Movement · 1860s
Realism
Realism emerged in France in the 1840s, led by Gustave Courbet, and rejected Romanticism's drama for truthful pictures of ordinary people of every class. Its painters were concerned with how things appeared to the eye, including the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution.
Where it came from, where it went
- Grew out of1770sRomanticism
Artists emphasized emotion, imagination, and the power of nature.
- This movement1860sRealism
- Led to1860sImpressionism
Painters used broken brushwork and changing light to capture a passing moment.
Artists
- Gustave Courbet1819–1877 · French
- Ferdinand von Wright1822–1906 · Finnish
- Camille Pissarro1830–1903 · Danish-French (born in the Danish West Indies)
- Winslow Homer1836–1910 · American
- José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior1850–1899 · Brazilian
- Peder Mørk Mønsted1859–1941 · Danish
- Isaac Levitan1860–1900 · Russian
- José Pinelo Llull1861–1922 · Spanish
- Géza Vastagh1866–1919 · Hungarian
Paintings
