The French Realist movement in painting was created by Gustave Courbet in the mid-nineteenth century. He focused on real people, ordinary landscapes and rural activities, depicted with a concern for social and political issues. The French Realist movement later influenced Édouard Manet, the father of French Impressionism.
Artworks
La vagueGustave Courbet (1819–1877)
Southampton City Art Gallery
Head of a ManHonoré Daumier (1808–1879)
National Museum Cardiff
A Third Class CarriageHonoré Daumier (1808–1879)
National Museum Cardiff
Interior of a Church with kneeling FiguresAlphonse Legros (1837–1911)
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
The BurdenHonoré Daumier (1808–1879)
The Burrell Collection
Young Ladies on the Bank of the SeineGustave Courbet (1819–1877)
The National Gallery, London
A Woman Adjusting Her StockingJean-François Millet (1814–1875)
