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Style: American Realist
"Untold" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Linda Adair's (Germany based) "Untold" is an oil painting that depicts an angel like figure in an interior space
Linda Adair is a contemporary figurative ...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$4,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Cowboy Hanging, Killer
s Trail Illustration
By Victor Kalin
Located in Miami, FL
The old west depicted in a graphic and dramatic manner. Paperback Novel Cover Painting Original Art (Avon, 1963). Work has a matted image area of 12.5" ...
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Girl with a Barn Owl
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Herbert Davidson (American, 1930-2018)
Signed: Herbert Davidson, (lower, right)
" Young Girl Seated on Stone Slab Holding a Barn Owl", circa 1970
...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
African Tribal Celebration: Alex Haley Roots for Readers Digest
By Noel Sickles
Located in Miami, FL
Complex and detailed epic scale history painting of an African tribal celebration with an on looking king. The work has an abundant amount o...
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$12,800 Sale Price
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"Breathe" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Bernard Lee's (US based) "Breathe" is an oil painting that depicts a figure clutching their chest as soft white feathers fall all around the blue backgroun...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mongols
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel
There is from frame burn and scattered surface abrasions but they are minor. Additionally, there are a 3 or 4 very fine hair line scratches not visible unless you look very closely. The work is varnished and has a reflective quality to it that makes it hard to photograph. In person the viewing experience is much better. You can see more detail in the shadow areas. The colors are rich, deep and saturated. Riggs was very particular in researching the tribal costumes...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera
$26,000 Sale Price
23% Off
Subway no. 4 - Beijing
Located in Burlingame, CA
BING ZHANG's Subway no. 4, 48 x 48 inches, oil on canvas. Proudly presented by Andra Norris Gallery in California.
Bing Zhang’s Subway painting series explores themes of class, labo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Subway no. 3 - Beijing
Located in Burlingame, CA
BING ZHANG's Subway no. 3, 48 x 48 inches, oil on canvas. Proudly presented by Andra Norris Gallery in California.
Bing Zhang’s Subway painting series explores themes of class, labo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American School Portrait of a Girl
Located in Astoria, NY
American School, Portrait of a Blonde Haired Girl, Oil on Canvas, circa 1865, label to verso reading "Annie Budelman Leonard, Gene's Grandmother at the age of about 4 or 5", giltwood...
Category
1860s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Standing Figure - Mid-Century American Portrait Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
Mid-century city life is captured in this Clyde Singer portrait, Standing Figure, where he depicts a woman posing in 1954. An accomplished American Scene painter, Singer successful...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
American Diner Americana Series USA by Leading British Urban Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
American Diner Americana Series USA by Leading British Urban Landscape Artist.
Art measures 24 x 18 inches
Frame measure 29 x 23 inches
Angela Wakefie...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint, Acrylic, Board
Antique Oil Painting of American Indian Chief, Signed, Circa 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Phillip Cook is a Postwar Contemporary painter who was born in 1949.
Holmes à Court Gallery featured Phillip Cook's work in the past. His work usually centers on landscape or suburba...
Category
20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The grape picker
Located in Zofingen, AG
Classical portrait of a woman harvesting grapes. In this oil painting, I captured the serene essence of nature and the simple elegance of human connection with the earth.
The centr...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Girl with iMac, Skull and KAWS - original realist still life portraiture artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Contemporary figurative painter Andrew S. Conklin creates a co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
Located in Surfside, FL
Bernard Gussow 1881 -1957
Bernard Gussow was active/lived in New York, New Jersey / Russian Federation. Bernard Gussow is known for genre, landscape, figure, interior paintings.
Ber...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Prophet
, Chouinard Art Institute, Biblical, Old Testament, Early Christian
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'H. R. Williams' for Homer Ross Williams (American, 1901-1954), and painted circa 1925.
Displayed in a substantial, incised and water-gilded frame of the period. F...
Category
1920s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,475 Sale Price
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Hopeful of the Dream City
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Hopeful of the Dream City" invites viewers to delve into the depths of the young lady's aspirations. Her gaze is fixed on a distant horizon, eyes filled with a mixture of excitement...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Ink
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Come See Me
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This painting is emphasizing the situation that encompasses a youthful love story, in a situation whereby your love partner is a shy and timid type when it comes to getting people to be aware of your relationship, most especially their parents. It feels like damn he/she is at the usual spot location as expected but we can't wait to be free to experience the freedom, passion, and excitement that surrounds love scenarios.
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gallery)
About Artist
Joshua Salami...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Mother Elizabeth
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mother Elizabeth, c. 1930 - 40s, tempera on Masonite, signed and titled upper left, 22 5/8 x 16 inches, artist's name inscribed verso of original frame
Ernest W. Scanes was a Mich...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Tempera
"Reclining Figure" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's (US based) "Reclining Figure" is an oil painting that depicts a woman in white reclining in a deep blue interior
Bio/artist statem...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"On the Lake" American 20th Century Oil Painting In the Style of Camille Carot
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful landscape reminiscent of the great American artist Camille Carrot done. The details are masterfully done with beautiful brush work and wonderfully rich and lush color pal...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Car Wash
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Car Wash' a highly collectable 48 x 48 inch oil on canvas painting by Internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson, framed in a contempo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Feeling the Light
Located in Denver, CO
Lone figure by window
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Outdoor Restaurant" 24"x28" oil on canvas, signed on reverse
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
24"x28" oil on canvas, signed on reverse. This painting features a scene at andoutdoor restaurant with two figures being served drinks under the canopy of patio umbrellas. Amy Hill...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Green Purse
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Green Purse', 2022 is 31.5 x 23.5 inches, oil on linen painted by French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and countrysides of France, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Amaryllis
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Amaryllis', by artist Frédéric Choisel, who lives and works in Paris, France, painted this dramatic, creamy white, amaryllis flower bursting full bloom on green stalks against a dar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Canvas
"Can I Borrow Your Wings" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Linda Adair's (Germany based) "Can I Borrow Your Wings" is an oil painting that depicts a figure in an urban city space.
Linda Adair is a contemporary fi...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$4,480 Sale Price
20% Off
"Light and Mystery" Mixed media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's (US based) "Light and Mystery" is an mixed media painting that depicts a woman reclining into the dark background with green, blue and orange patterning.
Biogra...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
"Seeking Solace" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Linda Adair's (Germany based) "Seeking Solace" is an oil painting that depicts a figure in an industrial interior space
Linda Adair is a contemporary figu...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$4,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Migrants
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Migrants' by Willard Dixon. These paintings are generally taken from small black and white newspaper photos from Willard Dixon’s daily reading of the news. He changes the images somewhat by cropping them, taking things out, adding color, etc. But the image is definitely something seen originally by someone else. “I must say”, says Dixon, “I have rather strong feelings about these images myself. I see them at least in part as an homage to the intrepid photographers on the front lines who are telling truth to the world about what’s actually going on out there.”
Willard Dixon
Born: Kansas City MO, 1942
Education: Art Students League, New York, NY
Cornell University
Brooklyn Museum School
San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969
Awards and Commissions
N.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989
California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998
Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998
Teaching
1989-90: San Francisco State University
1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar
1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CA
One Man Exhibitions
2020: Evening Light, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield
2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY
2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY.
2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY
2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA
1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery)
1994: Fischbach Gallery
1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery
1992: Fischbach Gallery
1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA
1990: Fischbach Gallery
1989: William Sawyer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$12,000
Girl Reading Card-American Realist Portrait-Mid-Century Original Oil Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
Clyde Singer was a master of capturing the small and significant moments of everyday life. This painting, titled Girl Reading Card, 1948, is one of those perfect scenes that he docu...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Pitcher, Plums and Wine
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Pitcher, Plums and Wine, by artist Frédéric Choisel, who lives and works in Paris, France, painted this dramatic and creamy white pitcher with a plums and glass of wine. Professiona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
American School Portrait of a Lady
Located in New York, NY
Portrait of a Lady, c. 1900
Oil on canvas
36 x 28 1/2 in.
Framed: 37 3/4 x 30 1/2 in.
Category
Early 1900s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surya
Located in Burlingame, CA
The paintings from Willard Dixon's "NEWS series" are generally taken from small black and white newspaper photos from the artist's daily reading of the news. He changes the images somewhat by cropping them, taking things out, adding color, etc. But the image is definitely something seen originally by someone else. “I must say”, says Dixon, “I have rather strong feelings about these images myself. I see them at least in part as an homage to the intrepid photographers on the front lines who are telling truth to the world about what’s actually going on out there.” This is 'Surya', which is hindu for sun; A 48 x 60 inch oil on canvas painting depicting a kaleidoscope of colorful women...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$12,000
Figurative portrait of a young girl "GirlFriends #1"
Located in East Quogue, NY
Figurative portrait oil painting on panel of a young girl by Judith Raphael
Size: 7 x 5 inches (unframed)
Judith Raphael creates portraits invented from various sources, including photos from family albums, children, grandchildren, cell phone snaps of friends, magazines, and always art history. Influenced by European painters like Balthus, Lucien Freud, and Paula Rego. Raphael portrays young girls whom she adapts in aggressive postures to gently mock the macho stance of classical male sculpture...
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Two Handed - Michelangeli
Located in Burlingame, CA
"Two Handed - Michelengeli", oil on linen is a profound mediation on the hands of the late pianist, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. The artist's statement reg...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Parody Portrait: Piero della Francesca Italian Renaissance Hispanic Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
This is a parody portrait of the famed Duke of Urbino, Federico da Montefeltro, by Piero della Francesca, in the Uffizi Galleries in Florence. Hispanic Illustrator Ignacio Gomez pain...
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl on Bed, Modern Oil Painting by Raphael Soyer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raphael Soyer, American (1899 - 1987)
Title: Seated Woman
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 24 x 20 inches
Frame Size: 29 x 25.5 inches
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
American Portrait of the Artist
s Wife by Herman Hyneman
Located in New York, NY
Herman Hyneman (1849-1907)
Portrait of the Artist's Wife, c. late 19th century
Oil on canvas
21 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.
Framed: 27 1/2 x 35 1/4 in.
The following is from Peter Jung who credits "a friend named Jeff Gold on Long Island."
Herman N. Hyneman (1849 - 1907) was born in 1849 to one of the most prominent Jewish families in Philadelphia. Unlike most Jewish families of the time, his embraced and encouraged his artistic talent. In 1874, Hyneman followed his first cousin Moses Ezekiel, National Academy member, to Europe to study. They first went to Germany and then to France where Hyneman began eight years of study with Leon Bonnat, the French Master.
In Paris, the twenty-five year old Hyneman resided in a studio building at 75 Boulevard Clichy, with expatriates Frederic Arthur Bridgeman, Charles Sprague Pearce, Milne Ramsey, and Edwin Blashfield. Hyneman was clearly exposed to the works of these more experienced artists, as well as that of Walter Gay.
In 1879, one of Hyneman's genre paintings, entitled "Desdemona", was accepted into the Paris Salon. That painting received favorable reviews both in Europe, and later in Philadlephia where it was exhibited alongside the works of other Philadelphia Artists exhibiting at the Salon that included Thomas Eakins, Pearce, Edward May...
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled Portrait
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Ruby Walker Usher – American (1889-1957)
Title: Untitled
Year: unknown, circa 1950
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Size: 3 3/8 x 4 5/8 inches
Framed size: 14.25 x 11.25 inches
Si...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Carol Aus Portrait of a Lady In Spectacular 19th Century Frame
Located in San Francisco, CA
Carol Aus: 1878-1934 Listed artist born in Norway and lived in Chicago. She studied in Paris at Julien Academy. She painted 7 covers for the Saturday Evening Post. She was also we...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Brownie Blond Girl Scout - 4th of July Salute with American Flag
By Ellen Barbara Segner
Located in Miami, FL
This poster-like mid-century illustration of Little Miss Sunbeam in her Brownie uniform depicts her in a patriotic three-finger salute against an American Flag. It's by the celebrat...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil
Antique American Impressionist Painting Red Riding Hood Framed 19th Century
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original antique American painting by Samuel Knight Wright, depicting the fairytale character of "Little Red Riding Hood" on her way to gr...
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wide-Open Throttle Illustration for Saturday Evening Post. Grisaille Painting.
By Grattan Condon
Located in Marco Island, FL
Illustration by Grattan Condon for the February 8, 1930 Saturday Evening Post story entitled "Wide-Open Throttle" by A.W. Somerville, which appeared on page 56. The tension between ...
Category
1920s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Joseph Margulies, Portrait of a Girl Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Margulies (American, 1896-1984)
Untitled (Portrait of a Girl), 20th Century
Oil on canvas (or possibly linen?)
29 3/4 x 25 in.
Framed: 33 3/4 x 26 x 1 1/2 in.
Signed lower rig...
Category
20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
(Untitled) Portrait of A Distinguished Man in A Bowler Hat
Located in San Francisco, CA
In 1961, there would have been a chauffeured Rolls-Royce Phantom V limousine waiting for this gentleman curbside. Perhaps he was a new ambassador paying his respects to a head of gov...
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Woman in Yellow Dress
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original painting by Harry McCormick from circa 1980. In an excellent gold frame.
Artist: Harry McCormick, American (1942 - )
Title: Woman in Yellow Dress...
Category
1980s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Equestrian Show Jumping Portrait by Leonid Gervits
Located in New York, NY
Leonid Gervits (Russian/American)
Untitled (Show Jumping), 2000
Oil on canvas
28 x 22 in.
Initialed and dated lower left: LG 00
Leonid Gervits was born April 12, 1946 in a middle cl...
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Scale 1920s Portrait of Florence Foster Jenkins, Amateur Soprano Singer
Located in Soquel, CA
A fine, large-scale portrait of a Philadelphia lady, fabled soprano singer Florence Foster Jenkins, by Richard Langtry Partington (American, 19...
Category
1920s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Self-Portrait in Studio, Modern Oil Painting by Moses Soyer
By Moses Soyer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Moses Soyer, American (1899 - 1974)
Title: Self-Portrait in the Studio
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 24 x 20 inches
Frame: 32 x 28 inches
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Figurative Portrait of a Boy with Toy Car
Located in Soquel, CA
Realistic mid century portrait of a boy playing with an antique toy car by Ralph Joosten (American, 1928-2009). Signed "R. Joosten" in the lower left ...
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Oil Painting Portrait Young Woman Necklace Period Frame Rare
Located in Buffalo, NY
A beautiful and rare antique American portrait of a young woman in a stunning period frame, likely original to the piece.
Unsigned but beaut...
Category
1890s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Naughty Children" on Canvas by Harold Stephenson, Aka Abruzzi
By Harold Stephenson
Located in Pasadena, CA
This painting features two children with big brown eyes peeking behind red-slatted shutters. The innocence on their faces contrasts with some sense of embarrassment, like if they had...
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$600 Sale Price
50% Off
Elsa Reading a Letter
Located in New York, NY
A marvelous and affecting depiction of "Elsa" the artist's wife at the kitchen table with an object not yet decided in her hand. It could be a coffee cup, a glass or a letter that t...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Troubadour
s Love
Located in Zofingen, AG
"A troubadour was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). The texts of troubadour songs deal mainly with themes of chivalry and ...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Child in Red Sweater and Blue Jeans Seated on a Log Wearing Adidas
Located in Austin, TX
Image Size: 7.5 x 5.5
Frame Size: 12 x 10 in.
Signed, bottom right: "J. Sadler"
This painting by Texas artist, Jean Sadler, portrays a thoughtful child, seated on a log with hands ...
Category
20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mailing the Letter-Original Oil Painting-American Realisim
Located in Marco Island, FL
American life is captured in this Clyde Singer painting, Mailing the Letter, where he depicts a woman posting her mail in 1986. An accomplished American Scene painter, Singer success...
Category
1980s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Lockdown Self-Portrait" contemporary realist portrait of artist in his studio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Lockdown Self-Portrait" is a contemporary realist portrait of the artist in his studio.
Framed Dimensions: 17 x 20 inches
Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, Californi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mary Vincent and the Convict, Good Housekeeping Illustration - Mid Century
By Al Parker
Located in Miami, FL
Al Parker was one of America's greatest and most inventive illustrators. He did work for magazines such as: Chatelaine, Collier's, Ladies' Home Journal and Woman's Home Companion. ...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Gouache, Pencil
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
William Gropper (1898 - 1977)
Unemployed
20 x 16 inches
Oil on canvas, 1937
Signed lower right
Provenance: Estate of the artist
Bio
Throughout his life, William Gropper used his artistic talents to protest social injustice. Born in New York City, he grew up there in poverty and left high school to work as a dishwasher and delivery boy. He eventually began a career in art and was able to study with Robert Henri and George Bellows from 1912 to 1915. He adopted their realistic painting style, and his own work expressed sympathy for common laborers and outrage at society's ills.
In 1919 Gropper established a reputation as a political cartoonist working for the New York Tribune. His blunt, forceful style attracted the attention of other publications, and he provided illustrations and cartoons for a variety of magazines, from the left-wing New Masses to mainstream Vanity Fair. Like many social realist artists of the 1930s, Gropper supported liberal political causes, depicting subjects such as the plight of migrant laborers and striking factory workers.
In his first gallery exhibition in 1936 at ACA Galleries, Gropper's work was so well received by critics, collectors, and artists that the following year he had two one-man exhibitions at ACA Galleries. In 1937, Gropper traveled west on a Guggenheim Fellowship and visited the Dust Bowl and the Hoover and Grand Coulee Dams, sketching studies for a series of paintings and a mural he painted for the Department of the Interior. That same year he had paintings purchased by both the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.
Gropper exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair, Whitney Museum of American Art (1924-55), Art Institute of Chicago (1935-49), Carnegie International (1937-50), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1939-48), and National Academy of Design (1945-48). He was a founder of the Artists Equity Association and member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
From 1940 to 1945 William Gropper was preoccupied with anti-Nazi cartoons...
Category
1930s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Realist portrait paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic American Realist portrait 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 portrait 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, orange, yellow and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Raymond Logan, Christopher Clark, Willard Dixon, and Robert Riggs. 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 American Realist portrait paintings, so small editions measuring 1.75 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait 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 $350 and tops out at $145,000, while the average work sells for $5,200.