Hyperrealism (painting)
Hyperrealism is a genre of painting and sculpture resembling a high-resolution photograph. Hyperrealism is considered an advancement of photorealism by the methods used to create the resulting paintings or sculptures. The term is primarily applied to an independent art movement and art style in the United States and Europe that has developed since the early 1970s. Carole Feuerman is the forerunner in the hyperrealism movement along with Duane Hanson and John De Andrea. History The art dealer Isy Brachot coined the French word ''hyperréalisme'', meaning hyperrealism, as the title of a major exhibition and catalogue at his gallery in Brussels in 1973. The exhibition was dominated by such American photorealists as Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Don Eddy, Robert Bechtle and Richard McLean (United States), Richard McLean; but it included such influential European artists as Domenico Gnoli (painter), Domenico Gnoli, Gerhard Richter, Konrad Klapheck, and . Since then, ''hyperealisme'' ...
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