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Realism Mid 19 Century (Or 1800's)

The Realism movement of the mid-19th century aimed to portray political, social, and moral issues realistically without romanticizing the past or present. Major artists of this movement included Millet, Homer, Whistler, and Wyeth. They painted familiar scenes as they actually appeared, focusing on realistic situations and the working class. Realism revolted against the exaggerated subject matter of Romanticism by depicting ordinary people and situations truthfully, including unpleasant aspects of life.

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Realism Mid 19 Century (Or 1800's)

The Realism movement of the mid-19th century aimed to portray political, social, and moral issues realistically without romanticizing the past or present. Major artists of this movement included Millet, Homer, Whistler, and Wyeth. They painted familiar scenes as they actually appeared, focusing on realistic situations and the working class. Realism revolted against the exaggerated subject matter of Romanticism by depicting ordinary people and situations truthfully, including unpleasant aspects of life.

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Realism

Mid 19th Century (or 1800s)

Artists felt that they should portray political,


social, and moral issues, without glorifying the
past or presenting romantic views of the
present. The artists presented familiar scenes as
they actually appeared, hence REALISM.
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Painting realistic situations


Celebrating working class and peasants;
en plein air
rustic painting
Realism as a style or movement needs to be
distinguished from "realism" as a term to describe the
very precise, detailed and accurate representation in art
of the visual appearance of scenes and objects.

Major Artists of the


Realism Movement of the
1800s
Millet
Homer
Whistler
Wyeth

Jan Francois Millet,


Painting, Oil on canvas

The Gleaners, 1857, Muse du Louvre, Paris, France

Critique of The Gleaners

Jan Francois Millet, Haystacks: Autumn 1874, Metropolitan Museum of Art,


Painting, Oil on canvas

Winslow Homer, Sailing the Catboat, 1857

Critique of Homer's The Life Line

Winslow Homer, Beach


Scene

James McNeill Whistler, Whistler's Mother 1871, Muse d'Orsay, Paris

Whistler, The Last of Old Westminster 1862, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, M.A., United States Of America Oil
on canvas

20th Century Modern Realism

Andrew Wyeth, Christinas World, 1948

- Realism revolted against the exotic subject matter and exaggerated


emotionalism and drama of the Romantic movement.
-portrayed real and typical contemporary people and situations with
truth and accuracy, and not avoiding unpleasant or sordid aspects of
life.
-Realist works depicted people of all classes in situations that arise in
ordinary life, and often reflected the changes wrought by the
Industrial and Commercial Revolutions.
-The popularity of such 'realistic' works grew with the introduction of
photography a new visual source that created a desire for people
to produce representations which situations or settings looked
objectively real.
- The Realism movement overlapped Impressionism

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