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Photorealist 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
"Purrfect Pet, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Rachel Linnemeier's "Purrfect Pet" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a yellow Tamagotchi toy on a pink background. About the Artist: Born in 1989 in rural Indiana, Rachel Linnemeier creates her figurative paintings in the medium of oil paint. In 2013 she completed her undergraduate BFA with an emphasis in Painting and a minor in Art History from Herron School of Art & Design in Indianapolis. She has studied in workshops with painters Alyssa Monks...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Farm in the Woods at Sunset in the English Countryside with Warm Brown Colours
Located in Preston, GB
Farm in the Woods at Sunset in the English Countryside with Winter Trees and Warm Brown Colours, by 20th Century British Artist Christopher Osborne. Art measures 12 x 8 inches Fra...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Shadowdance
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Shadowdance' depicts an historic San Francisco home with warm sunlight and shadows cascading across the facade. The subtle and brilliant work of art is meticulously hand painted by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

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Acrylic, Panel

Sold
Located in Burlingame, CA
Original acrylic photorealist architectural painting in full and dazzling color, where a "SOLD" sign hangs on a San Francisco Chinatown building for sale. The complex scene features light and shadow falling across tiered metal balconies...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Iron Mountain" by Daniel Sprick, Original Oil Painting, Colorado landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Daniel Sprick's "Iron Mountain" (2024) is a handmade original photorealistic oil painting. About the artist: "Upon first glance, viewers might think Daniel's works are photographs ...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Black Skull
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My paintings are about staging an alternate reality, the illusion of verisimilitude on the painted surface, filtered so that it expresses my unique vision. Though my paintings may ap...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Wild Child - photorealist painting
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Wild Child' depicts a San Francisco home, painted brightly to reflect the free spirited city that is bathed in warm west coast sunlight with shadows cascad...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

FADED - photorrealism hyoerrealism original painting
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Faded' depicts Chinese immigrant woman looking out from the window of her Chinatown home. The building is covered with cascading shadows that are created from the building's metal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Clementine Roses Still Life photorealist painting of vase, flowers and fruit
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Clementines & Roses' is a fabulous example of Lijftogt's work. Such amazing eye for detail is what makes this piece such a knockout piece. A beautiful colour palette has been used t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Mark of Zorro / acrylic painting
Located in Burlingame, CA
Photorealistic still life street scene that features an American flag and resist sticker in the window of a home. Brown with red, white and blue. The street numbers are 8102 (2018 in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Gala Portrait, Photorealist Oil Painting by Henry Imms
Located in Long Island City, NY
Henry Imms, American - Gala Portrait, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm), Frame Size: 35.5 x 29.5 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

"A Moment in Time", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "A Moment in Time" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts Times Square in New York City bustling wit...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"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...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Stanford University Memorial Church, Hand Tinted 1930s Color Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely detailed hand tinted color landscape photograph of Stanford Memorial Church produced by Bear Photo Service (American, 1930s). Photographer is unknown. Numbered 904 bottom right. Displayed in a rustic gilt-toned wood frame with antique glass. Image size: 7"H x 11"W. Stanford Memorial Church is located on the Main Quad at the center of the Stanford University...
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1930s Photorealist Paintings

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Oil, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Sommer’s Glow -original realism modern seascape oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Sommer's Glow" captures the essence of a tranquil seaside mom...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

On the Great Lakes, Photorealist Gouache Painting by Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
A watercolor painting by Clarence Holbrook Carter from 1953. Carter's modernist style utilizes strong structural lines and architectural aesthetics to form almost surreal-like scenes...
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1950s Photorealist Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

"Eight Men Working", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Eight Men Working" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts construction workers laying fresh cement in th...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

White Peony
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unframed Dimensions: 15 x 9 1/2 inches Framed Dimensions: 19 x 13 1/2 inches David Henry is a contemporary realist painter living in Philadelphia. He has devoted many years developi...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Birch, Oil, Panel

Mid Century Portrait of Wine Enologist Claude Wolf
Located in Soquel, CA
Wine Enologist Claude Wolf - Mid Century Portrait A stately mid-century portrait of Claude Wolf (1904-1973), a vintner Enologist by Abel George Warshawsky...
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1950s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Russian Trompe L Oeil Super Realist Kitchen Still Life Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Russian super realist still life painting by Sergei Petrovich Ivanov (1893 - 1983). Oil on canvas, circa 1945. Signed. Displayed in a period modernist frame. Image size, 3...
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1940s Photorealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Le Forgeron Oil Painting on Wood Panel, Contemporary Realism, Unique and Signed
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Oil Painting, Handmade artwork and Unique Work. Medium : Oil painting on naturel wood panel. Artist : Jade Boissin Subject : Le Forgeron (FR -Title) The blacksmith (...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Baby s Breath", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's "Baby's Breath" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts pink roses amidst baby's breath with a contrasting black background. About the artist: Gregory ...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Georgica Pond at Sunset (East Hampton, New York)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Georgica Pond at Sunset (East Hampton, NY) Year: February 1973 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 72 x 48 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, dated, and titled by the artist, verso. Provenance: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY; Bernice Fox Weinstein, Washington D.C.; Estate of Dr. Charles Cabaniss via his Lorena Smith Cabaniss, Washington D.C.; Private collection, MI. Notes: A seminal example of Hornak’s Photorealist multiple exposure landscape...
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1970s Photorealist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Contemporary Still Life with Limes Painting of glass, fruit and candle
By Paco Yuste
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Contemporary 'Still Life with Limes' Painting of glass, fruit and candle with drapery. Photorealism at its very best! From his childhood he felt great predilection for drawing. In fact drawing was his favourite pastime. When he was 12 years old his parents moved to Brussels, and he joined an international college where his artistic interests for drawing and music woke up. In this period he passed most of his free time drawing...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Cherry Blossom
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My paintings are about staging an alternate reality, the illusion of verisimilitude on the painted surface, filtered so that it expresses my unique vision. Though my paintings may ap...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Rock Forms in Open Field" Ancient Rock Formations by Charles Brindley
By Charles Brindley
Located in Soquel, CA
"Rock Forms in Open Field" Ancient Rock Formations by Charles Brindley Large scale and substantial landscape titled, "Rock Forms in Open Field" by Charles Brindley (American, b. 195...
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1980s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Winter Iris, Large Flower Painting by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lowell Blair Nesbitt's depiction of a snowy-white iris framed by a slate-colored background and border is reflective of the artist's realistic style. Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, ...
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1980s Photorealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fresh Fruits, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Fresh Fruit", my most recent work, made in 2023 with the oil on linen technique, is a testimony of my deep commitment to realism and the beauty of everyday life. In this composit...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ian Hornak, Waiting for the Barbarians, 1985
Located in Fairfield, CT
IAN HORNAK (1944–2002) Title: Waiting for the Barbarians Date: 1985 Medium: Acrylic on double layered Masonite Dimensions: 37 x 31 inches (93.98 x 78.74 cm) Condition: Exce...
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1980s Photorealist Paintings

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Masonite, Acrylic

"Bouquet", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's "Bouquet" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts pink rose blooms with baby's breath and green foliage with a contrasting black background. About the ar...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Five Anemones, Photorealist Oil on Canvas Painting Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...
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1980s Photorealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life With Blue Bottle
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My paintings are about staging an alternate reality, the illusion of verisimilitude on the painted surface, filtered so that it expresses my unique vision. Though my paintings may ap...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Oil Painting Rat "Unicorn #3"
Located in Washington, DC
Photorealist oil painting by Manon Cleary (1942-2011). Painting is signed on reverse Manon Cleary and titled Unicorn #3. Manon Cleary had a remarkable ability to draw and paint with photographic fidelity, but she was also known as a charismatic teacher at the University of the District of Columbia and as a free spirit whose exuberant life may have been her most enduring work of art. Since the 1970s, Ms. Cleary had been at the center of a group of artists in Adams Morgan. She exhibited her meticulous artwork throughout the city and around the world, but she also became known for her striking presence, her colorful love life and the rats she kept as pets. As an artist, Ms. Cleary borrowed classical techniques from her deep study of Renaissance masters to create paintings and drawings memorable for their frank realism and sometimes disturbing themes. In addition to her many nude self-portraits, Ms. Cleary made erotically charged paintings of flowers. She took inspiration from a painful personal history in a series of works depicting the terror of rape and, in later years, of not being able to breathe without mechanical assistance. Critics considered her a leading figurative artist of the photo-realist school, in which painters render their subjects with camera-like precision. In fact, Ms. Cleary occasionally won awards for photography when adjudicators didn’t realize her works were free-hand creations. She was “widely acknowledged to be among the best, if not the best, of the city’s figurative painters,” Washington Post critic Michael O’Sullivan wrote in 2006. “There is a tension between the cool, clinical detachment of photography and painting’s warm idealization of form.” Ms. Cleary exhibited her art in galleries and museums from Moscow to Paris to Hickory, N.C., but Washington was her home for the past 42 years. In 1974, she settled in the decrepit Beverly Court apartments on Columbia Road NW, where a coterie of artists soon grew up around her. She painted her walls purple, and her fourth-floor apartment — even with the pet rats — became something of a bohemian salon. “She was a star,” painter Judy Jashinsky told the Washington City Paper in 2004. “She was stunning, beautiful; long, brownish–black hair; real thin; wore . . . little sundresses and sandals. She was just very cool, and there was always a crowd around her.” Ms. Cleary had a long list of male admirers, including several whose confrontational attempts at “performance art” led to their arrests. She had a brief marriage in 1981 to a Danish artist known as Tommy — “just Tommy,” Ms. Cleary said — whom she divorced in less than a year. As a kind of graphic homage to her various lovers, Ms. Cleary made a series of intimately revealing portraits that were featured years later on the HBO program “Real Sex.” She met her second husband after a gallery opening in Baltimore. By way of introduction, Kijek, a dancer, stripped naked at a crowded party, walked up to Ms. Cleary and said, “Wouldn’t you like me to pose for you?” They were married in 2001. In spite of her unconventional life, Ms. Cleary was more than a mere provocateur. After a day of teaching at UDC, she would return to her studio, with its windows painted over to block out sunlight, and work late into the night, with a bottle of Dr Pepper at her side. She took nude photographs of herself from every angle, then painstakingly created lifelike images that seemed alive with the warmth of human flesh. After studying in Rome in her youth, she developed what she called “an obsession” with Caravaggio, an iconoclastic painter who lived from 1573 to 1610. She often copied paintings at the National Gallery of Art and, in her own work, blended Renaissance styles with a distinctly modern sensibility. Manon Catherine Cleary was born Nov. 14, 1942, in St. Louis. Her father was a doctor, and her identical twin sister, Shirley...
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1990s Photorealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Title Should be a Work of Art Itself
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My paintings are about staging an alternate reality, the illusion of verisimilitude on the painted surface, filtered so that it expresses my unique vision. Though my paintings may ap...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Anyone, Someone, No one" Portrait Oil Painting 12" x 12" in by Casey Baugh
Located in Culver City, CA
"Anyone, Someone, No one" Portrait Oil Painting 12" x 12" in by Casey Baugh Medium: oil on wooden panel ABOUT THE ARTIST: Baugh's work can be described as narrative impressionisti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Ian Hornak, Light from the Past, 1st version, 1985
Located in Fairfield, CT
IAN HORNAK (1944–2002) Title: Light from the Past, 1st version Date: 1985 Medium: Acrylic on double layered Masonite Dimensions: 21.5 x 18 inches (54.61 x 45.72 cm) Conditi...
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1980s Photorealist Paintings

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Masonite, Acrylic

"Fish Out of Water" realistic bluefin tuna hopping out of the water
Located in Edgartown, MA
Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years. Both cities are on the Atlantic coast of France and have rich maritime histories, highlighted by prospero...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Ora Sorensen, "White Rose", Photorealistic Flower Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This hyperrealist floral "White Rose" by artist Ora Sorensen is a 36x36 original oil painting on canvas. Depicted is a portrait of a blooming white rose ...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paesaggio Addotivo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Serse creates drawings by erasure. He covers a sheet of paper with a dense layer of graphite, then ''draws'' on its surface with an eraser. Using photos as his point of departure, Serse renders mountains, bodies of water and trees from the shades of gray that emerge as he plies his eraser. The resulting image is mounted on aluminum. This image has a powerful presence because of the composition and the clarity of its realism. Serse was born in 1952 in San Polo di Piave. He lives and works in Trieste. The artist has produced over the years an extraordinary series of images that have been included in the book “Drawing”, edited by Phaidon Press. These also owed him the participation in significant national and international exhibitions such as: Parkview Museum in Beijing and Singapore (2018 - 2019); Palazzo del Governatore, Parma, Italy (2018); Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France (2013); Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rimini, Italy (2012); Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’archéologie, Besançon, France (2010); Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy (2007); De Garage Cultuurcentrum, Mechelen, Belgium (2006); III Biennial of Valencia, Spain (2005); S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium (2004); Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (2002); Center for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy (2002); Kunstverein Augsburg , Augsburg, Germany (2000); Musée de Beaux Arts, Gent, Belgium (1999); Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice, Italy (1997). Amongst the institutions that hosted his most recent solo shows include: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Saint-Etienne Métropole, Saint-Etienne, France (2014); Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy (2015), Tan Guobin Museum, Changsha, China (2017) and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba (2017 - 2018). Source: Galleria Continua SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019 Water Veils, Modern Studio, Shanghai, CN 2017 Serse, Tan Guobin Museum, Changsha, CN Aquí todo está abierto. Nada es cercano, nada es lejano, Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes, CU 2016 Serse, as far the eyes can see, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN 2015 L’Esperienza del paesaggio, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT Paysage Analogue dessins 1994-2014, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de SaintÈtienne Métropole, Saint-Ètienne, FR 2014 Serse, Galleria Continua Beijing, CN 2013 Disegnare per ordini e numeri, Galleria Giuseppe Pero, Milano, IT 2012 Puro disegno. Disegni 1997-2012, Galleria Plurima, Udine, IT Matité, Studio Carlotta Pesce, Bologna, IT Serse - “Koh-i-noor”, FAR – Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rimini, IT 2010 Geometriche dissolvenze, Ex Pescheria- Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, IT Disegni in Scala, Galleria Continua / Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, FR Gemme, architetture, riflessi, Galleria Contemporaneo, Venice, IT 2009 Serse, Galleria Civica Segantini, Arco, IT 2008 Fotographite, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, IT Stoiceia (Elements), Casa Natale di Leonardo, Vinci / Cecchi wine cellars, Castellina in Chianti, IT 2007 Diamonds, Tim Van Laere gallery, Antwerp, BE 2006 La natura del disegno, De Garage Cultuurcentrum, Mechelen, BE Il cielo sopra il Cremlino, Galleria Lipanjepuntin, Rome, IT Astratto naturale, Gallerie Plurima, Udine, IT 2005 Umanak, il luogo dove il cuore fa silenzio, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT 2004 Paesaggio adottivo, Villa Manin – Centro d’Arte Contemporanea Spazio FVG, Codroipo, IT Bella figura, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Genève, CH Astratto naturale, Het Domein Museum, Sittard, NL 2003 Naturam ipsam imitandam esse, non artificem, Van Laere Contemporay Art, Antwerp, BE 2002 Serse, Guy Bartschi Gallery, Genève, CH 2001 Serse, Casa Musumeci Greco, Rome, IT 2000 Serse, Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, BE Serse, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT Serse, Galleria Modulo, Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbone, Portugal FIAC, Special project, Paris, FR 1999 Serse, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, IT Serse, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, USA Rinascimento-Nascimento: Serse -Van Eyck, Musée de Beaux Arts, Gent, BE Serse, Galleria Lörhl, Mönchengladbach, DE 1998 Serse, Galleria Albert Baronian, Bruxelles, BE Acqua, Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan, IT Serse, Galleria Biagiotti, Florence, IT Serse, Kunst Mitte Berlin, Berlin, DE 1997 Serse, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT G.Paolini, Serse. Storie della pittura, Galleria Milleventi, Turin, IT 1996 Serse, Galleria Lörhl, Mönchengladbach, DE Paesaggio Adottivo, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, IT 1994 Notti Bianche, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT 1993 Aria di Parigi, Galleria Romberg, Latina, IT SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019 Intriguing Uncertainties, curated by Lorand Hegyi, Parkview Museum, Beijing, CN 2018 Intriguing Uncertainties, curated by Lorand Hegyi, Parkview Museum, Singapore, SG Il Terzo Giorno, curated by Didi Bozzini, Palazzo del Governatore, Parma, IT 2017 L'immagine situata, curated by Denis Viva, Casa Furlan, Pordenone, IT 2016 Caveau, Siena, IT Perditiva, Aria Art Gallery, Florence, IT 2015 Follia Continua!, Le CENTQUATRE - Paris, FR Flow_1, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, IT Master Drawings New York, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, USA 2014 Krobylos un groviglio di segni. Da Parmigianino a Kentridge, FAR Fabbrica Arte Rimini moderna e contemporanea, Rimini, IT Biennale del Disegno, Rimini, IT Galleria continua, Beijing, CN 2013 Museo illuminato. Arte contemporanea e percorsi museali. Corrispondenze d'arte 2, Museo Revoltella, Trieste, IT Donation Florence Et Daniel Guerlain, Centre Pompidou, Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, FR 2012 Future, Landscape. A changing exhibition, Forte Marghera, Venezia, IT 2011 Made in Filandia, La Filanda, Pieve a Presciano, IT Ma dici a me?, SPAC FVG, Friuli Venezia Giulia, IT De l’arbre à la forêt, Galerie Alice Mogabgab, Beyrouth, Liban Fratelli d’Italia, Associazione Culturale Maniera, Rome, IT 2010 Collection Florence & Daniel Guerlain, dessins contemporains, Musée des beaux-arts et d’archèologie de Besancon, Besancon, FR STILL IMAGE, contemporary italian paintings, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN 2009 Isola Mondo, Torre Massimiliana, Isola Sant’Erasmo, Venice, IT 2008 Plurima 35°, Galleria Plurima, Udine, IT 2007 Ouverture, Galleria Continua / Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, FR Arte Italiana: 1968 – 2007 Pittura, Palazzo Reale, Milan, IT Wundergarten - Il giardino delle meraviglie, innesti tra arte e botanica, Orto Botanico di Palermo, IT One Colour, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN 2005 Water (Without you I'm not), 3rd Biennial of Valencia, Valencia, ES Altri fantasmi, galleria in Arco, Torino, IT Manmano, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN 2004 Questi fantasmi, 1000 Eventi, Milan, IT Demi-Tour, SMAK, Gent, BE 2003 Metropolis, Stamperia dell’Arancio, Grottammare, IT Models & Mavericks, Museum Het Domein, Sittard, NL 2002 Intimate Immensity, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, MX The Image Regained, Museo Cantonale d’Arte Contemporanea, Lugano, CH Continuità, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, IT 2001 Volume 1, Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, BE 2000 Paesaggi fluttuanti, Santuario Oropa, Biella, IT Paesaggi italiani...
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1990s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Metal

"Vertigo" trompe l oeil comic clipping of Daredevil on tightrope taped on wall
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Vertigo" is a trompe l'oeil painting of a comic clipping of Daredevil on tightrope taped on wall. The arts have been an integral part of Anthony Mastromatteo’s life for over 25 yea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"1970 Stingray" Modern Photorealistic Classic Red and Blue Muscle Car Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Photorealistic painting of a 1970 Stingray, a classic muscle car. Includes both a red and a blue version of this well known vehicle. Kelley is able to capture even the smallest details of the cars, all the way down to the writing on the tires. Signed, titled, and dated on the back. Currently not framed, but options are available. Artist Biography: Cheryl Kelley...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Fall of Eden (Garden of Eden)—Untitled
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: The Fall of Eden (Garden of Eden)—Untitled Year: 1985 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 48 x 24 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, ...
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1980s Photorealist Paintings

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Acrylic

Nothing is Impossible - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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.
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Contemporary Hyperrealist Large Portrait Film Noir Strip Film Still Black White
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original painting by American contemporary conceptual painter Bruce Adams from the artist's new Untitled series. The “Untitled,” series draws from a variety of visual and histori...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Camera Obscura", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Heather Neill's (US based) "Camera Obscura" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an old fashion camera with an open bird cage as steam from...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Glistening Tide Contemporary seascape painting of the beach, waves, blue
By LINARES
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Glistening Tides' truly conveys Linares amazing attention to detail. The sea foam is extraordinary and the beautiful detailing in the water and skis. Like looking through a window. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Untitled (Abstract Female Nude), 1963, Ian Hornak — Painting
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Female Nude) Year: 1963 Medium: Acrylic on illustration board Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Estate of Ia...
Category

1960s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Michelle #2" (2016) By Rebecca Mason Adams, Original B&W Photorealist Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Michelle #2" By Rebecca Mason Adams is a beautiful original photorealist acrylic on canvas painting, depicting a woman resting on a houndstooth patterned pillow, and clutching anoth...
Category

2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Scarlet Blue Macaw, Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Scarlet Blue Macaw Year: 1992 Medium: Acrylic on Panel with artist painted frame Size: 58.5 x 42.2 inches Condition: E...
Category

1990s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Still Life with Baroque Cauliflower, Artichokes and Radishes
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Still Life with Baroque Cauliflower, Artichokes and Radishes Year: 2002 Medium: Oil on Panel with artist painted frame Size: 42 x 31.5 inches Co...
Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Arrival" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Arrival" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine face, with dark hair, arching back as she looks upwards in the darkness Mia Bergero...
Category

2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled 37 (Gun Sequence)
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on wood painting by contemporary American artist Bruce Adams. This work is currently being featured in the exhibition "The Dreamer Who Dreams" and is designed to rai...
Category

2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Figure, Volcano
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Figure, Volcano (John Huszar) Year: June 1971 Medium: Acrylic, Pen & Ink on Canvas Size: 72 x 48 inches Condition: Ex...
Category

1970s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Figure, Volcano
Figure, Volcano
$70,400 Sale Price
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First Bite
Located in Fairfield, CT
Her oil on canvas images are photorealistic and gorgeous.
Category

2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Vanity" by Daniel Sprick, Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Daniel Sprick's (US based) "Vanity" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts glasses, fingernail clippers and various tubes and bottles reflected in a mirror. About the a...
Category

2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Au Sable Eagle - Photorealistic Portrait of a Female Bald Eagle, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Traditional portrait painting takes a twist when the subject is a majestic bald eagle. Artist Rick Pas delivers an extraordinarily realistic detailed portrait that almost feels tang...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Island Path VI, Dylan Lloyd, Contemporary Landscape Painting, Vibrant Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Dylan Lloyd Island Path IV Original Oil Painting on Canvas Oil Paint on Canvas Framed in a White Box Frame Image size: H 30cm x W 24cm x D 0.5cm Framed Siz...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Hello, My Name Is: Cherry Bomb - miniature pictograph oil painting on paper
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This painting on paper can be casually clipped onto any display, or mounted in a proper frame. Inquire for our further suggestions on framing. Painting dimensions: 2.5 x 3.5 inches ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Oil

Roses Splash - original realism still life painting - contemporary artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tomatoes - original realism still life painting - contemporary artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Photorealist paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist 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 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, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Gregory Block, James Zamora, Ian Hornak, and Kathleen Keifer. 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 paintings, so small editions measuring 3.5 inches across are also available. Prices for 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 $125 and tops out at $585,000, while the average work sells for $3,772.