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
Beach Path & Ocean Impressionistic Seascape Oil Painting by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beach Path
oil/panel
11 x 14 image unframed, 17.38 x 20.38 framed
Beach Path is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a plein a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"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
"Remember When" (2024) By Matt Talbert, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert's "Remember When" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting on panel that depicts a portrait of a seated brunette in deep contemplation.
Artist bio/statement:
Matt ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Weightlessness
Located in Zofingen, AG
In the embrace of water, weightlessness becomes our faithful companion, allowing us to temporarily free ourselves from the burden of everyday life and experience the lightness of bei...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
"Cuenca - The Cliff Dwellers" Antique Etching of the Casas Colgadas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Cuenca - The Cliff Dwellers" Antique Etching of the Casas Colgadas
Detailed architectural etching by Ernest David Roth (American b. 1879 d. 1964.) The etching depicts the famous Ca...
Category
1920s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
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
Unknown (still life with fan)
Located in Columbia, MO
UNKNOWN
(still life with fan)
Unknown
Oil on canvas
Framed: 35.5 x 23.5 inches
Category
19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Michigan Avenue, Chicago.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Michigan Avenue, Chicago" 1930 is a colors etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is hand signed at the lower center in pencil by the artist. The plate ...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Etching
The Watercarrier, Orientalist Gouache and Watercolor on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century orientalist watercolour on paper by Aiveill, signed bottom right.
In art history, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction ...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor, Paper
In the Still of Autumn, original 36x48 realistic autumn landscape
By Barry DeBaun
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
This original landscape of a classic northeast autumn captures the still feeling and quiet peace of the season. New York artist Barry DeBaun has used cl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Poppies; Tejon Ranch, California
By Ray Roberts
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
UNFRAMED: 18" x 24" FRAMED: 24.5" x 30.5" x 1"
Artist Statement
"This scene was inspired by a trip to Tejon Ranch nearly 10 years ago with a small group of artists from the California Art Club. The golden color offers a different take on “California gold’ and is very much like the the foothill scenery near my home in Angels Camp."
— Ray Roberts
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
The Bath. Late 19th Century. Oil on canvas, 61x46 сm
Located in Riga, LV
Vinsent G. Stiepevich (1841 - 1910)
Russian and American artist. Emigrated to New York in 1878, where he lived in Brooklyn, Vincent Stiepevich was noted for his realist painting style of portrait, figure and genre subjects, especially in Harem and Orientalist* settings.
Memberships in New York included the Artists Fund Society* the Brooklyn Art Association*, 1878-82, 1891; National Academy of Design*, 1878-91; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts* annual, 1885, 1888-91; Boston Art...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cat Animal Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
472
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Cat
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (30...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Cat Therapy
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, we see a minimalist room with a huge window, beyond which stretches a sky filled with fluffy white clouds. Muted colors dominate—the blue of the sky contrasts beaut...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
"Glimmer" (2024) Oil Painting by Karen Offutt, Nude Female Portrait
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's (US based) "Glimmer" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female wearing a translucent robe, posing with her arms above her head. The painting is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Óleo sobre tela - Retrato femenino
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado por el artista en la parte superior
El estado de la obra es bueno
Se presenta enmarcada la obra
Medidas de la obra: 65 x 54 cm.
Medidas de la obra enmarcada: 78 x 67 cm.
...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of Cows Resting In The Grass Meadows
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
Dou...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
LARGE OIL PAINTING OLD MASTER ARTHUR MEADOWS (1843 - 1907) FINE 19th CENTURY
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING OLD MASTER ARTHUR MEADOWS (1843 - 1907) FINE 19th CENTURY BRITISH
Original Antique Large late 19th/early 20th Century British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING Romantic Sea Scene...
Category
19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Fields at Twilight" (2025) Original Oil Painting, Landscape with Cows and Moon
Located in Denver, CO
"Fields at Twilight" by Emma Kalff (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting depicting two cows in a pastoral landscape. This piece is framed and ready to hang.
Emma Kalf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Afternoon Light" - Original Oil Painting, Nude Male Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
"Afternoon Light" by Linda Delahaye is a 2023 oil on linen painting measuring 41 x 33 cm (16.14 x 12.99 inches). This artwork is unframed but ready to hang. Rendered with meticulous ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Linen
Sailors at Cafe du Globe
By Charles Rocher
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Charles Rocher (1890-1962. Sailors, ca. 1920s. Gouache on paper. Sheet measures 19 x 25 inches. Considerable damage and loss as depicted. Signed lower left.
Category
1920s Realist Art
Materials
Gouache
$560 Sale Price
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Apples and Copper Kettle - original realism still life acrylic painting art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
In Apples and Copper Kettle, Laura Critchlow invites us into t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Board
A Man of Mangea 1784 final voyage of Captain Cook by John Webber
By John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
A Man of Mangea is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook. John Webber (1752-1793) was the official a...
Category
1780s Realist Art
Materials
Engraving
“Herd of Horses in a Marshy Landscape” Frances Mabel Hollams (England 1877-1963)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
“Herd of Horses in a Marshy Landscape”
Frances Mabel Hollams (England 1877-1963)
Oil on canvas on board
14 x 20 (24 x 30 frame) inches
Signed “FM...
Category
1920s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
Portrait of an Edwardian Lady - British American art portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely British Edwardian portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of John Singer Sargent. Sargent was born in America then trained in Paris before coming to London. Painted...
Category
1910s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
$7,297 Sale Price
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A Rash Act: erotic drawing of nude blonde, redhead, and man with art deco motifs
Located in New York, NY
A colorful erotic daydream drawing of a nude blonde fantasizing, with a redhead woman, and man. Green and purple patterns on hair and pillows, and art deco motifs, adorn this sensual...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Shiney Red Pomegranate, Original Painting, Still Life, Fruit Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Shiney Red Pomegranate is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her series featuring life size realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still life painting. T...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cardinal Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
423
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Cardinal
Size: 12 x 16 inch,...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Christmas - original lithograph (1897-1898)
Located in Paris, IDF
Charles LEANDRE (1862 - 1934)
Christmas, 1897
Original lithograph (Champenois workshop)
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum, 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12 in)
INFORMATION: Lithograph...
Category
1890s Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Interior with Mexican Chair
By Jim McVicker
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cardinal Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
418
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Cardinal
Size: 12 x 16 inch,...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Create Yourself
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork is a striking fusion of vintage and modern elements, featuring a confident, poised woman dominating the foreground. Dressed in a chic leather ensemble with a cap and kn...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
HUGE OIL PAINTING By MAJOR John E .Bale FINE MASTER 19th Century BRITISH SCHOOL
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING SIGNED OLD FINE MASTER PAINTER 19th Century BRITISH SCHOOL
Fine Original Antique 19th Century British OLD MASTER
OIL PAINTING
GOLD GILT FRAME
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Fairy Wren Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
420
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Fairy Wren
Size: 12 x 16 inc...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Vincenzo Colleoni (Venetian Master) - 19th century painting - Interior Masks
Located in Varmo, IT
Vincenzo Colleoni (Active in Venice in the second half of the 19th century) - Interior scene with masked characters.
110 x 160 cm without frame, 145 x 194 cm with frame.
Antique oi...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$14,226 Sale Price
20% Off
"Anticipation" (2024) By Matt Talbert, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert's "Anticipation" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting on panel that depicts a portrait of a brunette in a dark slip.
Artist bio/statement:
Matt Talbert is a co...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Black Sea
Located in Zofingen, AG
A girl in black with vivid red tights sits beside a monumental black cat, the backdrop a cold, rippling sea. The subdued palette of black, red, and marine tones creates harmony wh...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Lounging in Verbier, Swiss Alps, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph Mountains
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss Alps, 1964: This landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holiday-makers taking in the sunset on a white snowy mou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Man Walking the Dog at a River Side in the Lush Green English Countryside
By John Haskins
Located in Preston, GB
Man Walking the Dog at a River Side in the Lush Green English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
Frame measures 25 x 21 inches
John Haskins...
Category
20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Trinity College Cambridge Great Court watercolour by J T Neville
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the ...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor
A well-trained cocker spaniel
Located in London, GB
Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, R.A. (1901-1979)
A well-trained cocker spaniel
signed ‘C.F. Tunnicliffe’ (lower left)
charcoal and white heightening
11 ¾ x 8 ⅝ in. (29.8 x 21.9 cm.)...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Charcoal, Gouache
Bird Animal Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
435
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Bird
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (3...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Monte Carlo, Monaco, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features friends boarding a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco,
This is an estate stamped and hand n...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Evening at the Lake, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Lush green palms border a lake, creating a serene afternoon scene. Lavender shades blend with coral and pink clouds, reflecting the warm glow of the setting sun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Pine, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This work is a representation of the unadorned beauty of nature," shares artist Jose Luis Bermudez. The clear blue sky stre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Under the Boughs, " Oil painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Under the Boughs," is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a vast meadow of yellow grass spreading into the distant bl...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Oil Painting of a Cottage on the Rugged Cliffs & Coastline of Northern Ireland
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of a Cottage on the Rugged Cliffs & Coastline of Northern Ireland
Art measures 22 x 16 inches
Frame measures 34 x 28 inches
Presented in a large gold frame with...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cup of coffee and tangerine
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Cup of coffee and tangerine” is a celebration of the beauty that can be found in the simplest of things. The style of the painting is inspired by the Holland masters of the 17th cen...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting of the Irish Sea Coastline by British Post-War & Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of the Irish Sea Coastline by British Post-War & Contemporary Artist, David Long UWS. The location is Fairhead in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Spezia Marine - Italian 19th century art nautical seascape oil painting Italy
By Agostino Fossati
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely Italian 19th century Spezia marine oil painting is by noted artist Agostino Fossati. It depicts an evening glow across the bay. This oil on panel was painted circa 1870 a...
Category
19th Century 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
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
"Exhale" by Brian O'Neill, Oil painting, Male Nude
Located in Denver, CO
Brian O'Neill's (US based) "Exhale" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude male figure stooped over and keeling on the ground, with his back exposed and bowing his...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
Palm
By Malou Flato
Located in Dallas, TX
"Palm" by Malou Flato is acrylic on paper on canvas, and measures 72 x 60 inches.
Over the past forty years, Malou Flato’s paintings have focused on the Texas landscape—its native flowers, blooming cactus, diverse citizenry, and especially its precious water and abundant sky. Flato has a studio in Austin and another on her great-grandfather’s ranch on the southwestern shoulder of the Hill Country, in Edwards County. “Texas is my inspiration,” she says. “I have made my life here, and I would like to think that my art reflects the place I know best.”
Malou Flato’s works can be seen in many public places in Texas and beyond. They enliven a border crossing...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
$15,000
View from the Bridge, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A quiet river winds through a grove of trees. The warm glow at the horizon in mid-October creates a dreamlike mist and softens the scene.Artist Candice Eisenfel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, silkscreen on aluminum, signed/N, Framed
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
Incised signature in aluminum, annotated "Artists Proof" and titled; ink on top smudged
If you've ever visited the Guggenheim Bilbao, you should get this stunning mixed media on alum...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Metal
Highland Stream with Sheep
Located in Hillsborough, NC
William Beattie-Brown (1831-1909) RSA, (Royal Scottish Academy) painted 'Highland Stream with Sheep ' in crisp detailed oil paint on canvas. Beattie-Brown excels in water rapids and ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Peacock Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
360
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Peacock
Size: 12 x 16 inch, ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$96 Sale Price
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Landscape with river oil on canvas painting Spain spanish
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Josep Colomer Valls (1970) - Landscape - Oil on canvas
Oil size 38x46 cm.
Frameless.
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$758 Sale Price
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Idyllic Cottage by River with Sheep in the English Countryside by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Idyllic Cottage by River with Sheep in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, Jason Threlfall
Art measures 14 x 10 inches
Frame measures 22 x 18 inches
Signed Vin...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
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