The early style belongs to the realistic painting school and belongs to the Dutch classical painting school according to the geographical classification. Rembrandt is almost an all-around painter. He is very good at portrait painting, landscape painting, secular painting and so on, and has his own unique style.

Rembrandt's painting school not only changed the old rigid portrait mode, but also created a brand-new style. Under his treatment, the picture is more vivid, and the content is secular and delicate, and it also tends to baroque style. In his later portraits, the expression pictures are very delicate, although complex, but very harmonious.

Realism is one of the basic creative methods of literature and art. It advocates objectively observing real life, truly representing typical images in typical environments according to the original features of real life, and reproducing life, thus promoting historical progress. Realism School rose in Europe in the 19th century, with seven stars in barbizon at the beginning, namely Miller, Kolo, Rousseau, Chuck, Diaz, Troyong, dupre and Daubigny.

Seven painters who live in seclusion in barbizon village near the French Fontainebleau Palace are keen to paint natural scenery and rural life, among which Rousseau and Miller are the most famous. Rousseau specializes in painting landscapes, and Miller's peasant paintings are simple and touching, while Evening Prayer and The Gleaner reflect real rural life. The most famous realist 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.