Art

20th century - PresentArt

REALISM (1848-1900)

Characteristics Celebrated working class and

peasants En plein airrustic painting

---"in the open air," and is particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors

Chief Artists Corot Courbet Daumier Millet

Realism Realism in the arts may be defined as the

attempt to represent subject matter truthfully Realism revolted against the exotic subject

matter and exaggerated emotionalism and drama of the Romantic movement. Instead it sought to portray real and typical contemporary people

depictions of 'real' life Realist painters used common laborers, and

ordinary people in ordinary surroundings engaged in real activities as subjects for their works

RealismJean-

Baptiste-Camille Corot

French landscape painter Corot was the leading

painter of the Barbizon School of France in the mid-nineteenth century.

Cowherd by the Water - Camille Corot

Farm in the Nievre - Camille Corot

Realism

Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet

French painter who led the realist movement in 19th-century French painting

made bold social statements through his work

Gustave Courbet : Western Civilization

A Burial at Ornans

RealismHonoré

Daumier works offer

commentary on social and political life in France in the 19th century

Known for his caricatures of political figures and satires on the behavior of his countrymen

Homeopathic Doctors- Honore Daumier

Realism Jean-François Millet Millet is noted for his

scenes of peasant farmers

Woman Baking Bread

The Sower

The Gleaners

Realism QUIZ –True or False1. The Realism movement came before Romanticism.2. Realism tried to depict “real-life”.3. Realist paintings are usually of people in high

government positions.4. Camille Corot is best known for painting landscapes.5. Gustave Corbet attempted to make bold social

statements through his work.6. Corot painted “The Burial at Ornans”7. Daumier painted many caricatures that made fun of

public political figures.8. Millet is best known for his scenes he painted of

peasant farmers.