What is photorealism?
Photorealism is a genre of art or artistic movement that involves drawing, painting, and other graphic media in which the artist carefully studies a photograph and attempts to reproduce it as realistically as possible in another medium. While the term can broadly describe any artwork created in this manner, it specifically refers to a group of painters and paintings in the U.S. art movement that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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ARTWORKS RELATED TO PHOTOREALISM
Robert Longo
Men in the Cities, Tokyo, Seibu Department Stores, Ltd. V (Single Man) & IV (Single Woman), 1990
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
USD 68,000 - 75,000
Gerhard Richter
Frau Mit Kind / Mother With Child, 1965 / 2005
Limited Edition Print
Offset Print
GBP 3,500 - 5,000
Robert Longo
Eric, from Men in the Cities, 1999
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
USD 70,000 - 90,000
Drypoint is an intaglio printmaking technique where an image is incised onto a plate using a sharp, pointed tool, typically a needle made of metal or diamond. Traditionally, copper plates were used, but today zinc, plexiglass, or acetate are also common. Drypoint is easier for drawing artists to master compared to engraving, as the needle technique resembles drawing with a pencil rather than the more complex burin used in engraving.
