Realism of Courbet

Gustave Courbet was the foremost realist painter of mid-19th-century in France. He helped to break down the traditional hierarchy of subject matter, giving an increased emphasis to purely formal values in painting. For example, people can see in his self-portrait in 1843 an image full of expressions and feeling of despair in his face looking at viewers.

The realism in his pictures and le had a great influence on the impressionists and, through them, on 20th-century art. Norman Rockwell was a 20th century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios.

His style included painting himself into any large crowd scenes of hyper-realism and expression in his paintings as well as Courbet.