Famous realism paintings

We take a look at how the Realism movement marked a major shift in the history of art.

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known simply as Caravaggio, was an Italian artist at the turn of the 17th century whose influence rivals that of Michelangelo when it comes to Western art. While Michelangelo was known for a devotion to the idealized form of body and Christian spirit, Caravaggio was known for his ability to realistically

Realism was an artistic movement that emerged in France in the 1840s, around the 1848 Revolution. Realists rejected Romanticism, which had dominated French literature and art since the early 19th century. Realists used unprettified detail depicting the existence of ordinary contemporary life, coinciding in the contemporaneous naturalist literature of Émile Zola, Honoré de Balzac, and Gustave Flaubert. After the movement's origin in France, realism spread to artists in other locations and…

In this article, we'll take a closer look at some of the most famous Realism paintings, artworks that define the Realism art movement.

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Art history’s Henry Adams shapes legacy of Andrew Wyeth at a pivotal period of reconsideration In the world of painting, rare is the combination of critical acclaim and commercial success. As such, the enormous popularity and prosperity enjoyed by realist Andrew Wyeth led to his very name becoming its own pejorative to the ideologically charged movement toward abstraction during latter half of the 20th century. Yet, times change. At the center of a dramatic reappraisal of Wyeth’s career and…

John Singer Sargent, Man Reading (Nicola d'Inverno), 1904-08. Reading Public Museum Sargent was staying in the Alps when he created this painting. Nicola d'Inverno was his manservant.

“James Carroll Beckwith (1852–1917) The Letter 1910”