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
Parrot Jungle, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A family day out at the Parrot Jungle amusement park near Miami, 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity inc...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Parrot Jungle, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A family day out at the Parrot Jungle amusement park near Miami, 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity inc...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Gordon C. MacKenzie, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Race driver Gordon C. MacKenzie in Franconia, New Hampshire, 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
Carmen Sevilla
Chromogenic Lambda print
1957, Print...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Parrot Jungle, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A family day out at the Parrot Jungle amusement park near Miami, 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity inc...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Parrot Jungle, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A family day out at the Parrot Jungle amusement park near Miami, 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity inc...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Palace Hotel, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ice skating at the Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1989. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
N...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Gordon C. MacKenzie, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Race driver Gordon C. MacKenzie in Franconia, New Hampshire, 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
Carmen Sevilla
Chromogenic Lambda print
1957, Print...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Gordon C. MacKenzie, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Race driver Gordon C. MacKenzie in Franconia, New Hampshire, 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
Carmen Sevilla
Chromogenic Lambda print
1957, Print...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Gentle Nudge
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #7/25.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Palace Hotel, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ice skating at the Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1989. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
N...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Palace Hotel, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ice skating at the Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1989. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
N...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Palace Hotel, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ice skating at the Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1989. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
N...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Gordon C. MacKenzie, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Race driver Gordon C. MacKenzie in Franconia, New Hampshire, 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
Carmen Sevilla
Chromogenic Lambda print
1957, Print...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Portrait of a Man - 19th Century Spanish Antique Oil on Panel Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A fine signed and dated 1880 Spanish oil on panel portrait of a man wearing a white shirt and waistcoat by Manuel Pla y Valor. The work is superbly painted in the realist style and i...
Category
1880s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Buckaroo Bell
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows.
Edition #12/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
"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
" Fragole a merenda" interno di casa antica Olio su tela cm. 60 x 70
By Luisa Albert
Located in Torino, IT
Suggestivo interno di una casa italiana del 1800, poltrone Chesterfield , quadri ,pavimento antico
il tutto prende vita da un piccolo piatto con le fragole sul tavolo
Luce stupenda ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Flower. Paper, pastel 33x27 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flower. Paper, pastel 33x27 cm
Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate of Latvi...
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Chaton 53" by Marina Dieul, Original Oil Painting, Kitten
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Chaton 53, 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 is a pri...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Chaton 52" by Marina Dieul, Original Oil Painting, Cat with Hazel Eyes
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Chaton 52, 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 is a pri...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Buffalo Pot
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition #75/100.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
"Perroquet" by Marina Dieul, Original Oil Painting, Green Parrot
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Perroquet, 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 pri...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"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
"Petite Souris 705" by Marina Dieul, Original Oil Painting, Mouse
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Petite Souris 705", 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
Panel, Oil
You Lookin' At Me?
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #11/50.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
"Petite Souris 696" by Marina Dieul, Original Oil Painting, Mouse w/Floral Crown
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Petite Souris 696", 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
"Petite Souris 703" by Marina Dieul, Original Oil Painting, Grey Mouse
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Petite Souris 703", 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
"Petite Souris 699" by Marina Dieul, Original Oil Painting, Grey Mouse
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Petite Souris 699", 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
"Petite Souris 697" by Marina Dieul, Original Oil Painting, Mouse w/Butterfly
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Petite Souris 697", 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
"Petite Souris 698" by Marina Dieul, Original Oil Painting, Grey Mouse
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Petite Souris 698", 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
Panel, Oil
''Roses'', Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Excellent piece of original art. Handmade Signed Painting. Original watercolor painting by Ukrainian artist Maksym Kisilov Title: ''Roses'' Size: 16.1" x 23.2" (41 x 59 cm) MA...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Waterlilies, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Lynne Atwood
Located in Yardley, PA
On a recent trip to Florida, these beautiful lilies caught my eye. The brilliant blue against the green leaves and pink flowers were irresistible. :: Painting :: Realism :: This p...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
A Literary Scot
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #15/20.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
"Petite Souris 695" by Marina Dieul, Original Oil Painting, Mouse with Hat
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Petite Souris 695", 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
"Petite Souris 700" by Marina Dieul, Original Oil Painting, Mouse with Hat
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Petite Souris 700", 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
"Mini Hibou 2" by Marina Dieul, Original Oil Painting, Owl
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Mini Hibou 2, 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 is a ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
"Petite Souris 701" by Marina Dieul, Original Oil Painting, Mouse w/Flower
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Petite Souris 701", 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
"Petite Souris 702" by Marina Dieul, Original Oil Painting, Mouse w/Flower
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Petite Souris 702", 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
Bear Fetish Bowl
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition #72/100.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
"Irises", Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Excellent piece of original art. Handmade Signed Painting. Original watercolor painting by Ukrainian artist Maksym Kisilov Title: "Irises" Size: 23.2" x 16.1" (59 x 41 cm) MAT...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Beverly Hills Hotel, Estate Edition Photograph, Classic Mint Green on Blue
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1957—Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California.
Beverly Hills Hotel
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
40x40 inches
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aar...
Category
1950s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Flowers study. Paper, pastel 30x20 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flowers study. Paper, pastel 30x20 cm
Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate o...
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Pastel, Paper
"With Tomorrow's Sun" Oil Painting by Japanese Artist Kazuya Ushioda
Located in Denver, CO
Kazuya Ushioda's (Japan) "With Tomorrow's Sun" is an original, handmade oil painting that comes framed, with the framed dimensions being approximately 1...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Feeling of spring. Paper, pastel 21x23 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Feeling of spring. Paper, pastel 21x23 cm
Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, gradua...
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Kalahari
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #1/50.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Buffalo Pot
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition #78/100.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
You Lookin' At Me?
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #12/50.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Smokey Joe
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #7/20.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Roxie
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #2/20.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Smokey Joe
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #10/20.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Maximum Capacity
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #11/20.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Kalahari
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #5/50.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
River King
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #5/20.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
By the sea. Paper, pastel 27x33 cm
Located in Riga, LV
By the sea. Paper, pastel 33x27 cm
Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate of L...
Category
1990s Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Ladybug
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #4/50.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Golf Bug
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #6/30.
Signed on bronze sculpture
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Passing Fancy
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #1/20.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Charging Practice
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #4/30 - Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
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.