Realist Still-life 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
The Standard Grill at The High Line, Acrylic on Masonite, New York City
By Charles Ford
Located in Southampton, NY
This painting on Masonite measures 17.5 x 25.5 and was painted in 2011. Mr Ford was so impressed by The High Line in New York City that in 2011 he created a series of realistic pai...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Sweet Pea and Dock in Chautauqua Park, Original Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Sweet Pea and Dock in Chautauqua Park
Mixed Media Painting
36 x 48 inches
Artist's Commentary:
"These sweet pea vines overwhelmed me as a walked along the dirt road west of the C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Reflected conch
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
With these objects I have worked for two years in a short series of still lifes. Treating the perspective inside the painting as a trompe l'oeil seemed to me an interesting idea.
in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Summer Seeds, Original Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Summer Seeds
Mixed Media Painting
36 x 48 inches
Artist's Commentary:
"I am as enthralled with spent flowers as I am with blooming flowers. The seed heads lend all sorts of stil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Waltham Studio Interior" oil painting of houseplant beside window natural light
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of a houseplant, situated in a living area beside a window. Light from the outdoor sun casts inside, a bright reflection onto the ground .
P...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Tipsy Tower of Babel
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unframed Dimensions: 48 x 36 inches
Framed Dimensions: approximately 50 x 38 inches
Signed lower right
Joseph Keiffer (American, b. 1952)
Joseph Keiffer started painting at...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
South Boulder Meadow #6, Original Painting
Located in Boston, MA
South Boulder Meadow #6
Mixed Media Painting
36 x 48 inches
Artist's Commentary:
"What can I say? I am in love with the meadows in Colorado!"
About the Artist:
I specialize in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Dorset Summer Garden, Floral Art, Garden Landscape Painting, Original Artwork
By Dylan Lloyd
Located in Deddington, GB
Dorset Summer Garden by Dylan Lloyd is an original painting. The scene overlooks a beautiful budding garden in the summertime.
Dylan Lloyd has original paintings for sale...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink and White Peonies, Original Floral Painting, Affordable Art, Contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pink and White Peonies by Tushar Sabale [2021]
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Spring Pink and White peon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Once More, Contemporary Art, Original Realist Style Sky Painting, Gilted Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Once More [2021]
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look.
Once More is an original mixed media skyscape painting by Charlotte Elizabeth. The metallic details around the edges add depth to the work.
Charlotte Elizabeth has been working with paint professionally for over fifteen years. A prestigious training in theatre design preceded a busy career as a Theatrical Scenic Artist in London’s West End...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas
Rubik
s Cube with objects
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
This still life work presents a composition seen from a zenithal perspective. At first glance, the scene is formed by a set of heterogeneous objects, meticulously arranged on a softl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Wood Panel
Conch and the playing card
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
With these objects I have worked for two years in a short series of still lifes. Treating the perspective inside the painting as a trompe l'oeil seemed to me an interesting idea.
in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Nine Bottles ", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Nine Bottles" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts 9 root beer bottles.
About the artist:
When Dianne M...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
July 5th on Narragansett
Located in Boston, MA
This realist genre painting by artist Robert Crooker features a sale boat tilting to the left as it sales over the deep blue waters off the coast of Rho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Clustered Pots
Located in Deddington, GB
Clustered pots by Jonquil Williamson [2022]
original
Oil Paint on Canvas
Image size: H:60 cm x W:70 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:70 cm x D:2cm
Frame Size: H:67.5 c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Snow Henge, Lee Tiller, Original Painting, Winter Landscape Art, Affordable Art
By Lee Tiller
Located in Deddington, GB
Snow Henge [2021]
original
Oil on stretched canvas
Image size: H:60 cm x W:80 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:80 cm x D:2cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu image...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Linear Composition
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
Objects of different uses are used in this Linear Composition. A soft, serene composition, but giving each object its individual importance. Even though it is a composition with ele...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Wood Panel
Two bowls with grapes
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
This large-format painting features two bowls with grapes arranged diagonally within the pictorial space. The top-down view emphasizes the geometric play of the elements, with each b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,421 Sale Price
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Bowls with grapes I
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
The artwork presents an intimate scene that invites a slow, thoughtful contemplation. Two bowls filled with water and red grapes are arranged in an unusual manner from a top-down vie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$1,515 Sale Price
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Bowls with grapes II
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
The artwork presents an elegant and balanced composition where two bowls with grapes are harmoniously distributed across the canvas. One bowl occupies the center, capturing the viewe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$1,515 Sale Price
20% Off
Conch with glass
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
With these objects I have worked for two years in a short series of still lifes. Treating the perspective inside the painting as a trompe l'oeil seemed to me an interesting idea.
in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Plate with red grapes
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
The work "Dish with red grapes" is an example of how simplicity can contain deep emotional and visual richness. Despite its simple motif, the painting brims with inner soul. Painted ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,222 Sale Price
20% Off
Oh My! The Loss of Innocence
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
My original direction with this image was along the lines of A Wizard of Oz theme, but then I decided to change the direction of the image by placing the toys on top of a mattress...
Keywords: toy, kids, girls, boys, courage, still life, dorothy, dream, twister, america, color, film, sleep, technicolor, scarecrow
Artist Biography:
Ben Ferry is a former high school and college all-American soccer player who grew up in Washington, D.C.. After being drafted by "D.C. United", he played professionally for three years before a major spinal injury forced him to retire. In his work, Ben focuses on the human figure, landscapes, cityscapes, and animals in a variety of media and styles. His paintings are vibrant, playful and unconventional, often featuring bright, saturated color and imaginative subject matter. Ben received both his B.A. and M.F.A. in painting and drawing from George...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Aster flowers 1977 Paper, watercolor. 71x56.5cm
Located in Riga, LV
Aster flowers
Paper, watercolor. 71x56.5cm 1977.
"Aster Flowers" is a visually captivating and expressive watercolor painting, celebrating the beauty of nature and the artistry of the floral still life genre. Through the use of watercolors on paper, the artist has created a vibrant and enchanting composition, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in the timeless allure of colorful aster flowers in a delicate and graceful vase arrangement.
Janis Brekte...
Category
1970s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,705 Sale Price
20% Off
Great White
Located in Greenwich, CT
Douglas Wiltraut is one of America's foremost painters in egg tempera and dry brush watercolor. He graduated from Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA with a BFA in Painting in 1973. Currently the President of the National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic, Inc., he has been the recipient of the Butler Institute of American Art Award, the Today’s Art Medal...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel
Featuring Craftmanship, Original Framed Signed Contemporary Still Life Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Featuring Craftmanship, Original Framed Contemporary Representational Still Life Painting
12" x 12" x 1" (HxWxD) Oil on Canvas
15" x 15" x 1" (HxWxD) Framed
Hand-signed by the artist.
Another still life by artist Marion Buricatu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Poppies
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original Oil Painting signed by the Artist in the lower left corner.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Papillon
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original Oil Painting signed by the Artist in the lower left corner.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mother Garden
Located in Fairfield, CT
ARTIST STATEMENT: My work delicately renders familiar domestic comforts that we use to feel secure. Examining the identities of heirloom textiles and childhood nostalgia summons conf...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blooming
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery. ARTIST STATEMENT: My work delicately renders familiar domestic comforts that we use to feel secure. Examining the identities of heirloom textil...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$16,800
Flutist and Mandolin Player. 2016. Oil on canvas, 64x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flutist and Mandolin Player. 2015. Oil on canvas, 64x70 cm
from series Playing Angels
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$9,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Poppies" Oil cm. 30 x 38 , Flowers, red, 1960 , shipping free
Located in Torino, IT
Poppies,Red ,Flowers,russian,art,1960
NADEZHDA VOROBIEVA (Moscow, 1924 - 2011)
Works by Nadezhda Vorobieva can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United Sta...
Category
1960s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,658 Sale Price
30% Off
Still Life with Green Cabbages
By Amy Weiskopf
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower right): A. Weiskopf
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Still life with chicken. Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with chicken and mushrooms. Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm
hunting theme in painting
Marc Sterling (1895-1976)
Marc Sterling was born in Pryluky, a small town in Ukraine, wher...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,579 Sale Price
20% Off
Home Sweet Home 4
Located in Fairfield, CT
These small works HOME SWEET HOME are painted on vintage wallpaper in oil and acrylic.
ARTIST STATEMENT: My work delicately renders familiar domestic comforts that we use to feel se...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Bright summer flowers. 2020. Watercolor, paper, 74 x 59 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bright summer flowers. 2020. Watercolor, paper, 74 x 59 cm
Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibited since 1969 and are held in private collections in...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$663 Sale Price
20% Off
Matriarch
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery. ARTIST STATEMENT: My work delicately renders familiar domestic comforts that we use to feel secure. Examining the identities of heirloom textil...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$14,800
Home Sweet Home 1
Located in Fairfield, CT
These small works HOME SWEET HOME are painted on vintage wallpaper in oil and acrylic.
ARTIST STATEMENT: My work delicately renders familiar domestic comforts that we use to feel se...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Home Sweet Home 2
Located in Fairfield, CT
These small works HOME SWEET HOME are painted on vintage wallpaper in oil and acrylic.
ARTIST STATEMENT: My work delicately renders familiar domestic comforts that we use to feel se...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Walnuts. 2019. Oil on canvas, 40x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Apples with walnuts. 2019. Oil on canvas, 45x65 cm
Realistic still life with apples and walnuts on white drapery
Alyona Prokofyeva (1988)
From 2016 surname Galaktionova. Alyona gr...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,515 Sale Price
20% Off
"Obsessive Collector Still Life Red" Contemporary Realist Interior Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Realist still life painting by contemporary Houston artist Scott Woodard. The work features an opulent setting with an intricate mirror, a side table with a collection of white vases...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Home Sweet Home 6
Located in Fairfield, CT
These small works HOME SWEET HOME are painted on vintage wallpaper in oil and acrylic.
ARTIST STATEMENT: My work delicately renders familiar domestic comforts that we use to feel se...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Mid Summer" Modern Realist Still Life Study of Pink Flower Against a Brick Wall
Located in Houston, TX
Realist still life study of a pink flower with bright green leaves against a brick wall. Painted by Texas modernist painter Boyd Graham from the 1970s-1980s. Signed in the front lowe...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"The Flower" Oil on Board
Located in Carmel, CA
An original piece.
The painting comes with a certificate of authenticity and a letter of appraisal.
'The Flower', oil on board.
Category
1990s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Night Stand II
Located in Fairfield, CT
ARTIST STATEMENT: My work delicately renders familiar domestic comforts that we use to feel secure. Examining the identities of heirloom textiles and childhood nostalgia summons conf...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paradise, Realism, Acrylic, Floral Painting, Framed, Brazil Atlantic Forest
By June Arthur
Located in Houston, TX
June Arthur is a Scottish artist based in Houston Texas . She studied fine art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, Scotland .June Arthur lived twenty years in Rio de Janeiro surrounded by the color and vibrancy of Brazilian life .Finding delight and inspiration in its tropical topography.
Paradise is painted in the style of Realism. Paradise is painting in bright and bold colors found in the country of Brazil. Paradise has a custom made frame. This is a plant that is found in the Mata Atlantica. The Mata Atlântica remains remarkably rich in biodiversity and endemic species, many of them threatened with extinction.
In terms of flora researchers have cataloged over 23,000 plants, 40 percent of which are endemic to the Mata Atlântica. The area is especially rich in unique tree species—about half of which are endemic. A survey of a single hectare in Bahia found 450 tree species.
Regarding fauna, scientists have recorded 264 mammal species, nearly 1,000 birds, 456 amphibians, over 300 reptiles, and 350 freshwater fish...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Still Life of Fruit on Table, Gilt Wood Oval Frame with Convex, Hand Painted Oil
Located in Jacksonville, FL
A sumptuous still life unfolds in this exquisite oil painting, where a bounty of ripe peaches, pears, and grapes is artfully arranged beside an elegant vase. The fruits, rendered in ...
Category
20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
DESiGN ARTGUM eraser
Located in Fairfield, CT
Richard Parker’s paintings are exquisitely rendered portraits of ephemeral objects more often used to create artworks than as the content. With a nod t...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
STABILO pencil
Located in Fairfield, CT
Richard Parker’s paintings are exquisitely rendered portraits of ephemeral objects more often used to create artworks than as the content. With a nod t...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
FABER-CASTELL DUST-FREE
Located in Fairfield, CT
Richard Parker’s paintings are exquisitely rendered portraits of ephemeral objects more often used to create artworks than as the content. With a nod t...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Black Tile
By Joanne Tod
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Joanne Tod (b. 1953) is a renowned Canadian artist acclaimed for her unwavering approach to realism, technical precision, and critical wit. She is also one of the country's most cele...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Whiskey Glass 1
By Kenny Harris
Located in Fairfield, CT
Kenny Harris's latest body of work was informed by two recent residencies in Tuscany, at Borgo Finocchieto and Monteverdi. Inspired by the heavy Tuscan light, Harris paints the lands...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
White Vessels
By Jura Bedic
Located in Naples, Florida
“The success of a realistic painting does not depend merely on copying a subject. I believe it needs to offer the textures, colors, and tones to one’s eye and become something more ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Magenta and Aqua, colorful realistic oil painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Crumpled colored tissue paper and two bistro glasses. A study of color and texture. Painted from life, not a photo.
Clean white sides.
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Queen Anne
s Lace, grey and blue flower and glass super real still life
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired by some Queen Anne's Lace in our garden and the effects of light on some glassware. I hope the viewer will appreciate the beauty in the most ordinary things. Painted in oil ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Norwegian Teapot
By Jura Bedic
Located in Naples, Florida
“The success of a realistic painting does not depend merely on copying a subject. I believe it needs to offer the textures, colors, and tones to one’s eye and become something more ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Kettle
s Muse, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Grace Diehl
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting was created with oil paints on a 11"x14" stretched linen canvas and showcases the charm and warmth of a kitchen in Hilton Head Island. The addition of the my reflection...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
An Old-Fashioned Tea Party, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
By Grace Diehl
Located in Yardley, PA
This still life painting has a classic and timeless feel to it. The combination of the Victorian boot and pink hydrangea, with the added touch of a vin...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Valencia
s Oranges in Bloom, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Grace Diehl
Located in Yardley, PA
This still life painting showcases the beauty and harmony of the Lladro porcelain figure, the lily flowers and the orange. The combination of the bright hues and intricate details cr...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Trio, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Cheese, bread and wine. What a trio. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Realist still-life paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Realist still-life 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 still-life 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, green, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Olga Antonova, Susan Jane Belton, Douglas Newton, and Claudine Picard. 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 still-life paintings, so small editions measuring 2 inches across are also available. Prices for still-life 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 $167 and tops out at $150,000, while the average work sells for $2,649.