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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
Thistle, on pure gold foreground oil painting mediterranean iconic flower
Located in Milan, IT
Interpreting reality with skill and expertise is Margherita Leoni's principal value. She has been studying botany for decades and has an incredible hand that allows her to make water...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Tempera

Will-o -the-wisp. 2018, oil on canvas, 100x100cm
Located in Riga, LV
Will-o'-the-wisp. 2018, oil on canvas, 100x100cm Portrait on black background Agate Apkalne. Born in Riga, 1977 Education: 2005 – MA in arts, Art Acade...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sakurahime, Cherry Princess II
Located in Greenwich, CT
Figurative realist painting by Steve Hawley
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Wax, Oil, Alkyd, Panel

The fall
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...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache

Miradas en Venecia
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

End of Winter Sun – Contemporary Realist Acrylic Portrait Painting, Yellow Tones
Located in Lahti, FI
David J. S. Holbrook is a multi-faceted artist whose work bridges the realms of fine arts and music, creating a powerful narrative of human connection and emotional depth. His visual...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Farmer - 19th century Portrait oil over a photographic base
Located in London, GB
BRITISH SCHOOL (circa 1890) The Farmer Oil over a photographic base, on card and mounted onto original canvas Framed in original frame and behind glas...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Photographic Paper

InPublic: Reading .304
Located in Greenwich, CT
Signed verso American, b. 1956 Scott Duce is an international artist working in New York. Duce’s work is included in many corporate, museum, and private collections. Notable collec...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Mr. Cheerful (monochrome portrait vintage old man beard Hat Botanic nostalgia)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Mr. Cheerful by Rudolf Kosow presents a figure whose warm smile and rugged features exude an air of quiet confidence, yet the surreal detail of branches sprouting from his hat adds a...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

InPublic: Eyeshade .309
Located in Greenwich, CT
Signed verso American, b. 1956 Scott Duce is an international artist working in New York. Duce’s work is included in many corporate, museum, and private collections. Notable collec...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

InPublic Multiples: Sospeso
Located in Greenwich, CT
Signed verso American, b. 1956 Scott Duce is an international artist working in New York. Duce’s work is included in many corporate, museum, and private collections. Notable collec...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Flower Delivery .305
Located in Greenwich, CT
Scott Duce Biography American, b.1956 Scott Duce is an international artist working in New York. Duce’s work is included in many corporate, museum, and private collections. Notable ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Verónica
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Tuareg
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work of a tuareg man
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fumador
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work of a man smoking
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Autorretrato (Picasso)
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work of a self-portrait by Picasso
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Elegancia (Manolete)
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work of a bullfighter
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

El triunfo
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antonio
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"The Red Umbrella" - Contemporary Impressionist Woman Portrait
Located in New Orleans, LA
A delightful portrait of a young lady in motion, umbrella in hand, with sure brushstrokes and wonderful mastery of color. Proudly presented by Guy Lyman Fine Art...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Recordando a Charlie
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

La muerte tenía un precio
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Coro de monaguillos ensayando", 19th Century Oil on Wood Panel by José Gallegos
By José Gallegos y Arnosa
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ GALLEGOS Y ARNOSA Spanish, 1857 - 1917 CORO DE MONAGUILLOS ENSAYANDO signed, located and dated "JGallegos / Roma 1883" (lower right) oil on...
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1880s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Toro al amanecer
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Toro de nimes
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Leyenda Camarón
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work by Camarón in black and white
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fuenteovejuna
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Estética (A. Gades)
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Inspiración (Paco de Lucía)
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Figurative work of the singer Paco de Lucía
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

PESCADOR
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

COSIENDO REDES
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Belem´s Tower, Lisbon", 19th Century Oil on Wood Panel by Enrique Atalaya
By Enrique Atalaya
Located in Madrid, ES
ENRIQUE ATALAYA Spanish, 1851 - 1913 BELEM´S TOWER, LISBON signed "ATALAYA" (lower right) oil on wood panel 6-1/4 x 8-1/8 inches (15.8 x 20.5 cm.) fram...
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1890s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Small Path
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Kamsar Ohanyan is an Armenian artist born in 1991 who lives and works in Yerevan, Armenia. He studied in Yerevan at State Pedagogical University with Kh. Abovyan at th...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Mountain Flowers
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Kamsar Ohanyan is an Armenian artist born in 1991 who lives and works in Yerevan, Armenia. He studied in Yerevan at State Pedagogical University with Kh. Abovyan at th...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Florence´s Bridge", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Antonietta Brandeis
Located in Madrid, ES
ANTONIETTA BRANDEIS Czechoslovakian, 1848 - 1926 FLORENCE´S BRIDGE signed "ABrandeis" lower right oil on canvas 10-3/5 x 14-4/5 inches (27 x 37.5 cm.) unframed PROVENANCE Private Collection, Barcelona Antonietta Brandeis (also known as Antonie Brandeisová) (1848–1926), was a Czech-born Italian landscape, genre and portrait painter, as well as a painter of religious subjects for altarpieces. She was born on January 13, 1848, in Miskovice (near Kutná Hora) in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary.[2] The first bibliographical indication of Antonietta Brandeis dates from her teens, when she is mentioned as a pupil of the Czech artist Karel Javůrek of Prague.[3] After the death of Brandeis' father, her mother, Giuseppina Dravhozvall, married the Venetian Giovanni Nobile Scaramella; shortly afterward the family apparently moved to Venice. In the 1867 registry of the Venetian Academy of Fine Arts, Brandeis is listed as being enrolled as an art student. At this time, Brandeis would have been nineteen, and one of the first females to receive academic instruction in the fine arts in Italy. In fact, the Ministry granted women the legal right to instruction in the fine arts only in 1875, by which time Brandeis had finished her education at the Academy. Brandeis’s professors at the Venetian Academy of Fine Arts include Michelangelo Grigoletti and Napoleone Nani for life drawing, Domenico Bresolin for landscape, Pompeo Marino Molmenti for painting and Federico Moja for perspective. Already during her first years of study there is evidence of Brandeis' skill-in her first year she is awarded prizes and honors in Perspective and Life Drawing. Brandeis’ continuing excellence and diligence in her artistic studies during the five years she spends at the Academy is attested to in the lists of prize-winning students of the Academy “Elenco alunni premiati Accademia Venezia in Atti della Reale Accademia di Belle Arti in Venezia degli anni 1866-1872”.[4] It includes numerous mentions of prizes and high honours won by Brandeis in Art History, Perspective, Life Drawing, Landscape and Anatomical Drawing, Drawing of Sculpture, and “Class of Folds”. It is in Venice at the Academy that Brandeis perfected her skills as a meticulous landscape and cityscape painter, with intricate and luminous details in the tradition of the eighteenth-century “vedutisti”. In 1870, while still a student at the Academy, she participated in her first exhibition; that of the Società Veneta Promotrice di Belle Arti with the oil painting Cascina della Madonna di Monte Varese. She is documented as having exhibited eight paintings during the years 1872 to 1876 with the Società Veneta Promotrice di Belle Arti, both landscapes and genre scenes. In the exhibit of 1875 her landscape Palazzo, Marin Falier is sold to M. Hall of London for 320 lire, a first indication of the success Brandeis will achieve with foreign collectors of her work (particularly the English and German visitors to Italy on the Grand Tour circuit). During these same years, she showed two paintings in the Florentine exhibit Promotrice Fiorentina. The first painting, entitled “Gondola” is a subject which she repeats in new variations throughout her career with great success. The second, perhaps a genre painting, is entitled “Buon dì !” The two paintings remained unsold and were presented at the same exhibition the following year, together with two more genre scene paintings. In 1876 and 1877 she exhibited three landscapes of Venice at the Promotrice Veneta, which sold to foreign collectors. In November 1877 Brandeis showed the large painting Palazzo Cavalli a Venezia at the exhibition of the Hungarian Fine Arts Society in Budapest. In both Florence and Budapest, Brandeis showed her work under the name “Antonio Brandeis”. The biographer De Gubernatis offers the following explanation for the change of name: “her first pictures received praise and criticism; she took the criticism, but when she was praised as a woman she was annoyed, and therefore exhibited under the name Antonio Brandeis.” During the years 1878 to 1893 Brandeis painted and exhibited numerous works, primarily scenes of Venice, and although she resided chiefly in that city she also traveled and painted in Verona, Bologna, Florence, and Rome. As well as in Venice and Florence, she exhibited in Turin, Milan, and Rome. In 1880 she was present at the International Exposition of Melbourne with three paintings: Palazzo Cavalli, A Balcony in Venice and The Buranella- native of Burano Island near Venice. Brandeis was a prolific painter, and often replicated her most popular subjects with only slight variations. She was represented in Venice at the photographer Naya’s studios in Piazza San Marco and in Campo San Maurizio and in Florence she collaborated with the picture dealer Giovanni Masini. During this period of intense activity painting landscapes en plein air and genre scenes, Brandeis also is documented in De Gubernatis as a painter of religious altarpieces. Several of these altarpieces can be found on the Island of Korcula in Croatia. Two are visible in the parish church of Smokvici and of in the church of St. Vitus in Blato. In the sacristy of the Cathedral of Korcula is a Madonna with Christ Child painted by Brandeis. For the same church she also painted a copy of the central panel of Giovanni Bellini’s triptych from the Venetian Church of Santa Maria dei Frari Gloriosa (1488). In 1899, for the main altar of the chapel of St. Luke in the Korcula town cemetery, Brandeis painted a St. Luke, which shows the sparkling colors and free impasto typical of her plein air oil paintings. On October 27th 1897 at the age of 49, Brandeis married the Venetian Antonio Zamboni, a knight and officer of the Italian Crown and knight of the Order of SS. Maurizio and Lazzaro. The couple continued to reside in Venice and Brandeis continued to show at Italian exhibitions in Venice, Florence, and Rome although more sporadically and with fewer works than before. Although she participated in the International Exposition of Watercolourists in Rome in 1906 with a “Study” and in the Società Promotrice delle Belle Arti in Florence in 1907 and 1908 with two oil paintings, De Gubernatis quotes Brandeis as saying in 1906, that even though she resides in Venice “I am a foreigner, and for some time I have not taken part in Italian Exhibitions, sending all my paintings to London.[3] Antonio Zamboni died 11...
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1890s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

BLANES
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

ESPERANDO LA PESCA
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

No More, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Shipping WORLDWIDE! By default unstretched, rolled in a tube. If you would like to receive the painting stretched on frame, please contact me to make the arrangements. :: Painting...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Orange mood 18 x 24 cm., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original oil painting on canvas. Figurative. The sides are always spotless white. This provides a good view of any environment and this makes it possible not to use an additional fra...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Moon, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Moon is my daughter's middle name. I would have preferred it to have been her first name but worried that she might resent it over time. Beautiful milky skin, a tumble of pre-Raph...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Ballet Lessons", 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Sebastián Llobet Ribas, Spanish
Located in Madrid, ES
SEBASTIÁN LLOBET RIBAS Spanish, 1887 - 1975 signed "Llobet Ribas" (lower right) signed again "Llobet Ribas" (on the reverse) oil on canvas 32 x 25-3/4 inches (80.5 x 65 cm.) unframed PROVENANCE Private Collector, Barcelona Painter and draftsman of the twentieth century, born in Barcelona in 1887. He attended the Fine Arts Schools and was a disciple of Vicente Climent. He participated in the Self-Portraits Exhibition held in 1907, in the Drawing Exhibition in the Sala Parés in 1910, in several of the Spring and International Exhibition, and in the National Exhibition of 1942 and 1944 in Barcelona and in 1950 in Madrid. In the 1951 Exhibition of the Circulo de Bellas Artes de Palma de Mallorca, he obtained a medal for the set of drawings...
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1930s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bayfront Park, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Portrait of a Miami Local surrounded by graffiti. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No ::...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Julian, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Portrait surrounded by graffiti. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: S...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Mr Bacon, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Portrait of the late British artist Francis Bacon. A fairly youthful Bacon sits lost in thought in his studio. I decided to sit him in front of one of his pieces from that era, I l...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Georgia In Her Desert, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Portrait of the wonderful Georgia O'Keeffe. I wanted to paint O'Keeffe towards the end of her life, with a beautifully lined face- evidence of a life lived. ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Green Nature Morte
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Kamsar Ohanyan is an Armenian artist born in 1991 who lives and works in Yerevan, Armenia. He studied in Yerevan at State Pedagogical University with Kh. Abovyan at th...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

THAT SPECIAL MOMENT
Located in Aventura, FL
Giclee on canvas. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Edition of 85. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Giclée

THAT SPECIAL MOMENT
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German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Blick vom Hamburger Fernsehturm, Heili
Located in Paris, IDF
Egg tempera on canvas, Shadow joint frame Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North Ge...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Egg Tempera

German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Falaise d aval, Morgens, Etretat
Located in Paris, IDF
Egg tempera on canvas, Shadow joint frame Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North Ge...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Egg Tempera

German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Museumshafen, Kappeln
Located in Paris, IDF
Egg tempera on canvas, Shadow joint frame Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North Ge...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Egg Tempera

German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Lüneburg, am Stintmarkt
Located in Paris, IDF
Egg tempera on canvas, Shadow joint frame Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North Ge...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Egg Tempera

German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Groß Dölln, Boris Mäht
Located in Paris, IDF
Egg tempera on canvas, Shadow joint frame Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North Ge...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Egg Tempera

Washerwomen by the river, oil on canvas by Karl Girardet
Located in Gent, VOV
This painting is part of a series of paintings Girardet made of washerwomen by the river. Upon their presentation they had a considerable success, which endures till now. In 2008 another painting of this series was sold at Christie's . Karl Girardet was born in 1813 in Le Locle, which at the time was part of France but is now part of Switzerland. Girardet lived and worked most of his life in Paris. After beginning his career as a painter of landscapes, he became a well-known history painter. As a confidant of the French king Louis Philippe I...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, ABS

Desire 2
Located in Atlanta, GA
Marshall Jones is a realist painter born in Atlanta Georgia, and presently working and living in New York City. From 2008 to 2015 Marshall was the recip...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Woman reading in a rocking chair II
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
In this painting, a young woman seated at a rocking chair is shown absorbed in reading a book, capturing a moment of summer serenity. Depicted from the left side, it complements the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Woman reading in a rocking chair I
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
This painting captures a moment of tranquility and elegance. A young woman, presented in profile, is immersed in reading a book while gently swaying in a rocking chair. The scene tak...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Youth" Portrait Figurative Oil Painting 39" x 39 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Youth" Portrait Figurative Oil Painting 39" x 39 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube. A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a glamorous, femini...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“ESTERO“. Contemporary, realism, figurative, oil, landscape, waterscape, earth c
Located in MADRID, ES
Contemporary, realism, figurative, oil, landscapa, waterscape, pastel colors, earth colors
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Wood, Oil, Acrylic

BECOMING MEN AND WOMEN, 2008
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. 1974-81 University of Wales: studied painting under Welsh artist Selwyn Jones. Public and private commissions: twenty-five multistory murals in Wales and England: documented by the BBC and British National Newspapers. Studios: Bethesda and Bangor City, Wales. Studies composition and portraiture. Shows at the Royal Exchange, London; Bangor City Museum, Wales. 1981-82 Commission: The Trial of Saint Deiniol: 19-panel, 18 x 21 ft. painting. Studio: Shropshire, England 1982-86 The New York Times send photographer Dith Pran (on whom the movie The Killing Fields was based) to photograph Povey in New York with The Trial of Saint Deiniol painting at Art Expo New York 1986. Povey is advised by George Bush Senior’s former campaign manager Zena Temkin on shaping his public persona. The BBC film Edward Povey with former President of the Royal Academy of Art in London - Sir Hugh Casson KCVO, RA, RDI in which Sir Hugh interviews Povey about his art career. Public and private commissions for collections in the United States, London, Wales, Belgium, West Indies. Studies symbolism and trains in color with Jan de Maere in Brussels and works through the Tapestry Period of paintings Studio: Grenada, West Indies. 1987-91 Studies psychology and narrative in art whilst he builds the extensive Childhood, Illusion and Desire Period of paintings. Studio: Guisborough, England courtesy of the town mayor. Shows in Belgium, London, New York. 1992-93 Public commission: Hall of Illusion mural: 20 X 40 ft. interior oil painting in the Chamber Concert Hall of the University of Wales. The commission is followed by BBC Television, S4C Television; BBC Radio Four and regional and national newspapers. Studios: Guisborough, England; Bangor City, Wales. Designs the Hall of Illusion mural on the island of Grenada, West Indies. 1994-96 Deepens his studies in the relationship between art and the psyche. Researches new ways to evolve concepts with models using theaters...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Fichtebunker
Located in Paris, IDF
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 who lives & works in Berlin, Germany. He belongs to the Norddeutsche Realisten movement. He exhibited in many...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Egg Tempera

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