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
Double Rainbow - Stone Base
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #7/32 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Longhorn - Stone Base
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #3/27 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Awakening
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #1/15 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Mr. and Mrs. November
Located in Colorado Springs, US
One of a kind, original oil and gold leaf painting on board by Sarah Woods.
Signed lower right.
Framed Dimensions: 11 X 11
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Rooster II
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #21/24 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
High Point
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #12/27 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Colorado Wild
Located in Colorado Springs, US
One of a kind, original oil painting on board by Sarah Woods.
Signed lower left.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
On the Move
Located in Colorado Springs, US
One of a kind, original oil painting on canvas by Sarah Woods.
Signed lower right.
Framed Dimensions: 23 X 35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Love Has no Barriers Fashion Illustration Watercolor Black Red D&G Woman Girl
Located in Norwalk, CT
Limited Edition Geclee Print 1 of 50 Edition, on Watercolor Paper , hand-embellished by watercolor.
The size of geclee print is 11"X14" . Size with the white matt is 20″X16″.
Frame ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor
The Watcher
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #8/27 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Together
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #9/26 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
The Rooster
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #3/15 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
For Life
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #5/24 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
"Lemons" contemporary realist interior yellow green and blue still life
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Lemons" is a contemporary realist interior yellow green and blue still life of fresh cut produce from the Italian countryside.
Frame Dimensions 24.19 x 20.25in
Daniela Astone was...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
Changing Season
Located in Colorado Springs, US
One of a kind, original oil painting on linen by Zhaoming Wu.
Signed lower left.
Framed Dimensions: 17.5 X 22.5
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Still Life of Martini glass with grapes - oil/panel - Spanish Realist Artist
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Marisa Mallol was born in Alcoy, Alicante, Spain in 1942. At the age of thirteen, Mallol began her first studies of painting at La Escuela de Artes y Oficios in Alcoy. After completi...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Stillness" - Oil Painting of Nude Female Figure by Matt Talbert
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert's "Stillness" (2024) is an oil painting on linen, measuring 21 x 14 inches (53.34 x 35.56 cm). The unframed artwork features a nude female figure seated beside a window,...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
Snake River Canyon, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Winter Trees at Village in English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
By Wendy Reeves
Located in Preston, GB
Winter Trees at Moonlight at a Village in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, Wendy Reeves
Art measures 40 x 20 inches
Frame measures 46 x 26 inches (framed in a...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
YOUNG WOMAN COMBING HER HAIR Hand Drawn Signed Lithograph, Interior Portrait
Located in Union City, NJ
YOUNG WOMAN COMBING HER HAIR is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism Painter, 1899-1987. Printed using traditional hand lithography techniques from a hand drawn and etched lithographic stone in black ink on archival Rives BFK printmaking paper 100% acid-free rag.
YOUNG WOMAN COMBING HER HAIR is a sensitive, realistically drawn portrait of a young woman combing her long dark hair while seated on a bed, her facial expression appearing somewhat melancholic and pensive, a glimpse of her reflection appearing in the wall mirror behind her.
Print size - 14.75 x 11 inches
Image size - 10.5 x 8 inches
Year printed c.1976 by Master printer Joseph Kleineman in NYC
Print is in excellent condition, deckled paper edges, hand signed in pencil and signed in the printing stone on lower right corner, printers chop mark embossed on lower left. From the master printers private collection.
Raphael Soyer was a Russian-born painter. He was the twin to the artist Moses Soyer (1899-1974) and the older brother of the painter Isaac...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Salmon River Vista, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Carlton Canyon, 2, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Drifting Dreamer" Oil Painting by Claudia Griesbach-Martucci, Yellow Butterfly
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach-Martucci's "Drifting Dreamer" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a yellow and black butterfly drifting on a floating pink rose. This painting is unf...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"In Good Company" Oil Painting by Claudia Griesbach-Martucci, Whimsical Frog
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach-Martucci's "In Good Company" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a frog with a pink pearl necklace in a tea cup surrounded by a ladybug, cricket and ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Micro, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Porter Creek Falls, 3, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Delicate Feast" Oil Painting by Claudia Griesbach-Martucci, Whimsical Robin
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach-Martucci's "Delicate Feast" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a red-breasted robin clutching a caterpillar.
About the Artist:
Claudia Griesbach-M...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Pocket Greenish Blackbird's Egg, Original Painting, Egg, Nature, Still life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Greenish Blackbird's Egg is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to bar...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jan Oytenbogaert
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled Jan Uytenbogaert" 1639 is an etching on paper After Rembrandt Van Rijn, 1606-1669, plate engraved By French renown engraver Charles Armand Durand, 1831-1905. Sign...
Category
17th Century Realist Art
Materials
Etching
Post Human
Located in Vienna, AT
Was born in 1993 in the city of Marganets, Ukraine.
Artist Gorbachenko Multiple participants of group and solo exhibitions and Art Fair Vilnius.
The artist's works are in private col...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
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Located in Vienna, AT
Was born in 1993 in the city of Marganets, Ukraine.
Artist Gorbachenko Multiple participants of group and solo exhibitions and Art Fair Vilnius.
The artist's works are in private col...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
Mind Labyrinth
Located in Vienna, AT
Was born in 1993 in the city of Marganets, Ukraine.
Artist Gorbachenko Multiple participants of group and solo exhibitions and Art Fair Vilnius.
The artist's works are in private col...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
Martini of the Day - Still Life - Martini glass with olive & lime - Realist o/c
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Marisa Mallol was born in Alcoy, Alicante, Spain in 1942. At the age of thirteen, Mallol began her first studies of painting at La Escuela de Artes y Oficios in Alcoy. After completi...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Daylight Dreamer" Oil Painting by Claudia Griesbach-Martucci, Whimsical Lamb
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach-Martucci's "Daylight Dreamer" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a lamb in a peaceful trance surrounded by flowers, a butterfly and a bee. This pain...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"Lust for Life" Oil Painting by Claudia Griesbach-Martucci, Whimsical Fox
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach-Martucci's "Lust for Life" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a fox in a red velvet suit licking his chops in a forma...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Fig and Marmalade Orange, Original painting, Still life art, Fruit
By Kate Verrion
Located in Deddington, GB
Fig and Marmalade Orange, Oil on Paper on board
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Fig and Marmalade Orange, Oil on Paper on board Kate Verrion [2024]
Original painting
Oil Paint on paper on b...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Oil, Board
"Caduceus", James Muir, Monumental Bronze Fountain Sculpture Allegory, Medical
Located in Dallas, TX
"Caduceus", recognized as a universal medical symbol, in this bronze representation by James N. Muir has become an Angel of Healing bringing love and peace to the earth and all of it...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
"Madame X" Oil Painting by Claudia Griesbach-Martucci, Whimsical Fox
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach- Martucci's "Madame X" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a fox in a blue gown in a fairy tale setting with pumpkins, bats and moths along a lakesid...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Oil Painting, Large Still Life Oil Circle of Emillio Greco
By Emilio Greco
Located in Uppingham, GB
Large 20th Century Still Life Oil Painting (unsigned) circle of Emilio Greco (Italian, born 1932)
Very nice gilded frame with Arched panels.
72" x 40".
Very attractive wall filler.
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 3", Frederick Hart, Figurative Bronze Sculpture, 43x31x18 in
Located in Dallas, TX
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 3" by Frederick Hart is a figurative bronze with the edition of 56/65.
I saw Ex Nihilo (Out of Nothingness) as a single expression of creation, as the metamorph...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
'Sister, A portrait of the Moon' , Signed Etching c2021
Located in Frome, Somerset
'Sister' , by contemporary printmaker and artist Rosie McLay (British)
Edition 59 of 75 in total, handmade etching by the artist.
Ink on paper layed on Dutch gold leaf.
Hand etched ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Engraving
"The King's Prey" Oil Painting by Claudia Griesbach-Martucci, Whimsical Owl
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach-Martucci's "The King's Prey" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an owl with a bejeweled gold crown perched atop a mossy tree stump with a charming l...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Oranges" classical still life, fresh-cut branch of oranges hanging on blue wall
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Oranges" is a classical stye still life of a fresh-cut branch of oranges hanging on blue wall.
Frame Dimensions 19.75 x 19.75in
Daniela Astone was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1980 a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
"Barn and Wagonwheel" by the artist Jowis
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Barns are very suitable for decorating in almost every room. An option for this small limited edition lithograph: it can be matted to fit a larger space.
We offer many different fra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Passero - Scultura contemporanea in bronzo e ferro pezzo unico
Located in Milan, IT
Jessica Carroll sa interpretare in chiave contemporanea la bellezza e le caratteristiche degli animali che raffigura. Ogni scultura è un pezzo unico, frutto di una ricerca scientific...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Sesachacha Afternoon
By Lori Zummo
Located in Greenwich, CT
Lori Zummo Biography
American, b. 1962
Contemporary artist Lori Zummo paints in a style evocative of the American Barbizon School. She received her BFA from Syracuse University in 1...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Dubonnet Dinner, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A formal dinner organised by Dubonnet on the French Riviera, 1952. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity include...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
North Conway, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Nu...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Entrée del la Cour 29 Rue Broca, 5ème arrondissement. Atget negative no. 1296
By Eugène Atget
Located in Middletown, NY
Albumen print on thin photographic paper (printed out from glass plate); 7 x 8 5/8 inches (178 x 219 mm). Marked by the photographer in pencil on verso "Entrance to the Courtyard at ...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
"A l'exactitude" boutique de cordonnerie, 93 rue Broca, 5ème arr. Neg. no. 1398
By Eugène Atget
Located in Middletown, NY
Albumen print on thin photographic paper (printed out from glass plate); 8 5/8 x 7 inches (219 x 178 mm). Marked by the photographer in pencil on verso "Vieille maison, 93 Rue Broca ...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Une cour de la rue Saint-Médard, 5ème Arrondissement. Atget negative no. 1486
By Eugène Atget
Located in Middletown, NY
Albumen print on thin photographic paper (printed out from glass plate); 7 x 8 1/2 inches (178 x 218 mm). Marked by the photographer in pencil on verso "Une cour del la rue St. Méda...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
North Conway, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Nu...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Dubonnet Dinner, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A formal dinner organised by Dubonnet on the French Riviera, 1952. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity include...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Blessing of the Sun
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original oil painting on linen by Bruce Cheever.
Signature on lower left.
Framed Size: 49" X 36"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Cour 29 Rue Broca, 5ème arrondissement. Atget negative no. 1394
By Eugène Atget
Located in Middletown, NY
Albumen print on thin photographic paper (printed out from glass plate); 8 1/2 x 7 inches (217 x 178 mm). Marked by the photographer in pencil on verso "Courtyard 29 Rue Broca 1394."...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
"Au petit temple" / hôtel meublé des Bons Enfants, rue Saint-Médard, 5ème Arr.
By Eugène Atget
Located in Middletown, NY
Albumen print on thin photographic paper (printed out from glass plate); 7 x 8 1/2 inches (178 x 217 mm). Marked by the photographer in pencil on verso "Rue St. Medard 442." Deckled ...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
"Colorado Skies, " Colorado Landscape Oil Painting by Sparky LeBold
Located in Denver, CO
"Colorado Skies" by Sparky LeBold (US and Portugal based) is a handmade oil painting that depicts a moody Colorado cloud landscape.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Sparky LeBold has made a name ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Joy I
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #9/28 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
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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.