" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio ...
Category
1840s Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
"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...
Category
19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Ocellated Crake, realist gouache on paper miniature bird portrait, 2020
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
Dina introduces a sense of movement to her gouache Bird by Bird series with her miniature portrait, Ocellated Crake. Wings spread, beaks open wide, and legs hover in the air. This dy...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Outskirts of town. 1959, oil on cardboard, 44x54 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Outskirts of town. 1959, oil on cardboard, 44x54 cm
Realistic sunny landscape
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional education was a...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
"Passing Through" - Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting with Mountains and River
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison’s "Passing Through" is a panoramic oil painting that captures the majesty and solitude of the natural world. Completed in 2024, this original, handmade work transports ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nice Spot for Lunch, Bermuda Beach, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the idyllic 1950s with Slim Aarons' captivating photograph, Nice Spot for Lunch, 1957. Featuring a Cliffside Picnic in Bermuda, this piece beautifully encapsulates the era'...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
By the lake. Oil on cardboard, 40x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape by the lake. Oil on cardboard, 40x50 cm
Arnolds Pankoks (born 1914.21.IX - 2008.)
Graduated Art Academy of Latvia (1937 – 43, 1945 – 47) with diploma work "Restoration of ...
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Racing Horses
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Kentucky Derby lovers---this is for you! Horse racing whether it the the Belmont or the Preakness--decorate for your home party with this moving oil painting rendition of racing ho...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Kakadu
Located in Deddington, GB
A memory of past travels to the beautiful, unspoilt and timeless Kakadu National Park in Australia's Northern Territories. The white egret provides the focal point, flying above the wetlands towards the distant gum trees with their distinctive white trunks. The main colours are blends of blues and greens with a cream strip defining the break between floodplains and land.
Helen Robinson, painter, is available for sale online and in our art gallery at Wychwood Art. Helen Robinson's atmospheric oil paintings represent impressionable moments in her life, mostly inspired by her love of travel and the sea. Following a career in town planning, Helen pursued her interest in art and has now been painting regularly for over 15 years. In 2013, she obtained an Honours degree in Art History when she found she was drawn mostly to artists who painted light. Influences include the 17th century Dutch landscape painters...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Still life with flowers. Oil on canvas, 110x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with flowers. Oil on canvas, 110x80 cm
Category
1870s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Venetian Canal" Late 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Spanish Artist Antonio Reyna
Located in Madrid, ES
ANTONIO REYNA MANESCAU
Spanish, 1859 - 1937
VENETIAN CANAL
signed & located "A. Reyna, Venezia" (lower left)
oil on canvas
11-1/2 x 19-3/4 inche...
Category
1890s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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