French Realism

Realism 

Realism was born in a time of revolutionary upheaval across Europe in the mid-19thcentury. Romanticism gave way to truth and sincerity, and a belief that art should come from direct experience.  Courbet said, "I cannot paint an angel because I have never seen one."  Below you will find the major French artists of this period arranged chronologically. For French art of other periods Art Directory.

General

•  French Realist Painting and the Critique... by Meixner

Gustave Courbet

Édouard Manet (1832-1883)

• Manet : The Still Life Paintings

• Manet/Velazquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting  

•  Manet and the Sea

Auguste Rodin (sculptor)

• Rodin: Sculpture & Drawings

•  Rodin : The Shape of Genius by Butler

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• Art-Impressionism

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