Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Painting #130 - French Realism

Realism in France 


Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796–1875, French)


A View near Volterra
- Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
- oil on canvas (70 x 95.5 cm) 1838
- National Gallery of Art (Washington) 
Not a plenir-air, but a recollection of impressions.

Ville d’Avray
- Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
- oil on canvas (49 × 65 cm) 1865
- National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.) 

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot 
He is a pivotal figure in landscape painting and his vast output simultaneously references the Neo-Classical tradition and anticipates the plein-air (户外寫生) innovations of Impressionism.
* The invention of metal paint tubes not only preserves the paints but also enables their portability for plein-air of landscapes.



Honoré Daumier (1808–1879, French) 


The Third-Class Carriage
- Honoré Daumier
- oil on canvas (65 × 90 cm) 1860's
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC) 

The Landscapists,
One landscape artist copies nature, the second copies the first
- Daumier in 1865
- art print (31 x 23 cm) 1978 



Jean-François Millet (1814–1875, French)


- Millet 
- oil on canvas (84 × 112 cm) 1857 
Musée d'Orsay (Paris) 

Woman Sewing by Lamplight
- Jean-François Millet
- oil on canvas (100 x 82 cm) 1870-72
- The Frick Collection (private, NYC) 



Gustave Courbet (1819–1877, French) 


The Painter's Studio
- Courbet
- oil on canvas (361 × 598 cm) 1855
- Musée d'Orsay (Paris) 

The Meeting ("Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet") 
- Gustave Courbet
- oil on canvas (132 x 151 cm) 1854
- Musée Fabre (Montpellier) 
Arrogant Courbet greeted by his patron, with humble servant and dog.



The Virgin with Angels
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905, French)
- oil canvas (213 × 152 cm) 1881
- Forest Lawn Museum (Glendale, California)


The Abduction of Psyche
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905, French)
- oil canvas (209 × 120 cm) 1895
- private collection (France)


Jeune Fille se défendant contre l'Amour
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905, French)
- oil canvas (82 × 58 cm) 1880
- Getty Museum (Los Angeles)


Source: Wikipedia

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