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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: 1990s
Les Andelys in the Seine Valley France Pastel Art by 20th Century British Artist
By Lionel Aggett
Located in Preston, GB
Les Andelys in the Seine Valley France Landscape Pastel Art. A fine example of the beautiful work of British 20th Century Artist, Lionel Aggett (1938-2009). Signed front and rear, fr...
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1990s Realist Art

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Paper, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Board

Cabane Lake in the Pyrenees Landscape . figurative. lake.mountains. blue
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
cabane. lake in the Pyrenees Landscape . figurative. lake.mountains. blue Original watercolor by the Spanish artist Joaquin Cabane. 1922/1993 Painter and watercolorist, Joaquim Caba...
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1990s Realist Art

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Watercolor

Rose. 1991, cardboard, oil, 34x24 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Rose. 1991, cardboard, oil, 34x24 cm by Uldis Zemzaris (born 1928.24.II) Uldis Zemzaris graduated from J. Rozentāls Riga Art High School (1953) and the Painting Department of the L...
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1990s Realist Art

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Oil, Cardboard

Caesar on his way to Pompeii. 1999, canvas, oil, 40x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Caesar on his way to Pompeii. 1999, canvas, oil, 40x50 cm
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1990s Realist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Purple irises. 1998, canvas, oil, 35x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Purple irises. 1998, canvas, oil, 35x25 cm Juris Jurjans (1944-2023) - Painter Juris Jurjāns graduated from J. Rozentals School of Art in Riga (1962), and Painting Department of La...
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1990s Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Sandringham
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
HM King Charles III (b.1948) Sandringham Limited Edition Lithograph Printed by the Curwen Press Image: 24.5 x 37.5 cm Frame: 42.0 x 53.6 cm King Charles III is the eldest ch...
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1990s Realist Art

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Lithograph

Balmoral
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
HM King Charles III (b.1948) Balmoral Limited Edition Lithograph Printed by the Curwen Press Image: 30.2 x 44.5 cm Frame: 49.5 x 63.0 cm King Charles III is the eldest child o...
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1990s Realist Art

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Lithograph

Photo Student, Teacher Lander School Budapest Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Serotta Student and Teacher, The Lander School of Budapest. Judaica. silver gelatin print, matted, captioned by hand and hand signed and numbered. B/W photographs document...
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1990s Realist Art

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Silver Gelatin

Photo Purim Pestalozzi Str Synagogue Berlin Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Serotta Purim in the Pestalozzi Strasse Synagogue Berlin. silver gelatin print, matted, captioned by hand and hand signed and numbered. B/W photographs documenting Jewish li...
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1990s Realist Art

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Silver Gelatin

Young Man in White Jock Undressing
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
William Sibberns (American). Man in White Jock Undressing, 2010. Pastel on paper, 12 x 16 inches. Measuring 16 x 20 inches framed. Signed and dated on...
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1990s Realist Art

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Pastel

Still life of Aubergine and Red Pepper in a Basket in minimal style watercolour
Located in ludlow, GB
John Napper 1916 - 2001 British Artist. A friend of Sir Gerald Kelly who taught him along with Sir Thomas Monnigton, President of the Royal Academy. He was a war artist in Ceylon. ...
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1990s Realist Art

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Watercolor

Promise of the Prairie, 36"high Bronze Sculpture
Located in Loveland, CO
George Wayne Lundeen (American, born 1948) NSS “Promise of the Prairie” Museum Quality Cast Bronze, Limited edition of 21, signed and marked, G.W. Lundeen ©1983 20/21 on the top/back...
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1990s Realist Art

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Bronze

Mountain Landscape Painting with Sheep Dog & Shepherd in Lake District England
Located in Preston, GB
A unique original oil painting by Peter Coulthard of Sheep, Dog & Shepherd in the Lake District, England. Entitled "Gathering Herdwicks in the fells above Buttermere, Cumbria". Signe...
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1990s Realist Art

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Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Paris France lithograph vayreda canadell urbanscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell (Gerona 1932-2001) - Paris - Lithograph Print measurements 52x43 cm. Frame measurements 75x61 cm. Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell Year of birth: 1932 Biogr...
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1990s Realist Art

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Lithograph

'Portrait of a Woman', Myanmar Neck Ring, Mill Valley, Mystic Seaport Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'J. Norall' for John Norall (American, 1920-2024) and painted circa 1993. Exhibited: Mill Valley Library Gallery, 1993 Born in North Platte, John Norall studied ...
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1990s Realist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

'Cafe', Woman Artist, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Berkeley
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Marie Pascal' (French-American, 20th century) and painted circa 1990. Exhibited: Gallery Concord, December 1991. Marie Pascal studied at the École Nationale Sup...
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1990s Realist Art

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Gouache, Watercolor, Illustration Board

Woman with pamela mixed media on canvas on board
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jose Luis Fuentetaja - Woman at rest - mixed media (print and oil on canvas laid board). Canvas size 38x50 cm. Frameless. Is born in Madrid on the 21st july 1951. After attending pr...
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1990s Realist Art

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Board

BUCK RUN BRIDGE Signed Lithograph Historic Covered Bridge, Snowy Landscape, Cows
Located in Union City, NJ
BUCK RUN BRIDGE is an original, hand drawn, limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) by Peter Sculthorpe(b.1948 Ontario, Canada) printed in 1990 at JK Fine Art Editions Co. NYC, using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. Buck Run Bridge depicts a finely detailed drawing of a historic covered bridge in Chester County, Pennsylvania. BUCK RUN BRIDGE is an elongated horizontal composition, image measures 11.5" across by 36.75" high, a very appealing scenic Pennsylvania winter landscape featuring a historic covered bridge with its weathered red painted wood siding, subtle details of fine line drawing, watercolor like washes and soft blending form a wintry blue sky, delicate branches on bare trees, stone walls, split rail...
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1990s Realist Art

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Lithograph

Oil on canvas still life painting of 'Blue Table' with flowers
Located in Oostende, BE
Luc Vanmaldeghem (Drongen, 1935- ) painted 'Blue Table' in 1997. This large oil on canvas painting is in excellent condition. The signed and numbered monograph is included in the p...
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1990s Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Barcelona view urbanscape oil painting Spain spanish
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Signed Llado 1997 - View of Barcelona - Oil on canvas Oil measurements 65x81 cm. Frame measurements 83x99 cm.
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1990s Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"The Magnificent Seven" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Numbers, Text
Located in New York, NY
Aaron Bohrod The Magnificent Seven, 1990 Signed lower right Oil on gesso panel 11 x 14 inches Aaron Bohrod's work has not been limited to one style or medium. Initially recognized as a regionalist painter of American scenes, particularly of his native Chicago, Bohrod later devoted himself to detailed still-life paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book on pottery. Born in 1907, Bohrod began his studies at Chicago's Crane Junior College in 1925, and two years later enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago. But it was at the Art Students League in New York City, from 1930 to 1932, that he studied under the man believed to be his most significant early influence, John Sloan. Sloan's romantic realism is reflected in the many depictions of Chicago life...
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1990s Realist Art

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Oil, Board

"Autobiography" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Cars, Realism, Motoring
Located in New York, NY
Aaron Bohrod Autobiography, 1991 Signed lower right Oil on gesso board 12 x 16 inches Aaron Bohrod's work has not been limited to one style or medium. Initially recognized as a regionalist painter of American scenes, particularly of his native Chicago, Bohrod later devoted himself to detailed still-life paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book on pottery. Born in 1907, Bohrod began his studies at Chicago's Crane Junior College in 1925, and two years later enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago. But it was at the Art Students League in New York City, from 1930 to 1932, that he studied under the man believed to be his most significant early influence, John Sloan. Sloan's romantic realism is reflected in the many depictions of Chicago life...
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1990s Realist Art

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Board, Oil

"On the Wings of an Eagle", Chester Fields, Bronze and Steel Sculpture, 54x40x24
By Chester Fields
Located in Dallas, TX
"On the Wings of an Eagle by Chester Fields is one of his most popular sculptures. This is number 26 of 75 made. It is made with the following: Bronze Casting Deluxe Patina Gold Beak...
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1990s Realist Art

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Bronze, Stainless Steel

"Multibulls" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Cows and Animals Still Life
Located in New York, NY
Aaron Bohrod Multibulls, 1990 Signed lower right Oil on gesso board 12 x 24 inches Aaron Bohrod's work has not been limited to one style or medium. Initially recognized as a regiona...
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1990s Realist Art

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Board, Oil

"Hippopotami" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, African Safari, Realism Still Life
Located in New York, NY
Aaron Bohrod Hippopotami, 1990 Signed lower right Oil on gesso board 12 x 16 inches Aaron Bohrod's work has not been limited to one style or medium. Initially recognized as a region...
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1990s Realist Art

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Board, Oil

"Double Bill" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Shakespeare, Theater
Located in New York, NY
Aaron Bohrod Double Bill, 1990 Signed upper right Oil on gesso panel 9 x 12 inches Aaron Bohrod's work has not been limited to one style or medium. Initially recognized as a regiona...
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1990s Realist Art

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Board, Oil

"Roses are Red" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Colorful Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Aaron Bohrod Roses are Red, 1991 Signed lower right Oil on gesso panel 8 x 10 inches Aaron Bohrod's work has not been limited to one style or medium. Initially recognized as a regio...
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1990s Realist Art

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Board, Oil

"The Beginning" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Alphabet Letters, Text
Located in New York, NY
Aaron Bohrod The Beginning, 1990 Signed center Oil on gesso board 10 x 8 inches Aaron Bohrod's work has not been limited to one style or medium. Initially recognized as a regionalis...
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1990s Realist Art

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Board, Oil

"The Egg and I" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Yiddish Joke, Realism
Located in New York, NY
Aaron Bohrod The Egg and I, 1991 Signed lower right Oil on gesso board 11 x 14 inches Aaron Bohrod's work has not been limited to one style or medium. Initially recognized as a regi...
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1990s Realist Art

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Board, Oil

"Footnotes" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Shoes, Realist Trompe L'oeil Still Life
Located in New York, NY
Aaron Bohrod Footnotes, 1990 Signed lower right Oil on gesso board 20 x 16 inches Aaron Bohrod's work has not been limited to one style or medium. Initially recognized as a regiona...
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1990s Realist Art

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Board, Oil

Morning
Located in Zofingen, AG
The author admires the beauty of the female body. Her movement - smooth, graceful and beautiful. The moment of awakening is very sensual. The girl stretches, revealing the beauty of her young body. Realistic manner shows her original beauty. Sculpture shapes create a play of light and shadow, curves, polished and brushed metal. The work is made of bronze- polish and patina. This sculpture was created in the early period of Alex Radionov...
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1990s Realist Art

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Bronze

"Dry Season" Zebra Herd at Watering Hole Wildlife Photograph Edition 330/950
Located in Houston, TX
Color wildlife photograph from 1991 by photojournalist Thomas Mangelsen. The work features a herd of zebras gathered around a watering hole. Signed, dated, and editioned 33/950 along lower from margin. Currently hung a complementary black frame with a cream matting. Dimensions Without Frame: H 24.5 in. x W 35 in. Artist Biography: A Nebraska native, Mangelsen’s love of nature, his life outdoors and business success were heavily influenced by his father. An avid sportsman, Harold Mangelsen took his sons to favorite blinds along the Platte River in Nebraska to observe the great flocks of ducks, geese and cranes that migrate through the valley. From these adventures, Mangelsen learned important lessons for photographing in the field, most notably patience and understanding animal behavior. In 1965, Mangelsen began studying business at the University of Nebraska. In 1967, Tom transferred to Doane College in Crete, Nebraska, where he changed his major and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology. Tom continued postgraduate study in zoology and wildlife biology at the University of Nebraska and Colorado State University. In 1970 Mangelsen moved to Nederland, Colorado. He spent two years living in the Rocky Mountains in an old mining shack without electricity or running water with his English setter, black lab and raccoon. Tom continued to work on his photography and studied arctic alpine ecology at the University of Colorado’s Mountain Research Station near Nederland. There he met Bert Kempers, a CU film producer, who later hired Tom as cinematographer and film editor for his company Westwind Productions, making educational and nature documentaries. Tom longed to make a documentary about the Platte River and its great wildlife resource. He returned to the Platte each spring to film the great crane migration. These experiences led to Tom traveling to the cranes’ nesting grounds in Alaska and their wintering areas in Texas. National Geographic television wanted to produce a documentary, which would chronicle the plight of the endangered whooping crane...
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1990s Realist Art

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Photographic Paper

Ballerina on a cube
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Classical ballet was my main source of inspiration. Grace and beauty of ballerinas combining with extremely hard work they do. This combination is shocking and inspiring in the same...
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1990s Realist Art

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Stone, Bronze

Lara FLOWER VASE Original- realist oil canvas--still life painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
" FLOWER VASE"- Original- realist oil canvas--still life painting
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1990s Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Woman at rest mixed media on canvas on board nude
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jose Luis Fuentetaja - Woman at rest - mixed media (print and oil on canvas laid board). Canvas size 38x50 cm. Frameless. Is born in Madrid on the 21st july 1951. After attending pr...
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1990s Realist Art

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Mixed Media, Board, Canvas

'Let's play for real money'
Located in Paris, FR
Ray Richardson is a contemporary British artist known for his cinematic paintings. The artist employs icons of working-class London, including bull terriers, soccer pitches, and grit...
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1990s Realist Art

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Oil

Poster: Photographs 1970-1990 with Steve Martin (Hand signed by Annie Leibovitz)
Located in New York, NY
Annie Leibovitz Photographs 1970-1990 (Hand signed by Annie Leibovitz), 1993 Offset lithograph poster (hand signed) Boldly signed in black marker on the front 30 × 24 inches Ansel Adams Center for Photography, San Francisco in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Unframed This offset lithograph poster was published on the occasion of the Annie Leibovitz' 1993 survey exhibition at the Ansel Adams Center for photograph in San Francisco. The photograph of course depicts the actor and renowned art collector Steve Martin in front of a Franz Kline painting entitled Rue, which Martin apparently once owned. Steve Martin was said to have always wanted to be part of the painting; Complete with black brushstrokes on his white suit, Martin realized his dream and posed for Leibowitz in front of Rue. (Of course the irony is that Martin cuts a gleeful, almost clownish pose in front of a painting, Rue, whose very name means sorry and regret. Perhaps Martin will rue the day he sold this Franz Kline!) A companion photo appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. The Portland Art Museum also exhibited the photo Annie Leibovitz took of Steve Martin in Beverly Hills when he posed for his portrait. A coveted poster when hand signed by Annie Leibovitz Provenance: Collection of former Trustee of the Portland Museum of Art Annie Leibovitz Biography: Born in 1949, Annie Leibovitz graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1971. Photos she took during college while living on a kibbutz in Israel and working to uncover the remains of King Solomon’s Temple helped land her a job at Rolling Stone magazine, where she was quickly named chief photographer. Between photographing John Lennon and documenting the Rolling Stones’ 1975 concert tour, Liebovitz reinforced her reputation as the most prominent celebrity photographer of her generation. In 1983, she moved to Vanity Fair, where she broadened her range of subjects from rock stars to other public figures like the Dalai Lama. In 1991, Leibovitz became only the second living photographer to be featured in an exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery. Overview and Early Life For decades, Annie Leibovitz and her camera have exposed to the public eye subtleties of character in rock stars, politicians, actors, and literary figures that lay beneath their celebrity personae. Her work first fueled the American fascination with rock ’n’ roll dissidents in the 1970s and then, in the 1980s and 1990s, captured the essence of the day’s great cultural icons. Her photographs make plain that, as Leibovitz herself once put it, she was not afraid to fall in love with her subjects. Anna-Lou Leibovitz was born on October 2, 1949, in Westbury, Connecticut. She was the third of six children of Marilyn Leibovitz, a modern dance instructor, and Sam Leibovitz, an air force lieutenant colonel. As the daughter of a career military officer, Leibovitz moved with her family frequently from town to town. The constant relocation fostered strong ties among the six Leibovitz children. Education and Work with Rolling Stone Leibovitz attended the San Francisco Art Institute from 1967 until 1971. She shifted her focus from painting to photography early in her college career. In 1969, she lived on Kibbutz Amir in Israel. The archaeological team on which she worked during her five months in Israel uncovered the remains of King Solomon’s Temple. By the time Leibovitz received her bachelor of fine arts degree in 1971, her photographs of Israel and a picture of the poet Allen Ginsberg at a San Francisco peace march had already landed her a job at the music magazine Rolling Stone. Soon after she was hired, Leibovitz convinced editor Jann Wenner to grant her a breakthrough assignment. Leibovitz flew with Wenner to New York City to interview John Lennon. A photo from that trip adorned the cover of Rolling Stone, the first of dozens Leibovitz would shoot over the course of her career with the music magazine. In 1973, she was named chief photographer. The mid-1970s brought Leibovitz an increasing amount of notoriety and its concomitant tribulations. In 1975, the rock band the Rolling Stones invited Leibovitz to document their six-month concert tour. Living in the world of her subjects, her camera did not shield Leibovitz from the rock ’n’ roll life-style. She began using cocaine on tour and struggled for years afterward to recover. Photography Exhibits and Move to Vanity Fair In 1983, Leibovitz put together her first major exhibit, which led to the publication of her book Annie Leibovitz: Photographs (1983). Her ability to work with her subjects to get beneath the veneer of superficiality that typically characterizes Hollywood paparazzi has reinforced her reputation as the most prominent celebrity photographer of her generation. The rapport Leibovitz develops with her subjects creates an atmosphere in which celebrities will strike the most unconventional of poses and show emotions that other photographers could not evoke. Among her most famous shots are a naked John Lennon curled around a fully clothed Yoko Ono, Bette Midler in a bed of roses, and the Blues Brothers painted blue. In 1983, after more than a decade of photographing such rock ’n’ roll legends as Lennon, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, and Bruce Springsteen, Leibovitz left Rolling Stone for Vanity Fair. This move gave her the opportunity to shoot a broader range of subjects, including the Dalai Lama, Vaclav Havel, and Donald Trump. Her art did not suffer from the change. The American Society of Magazine Photographers selected her as the Photographer of the Year in 1984. Advertising Work, Awards, and Honors In addition to her work for Vanity Fair, Leibovitz became active in advertising photography. In 1986, she was the first photographer ever to be commissioned to design and shoot posters for the World Cup. A campaign she designed for American Express brought Leibovitz a storm of critical acclaim. In 1987, she received the Innovation in Photography Award from the American Society of Magazine Photographers, a Clio Award from Clio Enterprises, and a Campaign of the Decade Award from Advertising Age for the “Portraits” campaign she produced for American Express. Then, in 1990, the International Center of Photography recognized the same work by giving Leibovitz the Infinity Award for applied photography. n 1991, Leibovitz became only the second living photographer to be featured in an exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. She published this retrospective in book form under the title Annie Leibovitz: Photographs, 1970–1990. In anticipation of the centennial Olympic games, Leibovitz spent two years photographing athletes...
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1990s Realist Art

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Ink, Offset, Lithograph

Venezia Italy mixed media on canvas urbanscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jose Luis Fuentetaja - Venezia - mixed media (print and oil on canvas). Canvas size 54x73 cm. Frameless. Is born in Madrid on the 21st july 1951. After attending primary school, he ...
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1990s Realist Art

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Maternity mixed media on canvas Nepal
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jose Luis Fuentetaja - Maternity - mixed media (print and oil on canvas). Canvas size 54x65 cm. Frameless. Is born in Madrid on the 21st july 1951. After attending primary school, h...
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1990s Realist Art

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Corner of Sitges mixed media on canvas urbanscape Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jose Luis Fuentetaja - Sitges - mixed media (print and oil on canvas). Canvas size 54x73 cm. Frameless. Is born in Madrid on the 21st july 1951. After attending primary school, he s...
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1990s Realist Art

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Mixed Media, Canvas

Neil Welliver at O'Farrel Gallery poster
Located in New York, NY
Neil Welliver at O'Farrel Gallery poster, 1998 Offset lithograph 24 × 18 inches Unframed This offset lithograph poster was published on the occasion of Neil Welliver's exhibition at O'Farrell Gallery from July 17 to September 5, 1998. The depicted painting on the poster is Neil Welliver, Marsh Shadow, 1986. Publisher O'Farrell Gallery, Brunswick, Maine About Neil Welliver: Neil Welliver (American, 1929-2005) is best known for his large-scale, vivid paintings and woodcuts of the remote Maine wilderness. Born in the small town of Millville, Pennsylvania, he first studied at the Philadelphia College of Art (1953), followed by Yale (1955), where Josef Albers and Burgoyne Diller were among his teachers. Their influence, as well as the rising popularity of Abstract Expressionism, is evident from Welliver’s early experimentations in abstraction, which include elements of color field painting, as well as the color theory of Albers, and the flattened, “allover” space of Pollock and de Kooning. Welliver would go on to teach at Yale from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, by which time he had moved formally towards the representational, beginning to paint the landscape of Maine. In the late 1960s and early 70s he also produced scenes of nude bathers in streams, their bodies abstracted by the moving water. While continuing to work as the chair of the University of Pennsylvania graduate school (1966-1989), he moved permanently to Lincolnville, Maine, in 1970. Welliver lost his studio, home, and much of his work to a fire in 1975. The following year, his second wife and infant daughter died. Further tragedy came with the death of his college aged son in 1991. His artistic practice remained the mode through which he survived these hardships. By the 1980s he was painting landscapes almost exclusively. The resulting body of work nods to many of Welliver’s early influences, as he utilizes natural repetitions and distortions to represent the innate abstraction of the natural world. These mature works are based on long plein-air studies, where Welliver would carry a 70-pound pack of painting supplies into remote landscapes, and sit for three hours at a time. He continued to paint the landscape surrounding his large property in Maine until his death in 2005. Welliver was a member of the National Academy of Design, and received notable awards from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, among others. - Courtesy of Alexandre Gallery
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1990s Realist Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Nepalese girl mixed media on canvas
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jose Luis Fuentetaja - Nepalese girl - mixed media (print and oil on canvas). Canvas size 48x63 cm. Frameless. Is born in Madrid on the 21st july 1951. After attending primary schoo...
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1990s Realist Art

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Vintage Oil Painting on Canvas Still Life, Fruits, Framed, Signed Spiesel 1998
Located in Framingham, MA
Up for sale is a vintage original oil painting on canvas depicting Still Life Composition with fruits, and a blue vase. Overall an impressive-looking medium-sized painting that wil...
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1990s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Cadaques Spain oil on canvas painting spanish mediterranean seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell (Gerona 1932-2001) - Cadaqués Spain - Oil canvas Oil measurements 50x61 cm. Frame measurements 72x83 cm. Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell Year of birth: 193...
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1990s Realist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Cupid oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil measures 46x55 cm. Frameless.
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1990s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Tulips
Located in New York, NY
Donald Sultan Tulips, 1990 Silkscreen on wove paper 23 × 22 inches Pencil signed, titled and dated and numbered 22/125 on the front margins Unframed Richly colored silkscreen of tuli...
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1990s Realist Art

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Screen

Bourgeoiscape II : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko. Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative realism. Her works are rich, complex figurative and still life paintings. They are s...
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1990s Realist Art

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Linen, Oil

La Tuile a Loup rue Daubenton Paris
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Andre Renoux la Tuile a Loup rue Daubenton - 1989 Painting Canvas Size 23.75'' x 15'' inches His art has been the subject of three monographs, numero...
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1990s Realist Art

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Acrylic

Jenness Cortez, "Secretariat as a Stallion, Claiborne Farm", Equine Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This rare original equine painting by renown artist, Jenness Cortez, features a stately portrait of legendary racehorse Secretariat standing in the lush verdant grass at Claiborne Farm. Bathing in the warmth of an afternoon sun, Secretariat's copper-colored beauty is captured perfectly. Titled, “Secretariat as a Stallion Claiborne Farm”, this beautiful oil painting measures 18.5 x 24.5 and is framed in an ornate gold frame, finished with a commemorative plaque. Secretariat is widely considered to be the greatest racehorse of all time and the most recognizable name in thoroughbred racing. Big Red, as he is most often affectionately referred, became America’s Horse after his historic Triple Crown win in 1973, winning the Belmont Stakes by an unimaginable 31 lengths (in world record time) in what stands today as the single greatest horseracing performance ever. About Jenness Cortez: Jenness Cortez is a distinguished figure in the contemporary revival of classical realist painting. She was born in Indiana and exhibited a very early talent for art. As a teenager, she took private lessons with Antonius Raemaekers...
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1990s Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Sant James park London oil on canvas painting urbanscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Vayreda Canadell - Sant James park London - Oil canvas 46x55 Oil measurements 46x55 cm. Frame measurements 71x80 cm. Some areas have cracks in the paint. J...
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1990s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Corgi
Located in Charleston, US
The charming quintessential Corgi dog painting by Audrey Challoner-Desjardins is a must have for the Corgi lover.   Audrey Challoner-Desjardins immortalizes ...
Category

1990s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Homage to the Panthers
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Catlett Homage to the Panthers, 1993 Color Lithograph on wove paper with deckled edges Signed, titled and dated in graphite pencil on the front Frame Included: elegantly floated and framed in dark wood museum quality frame under UV plexiglass This work, which truly needs no explanation, was exhibited by Gallery 511 in collaboration with Hirschl & Adler in New York City in an exhibition entitled "The Masters" (October 18...
Category

1990s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Portrait of a Woman "Irene Handl" with 1950s Style Outfit in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman with 1950s Style Outfit in Oil on Canvas Elegant portrait of a woman (Irene Handl) with horn rimmed glasses by Cindy Gin (Cindy Lin) (American, 20th Century). Th...
Category

1990s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Woman and Infant in White - Oil on Canvas Natalie Wood
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman and Infant in White - Oil on Canvas Natalie Wood Elegant portrait of a woman and her newborn child (*Natalie Wood and Natasha) by Cindy Gin (Cindy Lin) (American...
Category

1990s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Private Tokyo
Located in New York, NY
Nobuyoshi Araki Private Tokyo, 1996 Two Sided Offset Lithograph Boldly signed and numbered by the artist in black marker on the lower right front 33 × 46 3/5 inches Unframed This dra...
Category

1990s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Outsider Artist Surrealist Figurative Eye
Located in Buffalo, NY
Figurative eye by outsider artist Phillip Q.
Category

1990s Realist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"A Field for the Birds, " Acrylic on Canvas, Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"A Field for the Birds" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Tom Shelton. The artist signed the painting in the lower right. This painting depicts a diagonal line of birds cu...
Category

1990s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Venezia Italy oil on canvas seascape urbanscape seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell (1932-2001) - Venice Italy - Oil canvas Oil measures 55x46 cm. Frameless. Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell Year of birth: 1932 Biography: Member of a family...
Category

1990s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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