at the same time there were several painters who loved to paint the french landscape and the village people in a realist way, different from classicism. they would often make small quick paintings out of doors, and then finish them in the studio. these artists include gustave courbet and jean-baptiste corot. edgar degas wrote in 1883: "there is one master, corot. we are nothing in comparison, nothing". a group of young painters who admired the work of these artists became friends and started painting together. these artists were claude monet, pierre-auguste renoir, alfred sisley, frédéric bazille, camille pissarro, paul cézanne, and armand guillaumin.