photorealists
Painters mimicking photographs
Photorealists are artists who create paintings or drawings so detailed and precise they resemble photographs.
The movement emerged in the late 1960s, with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes working from photographic sources to achieve hyperrealistic effects: The photorealists challenged assumptions about what painting could achieve.
The term applies to practitioners of photorealism in any medium.
Self-propelled road vehicles
- storefrontsForward-facing retail exteriors
- dinersCasual roadside eateries
- reflectionsReturned light or thought
- chromeReflective metal coating
glass · urban scenes · street scenes · motorcycles · jukeboxes · gumball machines · shop windows · cityscapes
Theory of simulation dominance
- superrealismArt exceeding photographic detail
- trompe-l'oeilArt mimicking three dimensions
- illusionismArt of visual deception
- verisimilitudeAppearance of being factual
Sprayed-paint smoothing technique
- griddingDividing into uniform squares
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- glazingGlossy protective coating
- layeringForming successive strata
underpainting · blending · stippling · detail work · color matching · smooth finish · masking · varnishing
Plastic-based artist's medium
- oil paintPigment bound with linseed
- airbrushCompressed-air paint sprayer
- projectorLight-casting display device
- brushesBristled implements for grooming
palette knives · masking tape · turpentine · linseed oil · gesso · stretched canvas · magnifying glass · easel
automobiles
Self-propelled road vehicles
- storefrontsForward-facing retail exteriors
- dinersCasual roadside eateries
- reflectionsReturned light or thought
chrome · glass · urban scenes · street scenes · motorcycles · jukeboxes · gumball machines · shop windows · cityscapes · neon signs
hyperrealism
Theory of simulation dominance
- superrealismArt exceeding photographic detail
- trompe-l'oeilArt mimicking three dimensions
- illusionismArt of visual deception
airbrushing
Sprayed-paint smoothing technique
- griddingDividing into uniform squares
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- glazingGlossy protective coating
layering · underpainting · blending · stippling · detail work · color matching · smooth finish · masking · varnishing · wet-on-wet
acrylic paint
Plastic-based artist's medium
- oil paintPigment bound with linseed
- airbrushCompressed-air paint sprayer
- projectorLight-casting display device
brushes · palette knives · masking tape · turpentine · linseed oil · gesso · stretched canvas · magnifying glass · easel · studio lighting
photorealistsabstract expressionists
Postwar American avant-garde painters
abstractionists · abstract artists · minimalists · conceptual artists
photorealistsexpressionists
Artists emphasizing subjective emotion
fauvists · surrealists · symbolists · outsider artists · romanticists