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Even On The Far Side Of The Sea, Original Seascape Painting, Realist Style Art
Even On The Far Side Of The Sea, Original Seascape Painting, Realist Style Art

Even On The Far Side Of The Sea, Original Seascape Painting, Realist Style Art

By Rachel Painter

Located in Deddington, GB

Rachel Painter Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look. Feel stormy skies and churning seas broken by a golden thread of a sunset in ‘Even On...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Sailing in the Afternoon" Realist Oil Painting on Board of Sailboat in Open Sea
"Sailing in the Afternoon" Realist Oil Painting on Board of Sailboat in Open Sea

"Sailing in the Afternoon" Realist Oil Painting on Board of Sailboat in Open Sea

By George Nemethy

Located in New York, NY

George Nemethy finds his inspiration in moments of quiet and solitude. Where he finds himself one with the sea and the sky and the tranquil world which he freely escapes to. Trained ...

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Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Board

Wordsworth in the Tropics, Hyper-realist Painting by Ian Hornak
Wordsworth in the Tropics, Hyper-realist Painting by Ian Hornak

Wordsworth in the Tropics, Hyper-realist Painting by Ian Hornak

By Ian Hornak

Located in Long Island City, NY

American Photorealist Ian Hornak’s stunning depiction of a tropical landscape is framed by back-lit palm trees and clouds illuminated with the setting sun. The painting is signed, ti...

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1970s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Bird Rock" realist oil painting of sea worn boulder on the beach in Montauk, NY
"Bird Rock" realist oil painting of sea worn boulder on the beach in Montauk, NY

"Bird Rock" realist oil painting of sea worn boulder on the beach in Montauk, NY

By Terry Elkins

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

An oil painting on linen by Contemporary American Painter Terry Elkins. The scene depicts a large rock, on the surface of a rocky beach, coated with barnacles and remnants of bird pr...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cola-Thor. From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph
Cola-Thor. From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph

Cola-Thor. From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph

By RODRIGO ETEM

Located in Miami Beach, FL

And for Adorno's negative dialectic, the problem was given as a human being in a world hostile to humans, the characters of Etem seem so natural to us to the extent that their presen...

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Congela-Thor. From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph
Congela-Thor. From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph

Congela-Thor. From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph

By RODRIGO ETEM

Located in Miami Beach, FL

And for Adorno's negative dialectic, the problem was given as a human being in a world hostile to humans, the characters of Etem seem so natural to us to the extent that their presen...

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Seca-Thor, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph
Seca-Thor, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph

Seca-Thor, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph

By RODRIGO ETEM

Located in Miami Beach, FL

And for Adorno's negative dialectic, the problem was given as a human being in a world hostile to humans, the characters of Etem seem so natural to us to the extent that their presen...

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

19th century French school, Portrait of a Reading Man, Oil on canvas
19th century French school, Portrait of a Reading Man, Oil on canvas

19th century French school, Portrait of a Reading Man, Oil on canvas

Located in Paris, FR

The work belongs to the lineage of Realist portraitists active between 1860 and 1900, in the orbit of such artists as Théodule Ribot, François Bonvin or Léon Bonnat in France, or the...

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1860s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"In the Twilight of Balcombe Greene" soft contemporary realist seascape, oil
"In the Twilight of Balcombe Greene" soft contemporary realist seascape, oil

"In the Twilight of Balcombe Greene" soft contemporary realist seascape, oil

By Terry Elkins

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

"In the Twilight of Balcombe Greene" is a contemporary realist seascape with soft tones. Frame Dimensions 27.5 x 45.5in Signed "Terry Elkins" lower right corner, recto.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Passage Along the Shore, 19th Century Orientalist Oil Painting, Framed, Signed
Passage Along the Shore, 19th Century Orientalist Oil Painting, Framed, Signed

Passage Along the Shore, 19th Century Orientalist Oil Painting, Framed, Signed

By Victor Pierre Huguet

Located in New York, NY

Art historians tend to identify two broad types of Orientalist artist: the realists who carefully painted what they observed such as Gustav Bauernfeint; and those who imagined Orient...

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19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Farm Scene with Haystacks in the English Countryside by Realist Landscape Artist
Farm Scene with Haystacks in the English Countryside by Realist Landscape Artist

Farm Scene with Haystacks in the English Countryside by Realist Landscape Artist

By James Wright

Located in Preston, GB

Farm Scene with Haystacks in the English Countryside by British Landscape Artist, James Wright. Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a gilt frame Art measures 24 x 15.5 inche...

Category

1990s Romantic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By John Button

Located in New York, NY

Concerning Button, Bill Berkson has written: “The scaled-up perceptual intimacy his best paintings assert is part of what the realist wing of the New York School developed, beginning...

Category

1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Untitled #187

Untitled #187

By John Button

Located in New York, NY

Concerning Button, Bill Berkson has written: “The scaled-up perceptual intimacy his best paintings assert is part of what the realist wing of the New York School developed, beginning...

Category

1960s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite, Paper

Untitled #177

Untitled #177

By John Button

Located in New York, NY

Concerning Button, Bill Berkson has written: “The scaled-up perceptual intimacy his best paintings assert is part of what the realist wing of the New York School developed, beginning...

Category

1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite, Paper

Untitled #257

Untitled #257

By John Button

Located in New York, NY

Concerning Button, Bill Berkson has written: “The scaled-up perceptual intimacy his best paintings assert is part of what the realist wing of the New York School developed, beginning...

Category

1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite, Paper

Fawsley, Northants Oil Painting, Realist Style, 21st Century, Signed
Fawsley, Northants Oil Painting, Realist Style, 21st Century, Signed

Fawsley, Northants Oil Painting, Realist Style, 21st Century, Signed

By Daniel van der Putten

Located in Naples, Florida

Oil on canvas Daniel Van der Putten was born in a small farming village near Leyden in Holland and is completely self-taught, he was truly inspired by the finest Dutch landscape pai...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled Aspy-Thor IV, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph
Untitled Aspy-Thor IV, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph

Untitled Aspy-Thor IV, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph

By RODRIGO ETEM

Located in Miami Beach, FL

And for Adorno's negative dialectic, the problem was given as a human being in a world hostile to humans, the characters of Etem seem so natural to us to the extent that their presen...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper

Untitled Aspy-Thor III, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph
Untitled Aspy-Thor III, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph

Untitled Aspy-Thor III, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph

By RODRIGO ETEM

Located in Miami Beach, FL

And for Adorno's negative dialectic, the problem was given as a human being in a world hostile to humans, the characters of Etem seem so natural to us to the extent that their presen...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitled, Aspy-Thor II, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph
Untitled, Aspy-Thor II, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph

Untitled, Aspy-Thor II, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph

By RODRIGO ETEM

Located in Miami Beach, FL

And for Adorno's negative dialectic, the problem was given as a human being in a world hostile to humans, the characters of Etem seem so natural to us to the extent that their presen...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Untitled Aspy-Thor II, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph
Untitled Aspy-Thor II, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph

Untitled Aspy-Thor II, From the series Ser Cosa, Color Photograph

By RODRIGO ETEM

Located in Miami Beach, FL

And for Adorno's negative dialectic, the problem was given as a human being in a world hostile to humans, the characters of Etem seem so natural to us to the extent that their presen...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Basse Cour Alexandre Defaux (1826/1900)
Basse Cour Alexandre Defaux (1826/1900)

Basse Cour Alexandre Defaux (1826/1900)

Located in GOUVIEUX, FR

The subtle composition, where the shadow of the porch contrasts with the bright sun on the straw, recalls the light effects and intimate scenes that the realist generation explored. ...

Category

Late 19th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled #238

Untitled #238

By John Button

Located in New York, NY

Concerning Button, Bill Berkson has written: “The scaled-up perceptual intimacy his best paintings assert is part of what the realist wing of the New York School developed, beginning...

Category

Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite, Paper

Highlands Sheep; A finished study from the Highlands Series
Highlands Sheep; A finished study from the Highlands Series

Highlands Sheep; A finished study from the Highlands Series

By Rosa Bonheur

Located in Middletown, NY

Rosa Bonheur (1822 – 1899) was the most celebrated female painter of the 19th century, renowned as an "animalière" (animal painter) for her monumental, anatomically precise canvases....

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Mid-19th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Handmade Paper, Graphite, Crayon

Un Marché Italien - Etching - 1865 ca.

Un Marché Italien - Etching - 1865 ca.

Located in Roma, IT

His deft control of line, coupled with his ability to balance the rustic and the picturesque, reflects both the realist ethos of the 19th century and the influence of the Barbizon Sc...

Category

1860s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

A Post-War, Modern Southwestern Realist Landscape, Adobe House in New Mexico
A Post-War, Modern Southwestern Realist Landscape, Adobe House in New Mexico

A Post-War, Modern Southwestern Realist Landscape, Adobe House in New Mexico

By Walter Burt Adams

Located in Chicago, IL

A wonderful Post-War example of the Realist style of painting practiced by the artist, a distinct style developed in the late 1920s and painted throughout his life, highly inspired b...

Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Savons de Provence" - Still Life - American Realist Painting - geometric
"Savons de Provence" - Still Life - American Realist Painting - geometric

"Savons de Provence" - Still Life - American Realist Painting - geometric

By Sarah Lamb

Located in Atlanta, GA

Sarah Lamb is a talented and dynamic realist painter. With classical skill—and through transparency, depth and texture—she captures the minute details of everyday objects in her dram...

Category

2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Home my Daddy Built, American Realist Collotype by Velox Ward
The Home my Daddy Built, American Realist Collotype by Velox Ward

The Home my Daddy Built, American Realist Collotype by Velox Ward

By Velox Ward

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Velox Ward, American (1901 - 1994) Title: The Home my Daddy Built from the America: The Third Century Portfolio Year: 1976 Medium: Collotype, signed and numbered in pencil Ed...

Category

1970s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Evening Joy Acrylic Painting, Realist Style, Framed, 21st Century

Evening Joy Acrylic Painting, Realist Style, Framed, 21st Century

By Michael John Hunt

Located in Sandwich, GB

A glance at the lantern clock says it is almost time to take your tipple outside to enjoy the warm sunshine of a summer evening. It sounds like a good idea to me!

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled

Untitled

By John Button

Located in New York, NY

Concerning Button, Bill Berkson has written: “The scaled-up perceptual intimacy his best paintings assert is part of what the realist wing of the New York School developed, beginning...

Category

1960s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite, Paper

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By John Button

Located in New York, NY

Concerning Button, Bill Berkson has written: “The scaled-up perceptual intimacy his best paintings assert is part of what the realist wing of the New York School developed, beginning...

Category

1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite, Paper

"Savons de Marseille" contemporary realist still life, oil painting, framed
"Savons de Marseille" contemporary realist still life, oil painting, framed

"Savons de Marseille" contemporary realist still life, oil painting, framed

By Sarah Lamb

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

Sarah Lamb 1971 Petersburg, VA Artist Bio: Sarah Lamb is a talented and dynamic realist painter. With classical skill—and through transparency, depth and texture—she captures th...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Winter Glow Oil Painting, Realist Landscape, Late 19th Century
Winter Glow Oil Painting, Realist Landscape, Late 19th Century

Winter Glow Oil Painting, Realist Landscape, Late 19th Century

By Johann Jungblut

Located in Naples, Florida

Johann Jungblut (1860 - 1912) was born in Sarrebourg on the French/German border in April of 1860, although in 1885 he made the German city of Dusseldorf his home. Johann Jungblut wa...

Category

Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

White Vessels Oil Painting, Realist Style, 21st Century, Framed
White Vessels Oil Painting, Realist Style, 21st Century, Framed

White Vessels Oil Painting, Realist Style, 21st Century, Framed

By Jura Bedic

Located in Naples, Florida

“The success of a realistic painting does not depend merely on copying a subject. I believe it needs to offer the textures, colors, and tones to one’s eye and become something more ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Niagara Mezzotint Engraving, American Realist, Signed, 21st Century
Niagara Mezzotint Engraving, American Realist, Signed, 21st Century

Niagara Mezzotint Engraving, American Realist, Signed, 21st Century

By Frederick Mershimer

Located in New York, NY

NIAGARA Contemporary artist Frederick Mershimer created the mezzotint engraving entitled “Niagara” in 2021. This impression is signed, titled, dated, and inscribed “5/45”- the 5th ...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

“The Lion Cries”, Hyper-realist Symbolist Blue and Green Map Oil Painting
“The Lion Cries”, Hyper-realist Symbolist Blue and Green Map Oil Painting

“The Lion Cries”, Hyper-realist Symbolist Blue and Green Map Oil Painting

By Andrée Bars

Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Named "The lion cries", this hyper-realist oil painting on lin canvas by Andrée Bars invokes our planet situation, with the symbols of the lion and hummingbirds.

Category

2010s Symbolist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Antique Grasshopper Weathervane" oil painting, poetic realist, still life
"Antique Grasshopper Weathervane" oil painting, poetic realist, still life

"Antique Grasshopper Weathervane" oil painting, poetic realist, still life

By Sarah Lamb

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

A major oil painting from American Realist painter Sarah Lamb. A unique, antique weathervane in the form of a brass grasshopper is the subject of this still life, set atop a rustic ...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

THREE BALLET DANCERS Signed Lithograph, Realist Style, 1970s, AP
THREE BALLET DANCERS Signed Lithograph, Realist Style, 1970s, AP

THREE BALLET DANCERS Signed Lithograph, Realist Style, 1970s, AP

By Moses Soyer

Located in Union City, NJ

THREE BALLET DANCERS is an original hand drawn lithograph by Moses Soyer, the renowned Russian-born American realist painter, draftsman, and printmaker. THREE BALLET DANCERS was hand...

Category

1970s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

18th-Century Hand-Carved Antique Barbizon Frame with Acanthus and Floral Design
18th-Century Hand-Carved Antique Barbizon Frame with Acanthus and Floral Design

18th-Century Hand-Carved Antique Barbizon Frame with Acanthus and Floral Design

Located in Jacksonville, FL

Crafted in the Barbizon tradition, this piece pairs beautifully with 19th-century landscapes or portraits, particularly those of the Realist or Academic schools, though it remains a ...

Category

Late 19th Century Barbizon School More Art

Materials

Wood

"Protector of the House" (2025) - Realist Still-Life Oil Painting of Armor
"Protector of the House" (2025) - Realist Still-Life Oil Painting of Armor

"Protector of the House" (2025) - Realist Still-Life Oil Painting of Armor

By Elena Burykina

Located in Denver, CO

Elena Burykina's "Protector of the House" (2025) is an original, handmade oil painting on panel. Artist Statement: Italian 15th century Coat of arms of the Visconti family About th...

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"The Catch" Contemporary Realist painting: osprey w/ trout on red ottoman framed
"The Catch" Contemporary Realist painting: osprey w/ trout on red ottoman framed

"The Catch" Contemporary Realist painting: osprey w/ trout on red ottoman framed

By Thomas Broadbent

Located in New York, NY

A striking blend of natural realism and surreal domesticity, in this oil painting, "The Catch" captures a moment of tension and elegance. At its center, an osprey, rendered in meticu...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Signed Late 20th Century American Realist Mezzotint Engraving
Signed Late 20th Century American Realist Mezzotint Engraving

Signed Late 20th Century American Realist Mezzotint Engraving

By Frederick Mershimer

Located in New York, NY

CROSSINGS Contemporary artist Frederick Mershimer created the mezzotint engraving entitled "Crossings" in 1998. This impression is signed, titled, and dated in pencil. The printed ...

Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

Untitled #103

Untitled #103

By John Button

Located in New York, NY

Concerning Button, Bill Berkson has written: “The scaled-up perceptual intimacy his best paintings assert is part of what the realist wing of the New York School developed, beginning...

Category

1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite, Paper

Norwegian Teapot Painting, Realist Style, Oil on Canvas, 21st Century
Norwegian Teapot Painting, Realist Style, Oil on Canvas, 21st Century

Norwegian Teapot Painting, Realist Style, Oil on Canvas, 21st Century

By Jura Bedic

Located in Naples, Florida

“The success of a realistic painting does not depend merely on copying a subject. I believe it needs to offer the textures, colors, and tones to one’s eye and become something more ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Gulf Evening Oil Painting, Realist Style, 21st Century, Signed, 30x42

Gulf Evening Oil Painting, Realist Style, 21st Century, Signed, 30x42

By Mathew Hillier

Located in Naples, Florida

Oil on board Wildlife artist Matthew Hillier was born in England. Married to fellow artist Julia Rogers, he now lives in the United States on the Eastern shore of Maryland. Hillier’s...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

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