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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
"Horse Wrangler, " Original Black White Lithograph by Lawrence Barrett
By Lawrence Barrett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Horse Wrangler" is an original lithograph by the artist Lawrence Barrett signed in the lower right hand corner. Four beautifully drawn horses use a moment of commotion to escape a corral. Low hills and an expansive sky serve as a background. Image: 8.75" x 12.25" Framed: 11.9" x 16.5" Lawrence Barrett was an etcher, lithographer, teacher, illustrator, sculptor, writer, and painter. Born in Guthrie, Oklahoma, Barrett was a student at the Broadmoor Academy...
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Great St Mary s, University of Cambridge David Loggan 1690 engraving
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. David Loggan (1634 - 1692) The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Cambridge (1690) Engraving 38 x 47 cm Loggan's view of Great St Mary's from the 'Cantabrigia Illustrata'. Loggan was born to English and Scottish parents, and was baptised in Danzig in 1634. After studying engraving in Danzig with Willem Hondius (1598-1652 or 1658), he moved to London in the late 1650s, going on to produce the engraved title-page for the folio 1662 Book of Common Prayer. He married in 1663 and moved to Nuffield in Oxfordshire in 1665. Loggan was appointed Public Sculptor to the nearby University of Oxford in the late 1660s, having been commissioned to produce bird’s-eye views of all the Oxford colleges. He lived in Holywell Street as he did this. The 'Oxonia Illustrata' was published in 1675, with the help of Robert White (1645-1704). Following its completion, Loggan began work on his equivalent work for Cambridge; the 'Cantabrigia Illustrata' was finally published in 1690, when he was made engraver to Cambridge University. The 'Oxonia Illustrata' also includes an engraving of Winchester College...
Category

1670s Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

The mystery of sunshine., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The mystery of sunshine. Deep mysterious ocean beckons to reveal its secrets. Warm water, small waves, serene views, shine of the ocean, sun glare on the water create an atmosphere o...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Sandpiper, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is of a Sandpiper searching for food. Sandpipers are often seen in the summer in the north east running in and out the waves. They are a migratory bird that travel la...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

"Edith 2" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Jason Walker's (CAN based) "Edith 2" is an oil painting that depicts a realistic portrait of a feminine face at three quarters view with a dark background
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Yin Yong Chun, "White Roses with China Pot" 60x48 Floral Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This floral still life, "White Roses with China Pot", by artist Yin Yong Chun is a 60x48 oil painting on canvas featuring a bouquet of white roses in an ornate floral porcelain vase ...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Courtesan Kashiwagi and the Kamuro Wakano - Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
The Courtesan Kashiwagi and the Kamuro Wakano - Japanese Woodblock Print Original Toyokuni III/Kunisada (Japanese, 1786 - 1864) Japanese Woodblock Print "The Courtesan Kashiwagi and...
Category

1820s Realist Art

Materials

Printer s Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

Theodoor Galle Martin de Vos 17th Century Engraving Jesus Nailed to the Cross
Located in London, GB
We have the full series of 52 prints (including title page) from Vita Passio et Resurrectio Iesu Christi listed. To find the others scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" and search for 'Collaert' - or message us as they may not all have been uploaded yet. Theodoor Galle (1571 – 1633) after Maerten de Vos (1532 - 1603) Jesus is Nailed to the Cross 46. Et postquam venerunt in locum qui voctur Caluarie, ibi crucifixerunt eum. Luc. 23. From Vita, Passio, et Resurrectio Iesu Christi first published 1598, this a later edition published by Joannes Galle (1600-1676) 17.5x22cm From the Gospel of Luke, chapter 3 "When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there." Theodoor Galle was the son of Philip Galle...
Category

17th Century Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

Portrait Sketch by Philadelphia artist Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Julius Thiengen Bloch (American, born Germany, 1888–1966) Portrait Crayon on paper, 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches FRAMED: 12 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (approx.) This sketch comes directly from th...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Crayon

Victorian Landscape Detailed Large Watercolour of Ludlow Castle and Ludlow town
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Landscape a Detailed Watercolour of Ludlow Castle, Dinham and Ludlow town. Looking towards Dinham and Ludlow Castle, Shropshire - a Landscape view Signed Watercolour on P...
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

"Pink Sprinkle Donut" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Jason Walker's (CAN based) "Pink Sprinkle Donut" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a donut glazed with pink frosting and sprinkles set against a black background. About the Artist: Jason Walker’s imagery reflects popular culture: from Disney’s Mary Poppins or Mickey Mouse to frosted doughnuts. As observer and conveyor of cultural icons, he is an anthropologist and his beautiful and often endearing paintings resonates with art viewers. But this Toronto artist is also an analyst. Conceived with the clear-eyed vision of a native of Nairn, Scotland, Walker’s compositions challenge viewers to consider contemporary culture. Through his iconography, Walker creates artifacts, a paint-on-canvas time capsule for future generations. His images are representational rather than abstract. His subjects from Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz to Peter Pan’s Tinker Bell are non-elitist, international, and easily identified. A portrait of our time, Walker’s renditions are intimate and lifelike, crafted with diffused edges or Old-Master chiaroscuro. Painted in Renaissance jewel...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Nailsmith Houses, Late 19th Century Rattenberg Austria Historical Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
The Nailsmith Houses, Late 19th Century Rattenberg Austria Historical Landscape Exquisitely detailed 1888 watercolor of The Nailsmith Houses, a historical building in Rattenberg, A...
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1880s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Illustration Board

Apple tree - XX Century, Contemporary Figuratie Watercolor Painting, Dog, Animal
By Stanislaw Sobolewski
Located in Warsaw, PL
Stanislaw Sobolewski (born in 1952) Studied philology at the Jagiellonian University (1971-1976) and painting under prof. Zbigniew Grzybowski at the Academy of Fine Arts (1974-1979)....
Category

1990s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Fresh Light" an oil on aluminum with a vivid landscape
Located in Edgartown, MA
Art and design in varied forms have always been a driving interest in my life. Living in Madison, Connecticut, I began my career as a muralist and trompe l’oeil painter doing signif...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Three Herons - At the flaming lake -
Located in Berlin, DE
Rudolf Hayder (active in the 1st half of the 20th century), Heron. Color woodcut on thin Japanese paper, 24 x 29 cm (image), 29 x 36 cm (sheet size), signed by hand at lower right "R. Hayder" and titled by hand as "Reiher". Lower left inscribed by hand "Orig.[inal] woodcut, hand print". - A little bit stained in the margins and very occasionally in the image, minimal hole above the signature, traces of creasing. At the back side's margins with remnants of an old mounting. About the artwork In the context of French Japonism, the color woodblock print, which was widespread in the Asian region, was rediscovered for Western art. The artists of the time, such as Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh, were inspired not only by the cultural influence, but also by the two-dimensionality of the pictorial spaces. Thus, color woodcuts became an important moment in the development of the modern pictorial concept founded by Impressionism. In Rudolf Hayder's "Herons", too, the two-dimensionality of the pictorial space is decisive for the pictorial effect. The herons, surrounded by reeds, are framed by the yellow background of the lake, followed by the dark blue-greenish stripe of the opposite shore and, above it, the sky in a lighter blue-green. Formally, it is a sequence of planes, but the two-dimensionality of the motif creates a spatial effect. This spatiality in the surface creates an intense pictorial effect. Hayder intensifies this effect with the blazing lake. In terms of color, the water becomes a sunset. The yellow turns reddish brown toward the shore, then fades to brownish red, while the shore is a watery turquoise...
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Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Color

Portrait of Imogen Cunningham - Black White Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
A stunning black and white photographic portrait of Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976) by California photographer, Robert Werling (b. 1946). Signed and dated by the artist on the mat, low...
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Shell 3 , Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's "Shell 3" is an oil on board created in 2020 depicting a shell floating above glistening waves. About the artist: Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 19...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

White Pony in the New Forest - Etruscan School British landscape by Arthur Lemon
By Arthur Lemon
Located in London, GB
ARTHUR LEMON (1850-1912) New Forest Inscribed with title and Goupil Gallery details on the reverse Oil on panel 15 by 22 cm., 6 by 8 ½ in. (frame size 24 by 31 cm., 9 ½ by 12 ¼ in...
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Late 19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil

"Panoramique" a photorealist maritime oil painting with a ship sailing
Located in Edgartown, MA
Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years. Both cities are on the Atlantic coast of France and have rich maritime histories, highlighted by prospero...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Oil on Canvas of Jackie O with Gold Leaf
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Words: Now I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together so now he is a legend when he would have preffered to be a man. the Children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen out world through their eyes they restore my faith in the familys future One must not let oneself b overwhelmed by sadness can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly to be living alone as the presidents widow? Christina Major was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1982. She has lived all over the world including Hawaii, France, New York and more currently Florida. Christina has achieved her MFA at Florida Atlantic University and has exhibited throughout South Florida. Her work has been collected both nationally and internationally. Christina Major is a portrait painter interested in the ways the identity of both artist and subject can coexist in a painting. Major's graduate thesis exhibition, Components of self, evolved from her desire to combine large scale portrait painting with writing. She developed methods of using paint...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Beautiful day at the Sea. 2018. Paper, watercolor, 21x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Beautiful day at the Sea. 2018. Paper, watercolor, 21x30 cm Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibited since 1969 and are held in private collections i...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

George Pyne, Exeter College, Oxford, Watercolour
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, including others by George Pyne, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. George Pyne (1800-1884) Exeter College...
Category

19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Young Lady in Yellow Dress
Located in New York, NY
Color etching and aquatint on wove paper. Signed, titled and numbered 56/100 in pencil. This etching is made after the painting of the same subject "Woman in Yellow Dress...
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Color, Etching, Aquatint

Cherries in a Saucer- original realism still life oil painting- contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This elegantly framed artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Sig...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Onions and Glass Bowl, super realistic oil painting food still life
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A still life painting in oil on canvas of red and yellow onions and onion skins with a glass bowl. Inspired by Spanish still life painting. It is gallery wrapped with clean white sid...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Reverie - Early 20th Century British chalk drawing of a girl by H J Harvey
By Herbert Johnson Harvey
Located in London, GB
HERBERT JOHNSON HARVEY (British 1883-1956) Reverie Signed with monogram and dated l.l.: HJ 09 Red chalks on paper Framed 29.5 by 22 cm., 11 ¾ by 8 ¾...
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Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Chalk, Paper

In the park. Paper, watercolor, 42x29.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
In the park. Paper, watercolor, 42x29.5 cm Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013) Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In ...
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Verbier Skiers, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Verbier Skiers, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers at Verbier....
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1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

1776 Navigational chart/map of the Delaware bay and river including Philadelphia
Located in Philadelphia, PA
JOSHUA FISHER (AMERICAN, EIGHTEENTH CENTURY) A Chart of Delaware Bay and River, 1776 Printed for John Bennet and Robert Sayer, London Engraving on pape...
Category

1770s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Engraving

Sunset. Ocean., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Sunset. Ocean. The deep, mysterious ocean beckons you to unravel its secrets. Warm water, waves, serene views, shine of the ocean, evening glare of the sun on the water create an atm...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Barnegat Light, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Sail Boats on their moorings on a late afternoon. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No ::...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Magdalene College, Cambridge engraving by David Loggan
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. David Loggan (1634 - 1692) Magdalene College, Cambridge (1690) Engraving 38 x 43 cm Loggan's view of Magdalene from the 'Cantabrigia Illustrata'. Loggan was born to English and Scottish parents, and was baptised in Danzig in 1634. After studying engraving in Danzig with Willem Hondius (1598-1652 or 1658), he moved to London in the late 1650s, going on to produce the engraved title-page for the folio 1662 Book of Common Prayer. He married in 1663 and moved to Nuffield in Oxfordshire in 1665. Loggan was appointed Public Sculptor to the nearby University of Oxford in the late 1660s, having been commissioned to produce bird’s-eye views of all the Oxford colleges. He lived in Holywell Street as he did this. The 'Oxonia Illustrata' was published in 1675, with the help of Robert White (1645-1704). Following its completion, Loggan began work on his equivalent work for Cambridge; the 'Cantabrigia Illustrata' was finally published in 1690, when he was made engraver to Cambridge University. The 'Oxonia Illustrata' also includes an engraving of Winchester College (Winchester and New College share William of Wykeham as their founder) whilst the 'Cantabrigia Illustrata' includes one of Eton College (which shares its founder, Henry VIII, with King’s College). Bird’s-eye views from this era required a particular talent as an architectural perspectivist; it was not until 1783 that it became possible for artists to ascend via hot air balloons and view the scenes they were depicting from above. Loggan thus had to rely on his imagination in conceiving the views. Loggan’s views constitute the first accurate depictions of the two Universities, in many ways unchanged today. Whilst the Oxford engravings were produced in reasonable numbers and ran to a second edition by Henry Overton (on thicker paper and with a plate number in Roman numerals in the bottom right-hand corner), those of Cambridge were printed in much smaller numbers. The Dutchman Pieter van der Aa published some miniature versions of the engravings for James Beverell’s guidebook to the UK, 'Les Delices de la Grande Bretagne' (circa 1708). The contemporary artist Andrew Ingamells...
Category

1670s Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

Old Schools Quad, Bodleian Library, Oxford watercolour by Bernard Cecil Gotch
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge , particularly suitable for wedding and graduation presents, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. Bernard Cecil Gotch (1876-1964) The Bodleian Library, Oxford: Passageway into the Old Schools Quandrangle Watercolour 35 x 49 cm Signed in pencil lower right. An enticing view of the passageway leading into the Old Schools Quad of the Bodleian Library. Through the gateway, we see the passageway leading out of the Quad onto the other side, into Radcliffe Square. A glimpse of the Radcliffe Camera...
Category

20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

"Claude Monet"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
In this stirring seascape, I embraced the raw energy of the ocean, capturing its power and grace with acrylics. Blending realism and impressionism, I sculpted light and shadow, infus...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Affectionate glare on the waves., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Affectionate glare on the waves. Blue water, ocean, small waves, sun glare on the water, clear sky create an atmosphere of relaxation and romance. Made in the style of realism, ligh...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Acrylic

The Sailing Canoe, Tetons
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original oil painting on linen by artist Joseph McGurl. Framed.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

St Catharine s College, Cambridge David Loggan 1690 engraving
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. David Loggan (1634 - 1692) St Catharine's College, Cambridge (1690) Engraving 35 x 46 cm Loggan's view of St Catharine's College, Cambridge from the 'Cantabrigia Illustrata'. Loggan was born to English and Scottish parents, and was baptised in Danzig in 1634. After studying engraving in Danzig with Willem Hondius (1598-1652 or 1658), he moved to London in the late 1650s, going on to produce the engraved title-page for the folio 1662 Book of Common Prayer. He married in 1663 and moved to Nuffield in Oxfordshire in 1665. Loggan was appointed Public Sculptor to the nearby University of Oxford in the late 1660s, having been commissioned to produce bird’s-eye views of all the Oxford colleges. He lived in Holywell Street as he did this. The 'Oxonia Illustrata' was published in 1675, with the help of Robert White (1645-1704). Following its completion, Loggan began work on his equivalent work for Cambridge; the 'Cantabrigia Illustrata' was finally published in 1690, when he was made engraver to Cambridge University. The 'Oxonia Illustrata' also includes an engraving of Winchester College...
Category

1670s Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in M...
Category

1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Join The Regular Army: A Skilled Trade 1950s British Army Recruitment Poster
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the poster you want. Anon. Join the Regular Army...
Category

1950s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Train Engine, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Train Engine" is an oil painting created in 2020 by Dianne L. Massey Dunbar depicting a lego train. About the artist: When Dianne Massey Dunbar was ver...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

"Asunder" Original Oil, Winter squash, Still-Life Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Asunder" by Blair Atherholt is a an original, hand made painting depicting a winter squash on a wood shelf. Blair Atherholt is an award-winning contemporary realist oil painter wh...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Portrait of Archibald Hartrick - 1884 chalk drawing by Frank Lewis Emanuel
Located in London, GB
FRANK LEWIS EMANUEL (1865-1948) Portrait of Archibald Hartrick Signed, inscribed and dated l.l.: A S HARTRICK (artist) by F L EMANUEL 1884 Black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue paper...
Category

1880s Realist Art

Materials

Chalk

Victorian Still Life with Flowers and Fauna Small Oil Painting one of a pair.
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Still Life with Flowers and Fauna a Small Oil Painting, one of a pair. Beautiful and highly detailed small Oil on Canvas, mounted on Stretchers and housed in a period styl...
Category

19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil

"Mapping the Walk - May to August" Photographic Flower Study in Blue and White
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Mapping the Walk - May to August" by Judith Allen-Efstathiou is an exquisite cyanotype photographic print on mulberry paper in deep blue and white of wildflowers abstracted. Highl...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Mulberry Paper, Photographic Paper

At Baltic sea. 2020. Watercolor, paper, 63x94 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At Baltic sea. Watercolor, paper, 63x94 cm Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibited since 1969 and are held in private ...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Small Cupcake with White Frosting and Cherry on Blue and Yellow Background"
Located in Wellesley, MA
""With Blue and Yellow" Oil on Canvas, 6 x 6 inches. Painting of Cupcakes with White Frosting and on a Blue and Yellow Background with Polka Dots. This painting is not framed and does not require framing. There are two additional works in this series on canvas that work well as a group. There are 8 additional cupcake paintings...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Clifford Ellis Swallow watercolour Modern British Art Wildlife Bird Migration
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - o...
Category

1950s Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Carbon Pencil

The original Whitney, Marcel Breuer Building (now Sotheby s), Woodcut engraving
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas The Whitney (Marcel Breuer Building), 1979 Woodcut engraving Signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist on the back. This is a rare Artist Proof 9/10, aside from ...
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Olivié Léon (1833-1901), Oil on panel+ The Laboratory, 1891
Located in Gent, VOV
Olivié Léon, "The Laboratory" (1891): A plunge into the scientific world of the 19th century. This oil on panel, signed and dated by the artist, offers an intimate glimpse into a lab...
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Bacchus Cumampelo — 18th Century Classical Italian Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia, 'Bacchus Cumampelo', engraving, 1734, edition unknown. Signed 'Dom. Campiglia del.' in the plate, lower left. Engraving by Gabbugiani, after the original...
Category

1730s Realist Art

Materials

Engraving

young woman
Located in Berlin, DE
The picture is oil on canvas and signed Julius Friedrich Antonio Schrader (1815–1900) was a German painter known for his portraits and history paintings. A prominent figure of the D...
Category

19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil

STILL LIFE WITH SCULPTURE
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Lowney's richly painted visionary landscapes and her figurative bronzes evoke a sense of the magic of the natural world and the potency of the human creative unconscious. Her work is...
Category

1980s Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fuzzy, Oil Painting, Realism, Cuban Artist, Sheep, Framed, Free Shipping
Located in Houston, TX
Images may be seen better on a mobile device. FREE SHIPPING . Framed Size 15 x 15 Fuzzy is a new Manchega sheep painting by Cristian Mesa Velazquez. Fuzz...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Linen

A Coachman - 18th Century British Figure watercolour drawing by Paul Sandby
Located in London, GB
PAUL SANDBY (1731-1809) Study of a Coachman Pencil and brown wash, shaped Framed 16.5 by 9 cm., 6 ½ by 3 ½ in. (frame size 32 by 22.5 cm., 12 ½ by 9 in.) Provenance: Iolo Williams; Private collection. Exhibited: Sudbury, Gainsborough House, 1979. Sandby was born in Nottingham and moved to London in 1745. He and his brother Thomas first worked in the military drawing department at the Tower of London, later working on a military survey of new roads and bridges in the Highlands. On leaving this post in 1751 he spent some time living with his brother who had been appointed Deputy Ranger of Windsor Great Park. There he assisted his brother, and made a series of drawings of the castle, town and neighbourhood. In 1760 he settled in London where he contributed to the first exhibition of the Society of Artists where he regularly exhibited until the foundation of the Royal Academy in 1768, becoming one of its founder members. In same year he was appointed chief drawing...
Category

Late 18th Century Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Where the Ocean Meets the Sea, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A Schooner racing in the Antiqua Classic Boat Regatta. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: ...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Unter Den Linden Street, Berlin, Germany
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Unter Den Linden Street, Berlin, Germany" c.1930 is a color etching on watermarked Kasimir Vienna paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kas...
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Newbern Groves Packing House, Lutz, Fl., Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is about a bygone era in Florida-oranges and the packing houses that processed them. Newbern Groves was a fixture in Lutz. Fl. for decades. Behind it was an orange Grov...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Morning fog. 1975., cardboard, oil, 49x69 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Morning fog. 1975., cardboard, oil, 49x69 cm Realistic early morning landscape in the village with haystacks in the fog Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I) His first profession...
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

"Not True: Good Accounts Make Good Friends" Satirical French Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
"Not True, Good Accounts Make Good Friends" Satirical French Illustration Comical illustration by Gaston Hoffmann (French, 1883-1977) titled "Ce n'est pas vrai, les bons comptes fon...
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Light on the Sea
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1958 Designated a living master by the Art Renewal Center and widely regarded as a leader of the American landscape school, Joseph McGurl is one of the most important r...
Category

2010s Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

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