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“Raphael’s Stairway,” Photorealism
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Raphael’s Stairway
Year: 1978
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 48 x 36 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed recto; signed, dated, and ...
Category
1970s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Quiet Riverside", Contemporary, Framed, Embroidery, Photorealism, Nature
By Carol Shinn
Located in St. Louis, MO
Carol Shinn is a studio artist who lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. She is known internationally for photo-based machine-stitched images. She has taught many classes and workshops ac...
Category
2010s Contemporary More Art
Materials
Canvas, Thread
H 27.75 in. W 22 in. D 2 in.
“Martin Heade’s Window,” Photorealism
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Martin Heade’s Window
Year: 1980
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 48 x 36 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed recto; signed, dated, a...
Category
1980s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“(Untitled) Connecticut Landscape,” Photorealism
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Connecticut Landscape)
Year: 1983
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 60 x 43 inches
Condition: Excellent
Provenance: Fischbach Gallery, N...
Category
1980s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A kite - 21st century, Young art, Figurative painting, Photorealism, A cat
By Kamil Lisek
Located in Warsaw, PL
KAMIL LISEK (born in 1980) Studied under the guidance of prof. Maciej Świeszewski at the faculty of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. He graduated with distinction obta...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 55.12 in. W 31.5 in. D 0.79 in.
Cute Koala Bear Australia, Photorealism
By John Ruthven
Located in Miami, FL
John Ruthven is recognized as the “20th-century Audubon. In this very detailed and meticulously rendered work the artist depicts a Koala in an iconic and proud pose and a Photoreali...
Category
1970s Academic Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
“Transparent Barricades: Variation II,” Photorealism
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Transparent Barricades: Variation II
Year: December 1974
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 72 x 48 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed...
Category
1970s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cute Koala Bear Australia, Photorealism
By John Ruthven
Located in Miami, FL
John Ruthven is recognized as the “20th-century Audubon. In this very detailed and meticulously rendered work the artist depicts a Koala in an iconic and proud pose and a Photoreali...
Category
1970s Academic Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
JAM ON BREAD, Still Life, Food, Pop Art, Photorealism, Kitchen
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten or the forlorn, perhaps indications or remnants of a time before.
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Red Spirals, colorful, superrealism, photorealism
By Doug Newton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Painted directly from live observation, Doug Newton’s hyper-real paintings explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light can transfo...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
“Sunrise Through Forest, Spiral Nebula ,” Photorealism
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Sunrise Through Forest, Spiral Nebula
Year: April 1970
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 44.25 x 36 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Sign...
Category
1970s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“Looking Toward Oyster Pond, Montauk,” Photorealism
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Looking Toward Oyster Pond, Montauk
Year: 1983-2001
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 42 x 60 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed rect...
Category
1980s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
“Transparent Barricades: Sunset and Moonrise,” Photorealism
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Transparent Barricades: Sunset and Moonrise
Year: 1985
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 30 x 40 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed r...
Category
1980s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Fading Rose", Contemporary, Framed, Textile, Embroidery, Photorealism
By Carol Shinn
Located in St. Louis, MO
Carol Shinn is a studio artist who lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. She is known internationally for photo-based machine-stitched images. She has taught many classes and workshops ac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Mixed Media
H 25.5 in. W 23.5 in. D 2.25 in.
"Lupines", Contemporary, Framed, Embroidery, Photorealism, Nature, Landscape
By Carol Shinn
Located in St. Louis, MO
Carol Shinn is a studio artist who lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. She is known internationally for photo-based machine-stitched images. She has taught many classes and workshops ac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Textile, Thread, Mixed Media
H 22 in. W 28.5 in. D 2 in.
“Flower Piece with Storm,” Photorealism & Hyperrealism
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Flower Piece with Storm
Year: 1986
Medium: Acrylic on Panel, with Artist Painted Frame
Size: 58.5 x 46.5 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription...
Category
1980s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Tree Canopy", Contemporary, Framed, Textile, Embroidery, Photorealism, Nature
By Carol Shinn
Located in St. Louis, MO
Carol Shinn is a studio artist who lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. She is known internationally for photo-based machine-stitched images. She has taught many classes and workshops ac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Mixed Media
H 27 in. W 23 in. D 2.25 in.
"Lily Seed Pods", Contemporary, Framed, Textile, Embroidery, Photorealism
By Carol Shinn
Located in St. Louis, MO
Carol Shinn is a studio artist who lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. She is known internationally for photo-based machine-stitched images. She has taught many classes and workshops ac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Thread
H 27 in. W 23 in. D 2 in.
GIRASOL (vivid colors, photorealism, sunflowers, still life)
By Will Wilson
Located in New York, NY
GIRASOL depicts a bouquet of Mexican sunflowers bundled atop a column. A monarch butterfly seeks nectar, while behind it a vast field of sunflowers faces the light. The painting is a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
SLICE OF BREAD WITH NUTELLA, Still Life, Food, Pop Art, Photorealism, Kitchen
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten or the forlorn, perhaps indications or remnants of a time before.
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
SELF, waterscape, swimming, blue, underwater, diving, bubbles, photorealism
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Eric Zener. Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings and resins are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water. Ze...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Porcelain Monkey - Contemporary Figurative Animals Oil Painting, Photorealism
By Tomasz Bielak
Located in Salzburg, AT
Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Academy of Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics Design Department in Gdańsk, in 1994. He realized installation art, graphics ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 28.75 in. W 23.63 in. D 0.79 in.
INTERWEAVE, photorealism, green foliage, forest scene, branches, trees
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Eric Zener.
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Team Meeting - Draft Horse Pastel Painting Equine Photorealism
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
"Team Meeting" Is a photo-realistic pastel painting by Abigail Dunnivan. The painting features two draft-horses, laden with flashy carting gear, rubbing and nudging each-other to cal...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Graphite, Pastel
H 11.5 in. W 15.5 in.
A DIFFERENT VIEW OF MONMOUTH BATTLEGROUND, photorealism, landscape, vivid color
By Anita Mazzucca
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Anita Mazzucca
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Rose Garden", Contemporary, Oil, Painting, Framed, Still Life, Photorealism
By Jeffrey Vaughn
Located in St. Louis, MO
Jeffrey Vaughn, from Alton, Illinois, received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1978 from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, and his Master of Fine Arts in 1983 from the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Varnish, Oil
H 11 in. W 11 in. D 1.75 in.
LONGSTREET FARM, tree on a lake, pink flowers, photorealism, reflections
By Anita Mazzucca
Located in New York, NY
Original Landscape painting by New Jersey artist Anita Mazzucca.
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Buddy System - Horse Pastel Painting Equine Western Photorealism
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
"The Buddy System" Is a photo-realistic pastel painting by Abigail Dunnivan. The painting depicts a duo of horses, one black and one chestnut, tacked in traditional vaquero gear. It ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Graphite, Pastel
H 13.75 in. W 10.5 in.
For The Win - Polo Pony Pastel Painting Equine Photorealism
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
"For the Win" Is a photo-realistic pastel painting by Abigail Dunnivan. The painting depicts a polo player and his speeding pony taking their winning shot under the blazing dessert s...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Charcoal, Graphite
MEISSEN TEAPOT, still life, photorealism, porcelain, patterned cloth
By Olga Antonova
Located in New York, NY
In her oil paintings on canvas, Olga Antonova renders intimate objects in soft focus through her fluid and nuanced brushwork.
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
ATLANTIC SWELL 13, dark ocean, waves, stormy, photorealism, water, waterscape
By Lisa Lebofsky
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Lisa Lebofsky.
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
GHOST SIGN ON A WALL , cityscape, photorealism, vivid blue, advertisement, brick
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Richard Combes featuring a Bombay Sapphire sign.
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
EPHEMERA II, Swimmer, Bubbles, Blue, Ocean, Bathing Suit, Swimming, Photorealism
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic oil paintings are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water. A self-taught artist, Zener manipulates light ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
HOW TO BE HAPPY, portrait, photorealism, underwater, woman smiling, blue
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Eric Zener.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Against the Wind", Alexander Volkov, Oil on Canvas, Photorealism, Landscape
By Alexander Volkov
Located in Dallas, TX
"Against the Wind" by Alexander Volkov is an original oil on canvas. This photorealstic painting captures a bird flying toward the sunrise an over a rocky landscape.
Combining a lif...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 32 in. W 60 in. D 1 in.
“Scarlet Blue Macaw,” Photorealism, circle of Malcolm Morley, Chuck Close
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Scarlet Blue Macaw
Year: 1992
Medium: Acrylic on Panel with artist painted frame
Size: 58.5 x 42.2 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Sign...
Category
1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Lilies After the Rain", Contemporary, Oil Painting, Canvas, Photorealism, Frame
By Jeffrey Vaughn
Located in St. Louis, MO
Jeffrey Vaughn, from Alton, Illinois, received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1978 from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, and his Master of Fine Arts in 1983 from the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Oil
Jeffrey Vaughn"Lilies After the Rain", Contemporary, Oil Painting, Canvas, Photorealism, Frame, 2020
H 37.5 in. W 37.5 in. D 2.5 in.
"Moontide", Alexander Volkov, 24x48, Oil on Canvas, Photorealism, Landscape
By Alexander Volkov
Located in Dallas, TX
"Moontide" by Alexander Volkov is an original oil on canvas. This painting is a photorealistic view of the moonlight reflecting on the waters surface. The moon is hidden behind the c...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 24 in. W 48 in. D 1 in.
"Notre Dame de Paris at Night", Sorin, Photorealism, French, Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
"Notre Dame de Paris at Night" by Sorin is a 30x40 inch original oil on canvas. The painting captures a photorealistic night view of the medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 30 in. W 40 in. D 1 in.
PEARS IN A METAL VASE, still-life with fruit, photorealism
By Olga Antonova
Located in New York, NY
In her oil paintings on canvas, Olga Antonova renders intimate objects in soft focus through her fluid and nuanced brushwork.
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
PULASKI CROSSING (8 PANELS), new york city NYC skyline, landscape, photorealism
By Alexandra Pacula
Located in New York, NY
8 piece artwork depicting a crossing of the Pulaski Bridge in Brooklyn, New York City.
Alexandra Pacula (b. 1979) paints works exploring the dynamic energy of cities at night. Polis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Yellow Ferrari", Oleg Turchin, Oil on Canvas, 36" x 54", Photorealism Painting
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
Oleg Turchin's "Yellow Ferrari" is an oil on canvas that measures 36" x 54". The painting is a beautiful photorealistic depiction of Ferrari 599 GTO outside the Casino Monte-Carlo in...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 36 in. W 54 in. D 1 in.
THREE GOLDEN APPLES, still life with fruit, muted colors, photorealism
By Olga Antonova
Located in New York, NY
In her oil paintings on canvas, Olga Antonova renders intimate objects in soft focus through her fluid and nuanced brushwork.
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
RAMBLE ON, photorealism, glass, foliage, rose bush, decanter, barware, bottles
By Steve Smulka
Located in New York, NY
Smulka creates hyperrealistic and photorealistic still life paintings that capture glass bottles in natural light and interprets the illumination in dramatic compositions.
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
6TH AVENUE REFLECTION, new york city, rainy street, reflection, photorealism
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil painting by Richard Combes.
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Tower Bridge", Oleg Turchin, Oil/Canvas, 37x60, Photorealism Landscape Original
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
Oleg Turchin's "Tower Bridge" is an oil on canvas that measures 37" x 60". The painting is a beautiful photorealistic depiction of Tower Bridge. Built between 1886 and 1894, the Brid...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 37 in. W 60 in. D 1 in.
"Night River", Alexander Volkov, 30x48, Oil on Canvas, Photorealism Landscape
By Alexander Volkov
Located in Dallas, TX
"Night River" by Alexander Volkov is an original oil on canvas. This painting is a photorealistic view of the sunset of a river. You can see the clouds and sunset reflected in the wa...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 30 in. W 48 in. D 1 in.
"Notre Dame de Paris", Sorin, Photorealism, Oil on Canvas, French, Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
"Notre Dame de Paris" by Sorin is a 30x40 inch original oil on canvas. The painting captures a photorealistic view of the medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the 4th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 30 in. W 40 in. D 1 in.
"White Lilies", Oleg Turchin, Oil on Canvas, 30" x 24", Photorealism Painting
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
"White Lilies" by Oleg Turchin is a 30x24 inch oil painting on canvas. Turchin brings these flowers to life with each stroke of his brush. The technique with attention to color, deta...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 30 in. W 24 in. D 1 in.
DREAM HOME, satire, humor, photorealism, bird, seagull, vibrant colors, fries
By Robert Jackson
Located in New York, NY
Robert C. Jackson was born in 1964 in Kinston, NC. He worked as an Electrical Engineer and then as an Assistant Pastor, before settling down to his full-time and fulfilling career as...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Churchill Arms", Oleg Turchin, Oil on Canvas, 30x40, Photorealism Original
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
Oleg Turchin's "Churchill Arms, Pub" is an oil on canvas that measures 30" x 40". The painting is a beautiful photorealistic depiction of a famous pub im Notting Hill, Kingsington, L...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 30 in. W 40 in. D 1 in.
"Harvest Season", Alexander Volkov, 30x40, Oil on Canvas, Photorealism
By Alexander Volkov
Located in Dallas, TX
"Harvest Season" by Alexander Volkov is an original oil on canvas. The photorealistic painting beautifully captures a room full of empty baskets and barrels stacked around a wooden b...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 30 in. W 40 in. D 1 in.
JAPANESE KIMONO Hand Drawn Lithograph, Blonde Woman Silk Kimono, Photorealism
By Douglas Hofmann
Located in Union City, NJ
Japanese Kimono by the American photorealist artist Douglas Hofmann is an original hand drawn lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) printed using hand lithography tec...
Category
1990s Photorealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
ICE FLOW, photorealism, water and ice, melting, dark colors, rich detail, blue
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Richard Combes.
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Photorealism Still Life Acrylic Painting Flower Photo Realist Orchid, Vivid Blue
By Clarence Measelle
Located in Bal Harbour, FL
Close up of a flower. canvas measures 30 X24 inches.
Clarence Skip Measelle has been featured in over 100 gallery and museum exhibitions, competitions, group shows, and solo shows th...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Tea Time", Jesus Navarro, Oil on Canvas, 39x28 in., PhotoRealism Still life
By Jesus Navarro
Located in Dallas, TX
Jesus Navarro "Tea Time" is oil on canvas and measures 39x28 inches. This contemporary still life realistic painting have three antiqued dinner ware centerpieces including a tea pot...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 39 in. W 28 in. D 2 in.
“GALLERY BX (Hockney)”, (Pop Art, David Hockney, Photorealism)
Located in Binghamton, NY
"Gallery BX (Hockney)" is an oil and acrylic wood construction piece by Peter Roth. The work utilizes reverse perspective to create the illusion of a flat space. Inspired by Pop Art ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Oil, Acrylic
"Gallery BW (Banksy)" (Pop Art, Street Art, Photorealism)
Located in Binghamton, NY
"Gallery BW (Banksy)" is an oil and acrylic wood construction piece by Peter Roth. The work utilizes reverse perspective to create the illusion of a flat space. Inspired by street ar...
Category
2010s Pop Art Interior Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"GALLERY 103 (Warhol)" (Pop Art, Andy Warhol, Lithographs, Photorealism)
Located in Binghamton, NY
"Gallery 103 (Warhol)" is an oil and acrylic wood construction piece by Peter Roth. The work utilizes reverse perspective to create the illusion of a flat space. Inspired by Pop Art ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Oil, Acrylic
"Fresh Cut Fries" (Photorealism)
Located in Binghamton, NY
"Fresh Cut Fries" is an medium sized oil on aluminum painting by Stephanie Schechter. The photorealist painting depicts a food stand sign advertising fresh cut fries and corn dogs. T...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Metal
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No matter your preference, whether you favor Post-Impressionist paintings, animal paintings, Surrealism, Pop art or another movement or specific period, arranging art on a blank wall allows you to evoke emotions in a room while also showing off your tastes and interests. A symmetrical wall arrangement may comprise a grid of four to six pieces or, for an odd number of works, a horizontal row. Asymmetrical arrangements, which may be small clusters of art or large, salon-style gallery walls, have a more collected and eclectic feel. Download the 1stDibs app, which includes a handy “View on Wall” feature that allows you to see how a particular artwork will look on a particular wall, and read about how to arrange wall art. And if you’re searching for the perfect palette for your interior design project, what better place to turn than to the art world’s masters of color?
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