It can be quite difficult to work out the difference between naturalism and realism. But there are features which can help you understand the terminology. Realism was a 19th-century theatrical ...

Rogier van der Weyden was one of the most profound and influential painters of the 15th century. He was internationally famed for the naturalism of his detail and his expressive pathos. He created a ...

Many artists criticized the artistic establishment for its rigid definitions of what styles of work were acceptable, choosing to paint everyday subjects with an emphasis on realism and naturalism.

Born in St Petersburg to a highly artistic family, Valentin Serov was one of the most outstanding portrait painters of the nineteenth century. He was highly educated and studied in Paris, Moscow and ...

His own work was influenced by the realist painters, such as Courbet and Millet ... Jules Bastien-Lepage (1 November 1848 – 10 December 1884) was a French painter closely associated with the beginning ...