Realist Landscape Paintings
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
Lock on the Stour - British 19th century art river landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely landscape oil painting is by 19th century British artist Frederick Waters Watts. The painting dating to 1850 depicts lock gates on the Stour opening above for the waiting...
Category
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ghosting By
By Robert Stark
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, 1933-2014
Robert Stark (1933 - 2014) was a luminist, painting principally in oil on canvas and panel. Luminism takes its name from light and refers to the subtle coloristi...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Carrollton Bend
By Errol Barron
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions are 16 x 20 inches
Without an overt theme, Errol Barron’s recent work seeks primarily to convey the pleasures and mysteries of curiosity, speculation, and reflecti...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Costa Rica Endless Summer - Oil On Canvas - Landscape Painting By Dante Rondo
Located in Carmel, CA
Any novelist battling through writer’s block might be excited to encounter Dante Rondo, whose life has been a collage of free-spirited experiences that would satisfy the most vicario...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bridge at Argentenil
Located in Columbia, MO
DeNuzio
Bridge at Argentenil
Oil on canvas
8 x 10 inches, 12.5 x 14.5 (framed)
Category
20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Waterway
Located in Columbia, MO
Frank Thompson
Waterway
Watercolor on paper
9 x 13 inches, 16.5 x 20.75 (framed)
Signed lower left
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Young Woman at the Seashore - British Victorian art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This beautiful oil painting on canvas dates to circa 1840 and is by British Victorian artist William Edward Frost who was noted for his depiction of nudes and feminine beauty. The ov...
Category
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le Grand Basin des Tuileries. Oil on canvas, 74x93 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Le Grand Basin des Tuileries. Oil on canvas, 74x93 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Confluence - Old and Red Rivers
By Errol Barron
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions are 16 x 20 inches
Without an overt theme, Errol Barron’s recent work seeks primarily to convey the pleasures and mysteries of curiosity, speculation, and reflecti...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
The Clyde from Darleith Moor above Cardross - Scottish art Victorian landscape
Located in London, GB
This stunning exhibited Victorian panoramic Scottish landscape is by noted Scottish artist Sir David Murray. It was painted and exhibited in 1881 at the Royal Scottish Academy No. 51...
Category
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rig Fantasy 3
By Errol Barron
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions are 16 x 20 inches
Without an overt theme, Errol Barron’s recent work seeks primarily to convey the pleasures and mysteries of curiosity, speculation, and reflecti...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Mixed Media
"Black Panther. Green Eye" Original Oil Painting by Liliya Volskaya
Located in Sempach, LU
The paintings are drawn with acrylic on the hardboard (back side made of the double cardboard).
The first image in the "You and I are of the same blood" series is "Black Panther. Gr...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Acrylic, Canvas
"Traces V" Encaustic and Charcoal Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's (US based) "Traces V" is an original, handmade encaustic and charcoal painting that depicts a grey monochrome pattern of leaves layered densely together.
Nature and tho...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Charcoal
Shower
By Errol Barron
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions are 16 x 20 inches
Without an overt theme, Errol Barron’s recent work seeks primarily to convey the pleasures and mysteries of curiosity, speculation, and reflecti...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Portrait of an English Setter Stud- Glaisnock Jim - 1920's oil painting dog art
Located in London, GB
A fine large full-length portrait of an English Setter stud in a landscape. Painted by J C Wilson in 1921, this oil gouache oil on canvas is a beautiful depiction of the breed. The...
Category
1920s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
Shawn Faust, "Starting Gate Sunrise" 12x16 Equine Racetrack Oil Painting
By Shawn Faust
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This equine painting, "Starting Gate Sunrise" is a 12x16" oil painting on canvas by artist Shawn Faust depicting a racehorse on his way to morning workout on the track. Bright early ...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Abandoned Rig
By Errol Barron
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions are 16 x 20 inches
Without an overt theme, Errol Barron’s recent work seeks primarily to convey the pleasures and mysteries of curiosity, speculation, and reflecti...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Levee Tower
By Errol Barron
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions are 16 x 20 inches
Without an overt theme, Errol Barron’s recent work seeks primarily to convey the pleasures and mysteries of curiosity, speculation, and reflecti...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
"White eagle. A keen eye." Original Oil Painting by Lilya Volskaya
Located in Sempach, LU
The paintings are drawn with acrylic on the hardboard (back side made of the double cardboard).
Acrylic paints are used to create the painting on canvas animals and ecology. A cruci...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Canvas, Acrylic
Sentinel 2
By Errol Barron
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions are 16 x 20 inches
Without an overt theme, Errol Barron’s recent work seeks primarily to convey the pleasures and mysteries of curiosity, speculation, and reflecti...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Feeding Chickens by a Farm in Summer - Scottish Victorian landscape oil painting
By Alexander Fraser
Located in London, GB
This lovely Victorian landscape oil painting is by noted Scottish artist and prolific exhibitor Alexander Fraser. Painted circa 1870 it is a farm landscape with a mother and child fe...
Category
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Bradnock Principal Worcester College in Car, Malvern, oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British portrait oil painting is by Scottish born artist John Rankine Barclay. It was painted circa 1940 when Barclay was already living in St Ives Cornwall. The sitter is Brian Bradnock, former principal of Worcester College...
Category
1940s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
South Beach
By Errol Barron
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions are 16 x 20 inches
Without an overt theme, Errol Barron’s recent work seeks primarily to convey the pleasures and mysteries of curiosity, speculation, and reflecti...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Mixed Media
Shawn Faust, "Water Stool" 12x16 Backstretch Equine Stable Oil Painting
By Shawn Faust
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This equine drawing, "Water Stool" is a 12x16 oil painting on canvas by artist Shawn Faust depicting a horse in the backstretch after morning workou...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Sunset after Rain - Scottish 19th Century art Glasgow Boy landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This dramatic large 19th century Scottish landscape is by famous Scottish Glasgow Boy artist John Reid Murray. Painted in 1890 the location is thought to be in France and Murray exhi...
Category
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
It Was a Land of Plenty, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"It Was a Land of Plenty" by Shawn Krueger (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is framed and ready to hang.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rig Fantasy
By Errol Barron
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions are 16 x 20 inches
Without an overt theme, Errol Barron’s recent work seeks primarily to convey the pleasures and mysteries of curiosity, speculation, and reflecti...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Mixed Media
Sentinel 1
By Errol Barron
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions are 16 x 20 inches
Without an overt theme, Errol Barron’s recent work seeks primarily to convey the pleasures and mysteries of curiosity, speculation, and reflecti...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
"The Return II" Charcoal Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's (US based) "The Return II" is an original, handmade charcoal painting that depicts a grey monochrome sky with clouds.
Nature and those that inhabit it—our human selves...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Charcoal
A Stream in the Forest - British Victorian 1859 art landscape oil painting
By George Cole
Located in London, GB
A fine and very detailed large Victorian British landscape painting. Painted in oil on canvas it is by listed and exhibited Victorian artist George Cole, dated 1859. A wonderful larg...
Category
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jungle Beach
By Errol Barron
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions are 16 x 20 inches
Without an overt theme, Errol Barron’s recent work seeks primarily to convey the pleasures and mysteries of curiosity, speculation, and reflecti...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Mixed Media
OIL PAINTING By LOUIS DODD 20th CENTURY NAVY / MARITIME PIECE GOLD GILT FRAME
By Louis Dodd
Located in Ferndown, GB
FINE 20th Century Piece By Louis Dodd SEASCAPE British old master oil Style painting in a Gold Gilt Frame
Description
“condition is very good for age , o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Salem Wharf
By Errol Barron
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions are 16 x 20 inches
Without an overt theme, Errol Barron’s recent work seeks primarily to convey the pleasures and mysteries of curiosity, speculation, and reflecti...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Mixed Media
View on Thames Looking to Blackfriars Bridge - Italian 19thC art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This large captivating and stunning oil painting is by noted Italian artist Francis Moltino. Painted in 1866 the painting is of a view of the Thames with Blackfriars Bridge and the c...
Category
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Night Palm
By Tony Peters
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
FRAMED:20.125" x 16.125" x 1.375" UNFRAMED: 12" x 16"
Artist Statement
“My painting ‘Night Palm’ origina...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Front
By Errol Barron
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions are 16 x 20 inches
Without an overt theme, Errol Barron’s recent work seeks primarily to convey the pleasures and mysteries of curiosity, speculation, and reflecti...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Cadzow Forest Scotland - British mid 19thC art Scottish landscape oil painting
By Samuel Bough
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Victorian landscape oil painting is by noted artist Sam Bough. It was painted in 1855 after Bough had moved to Hamilton Lanarkshire in Scotland to focus on painting landscapes alongside fellow artist Alexander Frazer. The location is the ancient forest of Cadzow in Lanarkshire which they both favoured. The landscape is of a rough path through ancient oaks heading towards more dense forest with white cattle grazing to the right. A superb balanced composition and an excellent example of Bough's skill in landscape painting.
Signed lower left and dated 1855.
Provenance. Christie's stencil verso 519GG.
James Bourlet & Sons label verso.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 28 inches by 18 inches unframed and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in an ornate gilt Victorian frame, 35 inches by 25 inches framed and in good condition.
Samuel Bough RSA (1822–1878) was an English-born landscape painter who spent much of his career working in Scotland. He was born the third of five children in Abbey Street, Carlisle in northern England, the son of James Bough (1794-1845), a shoemaker, and Lucy Walker, a cook. He was raised in relative poverty, but with a keen encouragement in the arts. He was self-taught but mixed with local artists such as Richard Harrington and George Sheffield, and was strongly influenced by the work of Turner. After an unsuccessful attempt to live as an artist in Carlisle he obtained a job and as a theatre scenery painter in Manchester in 1845, later also working in Glasgow in the same role. Encouraged by Daniel Macnee to take up landscape painting he moved to Hamilton from 1851-4 and worked there with Alexander Fraser. In 1854 he moved to Port Glasgow to work on his technique of painting ships and harbours. His paintings were noted for their sensitivity to atmosphere and light, were often of cloudy shorelines and busy harbours. He also began supplementing his income by illustrating books, before moving to Edinburgh in 1855. On coming to Edinburgh he lived in a terraced house at 5 Malta Terrace in the Stockbridge area of the city. Following Turner's example, he became a skil ful painter of seaports. He was buried in Dean Cemetery Edinburgh on 23 November 1878. The grave bears a bronze medallion of his head by William Brodie...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Country life
Located in Sempach, LU
Quiet rural life, far from the hustle and bustle of the city. The picture was painted in restrained tones. Minimalist style or Scandinavian style.
• It is painted on a professional c...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
British Schooner Anchored at Naples
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
A classic scene of a large mid-Nineteenth Century schooner at rest in the Mediterranean port painted by the Italian countryman Tomaso De Simone. The complete narrative scene around the schooner's broadside is complemented with a British merchant steam/sail ship, local boats and the colorful sky and headland architecture of the ancient city.
The vast serenity and unspoiled life of cruising the Mediterranean Ocean...
Category
1860s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tuileries, Original Oil Painting, Garden, Paris
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Oil painting on Coated Wood - Original Contemporary painting, Garden, Paris
Work Title : Tuileries (Jardin des Tuileries)
Artist : Raphaël Renaud (French artist, Born in 1974, lives and works in France and Berlin (Germany).)
The work is signed, titled and dated verso. Unique work.
Size : H30 x W20cm, 3 cm thick.
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This painting was made in september 2023 based on a visit to the "Jardin des Tuileries" in downtown Paris...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
A Realist Oil on Canvas Seascape, "Cliff Dwellers"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 36x24 Realist Oil on Canvas Seascape Painting executed by artist Bronle Crosby. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon its purchase or delivery.
Bronle...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
HUGE OIL PAINTING by SALVATORE COLACICCO (NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY PIECE
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING LARGE SALVATORE COLACICCO (NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY
Very good condition for age , (see pictures)
FINE RARE MARTINE PAINTING ORIG...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Port of Newcastle Upon Tyne - British 1914 marine art oil painting
By Joseph Henry Kirsop
Located in London, GB
This lovely historically interesting British marine oil painting is by Newcastle artist Joseph Henry Kirsop. Painted in 1914, the location of the painting is the port of Newcastle up...
Category
1910s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Freedom
Located in Sempach, LU
Modern, expressive landscape. Running, speed, wind, inner freedom. It's all about horses. Sometimes you want to feel as free and light as the wind.
• It is painted on a professional ...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seascape Venice Oil Painting by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Reflections Of Venice is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a romantic canal ride for a couple created in an impressionistic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dutch Winter landscape with children playing on the ice by Per Wickenberg, 1839
Located in Stockholm, SE
Per Wickenberg, was a Swedish maestro of the brush who left an indelible mark on the world despite his brief life, truncated by tuberculosis at the age of 34. A prodigy who dedicated...
Category
1830s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Ferrobús Street" Original Oil and Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Conrado López's "Ferrobús Street," a 2023 primary market piece, is an evocative acrylic and oil creation on canvas, measuring 116 x 89 cm (45.67 x 35.04 inches). This original handma...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Golden Eagle of Scottish Highlands - Scottish art bird landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning Scottish oil painting is by noted landscape artist Douglas Falconer. Painted circa 1960 the composition is of a seated golden eagle in a mountainous highland landscape....
Category
1960s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nottingham Landscape with horse - British 1900 animal oil painting equine art
Located in London, GB
A stunning large oil on canvas by British nineteenth century artist Arthur William Redgate who was a Nottinghamshire based artist. He was a noted rustic landscape painter and he spec...
Category
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fresh wind
Located in Sempach, LU
Cool blue and green colors create a special atmosphere of freshness. Running horses. Fresh wind after a summer rain. Impressions of rural nature. The painting was painted in restrain...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coastal View of Penzance from Newlyn, Cornwall - British landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely floral landscape oil painting is by artist Elsie Bye- Rawson. Painted circa 1960 the view is looking down from Newlyn and along the coast to Penzance in Cornwall. St Mary...
Category
1960s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rainy city
Located in Sempach, LU
Original oil painting on canvas, cityskape painting made under natural light. This artwork is painted using high-quality fine cotton canvas and sold unframed, already stretched and r...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Terminal Drive
By Errol Barron
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions are 16 x 20 inches
Without an overt theme, Errol Barron’s recent work seeks primarily to convey the pleasures and mysteries of curiosity, speculation, and reflecti...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Mixed Media
"Emergence" Charcoal Painting
By Robin Cole
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's (US based) "Emergence" is an original, handmade charcoal painting that depicts a grey monochrome pattern of a nest.
Nature and those that inhabit it—our human selves in...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Sixth Street
By Errol Barron
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions are 16 x 20 inches
Without an overt theme, Errol Barron’s recent work seeks primarily to convey the pleasures and mysteries of curiosity, speculation, and reflecti...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Mixed Media
LARGE OIL PAINTING by SALVATORE COLACICCO (NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY PIECE
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING LARGE SALVATORE COLACICCO (NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY
Very good condition for age , (see pictures)
FINE RARE MARTINE PAINTING ORIG...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Entombment - British art 30's oil painting religious landscape Jesus angels
Located in London, GB
A huge British adaptation of The Entombment. Oil/Tempera on panel by E G Tucker. The scene depicts Jesus being wrapped whilst the angels look on. The work was executed for The Roma...
Category
1930s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
River Landscape - British 1920's art Bath landscape oil painting female artist
Located in London, GB
This lovely British 20th century river landscape oil painting is by noted female artist Margaret Maitland Howard. The location may be Bath but needs more research. The composition is a tranquil river landscape with a man fishing from a boat in the foreground, a bridge and buildings beyond. A neo classical building stands on the right bank...
Category
1920s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Realist landscape paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Realist landscape paintings 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 paintings 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, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Gordon Brown, and Shawn Krueger. 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 landscape paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for landscape paintings 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 $1 and tops out at $203,475, while the average work sells for $2,858.