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Realism

5,272 works

Pastel drawing of a herdsman blowing a horn at dusk on a hill, with cows grazing in the fields below.

Calling Home the Cows

Jean-François Millet, c. 1866

Charcoal drawing of a shepherd with a flock of sheep and a dog crossing a flat field under a dark, cloudy sky.

Shepherd Returning with His Flock

Jean-François Millet, c. 1860

Drawing of a hooded figure beside bare trees with sheep grazing and leaves falling under a tan autumn sky.

Falling Leaves

Jean-François Millet, c. 1866

Daumier lithograph of two café scenes satirizing coffee and chicory drinkers, with French captions below each panel.

Une boisson qui ne monte jamais à tête

Honoré Daumier, 1852

Daumier lithograph: upper scene of men drinking at a table with bottles; lower scene of a man in bed with a cup and teapot.

Dans un cabinet de la maison d'or

Honoré Daumier, 1852

Daumier lithograph of a stout man in a top hat with a cane, beside a woman, while dancers and a crowd move behind them.

Ce n'est pas sous l"empire qu'on aurait dansé comme ca! ...

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Lithograph of a crowded room where several men sleep in a hammock, bunk, bed and atop a wardrobe.

L'Interieur d'un appartement trop garni...

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Lithograph of two women with billowing skirts blown by wind on a Paris street, a flying top hat above, a man leaning into the

Le printemps annonçant son retour à Paris

Honoré Daumier, 1856

Lithograph of spectators in a theatre box watching an Italian tragedy performed on stage below.

Un loge au théâtre VENTADOUR...

Honoré Daumier, 1856

Lithograph of two women in bathing dress in a bathhouse, one tall and one stout, with a seated figure on a bench at right.

La planche démontree par le prècepte ...

Honoré Daumier, 1847

Daumier lithograph of an elderly man seated before an easel while a standing companion looks on in a dim studio.

Oui c'est bien feue ma femme! ...

Honoré Daumier, 1847

Lithograph of a man in a cap leaning on a stone pillar as a smaller man looks up at him, under a cloudy sky.

Dites donc, not'maire ... des communistes qué qu'c'est ça?

Honoré Daumier, 1848

Lithograph of two men in top hat and cap talking on a cobbled street, by Honoré Daumier, 1848.

Actionnaires de chemins de fer causant dividendes

Honoré Daumier, 1848

Daumier lithograph of a bespectacled man talking to an older gentleman as a boy holds his coat in an interior room.

Quant a moi je tiens a employer ... la force du raisonnement

Honoré Daumier, 1848

Daumier lithograph of a hunched man beside a woman raising an umbrella over a fallen figure on a city street.

Disciples de M. Cobden

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Daumier satirical lithograph: caricatured men above, mounted guards in rain at the Assemblée Nationale gate below.

Le jour ou ... Théobald a appris son dégommage

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Daumier lithograph of Pierre Leroux speaking from the tribune to a scowling Barrot, and receiving handshakes from deputies be

Pierre Leroux Osant apostrophe ...

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Daumier caricature: an orator corrects a seated stenographer above, and General Lebreton bends forward below in a crowded ass

Monsieur le sténographe ...

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Wood engraving of a sleigh overturning in snow, passengers tumbling out as horses gallop past a village street.

The Sleighing Season - The Upset (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. IV)

Winslow Homer, January 14, 1860

Caricature lithograph of a large-headed man in a top hat passing National Guard soldiers, with an assembly tribune scene belo

Vue de M. Dupin se rendant a l'assemblée

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Engraving of city people in top hats and long skirts snowballing on a snowy street under a shop awning, with a gas lamp.

A Snow Slide in the City (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. IV)

Winslow Homer, January 14, 1860

Satirical lithograph of a conductor and musicians above a text panel, surrounded by a crowd of dancing figures in top hats.

VOILLLLLLLLLLLA LE GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAND galop charivarique

Honoré Daumier, 1839

Wood engraving of a man leaning toward a young woman at a counter while onlookers watch, from a Harper's Weekly page.

"Allow Me to Examine the Young Lady" (from "The Mistress of the Parsonage," in "Harper's Weekly")

Winslow Homer, February 18, 1860

Daumier lithograph of an elderly man in oversized shoes climbing steps with a cane in a legislative chamber, 1850.

M. Dupin dans ses petits souliers

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Wood engraving of a man, a woman in white, and two women in a doorway, captioned The Meeting After the Marriage, on a text pa

The Meeting After the Marriage (from "The Mistress of the Parsonage," in "Harper's Weekly")

Winslow Homer, February 25, 1860

Daumier lithograph of a sleeping man in a nightcap haunted by a grinning sprite, a spider labeled Pâte de Régnault, and a jar

Un cauchemar de Mimi

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Wood engraving of a woman and girl at a piano in a parlor, beside a page of printed serial text and a garden scene.

Mrs. Otcheson at the Piano, and The Buds (from "The Mistress of the Parsonage," in "Harper's Weekly")

Winslow Homer, March 3, 1860

Caricature of top-hatted men ice skating, one fallen on the ice, with a crowd and bare trees in the background.

Divertissement qui devrait être interdit ...

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Wood engraving of a couple on a beach at dusk with a man in a top hat approaching, framed by columns of printed text.

On the Beach (from "The Mistress of the Parsonage," in "Harper's Weekly")

Winslow Homer, March 10, 1860

Two men in top hats on a cobblestone street, one leaning in to speak to the other, with city buildings behind them.

Vous verrez ... rien n'échappera a la baisse ...

Honoré Daumier, 1848

Engraved magazine page with a woman in black and a child, a parsonage among trees, and columns of printed story text.

The Lady in Black, Meadowbrook Parsonage (from "The Mistress of the Parsonage," in "Harper's Weekly")

Winslow Homer, March 17, 1860

Daumier lithograph of three men in top hats and a cap arguing, with a French caption below about an alibi.

Un alibi

Honoré Daumier, 1848