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Pink Ball Hook (Photorealist Oil Painting of Industrial Equipment on Blue)
Located in Hudson, NY
, Youngstown, OH 1996 A Survey of Contemporary American Realism, Posco Gallery, Seoul, South Korea 1991 A
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1980s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Boatyard Lift (Photo-realist Oil Painting of a Red Yellow Crane on Blue)
Located in Hudson, NY
1996 A Survey of Contemporary American Realism, Posco Gallery, Seoul, South Korea 1991 A Small Bite Of
Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Telescoping #2 (Large Photorealist Oil Painting of a Red White Crane on Blue)
Located in Hudson, NY
, Youngstown, OH 1996 A Survey of Contemporary American Realism, Posco Gallery, Seoul, South Korea 1991 A
Category

1990s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Crane: Large Photo-Realist Painting of Industrial Red Ball Grey Crane on Blue
Located in Hudson, NY
1996 A Survey of Contemporary American Realism, Posco Gallery, Seoul, South Korea 1991 A Small Bite Of
Category

1980s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

SELVAGGIA Signed Lithograph, Robed Figure, Bird, Surrealism, Latin American
By Norma Bessouet
Located in Union City, NJ
American strands of literary magic realism with Surrealism and presents a portrait of an androgynous seated
Category

1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Tea Towel (Large)/Cypress
By Marina Stern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The New American Realism at the Worcester Art Museum—a major showcase of leading artists, including
Category

1990s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rooms Orange
By Marina Stern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
rejected. Following this recognition, Stern was selected for inclusion in The New American Realism at the
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Renaissance
By Marina Stern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
rejected. Following this recognition, Stern was selected for inclusion in The New American Realism at the
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Three Moons
By Marina Stern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The New American Realism at the Worcester Art Museum—a major showcase of leading artists, including
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Moonscape I
By Marina Stern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
rejected. Following this recognition, Stern was selected for inclusion in The New American Realism at the
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Night Doors II
By Marina Stern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The New American Realism at the Worcester Art Museum—a major showcase of leading artists, including
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Nocturne
By Marina Stern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
rejected. Following this recognition, Stern was selected for inclusion in The New American Realism at the
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Provincetown
By Marina Stern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
rejected. Following this recognition, Stern was selected for inclusion in The New American Realism at the
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Ice Boats on Watuppa" Mid Century American Regionalist Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American Regionalism and tonal realism. Painted on a panel and signed lower left, this work features three
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Hannah’s Mirror, Rembrandt’s Three Trees Transformed Into The Expulsion fr/Eden
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
, Hornak remains a pivotal figure in American realism. In 2017, a painting by Ian Hornak created in 1988
Category

1970s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

San Pedro Post Office: History of Writing Mural South, Preliminary Mural Study
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Realism (2022) at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art and Art for the People WPA Paintings from the
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Surrealist Oil Painting Circus Horse Scene Lionel Kalish Fantasy Scene New York
Located in Surfside, FL
Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Horwitch Newman Gallery, “About American Realism,” Scottsdale, AZ
Category

1960s Surrealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Park Spring (Impressionistic Figurative Painting of Figures in a Park Landscape)
By William Clutz
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern Art, CA American Realism 1985 Schoelkopf Gallery, NY 1985 Art and the Law, West Publishing Co
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1990s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Migrants
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
/ Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA American Realism/ William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1984: San
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ship Breaking
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
/ Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA American Realism/ William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1984: San
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Home (Syria)
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
/ Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA American Realism/ William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1984: San
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Aleppo
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
/ Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA American Realism/ William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1984: San
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

RAM C&N RR -Steel Bridge, Chicago Skyscraper, Contemporary Photorealist Painting
By Roland Kulla
Located in Chicago, IL
, IL INK. Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, IL. 2006 Biennial: Contemporary American Realism. Fort
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Liesenbruken, Abandoned Train Bridge, Contemporary Photorealist Painting
By Roland Kulla
Located in Chicago, IL
Biennial: Contemporary American Realism. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Ft. Wayne, IN Perceptions of Solitude
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sam Gilliam - Ab Ex painting, Ex-Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Collection, Signed
By Sam Gilliam
Located in New York, NY
American Art, New York, NY (2024); Day for Night: New American Realism, organized by the Aïshti Foundation
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Fiberglass, Paint, Watercolor

Moving Sky
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Moving Sky' is 48 x 53 inches. The unique work bridges realism with surrealism. The painting is
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

View From the Window, Oil on Canvas
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
/ Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA American Realism/ William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1984: San
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Grey Ocean
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
American Realist Willard Dixon. The unique work bridges realism with surrealism, and perhaps reflects the
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Evening Ocean
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Serene and calm sky, ocean, horizon, sunrise or sunset, oil painting from American Realist Willard
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Opening Farm (Encaustic Monochromatic Pastoral Landscape in Earth Tones White)
By Leigh Palmer
Located in Hudson, NY
"Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection", National Museum of American Art
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Encaustic, Board

Storm Source / lightning sky
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
electrically radiant sky, ocean, sunset painting from American Realist, Willard Dixon. The unique sky-scape is
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Silver Cup / minimal, serene oil on canvas
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
, San Francisco, CA American Realism/ William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1984: San Francisco Bay
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ocean Beach Surfers
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
light reflecting upon the shoreline. The oil on canvas painting was created in 2019 by American Realist
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Amaryllis with Lemon / oil on canvas
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
life painting from American realist artist, Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Going to Borrego
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
morning warm western rolling hills with clear sky. 24 x 48 inches. One of our finest American
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rooftops (Framed 1970 s New York Cityscape Landscape Drawing by William Clutz)
By William Clutz
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern Art, CA American Realism 1985 Schoelkopf Gallery, NY 1985 Art and the Law, West Publishing Co. MN
Category

1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Archival Paper, Charcoal

Carmel Beach
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
, San Francisco, CA American Realism/ William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1984: San Francisco Bay
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tompkins Square (Abstract Figurative Urban Landscape Painting of New York City)
By William Clutz
Located in Hudson, NY
Exhibitions (cont’d.) San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA American Realism 1985 Schoelkopf Gallery, NY
Category

1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Roebling s Dream, The Great East River Bridge (NYC Cityscape by William Clutz)
By William Clutz
Located in Hudson, NY
Exhibitions (cont’d.) San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA American Realism 1985 Schoelkopf Gallery, NY
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1990s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Still Life Oil Painting with Ink Theresa Bernstein Flowers in Vase
By Theresa Bernstein
Located in Surfside, FL
the style of Robert Henri, founder of the Ashcan School of American realism, and his way of depicting
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Pen

Opening No. 50 (Abstract Landscape Painting on Canvas in Romanticist Style)
By Leigh Palmer
Located in Hudson, NY
Gallery, New York. Traveled to museums in NJ, TN, IN, AZ, CA, NY and UT 1987 "Modern American Realism
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Opening No. 51 (Modern, Hudson River Landscape Painting in Romanticist Style)
By Leigh Palmer
Located in Hudson, NY
Gallery, New York. Traveled to museums in NJ, TN, IN, AZ, CA, NY and UT 1987 "Modern American Realism
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tamalas Bay Evening / Boats on the Bay at sunset - peaceful
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
American Realist Willard Dixon. The canvas is 17 x 50 inches and it is framed in a classic artist
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early Morning St. AM 1987 (Impressionist Figurative City Scene by William Clutz)
By William Clutz
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern Art, CA American Realism 1985 Schoelkopf Gallery, NY 1985 Art and the Law, West Publishing Co
Category

1980s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

James Jeffrey Grant Gloucester Harbor Oil Painting New England Maritime
Located in Rockport, MA
compelling example of American maritime painting, balancing realism with impressionistic sensibility. An
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Walker Evans Truro Massachusetts (1931) Vintage
By Walker Evans
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Evans’ pursuit of clarity, realism, and American vernacular architecture. It reflects his commitment to
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1980s American Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Eunice Katz “Woman Preparing a Meal” – Mid-Century Modernist Figurative Art
Located in Denver, CO
aesthetic and timeless appeal. Blending influences of American modernism and social realism, this piece
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20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Autumn Landscape Painting by Carl W. Peters
By Carl Peters
Located in Rockport, MA
. His works frequently celebrate the beauty of rural America with a blend of realism and impressionistic
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

MOMA Exhibited Watercolor by Chicago Artist Francis Chapin, "Tourists in Taxco"
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
national exhibition aimed to highlight the growing importance of Urban Realism and the American Scene style
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1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Seated Nude
By August F. Biehle
Located in Fairlawn, OH
design and draftsmanship. His styles embraced Expressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, and American Scene Realism
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1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Jon Carsman Faded Glory 1977 Signed Limited Edition Screen Print
By Jon Carsman
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
small town America. His paintings synthesize realism and fantasy. Color is an important factor in
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1970s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Large Joel Janowitz Boston Modernist Monotype Monoprint Painting Piranesi Series
By Joel Janowitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Exhibition 1987,” NY, NY National Academy of Design, “Realism Today: American Drawings from the Rita Rich
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1990s American Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

"Hamilton Fish Kiddie Pool" Large Scale Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
urban landscapes, architectural realism, and American contemporary painting, this work embodies a sense
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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Varnish

VIVA LAS VEGAS – Sunlit Caesar s Palace Pool with Bathers, Oil on Canvas, 30x40
By Richard Baker
Located in Palm Desert, CA
As if envisioned for a Hollywood film, "Viva Las Vegas" is a striking work of Contemporary Realism
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Divertimento I (Picasso)
By Conger A. Metcalf
Located in Fairlawn, OH
influence affected his style, which differs from the earthy realism of his American Regionalist mentors
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1940s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil

Original Avenge December 7th vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
American painter primarily known for creating many American posters during WWII and for magic realism
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1940s American Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Offset

Unfinished Problem
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American Magic Realism, Kirstein concluded that “It is a frank, cool art. . . .” Although Goeller was
Category

1950s American Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 15, 2024
    The artist associated with Urban Realism and American Scene painting is Edward Hopper. Throughout the early 20th century, he created paintings of New York City that captured the feelings of isolation associated with urban life. His best-known works include Nighthawks, Automat, Chop Suey and Office at Night. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Edward Hopper art.