Why did art begin to become less realistic?

Answer 1

Artists were influenced by the invention of the camera, because it gave them a cropped composition. It also showed the tonal effects of light and dark in much finer detail; making it easier for artists to capture the tone in their compositions.

Answer 2

Some landscape artists claimed to create art that was more true to life. The assumption was that the camera could not lie, thus their painting was deemed to be unrealistic.

Answer 3

Pablo Picasso died and there was no other artists that drew brilliant realistic paintings like he did!:)

Answer 4

Changed it forever; the famous phrase of the 1840s was that "Photography is the b*stard child of science, left on the doorstep of art"; how true that became...