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Profile Portrait by Philadelphia Artist Julius Bloch
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
issues, Bloch became one of the main proponents of Social Realism in America. He was accepted to the
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Large Oil Painting Klezmer Wedding Rabbis Judaica WPA Jewish Art William Gropper
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Interior and represents the Social-Realism style that depicts experiences of the worker and everyday
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Small street orchestra with accordion and clarinet
Located in Genève, GE
modernism
• European modern art 1930s
• Accordion player painting
• Street music scene
• Social realism
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jewish Rabbi Student Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Construction of a Dam was commissioned for the Department of the Interior and represents the Social-Realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
SEATED WOMAN NEAR A BED Signed Lithograph, Seated Female Portrait Interior Scene
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
Realist french painting Fishermen wifes BILLET portrait costumes 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
the Douai Museum) can be compared to our painting. It is the art of social realism which was a whole
Category
1880s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Triptych)
By MORRIS, CARL
Located in Palm Desert, CA
interested in social realism in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) spirit. His figures became more
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
From Bagheria
By Renato Guttuso
Located in Roma, IT
opportunity to meet Manzù, Birolli, Fontana, Antonio Banfi. In this fervid environment, his social art took
Category
1930s Modern More Art
Materials
Postcard
1892 illustrated program for Mirages, Henri-Gabriel Ibels for the Théâtre Libre
Located in PARIS, FR
social realism of Mirages, a play that delves into the fragile interplay between perception and
Category
1890s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Scène XIX, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène XX, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène XX, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène XXV, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène XXV, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène XXIII, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène XXIV, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène XXV, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène XVI, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène XIII, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène IX, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène VIII, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène XII, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène XIII, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène XVI, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène VIII, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène V, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène III, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Scène VII, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Macbeth, Frontispice, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of a Seated Woman
By Joseph Solman
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Harold Rosenberg, were still partial to Social Realism In 1964, The Times, discussing his well-known
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Gipsy Musicians"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
significant acquisition for collectors of Old Masters, social realism, and 17th-century European art. Its
Category
17th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Israeli Oil Painting Ruth Schloss Child, Doll, Wagon, Kibbutz Social Realist Art
By Ruth Schloss
Located in Surfside, FL
-level as egalitarian, socialist view via social realism style painting and drawing.
Schloss became
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ragazza con Rose - Lithograph by Domenico Purificato - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
acclaimed painters of the social realist movement and as a living painter, as his art surpassed social
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
English Newlyn school Impressionist Fishermen sorting fish in Mevagissey Harbour
Located in Woodbury, CT
behind them.
Fisher’s style is anchored in the traditions of English social realism, and here he
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hidden Landscape - Oil Painting Colors Yellow Green Brown Blue White
By Vachagan Narazyan
Located in Sofia, BG
Soviet Union. He was trained to paint in the classical traditional Social Realism style. Vachagan wanted
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Gouache Painting Of Boy With Milk Bottle In Mid-Century School Setting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
.
This rare gouache is ideal for collectors interested in post-war British social realism, childhood
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Large Antique English Victorian Figurative Oil Painting Charles Spencelayh
By Charles Spencelayh
Located in London, GB
the social realism often found in Spencelayh’s paintings, capturing the essence of daily Victorian
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Singing Their Songs, For My People, Elizabeth Catlett
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Southampton, NY
can be described as social realism because of her dedication to the issues and experiences of African
Category
1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$10,396 Sale Price
20% Off
All the People, For My People, Elizabeth Catlett
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Southampton, NY
can be described as social realism because of her dedication to the issues and experiences of African
Category
1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$10,396 Sale Price
20% Off
Walking Blindly, For My People, Elizabeth Catlett
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Southampton, NY
can be described as social realism because of her dedication to the issues and experiences of African
Category
1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$10,396 Sale Price
20% Off
To Marry, For My People, Elizabeth Catlett
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Southampton, NY
can be described as social realism because of her dedication to the issues and experiences of African
Category
1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$10,396 Sale Price
20% Off
Playmates, For My People, Elizabeth Catlett
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Southampton, NY
can be described as social realism because of her dedication to the issues and experiences of African
Category
1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$10,396 Sale Price
20% Off
A Second Generation, For My People, Elizabeth Catlett
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Southampton, NY
can be described as social realism because of her dedication to the issues and experiences of African
Category
1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$10,396 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Israeli Expressionist Orientalist Oil Painting Draped Child Kibbutz Art
By William Weintraub
Located in Surfside, FL
individuals from art history's past. However, styles like Social Realism and Dutch genre painting spotlighted
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Portrait of a Man by Philadelphia artist Julius Bloch
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
life and concerned about social issues, Bloch became one of the main proponents of Social Realism in
Category
1940s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Le Pêcheur à Pied French Coastal Figure Painting of Shoreline Foraging
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French social realism through the lens of modern impressionism. It pairs beautifully with maritime or
Category
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$436 Sale Price
35% Off
Hyman Katz Original Etching “The Seamstress”
Located in Phoenix, AZ
-five impressions or less.
Recognition of Katz's genius came to him late in life. Social realism was the
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Card Players (16/100), 1959 Framed Figurative Lithograph Print, Interior Scene
By Kenneth Miller Adams
Located in Denver, CO
, making this a compelling example of American Regionalism and mid-century social realism.
Professionally
Category
1950s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana
By Abraham Harriton
Located in Surfside, FL
Harriton was a Romanian-born Jewish modernist artist and social realism painter in the United States.
Born
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
“Untitled”
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Southampton, NY
“Social Realism” period of the artist’s career. Signed lower left. Original artist inventory label on
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sephardic Jew Fez Hat Jewish Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Art
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Department of the Interior and represents the Social-Realism style that depicts experiences of the worker and
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
NURSING MOTHER SEATED Signed Lithograph, Portrait Drawing, Baby Breastfeeding
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
"Family Life"
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a important, rare social realism oil painting by the WPA (Works
Category
1930s Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
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By Sigmar Polke
Located in New York, NY
to Social Realism and Pop Art, in a 1963 exhibition he organized with fellow artists Gerhard Richter
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset, Screen
Price Upon Request
SEATED WOMAN BLUE JEANS Signed Lithograph, Female Portrait, Long Hair, Bare Feet
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
Marcel Gromaire Original Watercolor - Circus Clown
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Phoenix, AZ
) was a French artist who is often associated with Social Realism. Gromaire, whose father was an
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint
SEATED WOMAN ON BED, KNEE SOCKS Signed Lithograph, Female Portrait Drawing
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism Painter, 1899
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Social Realism For Sale on 1stDibs
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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