American realism

Bo Bartlett is an American Realist painter with a modernist vision. His paintings are within the tradition of American Realism as defined by artists such as Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth. Like these artists, Bartlett looks at America's land and people to describe the beauty he finds in everyday life. His paintings celebrate the underlying epic nature of the commonplace and the personal significance of the extraordinary.

Nigel Van Wieck - American Realist Artist

Eyes on American realist painter Bo Bartlett. Born on December 29, 1955 in Columbus, Georgia, Bo Bartlett is an extraordinary American realist painter.

The survival and evolution of American realism since World War II are not a familiar story in Western Europe. Learn more in this preview from Fine Art Connoisseur magazine.

Edward Hopper is one of the most recognizable American Realists of the 20th century. His artwork highlighted the less addressed ways of life in America: individualistic and alienated.

Edward Hopper, (Cobb's Barns and Distant Houses), 1930–1933. Oil on canvas, overall: 29 1/8 × 43 1/8 in. (74 × 109.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Josephine N. Hopper Bequest 70.1206. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

American realist with modernist vision, the painter Bo Bartlett looks into the heart of American identity in his works, studying its land and its people.

Nigel Van Wieck è un artista inglese nato nel 1947. Ha studiato in Europa e conosciuto il lavoro dei grandi maestri, i loro stili e le loro estetiche. Quando si trasferisce negli Stati Uniti nel 1979, viene letteralmente folgorato dallo stile realista americano contemporaneo. All’inizio sono stati i dipinti di Thomas Eakins e di Winslow Homer a catturare la sua attenzione. Ma ancor più forte è stato il fascino esercitato dall’opera di Edward Hopper, in cui ha percepito uno spirito affine. Le…

Bo Bartlett is an American Realist painter with a modernist vision. His paintings are within the tradition of American Realism as defined by artists such as Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth. Like these artists, Bartlett looks at America's land and people to describe the beauty he finds in everyday life. His paintings celebrate the underlying epic nature of the commonplace and the personal significance of the extraordinary.

This ready to hang, gallery-wrapped art piece features two people standing next to each other on a porch. Giclee (jee-clay) is an advanced printmaking process for creating high quality fine art reproductions. The attainable excellence that Giclee printmaking affords makes the reproduction virtually indistinguishable from the original piece. The result is wide acceptance of Giclee by galleries, museums, and private collectors. Gallery wrap is a method of stretching an artist's canvas so that…