This exhibition is known as a starter for the trend of realistic painting.

I don't know how realistic that painting is; he could have had a stroke, or a heart attack.

A survey of art preferences in many different nations found that realistic painting was preferred.

Initially, Sabzi made realistic paintings inspired by his country's history and culture.

They also represent the last realistic figurative painting until the late Renaissance.

He also made paintings specifically for his grandchildren, of sports, circuses and similar more realistic subject matter.

His realistic paintings of scenes from the war in the Sudan become immensely popular with the critics and the public.

There are realistic paintings of the sea and impressionistic pastels.

He is well known for his realistic paintings of surreal alien (or fantastic) life.

According to this view, realistic painting had reached its summit, and had thus come to an end.