So here is the final verdict on your preferences in art:
Style: realism
Genre: genre painting
Genre paintings depict everyday life scenes as compared to other genres like portraits, landscapes, battle scenes or still life. What’s the difference between
realist genre paintings and the same genre in other styles? Well, for starters,
classicists were not interested in genre paintings at all – they pursued the greater goal of depicting…
a heroic person driven by the universal morale, demonstrating the ultimate valor and courage, and self-sacrifice for the good of the humanity… too big a goal to waste one’s time doodling common people with their silly routine values. Their humble lives could never embrace the spirit and the grandor of ancient gods. A realist, on the other hand, studies real life in its everyday matters. A theme developed in a realist genre painting will resonate with anyone, the images are known firsthand. The realists preferred depicting modern commonplace life rather than historical moments or exotic geographies like romantics did. They resorted to numerous characters, the style imposes no limitations as compared to classicists, impressionists or romanticists. They depicted all strata of the society with equal ardour, any places or activities. This is one of the prominent things in realism. For instance, impressionists were more attracted to city life choosing vigorous and bright scenes almost exculsively. Realist genre scenes feature some peculiarities of composition characteristic of the style. The artists avoided pathos and artificial poses; the arrangement of objects and figures is immaculate and yet very natural – nothing out of place, nothing extravagant or untypical, each detail contributes to the sturdy composition.
A person who prefers realistic genre painting is the one who has no need to whitewash everyday life with flamboyant redundancies, and he is thoughtful enough not to look for light and feel-good subjects. This person has a unique gift of spotting the beauty focusing on life rather than museum or interior design items. He is quite a detective in his ability to grasp and analyze a situation promptly and precisely, followed by surgical decision making and standing his ground with no second thoughts. He is not good at bits and improvisation, he thinks several moves ahead. He is a reliable and responsible employee, colleague and a business partner. Talking about his personal life, he is hardly capable of hurricane emotions, practical jokes or surprises, but what one does get having this person around is comfort and security.
Must See for you:
Maitres: Gustave Courbet, Edouard Manet (France), Vassily Perov, Vladimir Makovsky, Grigoriy Miasoyedov (Russia), Myckola Pymonenko, Myckola Yaroshenko (Ukraine), Newell Convers Wyeth, Edward Hopper, Julius LeBlanc Stewart (USA)
Modern artists: Dan Witz, Eric Fischl (USA), Liu Yaming, Morteza Katouzian, Imān Maleki (Iran), P. Kozorezenko (Russia)
Paintings currently available in online-galleries:
