Realistic Art For Sale

Find your next artwork from our online gallery of contemporary realistic art for sale. Realistic art is characterised by subjects painted in anything from a natural to an almost photographic way.

You can kick things off by browsing our Realistic Paintings, which represent a depth of subjects – from portraits, to still life and even the cosmos – in photorealistic precision.

Our curated collection of realistic art for sale continues with realistic photography, which captures subjects and landscapes with expert technical accuracy.

For something a little different, explore Realistic Collage – an approach which combines natural forms with unexpected combinations. These handcrafted realistic landscape artworks are filled with surprising twists and dreamlike compositions.

Famous realist artworks and artists

The Realism style is partially inspired by the French Realism movement that emerged in the 1840s, as a rejection of the subjectivity of Romanticism. The 19th century movement was designed to depict modern life honestly and impartially – bringing ordinary, working-class people into the realm of ‘high art’ as factually as possible. Leading French realists of the period include Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet, renowned for their paintings of peasant workers and scenes of countryside labour.

This truthful approach laid the foundations for contemporary Realism, which extends the tradition by incorporating modern techniques and pushing the boundaries of what is possible. Modern realists create high-quality photorealistic art pieces which aim to rival or surpass technological abilities.

Some contemporary artists known for their work in Realism include Chuck Close, who created large-scale photorealist self-portraits across a grid structure. Close was renowned for combining realistic accuracy with the abstraction of a technological format. Likewise, American artist Alyssa Monks is renowned for her hyperrealistic oil paintings. In these artworks she depicts figures behind fogged glass or water, giving a blurred, almost dreamlike quality to her work, while maintaining high realism.

Realist artwork for sale on Rise Art

Some of our most striking realistic artworks are photographic. Award-winning Dutch artist Jenny Boot](/artist/65133/bootjenny), began her career as a painter before turning to photography as a more precise medium of expression. Artworks like Origin (2022), showcase Boot’s mastery of the photographic medium, expertly manipulating light and shadow to capture intricate subtleties in expression.

Following the tradition of the 19th century French Realists, Georgia Peskett is a painter whose work depicts the unremarkable elements of daily life that are often ignored. Vigil (2022) sees Peskett expertly recreate the effect of mist through windows by carefully building up oil and pastel marks on a silk canvas.

Likewise, Karen Turner reveals the remarkable in the everyday by critiquing assumptions about larger bodies and subverting society’s narrow beauty standards. Turner’s figurative oil paintings embrace every curve of her models in a frank and sex-positive manner. Paintings like Are There Any Questions? (2021), frame fat women as confident and sexually liberated – depicting a reality which is often silenced in mainstream media.

You can explore and purchase more affordable realistic figure art by emerging artists at Rise Art.

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    Soleil d’ors by Jacques KÉDOCHIM
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    Soleil d’ors by Jacques KÉDOCHIM
    Soleil d’ors
    Paintings - 100x100 cm
    Coeur sacré couronné by Norberto Moretti
    Coeur sacré couronné
    Sculpture - 10x6 cm
    La pause déjeuner by Jacques KÉDOCHIM
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    La pause déjeuner by Jacques KÉDOCHIM
    La pause déjeuner
    Paintings - 40x40 cm
    15:56 Bushy by Carolyn Blake
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    15:56 Bushy by Carolyn Blake
    15:56 Bushy
    Paintings - 45x40 cmRent for €85 /mo
    Révérence by MagLM
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    Révérence by MagLM
    Révérence
    Drawings - 60x40 cm
    Cortigiana by Michael James Talbot
    Cortigiana
    Sculpture - 90x34 cm
    Bain de soleil by Jacques KÉDOCHIM
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    Bain de soleil by Jacques KÉDOCHIM
    Bain de soleil
    Paintings - 40x40 cm
    empty space by Boris Garanger
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    empty space by Boris Garanger
    empty space
    Paintings - 130x162 cm
    Raton-laveur by MagLM
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    Raton-laveur by MagLM
    Raton-laveur
    Drawings - 40x30 cm
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    Poulette by César
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    Drawings - 32x23 cm
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    Through The Darkness by Erhan Coral
    Through The Darkness
    Photography - 60x90 cm
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    Douceur Sauvage by MagLM
    Douceur Sauvage
    Drawings - 40x30 cm
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    Rêverie au Pub by Jacques KÉDOCHIM
    Rêverie au Pub
    Paintings - 40x40 cm
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    Siesta  by Maria Magenta
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    Paintings - 150x200 cm
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    Parfum d'été by Maude Ovize
    Parfum d'été
    Paintings - 90x180 cm
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    Lundi by Mathieu Trezel
    Lundi
    Paintings - 50x50 cm
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    Daisy #3. Limited Edition 1 of 10. by Ian Hoskin
    Daisy #3. Limited Edition 1 of 10.
    Photography - 76x76 cm
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    Le roi lion by MagLM
    Le roi lion
    Drawings - 90x60 cm
    Masquerade
    Sculpture - 76x21 cm
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    Composition 19 by Andrea Vandoni
    Composition 19
    Paintings - 50x70 cm
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    Intérieur N°12 by Patrice Lannoy
    Intérieur N°12
    Paintings - 50x50 cm
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    Homme de l'ombre by Boris Garanger
    Homme de l'ombre
    Paintings - 40x40 cm
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    Prunus Serrulata In Excelsis II by Robert Pereira Hind
    Prunus Serrulata In Excelsis II
    Collage - 80x80 cmRent for €105 /mo
    Harlequin Half Life
    Sculpture - 65x24 cm
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    Friendship by Erhan Coral
    Friendship
    Photography - 60x90 cm
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    Memento 02 by Damien Hirst
    Memento 02
    Prints - 119x118 cmRent for €2,110 /mo
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    Castiglione by Jacques KÉDOCHIM
    Castiglione
    Paintings - 100x80 cm
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    Acer Pseudoplatanus (Large) by Robert Pereira Hind
    Acer Pseudoplatanus (Large)
    Prints - 90x115 cmRent for €155 /mo
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    Teatro by Gina Soden
    Teatro
    Photography - 109x74 cmRent for €215 /mo
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