You can see Richard Estes with his camera reflected in this restaurant window in his 1976 "Double Self-Portrait." (Courtesy of Marlborough Gallery) Realism was practically the most uncool thing an ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Known for his realism, American artist Richard Estes painted with such precision it is difficult to determine his photographs from his paintings. Now, a collection of his paintings, ...

American painter Richard Estes has made a career out of fooling the eye. His canvases look like photographs — but they're not. "You can't see my paintings in reproduction," the 82-year-old artist says ...

When Richard Estes was eight-years-old, his parents gifted him with an Eastman Kodak Brownie camera. Since then, Estes, now 82, has been documenting his surroundings—from his first snapshots of his ...

Like stage sets, there seem to be a million stories embedded in the works of Richard Estes, icon of photorealism Max Kutner Richard Estes, icon of photorealist painting, is the subject of a ...

“Richard Estes’ Realism” is the most comprehensive exhibition of Estes’ paintings ever organized. A master of contemporary realism, Estes is primarily known as a painter of urban scenes. The ...

“Richard Estes’ Realism” is the most comprehensive exhibition of Estes’ paintings ever organized. A master of contemporary realism, Estes is primarily known as a painter of the urban landscape. The ...

Artist Richard Estes has been capturing New York City through his photorealist paintings for decades, creating hyper-realist street scenes alongside contemporaries like Chuck Close and Audrey Flack.

With so many art critics declaring painting dead, photorealism can seem especially unfashionable, if not downright outdated. But American artist Richard Estes has managed to keep his luminous, ...

The American artist starts by taking dozens of photos of the same thing. Then he paints it, staying as faithful to photos as he can. The... Painting Or Photograph? With Richard Estes, It's Hard To ...