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Photorealism

By: Emily Fraser & Alexander Brooke

What is Photorealism?

• Art movement found in the 1960s that carried

out through the late 70s.

• Branch of off minimalism and pop art.

• Taking a photo and expressing the realistic

value through painting.

Five Point Definition

• Photo realist uses camera

• Uses mechanical means to transfer

information

• Finished work must appear photographic

• Artist must exhibit work by 1972

• Artist must have devoted at least 5 years to

piece

Richard Estes

Richard Estes

• Urban scenery

• Store fronts, glass windows, streets

• Super-realist, neo-realist, photo-realist, and

radical-realist.

Autobus de Broadway

en la calle Liberry

1996

Paris Street Scene

1972

Telephone Booths

1968

Duane Hanson

Duane Hanson

• Photorealist sculpture

• Created 25 pieces

• Went to school in Minnesota to get B.A. and

then came to Michigan to get M.F.A.

• Sculpted wax figures

Duane Hanson

• Show every-day-to-day lifestyle

• Died from toxic fumes

Traveller

1988

Queenie

1988

Chuck Close

Chuck Close

• Concerned with shapes, textures, volume,

shadows, highlights, and focus

• Had to develop new way of painting

• Did big portraits and small paintings put

together

Big Self Portrait

1968

Kiki

1993

Mark

1979

Self Portrait

1997

Don Eddy

Don Eddy

• Developed his own technique

• Took multiple shots for consistency

Tom Williams Used Cars

1971

New Shoes for H

1973

Gorevic Silver

1975

Breaking Tradition

• Photorealism was in reaction against abstract

expressionism

• Artists were not considered part of the

movement

Public Reactions

• Connect the painting, artist, and viewer all to

one focus which is the piece itself.

• Scenic and portrait artists became

photographers

• Art value decreased

Public Reactions

• Not awed until 60s

• Frowned upon during the era of the camera

• Public eventually realized the work involved

Photorealism Today

• Carrying artists of the movement include…

• Richard Bechtle

• Charles Bell

• Thomas Blackwell

• Ralph Goings

• John Kacere

• Ron Kleeman

• Malcolm Marley

• David Parrish

• John Salt

• Ben Schonzeit

Photorealism Today

• More artists starting in the 1980s for the new

period of photorealism included…

• Clive Head

• Franz Gertsch

• 2002, only 8 original photorealist artists remain

photorealists.

• In 2006, Glen Tutor presented a photorealist

painting known as Dream of Love Oil Canvas

Canvas of Love

Glen Tutor

2006

Following Era,

Land Art

• Taking pieces of nature and moving, not changing it.

• Goldsworthy

• Follows the realist movement and upholds it still.

How to…

• Supplies

• Acrylic paint

• Paintbrushes

• Acrylic mediums

• Surfaces

• Photos

• Varnish and Palettes

• Painting techniques• Under paint

• Colors and color tips

• Acrylic glaze and bond

• Review

• Varnish

How to…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=#2DE721

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