Seven painters who live in seclusion in barbizon village near Fontainebleau Palace are keen on painting natural scenery and rural life. The most famous of them are Rousseau and Miller. Rousseau is good at painting landscapes, while Miller's peasant paintings are simple and touching. Evening prayers and gleaning reflect real rural life. The most famous realistic painter is Courbet, who reflects the life of the people at the bottom, such as the crusher. He has a famous saying: "I can't draw an angel because I have never seen him." In the late 1970s, Munich briefly became a base for young Norwegian painters. These people will become great realistic painters-they include Hans heyerdahl (1857- 19 13), Katie L. Kieran (2000) and harriet Barker (harriet Barker1845-/. It has become a new center for Norwegian artists. Two other important figures, Christian Crowe (1852- 1925) and Fritz Traw (1847- 1906) also joined them here. Both of them studied under Goode in Karlsruhe in the 1970s from 65438 to 2009. Another important realistic painter, Elif Peterson (1852- 1928), went to Italy instead of Paris.
Several of these artists later chose to return to Norway. They founded the autumn art exhibition in 1882. The exhibition collects Norwegian contemporary art works funded by the public after 1884, and today these works have become the collections of the national art exhibition. At the same time, they have established a new system for artists to sell their works, which is responsible for deciding the contents of exhibitions and even selecting commissioned works of art for public institutions. Among the artists who returned to the motherland, several outstanding figures strongly opposed the values of their predecessors. Although they agree on dealing with traditions and other issues, these young artists have different attitudes and natures. There are also contradictions between the two groups of artists. A group led by Christian Clough is very radical. They tend to be individualistic and internationalist. The other school, headed by Eric Villenescheod, is more inclined to nationalism, more inclined to liberalism in politics, more fond of preaching, and has strong principles.
In his works, Willen Scheud shows simple and typical scenes in a carefully studied landscape environment. With William Saud was the new nationalist Theodore Gitel. His sketching technique is better than oil painting. The illustrations he drew for the standard edition of Norwegian folktales made an important contribution to nationalism. Other followers of William Saud include Christian Krezer Wade and Elif Peterson, who tend to emphasize the literariness and symbolism of the theme. The grand style of Peterson's historical works seems to remind people of the masterpieces of early masters. Kitty L. Kieran was one of the few painters who insisted on painting landscapes in this period. He spent most of his time creating in the fresh air of Aaron on the west coast of Norway. Jehad Monte was also a nationalist. He maintained a close relationship with the explorer and scientist Friedrich Nansen. They set up "Lysakerkretsen" to promote Norwegian nationalist values.
This association was strongly opposed by Christian Clough, the leader of Oslo liberal artists. Clough thinks that writing is as important as painting, and claims that "all national arts are not good arts, and all good arts are national arts". He insisted that the focus of art should be the life experienced by human beings. On the other hand, Fritz Tolo hopes that art only pays attention to art. He advocates that more artists should pay attention to the actual process of painting and should never try to solve social and human problems by themselves. At the same time, haret Barker distanced himself from this argument. He focused more on indoor scenes, but slightly added some abstract styles than the early nationalist painters.