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
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Vibrant Red Parrot Tulips Reach Up to The Sky in Dramatic Vertical Still-Life
Located in Charleston, US
Beth de Loiselle's floral still-life oil painting, '"Parrot Tulips in the Sky," captivates viewers with vibrant colors and unique stylization. In Beth de Loiselle's composition, re...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Green Bartlett & Black Grapes- Original realistic still-life painting-modern art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Green Bartlett & Black Grapes" by Blair Atherholt is a captivating original still life painting that celebrates the natural beauty of fruits in a simp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Claudio D'Angelo, "Sunrise Over the Marsh", Winter Fox Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Sunrise Over the Marsh", is a 20x20 winter oil painting on canvas by artist Claudio D'Angelo. Featured is an early sunrise over a snow covered marshland, the sun and moo...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Contemporary portrait "Two Black Cats on the Sofa"
Located in Sempach, LU
In this artwork, I've juxtaposed the timeless elegance of a poised figure with the playful curiosity embodied by two black cats. My brushstrokes in acrylic and oil dance across the c...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
"The Amur Leopard" - Endangered Big Cat Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch's "The Amur Leopard" is an exquisite handmade original oil on wood panel artwork, with dimensions of 20 x 40 x 1.50 inches. Produced in 2023, this primary market pie...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
White Face Monkeys
Located in Charleston, US
One of Beth de Loiselle’s favorite subjects, an animal painting, "White Faced Monkeys" captures a Central American Monkey dining on a banana while his troop forges for food. Look clo...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"On the Bow" a photorealist detailed view of a bow of a ship in rustic tones
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...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Linen
“Lilies” realist oil paint still life with landscape in background en plain air
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Melissa Franklin Sanchez was born in 1984, in Warwickshire, England. In 2002 she graduated from her humanistic studies: Art, Music, English Literature, Performing Arts and Ballet. In...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Copper
Contemporary portrait "Inhabitants"
Located in Sempach, LU
Once I lived in a private house.
We had four cats, and then we accidentally found the fifth.
Where he came from and how long he lived with us is unknown).
For texture on the primed c...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Cotton Canvas
Bird of Paradise Bouquet Flowers, Illustration Style, Green Leaves, Orange Petal
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Bird of Paradise II" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a landscape of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion.
Romi...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
Treetop Lookout-original realism wildlife-leopard oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Treetop Lookout" by Ashley Davies is a captivating original wildlife painting that transports viewers into the serene beauty of a lush forest canopy. Executed with meticulous detail...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Balance, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A portrait of a woman is an inexhaustible source to express your vision of female attractiveness, sexuality and mood. Original oil painting, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenti...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Among the mallows, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A portrait of a woman is an inexhaustible source to express your vision of female attractiveness, sexuality and mood. Original oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed on the front side ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Contemporary portrait "Together"
Located in Sempach, LU
The memory of the festive Coca-Cola commercial came to mind, where a truck adorned with holiday lights rushes along the night road.
There's no festive truck...
Only the night and the...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Spring Day
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Kamsar Ohanyan is an Armenian artist born in 1991 who lives and works in Yerevan, Armenia. He studied in Yerevan at State Pedagogical University with Kh. Abovyan at th...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring Collection: Pocket Bluebells, Baroque Still Life, Flower art, Realism
Located in Deddington, GB
Spring Collection: Pocket Bluebells is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bird man, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By Helal Uddin
Located in Yardley, PA
I love to paint portrait from live model and also from picture. I took this bird man picture from Niagara Fall, Canada. Sorry I forgotten his name but he looks after most of the beau...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Small Oil Still Life Painting, "Orange on Blue Tile"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original still life oil painting on board from southern California artist Anthony Enyedy. It is 10" x 10" x 1.5". It is unframed. A certificate of authenticit...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Pink and White Peonies, Original Floral Painting, Affordable Art, Contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pink and White Peonies by Tushar Sabale [2021]
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Spring Pink and White peon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Natura Morte 2 - by Evangelos Koukouwitakis
Located in Winterswijk, NL
From the series "Natura Morte" still life
The photographic image of the withered flowers, rotten fruit, animal bones and broken glasses seems to preserve the objects, keep them alive...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Giclée
Worker_01, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By Helal Uddin
Located in Yardley, PA
I love to paint portrait from live model and also from picture. I took this man picture from Toronto during his break time, his name is Ben. I was trying to capture his passionate pe...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Erotic Male Nude
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
William Sibberns (American). Ecstasy Man, 2001. Pastel on paper, 12 x 18 inches. Measuring 18 x 24 inches framed. Signed and dated on page and on vers...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Charcoal
Contemporary print "Seven Black Cats"
Located in Sempach, LU
In my creation, I blend feline grace with human poise, evoking a deep, mysterious bond. The gold-hued backdrop and floral whispers balance solemn black cats, symbolizing unity amid d...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Foil
The true Great ones, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
The true Great ones. I painted this painting in 2018 as a reaction to the megalomania of some politicians. Man is so small and insignificant compared to nature. Öl on Canvas lamin...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Windmill Wehe, Germany, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Today's Weher Windmill was the bishop's mill until 1650, then until 1732 it was owned by the Rahden church as a state royal mill. The mill was then sold to different owners. The last...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Cold day In Victoria, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Walking the streets of Victoria during the winter months is very inspiring for an artist. This time of year to see snow on the ground is very rare, however, when is snowing can be ve...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Painting of the Chrysler Building 42nd Street New York City by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of the Chrysler Building 42nd Street New York City by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield.
Art measures 24 x 36 inches
Frame measures 30 x 42 inches
Framed in a ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Village_01, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
By Helal Uddin
Located in Yardley, PA
This a very early morning village near by a river :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Parishioner, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A cow grazes as it passes by, munching on the grass. Against the burgundy wall of the structure, large white doors provide contrast and frame the body of the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Innocence, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By Helal Uddin
Located in Yardley, PA
This is one of my studio painting. :: 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
Watercolor
NYC Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Macy's Parade Series Stars & Sonic
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Macy's Star & Sonic II
Part of a series of 11 paintings.
An oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases images from the Macy's Tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Debora Lima-original figurative female dancers bronze sculpture-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Bronze , Limited edition of 8
"Debora Lima" stands as a captivating tribute to the beauty and grace of the human form, crafted by the skilled hands of artist Andrzej Szymczyk. This ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary portrait "Cat Country"
Located in Sempach, LU
In this creation, I've endeavored to capture a moment that speaks both to the harmony of nature and the enigmatic kinship between humans and felines. The serene backdrop contrasts wi...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Cotton Canvas
Wild Parseta, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Painted Plein air on the Parseta. I find this river very exciting because it is left to its self and looks different every year. Sometimes there are many fallen trees in the river...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
The new green style, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Eva Hoffmann
Located in Yardley, PA
A young girl got a new hair style, it is now green. She looks a little bit confused, but funny. I think she is happy with her new freedom. It is not an easy decision! :: Painting :: ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
New York City Oil Painting Michael Budden Summertime Central Park
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Summertime, Central Park
oil/panel
16 x 12 unframed, 22.38 x 18.5 framed
Summertime, Central Park is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budd...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"THE SEAMSTRESS" NATIVE AMERICAN GIRL COWBOY ARTISTS OF AMERICA. INDIAN
Located in San Antonio, TX
Don Crowley
(1926-2019)
Arizona / California Western Artist
Image Size: 20 x 24
Frame Size: 33 x 37
Medium: Oil
"The Seamstress" Indian Weaver Native Ameri...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Serenity -original realism sunset seascape-ocean oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Serenity," a captivating seascape masterpiece by the talented artist Joanne Parent, captures the essence of tranquil beauty in nature. Painted with remarkable realism and infused wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pocket Conker and Shell 2 c, Original Baroque Still Life Painting, Small
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Conker and Shell 2 c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Balance-original realism sunset ocean-seascape oil painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
In Joanne Parent's captivating seascape masterpiece titled "Balance," the artist invites viewers into a serene realm where nature's harmonies converge. Crafted with meticulous detail...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Scottish Highlands with Children Playing in the Mountains by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
The Scottish Highlands - A colourful and dramatic original acrylic on canvas depicting children walking in the Mountains of Scotland. Entitled "The Road to Glencoe" by British Contem...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
diptych of Pocket Snowdrop 2 and Pocket White Anemone, Original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Snowdrop 2 is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still lif...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Exhale-ORIGINAL REALISM SEASCAPE Ocean oil painting-contemporary artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
"Exhale," an original seascape painting by Eva Volf, captures the dynamic energy of the ocean in a breathtaking display of realism. Executed in oil on canvas, this artwork invites vi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
At the beach Henkenhagen - Sarbinowo Morskie., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air in Poland, 2022. The first Plein air painting of a total of 12 paintings painted on my painting trip to Poland, West Pomerania. I discovered this beach accidentally and w...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Khalid, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
An original piece from the series “Sistine moodâ€
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
New York City Street Scene Oil Painting Michael Budden Visual Variations
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Visual Variations A NYC Collage
oil/panel
Image is 10 x 8 unframed, 16.63 x 13.63 framed
An oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that show...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Porcelain
Located in Sempach, LU
"Porcelain” is a painting that pays homage to the natural beauty and timeless elegance of things around us in everyday life. All these porcelain things that appeared in my workshop b...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Garfish hunter/angler, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air, Poland, 2022. In the near where the Czerwona flows into the Baltic Sea is a very popular fishing spot. Anglers have been targeting garfish and from what I've seen they ha...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Painter in the forest, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air, Poland, 2022. On the second day, I was in the forest with my painter colleague, and we painted together. She painted the forest path and I painted her painting. A beautif...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
The way to Peace, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air, Poland, 2022. Plein air in the forest near Klopotowo. The whole thing exuded such a calmness, I felt at home and calmed down immediately. Perhaps warring factions should ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Jeff Sabol, "Up River", 24x18 Misty Atmospheric Rowboat Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece "Up River" is a 24x18" oil painting on canvas by artist Jeffrey Sabol. Featured is a misty waterscape with muted light creating a green and calm atmospheric effect. A sing...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Gorse eye-catcher, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air, Poland, 2022. On the way back to my accommodation in Klopotowo, I saw this eye-catcher flowering gorse in the Forest afar. Oil on linen laminated on HDF. :: Painting :: ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Dune protection, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air, Poland, 2022. As I searched between the dunes for protection from the sun and wind, I found this wonderful sheltered spot and painted it right away. Oil on cotton lamina...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Lighthouse Bastorf, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air festival Baltic Sea Kuehlungsborn 2022. This picture was painted at the Plein air festival in Kuehlungsborn on a path below the Bastorf lighthouse. It was very hot and har...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Lemons in a Glass-Original realism still life oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
In Tobias Harrison's "Lemons in the Glass," the viewer is invited into a scene brimming with freshness and vitality. At the forefront of the composition sits a glass bowl, filled to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"Right" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Right" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a close up realistic human nipple.
Mia Bergeron's interest in art was cultivated early on, begi...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Dandelion Garden, Illustration Style, Soft Tones, Expressionist Gestures Flora
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Dandelion Garden II" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a landscape of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion.
Romi...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Ink, Watercolor
Natura Morte 7 - By Evangelos Koukouwitakis
Located in Winterswijk, NL
From the series "Natura Morte" still life
The photographic image of the withered flowers, rotten fruit, animal bones and broken glasses seems to preserve the objects, keep them alive...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Giclée, Lithograph
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