Classical Realism

Exploring the vast world of classical style oil painting involves delving into various techniques and genres. From the meticulous details of realism to the

The international upswing in traditional realist painting — what's now being called "classical realism" — has a new face in Vermont: that of Emilie Lee.

Figure 1. The Reluctant Bride, Augustus Toulmouche, 1866. The striking gaze of the bride tells the viewer she is weary of her marriage. In 19th century France, marriages were based on lineage, soci…

Julius Kronberg (1850 in Karlskrona 17 October 1921 in Stockholm) was a Swedish painter. Julius Kronberg received education at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm in the 1860s. A travel scholarship brought him to Paris via Dsseldorf and Copenhagen. He is associated with the Dsseldorf

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…

Art Gallery on Instagram: “The Lunatic of Étretat, 1871 by Hugues Merle (1822-1881) O Lunático de Étretat, 1871 de Hugues Merle…”

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