5.4.2 Realist Painters
Rosa Bonheur 1822-99
French
- First successful painter of working class subjects
- Paintings of rural life
- Studied animal anatomy — visited butcher houses
- Wore men’s clothing — better to work in
- Popular Work — Plowing in the Nivernais: The Dressing of the Vines
Gustave Courbet 1819-77
French
- Portrayed the working class with outright truthfulness
- Lack of idealism
- Popular work – A Burial at Ornans
Edouard Manet 1832-83
French
Popular work 1 — Olympia
Popular work 2 — Luncheon on the Grass
Winslow Homer 1836-1910
American
- An illustrator for Harper’s Weekly
- Illustrations from the Civil War
- His Civil War works avoided brutality and violence, and showed mundane, everyday depictions
- Popular work — Prisoners from the Front
Thomas Eakins 1844-1916
American
- Interest in human anatomy
- Called himself a scientific realist
- His realism was generally considered too harsh during his lifetime
- Popular Work — The Swimming Hole
Jennie Augusta Brownscombe 1850-1936
Made a living teaching and selling paintings for cards and calendars
Depicted a charming country life
Popular Work — Love’s Young Dream
Pre-Raphaelites
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Adolphe William Bouguerau
Sir Edward Burne-Jones
John William Waterhouse
Video lecture on Millais Ophelia
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No. 1 — March 3rd, 2011 at 6:27 am
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