Artists of the Industrial Revolution

When attempting to pick your favorite, or even a mildly interesting artist from the Industrial Revolution there are many things that could benefit the process and/or hinder your attempts at finding the perfect candidate. For example, since the Industrial Revolution was a earth shattering, life changing event in modern history, it sparked the imagination of many famous, and in some ways, unexpected artists. The seemingly endless supply of artists is a excellent way to kick off your search for a research subject. However, along with the hordes of artists comes the hordes of terrible work and meaningless riff-raff pieces. The key is to be able to distinguish the artist from the bored factory hands. The talent from the raw emotion.

In many ways it is simple to see when someone has talent as a fine artist. Other times it might be difficult to tell unless you are a professional art critic. (Which I doubt this audience is.) I found the best, foolproof way to pick an artist is to do a little background research before committing to them. You may be surprised what you learn about famous painters and sculptures or who you discover in the dark corners of a lowly Google link.