Photorealist Photography
PHOTOREALISM
A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.
Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.
The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.
“Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”
The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.
On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.
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Style: Photorealist
David Bowie Smoking Clown contact sheet by Duffy, with silver frame
By Brian Duffy
Located in Austin, US
Museum quality contact sheet print of David Bowie smoking a cigarette in the Scary Monsters Clown costume from the official Duffy Archive.
Taken from the original negatives, these o...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Sant'Eustorgio
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the Sant'Eustorgio church - Milan (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works be...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Apriel - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 35 x 43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a beautiful topless young woman, Apriel swimming in the pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print - signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 24
Paper size: 36x44...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Bob Dylan portrait by Guido Harari
By Guido Harari
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Bob Dylan by Guido Harari, taken in Sirmione, Italy, 1984.
Available in the following sizes:
A. 11” x 16” - Edition 50
B. 16” x 20” - Edition 50
C. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eric Clapton "Shangri La"
By Ed Caraeff
Located in Austin, US
Guitar legend, Eric Clapton, taking a break from recording his album ‘No Reason To Cry’ at Shangri La recording studio in Malibu, CA, US, November 21, 1975. Limited edition number 2/...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe nude in Somethings Got To Give by Lawrence Schiller
Located in Austin, US
Museum quality print of Marilyn Monroe by Lawrence Schiller, taken on the set of Somethings Got To Give in 1962 during the famous naked swimming pool scene
Signed limited edition 16...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Crabby Joe says Hello photograph by Deborah Benedic
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Crab humor is what makes this photo special.
Photo of a crab on Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Crabby Joe says Hello photograph by Deborah Benedic
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Crab humor is what makes this photo special.
Photo of a crab on Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Buds Before the Storm" photograph by Deborah Benedic
Located in Clinton Township, MI
An image of the buds on tree branches just before the storm were turned 4 times to create this photograph.
Framing options available--this particular photo looks great in a white fr...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Great Republic, freighter on the Detroit River
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Freighter traffic on the Great Lakes is abundant and exciting to ride along side of!
This photograph is of the Great Republic.
It may also be ordered as a 5 x...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Buds Before the Storm" photograph by Deborah Benedic
Located in Clinton Township, MI
An image of the buds on tree branches just before the storm were turned 4 times to create this photograph.
Framing options available--this particular photo looks great in a white fr...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Great Republic, freighter on the Detroit River
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Freighter traffic on the Great Lakes is abundant and exciting to ride along side of!
This photograph is of the Great Republic.
It may also be ordered as a 5 x...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Peapod Decapitated"
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Peapods after the big chop.
Photograph by Deborah Benedic,
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Peapod Decapitated"
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Peapods after the big chop.
Photograph by Deborah Benedic,
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Scarecrow: Owczarski in the Garden" by Deborah Benedic
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Scarecrows are often unusual, and this is no exception.
The homeowner decided to mount a metal sculpture by Polish/American artist Marian Owczarski in the garden to scare off variou...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Scarecrow: Owczarski in the Garden" by Deborah Benedic
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Scarecrows are often unusual, and this is no exception.
The homeowner decided to mount a metal sculpture by Polish/American artist Marian Owczarski in the garden to scare off variou...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
David Bowie Ohio 1976 by Janet Macoska
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of David Bowie, photographed performing live on stage in Ohio, 1976 by Janet Macoska
Available in various sizes:
16x20" Lambda C-Type Edition: 25
20x24...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Battistero - Firenze
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the Battistero - Firenze (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works between Mil...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
George Barris, "Warm Up", hand signed, photolithograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Taken just two and a half weeks before her untimely death "Warm Up" is considered to be the last photo taken of the last photo shoot of Marilyn Monroe by George Barris at Santa Monic...
Category
1960s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Red Hot Chili Peppers by Ebet Roberts
By Ebet Roberts
Located in Austin, US
A classic, stunning shot of the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1985 by celebrated photographer, Ebet Roberts.
Signed limited edition, hand printed sil...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Rolling Stones "Mick Feeding Goat" Beggars Banquet by Michael Joseph framed
Located in Austin, US
The Rolling Stones "Mick Feeding Goat" - Outtake from the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, Hampstead, London, 1968, si...
Category
1960s Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Devo "Chili Dog Mac" Akron 1978
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Devo photographed outside Chili Dog Mac restaurant in Akron, Ohio on August 14, 1978 by Janet Macoska
16x20" signed limited edition, number 6/25
Ava...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Steve Martin, “Let’s Get Small Sequence”, framed 24x48" print by Norman Seeff
By Norman Seeff
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition 24" x 48" print, edition number 24/50. Custom frames with 8 ply matte and non-glare museum glass
Frame dimensions:
56” wide x 30” high x 1” deep
As a renowne...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
RARE 40x60" Rolling Stones by Terry O'Neill. Signed ONE OF A KIND
Located in Austin, US
An early portrait of the Rolling Stones outside the Donmar rehearsal theatre, London, 1964
Rare, one of a kind 40x60" signed silver gelatin print of The Rolling Stones by Terry O'Ne...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Silence. Limited edition no. I/V
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
"Silence" is a limited edition of a black and white photograph by the contemporary artist Tadeusz Zych from the Black and White States series. The photo was taken during a trip to Fr...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Blood and Milk VII - underwater nude photograph, archival print on paper 16x23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater nude photograph of a young woman with white tulle scarf taking off her red skirt on bright red background.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archiva...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Digital, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
David Bowie and William Burroughs, framed signed print by Terry O'Neill
Located in Austin, US
Ready to ship immediately. Free domestic US shipping.
David Bowie and William Burroughs in Los Angeles, February 1974, signed Terry O'Neill, 8x10" print, custom framed with non-glar...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Giclée
San Gottardo
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the San Gottardo church - Milan (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works betw...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
David Bowie Smoking Clown contact sheet by Duffy, with silver frame
By Brian Duffy
Located in Austin, US
Museum quality contact sheet print of David Bowie smoking a cigarette in the Scary Monsters Clown costume from the official Duffy Archive.
Taken from the original negatives, these o...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Danae and Zeus - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 27x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman wrapped in golden tulle. Her body position, her beautiful face, and golden reflection remind Ancient Greek myth of Zeus and Danae.
O...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
La Rolls del Re - Bangkok - Thaïland - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This photo was made in 1961, printed later, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical p...
Category
1950s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Super Constellation Lockheed - Full Framed Fine Art Edition
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This photo was made in 1953, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (fram...
Category
1950s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser (CIA-Roma) - Full Framed Fine Art Edition
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This photo was made in 1953, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (fram...
Category
1950s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Famiglia numerosa, Bangkok 1958 - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
Famiglia numerosa, Bangkok
This photo was made in 1958, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and th...
Category
1950s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
San Giorgio
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the San Giorgio church - Milan (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works betwe...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
The Grand Place of Brussel - 2013 - Full Framed color panoramic photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Panoramic cityscape made from 15 pictures
Pigment photographic paper - photography & fine art print © Jean Pierre De Neef -
This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwor...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eiffel Tower, Tokyo ( 1957 ) - Japan - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
Eiffel Tower, Tokyo - Japan
This photo was made in 1957, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and th...
Category
1950s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Trafic jam in Bangkok -Thailand 1957 - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
Trafic Jam in Bangkok
This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork :
The Fine Art print on Baryta paper i...
Category
1950s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tradizioni scomparse, Hong Kong 1958 - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
Tradizioni scomparse, Hong Kong
This photo was made in 1958, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime an...
Category
1950s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Night Flight - underwater black & white nude photograph - print on paper 23x32"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white nude photograph of a young woman in the pool. The photograph was taken with black backdrop.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digit...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Piazza Navona, Roma - Italy 2019 - Full Framed Panoramic Color Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Pigment photographic paper - photography & fine art print © Jean Pierre De Neef
Artwork sold in perfect condition from a limited edition of 12 ex- Composition from an assembly of 12...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Purezza, Miyajima - Japan 1960 - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
Purezza, Miyajima - Japan 1960
This photo was made in 1960, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and...
Category
1950s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
San Babila
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the San Babila church - Milan (Italy).
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives and works betwee...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Il cuoco felice - Thailand 1959 - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
Il cuoco felice
This photo was made in 1959, printed later, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and...
Category
1950s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
La sorella maggiore, Thailand (1959) - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
« La sorella maggiore », In a Méo village, Thaïland
This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork :
The F...
Category
1950s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elton John Dodger Stadium
Located in Austin, US
Lifetime prints are the last remaining prints available, signed by Terry O’Neill and obtained from the Terry O’Neill Archive in London.
Signed limited edition photographic print by Terry O'Neill. Elton John performs at Dodger Stadium...
Category
1970s Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Hot Pretzel - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 16"x23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a girl diving in a swimming pool.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment print on archival paper with metallic ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
John Lennon Portrait by Robert Whitaker
Located in Austin, US
John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles at the Westwood Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, 27th-28th June 1966. En route for the Japanese leg of their final world tour, the group made...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Pop Art Vintage Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print "In My Life" Audrey Flack
By Audrey Flack
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and titled in ink by the artist from edition of 50 (plus proofs). Color Photo printed at CVI Lab by master printer Guy Stricherz. Published by Prestige Art Ltd. From the ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer
"Icelandic Waterfall" photography on canvas by Deborah Benedic
Located in Clinton Township, MI
"Icelandic Waterfall" is a photograph printed on canvas that is often mistaken as a painting. It was signed on the back by photographer Deborah Benedic. Taken from a helicopter ride ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Photography
Materials
Canvas
"Shelter" photograph by Michigan artist Patricia Izzo
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Red Barn in a northern Michigan setting--named
"Shelter" by photographer Patricia Izzo.
This photograph is an artist proof and is signed by the artist.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Er Fusto, Roma Ciampino Airport (1953) Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork :
The Fine Art print on Baryta paper is mounted on a 2mm dibo...
Category
1950s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pop Art Vintage Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print Audrey Flack Judaica Photo
By Audrey Flack
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and titled in ink by the artist from edition of 50 (plus proofs). Color Photo printed at CVI Lab by master printer Guy Stricherz. Published by Prestige Art Ltd. From the ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer
The water carrier - Thailand 1959 - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 of 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
The water carrier - Thailand
This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork :
The Fine Art print on Baryt...
Category
1950s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pop Art Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print Audrey Flack Tarot Card, Skull Photo
By Audrey Flack
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and titled in ink by the artist from edition of 50 (plus proofs). Color Photo printed at CVI Lab by master printer Guy Stricherz. Published by Prestige Art Ltd. From the ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer
Pop Art Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print Audrey Flack Rolls Royce Lady Photo
By Audrey Flack
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and titled in ink by the artist from edition of 50 (plus proofs). Color Photo printed at CVI Lab by master printer Guy Stricherz. Published by Prestige Art Ltd. From the ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer
Pop Art Vintage Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print Audrey Flack Fruits Photo
By Audrey Flack
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and titled in ink by the artist from edition of 50 (plus proofs). Color Photo printed at CVI Lab by master printer Guy Stricherz. Published by Prestige Art Ltd. From the ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer
Pop Art Vintage Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print "Queen" Audrey Flack Photo
By Audrey Flack
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and titled in ink by the artist from edition of 50 (plus proofs). Color Photo printed at CVI Lab by master printer Guy Stricherz. Published by Prestige Art Ltd. From the ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer
Photorealist photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist photography 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 photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, pink, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Alex Sher, Allan Tannenbaum, Lynn Goldsmith, and Jake Chessum. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Photorealist photography, so small editions measuring 5.5 inches across are also available. Prices for photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $11 and tops out at $200,247, while the average work sells for $1,930.