Category Archives: Realism Artists

Joaquín Sorolla (part 2)

Posted on June 7, 2013 by

By 1885, Joaquín Sorolla had settled down to life in Rome but during that year he also spent the spring and summer in Paris.  At this time in the French capital, the Impressionists were in the ascendancy after they and … Continue reading →

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The Stonebreakers by Gustave Courbet

Posted on July 7, 2012 by

For my third look at Realism art and Social Realism art I am going back to the land of its inception, France.   The emergence of this form of art came about in France around 1848, the year King Louis-Philippe lost … Continue reading →

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Barge-Haulers on the Volga by Ilya Repin

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

My blog today continues, as promised, with the Social Realism Movement in art.  Social Realism is a very broad term for painting or literature that comments on contemporary social political or economic conditions, usually from a left-wing viewpoint, in a … Continue reading →

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Salon I by Otto Dix

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Today I am looking at a painting by an artist whose work has frequently shocked the public.  His art often focused on the First World War and the aftermath of it on the people of Germany.  It was not his … Continue reading →

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Religious Procession in Kursk Province by Ilya Repin

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

Ilya Efimovich Repin was born in 1844 in the town of Chuhuiv, now part of eastern Ukraine.  His parents were a family of military settlers.  Military Settlements in thise days were places which allowed the combination of military service and … Continue reading →

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The Floor-scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

Although I am sure people love to see the paintings of the so-called “Masters”, I believe it is good to look at the works of lesser known artists and by doing so, one can discover hidden gems.  After Renoir’s famous … Continue reading →

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Eastward Ho and Home Again by Henry Nelson O’Neil

Posted on July 7, 2011 by

Today I am offering you two paintings by Victorian painter Henry Nelson O’Neil.   The reason for the joint display is that the works are connected and the story behind them is intertwined. O’Neil was born in Russia to English parents … Continue reading →

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Charity by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

It used to be the “in thing” when one talked about what one was studying to reel off a list of “-ologys”.  It always sounded very impressive.  In the art world there is the tendency to group artists in “-isms” and not … Continue reading →

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The Art Student (Miss Josephine Nivison) by Robert Henri

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

Robert Henri, a leading figure of the Ashcan School in art, was born Robert Henri Cozad in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1865.  His father John Cozad was a real estate developer and founded the town of Cozaddale, Ohio and later when … Continue reading →

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Three Women in Church by Wilhelm Leibl

Posted on March 1, 2011 by

  The artist featured in My Daily Art Display today is Wilhelm Maria Hubertus Leibl.  He was born in Cologne in 1844 and became one of Germany’s greatest Realist painters of that time. Originally apprenticed as a locksmith and later … Continue reading →

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