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
Tender Moments
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #Artist's Proof.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Entrance to the house
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
Jack Levine American Modernist Social Realist WPA Artist Lithograph Dinner Party
By Jack Levine
Located in Surfside, FL
This is being sold unframed. Reception in Miami.
Born to Lithuanian Jewish parents, Levine grew up in the South End of Boston, where he observed a street life composed of European i...
Category
20th Century Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Color, Lithograph
Christmas tree
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
Tail Tied
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #1/1.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Support System
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #6/12.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Branching Out
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #15/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Circle of Friends
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #10/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Mister Personality
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #10/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Peaceful tram
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
Meadowlark
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #8/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Feather the Nest
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #8/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Modular Movement
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #1/1.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Posture
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #4/10.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Power II
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #6/30.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Buckaroo Ball II
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #9/30.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
High Ball
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #12/30.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
The Space In Between II
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #1/1.
Top two horses have magnetic bases so that they can be moved around
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Laurels
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #2/12.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Hula Hoop Too
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #4/20.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Manhattan Study
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #8/12.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Bear Creek
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Open Edition.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Regina dei Fiori - 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Italian Society Beauty
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Regina dei Fiori’ by Frédéric Soulacroix (1858-1933).
The painting – which depicts an aristocratic Italian beauty sitting beside a porcelain vase full of peonies – is signed by th...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Straight and Narrow
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #6/12.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Apex IV
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #5/12.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Shar Pei
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Mark Dziewior.
Edition #3/20.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Bounty Hunter
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #10/15 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Scottie
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Mark Dziewior.
Edition #3/10.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Joyful Harvest
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #14/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Tanager
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #15/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Out on a Limb
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #14/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Winter Berries
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #22/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Color Me Wild
Located in Colorado Springs, US
One of a kind, original oil painting on board by Sarah Woods.
Signed lower left.
Framed Dimensions: 12.5 X 14.5
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Friendly Chat
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #14/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Pink and White Peonies, Original Floral Painting, Affordable Art, Contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pink and White Peonies by Tushar Sabale [2021]
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Spring Pink and White peon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Buttercup
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #19/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Scout
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #19/50.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
COOPER'S RAINBOW Signed Lithograph, Farm Landscape, Horses, Golden Field, Barn
By Wayne Cooper
Located in Union City, NJ
COOPER'S RAINBOW is an original, hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American painter Wayne Cooper printed in NYC using traditional hand lithogr...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Plentiful
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #3/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Bluebell
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #14/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Summer Splendor
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #5/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Garden Party
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #9/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Bird's Eye View
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #8/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Pale Blues
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #7/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Wild Rose Candle
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #2/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Crimson Jewel
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #10/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
The Windmill
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Windmill" 1641 is an etching on paper After Rembrandt Van Rijn, 1606-1669, plate engraved By French renown engraver Charles Armand Durand, 1831-1905. Signatu...
Category
17th Century Realist Art
Materials
Etching
Pine Cone Lane
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #7/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Kingfisher
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #2/20.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Morning Melody
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #7/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Aerie, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
High Point
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #15/27 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Balancing Act
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #20/27 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Ebb & Flow
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #6/26 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Barnyard Game - Chess
Located in Colorado Springs, US
Edition #6/32 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art
Materials
Bronze
Quadtych of Pocket Selection: 2 Tulips, Strawberry and Bumble bee, Floral Nature
Located in Deddington, GB
A quadtych of 4 original paintings all created in 2024 by Dani Humberstone.
£199 each.
When placed directly beside one another in square formation: 30 H x 30 W x 3 D cm (11.81 x 11....
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Yawning Dachshund - Animal 1915 art oil painting
Located in London, GB
Is there anything more cute than a dog yawning? Especially a gorgeous little Dachshund? I think not. Painted in 1915 and signed G A C, this super little painting is a profile view of a seated conker brown Dachshund. He is caught in the middle of a great big yawn, eyes blissfully closed, ready for a nap on someone's lap. The light from the right is highlighting the dog's head, ear, pink tongue and fore legs, beautifully accentuating its features and anatomy. The palette and brushwork are superb. The background fades downwards from dark to light, making the dog stand out perfectly. This is a superb 1915 oil painting of a lovely little yawning dachshund needing its forever home and perfect for all the dog lovers out there.
Signed with initials lower right G.A.C 1915.
Provenance. Barnwell Manor, Northamptonshire, Windsor House Antiques...
Category
1910s Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Stop Putin's cockroaches
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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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.