Photo realism painting

It’s art, not real! These unreal hyper-realistic artworks will blow your mind! A guide to understanding hyperrealism and how it differs from photorealism.

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Joongwon Charles Jeong is a hyperrealist painter from South Korea and he has painstakingly created a string of detailed portraits including one of actor Sir Ian McKellen (pictured).

Wang Fine Art: still life with paint and brushes, small painting...

Since the ancient Greeks, realism has been aspired by Western art lovers, but during the late 1960s and '70s the popularity of highly-realistic drawings reached its peak. Thus, Photorealism and Hyperrealism were born. These perspective drawing genres are still popular, and some artists master their technique so successfully that it becomes hard to tell an oil painting or a pencil drawing from a photograph. Bored Panda collected some of the best examples of this cool art and made a stunning…

We've already looked at some unbelievably realistic drawings and paintings before but it's nothing compared to what you are about to see. This time, let's take a look at the works of some of the world's greatest photorealism masters - Roberto Bernardi, Steve Mills and Erich Christensen. Forget about Photoshop, Maya or 3Ds Max - these guys have gone the old-school way.

Learn how Andrea Kowch and her acrylic paintings transport viewers into eerie landscapes laden with stories dense with magic.

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An art dealer first used the term Hyperréalisme (meaning Photorealism) back in the early 1970's to describe a genre of painting and sculpture that mimicked the exactness of high resolution photography. Photorealism depicted images frozen in time and grew out of American Pop Art in the late sixties and gained momentum throughout the seventies.

500 askART auction records for the artist: Ilya Efimovich Repin. Ilya Efimovich Repin (1844 - 1930) was active/lived in Russian Federation, Finland. 0 of 500 auction records are upcoming at auction.