1. Realism
Bolton Beardall

2. What is Realism?
Art movement that began in France in the 1850s after the French Revolution
Depicted subjects as straightforward and natural as possible without idealizing them
Portray real people and situations with truth and accuracy

3. Gustave Courbet French painter who lived from 1819 to 1877
Coined the term Realism
Known as the ‘father’ of Realism

4. Self-portrait with Black Dog, 1842
Spanish Woman, 1854
“Painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist in the representation of real and existing things” - Courbet

5. The Sculptor, 1845
The Stone Breakers, 1849

6. Jean-François Millet French Painter who lived from 1814 to 1875
Noted for his scenes of peasant farmers
One of the founders of the Barbizon school in France
Barbizon School: Group of painters who were part of an art movement towards Realism.
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7. Shepherd Tending His Flock, 1860
Going to Work,

8. Potato Planters, 1861
The Potato Harvest, 1855

9. Realism Beyond France
Realist movement had equivalents in other Western countries, which developed later
Wanderers group in Russia, formed in the 1860s
Ashcan School in the United States, early 1900s

10. Russian Realism
Ilya Repin, most renowned Russian artist of the 19th century
Lived 1844 to 1930
Self-portrait, 1878
The Duel, 1901
17 October 1905,

11. American Realism, Ashcan School
Ashcan School was an artistic movement in the US during the early 20th century
Portrayed scenes of daily life in New York
Made up of many different artists
Everett Shinn, Cross Streets of New York, 1899
Robert Henri, Snow in New York, 1902

12. Sources http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/realism.html