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Realists reasserted the integrity of the physical world by stripping it of what they viewed as Romantic dreaminess or fuzziness (see Chapter 18). They painted life with a rugged honesty — or at least they claimed to. The Realists tried to elevate middle- and upper-class consciousness regarding the struggles of the poor (factory workers and agricultural laborers) by illustrating them plainly and honestly. The invention of tin tubes for oil paint in 1841 enabled these artists to paint outdoors (en plein air), capturing laborers and other working-class people on canvas while they worked.