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Focusing on ordinary people and their everyday life, often addressing social and political issues. Portraying life as it truly is, influenced by various societal conditions.
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Gustave Courbet- The meeting (Bonjour Monsieur Courbet), 1854 Realism, painting, oil on canvas, 128 x 149 cm, Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France
Paying close to attention we can see 3 men and a dog engaging in a conversation. Depicting a man on his way to meet two other men and go on their way with the dog. -
Jean-Francois Millet- Oedipus taken down from the tree, 1847, painting, realism, oil on canvas, 135.9 x 77,5 cm, National Gallery of Canada Ottawa Canada
Based on Greek mythology we can see someone being strung up onto a tree. Strung up on the tree for the father believed his son was going to kill him. -
Claude Monet Women in the garden, 1866, Impressionism, painting, oil canvas, 205 x 255 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
Using light colors, a brush stokes to create a lively feeling we can see 3 women and a man engaging in what seems to be an everyday activity. capturing the momentary character of sunlight and the fleeing nature of light. -
Focusing on light, color, and everyday subject matters. Using visible brush strokes, light and color, everyday life often including landscapes urban scenes and ordinary people.
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Camille Pissarro Peasant women planting stakes, 1891, impressionism, painting, oil canvas, 55 x 46 cm, private collection
We can see the style of brush stokes for this painting to create a mor grainy look as well as using many colors to achieve this look. Using loose brushwork and movement we can see women engaging in planting stakes in a rural setting.