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
Realist french painting Fishermen wifes BILLET portrait costumes 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre BILLET
Cantin (North), 1837 – Cantin, 1922
Oil on canvas
38.5 x 28.5 cm (48 x 36.5 cm with frame)
Signed lower left “Pierre Billet”
Stamp of the c...
Category
1880s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
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
$7,642 Sale Price
20% Off
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
"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
"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
"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
"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
Unrecognized Presence
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork presents a striking figure in a black hooded jacket, exuding mystery and confidence. The subject stands with hands in pockets, partially obscured face adding intrigue. S...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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
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
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
$783 Sale Price
45% Off
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
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
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
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - No Heroes in Trouble Time
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 - Golden
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
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
"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
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
"McCullough Gulch" By Cody Erickson, Realist Rocky Mountain Landscape Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"McCullough Gulch" is a beautiful original realist Rocky Mountain landscape oil painting, of the view from McCullough Gulch Trailhead in Summit, Colorado.
As a native to the easter...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Ensemble of Austrian artists"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Franz Rotter (1900–1944) – "Ensemble of Austrian Artists"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 176 x 288 cm (unframed), 181 x 295 cm (framed)
Signature: Lower left corner
Provenance: Pr...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Solving the Problem
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Signed lower left
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
La Dolce Vita
Located in Greenwich, CT
Oil on canvas painting by Peregrine Heathcote of a woman standing in front of car.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Slow Rise, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Eric G. Thompson's "Slow Rise" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a red clay teacup steaming with warmth with a cast shadow on the silver background.
About the Artist:
Eric G. Thompson captures stillness. He captures moments. Whether he is painting in oil, egg tempera or watercolor, he is seeking to evoke a haunting memory, a lost feeling. In a fast-paced world of deadlines, obligations and busyness, Eric invites you into the peace that he has enveloped within this momentary glimpse in time. Believing that we all seek silence, without even realizing it, he implores you to dwell on something you otherwise would have overlooked, or have long-forgotten. Literally and figuratively, he sheds light into the attics of our lives, even if it is just to awaken a feeling buried deep within the viewer.
A major influence on Eric’s work is the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi, an appreciation of imperfection, age and patina, often referred to as “flawed beauty.” Balance and light are also key elements found in every painting he creates. Like the characters of the objects, figures and houses Eric paints, his technique has been refined through life experience. He is completely self-taught, and believes this process has led him to find a unique voice and vision, through perseverance, trial and error. A painter since 1989, Eric now resides in Salt Lake City, Utah and has been selling his work professionally since 2002. He paints from his travels and the treasures discovered along the way, and he chooses his medium based on the mood he wishes to convey.
Eric will continue to paint, evoking our memories, shedding light on the beauty and solitude of ordinary moments once forgotten, now glorified before us in fluid brushstrokes. Eric seeks to find greatness in the most humble of subject matter, illustrated by Elbert...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
La rentrée des classes
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Signed lower left
Literature:
Aleksandrowski, Mathieu, Lobstein, Henry Jules Jean Geoffroy dit Géo, 1853–1924 (Édition Librairie des Musées...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Confab
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This charming scene of four boys sitting on a bench having a conversation is typical of the sentimentalized portrayals of street urchins that John George Brown...
Category
1880s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
"Convergence of Peppers and Beets" (2022) By Timothy J. Standring, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Though small in scale, Timothy James Standring’s oils and watercolors pierce the assumed poetics both media aspire to express. Over the past decade, Standring has brought a gimlet-ey...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil
Fiona #1
Located in Denver, CO
Dave Seeley's "Fiona #1" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model holding purple velvet fabric tightly around her form to reveal the curves of her figure.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$4,780 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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
Portrait of Mrs. Johnstone
Located in Miami, FL
This is one of Raeburns best works from his best period that is not in a museum or private collection.
Three-quarter length portrait, seated in a white dress with a black scarf over...
Category
Early 1800s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$184,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Carriers On - Original oil painting - Zack Zdrale
Located in Chicago, IL
This piece shows three men moving forward, each touching the shoulder of the one ahead. Their gestures are weary but steady. The tones shift warmer, signaling healing and perseveranc...
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
Don
t Worry, Be Happy!..
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting transports us to a world where reality and absurdity merge. An old house contrasts against a dark sky resembling an abyss. A cow grazes peacefully, standing out against ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
The Wool Winder (1877) by Swedish Female Artist Emma Ekwall
Located in Stockholm, SE
In The Wool Winder, Emma Ekwall captures a moment of quiet domestic intimacy between a young woman and a man as they wind wool together—she with focused care, he with gentle attentiv...
Category
1870s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The moment of the harmony
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this piece, I was driven by the enchanting interplay between nature and human emotion. The fluidity of water and gentle caress of the lotus flowers are mirrored in her pe...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait d
enfant
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Signed lower right: Geo
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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
Contemporary portrait "Do You Know?.."
Located in Zofingen, AG
The artwork presents a vivid scene in a nighttime desert. A classic light blue Cadillac, parked under a neon “Roy’s Motel Café” sign, captures mid-20th-century Americana. The glowing...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
"Joyful Daisies" (2025), Original Landscape Still Life Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
"Joyful Daisies" by Tracy Wall (United States) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a landscape and is framed and ready to hang.
As an artist, Tracy Wall sheds new lig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"A Love From Above" (2025) Original Oil Painting, Warm Skyscape
Located in Denver, CO
"A Love From Above" by Kirsten Savage, an original handmade oil painting. Created in 2025, this artwork measures 24 x 48 inches with framed dimensions of 30 x 54 inches. The painting...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Requiem for Little Red Riding Hood
Located in Zofingen, AG
Step into a world where innocence meets subtle critique. Two fashion-forward figures stand beneath ancient baobabs as the crimson sunset fades, while a crocodile holds a red ribbon b...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
White Horse - contemporary, figurative, animal, portrait, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This figurative oil painting of a white horse is by Daniel Hughes.
The masterful work of Daniel Hughes is highly regarded internationally. Known for his exceptionally detailed, real...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fishing Village, Puttaya, Thailand
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Fishing Village, Puttaya, Thailand" c.1980 is an oil painting with gold addition on canvas by renown Thai artist Kid Kosolawat, 1917...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
AVERROËS, 2016
By Edward Povey
Located in Atlanta, GA
1972-73 Eastbourne College for Art and Design: Fine Art Foundation Course: studies drawing.
Works through the South Coast Period of paintings. Studio: South Coast of England.
1974-8...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Plaster, Paper, Oil
$58,500
Winter River Landscape in Scandinavia with Silver Birch Trees by Danish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Winter River Landscape in Scandinavia with Silver Birch Trees by Danish Artist, Jens Christian Bennedsen (1893-1967)
Art measures 13 x 9.5 inches
Frame measures 17.25 x 13 inches
T...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton 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
"Front Range Skies" (2025) Oil Painting, Colorado Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Michael Magrin's ( US based) "Front Range Skies" is an original, handmade oil painting of a brilliant blue sky contrasted with billowing white clouds. This piece is framed and is rea...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Wood Panel
Philip Johnson AT&T Building Magazine Illustration Painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gerry Gersten (1927-2017).
Philip Johnson, ca. 1984. Gouache, watercolor and pencil on vellum paper, image measures 6 5/8 x 10 3/4 inches.
Studio stamp on verso. Vellum sheet glue...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$600 Sale Price
25% Off
Breeze, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Standing before a vast sunlit valley, an elder cradles a baby while holding a prayer wheel in his other hand. Layered glazes and textured brushwork render the man’s weathered face and the child’s soft skin in striking contrast. Beaded ornaments gleam against heavy garments, while warm light and an expansive sky evoke the quiet strength of faith, continuity, and tradition. Painted in oil with classical realism, the work unites cultural depth with timeless technique.
About the Artist
Artist David Qiyi Liu paints realist works in oil, blending traditions of naturalism, neoclassicism, and elements of photorealism and impressionism. “I create this work because I believe painting has the power to honor life with care and to reveal the quiet poetry of the world around us,†says David. His subjects range from portraiture and Tibetan life to landscapes and still lifes, all reflecting his reverence for both individuality and universality. Influenced by masters such as Rembrandt, Vermeer, Velázquez, and Andrew Wyeth, he strives to unite technical precision with emotional resonance. After receiving a Fine Art degree in 1977 and a Master’s in Oil Painting in 1988, David taught for more than thirty years in China before moving to the United States in 2022. He now works from his Flushing, New York studio, where morning light fills his space with clarity and calm. Outside of painting, he enjoys studying original works in museums, exploring art books, and guiding students in their creative growth.
Words that describe this painting: elder, man, child, prayer wheel, Tibetan, culture, traditional clothing, faith, tradition, spiritual, Andrew Wyeth, Jules Bastien Lepage...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gold thistle screen oil painted - self-supporting exclusive piece of furniture
Located in Milan, IT
The main green gardening show in Milan, stimulated Margherita Leoni to create her first screen.
Using her painterly skills, the artist designed and created a self-supporting, zig za...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Error 404: Gasoline Not Found
Located in Zofingen, AG
A pastel blue convertible with a bold red top stands out against the vast desert. Beside it, a couple shares a quiet moment, their conversation hinting at an untold story. A weathere...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
"Rooster" Original Oil and Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Conrado López's "Rooster," a 2023 artwork, is a striking representation of the vibrant and spirited nature of its subject. Crafted with acrylic, gold leaf, and oil on a canvas measur...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"The Barber of Seville", Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas by José Villegas
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ VILLEGAS CORDERO
Spanish, 1844 - 1921
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
signed & dated "J. Villegas. / Junio 1913." (lower left)
oil on canvas
19-3/8 x 28-3/4 inches (49 x 73 cm.)
framed: 27-1/2 x 36-3/4 inches (69.5 x 93 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Private Collector, Seville, Spain
José Villegas Cordero (Seville, August 26, 1844-Madrid, November 9, 1921) was a Spanish painter. He directed the Prado Museum between 1901 and 1918.
He was the brother of the painter Ricardo Villegas Cordero. He began his apprenticeship very young with José María Romero, with whom he remained for two years until entering the School of Fine Arts in Seville, where he was under the tutelage of Eduardo Cano.
In 1860, when he was only 16 years old, he sold his work Little Philosophy for 2,000 reais at the Seville Exhibition. In 1867 he traveled to Madrid, where he entered Federico Madrazo's studio. There he established friendship with painters Eduardo Rosales and Fortuny.
He went regularly to the Prado where he copied Velázquez, from whom he acquired spontaneity and the use of color for his technique.
Finally, and out of admiration for Fortuny's orientalist painting, he returned to Seville and organized an excursion to Morocco.
At the end of 1868 he decided to travel to Rome accompanied by the painters Rafael Peralta and Luis Jiménez Aranda...
Category
1910s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"A Generous Offering" by Nathan Durfee, Original Acrylic on Vintage Postcard
Located in Denver, CO
Nathan Durfee's (USA) "A Generous Offering" is an original, mixed media painting with acrylic and vintage postcard that depicts a snow scene with a woman, a dog with a blue scarf an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Postcard
Cupid oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Oil measures 46x55 cm. Frameless.
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$525 Sale Price
44% Off
"Clatterer" (2023) By Allen Williams, Original Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Clatterer" (2023) by Allen Williams is an original oil painting on a sealed illustration board that depicts an eerie and disturbing portrait of a demon...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Illustration Board
"Baldwin Piano Factory" (2020) - Original Oil of Cityscape by Brad Davis
By Brad Davis
Located in Denver, CO
Brad Davis's "Baldwin Piano Factory" (2020) is a compelling oil on panel of a cityscape that measures 10 x 8 inches unframed.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mother
Child at a Beach on West Coast of Ireland by 20th Century Irish Artist
By Manson Blair
Located in Preston, GB
Mother & Child at a Beach on the West Coast of Ireland by 20th Century Irish Artist, Manson Blair. Presented in a high quality vintage gold frame with gre...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Glass, Paint, Board
Wish You Were Here - Modern 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
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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