Realism

This movement started in the late 1840's, their art was all about latest artistic trends, politics and social issues. This all happened when in France happened the 3rd revolution situated in Paris 1848 when social hardship and political difficulties raised. So back then artists, writers and intellectuals were meeting together and talking all about the situations going around in a Parisian bar called 'Temple du Realisme' and there where this movement got it's name REALISM! 



During those days, there was this artist ... called Gustave Courbet. His art caused much controversary at the State-Sponsored Salon as it went all the way against standard academic practice. This is because Courbet's art was done as the picture is (eg. a woman is fat/thin she'd be painted that way), and he even painted nothing but the truth and was considered vulgar when he even drew peasants and working conditions of the poor back then.

 
- The stone breakers - Gustave      - The Sleepers - Gustave

Reference - Class notes converted in own words + 
Realism (arts) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2013. Realism (arts) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(arts).