$24,200Sale Price|20% Off
The three graces. 2022. Oil on canvas, 146x110 cm
By Normunds Braslinsh
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery Alma, Riga, Latvia 2005 Normunds Brasliņš. Collection of Works. Gallery Castiglione, Paris, France 2005 Normunds Brasliņš.
Canvas, Oil
$17,807Sale Price|20% Off
Girls and vine. 2021. Oil on canvas, 82x79 cm
By Normunds Braslinsh
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery Alma, Riga, Latvia 2005 Normunds Brasliņš. Collection of Works. Gallery Castiglione, Paris, France 2005 Normunds Brasliņš.
Canvas, Oil
Venus. 2006. Oil on canvas, 66x183 cm
By Normunds Braslinsh
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery Alma, Riga, Latvia 2005 Normunds Brasliņš. Collection of Works. Gallery Castiglione, Paris, France 2005 Normunds Brasliņš.
Canvas, Oil
$13,241Sale Price|20% Off
Woman with a glass.2019. Oil on canvas, 45x45 cm
By Normunds Braslinsh
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery Alma, Riga, Latvia 2005 Normunds Brasliņš. Collection of Works. Gallery Castiglione, Paris, France 2005 Normunds Brasliņš.
Canvas, Oil
Three Graces. 1996, oil on wood, 32x23 cm. Signed
By Normunds Braslinsh
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery Alma, Riga, Latvia 2005 Normunds Brasliņš. Collection of Works. Gallery Castiglione, Paris, France 2005 Normunds Brasliņš.
Oil, Wood
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H 31.5 in W 21.5 in D 0.75 in
'Women, Rust and Coral', Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts Modernist Oil
By Kristaps Zarins
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Riga, Latvia. ‘’Painting’’ (together with Roberts Muzis, Normunds Braslins, Uno Danilevskis, Juris Jurjans).
Canvas, Oil
$3,424
H 19.69 in W 15.75 in D 0.4 in
Diana Oil on Canvas Portrait, Contemporary Style, 50x40 cm, 2023
By Marco Fariello
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas portrait of a girl with a white rose in her hair. Realized by Marco Fariello in 2023. Excellent condition.
Oil
$2,283Sale Price|20% Off
H 35.44 in W 35.44 in
Nude - Figurative Oil Realistic painting, Polish young artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
AGNIESZKA STAAK-JANCZARSKA (born in 1994) A graduate of the State Secondary School of Art of Józef Kluza in Krakow. In 2020, she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow in ...
Canvas, Oil
$11,985
H 78.75 in W 59.06 in D 1.19 in
Beginning 8 - Modern Large Format Painting, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Hallein, AT
Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Canvas, Oil
$2,900
H 15.75 in W 40.16 in D 1.19 in
Reclining Nude Model, Signed Oil on Canvas, 40 x 102 cm
Located in Stockholm, Stockholm
A female nude reclining on a white draped surface, possibly an early academic study by Siri Derkert (1888–1973), signed S.D. lower right. The model is shown in profile, with her elbo...
Canvas, Oil
$14,000
H 24 in W 48 in
"Skylover" Contemporary Realist Male Nude Oil Painting, 24x48 Inches, framed
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Skylover" is a contemporary realist male nude perspective oil painting in a unique wood frame. An ellipse shaped canvas displays a man laying on the ground under the morning sky. Hi...
Canvas, Oil
Nude, Oil on Canvas by B.Robert, Ca. 1930
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on Canvas by B. Robert, France, circa 1930. This exquisite oil painting by B. Robert, created in France around 1930, captures the serene beauty of a young nude woman reclining. T...
Canvas, Oil
Act. Oil on canvas, 58x69 cm
By Victor Karnauh
Located in Riga, LV
Act. Oil on canvas, 58x69 cm Victor Karnaukh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate of Latvia...
Canvas, Oil
$2,283Sale Price|20% Off
H 39.38 in W 20.08 in
Afectata: Oil Painting on Linen, Hyper-Realistic Figurative Art, 2010+
By Felix Campean
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Felix Campean's work presents a hyper-realistic human body, displaying every muscle and texture with astonishing precision. The intense colors and slightly distorted shape of the bod...
Linen, Oil
The Three Graces
Located in Pasadena, CA
Nude study of the Three Graces attributed to André Favory unsigned, after Cezanne. Excellent condition, framed.
Oil
$3,995
H 45.87 in W 25.99 in
Sebastian: Contemporary Oil Painting on Linen, Unframed, 116.5 x 66 cm
By Felix Campean
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Felix Campean's artwork presents a scene of a human body emerging with astonishing anatomical precision, capturing every detail of musculature and skin with hyper-realistic fidelity....
Linen, Oil
$6,215
H 39.38 in W 27.56 in D 0.79 in
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 6 - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Sea View
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Hallein, AT
Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Canvas, Oil
The Three Graces
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Three Graces MEDIUM: Lithograph on Rives Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Sydney Lucas, New York EDITION NUMBER: 169/300 MEASUREMENTS: 2...
Lithograph
$8,300
H 29.5 in W 31.5 in D 0.25 in
"Nude, Reflection" Realist Oil Painting on Wood Panel, 21st Century, unframed
By Daniela Astone
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by Contemporary Italian Realist painter, Daniela Astone - A nude figure sits on a sterile, white floor. A mirror presents the figure's back from another angle. She ho...
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
$7,876
H 15.75 in W 23.63 in D 0.79 in
Nude, Original Figurative Realist Woman Oil Painting by Simon Kozhin
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
The mystery of female beauty. Naked body beauty, its delicate shades and plastic lines. The image of the girl from the back echoes the classics. The production is based on the same m...
Canvas, Oil
$4,566
H 19.69 in W 27.56 in D 0.79 in
Renunciation (Nudes Series) canvas, oil, acrylic 50x70cm
Located in Zofingen, AG
Renunciation (Nudes Series) canvas, oil, acrylic 50x70cm A masterpiece exploring sculptural anatomy, deep isolation, and the infinite. This fine art 70x50cm oil, acrylic canvas cap...
Acrylic, Oil
Act. Oil on canvas, 58x69 cm
By Victor Karnauh
Located in Riga, LV
Act. Oil on canvas, 58x69 cm Victor Karnaukh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate of Latvia...
Canvas, Oil
Hand Painted Lamp Shade
By Loyzaga
Located in Mexico, Ciudad de México
Hand-painted lamp shade by artisans in Mexico City.
Tapestry, Plastic
$2,052 / item
H 40 in W 30 in D 0.03 in
"Les Terrains" Signed Limited Edition Art Print by Christiane Lemieux - 30"x40"
Located in New York, NY
Our first limited edition fine art print “Les Terrains” is an emotive abstract landscape translated in gouache, charcoal and pastel. Created by artist Christiane Lemieux, there will ...
Paper
Venetian Style Round Mirror with Pink Purple Orange Glass and Brass Frame
Located in Barcelona, ES
Colorful midcentury Large Round Polyhedral Venetian Mirror Cool Venetian style Hollywood Regency round mirror with pink purple amber iridiscent mirror glass panels. Spain, 1950s This...
Metal, Brass
Pal Fried Nude Portrait Oil on Canvas
By Pal Fried
Located in San Diego, CA
Nude portrait oil on canvas by Hungarian/American artist Pal Fried. Excellent overall condition in period frame with a light vertical scratch line running along the lower middle as s...
$6,200
H 20 in W 16 in
"The Bather" (2024) Oil Painting by Karen Offutt, Female Portrait, Nude
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's (US based) "The Bather" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female in a landscape, bathed in light, with a towel draped around her. The painting ...
Oil, Panel
"Sunday in the Park, 1910"
By Cyprien Eugène Boulet
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed Lower Right Cyprien-Eugène Boulet (1877 - 1927)
Canvas, Oil
$25,576
H 24.02 in W 18.12 in
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 st...
Canvas, Oil
$1,674 / item
H 15.75 in Dm 43.31 in
Contemporary Art Deco Mint green and Red powder coated Carousel 5 arms pendant
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Carousel suspension lamp has a delicate balance of form and function that produces a quiet, modern light ambiance for all to savour, with its Contemporary Art Deco lines. The struct...
Metal
Sheep Pillow by Studio Ahead
By Studio Ahead
Located in San Francisco, CA
Sheep Pillow designed by Studio Ahead in a collaboration with JG SWITZER. Textured like stones smoothed by water the felted wool fabric is a mix of local fleeces and silk/wool blen...
Wool, Felt, Silk
Bottles. 2012, canvas, oil, 115x115 cm
By Alyona Prokofjeva
Located in Riga, LV
Bottles. 2012, canvas, oil, 115x115 cm Alyona Prokofyeva (1988) From 2016 surname Galaktionova. Alyona graduated Riga art school, Latvian University, receiving a visual arts teache...
Canvas, Oil
$2,739
H 35.44 in W 17.72 in D 0.04 in
Klaudia frontal nude - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2021
By Marco Fariello
Located in Roma, IT
Klaudia frontal nude is one of the best works by the artist Marco Fariello. It is made on canvas, painted in oil in 2021. The subject of the work is the representation of a nude of ...
Canvas, Oil
$12,000
H 24 in W 36 in
My Inner Sanctum - Nude Woman Reclining On Chair w/ Cats, Original Oil Painting
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting situates Bruno Surdo within the long tradition of the domestic nude while engaging modern precedents such as Balthus. A reclining female figure occupies a worn armchair...
Canvas, Oil
$2,160 / item
H 10 in W 16 in D 16 in
Collectible Modern Fabric Sculptural Table Lamp by Mirei Monticelli, Aphrodite
By Costantini
Located in New York, NY
The Aphrodite lamp takes form from the godess Venus born of sea-spray, depicted by the revered painter Sandro Boticelli. The lampshade is made from banaca fabric, and the lamp base i...
Cement
$8,447 / item
H 38.98 in W 38.19 in D 22.45 in
18th Century Hand-Painted Venetian Style Light Blue Dorsoduro Chest of Drawers
By Porte Italia
Located in Ronchi dei Legionari, IT
From our Hand-Painted Furniture Collection, we are pleased to introduce you to our Light Blue Dorsoduro Chest of Drawers. This beautiful piece echoes the sweetness of those still s...
Wood
$115,000
H 26.5 in W 38 in
The Dance Large Antique Orientalist Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 19th Century
Located in Jacksonville, FL
The Painting is Signed Description: Fabbio Fabbi (1861-1946) was an Italian painter renowned for his Orientalist artworks and his ability to capture the beauty and allure of Eastern...
Canvas, Oil
$696 / item
H 7.4 in W 1.8 in D 7.7 in
Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni 'Minibox' Table Lamp in Green for Stilnovo
By Gae Aulenti, Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni 'Minibox' table lamp in green for Stilnovo Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the M...
Metal
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.
Find authentic realist paintings, sculptures, prints and more art on 1stDibs.
Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.
Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.
A hyperrealist canvas by Heinz Schönhammer transforms a café classic into an unforgettable still life.
With a solo show at the Denver Art Museum and a commission from the Met, the Cree Canadian painter has become an international sensation.