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
Mind Labyrinth
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
No war
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
Stop Putin's cockroaches
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, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
End of fun
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
Buckleys in Switzerland, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American author and journalist William F. Buckley Jr. and his wife Patricia take a sleigh ride from the Chateau de Rougemont in Switzerland, 1986.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certi...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
"Stillness" - Oil Painting of Nude Female Figure by Matt Talbert
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert's "Stillness" (2024) is an oil painting on linen, measuring 21 x 14 inches (53.34 x 35.56 cm). The unframed artwork features a nude female figure seated beside a window,...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
Fig and Marmalade Orange, Original painting, Still life art, Fruit
By Kate Verrion
Located in Deddington, GB
Fig and Marmalade Orange, Oil on Paper on board
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Fig and Marmalade Orange, Oil on Paper on board Kate Verrion [2024]
Original painting
Oil Paint on paper on b...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Oil, Board
Portrait of a girl with glasses
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
Acrylic, Oil, Canvas, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
"The King's Prey" Oil Painting by Claudia Griesbach-Martucci, Whimsical Owl
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach-Martucci's "The King's Prey" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an owl with a bejeweled gold crown perched atop a mossy tree stump with a charming l...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Drifting Dreamer" Oil Painting by Claudia Griesbach-Martucci, Yellow Butterfly
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach-Martucci's "Drifting Dreamer" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a yellow and black butterfly drifting on a floating pink rose. This painting is unf...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"Lust for Life" Oil Painting by Claudia Griesbach-Martucci, Whimsical Fox
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach-Martucci's "Lust for Life" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a fox in a red velvet suit licking his chops in a formal garden setting.
About the A...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Jan Oytenbogaert
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled Jan Uytenbogaert" 1639 is an etching on paper After Rembrandt Van Rijn, 1606-1669, plate engraved By French renown engraver Charles Armand Durand, 1831-1905. Sign...
Category
17th Century Realist Art
Materials
Etching
"Oranges" classical still life, fresh-cut branch of oranges hanging on blue wall
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Oranges" is a classical stye still life of a fresh-cut branch of oranges hanging on blue wall.
Frame Dimensions 19.75 x 19.75in
Daniela Astone was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1980 a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
Pocket Full Moon 5, Original Painting, Moon, Astronomy, Nature, Night
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Full Moon 5 is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still li...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Caduceus", James Muir, Monumental Bronze Fountain Sculpture Allegory, Medical
Located in Dallas, TX
"Caduceus", recognized as a universal medical symbol, in this bronze representation by James N. Muir has become an Angel of Healing bringing love and peace to the earth and all of it...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Passero - Scultura contemporanea in bronzo e ferro pezzo unico
Located in Milan, IT
Jessica Carroll sa interpretare in chiave contemporanea la bellezza e le caratteristiche degli animali che raffigura. Ogni scultura è un pezzo unico, frutto di una ricerca scientific...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Bronze, Iron
"Barn and Wagonwheel" by the artist Jowis
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Barns are very suitable for decorating in almost every room. An option for this small limited edition lithograph: it can be matted to fit a larger space.
We offer many different fra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
CONTEMPORARY Fine Art Landscape Jungle Spanish Artist Carol Moreno
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Carol Moreno Lara, artistic self-taught painter. Born in Barcelona. Proposal; Embellishes unique and personal spaces through artistic painting.
A feisty woman who honors his personal...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dubonnet Dinner, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A formal dinner organised by Dubonnet on the French Riviera, 1952. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity include...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
"Daylight Dreamer" Oil Painting by Claudia Griesbach-Martucci, Whimsical Lamb
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach-Martucci's "Daylight Dreamer" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a lamb in a peaceful trance surrounded by flowers, a butterfly and a bee. This pain...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"Delicate Feast" Oil Painting by Claudia Griesbach-Martucci, Whimsical Robin
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach-Martucci's "Delicate Feast" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a red-breasted robin clutching a caterpillar.
About the Artist:
Claudia Griesbach-M...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
North Conway, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Nu...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
"Madame X" Oil Painting by Claudia Griesbach-Martucci, Whimsical Fox
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach- Martucci's "Madame X" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a fox in a blue gown in a fairy tale setting with pumpkins, bats and moths along a lakesid...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"A l'exactitude" boutique de cordonnerie, 93 rue Broca, 5ème arr. Neg. no. 1398
By Eugène Atget
Located in Middletown, NY
Albumen print on thin photographic paper (printed out from glass plate); 8 5/8 x 7 inches (219 x 178 mm). Marked by the photographer in pencil on verso "Vieille maison, 93 Rue Broca ...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Entrée del la Cour 29 Rue Broca, 5ème arrondissement. Atget negative no. 1296
By Eugène Atget
Located in Middletown, NY
Albumen print on thin photographic paper (printed out from glass plate); 7 x 8 5/8 inches (178 x 219 mm). Marked by the photographer in pencil on verso "Entrance to the Courtyard at ...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Sesachacha Afternoon
By Lori Zummo
Located in Greenwich, CT
Lori Zummo Biography
American, b. 1962
Contemporary artist Lori Zummo paints in a style evocative of the American Barbizon School. She received her BFA from Syracuse University in 1...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Dubonnet Dinner, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A formal dinner organised by Dubonnet on the French Riviera, 1952. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity include...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
North Conway, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Nu...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
North Conway, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Nu...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Une cour de la rue Saint-Médard, 5ème Arrondissement. Atget negative no. 1486
By Eugène Atget
Located in Middletown, NY
Albumen print on thin photographic paper (printed out from glass plate); 7 x 8 1/2 inches (178 x 218 mm). Marked by the photographer in pencil on verso "Une cour del la rue St. Méda...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Pocket Greenish Blackbird's Egg, Original Painting, Egg, Nature, Still life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Greenish Blackbird's Egg is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to bar...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cour 29 Rue Broca, 5ème arrondissement. Atget negative no. 1394
By Eugène Atget
Located in Middletown, NY
Albumen print on thin photographic paper (printed out from glass plate); 8 1/2 x 7 inches (217 x 178 mm). Marked by the photographer in pencil on verso "Courtyard 29 Rue Broca 1394."...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
"Au petit temple" / hôtel meublé des Bons Enfants, rue Saint-Médard, 5ème Arr.
By Eugène Atget
Located in Middletown, NY
Albumen print on thin photographic paper (printed out from glass plate); 7 x 8 1/2 inches (178 x 217 mm). Marked by the photographer in pencil on verso "Rue St. Medard 442." Deckled ...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Oak Rock - Container
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #1/1 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Marian Anderson, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American contralto Marian Anderson during the filming for 'The Ford 50th Anniversary Show' (also known as 'The American Road') television special, 1953. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton ...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Marian Anderson, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American contralto Marian Anderson during the filming for 'The Ford 50th Anniversary Show' (also known as 'The American Road') television special, 1953. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton ...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Chipmunk Plays
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #12/150 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Spring Pastures
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original oil painting on linen by Bruce Cheever.
Signature on lower left.
Framed Size: 13.5" X 15.5"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Feather Jewel V
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #1/1- Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Life-Mates
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #3/27 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Brotherhood
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #1/27 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Lovers
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #12/26 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Navajo Crimson
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original oil painting on linen by Bruce Cheever.
Signature on lower left.
Framed Size: 14.5" X 17.5"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Crazy Crab Ball
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #3/27 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Joy I
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #9/28 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Joy II
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #3/15 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Midair Twist
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #1/23 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Wild Run
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #A/P - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
A Dirty Price to Pay
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original oil painting on linen by Bruce Cheever.
Signature on lower left.
Framed Size: 43.5" X 44.5"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Blessing of the Sun
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original oil painting on linen by Bruce Cheever.
Signature on lower left.
Framed Size: 49" X 36"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Mist of the Yellowstone
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original oil painting on linen by Bruce Cheever.
Signature on lower right.
Framed Size: 23.25" X 31.25"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Misty Morning, Herefordshire
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original oil painting on linen by Bruce Cheever.
Signature on lower left.
Framed Size: 19.5" X 23.5"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Traditions
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original oil painting on linen by Bruce Cheever.
Signature on lower left.
Framed Size:29" X 28"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Maroon Creek Valley
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original oil painting on linen by Bruce Cheever.
Signature on lower left.
Framed Size: 23.25" X 27"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
'Sister, A portrait of the Moon' , Signed Etching c2021
Located in Frome, Somerset
'Sister' , by contemporary printmaker and artist Rosie McLay (British)
Edition 59 of 75 in total, handmade etching by the artist.
Ink on paper layed on Dutch gold leaf.
Hand etched ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Engraving
Grapes, wine with blood orange and white bowl, Original painting, Still life art
By Kate Verrion
Located in Deddington, GB
Grapes, wine with blood orange and white bowl is an original oil painting by Kate Verrion. Kate’s photographic style gives her work an intricacy rarely found.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Board, Paper, Oil
"Letters to the Universe."
Located in Zofingen, AG
"We know that everything around us is energy, the energy of the universe. When an artist paints, images sometimes suddenly appear in her mind. This only means that she is conducting ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Colorado Skies, " Colorado Landscape Oil Painting by Sparky LeBold
Located in Denver, CO
"Colorado Skies" by Sparky LeBold (US and Portugal based) is a handmade oil painting that depicts a moody Colorado cloud landscape.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Sparky LeBold has made a name ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
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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.