Realism

Realism

Realism movement begins in the mid-19^th century in a Parisian Bar (Temple du Realisme), were a group of artists, writers and intellectuals used to meet there to discuss and so from there Realism movement emerged. When Realism started was a time of social hardship and political difficulty in France when early in 1848 the Third Revolution took place in Paris. Realist painters wanted to interpret what they saw without being unrealistic and they used to choose their subjects from everyday life from common places. They were against the severely academic production of the French school. One of the realists’ artists is Courbet Gustave.
 

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