Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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
Sail Boats
Located in Miami, FL
A precise and exact rendering and meticulous spacial arrangement are on full display in Lewandowski's this later work.
The work looks better in person. The artwork is in pristine co...
Category
1990s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
The Surrounding Water XII
Located in Greenwich, CT
Cuban, b. 1974
Antonio Espinosa is a Cuban Postwar & Contemporary artist born in Manzanillo, Cuba in 1974. He graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte (University of Arts of Cu...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
The Surrounding Water XV
Located in Greenwich, CT
Cuban, b. 1974
Antonio Espinosa is a Cuban Postwar & Contemporary artist born in Manzanillo, Cuba in 1974. He graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte (University of Arts of Cu...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Outdoor Street Scene', by Sonya Terpening, Watercolor on Paper
By Sonya Terpening
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Sonya Terpening's framed watercolor on paper painting titled 'Outdoor Street Scene' captures a calm scene outside of a cafe. The dining table depicted in the work becomes the focal point when observing this piece, as it is placed in the foreground and captures the eye with a vivid blue table cloth; on the table are four glasses placed upside-down and what appears to be a sugar and salt shaker. Terpening's realistic style is exemplified in her depiction of the table; the blue cloth's folds and wrinkles, and the heavy use of shadows and lighting on the table cloth, chairs, and glasses all contribute to the realistic qualities of the piece. The table is positioned on a red brick sidewalk/street directly outside of the cafe, which is also brick but painted white. The cafe door...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Architectural Illustration of Cape Cod Style Barn House with Dormers in Gouache
Located in Soquel, CA
Architectural Illustration of Cape Cod Style Barn House with Dormers in Gouache
Detailed, idyllic illustration of a two story suburban house by F. Knowles (20th Century). A house wi...
Category
1940s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Red Boxes, Chipping Camden, U.K." Watercolor signed by Bruce McCombs
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Red Boxes, Chipping Camden, U.K." is an original signed watercolor by Bruce McCombs. It depicts three red telephone boxes. This painting displays McCombs' exquisite attention to lig...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Stardust Dine-o-Mat, " Watercolor Neon Signs signed by Bruce McCombs
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Stardust Dine-o-Mat" is a watercolor signed by Bruce McCombs. The diner exterior has many neon lights that look bright to reflect it being painted at night. A welcoming view for foo...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"San Francisco, " a Watercolor signed by Bruce McCombs
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"San Francisco" is an original signed watercolor by Bruce McCombs. It depicts the facade of a house along one of San Francisco's famous steep hills. A gleaming red car is parked in f...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Tempestuous Tidal in Blue, Stormy Seascape Diptych, Cyanotype Print, Duo, Blue
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Tempestuous Tidal in Blue" is an original cyanotype diptych portraying the tidal behavior during a storm.
Details:
+ T...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, C Print, Color, Dye Transfer, L...
Coloured Print of Photorealist Painting of Gleneagles Golf Course in Scotland
Located in Preston, GB
Coloured Print of Photorealist Painting of Gleneagles Golf Course in Scotland by 20th Century Scottish Artist, Graeme Baxter, entitled 'The Gleneagles Hotel, Monarch's Course'.
Art measures 14 x 10 inches
Frame measures 19 x 15 inches
Coloured Print on High Quality Paper
Signed on the Front
Glazed & Mounted
Good Condition
Frame (commensurate with age)
Graeme Baxter is the official artist to some of the world's most important golf tournaments, such as The Ryder Cup...
Category
1990s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Color, Giclée
Snowy Woods, photorealist graphite landscape drawing, 2023
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
In this work, the artist returns to a favorite spot in Alley Pond Park, Queens, to memorialize the ever-evolving carved names and glyphs in this majestic trunk. She is documenting no...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Luv Shines 2, photorealist graphite landscape drawing, 2023
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
In this work, the artist returns to a favorite spot in Alley Pond Park, Queens, to memorialize the ever-evolving carved names and glyphs in this majestic trunk. She is documenting no...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Tree and Sky, photorealist graphite landscape drawing, 2022
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
Mary Reilly’s laborious method of toning her paper serves as the starting point for her intricate compositions. She begins by covering the entire sheet with up to eight smooth, unmod...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Graffiti Tree 5, photorealist graphite landscape drawing, 2022
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
In this work, the artist returns to a favorite spot in Alley Pond Park, Queens, to memorialize the ever-evolving carved names and glyphs in this majestic trunk. She is documenting no...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Wintry Trees 5, photorealist graphite landscape drawing
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
Mary Reilly’s laborious method of toning her paper serves as the starting point for her intricate compositions. She begins by covering the entire sheet with up to eight smooth, unmod...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'L'Oreal No. 3, Troyes', French Village, National Watercolor Society, Fashion
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'E. Brigeois' for Evelyne Brigeois (French, 1946-2016) and dated 1985; additionally signed, verso, dated and titled, 'Troyes #3'.
Born in Troyes, France in 1946, Evelyne Brigeois grew up in the town of Nimes, east of Paris. She subsequently lived and painted in Germany, England and Spain before moving to the United States in her late twenties. Settling in Idaho, she began a forty-year career as a fine artist, exhibiting widely and with success including, regularly, at both Boise's Art in the Park and Art and Roses Festival. Evelyne Brigeois was also the recipient of numerous national and international awards including from the National Watercolor Society, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Michigan...
Category
1980s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
'L'Oreal No. 2, Troyes', French Village, Boise, National Watercolor Society
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'E. Brigeois' for Evelyne Brigeois (French, 1946-2016) and dated 1985; additionally signed, verso, dated and titled, 'Troyes #2'.
Born in Troyes, France in 1946, Evelyne Brigeois grew up in the town of Nimes, east of Paris. She subsequently lived and painted in Germany, England and Spain before moving to the United States in her late twenties. Settling in Idaho, she began a forty-year career as a fine artist, exhibiting widely and with success including, regularly, at both Boise's Art in the Park and Art and Roses Festival. Evelyne Brigeois was also the recipient of numerous national and international awards including from the National Watercolor Society, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Michigan...
Category
1980s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
'Bijouterie, Tulle, France', French Village, Boise, National Watercolor Society
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'E. Brigeois' for Evelyne Brigeois (French, 1946-2016) and dated 1988; additionally signed, verso, and dated.
Born in Troyes, France in 1946, Evelyne Brigeois grew up in the town of Nimes, east of Paris. She subsequently lived and painted in Germany, England and Spain before moving to the United States in her late twenties. Settling in Idaho, she began a forty-year career as a fine artist, exhibiting widely and with success including, regularly, at both Boise's Art in the Park and Art and Roses Festival. Evelyne Brigeois was also the recipient of numerous national and international awards including from the National Watercolor Society, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Michigan...
Category
1980s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
"Grove Hardware" - Framed Superrealism Photorealist Watercolor Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A feat of superrealism masterfully done using watercolor, a notoriously difficult medium. (I apologize for the reflections on the glass - I took a couple of shots at a slight angle t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled (The Road to Swindon)
By Colin Hunt
Located in New York, NY
Colin Hunt (b. 1973) is a Brooklyn, NY-based artist working primarily in egg tempera and watercolor. His recent series of landscapes of the Avebury stone circle outside of London are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Forest in Lucien - Contemporary Watercolor Painting, Sunny landscape, Realistic
Located in Warsaw, PL
LUDOMIR SŁUPECZAŃSKI (b. 1934, d. 2012)
graduated from the Faculty of Architecture after studies accomplished at the atelier of professor Jan Bogusławski in 1959. Since 1955, he has ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Riverbank 4, photorealist graphite landscape drawing, 2020
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
Mary Reilly’s laborious method of toning her paper serves as the starting point for her intricate compositions. She begins by covering the entire sheet with up to eight smooth, unmod...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Riverbank 3, photorealist graphite landscape drawing, 2021
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
Mary Reilly’s laborious method of toning her paper serves as the starting point for her intricate compositions. She begins by covering the entire sheet with up to eight smooth, unmod...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Riverbank 5, photorealist graphite landscape drawing, 2021
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
Mary Reilly’s laborious method of toning her paper serves as the starting point for her intricate compositions. She begins by covering the entire sheet with up to eight smooth, unmod...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Approaching Slains Castle #8, black/white monotype, architecture ruin
By Agnes Murray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype
Ms. Murray is notable for capturing the crystalline quality of northern light. She has an extensive exhibition history and she is represented in both private and public co...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Monotype
Brooklyn Botanical Garden No. 2: Greenhouse II
By Ben Norris
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and dated lower right: "(c) Norris '91". From the Estate of the Artist.
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Gabriel’s Pavilion Variation II
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Gabriel’s Pavilion Variation II
Year: 1980
Medium: Pencil on Arches paper
Size: 29 x 41 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Fischbach Gallery, Ne...
Category
1980s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Assisi II, dramatic diptych architectural print monochromatic black and white
By Agnes Murray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Edition of 30 + 10AP
Print unusual vertical diptych by master printer Agnes Murray
Category
1980s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Wintry Trees 3, photorealist graphite landscape drawing, 2021
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
Mary Reilly’s laborious method of toning her paper serves as the starting point for her intricate compositions. She begins by covering the entire sheet with up to eight smooth, unmod...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Riverbank 2, photorealist graphite nature drawing, 2018
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
Mary Reilly explores the full tonal depth of graphite in her nature drawings and landscapes. She finds all of the soft subtleties of gray as she shifts...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
David Morrison, Firewood Series No. 2, hyperrealist colored pencil drawing, 2018
Located in New York, NY
In "Firewood Series No. 2," David Morrison uses colored pencils to capture the finest details of a frayed and peeling piece of birch wood. With his careful and methodical handling of...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Field of Flowers 1, photorealist graphite floral drawing, 2016
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
Reilly uses a toning technique to endow her graphite works with a smooth, seamless quality. Rather than distinct outlines, her flower petals glide gracefully into the surrounding spa...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Ice 1, photorealist graphite nature drawing, 2018
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
Reilly uses a toning technique to endow her graphite works with a smooth, seamless quality. Rather than distinct outlines, her seashells glide gracefully into one another, creating a...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Buds and Leaves, photorealist graphite floral drawing, 2018
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
Mary Reilly explores the full tonal depth of graphite in her nature drawings and landscapes. She finds all of the soft subtleties of gray as she shifts seamlessly from leaf to bud, s...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"Diner, " a Realist Watercolor signed by Bruce McCombs
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Diner" is an original signed watercolor by Bruce McCombs. It depicts the front facade of a diner with careful attention to reflection, atmosphere, and light.
22" x 29 1/2" art
25"...
Category
1990s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Firewood Series No. 3, hyperrealist nature still life, colored pencil drawing
Located in New York, NY
In "Firewood Series No. 3," David Morrison uses colored pencils to capture the finest details of a frayed and peeling piece of birch wood. With his careful and methodical handling of...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
White Rock Lake
By Brian Cobble
Located in Dallas, TX
Brian Cobble’s landscapes tend to particularly focus on the interplay of man and his surroundings, whether natural or built. A signature attention to the liminal aspects of a scene, ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Firewood Series No. 5, hyperrealist nature still life, colored pencil drawing
Located in New York, NY
In "Firewood Series No. 5," David Morrison uses colored pencils to capture the finest details of a frayed and peeling piece of birch wood. With his careful and methodical handling of...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Los Ojos
By Brian Cobble
Located in Dallas, TX
Brian Cobble’s landscapes tend to particularly focus on the interplay of man and his surroundings, whether natural or built. A signature attention to the liminal aspects of a scene, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
The Crooked Steps / Astoria
By Brian Cobble
Located in Dallas, TX
Brian Cobble’s landscapes tend to particularly focus on the interplay of man and his surroundings, whether natural or built. A signature attention to the liminal aspects of a scene, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Parking Lot, Morgan Beach
By Brian Cobble
Located in Dallas, TX
"He [Cobble] has come to accept the fact that low production can lead to under appreciation in the short run, but he also knows that his gifts of perception and discrimination are ra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Flowering Hillside, grayscale photorealist graphite landscape drawing, 2018
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
In her newest landscape drawing, Flowering Hillside, Mary Reilly explores the full tonal depth of graphite. She finds all of the soft subtleties of gray in her movement from the mome...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Within the Forest, gray photorealist graphite landscape drawing, 2018
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
In her newest landscape drawing, Within the Forest, Mary Reilly explores the full tonal depth of graphite. She finds all of the soft subtleties of gray in her movement from the momen...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Winston (Madison Square Garden)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ching Jang Yao, Taiwanese (1941-2001)
Title: Winston (Madison Square Garden)
Year: 1976
Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed and dated ...
Category
1970s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
State and Pearl (Modern Photo-Realist Cityscape in B&W Watercolor on Paper)
Located in Hudson, NY
watercolor on paper
9 x 13 inches, 17 x 21 inches framed.
Black frame, white mat
This listing is offered by Carrie Haddad Gallery, based in Hudson, NY.
This photo-realist cityscape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Lexington Backyard
By Brian Cobble
Located in Dallas, TX
Brian Cobble’s landscapes tend to particularly focus on the interplay of man and his surroundings, whether natural or built. A signature attention to the liminal aspects of a scene, ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Franklin & 8th
By Brian Cobble
Located in Dallas, TX
"He [Cobble] has come to accept the fact that low production can lead to under appreciation in the short run, but he also knows that his gifts of perception and discrimination are ra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
River Narew - Contemporary Watercolor Painting, Blue and Green, Water Landscape
Located in Warsaw, PL
LUDOMIR SŁUPECZAŃSKI (b. 1934, d. 2012)
graduated from the Faculty of Architecture after studies accomplished at the atelier of professor Jan Bogusławski in 1959. Since 1955, he has ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Photorealist landscape drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist landscape drawings and watercolors 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 landscape drawings and watercolors created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mary Reilly, Brian Cobble, Bruce McCombs, and Evelyne Brigeois. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and 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 Photorealist landscape drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 6 inches across are also available. Prices for landscape drawings and watercolors 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 $577 and tops out at $30,000, while the average work sells for $5,800.
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