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
Porter Creek Falls, 2, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
In western Washington, between Mt. Rainier and the Pacific Ocean, Porter Creek flows under a high canopy of conifers, winding through hills and ferns. This quin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
REFLECTIVE MOMENTS . Vicente Romero Redon Spanish contemporary artist
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Vicente Romero Redondo was born in Madrid as the eldest of four sons. Due to the work of his father, he grew up in many different towns all over Spain. The family moved back to Madri...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Pastel
By the sea. Paper, pastel 27x33 cm
Located in Riga, LV
By the sea. Paper, pastel 33x27 cm
Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate of L...
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Erabadu Flower" Oil Painting D 39" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Erabadu Flower" Oil Painting D 39" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Bio
Born in Moscow into a family of artists, Sasha Sokolova is an award winning contemporary realist painter, working acr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Giant Refreshed, 1953. BOAC Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, Canopus.Airliner Aviation.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
David Shepherd.
English ( b.1931 – d.2017 ).
Giant Refreshed, 1953. BOAC Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, Canopus.
Oil on Canvas.
Signed & dated 1953 lower right.
Image size 19.7 inches x 2...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
G. Teixidó. Costa Brava. Oil painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Gaieta TEIXIDO. 1930-2022. Realist landscape painter with an impressionist touch.
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
G. Teixidó. Costa Brava. Oil painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Gaieta TEIXIDO. 1930-2022. Realist landscape painter with an impressionist touch.
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Carousel" by Morgan Cameron, Oil painting Featuring Carousel Horse
Located in Denver, CO
Morgan Cameron’s (US based) “Carousel” is an oil painting on panel that depicts a white carousel horse with bridle and saddle with gilded gold accents.
This painting is framed and ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Corgi
Located in Charleston, US
Karen Bendersky's charming and romantic dog painting features a Corgi proudly posing and gazing lovingly at its owner, adding beauty and personality to any home. This tribute to belo...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Sunny beach
Located in Vienna, AT
Was born in 1993 in the city of Marganets, Ukraine.
Artist Gorbachenko Multiple participants of group and solo exhibitions and Art Fair Vilnius.
The artist's works are in private col...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
Contemporary Realist Still-Life of Lemons. Acrylic on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Contemporary realist still-life of lemons in a ceramic bowl. Acrylic on board by Dutch artist Bernadette Van Baarsen. Signed and dated 21 to the bottom right and presented in a deco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Board
'Une Consultation de Sigmund Freud' by Hubert - Denis Etcheverry (1867 – 1950)
Located in Bruges, BE
Hubert-Denis Etcheverry
Bayonne 1867 – 1950 Paris
French Painter
'Une Consultation de Sigmund Freud'
Signature: signed lower right and dated ‘D. Etcheverry / Paris 1900’
Medium: oi...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
" Puledrino" Olio su tela cm. 40 x 40 2023
By Luisa Albert
Located in Torino, IT
Bellissima opera realista, Puledro marrone
Luisa Albert è una magistrale interprete della scuola realista vicino alla pittura fiaminga.
Le nature morte e bellissimi animali vengono ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978.
Slim Aarons
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco)
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
72 x 48 inches
$4900
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). *
Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Internal: Slim Aarons Poolside Glamour Photography, Vintage Backgammon, Vintage Sport, Acapulco, Vintage Pools, Vintage Games...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
"Mystique n.1" Oil Painting 28" x 28 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Mystique n.1" Oil Painting 28" x 28 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube.
A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a glamorous, feminine, provocat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Giving Thanks to the Rain, the Grass, and a Way of Life
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #55/100.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
"Ocean Reflections - Immerse Yourself", Oil Painting by Alexandra Telgmann
Located in Denver, CO
Alexandra Telgmann's "Ocean Reflection - Immerse Yourself" (2022) is an oil painting on aluminum, measuring 80 x 100 cm. The unframed artwork features a a female swimming with fish. ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Metal
Canoe on the shore of the lake
Located in Vienna, AT
Was born in 1993 in the city of Marganets, Ukraine.
Artist Gorbachenko Multiple participants of group and solo exhibitions and Art Fair Vilnius.
The artist's works are in private col...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Watercolor, Acrylic
"Horse with Gazzuolo Eye" Oil cm. 80 x 80
By Luisa Albert
Located in Torino, IT
Beautiful and realistic Horse with clear eye
Luisa Albert was born in Turin, Italy where she currently lives and works.
In 1989 she enrolled at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Mi...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Kenosha Colors", Plein Air Colorado Landscape by Tracy Wall
Located in Denver, CO
Tracy Wall's (Colorado, US based) "Kenosha Colors" is an original, handmade, mixed media painting that depicts Colorado aspen trees in autumn.
As an artist, Tracy Wall sheds new li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
Jean Serpieri at Tour La Reine (Queen's Tower), Athens, Greece, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
December 1961—Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown which belonged to the wife of Otto, the first king of modern Greece. The palace too originally belonged to King Otto, and was used as a summer home by the royal family. The space features neogothic architecture, a sky blue, red and gold decorative ceiling, black and white tile, and rich blue upholstery.
Chromogenic Lambda print
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
20 x 20 inches
$2500
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Chromogenic Lambda print from the original transparency
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
Undercurrent Projects offers premium quality photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Getty Images Gallery, London. Photographs are printed utilizing the original transparency held at the archive source.
Tour la Reine is a former royal estate...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
"Small fragments of light" cm. 30 x 40 2024
By Luisa Albert
Located in Torino, IT
Bright interior of ancient house with fireplace and white cat
Luisa Albert was born in Turin, Italy where she currently lives and works.
In 1989 she enrolled at the Istituto Europeo...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Off to the Races
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #11/100.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Scene of the Crime
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #4/100.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Still Life painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful 19th century still life painting.
Oil on canvas measuring 19.5 x 25.75 inches; 25 x 32.5 inches framed.
Very good condition. Antique Italian frame. Indistinct inscripti...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Hurry up" Blue teapot Oil cm. 90 x 55
By Luisa Albert
Located in Torino, IT
Bright work with blue teapot, egg, white and blue
Luisa Albert was born in Turin, Italy where she currently lives and works.
In 1989 she enrolled at the Istituto Europeo di Design i...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Mountain Road, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Samantha Buller's (US based) "Mountain Road" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a red roof of a building and the road that runs alongsi...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
When the Roundups Over
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #39/50.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Cabane boats Landscape . figurative. lake.mountains. blue
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
cabane. Landscape . figurative.
Original watercolor by the Spanish artist
Joaquin Cabane. 1922/1993
Painter and watercolorist, Joaquim Cabané traveled in search of inspiration diff...
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Biting Off More Than He Can Chew
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #97/100.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Cabane Puerto Landscape . figurative. lake.mountains. blue
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
cabane. Landscape . figurative.
Original watercolor by the Spanish artist
Joaquin Cabane. 1922/1993
Painter and watercolorist, Joaquim Cabané traveled in search of inspiration diff...
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Spun From The Fibers Of Earth
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #4/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Closin Time
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #10/75.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Cold Hands Warm Heart
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #15/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Branded - He's Mine Forever
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #2/50.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Keeping the Faith
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #1/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
New Medicine Arrival of Black Robe
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #12/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Evening on the Trail
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #22/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
In His Space Oil on Canvas 48" x 48" Realism Nigerian Artist Figurative Art
Located in Houston, TX
In His Space will be shipped from the artist to the gallery in an insured protected tube . To save on shipping cost it will be 50" x 3" x 3". The size quoted above is the stretched ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Viking
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #19/100.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Hawke Bay
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Christopher Pratt (1935–2022) is one of Canada’s most beloved and recognizable Maritime artists. Born in St. John’s, he dedicated the majority of his artistic practice to depicting s...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Screen
The Buffalo Horse
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #7/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
When Horses Made Heroes
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #12/20.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Left Out
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #25/50.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Flower. Paper, pastel 33x27 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flower. Paper, pastel 33x27 cm
Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate of Latvi...
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Runt of the Litter
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #10/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Cabane Landscape . figurative. lake.mountains. blue
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
cabane. Landscape . figurative.
Original watercolor by the Spanish artist
Joaquin Cabane. 1922/1993
Painter and watercolorist, Joaquim Cabané traveled in search of inspiration diff...
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Trail of Dreams
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #24/50.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Walnuts in white bowl, Original painting, Still life art, Real art
By Kate Verrion
Located in Deddington, GB
Walnuts in a whiter bowl, oil on paper on board
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Kate Verrion [2024]
Original painting
Oil Paint on paper on board
Complete size of framed work: 23.5 H x 28.5...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Oil, Board
At the Falls
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Jud Hartmann.
Edition #3/60.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Chief Wereowance
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Jud Hartmann.
Edition #4/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Carson Peak; Sierra Nevada
By Frank Serrano
Located in Pasadena, CA
2024 Consigned to American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasadena, California; 2005 Private Collector Encino, California; 2005 Ota House, Marina Del Rey; 2005 the artist
FRAMED: 26.5" x 30.5" x...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Barry Goldwater Maquette
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #1/15.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
King of the Magua
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Jud Hartmann.
Edition #2/60.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Oxford 1675 engraving by David Loggan Prospectus Oxoniae Orientalis
By David Loggan
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the ...
Category
1670s Realist Art
Materials
Engraving
"Stay Wild" by Lindsey Kustusch, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch's "Stay Wild" is a compelling handmade original oil on wood panel artwork, measuring 24 x 20 inches. This 2021 piece is a primary market item, arriving framed and re...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Torii
Located in Vienna, AT
Was born in 1993 in the city of Marganets, Ukraine.
Artist Gorbachenko Multiple participants of group and solo exhibitions and Art Fair Vilnius.
The artist's works are in private col...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
"Sailing West, " Portugal Ocean Waves Oil Painting by Sparky LeBold
Located in Denver, CO
"Sailing West" by Sparky LeBold (US and Portugal based) is a handmade oil painting that depicts a moody ocean in Portugal.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Sparky LeBold has made a name for himse...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Realist art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Realist art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Michael Budden, Daniel Pollera, and Su Yu. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Realist art, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available.