Unit 7 Realism

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Unit 7Realism

• 1820-1920

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Realism

• Does not glorify the past.
• Seeks the truth.
• Finds beauty in the commonplace.
• Focuses on the conditions of the working class.
• Represented everyday scenes the way they really
  looked.
• Artists to know Gustave Courbet, Edouard Manet
  and Rosa Bonheur.

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Gustave Courbet

• Painted normal people on a monumental scale
  usually reserved for heroic or Biblical figures.
• Criticized for using his friends as models.
• Was criticized for lack of reverence and respect
  in Burial at Ornans.

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Courbet The Stone Breakers
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Courbet Burial at Ornans
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Courbet Bonjour, Monsieur
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Courbet The Desperate Man
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Courbet The Artist in His Studio
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Edouard Manet

• More concerned with HOW to paint, instead of WHAT
  to paint.
• Used models at times, but dressed them
  appropriately and let the pose naturally.

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Manet Lunch on the Grass
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Manet Bar at La Follies
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Manet The Train
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Manet The Fifer
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Manet Absinthe Drinker
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Rosa Bonheur

• Showed a preference for portraying animals.
• Well-known and respected during her lifetime.
• Was the first woman made an officer in the Legion
  of Honor.

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Rosa Bonheur

• While Bonheurs work was widely acclaimed, it was
  generally difficult for women to sell their art
  up until this point in time.
• There were, however, several methods which were
  used by many female artists to sell their art
  work
• Sell to other women.
• Have a male friend or relative pass work off as
  his own.
• Sell work anonymously.

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Bonheur Plowing in the Nivernais
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Bonheur The Horse Fair
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Bonheur Couching Lion
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Bonheur Stags in Winter
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Bonheur Wasp