Realism Timeline

  • The Stone Breakers

    The Stone Breakers

    In this picture I see 2 laborers one is older and the other one is younger who are trying to break stones on a roadside. Courbet deliberately chose this subject to highlight the harshness of physical labor and the dignity of common workers. This was made by Gustave Courbet and the medium is oil on canvas.
  • After Dinner at Ornans

    After Dinner at Ornans

    This painting shows a group of ordinary guys relaxing after eating lunch in his hometown of Ornans, with no idealization just a candid. This was one of Courbet's first major Realist works to gain recognition. This was made by Gustave Courbet and the medium is oil on canvas.
  • The Woodcutters

    The Woodcutters

    This painting shows 2 guys laboring to saw through a massive tree trunk is kind of familiar to "The Stone Breakers", it emphasizes the physical hardship of manual labor and aligns with Courbet's Realist mission. This was made by Gustave Courbet and the medium is oil on canvas.
  • A Burial at Ornans

    A Burial at Ornans

    This painting shows a funeral in Courbet's birthplace which is the small town of Ornans. It treats an ordinary, provincial funeral with frank realism. This was made by Gustave Courbet and the medium is oil on canvas.
  • The Sower (Millet)

    The Sower (Millet)

    This painting shows a poor farmer in the act of sowing land, apparently in the winter. The sun shines at the top of the painting, which points out that is dawn. This painting mostly shows about hardworking lifestyle. This was made by Jean-Francois Millet and the medium is oil painting on canvas.
  • The Gleaners

    The Gleaners

    This painting shows 3 farmer ladies taking a field of stray stalks of wheat after the harvest. This painting is famous for featuring in a sympathetic way what were then the lowest ranks of rural society. This painting was made by Jean-Francois Millet and the medium is oil on canvas.
  • The Third Class Carriage

    The Third Class Carriage

    This painting shows the poverty and fortitude of working class travelers in a third class railway carriage, which also relates to Daumier's three watercolors with ink and charcoal. This painting was made by Honore Daumier and the medium is oil on canvas
  • The Sleepers (Le Sommeil)

    The Sleepers (Le Sommeil)

    This painting shows 2 ladies being naked falling asleep on a bed entwined in an erotic embrace, plus one of the sleeping ladies is redhead and the other brunette. This painting was made by Gustave Courbet and the medium is oil on canvas.
  • Young Girl Reading

    Young Girl Reading

    This painting shows a lady in a white shirt and with a green sweater sitting on the table with a book sitting in a warmly lit studio interior with an easel in the background. This painting was made by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and the medium is oil on a paperboard on wood.
  • Breakfast in the Studio

    Breakfast in the Studio

    This painting shows a servant and a man smoking a cigarette and drinking coffee. This painting was made by Edouard Manet and the medium is oil on canvas.
  • A Norman Milkmaid at Greville

    A Norman Milkmaid at Greville

    This painting shows that a lady in a landscaping reflecting Millet's signature focus on the lives and dignity of agricultural laborers. This painting was made by Jean-Francois Millet and the medium is oil on canvas.
  • Barge Haulers on the Volga

    Barge Haulers on the Volga

    This painting shows 10 guys hauling a barge along the banks of the Volga River which they're at the point of collapsing from tireness, oppressed by heavy and hot weather. This painting was made by Ilya Repin and the medium is oil on canvas.
  • October (painting)

    October (painting)

    This painting shows 2 ladies picking up potatoes from the landscape. This painting was made by Jules Bastien-Lepage and the medium is oil on canvas.
  • The Song of the Lark

    The Song of the Lark

    This painting shows a farmer lady walking in a field hypnotized and listening to a birdsong at dawn. This painting was made by Jules Breton and the medium is oil on canvas.
  • The End of the Working Day

    The End of the Working Day

    This painting shows 3 farmer ladies walking through fields in the sunset and it also portrays the 3 ladies returning from their day's work in the potato fields. This painting was made by Jules Breton and the medium is oil on canvas.