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Complex question. In essence, a realistic depiction of an object or person, should be devoid of style. Something which is almost impossible to find in art, apart from the hyperrealists and photorealists from recent decades. From that perspective, Denis Peterson would be your man.
In a less strict sense, you could consider "realistic figures" as those where there's the least amount of simplification or abstraction from reality. In which case, the Renaissance would be the prime candidate. Paintings before it, by bizantine, romanic or gothic artists, were still heavily stylized. Studies of anatomy, the invention of perspective drawing, the invention of oil painting, even the invention of the printing press, all contributed to a huge leap-forward in realistic representation. However, this revolution wasn't only a technical one, but rather more importantly a philosophical one. This meant, that renaissance artists were still painting according to ideals of beauty, classical canons and sacred geometry, valuing those above realism. In any case, it's a long period of slow change, and it's impossible to pinpoint the exact work or artist which first completely abandoned the old aesthetics and gave the world the very first renaissance art work.
Also, it's worth noting that to paint is to lie, it's illusionism, it's an artifice created to fool the eyes. Look close enough and the illusion breaks, the tridimensional becomes flat, the detail becomes abstract, what was at a distance a clearly defined object, on close inspection is just a jumble of brushstrokes. No amount of realism will ever be absolute and no measure of realism will ever be definitive.
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Who was a female painter who loved to paint flowers skulls and desert land scape's?
Georgia O'Keeffee (1887-1986).
How did Rosa Bonheur hone her skills so she couled paint animal anatomy in realistic detail?
She dissected animals at a veterinary school.
This french Impressionist artist was a banker and a stock broker before he quit his jobs and moved to Tahiti to paint?
Paul Gauguin. He was already a painter when he moved to Tahiti.
When was the first American paint company established?
The first recorded paint mill in America was established in Boston in 1700 by Thomas Child, who had emigrated from England.
What difficulties did women artists face from middle ages onward?
Just to be allowed to paint or to work in a workshop with a master painter in the middle ages was a task. The few who did manage to paint and get commissions were wealthy that had the support of a father or another male figure. Women have had to fight for their place in art from start to today. Georgia O'Keeffe was one of the first females in the 1920's and 30's who fought the male dominated art world. To some extent a bit of that still is there.
Who painted Bacchus and ariane?
Titian was the first to paint realistic figures.
Who was the first itailian painter to paint realilistic figures?
Giotto di blah
Who was the first Italian painter to paint realistics figures?
Giotto di Bondone
First Italian to paint realistic fingers?
If you mean realistic FIGURES, the one usually credited with this is Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337). I doubt there is any information about realistic FINGERS.
What type of art did Europeans painter of the 18th century's paint?
Realistic Important styles were Rococo and Neoclassicism.
Was fascinated by flight and dissected the human body in order to paint realistic figures?
Da Vinci... I think
Who pays for the paint when you get your bedroom painted does the painter or the employer?
Employer. The painter does the work, you purchase the paint.
What is a painter?
A painter is a person who creates artworks using paint.
What does an automotive painter do?
they paint
What is the suffix for paint?
The word painter has no prefix. It has one suffix which is the -er.
What is a person who paint pictures?
The person could be known as a painter or as an artist.
The Flemish painter Jan van Eyck was among the first to use oil paint?
That's true.
