Realist Landscape Paintings
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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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Lacquer
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Realist Landscape Paintings
Cardboard, Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1950s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1860s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1890s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
In western Washington, between Mt. Rainier and the Pacific Ocean, Porter Creek flows under a high canopy of conifers, winding through hills and ferns. This quin...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
Artist Comments
The artwork offers a perspective from the eagle's nest perched high above, situated among the towering pines that cling to rocky outcroppings and overlook the v...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Pastel
Artist Comments
Porter Creek runs under a high canopy of conifers. Quintessential to the Pacific Northwest, it is wet and green, with flora growing from every crevice. In a sho...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
Under the dense canopy of conifers, with lush green flora filling every crevice, Porter Creek flows through the wilderness. In a short series of four paintings,...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Mixed Media
Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Pastel
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
The Salmon River flows through the wilderness in one of the most remote areas of the lower 48 United States. Its waters start as snowmelt from the highest mount...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Gouache, Watercolor, Acrylic
Artist Comments
A light-filled seascape features a monolithic rock at the ocean's edge, with silhouettes of people accentuating its grandeur. The ethereal pastel sky contrasts ...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
The Bonneville Flood shaped the Snake River Canyon during the last ice age, leaving a deep chasm and boulder fields. Among the rocks, the water calmly mirrors t...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
Bold clouds in subtle purple tones float over calm waters and lush grass. Light glows near the horizon, linking the vibrant green marsh to the moody sky. Soft b...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
Artist Comments
In the remote high desert where Oregon and Idaho meet lies the Owyhee Canyonlands. This deep, rugged, and beautiful area is home to wild horses, mountain lions,...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
The Owyhee Canyonlands sit at the border of Oregon and Idaho. This habitat is home to wild horses, mountain lions, and rattlesnakes. The scene depicts one of it...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
Fluffy clouds, a blue sky, and soft light on the horizon evoke a quiet yet dramatic seaside atmosphere. Carefully blended colors and shadows depict breezy movem...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
Artist Comments
The Salmon River runs through a wilderness in the most remote area of the contiguous United States. A close-up perspective reveals moss growing on the rocks, ad...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
In western Washington between Mt. Rainier and the Pacific Ocean, Porter Creek flows under a high canopy of conifers, winding through the hills and ferns. In a s...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Realist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
1980s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil