More narrowly defined, “Realism” is often viewed as the first modern art movement.It emerged in France in the 1840s as a rejection of traditional forms of art and literature deemed obsolete in ...

Englehart painted hundreds of realist landscapes of the American West in the late 1800s and early 1900s, though much about the man himself remains a mystery. He was born in Chicago in 1867 — or ...

Realism in art provides a visual portal to the familiar, offering viewers a sense of comfort and recognition. It also serves as testimony to the artist’s skill and craftsmanship.

Realist and Lyrical Landscapes brings together six artists from very differing backgrounds but who all address landscape in their work and share a sense of awe for the natural beauty of a northern ...

He naturally gravitated toward painting realistic landscapes, but his professors encouraged him to try other styles, particularly abstract art, which was becoming very popular in the early 1970s.

This “hard realism,” as Mr. Pearlstein called it, broke decisively with the torrid emotionalism of the Abstract Expressionists, embracing an art that was, he asserted in a statement to ARTnews ...