Naturalism - Realism Painting to a theme sources

Ive started looking at sources for my painting to a theme.  A - B - C

Naturalism

In the early nineteen century artist's and painters took on the way of painting the real world instead of the ideal traditional classic style.  For many it gave freedom to paint the everyday landscapes and people in a way that is actually as we see them. A detailed style which involves the representation or depiction of nature and can include people. genre exemplified by the Oil Paintings of John Constable, before spreading to France and then other parts of Europe.

The French term Plain air - meaning painting outside on the day was also a way the Naturalist's worked.

John constable

Other artists

Benjamin Leader

Thomas Cole

From the 1840's the art world were still painting in a naturalist way but in instead of just landscape and people as it was they were painting in a photographic style of the peasants, working class lives, city lives and cafes etc.  The French novelist Champfleury used the term Realist to describe his friend the painter Gustave Courbet's work.

See source -

Gustave-Courbet.com

Courbet

Jules Benton

Edgar Bundy



Winslow Homer



Edouard Manet





So this is my first part of thinking about my painting to a theme.... The thinking is to do a landscape in a style of a mixed media work incorporating leaves grass and other things I feel works. Many artists have used and impasto style of working actually adding to the medium. The idea of scratching into the paint or texture the medium creates gives me a sense of fun and energy.  I'm thinking along the working style of these artist's also - I want to look at one way of working and try to bring the style forward into the modern day the way other artists evolve.

Jules Bastien Lepage

 

Anselm Kiefer

  

Jean Dubuffet

  

William De Kooning

  

Joan Eardley

   


  


Helene Schjerfbeck