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Realist Art

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
Christ Church, Oxford 1675 engraving by David Loggan
Located in London, GB
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1670s Realist Art

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Engraving

"Sienese Icon (Tropical Trinity)" (2025), Egg Tempera Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "Sienese Icon (Tropical Trinity)" is an egg tempera painting with gold leaf, cultured pearls and tiger eye gems on a panel. This piece measures 28 x 28 inches and is re...
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2010s Realist Art

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Gold Leaf

Polish Judaica Portrait of Hasidic Rabbi Shtetl Tailor Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Older, realistic portrait of an older Jewish shtetl tailor by Polish artist. Here the artist conveys a sense of quiet grandeur through the eyes of his subject and the way it's rendered. Part of a distinguished European lineage of Jewish genre...
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20th Century Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Portrait of Young Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Outstanding male portrait by 20th-century American artist, Vito Tomasello. Portrait of a young man, c.1950. Pencil on paper, sheet measures 14 x 17 inches. Excellent condition. S...
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1940s Realist Art

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Paper, Pencil

Tayside Sheep Farm, Scotland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Tayside Sheep Farm, Scotland" c.1930, is a watercolor on paper by British artist Ken Cherrington, 1886-1969. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The ar...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Art

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Watercolor

"Angel Trumpets, Morning Dew" (2025) Egg Tempera Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "Angel Trumpets, Morning Dew" measures 22.5 x 21.25 inches in its elegant frame and is ready to hang. About the artist: A two week trip that I took to Italy in 1984,...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

“Chono Ca Pe, An Ottoe Chief”
Located in San Francisco, CA
Chono Ca Pe, is the remarkably handsome man looking back at us across some 200 years, expressing a certain wariness of the white man painting him. Also known as Big Kansas, the sitte...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Golden Afternoon, Mount Monadnock, NH
Located in Milford, NH
This finely detailed landscape of a stone wall and field beneath Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire on a warm summer afternoon was painted by contemporar...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Untitled (Standing Male Nude Facing Right)
Located in New York, NY
Ink on paper Signed and dated, l.c. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now...
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Cuckoo, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
149 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2023 Style: Classic Art, Title: Cuckoo, Size: 12 x 16 i...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Fruit of the Vine, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Dwight Smith depicts a modern interpretation of a strawberry plant. Ready for harvest, the fruit grows from the silverware that represents vines. This wa...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Sundown - Sandvig - 1918 - Realist Landscape Oil Painting by Peder Mork Monsted
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed, titled and dated oil on canvas landscape by Danish realist painter Peder Mork Monsted. This stunning piece depicts a beautiful view of the Sandvig Stand, the beach and coastl...
Category

1910s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Christ Church, Oxford 1675 hand-coloured engraving by David Loggan
Located in London, GB
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1670s Realist Art

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Engraving

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Mickey and Donald Duck
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Paint...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Chocolate Choices, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's oil painting "Chocolate Choices" depicts a chocolate cupcake with whipped cream and a cherry on top, a small chocolate cake, a chocolate eclair, Hershey Kisses, M&Ms, and chocolate footballs. About the artist: Kelly Birkenruth’s captivating paintings are in the style of contemporary realism while staying firmly grounded in the tradition of the Old Masters. She is able to pull the viewer into her paintings by interweaving emotion with a humanistic quality through her supreme handling of light. Through her portraits and still lifes she is able to evoke sensitivity and empathy, which in turn allows her to create images which transcend mere representation to capture the true essence of her subject. Kelly’s arresting compositions, draftsmanship, use of color and observation of detail allow her to create paintings with a timeless quality. After earning her degree from Pennsylvania State University, Kelly moved to southern California where she began a career as a fashion model. Her agency soon sent her abroad to Paris and Tokyo, where she spent the next several years modeling. When she wasn’t walking the runway, she spent endless hours in the great museums of the world, closely observing and studying the works of the Old Masters. “My time abroad, particularly in Paris, opened my eyes to the vast beauty and power of a great painting. After that I knew I wanted to dedicate my life to the pursuit of Fine Art” said Birkenruth. After returning to the States, Kelly studied at Otis College of Art in Los Angeles, CA. She then continued her studies through workshops and private study with renowned artists such as Daniel Sprick, Steven Assael and Jesus Emmanuel Villarreal. In the spring of 2019 Kelly...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Robert Kenneth White "Grand Cru Classé" Oil Painting of Bear and Hummingbird
Located in Miami, FL
ROBERT KENNETH WHITE – "BEAR WATCHING" (aka "GRAND CRU CLASSÉ") ⚜ Oil on Canvas ⚜ Hand Signed Lower Right; Titled on Verso ⚜ Frameless Display A WHIMSICAL BLEND OF STRENGTH, GRACE, ...
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2010s Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Exhale-ORIGINAL REALISM SEASCAPE Ocean oil painting-contemporary artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Exhale," an original seascape painting by Eva Volf, captures t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pretty Kitty, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
An adorable black-and-white cat gazes forward with its green eyes, exuding curiosity. Soft, blended brushstrokes capture its smooth fur. Artist Catherine McCarg...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

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Watercolor

Wonderful Mid-20th Century Still life, Colorful Flowers, MUST SEE, Unknown
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Now available, and ready to be hung and enjoyed! Unknown Artist Signed: Clayton ? (Lower, Right) " Still Life ", circa mid 20th Century? Oil on Canvas 36" x 24" Housed in a 3...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Regina Maris Ship, signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Regina Maris, 1908 by Louis Letouche (French 1924-2015) oil painting on linen canvas, stretched over board framed Framed size: 16 x 19.25 inches Superb oil painting by the well li...
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1990s Realist Art

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Oil

Malibu Sunrise
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "Jove Wang" on lower left. FRAMED: 31" x 37" x 2.25" UNFRAMED: 22" x 28"
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Allegory of Progress / - The Driving Force of Inspiration -
Located in Berlin, DE
Ernest Rancoulet (1842-1918), Allegory of Progress, around 1890. Bronze-plated metal cast with cast terrain plinth mounted on a wooden base (6 cm high). 64.5 cm (total height) x 28 c...
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1890s Realist Art

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Metal

Grand Tetons Winter Mountain Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous landscape oil painting of snow-capped Grand Teton mountains winter scene by B. Silva (American, 20th century). Signed "B. Silva" and dat...
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1980s Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

I really love shrimp.
Located in Zofingen, AG
I Really Love Shrimp This work is about desire. Small, funny, seemingly trivial — yet painfully real. It’s about food as a metaphor for something greater: a longing for pleasure, for...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil

"The journey matters more than the destination."
Located in Zofingen, AG
Title: The Journey Matters More Than the Destination Description: This work is a map of an invisible terrain, where direction is set not by external markers but by inner landscapes. ...
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2010s Realist Art

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Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil

"Porcelain Pattern Sphynx 1" - Hand-Painted Resin Cat Sculpture, 2024
Located in Denver, CO
Nana Williams’ "Porcelain Pattern Sphynx 1" is a captivating resin sculpture that merges delicate craftsmanship with intricate surface decoration. This 2024 original work is a resin cast, hand-painted with acrylic gouache, standing at 5.50 x 2 x 3.50 inches (13.97 x 5.08 x 8.89 cm). Inspired by the elegance of fine porcelain, the piece mimics the timeless beauty of blue-and-white ceramic motifs...
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2010s Realist Art

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Resin, Acrylic, Gouache

Falcon, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
284 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 2024 Style: Classic Art Title: Falcon Size: 12 x 16 inch, ...
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2010s Realist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Plow Field at Dawn in Mountain Landscape 18th Century Antique Large Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
The painting captures a serene moment on the foothill plateau, just as the day is beginning to wake up. The mountains are still wrapped in a soft blanket of morning fog, giving the s...
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Late 18th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Pocket Yellow Plum by Dani Humberstone, Small Scale Art, Realist, Still life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Yellow Quince by Dani Humberstone [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Oil paint on canvas Image size: H:5 cm x W:5 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:5 cm x W:5 cm x D:3cm Frame Size: H:16 cm x W:16 cm x D:3.5cm Sold Framed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look. Pocket Yellow Quince is an original oil painting bay Dani Humberstone as part of her pocket fruit series.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Munichau (Austria)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Munichau (Austria)" 1926, is a color etching on paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist's estate at the lower center. The plate mark (image) size is 11.5 x 11.5 inches, framed size is 21 x 20.75 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with grey/green matting . It is in Excellent condition. About the artist. Luigi Kasimir was born in 1881 at Pettau, today Ptuj, Slovenia, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He inherited his talent from his ancestors; his grandfather was a painter and a poet, and his father an officer in the Habsburg army, who later became a professional painter. Kasimir attended the Vienna Academy of Art where he studied under Wilhelm Unger, who introduced him to the technique of the coloured etching, and also to his future wife, the artist Tanna Hoernes.[1] He died in 1962 in Grinzing, a suburb of Vienna.Kasimir was among the first to develop the technique of the coloured etching. Before this, prints were usually hand-coloured with the colour being applied in a casual, haphazard manner. Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the plate, all done by hand. Kasimir is mainly famous for his etchings, but he also produced some oil painting, as well as some pastels. One of his favourite genres was the landscape, or veduta. He demonstrated a predisposition street scenes, and tourist landmarks. He depicted places from all over Europe, mainly Italy, Austria, and Germany. He also travelled to the United States to do a series of etchings of famous sights ranging from urban landmarks such as New York City skyscrapers, to natural wonders like Yosemite Valley. Luigi Kasimir’s etchings...
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Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Five images from the popular 1886 Spanish Bullfighting Journal La Lidia
Located in Paonia, CO
La Lidia, the oldest and most popular bullfighting magazine was founded by Julian Palacios the owner of a prestigious lithograph and engraving workshop in Madrid. These colorful...
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1880s Realist Art

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Lithograph

State of Mind 14 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide 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 Authent...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Beth Parcell, "Soft Spot", 9x12 Golden Retriever Dog Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This animal portrait, "Soft Spot", is a 9x12 oil painting on canvas featuring a deep red golden retriever resting in the light of the sun. About the artist: Beth’s favorite subject...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Genre Scene in Parisian park 19th Century Oil painting
By Emile Tabary
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed by Émile Tabary. Lively scene in in a parisian park, pictured moment of city life of the late 19th century. In this painting, some irony and humor are very subtly felt. One of...
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Late 19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Henry Moore - Late 19th Century British Marine Watercolour
By Henry Moore 1831-1895
Located in London, GB
HENRY MOORE, RA, RWS (1831-1895) Evening, East Coast Signed and dated 1892; signed and inscribed with title and the artist’s address on a label attached to the backboard Watercolou...
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Late 19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

A View from La Jolla
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "Calvin Liang" on lower left Description Winner of the Impressionist Award of Excellence, Master Signature Catego...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hot by the Sun, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The sun hovers low on the horizon, casting its golden light creating a warm glow over the rugged landscape. This scene captures a timeless moment, where passi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil

"Streambed III, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 18" x 30"
Located in Westport, CT
This realistic limited edition print by John Harris features an earth-toned palette and captures a close-up view of water rushing over small rocks in a river bed. Toward the top of t...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Digital, Giclée

City Garden with Windmill Beyond - Scottish 19th century landscape oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb 19th century oil painting is by noted exhibited Scottish artist David Fulton. Painted circa 1890 the composition is a city garden, possibly Edinburgh, in the foreground w...
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19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil

"Lust for Life" Oil Painting by Claudia Griesbach-Martucci, Whimsical Fox
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach-Martucci's "Lust for Life" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a fox in a red velvet suit licking his chops in a forma...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Old Times House Interior Scene with Naughty Boy 19th century Genre Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
The painting captures a wonderfully amusing family moment set in the 16th century. In the center of the painting we see the father, exhausted by worries and dozing in his chair in fr...
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Tortoise-shell Butterfly, Hawk Moth: Antique Hand-colored Engraving by M. Harris
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored antique engraving depicting the natural history of the Tortoise-shell Butterfly and Privet Hawk Moth, which is plate 2 from Moses Harris' publication "The Aure...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

Portrait of an English Back and White bagger in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Portrait of an English Back and White bagger in a landscape. Very Pretty English Bagger in an extensive landscape painted circa 1970. The painting is an amazing display of an artis...
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Nude woman charcoal drawing
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
José Luis Fuentetaja (1951) - Nude woman - Charcoal drawing Drawing measurements 48x32 cm. Frame measurements 69x53 cm. Is born in Madrid on the ...
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1970s Realist Art

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Charcoal

An auction at Drouot s in Paris.
Located in Paris, FR
An auction at Drouot's in Paris. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Around 1900-1910. René François Xavier Prinet (31 December 1861, Vitry-le-François – 26 January 1946, Bourbonne-les-Bains) was a French painter and illustrator who drew his subjects from middle-class society. He was born to Henri Prinet, an Imperial Prosecutor in Vitry-le-François. A promotion led to him being posted in Paris, where they lived in a home not far from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. His father painted as a hobby and was supportive of his desire to study art, having him seek the advice of Louis Charles Timbal [fr], a well-known church painter and friend of the family. Around 1880, he began his studies in earnest, in the studios of Jean-Léon Gérôme; remaining with him until 1885. That year, his painting "The Infant Jesus" was accepted for display at the Salon. This was followed by studies at the Académie Julian. At this time, he also became associated with a group of young artists known as the Bande Noire (Black Stripe), which included Lucien Simon, André Dauchez...
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Early 1900s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Silent Serenity, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A lone cabin rests beside still waters, surrounded by a peaceful winter landscape. The warm colors of the setting sun contrast with the crisp snow, marking th...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Spread Eagle Inn, Midhurst
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Spread Eagle Inn, Midhurst" is a chromolithograph by noted British artist Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, 1870-1935. It is hand signed a...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

coastal landscape, bohuskusten, c. 1920s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Watercolor on paper signed Axel Hilleström unframed 39.5 x 72 cm (15.6 x 28.3 in) framed 50 x 83 cm (19.7 x 32.7 in) This expansive watercolor depicts a sandy shoreline along the Sw...
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1920s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Social Call, Estate Edition Photograph, Acapulco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1972—Charley Weaver makes a poolside phone call under a white fringe umbrella on a cream rotary phone at Las Brisas in Acapulco, Mexico. She wears a yello...
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Vintage Painting of Children Fishing at River Summer in the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Painting of Children Fishing at River in Summer in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, Paul Morgan Art measures 30 x 20 inches Frame measures 38 x 28 inc...
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20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Man of Mangea 1784 final voyage of Captain Cook by John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
A Man of Mangea is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook. John Webber (1752-1793) was the official a...
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1780s Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

Nob Hill; San Francisco
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "Obermeyer" on lower left Artist Statement "During a recent stay in San Francisco, I had this gorgeous view of this beautiful city from my room. Mason Street glows as it heads up to Nob Hill...
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2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Persimmons
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Persimmons" 1980, is a colors woodcut on wove paper by noted Korean artist Bong Kyu Ahn, b.1938. It is hand signed, dated, titled, and numbered 10/90 in pencil b...
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Black Pride 7 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Beautiful Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide 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 Authent...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Imagerie de Wissembourg - Christmas Santa Claus - Lithograph and stencil - 1906
Located in Paris, IDF
Imagerie de Wissembourg Christmas Santa Claus, c. 1906 Lithograph, woodcut and stencil Drawing by C. Burckardt On paper 43 x 32.5 cm (c. 17 x ...
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Early 1900s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

"Sudbourne Premier: Suffolk Punch Stallion" Herbert Haseltine, 1927 Bronze
Located in New York, NY
Herbert Haseltine Sudbourne Premier: Suffolk Punch Stallion, 1927 Signed left side: © HASELTINE / MCMXXVII Bronze, dark brown patina, parcel gilding ...
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1920s Realist Art

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Bronze

Portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait, ca. 1975. Period print measures 11 x 14 inches. Artist studio stamp on verso. Victor Arimondi (November 8, 1942 – July 24, 2001) was an Italian American photographer and model who lived and worked in Europe before moving to the United States in the late 1970s. His early fashion photography, his portraits of Grace Jones and other artists, and his male nudes photographed in New York and San Francisco captured the pre-AIDS culture of the 1970s and early 1980s. Arimondi's nudes were collected in several books, including David Leddick's award-winning[1] The Male Nude, (New York: Taschen 1998, 2005 and 2015). The photographer's later work documented homeless individuals in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood and the toll of the AIDS epidemic on the city. His photographs, featured in several posthumous exhibitions, also are in the collections of Sweden's museum of modern art, Moderna Museet, and San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society. Biography Arimondi was born Vittorio Maria Tevitti to his unwed mother, Alessandra Calligaris, in Bologna, Italy on November 8, 1942. His mother struggled financially, which left an impression on her only child. In 1948, she temporarily left him at a children's boarding school and orphanage in Italy to move to Sweden for a job. There she met and married Bruno Arimondi, who adopted her son. The family returned to Naples, Italy in 1952 where Victor graduated from high school.[1] In 1960, Arimondi returned to Sweden to study at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, although he did not graduate. Meanwhile, he worked at several blue collar jobs, including as a mailman, before he gave up on traditional full-time work to pursue what he considered more essential— a life of creative expression. He created costume-like clothing for himself and friends and at age 19 became a fashion model. Even as a teenager, the Italian born photographer who spent his 20s and 30s primarily based in Sweden, noted that he preferred fantasy to the trials of real life.[1] That conflict, and his passion for beauty as well as his sexual energy, were major factors in his life and his work.[2] From 1965 through 1972 Arimondi worked as model in London, Milan, Germany, New York and Stockholm, appearing in catalogs and fashion magazines including Vogue , Harper's Bazaar and Esquire and on the runway in several Valentino fashion shows. In 1972 he decided to try working on the other side of the lens as a photographer to better express his creativity.[2] Arimondi moved to New York in 1979 and continued to build his photography portfolio. Portrait of Bearded Man, New York City, 1979 Two years later, in 1981, he moved to San Francisco where he lived and worked for twenty years until his death of AIDS at age 58 on July 24, 2001. The year he moved to San Francisco, Arimondi opened a photo gallery in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood for a short time. When he struggled financially, he gave up on trying to earn a living through commercial fashion photography and closed the gallery.[3] Arimondi returned to modeling for the financial benefits, though he did so on less of an international scale than in his early years. He continued to create photographic portraits of the denizens of the San Francisco gay and arts cultures, to shoot male nudes and publish his work in magazines, and he began to compose and photograph evocative still lifes using his own photographic images. Many of them touched on the death of dozens of his former photography models from AIDS. Arimondi was in the midst of a new photography project that brought together his background as a fashion photographer and his more recent social documentary work when he died several months after he learned he was HIV-positive.[4] The project featured his former colleague, haute couture cover model Ivy Nicholson,[5] who he found living homeless in San Francisco. Several of the haunting portraits he took of her were later included in a noted group exhibit at SF Camerawork. Art Arimondi's early photography in the 1970s in Stockholm included portraits of the stars of Sweden's fashion, theater and dance worlds. His first two photography exhibits were in Stockholm and met with mixed reviews. But as he matured as a photographer and tapped into his fashion world contacts, Arimondi landed a number of commercial fashion jobs, including shooting for the Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.'s I.Magnin department store ad that ran in Vogue. Marlboro Man Nude, New York City,1980. He also shot other artists and models for his own portfolio, including Grace Jones, the Norwegian actress, Liv Ullmann, and the American writer, Norman Mailer. Arimondi's aesthetic vision was focused on fantasy and drama, and he prided himself on pushing limits.[6] Although less well-known than his San Francisco contemporary...
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1970s Realist Art

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Photographic Paper

Portrait
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Portrait of Emily Gertrude Muirhead - British Italian 1910 art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb Portrait oil painting is by noted Italian born artist Pilade Bertieri. Painted circa 1910, Bertieri had a London address in 1908 and exhibited five pictures at the Royal ...
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1910s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

"Elegant Still Life of Blue, White, Burgundy and Silver/Gold Art Nouveau Vase"
Located in Wellesley, MA
Olga Antonova "Elegant Still Life of Blue, White and Burgundy Patterned Art Nouveau Vase with Silver/Gold and Bird on Top" Oil on Canvas 26 x 26 Inches Olga Antonova’s subject is...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Snow in Winter Oil Florence Academy Harvest in Autumn Reflection Light Shadow
Located in Houston, TX
Samuel S. Hoskins Statement on Snow in Winter: Delving into the symbolism of winter, I painted a figure dressed in black, embracing the harvest of autumn. In my perspective, winte...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

Realist art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Realist 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, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Michael Budden, Daniel Pollera, and Su Yu. 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 art, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available.

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