Lovian Museum for Modern Art/Courbet Hall - Realism

The Courbet Hall is the second hall of the Lovian Museum for Modern Art in Newhaven. The realism collection is based in this hall, named after Gustave Courbet.

Realism

Realism is a style of painting that depicts the actuality of what the eyes can see. Realists render everyday characters, situations, dilemmas, and objects, all in verisimilitude. They tend to discard theatrical drama, lofty subjects and classical forms in favor of commonplace themes. Gustave Courbet, the painter who this room is named after, is credited with coining the term.

Realism refers to the mid-19th century cultural movement with its roots in France, where it was a very popular art form around the mid to late 1800s. It came about with the introduction of photography - a new visual source that created a desire for people to produce things that look “objectively real”. Realism was heavily against romanticism. Undistorted by personal bias, Realism believed in the ideology of objective reality and revolted against exaggerated emotionalism. Truth and accuracy became the goals of many Realists.

Collection

Artwork	Creator	Origin and date	More information
File:The sleepers.jpg	Gustave Courbet	French, 1866	The sleep oil on canvas, 140 x 200 cm.
	Gustave Courbet	French, 1867	Seacoast of Normandy oil on canvas, 105 x 128 cm.
	Gustave Courbet	French, 1865	Lovian forest in midsummer oil on canvas, 94 x 135 cm.
	William Baker	American, 1886	Fallen monarchs oil on canvas, 120 x 97 cm.
	William-Adolphe Bouguereau	French, 1867	Little girl with bird oil on canvas, 108 x 87 cm.
	William-Adolphe Bouguereau	French, 1882	The nut_gatherers oil on canvas, 95 x 118 cm.
	Jean-Baptiste Corot	French, 1855-1865	The way to Sèvres oil on canvas, 34 x 49 cm.
	Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins	American, 1844-1916	Portrait of Maud Cook oil on canvas, 102 x 123 cm.
	Michael Harnett	Irish, 1886	The violin oil on canvas, 97 x 61 cm.

Reactions from the visitors

“ Oh dear! This is just great! I'm glad to be the monarch of a country with such an artistic collection. ”

Dimitri 15:50, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

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“ I never knew of but one artist, and that's Tom Eakins, who could resist the temptation to see what they think ought to be rather than what is. ”

Lars Washington February 7, 2007

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	Lovian Museum for Modern Art
	Collection: Turner Hall (Romanticism) - Courbet Hall (Realism) - Monet Hall (Impressionism) - Brake Hall (Cubism) - Macke Hall (Expressionism) - Wesselman Hall (Pop Art) - Ernst Hall (Surrealism) - Landfield Hall (Color Field)
	Exhibitions: Medvedev Hall (J.M.W. Turner) - Noble Hall (René Magritte) - Washington Hall (Henri Matisse)
	Other Musea: Capitol Museum Group