Industrial Age Art

Spanish Painting in the Industrial Age 1800-1900

"Pounding time at theDuro-Felguera Factory"José Uría y Uría, 1861-19371899. Oil on canvas. 126 x 200 cm.

"Accident in the port of Barcelona"Anonymous, 1860sOil on fabric. 59 x 88 cm.

The rise of a new class of patrons and collectors as a consequence of the birth of the banks and great modern industrial powers coincided with the first theories of art for art's sake, the appearance of exhibitions, galleries, dealers, critics and a new public ready to share the experience of beauty in a modern sense of the word.

"View of Jerez/Bodega González Byass" 1859 Domingo García y Díaz (Late 19th century) Oil on canvas. 102.5 x 121 cm.

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Lithographs and engravings of various illustrations and political cartoons of United States Labor from a variety of newspapers including Puck, Harpers Weekly, and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. 

Title: The beginning and end of a labor Strike

Title:Shipping Watermelons by Railfrom Atlanta, Georgia

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Title:The Metropolitan Museum - "Is it intended as much for the humblest artisan as for the most refined lover of the fine arts." - Henry G. Marquand; And this is how the workingman enjoys the Museum on his only day of liberty.

Neoclassical architecture also made a resurgance during the industrial revolution.

Stephen Hallet (1755-1825)[Sectional elevation Showing theU.S. Capitol Conference Room] Ink and watercolor on paper, 1793Prints & Photographs Division

The United States Capitol Building

Neoclassical, or "new" classical, architecture describes buildings that are inspired by the classical architecture of ancient Greece and Rome.

Combining classical Greek and Roman architecture with Renaissance ideas, Beaux Arts was a favored style for grand public buildings and opulent mansions.

The Beaux Arts Vanderbilt Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island

Realism emerged as a cultural movement in France after the 1848 Revolution. Strongly opposed to Romantic subjectivism and exaggerated emotionalism, the Realists believed in the ideology of objective reality and aimed to promote truth and accuracy through their art. This notion based on Positivist thinking prompted further artistic developments. These included the use of realism in Academic art, the emphasis on the optical illusions of light, and the development of photography as a key source.

http://www.arteducation.com.au/art-movements/realism.php Three Women in Church is a painting by Wilhelm Leibl who was born in Cologne in 1861. Leibl studied under various artists at the Munich academy until he witnessed a public display by French realist Gustav Courbet, which prompted him to undertake a visit to Paris in that same year. Upon his return, Leibl moved

to the Bavarian country side where he would further develop his art and focus on the countryside and peasant life that filled his immediate surrounds. His work was void of any personal impression, something characteristic of the realist movement.

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Title: Burial Experiences Creation period: 1830-1840 Culture/Origin: United Kingdom/ Sweden Style and motive: realism, genre Artist: Charles Lees (Scottish, 1800 - 1880)

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As a chronicler of modern urban life, Daumier captured the effects of industrialization in mid-nineteenth-century Paris. Images of railway travel first appeared in his art in the 1840s. This "Third-Class Carriage" in oil, unfinished and squared for transfer, closely corresponds to a watercolor of 1864 (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore). Daumier executed another oil version of the subject, which he finished but extensively reworked (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa).

Artist Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)TitleThe Third-Class Carriage Dateca. 1862–64MediumOil on canvasDimensions25 3/4 x 35 1/2 in. (65.4 x 90.2 cm)

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One of the most iconic paintings of this period and of the whole of Russian art, Repin's Barge Haulers on the Volga (1870-73), a record of both individual personalities and human embodiments of wisdom, fortitude, and physical strength. http://www.guggenheim-bilbao.es/secciones/ programacion _artistica/nombre_exposicion_version_imprimible.php?idioma=en&id_exposicion=17

Ilya Repin, "Barge Haulers on the Volga" 1870-73

Short item name: Rough Sea Sailing Creation period: 1840-1870 Origin: Europe/Sweden Style and motive: Realism, maritime Artist: attributed to Samuel WALTERS (1811-1882)

The Orientalist movement (1800-1900) began when artists began painting their experiences as they traveled to countries such as Turkey, Persia, Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Arabia, and North Africa. The movement lasted about a century and captivated many of the major artists of the 19th century, who created detailed and realistic paintings of their new subject matter. The Impressionist style (1865-1885) of painting emphasized loose imagery rather than finely delineated pictures. The artists of the movement worked mostly outdoors and strived to capture the variations of light at differing times throughout the day. The Romantic Movement (1800-1850) spread from art into literature and philosophy. It emphasized emotional, spontaneous and imaginative approaches. In the visual arts, Romanticism came to signify the departure from classical forms and an emphasis on emotional and spiritual themes. The Symbolist (1880-1895) painting emphasized fantasy and imagination in their depiction of objects. The artists of the movement often used metaphors and symbols to suggest a subject and favored mystical and occult themes. Pictorialism (1895-1910) was a photographic term used to describe images that emphasized the artistic quality of the photograph rather than the scene it depicted. The movement’s primary aim was to bring photography into the fine art realm.

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