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
Brilliance-original modern Ocean-seascape oil painting-Contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
In the dynamic and compelling masterpiece "Brilliance" by Nikki Baxendale, the canvas becomes a stage for the powerful performance of the ocean's forces. This original seascape paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Sunset Dream-original figurative seascape oil painting- sunset modern Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"In the enchanting masterpiece 'Sunset Dreaming' by Nikki Baxendale, the canvas becomes a portal to a realm where imagination and nature intertwine. Crafted with meticulous strokes o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Antique Italian Signed Florence Architctural Cityscape Framed Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted 19th century Italian watercolor of a villa in Florence Italy. Watercolor on paper. Framed. Signed. Image size, 17H x 11L.
Category
1890s Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vanguard I-original abstract impressionism landscape painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Step into the evocative world of "Vanguard I (No Player Territory)" by Joachim van der Vlugt, a Dutch painter who masterfully blends the timeless influence of classical Dutch masters...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Toby Rosenthal (German Jewish painter) - 19th century figure painting - Portrait
Located in Varmo, IT
Tobias Edward Rosenthal, known as Toby (Strasbourg 1848 - Munich 1917) - Portrait of a gentleman from San Francisco.
123 x 92 cm.
Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame.
- ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pony Express Saddle
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition #7/100.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Vanguard III-original abstract impressionism landscape painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Step into the evocative world of "Vanguard III (No Player Territory)" by Joachim van der Vlugt, a Dutch painter who masterfully blends the timeless influence of classical Dutch maste...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary portrait "Red Auto"
Located in Zofingen, AG
I didn't paint because I ran out of canvas. I was in a state of "I should have hung myself back during COVID." Got a new canvas, started painting, and suddenly felt happier. So, pain...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
"Meglio un uovo oggi che una gallina domani" Olio su tela cm. 90 x 80
By Luisa Albert
Located in Torino, IT
Meravigliosa Natura morta realista ,quasi fiamminga di Luisa Albert ,La tovaglia i panneggi realizzati con grande maestria .,notare la brocca in vetro in cui si specchia l'uovo e il ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Garden Shadows" by Sheri Farabaugh, Original Painting, CO Governor's Mansion
Located in Denver, CO
"Garden Shadows" by Shari Farabaugh (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that depicts an ornate window painted from the grounds of the Colorado Governor's Mansion in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Mary Adshead - The Royal Procession - 20th Century British Illustration
By Mary Adshead
Located in London, GB
MARY ADSHEAD
(1904-1995)
The Royal Procession
Signed and inscribed with title
Pen and ink and watercolour
Unframed
15 by 14.5 cm., 6 by 5 ¾ in.
(mount size 29.5 by 28.5 cm., 11 ½ ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Sisters
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Sisters" c.1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted British artist Brenda Burke, b.1957. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 25 x...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of My Barber (At The Barber Shop)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Abou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media
Sunflower Still Life
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original Oil Painting on Board by Linda Glover Gooch.
Framed size: 19" X 16"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Dancing Back the Past
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original Bronze Sculpture by Fred Fellows CA.
Edition #12/50.
Signed on bottom/base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Pocket Quail Egg (c), Original Painting, Egg, Nature
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Quail Egg (c) 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 baroque still ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dust Devil
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original Bronze Sculpture by Veryl Goodnight.
Edition number: #12/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Property Settlement
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original Bronze Sculpture by Fred Fellows CA.
Edition #17/100.
Signed on bottom/base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Wake Up Call
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original Bronze Sculpture by Fred Fellows CA.
Edition #55/100.
Signed on bottom/base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Yesterday's Hope, Tomorrow's Dream
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original Bronze Sculpture by Fred Fellows CA.
Edition #8/35.
Signed on bottom/base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Viva Tequila
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original Bronze Sculpture by Fred Fellows CA.
Edition #5/100.
Signed on bottom/base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
View from the Pass
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original Bronze Sculpture by Fred Fellows CA.
Edition #48/100.
Signed on bottom/base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
"La felicità in ogni piccola cosa " Olio cm. 25 x 30
By Luisa Albert
Located in Torino, IT
Luminoso interno di un'antica casa italiana,bianco e rosso
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Down From the High Country
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original Bronze Sculpture by Fred Fellows CA.
Edition #16/50.
Signed on bottom/base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Western Light-original modern landscape abstract oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Enter the enchanting realm of "Western Light" by the gifted artist Kate Salenfield. This original abstract landscape painting, rendered in oil on canvas, is a testament to Salenfield...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Always in my Dream-original abstract landscape oil painting- modern Artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
Step into the enchanting world of "Always in my Dream" by the talented artist Faryal Ahmad. This captivating original landscape painting, executed with finesse in oil on canvas, tran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"White and red" Oil cm. 100 x 50
By Luisa Albert
Located in Torino, IT
Luminosa opera di Luisa Albert ,Bianco e rossi, minimalista
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Contemporary portrait "Red Auto"
Located in Zofingen, AG
I didn't paint because I ran out of canvas. I was in a state of "I should have hung myself back during COVID." Got a new canvas, started painting, and suddenly felt happier. So, pain...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Shar Pei
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original Bronze Sculpture by Mark Dziewior.
Edition #3/20.
Signed on bottom/base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
"Bison 4" by Angie Renfro, Oil Painting, Buffalo Portrait
By Angie Renfro
Located in Denver, CO
"Bison 4" by Angie Renfro (US based) depicts a portrait of a buffalo with abstracted elements. The artwork is rendered on a cradled board measuring 36 x 30 inches and is ready to ha...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"Souris a la fenêtre 15" by Marina Dieul, Oil Painting, Mouse with Red Shutters
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
This whimsical oil painting by Marina Dieul, titled "Souris a la fenêtre 15," created in 2024, features an endearing portrait of a mouse peering out from a window with charming red a...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Scottie
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original Bronze Sculpture by Mark Dziewior.
Edition #3/10.
Signed on bottom/base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
"Maggie" by Elsa Sroka, Oil Painting, Cow Portrait
By Elsa Sroka
Located in Denver, CO
"Maggie" by Elsa Sroka (CO based) depicts a portrait of a white cow with abstracted elements. The artwork is rendered on a panel measuring 24 x 20 inches and comes in a ready-to-han...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Canyon De Chelly
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition #3/60.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Sir Run Run Shaw, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Philanthropist and entertainment mogul Sir Run Run Shaw surrounded by the stars of Hong Kong cinema, 1979. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
Sir Run Run...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Prado Visitors, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Visitors at the The Prado Museum (Museo Nacional del Prado) viewing Diego Velázquez's masterpiece 'Las Meninas' via a mirror hung across the room, Madrid, Spain, circa 1955. (Photo b...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Prado Visitors, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Visitors at the The Prado Museum (Museo Nacional del Prado) viewing Diego Velázquez's masterpiece 'Las Meninas' via a mirror hung across the room, Madrid, Spain, circa 1955. (Photo b...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Sir Run Run Shaw, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Philanthropist and entertainment mogul Sir Run Run Shaw surrounded by the stars of Hong Kong cinema, 1979. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
Sir Run Run...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Sir Run Run Shaw, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Philanthropist and entertainment mogul Sir Run Run Shaw surrounded by the stars of Hong Kong cinema, 1979. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
Sir Run Run...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
SS Queen Of Bermuda, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The British ocean liner 'SS Queen of Bermuda' in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
SS Queen Of Bermuda
Chromogenic Lamb...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
SS Queen Of Bermuda, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The British ocean liner 'SS Queen of Bermuda' in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
SS Queen Of Bermuda
Chromogenic Lamb...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Prado Visitors, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Visitors at the The Prado Museum (Museo Nacional del Prado) viewing Diego Velázquez's masterpiece 'Las Meninas' via a mirror hung across the room, Madrid, Spain, circa 1955. (Photo b...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Prado Visitors, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Visitors at the The Prado Museum (Museo Nacional del Prado) viewing Diego Velázquez's masterpiece 'Las Meninas' via a mirror hung across the room, Madrid, Spain, circa 1955. (Photo b...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Sir Run Run Shaw, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Philanthropist and entertainment mogul Sir Run Run Shaw surrounded by the stars of Hong Kong cinema, 1979. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
Sir Run Run...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
SS Queen Of Bermuda, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The British ocean liner 'SS Queen of Bermuda' in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
SS Queen Of Bermuda
Chromogenic Lamb...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
SS Queen Of Bermuda, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The British ocean liner 'SS Queen of Bermuda' in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
SS Queen Of Bermuda
Chromogenic Lamb...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
San Juan Island - Blue Fox
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original Acrylic on Illustration Board by Mikel Donahue CA.
Signed lower right.
Framed size: 24.25" X 29.25"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
La grue du fleur-de-lis
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original Oil & Mixed Media work on Board by Mikel Donahue CA.
Signed lower left.
Framed size: 21.5" X 25.25"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
For Want of a Nail
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original Graphite and Gouache Mixed Media work on Board by Mikel Donahue CA.
Signed lower right.
Framed size: 22.25" X 27.25"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Gouache, Graphite
"Lapin 44" by Marina Dieul, Original Oil Painting, Rabbit
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Lapin 44, 2024" is an exquisite handmade original oil on panel artwork, measuring 6 x 6 x 1 inches, that comes directly from the artist's studio. This piece is a prim...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978.
Slim Aarons
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco)
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
72 x 48 inches
$4900
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). *
Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Internal: Slim Aarons Poolside Glamour Photography, Vintage Backgammon, Vintage Sport, Acapulco, Vintage Pools, Vintage Games...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
"Petite Souris 694" by Marina Dieul, Original Oil Painting, Mouse with Hat
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Petite Souris 694", 2024" is an exquisite handmade original oil on panel artwork, measuring 4 x 4 x 1 inches, that comes directly from the artist's studio. This piece...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Buffalo Trail
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition #3/60.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
"And still" Natura morta con zucca e melograno Olio cm. 100 x 100
By Luisa Albert
Located in Torino, IT
Minimale natura morta sul fondo bianco ,tocchi di colore arancioni e rosso
Luce eccezionale
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Dreams-original modern abstract landscape trees oil paintings- contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Dive into the ethereal world of "Always in my Dream" by the accomplished artist Kate Salenfield. This original landscape painting, executed with mastery in oil on canvas, stands as a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"DALLAS SKYLINE" ILLUSTRATION / DRAWING FOR THE BOOK "Five Years Forward" 1961
Located in San Antonio, TX
Buck Schiwetz
(1898-1984)
Houston Artist
Image Size: 10 x 15.5
Framed Size: 16.5 x 22
Medium: Pencil/charcoal on Paper Unsigned from his estate
"Dallas" Cityscape
Buck Schiwetz (1898...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal
Colorado Brown (Large)
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition #1/60.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
"Petite Souris 704" by Marina Dieul, Original Oil Painting, Grey Mouse
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Petite Souris 704", 2024" is an exquisite handmade original oil on panel artwork, measuring 4 x 4 x 1 inches, that comes directly from the artist's studio. This piece...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Realist art for sale on 1stDibs.
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.