American Realism1865-1910

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American Realism1865-1910

American realism was an early 20th century idea in art, music and literature that showed through these different types of work, reflections of the time period. Whether it was a cultural portrayal, or a scenic view of downtown New York City, these images and works of literature, music and painting depicted a contemporary view of what was happening; an attempt at defining what was real. In America at the beginning of the 20th century a new generation of painters, writers and journalists were coming of age. Many of the painters felt the influence of older American artists such as Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, Winslow Homer, Childe Hassam, J. Alden Weir, Thomas Pollock Anshutz, and William Merritt Chase. However they were interested in creating new and more urbane works that reflected city life and a population that was more urban than rural in America as it entered the new century.

Bellows George Dempsey and Firpo 1924

George Bellows - New York

Edward Hopper Summer Interior

Shinnportrait

Winslow Homerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winslow_Homer

Winslow Homer Breezing Up (A Fair Wind),

Winslow Homer - Artists Sketching in the White Mountains

Rowing Home, 1890, watercolor

Mary Cassatthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Cassatt

Children on the Beach (1884)

Tea by Mary Cassatt, 1880, oil on canvas, 25½ × 36¼ in.,

Jules Being Dried by His Mother (1900)

Thomas Eakins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Eakins

Wrestlers (1889)

Portrait of Maud Cook (1895)

The Swimming Hole (1884-5)