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Israeli Expressionist Yosl Bergner Modernist Lithograph
By Yosl Bergner
Located in Surfside, FL
Australia in framework of 'Association of Contemporary Art'; participated in group, 'Social Realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Rare Israeli Modernist Figurative Abstract Gouache Painting
By Yosl Bergner
Located in Surfside, FL
Contemporary Art'; participated in group, 'Social Realism'. Retrospective Exhibition: The Tel-Aviv Museum of
Category
20th Century Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Israeli Expressionist Yosl Bergner Modernist Lithograph Kibbutz Coffee Grinder
By Yosl Bergner
Located in Surfside, FL
'Association of Contemporary Art'; participated in group, 'Social Realism'. Retrospective Exhibition: The Tel
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen, Lithograph
Israeli Yosl Bergner Modernist Watercolor Painting Drawing Pots, Pans
By Yosl Bergner
Located in Surfside, FL
among the first social realist pictures done in Australia. This came from an important collection that
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor
Israeli Expressionist Yosl Bergner Modernist Lithograph
By Yosl Bergner
Located in Surfside, FL
Australia in framework of 'Association of Contemporary Art'; participated in group, 'Social Realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Israeli Expressionist Yosl Bergner Modernist Lithograph
By Yosl Bergner
Located in Surfside, FL
Australia in framework of 'Association of Contemporary Art'; participated in group, 'Social Realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Israeli Expressionist Yosl Bergner Modernist Lithograph
By Yosl Bergner
Located in Surfside, FL
Australia in framework of 'Association of Contemporary Art'; participated in group, 'Social Realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Israeli Expressionist Yosl Bergner Modernist Lithograph
By Yosl Bergner
Located in Surfside, FL
Australia in framework of 'Association of Contemporary Art'; participated in group, 'Social Realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Israeli Expressionist Yosl Bergner Modernist Lithograph
By Yosl Bergner
Located in Surfside, FL
Australia in framework of 'Association of Contemporary Art'; participated in group, 'Social Realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Israeli Expressionist Yosl Bergner Modernist Lithograph
By Yosl Bergner
Located in Surfside, FL
Australia in framework of 'Association of Contemporary Art'; participated in group, 'Social Realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
1959 Israeli Yosl Bergner Modernist Color Woodcut Woodblock Print
By Yosl Bergner
Located in Surfside, FL
Contemporary Art'; participated in group, 'Social Realism'. Retrospective Exhibition: The Tel-Aviv Museum of
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Robert Walker Macbeth RA ROI RWS, Far From The Madding Crowd
Located in Cheltenham, GB
The Graphic magazine as an illustrator.
His formative works can be described broadly as social
Category
1880s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art Deco Expressionist Bronze Judaica Rabbi Sculpture Los Angeles Modernist
By Peter Krasnow
Located in Surfside, FL
, are accomplished examples of social realism and Art Deco. In 1934, after a three-year stay in France
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ben Shahn Original Hand Signed Litho WPA Artist Rilke Poem Lithograph Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ben Shahn Original Hand Signed Litho WPA Artist Rilke Poem Lithograph Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
social realism, his left-wing political views, and his series of lectures published as The Shape of
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana
Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana
Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana
Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana
Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana
Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Makeup by Jacob Lawrence
By Jacob Lawrence
Located in New Orleans, LA
works of Social Realism and Cubism he saw in these museum institutions.
Lawrence was catapulted onto
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Board
Double-sided color study 1183
By Murray Hantman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
of Social Realism he learned from Siqueiros. Hantman and his wife, Jo Levy, believed in creating art
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Untitled (Abstract Expressionist mid-century gestural action painting)
By Murray Hantman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
in the Art Students League and became part of a social circle of artists and activists. While at the
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Lithograph Poster William King Terry Dintenfass Gallery NYC
By William King (b.1925)
Located in Surfside, FL
social realism. Working with aluminum and vinyl, he arranges his painted figures in configurations that
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Priests
from
In Praise of Folly
— Mid-Century Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
War II, he infused his graphic images with his unique brand of social realism, deftly portraying the
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Doctor
from
In Praise of Folly
— Mid-Century Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
War II, he infused his graphic images with his unique brand of social realism, deftly portraying the
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Pope
from
In Praise of Folly
— Mid-Century Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
graphic images with his unique brand of social realism, deftly portraying the problems that challenged the
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
The People
By Arnold Blanch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
and his easel paintings often contained a hint of Social Realism as he depicted the struggles and
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Abstract Painting (Brown, Yellow, Terra Cotta Orange, White,
Black)
Located in Denver, CO
and Welding reflect his connection during the Great Depression with American Social Realism and the
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor
San Francisco Cable Car WPA Artist Adolf Dehn Modernist Art Gouache Oil Painting
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Surfside, FL
American art, including regionalism, social realism, and caricature. A two-time recipient of the Guggenheim
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Oil
Out of sight 3 2006, canvas, mixed media, 180x140 cm
Located in Riga, LV
painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris Utans' works
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Woman with sunglasses. Erotica. 1993. Oil on canvas. 105x79 cm
Located in Riga, LV
painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris Utans' works
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Something to See
By John George Brown
Located in New Orleans, LA
is acclaimed for its poignant realism and its social commentary of a child’s life on the city streets
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Only A Nickel, Joe by John George Brown
By John George Brown
Located in New Orleans, LA
poignant realism and its social commentary on a child’s life on the city streets of Victorian America
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WPA Style Social Realism -- Working on a Tunnel 1920s
Located in Soquel, CA
WPA Style Social Realism -- Working on a Tunnel 1920s
Wonderful WPA-style social realism painting
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
YOUNG WOMAN RED VEST, Signed Original Lithograph, Social Realism
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism Painter, 1899-1987. Printed using
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Colliers Magazine 1947 American Scene Social Realism Modern Families in the Snow
Located in New York, NY
Colliers Magazine 1947 American Scene Social Realism Modern Families in the Snow
Katherine Wiggins
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Egg Tempera
"Subway Riders" NYC Drawing WPA Modern Modernism Social Realism 20th Century
By Bernard Gussow
Located in New York, NY
"Subway Riders" NYC Drawing WPA Modern Modernism Social Realism 20th Century.
Bernard Gussow (1881
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Lower Manhattan" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Lower Manhattan" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern NYC
Syd J. Browne
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Jobless Men" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Jobless Men" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
Syd J. Browne
Jobless
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Morning Figurative art, Social Realism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
on Canvas
Year: 1972
Style: Social Realism,
Title: Morning
Size: 60" x 49" x 1'' inch, (150x123x3 cm
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"NYC St. Corner" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century Modern Cityscape
By Max Arthur Cohn
Located in New York, NY
"NYC St. Corner" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century Modern Cityscape
Max Arthur Cohn
Category
1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"At the Opera" WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre American Scene
Located in New York, NY
"At the Opera" WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre American Scene
John Winters
Category
1940s American Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Ice Skating" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern NYC
Located in New York, NY
"Ice Sakting" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern NYC
Syd J. Browne
Ice
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WPA Social Realism American Scene Political Cartoon Depression Era Mid-Century
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
WPA Social Realism American Scene Political Cartoon Depression Era Mid-Century. Signed lower left
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Poker Players NYC Mid 20th Century Modern WPA American Scene Social Realism
By Philip Reisman
Located in New York, NY
Poker Players NYC Mid 20th Century Modern WPA American Scene Social Realism
Philip Reisman (1904
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Worker American Scene 20th Century Modern Social Realism WPA Industrial Mural
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Worker American Scene 20th Century Modern Social Realism WPA Industrial Mural
Jo Cain (1904 - 2003
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"A Dancer
s Fantasy" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modern
Located in New York, NY
"A Dancer's Fantasy" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modern
Agnes Mills (1915
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Egg Tempera
Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
William Gropper
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Antique American WPA Social Realism Portrait Return From War Signed Oil Painting
By Leon Kroll
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American social realist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Nude Musicians" WPA Mid 20th Century American Modernism LGBT Social Realism Gay
Located in New York, NY
Carl Gustaf Simon Nelson, American (1898-1988) "Nude Musicians," 30 x 35 inches, oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1938 signature lower right. Provenance: Collection of Seymour Stein
B...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Loading Logs" WPA American Scene Men Working Social Realism Mid-Century 1930s
By Vincent Campanella 1
Located in New York, NY
Vincent Campanella (1915 – 2001) “Loading Logs,” 15 ¾ x 22 ½ inch, gouache on paper, circa 1930's, unsigned. Exhibited at Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art, 2007 and pictured on page 21...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Lady in a Red Dress - renowned New York artist Raphael Soyer, Social Realism/WPA
By Raphael Soyer
Located in New Orleans, LA
museums, including the Smithsonian, the Met and the National Gallery. He is classified as a Social Realist
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nudes Long
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Nice, FR
French painter. He painted many works on social subjects, and is often associated with Social Realism.
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Waterco...
Lawyers, Men in Suits Americana Social Realist Lithograph WPA Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Social-Realism style that depicts experiences of the worker and everyday societal life. Measuring at a
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Jute, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
YOUNG WOMAN BRAIDED HAIR, Signed Lithograph, B+W Portrait, Graphite Drawing
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism Painter, 1899-1987
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
WOMAN LONG DARK HAIR, Signed Lithograph, Female Portrait, Graphite Drawing
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism Painter, 1899-1987. Printed using
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Find the exact social realism you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. You can easily find an example made in the Expressionist style, while we also have 1 Expressionist versions to choose from as well. If you’re looking for a social realism from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right social realism for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, black, brown and blue. Finding an appealing social realism — no matter the origin — is easy, but Raphael Soyer, William Gropper, Aaron Bohrod, Daniel Ralph Celentano and Ron Croci each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Artworks like these — often created in paint, lithograph and oil paint — can elevate any room of your home. A large social realism can prove too dominant for some spaces — a smaller social realism, measuring 5 high and 3.44 wide, may better suit your needs.
How Much is a Social Realism?
A social realism can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $3,000, while the lowest priced sells for $465 and the highest can go for as much as $45,000.
Questions About Social Realism
- Why is Social Realism important?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 15, 2024Social Realism is important because it was a major art movement of the 20th century that elevated everyday people as subjects and appealed to the larger public beyond elite cultural circles. While art that fits this description dates back to the 18th century with artists like William Hogarth in the UK, it became especially prominent in the 20th century between the two World Wars. Artists such as Diego Rivera, Elizabeth Catlett and José Clemente Orozco depicted the lives of laborers and working class people, drawing attention to social issues and oppressive social systems. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Social Realist art.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 15, 2024In his artwork, Jacob Lawrence used Social Realism to portray the everyday lived experiences of Black Americans. His most famous work is The Migration Series, a narrative piece of 60 18-by-12-inch hardboard panels focused on the Great Migration of Black Americans from the agricultural South to the industrial North between 1910 and 1940. On 1stDibs, shop a diverse assortment of Jacob Lawrence art.
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