Photorealist Art
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
Charlie Chaplin by JR, The Kid movie, Jackie Coogan, Litograph, Contemporary Art
By JR artist
Located in Zug, CH
From street artist and photographer JR, this artpiece depicts Charlie Chaplin in the legendary scene from "The Kid" as a celebration of the movie's 100th anniversary in 2021.
JR
Unframed, Charlie Chaplin revu par JR, The Kid, Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Coogan...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$1,851 Sale Price
43% Off
Spine Tree
By Adonna Khare
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a framed original drawing on paper. Adonna Khare is an America Artist mainly focused on carbon pencil on paper drawings. She received her Masters of Fine Art from California State University Long Beach. Her work has been collected by prestigious public and private collections throughout the world. In 2012 she won the world's largest art competition ArtPrize, competing against over 1500 artists from all around the world.
She has been featured in the Los Angeles Time, NPR, The Huffington Post, Daily Mail, Juxtapoz Magazine, Mashable, My Modern Metropolis, Saatchi Gallery as well as thousands of blogs, Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram pages.
She has had group and solo shows throughout the country. Long Beach Art Museum, City of Carlsbad Art Gallery, Nassau County Art Museum, Yellowstone Art Museum, Grand Rapids Art...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil
Ninos de la Calle 3
Located in New York, NY
Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigm...
La Madre
Located in New York, NY
Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Yank Tank
Located in New York, NY
Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Digital Pigment
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By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Bob Tabor is a well-established, New York based, photographer best known for his exquisite large scaled portraits of subjects ranging from horses to seascapes. It is his unique appro...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Acrylic Polymer, Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogr...
$11,700
IMG_5406
By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Bob Tabor is a well-established, New York based, photographer best known for his exquisite large scaled portraits of subjects ranging from horses to seascapes. It is his unique appro...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigm...
$11,700
"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 Art
Materials
Oil
Food Bouquet #2
Playful elegant still life food photograph in green and white
By Beth Galton
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Food Bouquet #2" Archival Pigment Print Photograph, Edition 10, 16 1/2 x 23 1/4 Inches Sheet Size.
Humorous and elegant, this fanciful composition of green vegetables in glass...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ora Sorensen "Bird and Grapes" Photorealistic Floral Oil Painting on Canvas
By Ora Sorensen
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This hyperrealist floral "Birds and Grapes" by artist Ora Sorensen is a 40x30 original oil painting on canvas. Depicted is a pink protea flower and white...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Pinto
By Peter Doig
Located in London, GB
Etching in colours, 2000-2001, on Hahnemühle etching paper, signed and numbered from the edition of 46 (there were also 6 artist’s proofs), published by Paragon Press, London, sheet:...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Etching
$32,862
Chimp with Castles
By Adonna Khare
Located in Bozeman, MT
Adonna Khare is an American master carbon-pencil artist. Her style has been compared to the photo-realistic illustrations of Audubon, but the surreal worlds and strange inhabitants s...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil
Hello, My Name Is: Paintbrush - miniature pictograph oil painting on paper
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This painting on paper can be wearable art, or mounted in a frame. Inquire for our further suggestions on framing.
Painting dimensions: 2.5 x 3.5 inches
Dimensions in the plastic holder: 4 x 5.5 inches
Anthony Mastromatteo re-introduced himself to the Grenning Gallery with his 2023 exhibition "Hello, My Name Is: Anthony Mastromatteo." The works included in the show were incredibly intricate trompe l'oeil oil paintings ranging in size from 7 x 5 inches to 48 x 36 inches. In supplement to the exhibition, Mastromatteo painted 10 pictographs on "Hello My Name Is" nametags and put them in plastic sleeves one would clip on their person for any kind of large function. There is always a bit of tongue and cheek...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Oil
Hello, My Name Is: Crab Apple - miniature pictograph painting on paper
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Mastromatteo re-introduced himself to the Grenning Gallery with his 2023 exhibition "Hello, My Name Is: Anthony Mastromatteo." The works included in the show were incredibly ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Oil
Novelist Graham Green. Time magazine Cover Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Work is nicely archival matted to 17.75 x 16.75 inches but not framed. Signed lower left
Published : Oct. 29, 1951 Cover, Time Magazine
Category
1950s Photorealist Art
Materials
Gouache, Board
Oils
Located in Greenwich, CT
Painting of a canvas on an easel depicting oil paints.
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
$15,000
The Glory of Real Estate
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Eva Carzul’s artwork, “The Glory of Real Estate,” ingeniously infuses humor as the artist shares her personal experiences with the viewer. With one hand clutching keys to an undisclo...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Acrylic
San Francisco Cable Car, California Street at Sunset with Golden Sky
Located in Miami, FL
Magical light illuminates an icon of a magical city.
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 3 of 15, Unframed Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Harvest Season", Alexander Volkov, 30x40, Oil on Canvas, Photorealism
Located in Dallas, TX
"Harvest Season" by Alexander Volkov is an original oil on canvas. The photorealistic painting beautifully captures a room full of empty baskets and barrels stacked around a wooden b...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Art
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Mourning Quinces - Photorealist Pastel Still Life Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Mourning Quinces
15.75 x 11.8 x 0.4, 0.6 lbs
Pastel on Pastelmat
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"When this pastel painting was finished, I suddenly realised that it ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Pastel
Ribes Rubrum - Photorealist Pastel Still Life Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Ribes Rubrum
19.70 x 15.75 x 0.4, 0.6 lbs
Pastel on Pastelmat
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"The red currant is widespread in almost all of Europe. It occurs wild o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Pastel
Three Canberries - Photorealist Pastel Still Life Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Three Cranberries
11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4, 0.4 lbs
Pastel on Pastelmat
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"The cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon, in German named Moosbeere, but...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Pastel
Cheyenne Dinner
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
Category
Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Late Light Russian Hill, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframe Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
"Lady in Waiting I" Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 35" in by Yousra Hafad
By Yousra Hafad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lady in Waiting I" Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 35" in by Yousra Hafad
Yousra Hafad is a young artist who excels in portraiture and particularly the me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
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 Art
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 Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flock of sheep (Hungary)
Located in MADRID, ES
Hungary - Manipulated photography.
As the country where Wei Xiang has lived for more than 30 years, Hungary has become a continuous source of inspiration for the artist. Evocative la...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$3,417 Sale Price
20% Off
Motorbiker (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$3,417 Sale Price
20% Off
Lama 2 (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,278 Sale Price
20% Off
Comunal Meal (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,278 Sale Price
20% Off
Play Chess (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,278 Sale Price
20% Off
Hallow Taxi
Located in Paris, FR
Jerome Romain lives and works in Montpelier, France
He defines his painting as Classic Painting for Contemporary History
" The world as a representation " His oil on canvas painting...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Procession Sheep (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,278 Sale Price
20% Off
Hundred-Year Teahouse (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,278 Sale Price
20% Off
Prayers (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,278 Sale Price
20% Off
Ferry (China)
Located in MADRID, ES
China - Manipulated photography.
A series of photographs manipulated with oil paint in which the artist Wei Chiang shows us different aspects of life in China, some of them surprisin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
$2,753 Sale Price
20% Off
Man
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
In this painting, the artist captures the essence of a man who seems to emerge from the very land he cultivates. The portrait depicts a mountain man whose life has been shaped by wor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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 Art
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 Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (9658-17), Original Black and White Photograph, 2012
By Koyo Tamaki
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is the fifth print in an edition of six. Approximate image size is 12"W x 8"H.
Keywords: abstract, shadow, black and white, photograph, new york
Artist Biog...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled (0901-5A), Original Black and White Photograph, 2012
By Koyo Tamaki
Located in Boston, MA
Untitled (0901-5A), Original Black and White Photograph, 2012
Black & white photograph. The composition frames the sunlight reflecting onto the water between two high contrast black ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Seltzer
By Mark Schiff
Located in Boca Raton, FL
OPAC The Organization of Photorealist Artists and Collectors presents Seltzer, a signed and numbered giclee on canvas by famed photorealist Mark Schiff. This piece is 28" x 34". The ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Ink
Silence. Limited edition no. I/V
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
"Silence" is a limited edition of a black and white photograph by the contemporary artist Tadeusz Zych from the Black and White States series. The photo was taken during a trip to Fr...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
San Gottardo
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the San Gottardo church - Milan (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works betw...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
San Giorgio
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the San Giorgio church - Milan (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works betwe...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
San Babila
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the San Babila church - Milan (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works betwee...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Sant
Alessandro
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the Sant'Alessandro church - Milan (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works b...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Sant
Eufemia
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the Santa Eufemia church - Milan (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works bet...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
San Satiro Bramante
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the Santa Maria church - San Satiro.
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Echoes
Located in Fairfield, CT
Here oil on canvas images are photorealistic and gorgeous.
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
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 Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shadow on Daytona Beach
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
"Shadow on Daytona Beachis" a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Tadeusz Zych from the series entitled Black and white States. The photo was taken during...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Cotton Plantation
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
Cotton Plantation is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Tadeusz Zych from the series entitled Black and white states. The photo was taken during a trip...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
T-Bird Motel
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist Statement
Nothing But Neon, 2021
I see beauty in old neon signs.
I have always been fascinated by the glow inside the hand-bent, glass tubes. I enjo...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman with Hand on Chin, 42nd Street
By Paul Graham
Located in New York, NY
Paul Graham
Woman with Hand on Chin, 42nd Street, 2008
Pigment ink print with custom mount
13 7/8 x 10 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
Edition 1 of 5, with 2 AP
Signed ...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Art
Materials
Ink, Pigment
Rio
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist Statement
Nothing But Neon, 2021
I see beauty in old neon signs.
I have always been fascinated by the glow inside the hand-bent, glass tubes. I enjoy the sculptural, mechan...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$7,800
Tribal Indochine Woman IV
Located in Rye, NY
Nguyen Quang Huy was born in Ha Tay, Vietnam in 1971 and studied at the Hanoi Fine Arts University as well as participating in residencies in Germany, Australia and the USA. The coun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
One World Trade Center
Located in White Plains, NY
'One World Trade Center' 2015 by famed American photographer, Allan Tannenbaum. Archival pigment print, 15 x 10 inch photo on 22 x 17 inch metal...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Photorealist art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist art 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 art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, purple, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Alex Sher, Gregory Block, Lowell Nesbitt, and Ian Hornak. 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 art, so small editions measuring 0.79 inches across are also available. Prices for art 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 $11 and tops out at $585,000, while the average work sells for $2,404.
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