Realism

1830s - 1870

With Realism, nature and life was for the first time depicted in an honest and unsentimental way. Instead of taking from the past, artists began to actually paint and create from their own life experiences, based on their observations of the world around them. This was a major stepping stone into the world of modern art.

 

Important Work:

• The Stone Breakers, Gustave Courbet

Important Artists (selected list):  

• Courbet, Gustave
• Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille
• Daumier, Honoré
• Millet, Jean-François

Image: Gustave Courbet

The Stone Breakers


By Andrea Mulder-Slater