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
A C-type print, also known as a chromogenic print, is a photographic print made from a color negative or slide. The print is created on chromogenic paper, which contains three emulsion layers, each sensitized to a different primary color. After exposure, the paper is processed in a series of chemical baths, where each layer reacts to the chemicals to produce the final image. C-type prints are known for their rich color depth and are widely used in fine art and commercial photography.
