Describes any form of art that retains strong references to the real world and particularly to the human figure.

Adriaen Brouwer (Flemish, ca. 1605 - 1638)

Wacław Wąsowicz (Polish, 1891-1942)

Sir Thomas Lawrence (English, 1769 - 1830)

Eustache François Duval (French, 1784 - 1836)

Carl Gustaf Plagemann (Swedish, 1805-1868)

Louis Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725-1805)

Eugen von Blaas (Italian, 1843 – 1931)

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)

Eugène Laermans (Belgian, 1864 - 1940)

Edward Antoon Portielje (Belgian, 1861-1949)

Ernst Juch (Austrian, 1838 - 1909)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)

William Gilbert Gaul (American, 1855–1919)

Henryk Rodakowski (Polish, 1823-1894)

William Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)

Mark Gertler (English, 1891 – 1939)

Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863)

Abraham Van Strij (Dutch, 1753-1753)

Ferdinand Mallitsch (Austrian, 1820-1900)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English, 1828 - 1882)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish, 1863 – 1923)

August Riedel (German, 1799-1883)