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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    M. by Thomas Thyrion
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    M. by Thomas Thyrion
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    Paintings - 29x25 cm
    Memento 02 by Damien Hirst
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    Memento 02 by Damien Hirst
    Memento 02
    Prints - 119x118 cmRent for €2,110 /mo
    772, Dialoge: Tafel 11 by Jan Eeckhout
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    772, Dialoge: Tafel 11 by Jan Eeckhout
    772, Dialoge: Tafel 11
    Paintings - 60x120 cm
    Trois arbres by Hélène Courtois-Redouté
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    Trois arbres by Hélène Courtois-Redouté
    Trois arbres
    Paintings - 150x120 cm
    Black Forest Cheesecake by Zoe Moss
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    Black Forest Cheesecake by Zoe Moss
    Black Forest Cheesecake
    Paintings - 50x40 cmRent for €175 /mo
    Fera Lupinis by Robert Pereira Hind
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    Fera Lupinis by Robert Pereira Hind
    Fera Lupinis
    Collage - 80x120 cmRent for €155 /mo
    Ellory Estate by Jessica Kirkpatrick
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    Ellory Estate by Jessica Kirkpatrick
    Ellory Estate
    Paintings - 25x20 cmRent for €70 /mo
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    Fire Moon by Mark Castle
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    Paintings - 25x25 cmRent for €70 /mo
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    Curiosités  by Jacques KÉDOCHIM
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    Paintings - 100x100 cm
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    Arboretum Autumn II by Robert Pereira Hind
    Arboretum Autumn II
    Collage - 80x120 cmRent for €155 /mo
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    Mars, Hematite by Mark Castle
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    Paintings - 50x50 cmRent for €135 /mo
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    Révérence by MagLM
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    Drawings - 60x40 cm
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    Sculpture - 15x12 cm
    Cortigiana
    Sculpture - 90x34 cm
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    White Containers  by Tommy Clarke
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    Prints - 64x64 cm
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    Shield by Mark Castle
    Shield
    Paintings - 100x75 cmRent for €210 /mo
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    Untitled Flowers Study 8 by Narbi Price
    Untitled Flowers Study 8
    Paintings - 30x25 cmRent for €85 /mo
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    Kaplica by Gina Soden
    Kaplica
    Photography - 74x109 cmRent for €215 /mo
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    Wilderness by Nick Miners
    Wilderness
    Photography - 59x42 cmRent for €46 /mo
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    Coventry Cathedral 1940 by Chris Shaw Hughes
    Coventry Cathedral 1940
    Drawings - 40x32 cmRent for €105 /mo
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    Apollo by MagLM
    Apollo
    Drawings - 50x40 cm
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    Jaguar by Gina Soden
    Jaguar
    Photography - 43x63 cmRent for €115 /mo
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    Lémurien by MagLM
    Lémurien
    Drawings - 40x30 cm
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    Autumn Arboretum In Excelsis I by Robert Pereira Hind
    Autumn Arboretum In Excelsis I
    Collage - 80x120 cmRent for €155 /mo
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    Bipolarités  by Jacques KÉDOCHIM
    Bipolarités
    Paintings - 100x100 cm
    Callisto
    Sculpture - 94x36 cmRent for €47 /mo
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