Rosa Bonheur 1822-99
French
- First successful painter of working-class subjects
- Paintings of rural life
- Studied animal anatomy — visited butcher houses
- Wore men’s clothing — better to work in
- Popular Work — Plowing in the Nivernais: The Dressing of the Vines
Gustave Courbet 1819-77
French
- Portrayed the working class with outright truthfulness
- Lack of idealism
- Popular work – A Burial at Ornans
Edouard Manet 1832-83
French
Popular work 1 — Olympia
Popular work 2 — Luncheon on the Grass
Winslow Homer 1836-1910
American
- An illustrator for Harper’s Weekly
- Illustrations from the Civil War
- His Civil War works avoided brutality and violence, and showed mundane, everyday depictions
- Popular work — Prisoners from the Front
Thomas Eakins 1844-1916
American
- Interest in human anatomy
- Called himself a scientific realist
- His realism was generally considered too harsh during his lifetime
- Popular Work — The Swimming Hole
Jennie Augusta Brownscombe 1850-1936
Made a living teaching and selling paintings for cards and calendars
Depicted a charming country life
Popular Work — Love’s Young Dream
Pre-Raphaelites
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QMQmccid3Y
How to recognize Pre-Raphaelite art
Important Pre-Raphaelite Artists
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Adolphe William Bouguerau
Sir Edward Burne-Jones
John William Waterhouse
Video lecture on Millais Ophelia
“Ophelia” by John Everett Millais (1852) England