Nikolay Kulainis Rosehip. oil on cardboard, 23x27, 5 cm
$420Sale Price|20% Off
Rosehip. oil on cardboard, 23x27, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Rosehip. Oil on cardboard, 23x27,5 cm
1970s Realist Art
Oil, Cardboard
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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Rosehip. oil on cardboard, 23x27, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Rosehip. Oil on cardboard, 23x27,5 cm
Oil, Cardboard
$1,950
W.C. Nowell "Fresh Picked" 8x12 Strawberry Country Fruit Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This fruit still life, "Fresh Picked", by artist W.C. Nowell is a 8x12 oil painting on canvas featuring a teal basket of bright red fresh strawberries fallen on the table onto a blue...
Oil
Lyford Cay Fire Service, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two people horseback riding at the Rawlins Plantation inn, Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indi...
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Lyford Cay Fire Service, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two people horseback riding at the Rawlins Plantation inn, Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indi...
Lambda
$11,900
"The Returning" photorealistic red marine lantern, a warm signal of the sea
Located in Edgartown, MA
Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years. Both cities are on the Atlantic coast of France and have rich maritime histories, highlighted by prospero...
Linen, Oil
$11,000
"Over the Rainbow" (2024) By Gregory Block, Original Oil Painting of Donuts
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Over the Rainbow" is an original, handmade painting that depicts a variety of colorful box of fresh donuts in high detail. About the Artist: Gregory was...
Mixed Media
"Shell 16, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's "Shell 16" is an oil on board created in 2019 depicting an illuminated shell floating in a black background. About the artist: Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1986 and moved to Colorado at an early age. During his childhood, he attended a Waldorf...
Oil
On the market
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I poured my passion for everyday moments—the quiet connection between two people immersed in simple choices at a vibrant market. Through oil, I captured their focus...
Canvas, Oil
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...
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
$1,800
Original 1975 NYC Manhattan coloring book drawing, George Washington Bridge
Located in Southampton, NY
This is the actual drawing that was used for the 1975 "Manhattan Coloring Book" David Edward Byrd created some of the most memorable Classic Theatre and Rock and Roll images from the 1960s and 70s. David created ALL of the Art for Bill Graham’s Fillmore East, including their Program covers and Rock posters, the art for Jimi Hendrix’s first Fillmore East appearance, The Rolling Stones 1969 World Tour art, The Who’s Performance of Tommy at the New York Metropolitan Opera House and The Fillmore, and The Grateful Dead Swell Dance Concert to name only a few where all created by David Edward Byrd. He also created the poster art for the original location of the 1969 Woodstock music festival . His memorable images were also used for classic Broadway shows like Godspell, Follies and Jesus Christ Superstar to mention only a few. These museum quality drawings are rarely made available for sale, they are not only wonderful rare works of art, but are truly historically important works in the field of Theatre and Rock and Roll collecting. It has been framed with archival double matting. David Byrd's poster art is in many museum collections, including : The Louvre, in Paris, Victoria & Albert in London, The Museum of Modern Art in New York and The Smithsonian in Washington, DC. In 1975, The New York Times commissioned Superstar artist David Byrd to create the "Manhattan Coloring Book" It was to be a coloring book for adults featuring NYC landmark...
Vellum, Pencil
$1,495Sale Price|20% Off
Expression. 1987, canvas, oil, 60x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Expression. 1987, canvas, oil, 60x80 cm The central focus of the painting is the shoreline where the boats are situated. The calm sea in the painting reflects the aftermath of the ...
Oil, Canvas
World War 2 original propaganda poster - Loose Talk Can Cost Lives
By Howard Scott
Located in London, GB
Howard Scott Loose Talk Can Cost Lives Lithograph 51 x 36 cm 'Closed for the duration...Loose talk can cost lives.' In both the United Kingdom and the United States, there was a ...
Lithograph
Angel from Ukraine, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Ludovit Holoska wrote on Roman Rembovsky: At the beginning of his independent career, spontaneity and naturalism, together with an artistic element, led him to new experiences and hi...
Oil
$1,682Sale Price|20% Off
Evolution. Oil on canvas, 100x100 cm
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Igor Maikov (1966) Education: 1981 - 1984 The Art Academy of Latvia 1973 - 1983 Salaspils Primary and Secondary School Exhibitions: 1994 - Group Exhibition «Rol-Art», Latvia ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
Beach Path & Ocean Impressionistic Seascape Oil Painting by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beach Path II oil/panel 11 x 14 image unframed, 17.38 x 20.38 framed Signed LL Beach Path II is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that sho...
Oil
Conca dei Marini, Amalfi Coast, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a busy bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984. This is an est...
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Yacht Wanderer (Slave Ship)
Located in Jacksonville, FL
When you gaze upon "Yacht Wanderer (Slave Ship)" by William Gay Yorke, you're not just looking at a maritime painting; you're peering into a fragment of history with profound and com...
Canvas, Oil
$5,500
'Still Life Four Stacked White Gold Cups with Background of White Beige Flowers'
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Elegant Still Life of Stacked White and Gold Cups with Beige and White Flower Background," 2019, Oil on Canvas, 20 x 20 Inches (Unframed). Olga A...
Oil
Blue water. Glare., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Blue water. Glare. The ocean, sparks of the sun on the water, clear skies, non-lash waves create an atmosphere of relaxation and romance. Made in the style of realism, light blue, wh...
Acrylic
$2,337Sale Price|55% Off
Venetian painter - 19th-century Venice view, Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (19th century) - Venice, view of Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo. 40 x 63 cm (without frame) - 49 x 70.5 cm (with frame). Oil on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame (not...
Canvas, Oil
Before performance
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I captured a quiet, intimate moment of a ballerina preparing to perform. Using oil, I wanted to convey both the delicate grace and intense focus behind the scenes. ...
Canvas, Oil
Lanfranco - Steve Cauthen Up, Photorealist Oil Painting by Roy Miller
By Roy Miller
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Miller, British (1938 - ) Title: Lanfranco - Steve Cauthen up Year: 1986 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. Size: 24 in. x 28 in. (60.96 cm x 71.12 cm) Frame ...
Oil
Emilio Sánchez Perrier, A orillas del Guadalquivir
Located in Madrid, ES
EMILIO SÁNCHEZ PERRIER Spanish, 1855 - 1907 A ORILLAS DEL GUADALQUIVIR signed and located "E Sanchez Perrier / Sevilla" (lower left) oil on wood...
Oil, Wood Panel
Prints
Located in East Quogue, NY
Hyperreal oil painting by Anthony Adcock of a dirt footprint - gold and silver on paper, presented in wood frame. Image is hand drawn on paper. Anthony Adcock's hyperreal oil pain...
Gold, Silver
Side profiles, sketch by Keith Vaughan
By Keith Vaughan 1
Located in London, GB
Keith Vaughan Side profiles Ballpoint pen sketch 17 x 13 cm Born in 1912, Keith Vaughan was a British painter known for his modernist and semi-abstract depictions of the male fig...
Ballpoint Pen
Robert Kenneth White "Beneath the Orchard Sky" Large-Scale Realist Oil Landscape
Located in Miami, FL
ROBERT KENNETH WHITE – "BENEATH THE ORCHARD SKY" ⚜ Oil on Canvas ⚜ Hand Signed Lower Right ⚜ Frameless Display A LUMINOUS LANDSCAPE OF COLOR AND STILLNESS In “Beneath the Orchard Sk...
Canvas, Oil
"Irises" oil on canvas figurative painting, woman among blue flowers, yellow sky
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Reverie" is a contemporary oil painting on canvas. Orsolic is known for her melodic landscapes and precise attention to detail, however, in this painting, she branches away from rea...
Canvas, Oil
Sailing regatta., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Sailing regatta. Sailboats sail under the midday sun, the light is reflected from the canvas of the sail and passing clouds, the ocean, a serene view, creates an atmosphere of relaxation, harmony and bliss. Realism. The work of the palette knife knife...
Oil
Ocean light 3., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Ocean light 3. Blue water, ocean, water glare, clear sky, create an atmosphere of relaxation and romance. Made in the style of realism, light blue, white palette emphasizes the energ...
Acrylic
Keble College Chapel, watercolour by David Garland
Located in London, GB
David Garland (b.1941) Keble College Chapel Watercolour 28 x 38 cm This richly coloured watercolour was painted by David Garland for the 1971 edition of the 'Oxford Almanack.' Th...
Watercolor
Wrapped - original contemporary artwork - figurative oil painting
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Canvas, Oil
Coffee Pot with Glass Balls and Flowers, Original Painting
By John Jaster
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist John Jaster illustrates a dramatic still life in high contrast realism. A vintage blue campfire coffee pot sprouts a dynamic arrangement of colorful fl...
Acrylic
Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Signpost''
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Bahamas Signpost 1964 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. A signpost in Nassau points the way to...
Lambda
Joseph Arthur Powell - Early 20th Century British Watercolour of a Watermill
Located in London, GB
JOSEPH ARTHUR POWELL (1876-1961) A Watermill Watercolour Unframed 38 by 55 cm., 15 by 21 ¾ in. (mount size 54 by 70 cm., 21 ¼ by 27 ½ in.) Born in London he was the son of the su...
Watercolor
Physalis - original oil painting realist flower still life realism art
By Martha Nairn
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Canvas, Oil
Prospect of Durham from the River 19th Century Watercolour
Located in London, GB
To see our other views and maps of England - including London, Durham, Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" -...
Watercolor
Study (Stardust), 7 x 12, Landscape, Oil Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's "Study (Stardust)," a 2023 oil on panel, invites the viewer into the cosmic dance of interstellar beauty. This exquisite piece, measuring 7 x 12 inches, is framed to a s...
Oil
$3,120Sale Price|20% Off
Tranquil Beach – Dog in Coastal Landscape Painting on Panel, Blue Sky & Clouds
Located in Dallas, TX
"Tranquil Beach" is a peaceful dog painting on panel by Kazaan Viveiros features a soulful brown dog sitting quietly amid coastal grasses under a blue sky with soft clouds. A tranqui...
Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Exit Inward Between Memory and Embodiment
Located in Zofingen, AG
ust one more second — and she will open her eyes. And the game will begin again. She will once again enter the matrix of her next incarnation. The pendant with the magical eye around...
Canvas, Oil
A small oil painting of Deer in a Forest, late 19th century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Alice G. Gropper (late nineteenth century) Deer in the Forest Oil on canvas, 12 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches FRAMED: 14 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (approx.) Inscribed on stretcher: (in ink) "Alice ...
Canvas, Oil
Alfred Hitchcock and Ina, Hollywood, Harper's Bazaar
Located in New York, NY
Alfred Hitchcock and Ina, Hollywood, Harper's Bazaar, 1962 Gelatin Silver Print image size: 12 x 8 inches print size: 13 x 9 1/2 inches signed in pen recto on lower right; photog...
Silver Gelatin
Women in blue and yellow, vintage poster design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987) Women in blue and yellow Gouache 30 x 47 cm c.1930 Provenance: Family of the artist A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British artist, illustrator, and d...
Ballpoint Pen
Morning of New Year's Day
By Zhang Li
Located in Greenwich, CT
Oil on linen painting by Zhang Li of a Chinese girl looking out of the window. Zhang Li is a member of the Chinese Association of Artists. He has won many national awards in China...
Linen, Oil
Nude in the Window, Oil Painting by Sandu Liberman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Sandu Liberman Title: Nude in the Window Year: circa 1970 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 24 in. x 24 in. (60.96 cm x 60.96 cm) Frame: 31 x 31 inches
Oil
$1,800
Saint-Tropez, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early-1970s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two young women, one wearing a kaftan, stepping onto a yacht on the waterfront at Saint-Tropez, Franc...
Lambda
In the realm of the forest king. 2017, Oil on canvas, 120x160 cm
Located in Riga, LV
"I like to observe nature, animals, birds, landscapes. I depict my observations in paintings. Painting helps me to see, feel and understand the world, to be part of the world." -Jānis Ziņgītis...
Canvas, Oil
Rufus Crested Coquette, realist gouache 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, Rufus Crested Coquette. Wings spread, beaks open wide, and legs hover in the air. ...
Paper, Gouache
"The Return II" Charcoal Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's (US based) "The Return II" is an original, handmade charcoal painting that depicts a grey monochrome sky with clouds. Nature and those that inhabit it—our human selves...
Charcoal, Mylar
Ice Abstraction
By Brett Weston
Located in Buffalo, NY
Signed and dated on the front of the mount. Limited edition of 35. Number 9 of 35. From the “Twenty Photographs, 1970-1977” Portfolio.
Silver Gelatin
Taped Sky
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original watercolor painting by American artist Catherine Koenig.
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Victorian Still Life with Fruit and Foliage Small Oil Painting one of a pair.
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Still Life with Fruit and Foliage a Small Oil Painting, one of a pair. Exquisitely painted Still Life of Apples and Plums, it looks like you can just reach in and pick one...
Oil
Thunderhead
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original oil painting on linen by artist Dustin Van Wechel. Framed.
Linen, Oil
Boxing Match
Located in New York, NY
Hermine David, drypoint and engraving, Boxing Match, circa 1927, signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin. Reference: Jean Adhemar, Inventaire Biblioth...
Engraving, Drypoint
The Sunflower and the Bee, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting was done with high quality oil paint on canvas. I use traditional techniques to achieve a high level of realism and show how beautiful nature is. It measures 16x16 i...
Oil
Peony_01, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By Helal Uddin
Located in Yardley, PA
This is one of my studio paintings. Trying to capture nature of beauty. I love watercolor because it’s a very challenging medium. I used Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors with wo...
Watercolor
Radicchio, food still life, purple on grey, super realistic painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The artist describes this work: "Inspired by a head of Radicchio in our local market. The white veins crossing through the maroon really caught my eye and needed to be captured in o...
Oil, Canvas
Sharing Space
By Bela Bacsi
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Description Resting upon a golden cushion, this two-faced subject has the look of a mask that one would be able to wear. ...
Marble
$2,734
Until the final bloom - 21st Century Realistic Still-life Painting with a bird
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Jeanine Donkers Until the final bloom 40 x 40 cm ( framed included in price) Measurement with included frame: 44 x 44 cm Oil on wood panel Jeanine Donkers' paintings offer a world ...
Oil, Wood Panel
St Albans Cathedral (1810), engraving by James Basire
By John 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 ...
Engraving
St Albans Cathedral (1810), engraving by James Basire
By John Basire
Located in London, GB
James Basire & John Carter St Albans Cathedral Engraving 62 x 46 cm This engraving was originally published by the Society of Antiquaries of London, an organisation dedicated to ...
Engraving