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Realism 1850-1880 Artists: Attempted to show what life is “really” like. Painted subjects to look realistic. Painted common, ordinary, even ugly images of life. Painted the common people instead of the upper class. Showed subjects doing everyday tastks. Brought people into their studios and posed them.

Jean Francois Millet 1814-1875 Born in France. Visited the Louvre Museum often Painted signs and portraits in his early career. Painted landscapes and people in common everyday activities later in life. Used water color and pastels.

Jean-Francois Millet’s The Gleaners

Man with a hoe

The Knitter

Shepherdess with her flock

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