Photo realistic Drawing :.

Photo realistic Drawing

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Brief Introduction and Quickfacts
Detailed Description
Artists and Paintings
More Examples – defined visual appearance
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Overview and quickfacts

Photo realistic drawing is a type of art where the artist draws a picture that looks like a photograph. The artist uses different techniques to make the drawing look like a photo, such as shading, lighting, and perspective.

The art style is also known as: realistic drawing, lifelike drawing, true-to-life drawing, naturalistic drawing
Categories: Impressionism, Modernism

1. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) 2. Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) 3. Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) 4. Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) 5. Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797) 6. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875) 7. Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) 8. Edouard Manet (1832-1883) 9. Claude Monet (1840-1926) 10. Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) 11. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) 12. Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) 13. Georges Seurat (1859-1891) 14. Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) 15. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) 16. John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) 17. Anders Zorn (1860-1920) 18. James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) 19. Winslow Homer (1836-1910) 20. Edward Hopper (1882-1967) 21. Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) 22. Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) 23. Chuck Close (1940-) 24. John Baldessari (1931-) 25. Gerhard Richter (1932-) 26. Cindy Sherman (1954-) 27. Jeff Koons (1955-) 28. Damien Hirst (1965-) 29. Banksy (1974-) 30. JR (1983-)

1. American Gothic (Grant Wood, 1930) 2. The Hay Wagon (Andrew Wyeth, 1945) 3. Christina’s World (Andrew Wyeth, 1948) 4. The Madonna and Child (Sandro Botticelli, c. 1490) 5. The Birth of Venus (Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485) 6. The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1495) 7. Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-1506) 8. The Starry Night (Vincent van Gogh, 1889) 9. The Scream (Edvard Munch, 1893) 10. Guernica (Pablo Picasso, 1937) 11. The Persistence of Memory (Salvador Dali, 1931) 12. Nighthawks (Edward Hopper, 1942) 13. Breakfast in Bed (Edward Hopper, 1918) 14. Girl with a Pearl Earring (Johannes Vermeer, c. 1665) 15. The Milkmaid (Johannes Vermeer, c. 1658) 16. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (Georges Seurat, 1884-1886) 17. The Haystacks (Claude Monet, 1890-1891) 18. The Water Lilies (Claude Monet, 1899) 19. The Luncheon of the Boating Party (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881) 20. Bal du moulin de la Galette (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876) 21. Olympia (Edouard Manet, 1863) 22. The Absinthe Drinker (Edouard Manet, c. 1859) 23. The Gleaners (Jean-Francois Millet, 1857) 24. The Sower (Jean-Francois Millet, 1850) 25. The Third of May 1808 (Francisco Goya, 1814) 26. The Colossus (Francisco Goya, c. 1797-1798) 27. The Hay Wagon (Andrew Wyeth, 1945) 28. Christina’s World (Andrew Wyeth, 1948) 29. The Madonna and Child (Sandro Botticelli, c. 1490) 30. The Birth of Venus (Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485)

Detailed Description

Photo-realism is a genre of painting that encompasses painting styles that attempt to look very realistic like a photograph. The term was coined by Louis K. Meisel in 1969. A leading practitioner of the genre is Chuck Close. Close often paints portraits of himself and others, which are often close-up views of the face. Other artists in the genre include John Baeder, Audrey Flack, and Don Eddy. The style is sometimes called hyper-realism, super-realism, or ultra-realism. It is closely related to the American realist movement of the late 19th century. In Europe, the style has been called new realism, nouvelle realiste, or neue sachlichkeit. Photo-realism is a very difficult genre to achieve. The artists who excel at it have usually had a long career of painting from life, often using photographs as a reference. They have also developed a high level of skill in using a variety of painting techniques to create the illusion of reality. The paintings of Chuck Close are perhaps the most well-known examples of photo-realism. Close often paints large-scale portraits of himself and others, which are often close-up views of the face. His work is characterized by its extreme attention to detail, as well as by the way he often blurs the lines between painting and photography. Other artists who have been associated with the photo-realist movement include John Baeder, Audrey Flack, and Don Eddy.