Realist and Expressionist Movements in Germany

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This paper presents a comparison of two major movements in fine art, the Realist movement of the 19th century, and the Expressionist movement of the 20th century. The paper explains how these movements signified revolutionary reforms in the political, social, and economical spectra of life in Germany. The paper talks about the origins of the two major artistic movements and looks at some of the artists that best exemplify those styles of painting.

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"In order to sufficiently explain the origins of the Realist movement, it is imperative to initiate a discussion of the contributions of the French artist Gustave Courbet. Courbet epitomized and demonstrated the rapid evolution from the purely Neoclassical method to the Realist method. He possessed the distinctive style that could only result from his individual sets of values and personal beliefs concerning what exactly characterized art. His quintessential work, The Painter's Studio, inadvertently instigated a new movement in European painting in the middle of the nineteenth century."

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