Oil on canvas by Berger

Imposing and masterful oil on canvas signed berger (einar, louis...?) representing a lively industrial landscape. Realism is an artistic movement that appeared in france and britain in the mid-nineteenth century, which, affirming its difference from romanticism, is characterized by a quest for reality, a raw representation of everyday life and the exploration of societal themes. Realism is not an attempt at slavish imitation of reality, and is not limited to painting. He exploded the canons, uses or rules of academic painting of his time, in a context that saw the emergence of photography, the ideals of socialism and positivism, and participated in the general phenomenon of questioning aesthetic categories and artistic hierarchies. By its radicality, this movement allows the various artistic avant-gardes to assert themselves from the end of the nineteenth century.

Ref. : ZJU96R85