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The Best Realist, Ultra-Realistic and Photo-Realistic Art

compiled by Michael R. Burch

By "best" I mean the best works of art that I have seen, experienced and been moved by myself. I don't find pictures of salt shakers and ketchup bottles particularly moving, so you won't find them here. Nor do I claim to have seen anything more than a small fraction of the art that's out there, so if I have left deserving artists out, which I'm sure I have, please chalk it up to the fact that I have to work, sleep, etc. These are just my personal favorites, really, but I imagine other people may find them as attractive and moving as I have. Also, I find the correspondences between the newer and older masterpieces fascinating, and suspect that you may also ...

Rob Hefferan

http://www.likecool.com/Gear/Pic/Rob%20Hefferan/Rob-Hefferan.jpg

Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre [1806-1874] Le Coucher de Sappho



Gloria Vanderbilt

http://www.1stdibs.com/editorial_images/bank_uploads/RR/1010/1832/draft_pages/e_world_of_gloria_vanderbilt_6.jpg

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David Jon Kassan

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Sir Edward Poynter [1836-1919] Portrait of Lillie Langtry

http://americanpublichouse.com/2009.12/lillies_new_york_new_york/lilly_dave.jpg

Wayne Forrest

Thanks to Boom929 Stock for the fantastic image.

Gustave Courbet [1819-1877] Jo, the Beautiful Irishwoman

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Juan Francisco Casas Ruiz



Frank Dicksee [1853-1928 ] Portrait of a Lady

http://www.artmagick.com/images/content/dicksee/hi/dicksee29.jpg

Raphael [1483-1520] Joanna of Aragon

Joanna of Aragon

Halim Ghodbane



William-Adolphe Bouguereau [1825-1905] La Frileuse

File:William A. Bouguereau - La Frileuse - 1879.jpg

Alyssa Monks



William-Adolphe Bouguereau [1825-1905] The Wave

File:William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) - The Wave (1896).jpg

Graydon Parrish Remorse, Despondence, and Acceptance of an Early Death (an allegory on the AIDS epidemic)



Michelangelo [1475-1564] the first Realist? The Pietà and David

http://www.artexpertswebsite.com/pages/artists/artists_l-z/michelangelo/Michelangelo_Pieta.jpg

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Caravaggio [1571-1610] Judith Beheading Holofernes

File:Caravaggio Judith Beheading Holofernes.jpg

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Yigal Ozeri

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Charles-Amable Lenoir [1860–1926] Le Calme

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Robert Hale Ives Gammell [1893–1981] Jane



Graydon Parrish Woman Looking to Her Right



Richard Estes

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Claude Monet [1840-1926] Cathedrale de Rouen



Mark Tansey Forward Retreat



Jean-François Millet [1814-1875] Harvesters Resting



William-Adolphe Bouguereau [1825-1905] Nymphs and Satyr

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Eric Zenner

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John Singer Sargent [1856-1925] Carnation Lily Lily Rose

File:Carnation Lily Lily Rose John Singer Sargent.jpg

William Paxton [1869-1941] The Figurine

File:The Figurine by W. Paxton - 1921.jpg

Richard Lack [1928-2009] Homage to Paxton

Homage to Paxton

Jean-Léon Gérôme [1824-1904] Bonaparte Before the Sphinx  

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Jean-L%C3%A9on_G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_003.jpg

Jacques-Louis David [1748-1825] The Death of Marat

File:Death of Marat by David.jpg

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn [1606- 1669] The Mill

 File:The Mill-1645 1648-Rembrandt van Rijn.jpg

DaVinci [1452-1519] The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist and Head of a Woman

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Gustave Courbet [1819-1877] Self Portrait

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William Blake [1757-1827]  Self Portrait

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