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3 Artists in Realism

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Gustave Courbet
Jean-Francois Millet
Edouard Manet

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He is the leader of the Realist movement.

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Gustave Courbet

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He rebelled against the Romantic painting of his day, turning to everyday events for his subject matter.

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Gustave Courbet

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He is noted for his paintings of peasant farmers and can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement.

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Jean-Francois Millet

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The painting depicts two peasants bowing in a field over a basket of potatoes to say a prayer, that together with the ringing of the bell from the church on the horizon marks the end of a day’s work.

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The Angelus

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He knew that his ultimate desire was to become an artist, and he found support from his uncle to pursue this field.

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Edouard Manet

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His early works were inspired by Gustave Courbet, who was a realist artist.

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Edouard Manet

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He had a long- lasting fascination with observing and painting light and nature.

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Claude Monet

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His early works were typically Impressionist snapshots of real life, full of sparkling colour and light.

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Auguste Renoir

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He liked to paint lively groups of figures.

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Auguste Renoir

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He usually used the maids in his house as his models.

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Auguste Renoir

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Two Filipino Impressionist Painters

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Juan Luna
Fernando Amorsolo

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Two Artists in Post-Impressionism

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Paul Cezanne
Vincent van Gogh

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He used heavy brush strokes during his early years and thickly layered paint onto the canvas.

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Paul Cezanne

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His early work has previously been called ‘violent’ in nature because of the hasty brush work.

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Paul Cezanne

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He was known for his thick application of paint on canvas, called impasto.

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Vincent van Gogh

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Van Gogh was known for his thick application of paint on canvas, called __.

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impasto

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What is the english translation of impasto?

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paste or mixture

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It is used to describe a painting technique where paint (usually oil) is laid on so thickly that the texture of brush strokes or palette knife are clearly visible

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Impasto

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He emerged as a Post-Impressionist, and first achieved prominence as the leader of the French movement Fauvism.

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Henri Matisse

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Although interested in Cubism, he rejected it, and instead sought to use color as the foundation for expressive, decorative, and often monumental paintings.

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Henri Matisse

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He was the best- known forerunner of expressionism.

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Edvard Munch

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His early life was tortured by sickness, death, insanity, unhappy love affairs and guilt.

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Edvard Munch

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What is Edvard Munch’s most famous motif?

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The Scream

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He believed that shape, line, and color have emotional properties capable of conveying heightened feelings.

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Wassily Kandinsky

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He is most known for his brilliant use of color to attract the viewer’s attention.

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Marc Chagall

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His artworks are usually lively and imaginative, he and often combine Cubism and Fauvism with his folkish style.

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Marc Chagall

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He created one of the first of those who invented the worlds of the surrealists and one of the most enduring.

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Giorgio de Chirico

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The world he created is at once desolate and empty but filled with suggestions, deserted yet full of mysterious presence.

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Giorgio de Chirico

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He drew inspiration from traditional painting methods, he combined materials and methods in ways that were distinctive to his artistic style.

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Salvador Dali

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Some Filipino Surrealists

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Galo Ocampo
Hernando Ocampo

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An American painter and graphic artist whose work, displaying a combination of realism and abstraction, addressed various social and political causes.

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Ben Shahn

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He used oval faces and elongated shapes of African art in both his sculptures and paintings.

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Amedeo Modigliani

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He made a revolutionary breakthrough by abandoning the paint brush altogether—pouring and dripping commercial paints onto a large canvas on the floor.

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Jackson Pollock

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He developed a style where he employed fierce and slashing brushstrokes.

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Willem de Kooning

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He developed a technique where he used broad brushes to apply paint in a thick and textured manner.

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Franz Kline

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Some Filipino Abstract Expressionists

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Jose Joya
Lee Aguinaldo

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A major figure in the Pop Art movement.

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Andy Warhol

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He created artworks that were remarkably faithful to the original comic strip images that he used as inspiration.

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Roy Lichtenstein

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Create organize lines, patterns, and designs that sharpen up the viewer’s eyesight or eye perception.

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Optical Art

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A well-known British artist celebrated for her distinctive Op Art paintings.

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Bridget Riley

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A graphic artist famous for his incredibly detailed and realistic prints.

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M.C. Escher (Maurits Cornelis Escher)

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She explores optical phenomena, using carefully arranged patterns to create the illusion of movement or depth, which can be visually stimulating and even disorienting for the viewer.

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Bridget Riley

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Known for achieving bizarre optical and conceptual effects.

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M.C. Escher

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The impression of a strong drum beat.

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Red

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The shrill sound of a violin.

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Green

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A capacity to attain heights.

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Yellow

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Some Filipino Expressionist

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Victorio Edades

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It was the Filipino public’s introduction to modern art.

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The Builders

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He is perhaps the most prolifically imaginative and versatile painter in the 20th century.

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Pablo Picasso

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Most well-known name in modern art, with the most distinct style and eye for artistic creation.

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Pablo Picasso

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Throughout his life, he focused on still life and means of viewing objects from various perspectives through color, line, and texture.

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George Braque

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Works of Edouard Manet

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Mosnier Decked with Flags
The Bar at the Foiles-Bergere
Argenteuil
Café Concert

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Works of Claude Monet

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The Read Boats
Argenteuil
La Promenade
Irises in Monet’s Garden
Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lillies

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Works of Auguste Renoir

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Dance at the Bougival
Girls at the Piano
The Skiff
The Luncheon of the Boating Party

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Works of Wassily Kandinsky

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Black Frame
Yellow-Red-Blue

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Works of Pablo Picasso

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Weeping Woman
Bottle of Vieux
Glass
Guitar and Newspaper
Portrait of Dora Maar
Girl Before a Mirror

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Works of George Braque

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Houses of L’Estaque
Woman with a Guitar
Fruit Dish and Glass
Glass on a Table

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Some Filipino Cubists

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Vicente Manansala
Cesar Legaspi

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In his painting, Green Coca-Cola Bottles, the multiple images of Coca-Cola bottles reflect not just the dominance of consumer products in daily life but also the fact that life has become depersonalized and repetitive as well.

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Andy Warhol