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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
Fragmented Presence
Located in Zofingen, AG
This visually arresting piece explores identity through a minimalist lens, blending stark realism with geometric abstraction. A figure in black—poised, introspective, and shielded be...
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2010s Realist Art

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Volkswagen 1500. Figurative realistic acrylic on paper painting Polish art, Car
Located in Warsaw, PL
Acrylic on paper contemporary figurative painting by Michal Wojtysiak. Artwork depicts Volkswagen 1500 car in realistic style. The color is vibrant and saturated. Michal Wojtysiak p...
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2010s Realist Art

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Paper, Acrylic

Realist European painter - 19th century figure painting - Portrait of a gentlema
Located in Varmo, IT
European Painter (19th century) - Portrait of a Gentleman. 13.5 x 10 cm without frame, 18.5 x 15.5 cm with frame. Watercolor on paper, in original 19th century frame (not signed). ...
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19th Century Realist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

"Winter Morning" (2024) By Michael Miller, Midwestern Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Michael Miller's beautiful original photorealist Midwestern landscape painting "Winter Morning" (2024) depicts a snowy ranch during sunrise. Artist Bio/Statement: Michael Miller’s ...
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2010s Realist Art

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Oil, Linen, Panel

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

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Paper, Watercolor

Cream Bottles Collection, Kitchenware Silhouettes Display in Tan Tones on Green
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Cream Bottles Collection" is a contemporary still-life painting portraying a collection of bottle silhouettes in tan tones, perfectly arranged b...
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2010s Realist Art

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Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor

Ferris Wheel from the Tuileries
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Lynn Saville. Ferris Wheel from the Tuileries, 1999. Photographic print. Edition 5/25. Image measures 12.5 x 18 inches. Sheet is larger. Measures 21.5 x 27 framed. Signed, titled and...
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1990s Realist Art

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Photographic Paper

Chickadee, Bird, Watercolor Artwork Handmade Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
44 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2022 Style: Realism, Subject: Chikadee, Size: 12 x 16 in...
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2010s Realist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Coming Home at Sunset
Located in Greenville, DE
Very well executed work by American artist William Harnden who specialized in Native American subjects. 23 3/4 x 29 1/2 in excellent condition frame.
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Mid-20th Century Realist Art

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Oil, Board

Giacomo Mantegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como, Italy, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Giacomo and Stefania Mantegazza welcome guests arriving by boat at their villa, La Casinella, on Lake Como. Slim Aarons Giacomo Mantegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como Slim Aarons...
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1980s Realist Art

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Lambda

Golden-Crowned Kinglet, Bird, Watercolor Art Handmade Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
23 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2022 Style: Realism, Subject: Golden-Crowned Kinglet, Si...
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2010s Realist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

X-Ray Series (with Lily), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: X-Ray Series (with Lily) Year: 1964 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 44 x 36 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, verso Notes: Lowell...
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1960s Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Farmers Market, Glasgow
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Farmers Market, Glasgow" c.1930, is a watercolor on paper by British artist Ken Cherrington, 1886-1969. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwor...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Art

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Watercolor

Fortress Rock, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The warm rays of the summer sun illuminate a rock formation in the Grand Canyon. Through light and shadow, the landscape reveals its beautiful contours, sculp...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

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Oil

Sparrow, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
112 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2023 Style: Classic Art, Subject: Sparrow, Size: 12 x 1...
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2010s Realist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

"Far Away, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Joseph McGurl's "Far Away" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a vast landscape of valleys and mountains in the distance under the orange and yellow glow of sunrise or...
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2010s Realist Art

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Oil, Panel

Japanese cherry. Original oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Japanese cherry“ is a painting that pays homage to the natural beauty and timeless elegance of this flowering tree. My intention was to keep tenderness and fragility of flowers, a ...
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2010s Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

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

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Paper, Watercolor

The Port of Newcastle Upon Tyne - British 1914 marine art oil painting
By Joseph Henry Kirsop
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely historically interesting British marine oil painting is by Newcastle artist Joseph Henry Kirsop. Painted in 1914, the location of the painting is the port of Newcastle up...
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1910s Realist Art

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Oil

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

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Paper, Watercolor

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

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Paper, Watercolor

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

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Paper, Watercolor

"ROCK ISLAND Rail Road LINES" ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIMITED VINTAGE 1907 ADVERT SIGN
Located in San Antonio, TX
Antique Advertising Signs Image Size: 20 x 40 Frame Size: 25 x 45 Medium: Lithograph Date: 1907 "Rock Island RR Lines" Rocky Mountain Limited Vintage Sign Railroad
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20th Century Realist Art

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Lithograph

Apprehensive
Located in Denver, CO
Grouping of brown horses
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2010s Realist Art

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Oil, Board

"Oleander" (2023) by Sheri Farabaugh, Original Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Oleander" by Shari Farabaugh (United States) is a handmade oil painting that depicts a close up view of a beautifully lit scene of blooming oleander. Sheri Farabaugh began paintin...
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2010s Realist Art

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Oil

British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Sheep Munching The Grass
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922) graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition Ha...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Art

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Chalk, Graphite

"Tempest in a Teapot" a charming painting of a baby playing with a bowl of water
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Timoleon Lobrichon (1831-1914) French Tempest in a Teapot Oil on canvas, 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches FRAMED: 16 1/2 x 15 inches Signed at lower left: [indistinct] This work is a related to...
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Late 19th Century Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

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

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Paper, Watercolor

Bullfinch, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
132 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2023 Style: Classic Art, Title: Bullfinch, Size: 12 x 1...
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2010s Realist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

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

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Paper, Watercolor

Still life with yellow milk jug and pears
Located in Zofingen, AG
I tried to find the color harmony of red-green pears and bright yellow milk jug. The shape of the jug echoes the shape of pears and the drapery, giving a unified movement and dynam...
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2010s Realist Art

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Canvas, Lacquer, Oil

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

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Paper, Watercolor

Contemporary portrait "Dress Code: Desert"
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork throws three impeccably dressed figures into the middle of a vast, sun-drenched desert—because nothing says "existential crisis" like wearing all black under the scorchi...
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2010s Realist Art

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

The Yellow Tower, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In his Reflections series, artist Andres Lopez studies the everyday moments around his home in Miami, Florida. After the rain, streets turn into mirrors, reflec...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

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Oil

Girl with Roses
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Girl with Roses" c.1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted British artist Brenda Burke, b.1957. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 30 x 20 inches, framed size is 37.5 x 27.5 inches. Framed in original wooden beige and gold ornate frame, with fabric liner. The artwork and frame are in excellent condition. The fabric liner is separated at the 4 corners and will be replaced by a new one when sold, before shipping, This will bring the over all condition to excellent. About the artist: Brenda Burke started to paint at an early age of three years. Her career has spanned more than half a century, encompassing paintings, portraits, sculpture and printmaking. She has trained in the classical style of the old masters at the renowned Farnham art school just outside of London, England and continuing her studies in Florence and Rome, Italy, Burke’s wealth of experience, technical excellence and artistic vision is evident in each of her exceptional works of art. Her work can be seen in private collections around the world. Sometimes known as the Painter of Royalty, Brenda has been chosen to present her work to Her Majesty The Queen of England. She was commissioned to paint the celebratory portrait for Prince Charles and Lady Diana's engagement, and she was again selected to create the painting for the christening of Prince William. Her skill and versatility has also been shown in a collection of limited edition wax and porcelain dolls, dressed in fine silks and antique French lace...
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

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Oil

14. Sponge crab, Calappid, Lophozozymus octodentatus
Located in Columbia, MO
Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Germany in 1647 and received early artistic training from her stepfather, an established still life painter. She was fascinated by insects and collec...
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18th Century Realist Art

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Pigment

Willi Kissmer - "Gray and White" - giclée print - signed/numbered - edition: 50
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Willi Kissmer - "Gray and White". Giclée print on heavy handmade cotton paper. Edition: 50. Hand signed and numbered. A beautiful artwork that looks good in every room and especi...
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20th Century Realist Art

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Handmade Paper, Giclée

Same Old Story (Brooklyn Dodgers St. Louis Cardinals Illustration)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Bill Crawford (1913-1982). Original illustration artwork depicting teams as they advance to the World Series. Depicted are representations of the St. Louis Cardinals and The Brooklyn...
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1940s Realist Art

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Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

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

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Paper, Watercolor

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

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Paper, Watercolor

Foggy Morning Pines (Framed hand-printed cyanotype: framed to 30 x 24 inches)
Located in Oakland, CA
Timothée Chalamet bought this same landscape at The Other Art Fair in Los Angeles in 2023. This edition is FRAMED in a 30 x 24 inch slim white metal gallery frame with a 3 inch mat...
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2010s Realist Art

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Photogram

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

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Paper, Watercolor

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

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Paper, Watercolor

Early 20th Century Photograph -- "Impressions of the High Sierras"
Located in Soquel, CA
"Impressions of the High Sierras", a Lithobrome Photograph by Sigismund Blumann (American, 1872-1956). Signed "Sigismund Blumann" lower right. Titled "Impressions of the High Sierras" and signed "Sigismund Blumann" on verso. Unframed. Image size, 10.25"H x 13.25"W. Sigismund Blumann (1872–1956) (figure 1) was a prominent tastemaker in Californian photography during the 1920s and 1930s. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area for his entire career, he edited magazines, wrote books, and made creative photographs. From 1924 to 1933 Blumann edited Camera Craft, the leading West Coast photographic monthly. Subsequently he established his own periodical, Photo Art Monthly, which he published until 1940. In these two magazines — for over fifteen years — Blumann found a large audience of mainstream pictorial photographers. In addition, he wrote five instructional books on photography...
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1920s Realist Art

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Contemporary minimalist seascape coastal landscape color photo on premium paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary minimalist seaside photo, "Evening Light, Endless Sea," was captured by French artist and photographer Natalya Mougenot during her travels in Italy. With this work,...
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2010s Realist Art

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Photographic Paper

Vintage Hockney Tate Poster, Celia in Black Dress with white flowers and rainbow
Located in New York, NY
The poster features David Hockney's 1972 drawing Celia in a Black Dress. Viewed through elegantly drooping tulip stems, Celia Birtwell stares dreamily ahead. With one hand paused in ...
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1980s Realist Art

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Lithograph

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

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Paper, Watercolor

Robin, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
121 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2023 Style: Classic Art,...
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2010s Realist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Campbell Falls Picnic, Massachusetts, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family enjoying a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls, Massachu...
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1950s Realist Art

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Lambda

Rita Aarons, Hawaii, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1955s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, during the filming of 'Mister Roberts' in Ha...
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1950s Realist Art

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Lambda

The Evening of Life - Interior Portrait - British 1906 Newlyn Sch oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning, large British Edwardian Newlyn School interior portrait oil painting is by much noted and exhibited artist Walter Langley. Originally from Birmingham, Langley and his family moved to St Ives in 1881. He was one of the first artists to settle and painted the local fishermen and their families. Painted in 1906 and entitled The Evening of Life, the painting is a full length seated portrait of an elderly lady in a cottage interior. She is sat by a table on which she has a bible, jug of flowers and her sewing equipment. Across her lap she has a large patchwork quilt to mend but is lost in thought. In fact the same sitter and quilt can be seen in Memories, also painted in 1906 and in the Ferens Art Gallery, Hull. Memories includes more of the cottage interior but the sitter's head is bowed towards her hands. The Evening of Life is more vibrant and the sitters face is much more visible as are the lovely colours of the quilt. The painting has fantastic detail, great brushwork and the Newlyn school palette of colours. The provenance is excellent, having been kept in the same family ownership so fresh to market. The painting appeared in the artist's catalogue Raisonne and was also in 1997 biography by Langely's grandson, Roger Langley, entitled Walter Langley: Pioneer of the Newlyn Art Colony. This a superb example of Langley's work, a good size and composition and a pleasure to gaze upon. Signed lower left and dated (19)06. Provenance. : Ford, 1906 (£63). Long in the previous family ownership and sold by the executors of the estate. Thomas Wood and Sons label verso. Literature: Langley (R) - Walter Langley Pioneer of the Newlyn Art Colony 1997, catalogue raisonne p.170 (under 1906). Condition. Oil on canvas, 40 inches by 30 inches unframed, in good condition and unlined canvas. Frame. Housed in a gilt frame 47 inches by 37 inches and in good condition. Walter Langley (8 June 1852 – 21 March 1922) was an English painter and founder of the Newlyn School of plein air artists. He was born in Birmingham and his father was a journeyman tailor. At 15 he was apprenticed to a lithographer. At 21 he won a scholarship to South Kensington and he studied designing there for two years. The sometimes highly ornate work is mainly in gold and silver and in a Renaissance style. He returned to Birmingham but took up painting full-time, and in 1881 was elected an Associate of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. In the same year he was offered £500 for a year's work by a Mr Thrupp (a Birmingham photographer). With this money he and his family moved to Newlyn where he was one of the first artists to settle and began recording the life of the fishing community. Politically left wing for his era, he was noted for his social realist portrayals of working class figures, particularly fishermen and their families. He was a supporter of Charles Bradlaugh, a radical socialist politician. His own working-class background enabled him to identify with the villagers and the hardships they endured, many of his paintings reflect this sympathy with the working-class fisher-folk amongst whom he lived. One of the best known works is the watercolour For Men Must Work and Women Must Weep (1883; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery) based on Charles Kingsley's poem The Three Fishers (1851). Another is Between The Tides (1901; Warrington Museum & Art Gallery). Although one of the first to settle in the Newlyn artists' colony Newlyn School, Langley initially benefited little from its growing fame, partly because of his working-class origins and partly because until 1892 he painted largely in watercolour rather than the more prestigious medium of oils. His early training in lithography gives his paintings a detail and texture that show his technical skills. In 1884, Langley was elected a member of the RBSA and continued to exhibit widely throughout the UK and abroad. Later in his career his reputation grew. One of Langley's paintings was singled out as "a beautiful and true work of art" by Leo Tolstoy in his book What is Art?, while in 1895 Langley was invited by the Uffizi to contribute a self-portrait to hang alongside those of Raphael, Rubens and Rembrandt in their collection of portraits of great artists. Today his work is considered "vital to the image of the Newlyn School" and "alongside Stanhope Forbes ... the most consistent in style and substantial in output". Exhibited: Royal Society of Artist Birmingham 57, Dudley Gallery 4, Dowdeswell Gallery 17...
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Early 1900s Realist Art

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Oil

Portrait of an Edwardian Lady - British 1900 art female portrait oil painting
By Ralph Peacock
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning British Edwardian portrairt oil painting is by noted 19th century born portrait painter Ralph Peacock .Painted circa 1900 it is a seated portrait of a lady in a black dress with shiffon sleeves and beautiful pink flowers in her lap. She is wearing considerable jewellery suggesting her wealth; an ornate ring, fleur de lys broach, a long string of pearls...
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Early 1900s Realist Art

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Oil

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

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Paper, Watercolor

Gentleman Caller Southern Belle
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful illustration art painting depicts a gentleman calling on a Southern belle. Oil on canvas measures 16 x 20 inches; 18 x 22 inches framed. Signed lower left.
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Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Promise of a Brighter Day-original impressionism landscape painting-contemporary
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

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Oil, Board

Robin, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
43 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2022 Style: Realism, Subject: Robin, Size: 12 x 16 inch,...
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2010s Realist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Mouse Seeking Butterfly- original realist oil painting-contemporary wildlife art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Mouse Seeking Butterflies is a striking example of Lucinda Holl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

Chinatown, San Francisco
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Chinatown, San Francisco" c.1975 is a watercolor on paper by noted Chinese/American artist Sun Ying, 1919-2016. It is hand signed at the lower left corner by the artist, stamped with the artist red ink stamp at the lower right corner. The artwork size is 15 x 22 inches, framed is 27 x 33.5 inches. It is beautifully custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. It is in excellent condition. About the artist. 1919 Sun Ying 孙瑛 ( 1919-2016 ) known as (Sun Dashi 大石) was born on November 8, in a poor family, in Gaotang Xian, Shandong Province, in China. 1949 Based in Taipei, he devoted himself entirely to painting and influenced the world of art by creating several painting societies as the Chinese Association of Ink Painting . Taiwan awarded him the Golden Cup Award. 1960 / 1970 He exhibited his works in Australia, Brazil, Germany, Malaysia and United States. 1974 He went to live in the United States. 1982 After a visit to his family, he returned to China. 1984 With Qi Baishi...
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Late 20th Century Realist Art

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Watercolor

Sara MacCulloch "South Harbour" - Coastal scene oil painting on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Sara MacCulloch South Harbour , 2021 oil on canvas 16 x 16 in. (macc083) This original oil painting on canvas by Sara MacCulloch depicts a serene and beautiful coastal beach scene i...
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2010s Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Sugarbush Skiing, Estate Edition, Vermont
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1660 winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an individual skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960. This is an...
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1960s Realist Art

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Lambda

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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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