Realism 2 nd Half of 19 th century Precise imitation of visual perception Only paint what they could see or feel was real
Charles Baudelaire
Daumier The Third-Class Carriage 1862
Daumier Louis Philippe
Rosa Bonheur The Horse Fair
French Realism Barbizon Artists Inspired by Constable – Painted actual scenes Painted out door scenes Millet and Corot
The Gleaners (1857) Jean-Francois Millet
The Angelus (1859) Jean-Francois Millet
Millet The Sower 1850
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Landscaping painter Ability to capture a particular place at a particular time Used limited pearly, silvery tones with olive green, and soft wispy brush strokes
Corot Misty Trees 1870
Gustave Courbet French Realism Promoted taste for history and poetic subjects Built his own exhibition “Pavilion of Realism” Defended working class Jailed for 6 months, tearing Napoleonic monument
Gustave Courbet Stonebreakers (1849)
Gustave Courbet Interior of My Studio, a Real Allegory Summing Up Seven Years of My Life as an Artist
Gustave Courbet Burial of Ornans (1849)
Gustave Courbet The Bather (1853)
Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary (1857)
Emile Zola Germinal (1885)
American Realism Winslow Homer – Self-taught – Major water colorist and marine painter – Earned money painting Civil War camp scenes – Man against the elements theme Thomas Eakins – Anal about his subjects worked on cadavers to paint crucifix scene – Fired for having his students draw nudes James Abbott McNeill Whistler John Singer Sargent William Michael Harnett
Winslow Homer Snap the Whip 1872
Winslow Homer Sloop Nassau 1899
Winslow Homer The Gulf Stream 1899
Thomas Eakins The Anatomist 1889
Thomas Eakins Crucifixion 1880
Eakins Pole-Vaulter: Multiple Photograph of George Reynolds
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Arrangement in Gray and Black No
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket 1875
John Singer Sargent Portrait of Lady Helen Vincent Viscountess Dabernon
John Singer Sargent Mr. and Mrs. I. N Phelps Stokes 1897
William Michael Harnett Still Life-Violin and Music 1888