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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](images/Rob-Hefferan.jpg)
Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre [1806-1874] Le
Coucher de Sappho
![](images/Gleyre_Le_Coucher_de_Sappho.jpg)
Gloria Vanderbilt
![http://www.1stdibs.com/editorial_images/bank_uploads/RR/1010/1832/draft_pages/e_world_of_gloria_vanderbilt_6.jpg](images/gloria_vanderbilt.jpg)
![http://mediastore4.magnumphotos.com/CoreXDoc/MAG/Media/TR1/a/4/5/f/NYC103027.jpg](images/gloria_vanderbilt_portrait.jpg)
David Jon Kassan
![http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k_hEzs7Bm8Q/T4ctqyQhADI/AAAAAAAAJa0/xtD6UCpAW7g/s1600/securedownload+(2).jpg](images/securedownload+(2).jpg)
Sir Edward Poynter [1836-1919] Portrait of Lillie Langtry
![http://americanpublichouse.com/2009.12/lillies_new_york_new_york/lilly_dave.jpg](images/Lilly%20Langtry.jpg)
Wayne Forrest
![Thanks to Boom929 Stock for the fantastic image.](images/daydreamer.jpg)
Gustave Courbet [1819-1877] Jo, the Beautiful Irishwoman
![http://www.artistdaily.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Images+from+TypePad/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/09/0806cour7_600x498.jpg](images/0806cour7_600x498.jpg)
Juan Francisco Casas Ruiz
![](images/juanfranciscocasas-11.jpg)
Frank Dicksee [1853-1928 ] Portrait of a Lady
![http://www.artmagick.com/images/content/dicksee/hi/dicksee29.jpg](images/Frank%20Dicksee%20Portrait%20of%20a%20Lady.jpg)
Raphael [1483-1520] Joanna of Aragon
![Joanna of Aragon](images/95670c5b21473cf15d15f35fd2d09232.jpg)
Halim Ghodbane
![](images/halimghodbane-1.jpg)
William-Adolphe Bouguereau [1825-1905] La Frileuse
![File:William A. Bouguereau - La Frileuse - 1879.jpg](images/424px-William_A._Bouguereau_-_La_Frileuse_-_1879.jpg)
Alyssa Monks
![](images/fixation.jpg)
William-Adolphe Bouguereau [1825-1905] The Wave
![File:William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) - The Wave (1896).jpg](images/794px-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)
![](images/tumblr_lab21g8P9w1qzaos7.jpg)
Michelangelo [1475-1564] the first Realist? The Pietà and
David
![http://www.artexpertswebsite.com/pages/artists/artists_l-z/michelangelo/Michelangelo_Pieta.jpg](images/Michelangelo_Pieta.jpg)
![File:Michelangelo's David.JPG](images/401px-Michelangelo's_David.JPG)
![File:Michelangelo's David 2.JPG](images/401px-Michelangelo's_David_2.JPG)
Caravaggio [1571-1610] Judith Beheading Holofernes
![File:Caravaggio Judith Beheading Holofernes.jpg](images/800px-Caravaggio_Judith_Beheading_Holofernes.jpg)
![http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lXNmZgLh5WI/TW5SHhHDZ7I/AAAAAAAAAKk/RNCJCJMU4dE/s1600/Caravaggio_Beheading.jpg](images/Caravaggio_Beheading.jpg)
Yigal Ozeri
![Yigal Ozeri noresize](images/yigalozeri2.jpg)
Charles-Amable Lenoir [1860–1926] Le Calme
![File:Lenoir, Charles-Amable - Le Calme.jpg](images/Lenoir,_Charles-Amable_-_Le_Calme.jpg)
Robert Hale Ives Gammell [1893–1981] Jane
![Jane](http://americangallery.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/jane.jpg?w=450&h=614)
Graydon Parrish Woman Looking to Her Right
![](images/Susanna%20-%20manual2.jpg)
Richard Estes
![Richard Estes noresize](images/richardestes2.jpg)
Claude Monet [1840-1926] Cathedrale de Rouen
![](http://commonsenseatheism.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/021Monet-CathedraledeRouen.jpg)
Mark Tansey Forward Retreat
![](images/Tansey-Forward-Retreat.GIF)
Jean-François Millet [1814-1875] Harvesters Resting
![](http://commonsenseatheism.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/063Tansey-MontSainteVictoire.jpg)
William-Adolphe Bouguereau [1825-1905] Nymphs and Satyr
![http://uploads4.wikipaintings.org/images/william-adolphe-bouguereau/nymphs-and-satyr.jpg](images/nymphs-and-satyr.jpg)
Eric Zenner
![Eric Zenner noresize](images/2074335261_ericzenner2.jpg)
John Singer Sargent [1856-1925] Carnation Lily Lily
Rose
![File:Carnation Lily Lily Rose John Singer Sargent.jpg](images/530px-Carnation_Lily_Lily_Rose_John_Singer_Sargent.jpg)
William Paxton [1869-1941] The Figurine
![File:The Figurine by W. Paxton - 1921.jpg](images/471px-The_Figurine_by_W._Paxton_-_1921.jpg)
Richard Lack [1928-2009] Homage to Paxton
![Homage to Paxton](images/Homage_to_Paxton400.jpg)
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](images/Jean-Léon_Gérôme_003.jpg)
Jacques-Louis David [1748-1825] The Death of Marat
![File:Death of Marat by David.jpg](images/466px-Death_of_Marat_by_David.jpg)
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn [1606- 1669] The Mill
![File:The Mill-1645 1648-Rembrandt van Rijn.jpg](images/719px-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
![File:Leonardo - St. Anne cartoon-alternative-downsampled.jpg](images/446px-Leonardo_-_St._Anne_cartoon-alternative-downsampled.jpg)
![](images/300px-Lascapigliata.jpg)
Gustave Courbet [1819-1877] Self Portrait
![http://www.artistdaily.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Images+from+TypePad/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/09/0806cour8_490x600.jpg](images/0806cour8_490x600.jpg)
William Blake [1757-1827] Self Portrait
![](images/K.35.WD.100.jpg)
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