Marias, Angelyn O.

A.Realism (art movement)

Realism was an artistic movement that began in France in the 1850s, after the 1848 Revolution.[1] Realists
rejected Romanticism, which had dominated French literature and art since the late 18th century. Realism revolted
against the exotic subject matter and exaggerated emotionalism and drama of the Romantic movement. Instead it
sought to portray 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 brought by the Industrial and Commercial Revolutions. The popularity of such
"realistic" works grew with the introduction of photographya new visual source that created a desire for people to
produce representations which look objectively real.

(HISTORY) Beginnings in France subjects for their works. The chief exponents of
Realism were Gustave Courbet, Jean-Franois
The Realist movement began in the mid-19th century
Millet, Honor Daumier, and Jean-Baptiste-Camille
as a reaction to Romanticism and History painting. In
Corot.[3][4][5] Jules Bastien-Lepage is closely associated
favor of depictions of 'real' life, the Realist painters
with the beginning of Naturalism, an artistic style that
used common laborers, and ordinary people in
emerged from the later phase of the Realist
ordinary surroundings engaged in real activities as
movement and heralded the arrival of Impressionism.

Beyond France 1871 included many realists such as genre

The French Realist movement had stylistic and
ideological equivalents in all other Western countries,
developing somewhat later. In particular
the Peredvizhniki or Wanderers group in Russia who
formed in the 1860s and organized exhibitions from
art master Vasily Perov, landscape artists Ivan
Shishkin, Alexei Savrasov, and Arkhip Kuindzhi,
highly regarded portraitist Ivan Kramskoy, war
artist Vasily Vereshchagin, historical artist Vasily
Surikov and, especially, Ilya Repin, who is considered
by many to be the most renowned Russian artist of
the 19th century
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Fin du travail (The

End of the Working

Jules Breton

EUROPEAN ART

Jules Bretons image shows three monumental figures of French women, dramatically backlit by a
sunset, returning from their days work in the potato fields. This idealized and heroic portrayal of field
workers reflects the impact of the democratic Revolution of 1848 on artists later in the century. The
painter himself said that "art was to do [the workers] the honor formerly reserved exclusively for the
gods."

ARTIST Jules Breton, French, 1827-1906

MEDIUM Oil on canvas

Place Made: France

DIMENSIONS 33 1/16 x 47 1/4in. (84 x 120cm) frame: 45 1/2 x 59 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (115.6 x 150.8 x 12.1
cm) (show scale)

SIGNATURE Signed and dated lower right: "Jules Breton/Courrires 1887"

C. Source

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/44489
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(art_movement)