Photorealist Landscape Paintings
PHOTOREALISM
A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.
Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.
The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.
“Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”
The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.
On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.
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Style: Photorealist
"Over the Finger Lakes" Aerial Landscape View of at Dusk in Blues and Whites
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Over the Finger Lakes," Oil on Canvas, 40 x 44 Inches is a highly realistic landscape which depicts a series of the fingers lakes in New York State seen from an aerial view in deep blues and greens, with a streak of white light that divides the image into sky with a suggestion of clouds and water...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hummingbird in Salvia Garden
By Diane Andrews Hall
Located in New York, NY
Hall is a highly respected contemporary artist. It is framed in a contemporary lacquered off white float frame. The surface of the board is slick and almost photographic in feel. The...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Sea and Sky in Moonlight" Large Photo-Realist Beach Landscape Dark Blue/White
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Sea and Sky in Moonlight," Oil on Canvas, 60 x 46 Inches, is a large nocturne of the shoreline dominated by a highly dramatic sky of deep blues, grays, lavender and white, with bril...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Snowy season
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
This artwork captures the stillness and serenity at a train station after a snowfall, presenting itself as a window to a world of winter beauty. The artist transports us to a place w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"On the Mountain in Snow at Dusk" Medium sized Landscape of Winter Scene, Dusk
Located in Wellesley, MA
"On the Mountain in Snow at Dusk," Oil on Canvas, 30 x 30 Inches is a highly realistic landscape of a bank of evergreens covered with snow at the top of a white mountain against th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Aerial Sun Through Clouds" Medium Sized Landscape of Fields and Sky at Sunset
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Aerial Sun Through Clouds," Oil on Canvas, 44 x 40 Inches is a highly realistic landscape in blues, grays, pinks, lavender and white which depicts a sunset over water and a burst ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Night River", Alexander Volkov, 30x48, Oil on Canvas, Photorealism Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
"Night River" by Alexander Volkov is an original oil on canvas. This painting is a photorealistic view of the sunset of a river. You can see the clouds and...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Malaysia Beef Jerky, 16x19.5, acrylic on masonite
By Charles Ford
Located in Southampton, NY
Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Another wonderful painting by Charles Ford that captures the great lighting and shadows of ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
The High Line, 16x17x1.5", acrylic on Masonite
By Charles Ford
Located in Southampton, NY
Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York.
Another outstanding painting by Charles Ford that focuses on the High Line in New York City ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
Billboard Series. New York Soho. NYC. [Caustic Equal Spiral Curve]
Located in Henderson, NV
Clifford Singer is a well know photographer who has set aside Photorealism where he has incorporated his abstract geometric work in a billboard in New York's Soho.
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
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"The Highline at 23rd" New York City, Acrylic on Masonite
By Charles Ford
Located in Southampton, NY
Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York.
Another outstanding painting by Charles Ford that focuses on the High Line in New York City ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
XLR8
Located in Fairfield, CT
For the last 15 years, Falb’s primary subject matter has been light and motion from rollercoasters and fireworks. Using what would have been throw-away out-of-focus images taken whi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,600
Manhattan Next 7 Exits
Located in Fairfield, CT
Eric Nash is a California artist working in oil and charcoal. His subject matter focuses on icons and scenes inspired by California. Often highly realistic, ...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lincoln Tunnel
Located in Fairfield, CT
Eric Nash is a California artist working in oil and charcoal. His subject matter focuses on icons and scenes inspired by California. Often highly realistic, ...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Finest Coffe and Tea, 18x25x1.5, Acrylic on Masonite
By Charles Ford
Located in Southampton, NY
Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Another wonderful painting by Charles Ford that shows the great lighting and shadows of New ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Empire State Building Mid-Century Artist Paints all 102 stories - Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
While most can not even count all 102 stories of the Empire State Building, artist Alice Smith accurately paints each and every story with exacting detail ...
Category
1940s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Midtown Tunnel
Located in Fairfield, CT
Eric Nash is a California artist working in oil and charcoal. His subject matter focuses on icons and scenes inspired by California. Often highly realistic, ...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sail Boats
Located in Miami, FL
A precise and exact rendering and meticulous spacial arrangement are on full display in Lewandowski's this later work.
The work looks better in person. The artwork is in pristine co...
Category
1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
$24,000 Sale Price
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Ruins in the snow
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
Ancient houses in ruins, blanketed by a layer of snow, stand as remnants of bygone days. In the foreground, a wall with a window and two openings, one of them sealed, rises as a test...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$949 Sale Price
61% Off
Dylan Lloyd, Island Path Diptych, Bright Contemporary Art, Landscape Painting
By Dylan Lloyd
Located in Deddington, GB
Dylan Lloyd
Island Path Diptych
Original Oil Paintings on Canvas
Oil Paint on Canvas Board
Framed in a White Box Frames
Image size: H 30cm x W 20cm x D 0.5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
FDR DRIVE
Located in Fairfield, CT
Eric Nash is a California artist working in oil and charcoal. His subject matter focuses on icons and scenes inspired by California. Often highly realistic, ...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$9,500
Easy Listening
Located in Fairfield, CT
Here oil on canvas images are photorealistic and gorgeous.
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liquor Deli
Located in Fairfield, CT
For nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have live...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ranchlands After the Rain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original oil painting on linen by artist Joseph McGurl. Framed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Hot Cake House
Located in Fairfield, CT
For nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have live...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orpheum
Located in Fairfield, CT
For nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have live...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Cast Shadow
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original oil painting on linen by artist Joseph McGurl. Framed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Neptune Rising
Located in Fairfield, CT
Here oil on canvas images are photorealistic and gorgeous.
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Night Flight Over Sedona Red Rocks", Alexander Volkov, Oil on Canvas, Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
"Night Flight Over Sedona Redrocks" by Alexander Volkov is an original oil on canvas. The painting captures a photorealistic view of the red rocks in Arizona during a sunset. The lig...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel
"A Long Day
s Work", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "A Long Day's Work" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts construction workers gathering around a pit in the street lined with caut...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Cement and Tree Shadows", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Cement and Tree Shadows" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts construction workers laying fresh cement in the shade of a tree wit...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Driving in the Rain II", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Driving in the Rain II" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cascading pattern of rain drops on a car windshield which obscures...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Scraping", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Scraping" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a construction worker smoothing freshly poured cement in a developing urban landscape.
About the artist:
When Dianne Massey...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Riders Through Time and Space
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original oil painting on linen by artist Joseph McGurl. Framed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Roanheads Chimneys #3, 2018
By Agnes Murray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original oil on birch-wood panel is a signature painting of Roanheads, Scotland by Agnes Murray. Ms. Murray is notable for capturing the crystalline quality of northern light. ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Untitled (The Avenue of Stones)
By Colin Hunt
Located in New York, NY
Colin Hunt (b. 1973) is a Brooklyn, NY-based artist working primarily in egg tempera and watercolor. His recent series of landscapes of the Avebury stone circle outside of London are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
"California Field at Sunset" Medium Sized Landscape with Setting Sun
Located in Wellesley, MA
"California Field at Sunset," Oil on Canvas, 36 x 36 Inches is a highly realistic landscape which depicts a deep green field and dusky sky punctuated...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Churchill Arms", Oleg Turchin, Oil on Canvas, 30x40, Photorealism Original
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
Oleg Turchin's "Churchill Arms, Pub" is an oil on canvas that measures 30" x 40". The painting is a beautiful photorealistic depiction of a famous pub i...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Notre Dame de Paris at Night", Sorin, Photorealism, French, Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
"Notre Dame de Paris at Night" by Sorin is a 30x40 inch original oil on canvas. The painting captures a photorealistic night view of the medieval Cathol...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Moontide", Alexander Volkov, 24x48, Oil on Canvas, Photorealism, Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
"Moontide" by Alexander Volkov is an original oil on canvas. This painting is a photorealistic view of the moonlight reflecting on the waters surface. The moon is hidden behind the c...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
BQE
Located in Fairfield, CT
Eric Nash is a California artist working in oil and charcoal. His subject matter focuses on icons and scenes inspired by California. Often highly realistic, ...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$10,200
"Tower Bridge", Oleg Turchin, Oil/Canvas, 37x60, Photorealism Landscape Original
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
Oleg Turchin's "Tower Bridge" is an oil on canvas that measures 37" x 60". The painting is a beautiful photorealistic depiction of Tower Bridge. Built bet...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Echoes
Located in Fairfield, CT
Here oil on canvas images are photorealistic and gorgeous.
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oakland Burgers
Pies
Located in Fairfield, CT
For nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have live...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waterfall VI
Located in New York, NY
Leign Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Price Upon Request
Sparkling Crest
Photorealist painting of a blue, turquoise wave, sea foam
By Marc Esteve
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Sparkling Crest' is a realist Contemporary Seascape Painting by Marc Esteve. Sea, sand and waves make for a composition that is beautiful and tranquil. You can hear the rolling wave...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Soccer Players in Central Park
By Hilo Chen
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Hilo Chen from 1973. A photo-realistic scene of a park in midday overlooking a soccer field from a sidewalk vantage point. Signed and dated verso, framed in a natural wood frame.
Artist: Hilo Chen
Title: Soccer Players...
Category
1970s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Photorealist landscape paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist landscape 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 landscape 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, green, purple, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Ian Hornak, Lynette Cook, Kathleen Keifer, and James Van Fossan. 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 Photorealist landscape paintings, so small editions measuring 5 inches across are also available. Prices for landscape paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $200 and tops out at $585,000, while the average work sells for $4,950.
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