Realist Figurative Paintings
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
Czech Painting of Rabbis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fantastic realist painting of two Rabbis having a discussion. Great detailed painting signed Pavlik. There are several listed Pavlik's not sure which one this could be done by. Oil o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“EL ARROYO“. Contemporary, realism, figurative, oil, landscape, waterscape, eart
Located in MADRID, ES
Contemporary, realism, figurative, oil, landscapa, waterscape, pastel colors, earth colors
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Harbour Cove-Original impressionism Cornish Seascape oil painting- modern art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Harbour Cove" by Lenny Cornforth is a captivating original se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Greenaway Beach-original impressionism ocean seascape painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Greenaway Beach" by Lenny Cornforth is a captivating original...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Silver Ripples-original seascape impressionism oil paintings-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Step into a world of serene beauty with "Silver Ripples," an o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
Polzeath Beach-original seascape impressionism painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
This captivating seascape, titled "Polzeath Beach" by the tale...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pedn Founder-original seascape impressionism coast painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Pedn Founder" by Lenny Cornforth is a captivating original seascape painting that transports viewers to the serene shores of Cornwall. Crafted with oil on canvas in the style of con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1890 British German Romantic Oil Painting Italian Scene Shepherd and Girl Signed
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exceptional oil on canvas, attributed to Wilhelm August Rudolf Lehmann (1819-1905), a British artist of German descent, depicts a tender exchange between a young shepherd and an...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Thai Woman at Market" Original Realist Cityscape Market Scene
By Mian Situ
Located in Denver, CO
Artist Statement
"This market scene is from Cangyuan county in the Yunnan Province. The woman carrying the basket is Thai, while the other people at the market are from the Wa tribe....
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Dance by the River
By Su Yu
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Semi nude figurative portrait painting of a woman with arrows "Marks"
By Aaron Nagel
Located in East Quogue, NY
Striking realistic portrait painting of a semi-nude woman with arrows titled "Marks" by Aaron Nagel. Oil on canvas. Size 46 x 30 inches. Unframed.
Aaron Nagel is inspired by the co...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
English Mid century oil of a cafe or Pub interior, people seated and drinking
Located in Woodbury, CT
M. Ricket (British, mid-20th century)
Café Interior
Oil on canvas, signed lower right
Presented in a carved gilt frame
This engaging mid-century scene by M. Ricket captures the war...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shawn Faust, "Stepping onto the Track", Black and White Equine Horse Race
By Shawn Faust
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This equine drawing, "Stepping onto the Track" is a 30x40" black and white charcoal on canvas by artist Shawn Faust depicting a horse and jockey heading towards the big race. Complimentary to Faust's traditional oil works, these charcoal on canvas sketches boast a clean and contemporary feeling exhibiting the muscle tone and mass of these majestic creatures. Fixed with varnish, these charcoal works are permanent and best framed or unframed.
About the artist:
Shawn’s love and fascination for drawing came as an unexpected gift from his grandfather at the age of 5. Young Faust was a tag-a-long during his grandfather’s impromptu plein air art lesson with his older brother in the back yard of his Aunt’s house. A retired director for the American Red Cross, Shawn’s grandfather, who had only recently picked up the brush himself, began a charcoal sketch that would forever change how Faust would see the world. From that brief lesson, Faust recalls vividly, “The techniques I witnessed from my grandfather that day, were pure magic!”
With his newfound gift of magic, Shawn quickly began practicing his art of 3D illusion for anyone who wanted to see it. During his childhood, you would be hard pressed not to find Shawn doodling on a piece of paper at some point during the day.
Among his favorite things to draw as a youngster were his comic book heroes. Intsead of reading the comics, he spent all his time studying the line work and muscle forms of the comic book characters. And so, began his interest in portraying the human form.
Upon entering college at the University Of Delaware, Shawn enrolled as an accounting major yet emerged with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1990. At the U of D he is forever grateful for the privilege of studying under distinguished artists Stephen Tanis, Charles Rowe, Robert Straight and Rosemary Lane.
Shortly after graduating, Shawn embarked on a career in Illustration. By 1993 he had quickly become one of Delaware’s prominent architectural illustrators working for more than 75% of the homebuilders in Delaware.
Between illustration jobs, Shawn pursued his interest in portrait painting. In 1992 Faust was commissioned to paint the official portrait of outgoing Delaware Governor, Michael Castle. Continuing his quest to learn more about portrait painting, Faust studied with Daniel Greene in 1995. He credits Daniel Greene for giving him the greatest key to unlocking a whole new way of seeing and interpreting color.
By 1995, Shawn’s portrait commissions and easel paintings were supporting him as much as his illustration jobs, so he decided to focus entirely on his fine art career. This included opening a gallery and custom frame shop with his wife and brother. During the twelve years of owning and operating the gallery, Shawn continued his intense portrait research by focusing his studies on the eyes of his favorite subject, the horse.
His head studies of horses caught the attention of Mr. Richard Golden, a prominent horse owner in Chesapeake City, MD and president of Northview Stallion Station. Northview is best know for standing Northern Dancer...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Varnish
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of Two Dapper Gentleman Fishing On The Riverbank
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 7 x 5.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
French Contemporary Art by Claudine Picard - Cintres
Located in Paris, IDF
Claudine Picard is a French artist born in 1949 who lives & works in Sainte Marie, France. She is graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in 1973 (ENSAD).
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter Sunset (2025), Oringinal Midwestern Landscape, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Andrzej Skorut's "Winter Sunset" is an oil painting that depicts clouds looming over the vast plains with distant mountains in the background. This piece is framed at 39.50 x 46.50
...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fishing
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
The work Fishing is an intimate evocation of the tranquility and calmness offered by the sea. It captures a moment of peace and contemplation in which a fisherman, abstracted from h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,051 Sale Price
20% Off
Polish Judaica Portrait of Hasidic Rabbi with Tallit Synagogue Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Realistic portrait of an old Jewish shtetl type pulpit rabbi by a Polish artist. Here the artist conveys a sense of quiet grandeur through the eyes of his subject and the way it's rendered. Part of a distinguished European lineage of Jewish genre...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is included in numerous private and museum collections, among them the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, and the UB Anderson Gallery (all of which are located in Western New York...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Brazo de la Torre". Contemporary, realism, figurative, oil, landscape
Located in MADRID, ES
Diptych 2 x (100x100 cm)
Contemporary, realism, figurative, oil, landscapa, waterscape, pastel colors
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"A World Away" (2024) By Matt Talbert, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert's "A World Away" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting on panel that depicts a portrait of a woman looking up on an abstracted and colorful background.
Artist bi...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Dahl Taylor, "Walking to the Track", 24x36 Equine Horse Race Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This realistic equine piece, "Walking to the Track", by artist Dahl Taylor is a 24x36 oil painting on canvas featuring 7 jockeys atop their brown thoroughbred race horses making their way down a dirt path towards the Saratoga Springs racetrack in upstate New York. Dappled sunlight enters through the trees, glistening on the horses' coats. Bright green trees...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Personal Items" (2025) Original Representational Still-Life, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Personal Items" (2025) by Denise Dambrackas is an original oil painting that depicts an array of small aviation-related trinkets, presented in a realistic style. This piece is frame...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Wild Bill 1873, 53x 40", oil on canvas Large Old West Yellowstone cowboy style
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
Wild Bill Hickok 1873 by Ceravolo is an oil on canvas featuring Ceravolo's trademark illusion brush strokes painted over his oil on canvas painting. T...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Lost in Thought" (2024) By Matt Talbert, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert's "Lost in Thought" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting on panel that depicts a portrait of a woman leaning against a wall with bright sunlight shining on her.
...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Inquisitive
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Trust/Truth (Self Portrait)" Contemporary Figurative Nude Painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
Stunning monochromatic realistic contemporary figurative nude portrait painting by Sullivan Giles. Size 40 x 30 inches. Oil on canvas.
The figures Giles depicts are often self-port...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Taking Tea" 19th Century Orientalism Portrait Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Jacksonville, FL
"Taking Tea" by Jan-Baptist Huysmans, an accomplished Orientalist painter of the 19th century, unveils a captivating world in his oil painting on panel. Born in 1826, Huysmans was re...
Category
19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pray, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A Tibetan woman holding a prayer wheel and beads radiates quiet devotion. Painted in a classical realist style, the layers of multi-step glazing and subtle tona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original oil on canvas by Trumphème Auguste (1836-1898), Held back
Located in Gent, VOV
This original oil on canvas by Auguste Trumphème, titled "Held Back," is a stunning example of the artist's realist style. Painted in the 19th century, this artwork depicts a captiva...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Dove of Peace, or The Ghost of Kyiv
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting invites the viewer into a charged, cinematic moment where serenity and tension coexist. A woman reclines with deliberate calmness on an elegant antique-style daybed, h...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Ancient Wonders
By Zhang Li
Located in Greenwich, CT
Oil on canvas painting by Zhang Li of a girl wearing ethnic headdresses.
Zhang Li is a member of the Chinese Association of Artists. He has won many national awards in China, incl...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink poppy - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Floral Oil
Acrylic Painting
Located in Warsaw, PL
Gabryela Wasowicz is a Polish painter born in 1947. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Warsaw and then at the Gerrit Rietveld Akademie in Amsterdam. Once she graduated in 197...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Board
The flower sellers of ancient Rome
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I captured the vibrant spirit and grace of flower sellers in ancient Rome. Using oil, I blended realism with impressionistic touches to bring their joyful energy to...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Quiet
Located in Fairfield, CT
Rooted in the concept of memory born from photographs, Lisa Golightly’s paintings are reconstructions of found film photography as seen through the artist’s eye.
Photography remains...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Absence/No Presence
Located in Denver, CO
"Absence No Presence" by Brooks Salzwedel is an original work that depicts a tree with a rainbow colored structure emerging from a snow covered landscape.
Brooks is a Los Angeles-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Resin, Mylar, India Ink, Color Pencil, Graphite
Opened Eyes - Oil Acrylic Figurative Painting Ivory Blue White Brown Green
Located in Sofia, BG
" Opened eyes " is a modern art line painting by Maestro Dimitar Voynov -Junior,
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic, oil on canvas painting
STYLE...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl In Red
Located in Milford, NH
A fine watercolor portrait of a girl with a red wide brim hat and dress by American artist Lee Lufkin Kaula (1865-1957). Kaula was born in Erie, PA ...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Walking Among the Backyard" 18th Century Antique Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Jacksonville, FL
"Walking Among the Backyard" is a mesmerizing antique oil painting on canvas that transports viewers to the elegant world of 18th-century Europe. The artwork depicts a European lady ...
Category
19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Léon BRUNIN (1861 - 1949)+Oil on panel, Art collectors
Located in Gent, VOV
Les collectionneurs d'art, Oil on panel by Léon BRUNIN (1861 - 1949)
Léon Brunin's subjects are always meticulously painted, with abundant reproduction of detail and as many shades ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
On the Red Square, Kremlin, Moscow - Realist, Landscape Painting, 20th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Moscow. "On the red square". Kremlin, St. Basil's Cathedral. Russian art.
Very good condition. Unframed.
Solovykh Gennady Ivanovich (1932, Moscow).
Member of the Union of Artists ...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Far Away Thoughts", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Daniel Hernández
Located in Madrid, ES
DANIEL HERNÁNDEZ
Peruvian, 1856 - 1932
FAR AWAY THOUGHTS
signed "Daniel Hernandez" (lower right)
oil on canvas
27-1/2 x 19-1/4 inches (70 x 49 cm.)
framed: 39-3/8 x 31-1/8 inches (100 x 79 cm.)
Daniel Hernández Morillo...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Painting, 19th Century, European Monogrammist, "The Emigration".
Located in Berlin, DE
Signed and dated.
Dimensions are without frame.
Including certificate of authenticity.
Frame has slight damage in places.
Category
19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,649 Sale Price
20% Off
HUGH OIL PAINTING Tintern Abbey Antique 19th Century Fine Quality Piece GGF
Located in Ferndown, GB
HUGH OIL PAINTING Antique 19th Century Fine Quality Piece of Winds
OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING BRITISH SCHOOL
19th Century Gold Frame
Description
Late 19th century Piece
“Good Condi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Paternitas" Olio su tela cm. 18 x 13 2025
By Luisa Albert
Located in Torino, IT
Piccolo nudo maschile,dedicato alla Paternità
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Photorealist oil painting by Cesar J. Santander, Two Toy Banks
By Cesar J. Santander
Located in White Plains, NY
'Two Toy Banks' 1982 by American artist Cesar J. Santander. Oil on panel, 27.75 x 34.5 in. This painting features a finely detailed monkey and clown piggy ban...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Realist Portrait, Mid-Century Oil On Card, The Babushka. Oil.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-Century realist oil on card of a peasant woman, dated 1963 to the reverse. Artist unknown. Presented in gilt and painted wood frame under glass.
A charming, grounded painting of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$784 Sale Price
45% Off
Partida de Tresillo
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ JIMÉNEZ ARANDA
Spanish, 1837 - 1903
PARTIDA DE TRESILLO
signed, located & dated “Jz. Aranda / Madrid. 1893.” (lower right)
oil on canvas
31-1/2 x 39-1/3 inches (80 x 100 cm)
unframed
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- This painting being mentioned and reproduced in “LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA”, Madrid, September 15th, 1895
- B. Pantorba, José Jiménez Aranda, 1973, p. 75, 203
- José Jiménez Aranda, 1837-1903: Centro Cultural El Monte, Sevilla, October, 2005, reproduced on p. 102
EXHIBITED
Madrid, Esposición Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1895
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, USA
José Jiménez Aranda (7 February 1837 – 6 May 1903) was a Spanish painter and brother of the painters Luis Jiménez...
Category
1890s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Meditation" Dutch Woman Sewing Interior Genre Home scene Fruit Flowers on Table
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Bernard de Hoog was born in Amsterdam in 1866. He studied under J.F. Hulk and J.C. van Essen at the Quellinus School in Amsterdam. Mainly a genre and portrait painter, he occupies a distinguished place among the masters of Dutch modernism. He was associated with The Hague School, primarily a movement of realism, a reaction against Romanticism. He lived and worked in Laren, Haarlem, Bussum, and The Hague enjoying much commercial success. His paintings were readily exported to the United State, Canada, and England.
De Hoog advocated the simple country life and produced many endearing interior scenes inspired by compassion for the impoverished existence of the Dutch peasantry. Set within a quiet domestic interior space, our painting catches a meditative moment of a woman in the midst of her sewing. A large window illuminates this intimate interior. de Hoog’s delicate brushwork captures the sunlight reflected in the woman’s red dress...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Travel Through Time 6
By Su Yu
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winnie the Pooh - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Realistic Girl Portrait
By Kamil Lisek
Located in Salzburg, AT
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 Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Violets" Dutch Fine Realist Oil Painting Still-Life with Purple/Orange Violets
Located in Utrecht, NL
During his successful career as a goldsmith the desire to paint grew on Dutch artist René Smoorenburg (1954). The attention to detail, which was of great importance in his work as a ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Fishing boats 1974, oil on canvas, 57x68 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Fishing boats
1974, oil on canvas, 57x68 cm
"Fishing Boats" presents a peaceful and realistic portrayal of a fishing scene at sea. The combination of the fishing men, nets, boats, seagulls, and calm sea creates a narrative of human connection with nature, as the fishermen work in harmony with the elements to sustain their livelihood. The sky is populated with seagulls, adding a touch of movement and life to the scene. The painting invites viewers to appreciate the beauty and simplicity of a traditional fishing lifestyle and the serenity of the maritime environment.
Stanislavs Kreics...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,338 Sale Price
20% Off
Oil on Canvas “Jagger” by Christina Major 47 x 72
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Words within painting:
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Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Capital
Art
By Su Yu
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Memories of Love 6
By Su Yu
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Upside down - Nude Female Portrait Oil Painting, Realistic, Polish artist
By Janusz Szpyt
Located in Warsaw, PL
Janusz Szpyt was born in 1960, he is a Polish painter. He graduated from the Graphic design faculty and painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. 1983 onward, he became the m...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Julius Kronberg’s Angelica – A Romantic Heroine of Renaissance Legend
Located in Stockholm, SE
Literary Origins of Angelica
The subject of this painting is Angelica, a princess from the epic chivalric romances of the Italian Renaissance. She first appears in Matteo Maria Boiardo’s Orlando Innamorato (1483) and reappears famously in Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso (1532). In these poems – part of the Matter of France cycle of Charlemagne and his paladins – Angelica’s extraordinary beauty ensnares many knights, including Orlando (Roland) and his cousin Rinaldo, sparking rivalries and adventures. Ariosto’s narrative particularly highlights Angelica’s tumultuous journey: at one point she is stripped and chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster (a scene mirroring the myth of Andromeda) before being dramatically rescued by the valiant knight Ruggiero on his winged horse. Ultimately, however, Angelica chooses her own destiny. She falls in love with a humble Saracen soldier, Medoro, whom she nurses back to health, and she returns with him to her far-off Asian kingdom – an affair that drives the heartbroken Orlando to madness. This independent resolution (marrying outside the circle of Christian knights) made Angelica an emblem of feminine agency and romantic idealism in Renaissance literature. Her story remained popular in art and literature through the centuries, symbolizing the allure and elusiveness of love.
Kronberg’s Portrayal and Composition
In Julius Kronberg...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Intoxicants" (2021) Original Realist Figurative Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
Dana Hawk (NY, US based) "Girl in Green II" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model in a swirl of autumn leaves.
Artist Statement
I grew up in a small tow...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Woman Resting Beneath a Tree" Henry Mosler, American Portrait in Landscape
By Henry Mosler
Located in New York, NY
Henry Mosler
Woman Resting Beneath a Tree, circa 1900
Signed upper right: Henry Mosler
Oil on canvas
12 1/2 x 10 inches
Mosler was born in Tropplowitz, Silesia, Prussia (present-da...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Realist figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Realist figurative paintings 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 figurative paintings 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, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Su Yu, Janusz Szpyt, JC Spock, and Matt Talbert. 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 figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available.
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