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
Magic Realistic painting, "Counter Culture"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original mixed media work on canvas by Southern California artist, Cheryl Tall. Its dimensions are 40" x 30" x 1.5". A certificate of authenticity will follow delivery.
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Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Lake Garda" (2023) - Original Oil of Coastline by Kirsten Savage
Located in Denver, CO
Kirsten Savage’s “Lake Garda” (2023) is a vivid and colorful painting of a serene coastline with lush greenery against crystal blue waters.
Kirsten Savage is one of Colorado’s top r...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
“On Art: A Manifesto” hyperrealist oil painting, hammer and pink bow, cool tones
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of two items, a hammer, and a pink bow. Hyperrealistically painted. Unframed. Signed "Anthony Mastromatteo" on verso stretcher bar.
The arts have been an integral p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sunset at Sea (1/5)" (2018) by Stephen Dorsett, Acrylic Photo
Located in Denver, CO
"Sunset at Sea (1/5)" Stephen Dorsett (United States) is an acrylic photo with pencils. This piece is ready to hang.
Stephen Dorsett, an artist known for his innovative use of mate...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Other Medium
"River Delta and Mountains (3/5)" (2019) by Stephen Dorsett, Acrylic Photo
Located in Denver, CO
"River Delta and Mountains (3/5)" Stephen Dorsett (United States) is an acrylic photo with Styrofoam packaging and mouthwash. This piece is ready to hang.
Stephen Dorsett, an artis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Other Medium
"Misty Forest (1/5)" (2019) by Stephen Dorsett, Acrylic Photo
Located in Denver, CO
"Misty Forest (1/5)" Stephen Dorsett (United States) is an acrylic photo with Magazines, twist ties, and Styrofoam. This piece is ready to hang.
Stephen Dorsett, an artist known fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Other Medium
"Snowy Mountain Range (2/5)" (2020) by Stephen Dorsett, Acrylic Photo
Located in Denver, CO
"Snowy Mountain Range(2/5)" Stephen Dorsett (United States) is an acrylic photo with Styrofoam packaging, newspaper, used coffee grounds and baby powder. This piece is ready to hang....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Other Medium
Early 19th Century French Salon Portrait Drawings, a Pair
Located in Rochester, NY
Pair of antique classical French salon drawings. Charcoal on paper. Illegibly signed. In giltwood frames, early 19th century.
# grand tour
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Domingo. 8 naked woman back.original pastel painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Domingo Álvarez was born on June 29 in 1942, in Barcelona. Signature si- com with its name of background and as Domingo has to be. Since childhood shows his interest in drawing and p...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
The Bridge, August Trumper, Altona 1874 – 1956 Oberhausen, German Painter
Located in Knokke, BE
This work is offered in ready to hang gallery condition, having been professionally revised.
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pink" (2023) by Suzy Smith, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Suzy Smith
Located in Denver, CO
Suzy Smith's "Pink" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a feminine figure, in a formal dark pink gown with a pink background.
About the Artist:
Suzy Sm...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Morning. Women
s act. 1959. Oil on cardboard, 95x71 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The morning hour. Act.
1959. Oil on cardboard, 95x71 cm
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional education was at National University at studies to R.Suta, J....
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$3,634 Sale Price
20% Off
Summer Air
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
"Valentina" Female Figure Lasting only for a short time Cuban Art oil /canvas
Located in Houston, TX
Oil on Canvas Cuban Artist Figurative Art
The woman looks at the viewer, while the White cloth that covers her fades, reminding us of the ephemerality of life.
Andres Retamero was...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dancing with Mr. Bacon, oil on canvas figurative
By Cesar Santos
Located in Miami, FL
Santos art education is worldly, and his work has been seen around the globe, from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sicily, Italy and the Beijing museum in...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Dante", painting by Peter Hoffer (44x20
), 2019
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Paris, France
"Dante", oil painting of a tree by Peter Hoffer.
Peter Hoffer is a Canadian artist who has enjoyed a successful career in Northern America.
Peter Hoffer portrays trees. He invites t...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Wood, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Board
Bondage-Medusa, male figure, classical architecture details mythical realism
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mythical realism, grey tones, semi- nude male, homo-erotic figure
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Andrada Trapnell
s
My Serious Side
Original Tiger Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Andrada Trapnell's "My Serious Side" is a captivating original artwork created in 2023. This piece measures 30 x 40 inches and features a masterful bl...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Garden Shadows" by Sheri Farabaugh, Original Painting, CO Governor
s Mansion
Located in Denver, CO
"Garden Shadows" by Shari Farabaugh (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that depicts an ornate window painted from the grounds of the Colorado Governor's Mansion in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Hug-Abrazo" oil on canvas. 28" x 43" Cuban Artist Figurative Art Emotions
Located in Houston, TX
"Abrazo-Hug" 28" x 43" oil on canvas Cuban Art
A young woman with her back on a dark background clings to her own body, the strong contrasts of light and shadow enhance the dram...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Caesar on his way to Pompeii. 1999, canvas, oil, 40x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Caesar on his way to Pompeii. 1999, canvas, oil, 40x50 cm
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,683 Sale Price
20% Off
"Spring Bouquet", Original Floral Mixed Media Painting by Tracy Wall
Located in Denver, CO
Tracy Wall's (Colorado, US based) "Spring Bouquet" is an original, handmade, mixed media painting that depicts pink and magenta flowers with green foliage.
As an artist, Tracy Wall sheds new light on everyday life, inviting the viewer to see the familiar as if for the very first time. Working with a variety of subjects, Tracy paints interesting viewpoints with compelling value, color, and shapes. Appealing compositions are everywhere, and they make strong impressions from afar even before the subject matter is recognized. She loves to balance representational impressions with more abstracted compositions. Tracy has studied at the Art Students League of Denver under such influential artists as Michelle Torrez, Ken Velastro, Kevin Weckbach, John Lencicki, and Rob Gratiot while also participated in additional workshops from Sally Strand, Carol Marine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Spotlights", Original Oil Painting by Tracy Wall
Located in Denver, CO
Tracy Wall's (Colorado, US based) "Spotlights" is an original, handmade, oil painting that depicts white daisies with green foliage and teal light.
As an artist, Tracy Wall sheds new light on everyday life, inviting the viewer to see the familiar as if for the very first time. Working with a variety of subjects, Tracy paints interesting viewpoints with compelling value, color, and shapes. Appealing compositions are everywhere, and they make strong impressions from afar even before the subject matter is recognized. She loves to balance representational impressions with more abstracted compositions. Tracy has studied at the Art Students League of Denver under such influential artists as Michelle Torrez, Ken Velastro, Kevin Weckbach, John Lencicki, and Rob Gratiot while also participated in additional workshops from Sally Strand, Carol Marine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
The dancing ballerina
Located in Zofingen, AG
With delicate brushstrokes in oil, I captured the grace and determination of a ballerina lost in her dance. This painting celebrates the harmony between strength and elegance, inviti...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Robert Kenneth White "Daughter of the Light" Large Signed Mystical Realist Oil
Located in Miami, FL
ROBERT KENNETH WHITE – "DAUGHTER OF THE LIGHT"
⚜ Oil on Canvas ⚜ Hand Signed on Verso ⚜ Frameless Display
A VISIONARY WORK OF SYMBOLISM AND LIGHT
In “Daughter of the Light” (2015), ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Cherished Playthings" by Irene Georgopoulou, Pastel, Still Life with Toys
Located in Denver, CO
Irene Georgopoulou's "Cherished Playthings" (2024) is an original soft pastels on paper artwork, measuring 8 x 8.50 inches. Part of her solo exhibition "Nostalgic Treasures: A Journe...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Storm over Trevose head, Cornwall Painting, Padstow Art, Impressionist style art
Located in Deddington, GB
Storm over Trevose head [2021]
original
Oil on canvas
Image size: H:76 cm x W:76 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:76 cm x W:76 cm x D:1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu i...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Erwartungsvoll (oil painting woman portrait hair neck flesh tones vintage art)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marina Large Pink Oil Painting With Woman and Sail Boats
By Felix Mas
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Marina large pink oil painting with woman and sail boats.
Artist signed, dated and titled, floater frame.
Ethereal oil on canvas figural painting, titled Playa Amarillo (Yellow Beach...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Claudine Picard - Moules
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
At work. 1950, oil on cardboard, 49x69 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At work. 1950, oil on cardboard, 49x69 cm
Socrealist artworks, women are sorting sprats
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional education was at National Uni...
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Contemporary portrait "A Terrace with a View of the Sea"
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork portrays a serene poolside scene with two young women on a sunlit terrace overlooking the ocean. Balancing modern minimalism and natural beauty, one exudes elegance in a...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Jimstox
Located in Paris, FR
Ray Richardson is a contemporary British artist known for his cinematic paintings. The artist employs icons of working-class London, including bull terriers, soccer pitches, and grit...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,032
Magic Realistic painting, "The Beauty Machine"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original mixed media work on canvas by Southern California artist, Cheryl Tall. Its dimensions are 40" x 30" x 1.5". A certificate of authenticity will follow delivery.
...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Magic Realistic Painting, "Lisbora"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original mixed media work on canvas by Southern California artist, Cheryl Tall. Its dimensions are 40" x 30" x 1.5". A certificate of authenticity will follow delivery.
...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Summer Garden Study VI by Dylan Lloyd, Botanical art, original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Summer Garden Study VI by Dylan Lloyd [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Oil on Linen Board
Image size: H:30 cm x W:20 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:20 c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Crisis
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 - We are Sojourners 3
By Su Yu
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
This painting bellows to the serie "We are Sejourners".
Total dimension of the serie: 200 x 1100 cm
Total price of the serie: $78,000
Su Yu is a Chinese artist born i...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cinnamon
Turmeric Diptych - realistic painting
Located in New York, NY
This hyperrealistic diptych included 2 paintings by Roni Yoffe and is from her latest body of works. It is oil on wood and comes not framed (but ready to hang), but framing options a...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Astral" Hyperrealism Oil Painting 47" x 39" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Astral" Hyperrealism Oil Painting 47" x 39" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube.
A look through Dmitriy’...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Outsider Artist Surrealist Figurative Eye
Located in Buffalo, NY
Figurative eye by outsider artist Phillip Q.
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$871 Sale Price
20% Off
"Zenith" Original oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Felicia Forte's painting "Zenith" created in 2016 features a vintage tv with a neon yellow background.
Felicia attended the Art Students League of New York in 2006, moving next to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Remember Time in Church" Original oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Felicia Forte's painting "Remember Time in Church" created in 2016 features a yellow sticky tab on a green and purple shadowed background.
Felicia attended the Art Students League ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Remember the Catbird Seat" Original oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Felicia Forte's painting "Remember the Catbird Seat" created in 2016 features a yellow sticky tab on a two toned green background.
Felicia attended the Art Students League of New Y...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Remember Date Night" Original oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Felicia Forte's painting "Remember Date Night" created in 2016 features a yellow sticky tab on a pink, red and yellow zig zag background.
Felicia attended the Art Students League o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Contemporary Art by Claudine Picard - Bouleau
Located in Paris, IDF
The artwork is not stretched
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...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Study for
Penance
" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Raymond Bonilla's (US based) "Study for 'Penance'" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a quiet scene of foliage with warm afternoon light.
About the Artist:
Raymond...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Ina Pesenka, 1946, Palestine, Historical painting, Oil on canvas
By Ina Pesenka
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Ina Pesenka, 1946, Palestine, Oil on Canvas, Historical painting, Israeli artist, Israeli art
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary portrait "Checkpoint for Burned-Out Souls"
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork masterfully blends surrealism and pop culture, presenting a vivid, retro-futuristic scene against a dark, dreamlike backdrop. At its center is a bright yellow vintage ca...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Almazan Realistic Still Life watercolor Painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Almazan Realistic Still Life watercolor Painting. . frame
MIQUEL was an artist focused on the art of realism. His structured works on his great mastery of drawing, are romantic and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Portrait of a little girl with a ball of thread. Oil on cardboard, 46x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait of a little girl with a ball of thread. Oil on cardboard, 46x40 cm
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Realistic Figurative Painting, "Owl
s Serenade"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original one of a kind figurative oil painting by southern California artist, Jess Perna. Its dimensions are 18"x24". It is framed in a white floater frame as pictured. A ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
June 16
By Amanda Besl
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original contemporary oil painting by Amanda Besl created in 2016.
Throughout her career, Amanda Besl has focused primarily on the inner worlds of adolescent girls, turning her a...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,650
Contemporary portrait "Joshua Tree"
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork captures a solitary moment in a remote desert setting. The scene focuses on a vintage motel, "Desert Inn," with its bright yellow façade standing out against the dark, m...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
In the Garden
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
Game with waves
Located in Zofingen, AG
From the series «Summer Memories»
This painting depicts a little girl playing on the beach on a summer day. Her small figure is touchingly integrated into the vast blue of the water...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Andalusian Farm" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Andalusion Farm" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a villa on a hill with trees in the foreground and blue sky in the background. ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mujeres de Oaxaca - Women of Oaxaca - contemporary ink and brush on canvas
Located in Dallas, TX
Her meticulously constructed paintings play with the duality between the simple and the complex, between the observer and the observed.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$4,640 Sale Price
20% Off
Tapestry, 16 x 16, Portrait, Oil Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's "Tapestry," a 2024 creation in oil on mounted linen, measures 16 x 16 inches and is framed to a stately 22 x 22 inches. This artwork weaves a visual narrative as intrica...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Realistic Acrylic Painting, "One Love"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original acrylic painting by San Diego artist Stefan Talian. Its dimensions are 40" x 40" x 1.5". It is unframed. A certificate of authenticity will follow de...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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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