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
19th century portrait military officer 5th Royal Lancashire Militia, East Lancs
Located in York, GB
A fine 19th century oil on canvas portrait stated to be Captain Paul John Henry Butler, 5th Royal Lancashire Militia, half length, wearing breast star. Hou...
Category
19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Richard Haas - 42nd Street at Night Unique Acrylic unique painting Signed Framed
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas
42nd Street at Night from the Multiplex Cinema Roof, 2008
Acrylic on canvas laid to board
Hand signed and dated 2008 on the front
Frame included: elegantly framed in art...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Winter Wear, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late-1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Manuela Boraomanero (left) and Emanuela Beghelli holiday in the Italian ski resort of Cortina d'Amp...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
OLD MASTER STYLE OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY Gold Gilt Frame
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY The harbour GGF
Description
OLD MASTER LARGE OIL PAINTING
19th Century
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ENGLISH HISTORY
“Very G...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Cat Animal Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
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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
"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
A Meal, Charles Van Den Eycken, Brussels 1859 – 1923, Belgian Painter
Located in Knokke, BE
A Meal
Van Den Eycken Charles
Brussels 1859 – 1923
Belgian Painter
Signature: Attributed to Charles Van Den Eycken
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimens...
Category
19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
“Botany 8” Original botanical painting. Small oval canvas. Gift , home decor
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork is an exquisite acrylic painting on an oval wood panel, signed by the artist in 2023. It captures an enchanting bouquet of wildflowers in varying shades of purple and pi...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sundown - Sandvig - 1918 - Realist Landscape Oil Painting by Peder Mork Monsted
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed, titled and dated oil on canvas landscape by Danish realist painter Peder Mork Monsted. This stunning piece depicts a beautiful view of the Sandvig Stand, the beach and coastl...
Category
1910s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Young Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Outstanding male portrait by 20th-century American artist, Vito Tomasello.
Portrait of Young Man, John Alcorn, Eliot House, Cambridge MA.
Pencil on pap...
Category
1940s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
FINE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY BRITISH OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING MAN O WAR
Located in Ferndown, GB
FINE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY BRITISH OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING MAN O WAR IN HARBOUR
Description
Good Condition canvas but very old with some browning in places (see picture).
C...
Category
Mid-18th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Pocket Pale Blue Sloes 2, Original Painting, Still Life, Sloes Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Pale Blue Sloes 2 is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil pai...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pacific Ocean Currents, Handmade Cyanotype Seascape in Blue, Waves Landscape
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Pacific Ocean Currents" is a handmade cyanotype print of rough water texture resembling Pacific Ocean swell.
Details:
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Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Emulsion, Engraving, Etching
Pocket Goldfinch 3C
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Goldfinch 3C (canvas size 5x5cm) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a no...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of John Tattos (male nude)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roy Blakey (b.1930). Portrait of John Tattos, 1974. Original photographic print on paper, image measures 8.75 x 13 inches, sheet measures 12 x 16 inches. Me...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
$700 Sale Price
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To Hold or Just to Pet
Located in Zofingen, AG
To Hold or Just to Pet explores the delicate space between human emotion and animal presence. The woman bends toward the cat, yet stops just short of touch — suspended in that timele...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Black Spaniel with Rabbit original signed etching by Leon Danchin
By Leon Danchin
Located in Paonia, CO
Black spaniel with Rabbit is an original signed etching by Leon Danchin with a very faint water stain on lower right side background that can be seen in the photo section. My ph...
Category
1930s Realist Art
Materials
Etching
$550 Sale Price
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"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
Pink Elephant Ear Leaves, Figurative Still Life Painting, Exotic Botanic, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This illustration-style painting captures the lush elegance of pink elephant ear leaves, their broad, heart-shaped forms unfurling in delicate gradients of blush, rose, and soft mage...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
India Ink, Acrylic, Paper
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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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
Antique 18th Century Neoclassical Oil Portrait Young Lady Turban Unknown Master
Located in Stockholm, SE
This captivating oil portrait from the late 18th to early 19th century depicts a mysterious charming young woman, painted by an unknown but clearly professional master, presumably Fr...
Category
Late 18th Century Realist Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Still Life with Fruit" - Large Contemporary Framed Painting
By Clinton Hobart
Located in New Orleans, LA
Clinton Hobart paints in a painstaking Renaissance style, and you can see his breathtaking skill clearly in this still life. I bought six paintings similar to this from him in one ba...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
$2,400 Sale Price
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Two Hounds 20th century oil, canvas on board with mahogany frame
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Two white and tan hunting dogs, contemporary 20th century work, painted in older period style, presented on canvas with oil paint attached to board in a wooden mahogany toned frame. ...
Category
20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
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
Still life with milk jug and lemon
Located in Zofingen, AG
A dark background helps to reveal the shape of jug. The strong light vibrates on lemon and glass. The blue pattern on the jug and multiple reflections from objects make the work more...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Robin Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Robin
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (30x4...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Antique Oil on Canvas Orientalist Painting Moorish Spain Gate of The Sun Toledo
Located in Portland, OR
A large & important Orientalist oil on canvas painting, Moorish Spain, by Pollok Sinclair Nesbit (1848-1922) ASRA, "The Gate of the Sun" Toledo, 1872.
A member of The Royal Scottish ...
Category
1870s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White Cherries, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Three juicy cherries line up on a table, with the light enhancing their luminous and vibrant color. The sharp and detailed rendition of the fruit imparts a re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Hyperreal Dark Purple Glass Balloon Sculpture with Droplets
Located in East Quogue, NY
Dark purple hyperreal glass water balloon sculpture with glass droplets by Dylan Martinez.
Dylan Martinez’s hyperrealistic water balloons are made of solid sculpted glass sandblas...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Pathway to the Past, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A rustic blue cottage, weathered by time, nestles among vibrant wildflowers. It was once the home of a widow who lost her loving h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Silent Stream, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A soft winter hush settles over a quiet bend where a dark ribbon of water slips gently through snow-covered banks. Sparse reeds and delicate branches create a m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Chicago River Wrigley Clock Tower Cityscape Urban Painting by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Along the Chicago River, Wrigley Clock Tower
oil/panel 8 x 10 unframed, 14.5 x 16.5 framed
Along the Chicago River, Wrigley Clock Tower is an oil painting on canvas panel by award...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Miguel Peidro, "By the River", 24x39 Autumn Woods Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "By the River" by Miguel Peidro is an 24x39 original oil painting on canvas. This painting depicts a gently flowing river in peak autumn season, with bright orange an re...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marathon
Located in Dallas, TX
"Marathon" by artist David Everett is polychromed mahogany, and measures 17 1/4 x 23 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. It is signed "© D EVERETT 2023". A jackrabbit and cactus are depicted.
David...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Mahogany, Paint
Early 20th Century Likeness of Jack London
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Likeness of Jack London
Wonderful portrait of a gentleman with a striking likeness to Jack London by Robert Alexander Graham (American,...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
$2,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Temple of Wady Dabod, Nubia: Original 19th C. Lithograph by D. Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "Temple of Wady Dabod, Nubia" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio edition, published in...
Category
1840s Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Dead tree
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
An old tree already dead overgrown with moss in the forest thicket. The tree trunk has already been eaten by a bug, and its picturesque texture with a variety of tonal nuances attracted me as a researcher. I watch...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Charcoal, Magazine Paper
$4,925 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Ron Dennis (male nude dancer) original A Chorus Line cast member
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roy Blakey (b.1930). Portrait of Ron Dennis, ca. 1972.
Mr. Dennis was immortalized in 1975 as the original Richie "Gimme The Ball" Walters in A Chorus Line, after making his Broadw...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Kaleidoscope #2" by Lindsey Kustusch, Contemporary Still-Life, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch's "Kaleidoscope #2" is a compelling handmade original oil on wood panel artwork, measuring 20 x 16 inches. This 2025 piece is a primary market item, arriving for Kus...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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
Girl holding a Mirror, Painted Bronze Sculpture by Richard Shiloh
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Shiloh, Polish/Israeli (1949 - )
Title: Girl holding a Mirror
Year: Circa 1975
Medium: Bronze with Painted patina, signature inscribed
...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Portrait of Major General Harding Steward - British 19thC military oil painting
By Edyth Starkie
Located in Hagley, England
This striking British 19th century portrait oil painting is by noted established Irish female artist Edyth Starkie. She studied at the Slade School as well as the Académie Julian in ...
Category
19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Young Nude Female Boudoir Scene Erotic Painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful nude female portrait boudoir scene by Cynthia Kleinmeyer.
Watercolor on paper measures 8 x 12 inches. Framed measurement: 12 x 16 inches.
Signed and dated 1932 by artist...
Category
1930s Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Mrs. A. Watson Armour III, Illinois, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Mrs. A. Watson Armour III walking with her poodles on her Lake Forest Estate, Illinois, USA.
T...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Belle Epoque Antique KITTENS & CATERPILLAR Garden Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Bernard H Cobbe
English 1860’s
Kittens and caterpillar
oil in canvas
19x13 inches image size
27x21 inches with frame
good condition
Signed lower right
Here we have a beautiful 1860...
Category
1870s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Old Times House Interior Scene with Naughty Boy 19th century Genre Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
The painting captures a wonderfully amusing family moment set in the 16th century. In the center of the painting we see the father, exhausted by worries and dozing in his chair in fr...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Academy, Oil painting still-life by Igor Sventitski
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work is dedicated to all artists who are studying their craft thoroughly.
Original oil painting on canvas, still life painting made under natural light. This artwork is painted ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
29th century English, Portrait od a seated Siamese Cat
Located in Woodbury, CT
J. Foley (British, 20th Century)
Siamese Cat
Oil on canvas
Signed on the reverse
This elegant portrait captures the distinctive grace and poise of the Siamese cat, renowned for its ...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lovely Farm House Scene by Russian Master Bershadsky Genre Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower left and dated: 15/IX, 1895, Y. Bershadsky - Yuliy (Ioil-Ruvin) Rafailovich Bershadsky (1869 - 1956), Russian - USSR painter and teacher, professor, honored artist of th...
Category
1890s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Portrait of Emily Gertrude Muirhead - British Italian 1910 art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb Portrait oil painting is by noted Italian born artist Pilade Bertieri. Painted circa 1910, Bertieri had a London address in 1908 and exhibited five pictures at the Royal ...
Category
1910s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Coherence" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Austin Howlett's "Coherence" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a close up view of an female model overlaid with the patterning of branc...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Griffon With Woodcock original signed etching by Leon Danchin
By Leon Danchin
Located in Paonia, CO
Griffon With Woodcock is an original etching by Leon Danchin showing a Griffon in a field pointing at a Woodcock trying to hide in the brush. This color etching is in good conditi...
Category
20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Etching
The Atlantic Packet Albion of the Black Ball Line by Montague Dawson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Montague Dawson
1890–1973 British
The Atlantic Packet Albion of the Black Ball Line
Signed "Montague Dawson" (lower left)
Oil on canvas
Montague Dawson’s The Atlantic Packet Albi...
Category
20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1920's Historical Fashion Illustration of Lady in 17th Century Dress
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely detailed historical figurative fashion illustration painted in watercolor in 1921, of a lady in 17th century dress; complete with a full blac...
Category
1920s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Solid Bronze Nude Ballet Dancer 'Preparation' by Benson Landes
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Preparation' is a 20th Century Solid Bronze ballet Dancer by Benson Landes.
For Benson Landes, sculpture was most definitely a passion. His oeuvre of cast bronzes is populated wit...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
HUGE OIL PAINTING by SALVATORE COLACICCO (NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY PIECE
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING LARGE SALVATORE COLACICCO (NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY
Very good condition for age , (see pictures)
FINE RARE MARTINE PAINTING ORIG...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Let Go 3, Male Nude, Original Oil Painting on Panel, Realist Style, 21st Century
Located in Chicago, IL
Let Go 1, 2, 3 (Series)
In these paintings, Zdrale depicts multiple figures—often iterations of the same man—locked in a cycle of struggle. The ropes that coil around or extend from ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Contemporary portrait "Autumn Walk"
Located in Zofingen, AG
This portrait captures a blend of realism and mystery, focusing on a figure dressed in modern, understated elegance. The subject, with flowing alabaster hair, stands out against a mu...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Saint-Tropez Boucherie, French Riviera, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Discover the quintessence of French Riviera charm in Slim Aarons' iconic photograph, 'Saint-Tropez Boucherie,' on Rue des Commercants, Saint-Tropez, 1971. This image is a beautiful intersection of fashion, culture, and everyday life in the sun-drenched streets of Saint-Tropez in August 1971.
This photograph features a casual yet captivating scene: two women and a young girl, all dressed in vibrant, vintage early '70s attire in shades of mint green, lemon yellow, and pink, enjoying a leisurely conversation outside a classic red French boucherie or butcher shop. A chic gold and white bicycle, representative of the laid-back Mediterranean lifestyle, is parked unassumingly on the sidewalk.
Adding depth to the scene, the shop's proprietor, clad in a purple shirt, can be spotted through the window, lending an authentic touch to the photograph. An enchanting Moroccan-style zellige tile...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
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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