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The Beach Hat, Oil, Impressionist, Contemporary Figurative Original Andre Kohn
By Andre Kohn
Located in Maricopa, AZ
esteemed Impressionist and Social Realism artists. At that time, Impressionism in Russia was nearing the
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Beach Hat, Oil, Impressionist, Contemporary Figurative Original Andre Kohn
By Andre Kohn
Located in Maricopa, AZ
in the studios of Moscow's most esteemed Impressionist and Social Realism artists. At that time
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Plant-like
By James Brooks
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Social Realism and Abstract Expressionism and part of the so-called New York School, James Brooks did
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Israeli Yosl Bergner Modernist OIl Painting Kitchen Bottles Coffee, Vase
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 Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor
Two Studies of Henriette (Head of the artist
s wife
The Artist
s wife writing
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
encompassed styles such as Cubism, Social Realism, and Abstraction. Reclusive by nature, a character trait
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Factory Boy with Locomotive" Paul Meltsner, 1930s Working WPA Portrait
By Paul Meltsner
Located in New York, NY
represented the social realism that was popular with WPA artists of the time. His oil paintings portrayed
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled - 20th Century Brightly Colored Print, Yellow, Red, Green + Grey Circle
By Al Held
Located in Kingsclere, GB
entirely figurative and shows the influence of Social Realism. Held had planned to study in Mexico with the
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
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
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
Portrait Of A Welsh Coal Miner 1970s Mixed Media Artwork Mining In South Wales
By Jack Crabtree
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
been described as social realism, neither didactic nor over-emphatic and his vision as affectionate
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Framed En Grisaille Self Portrait Three-Quarter Nude Torso Heroic Pose Ca 1925
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
empathy, of shared suffering. He bridges between social realism and a kind of poetic restraint. He rooted
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Argo
By Jacob Kainen
Located in Austin, TX
group explored the concept of social realism, focusing on common, working-class people. The New York
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$48,000
Winged Victory of Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Social Realism of the 30s, 40s, The Los Angeles Times, May 17, 1971 - “There are also a number of
Category
1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Sans Titre
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
without abandoning the biomorphic mutations he was known for and without resorting to social realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hecatombe de Toros
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
without abandoning the biomorphic mutations he was known for and without resorting to social realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hecatombe de Toros
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
without abandoning the biomorphic mutations he was known for and without resorting to social realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hecatombe de Toros
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
without abandoning the biomorphic mutations he was known for and without resorting to social realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Centre Noeuds" planche #3
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
without abandoning the biomorphic mutations he was known for and without resorting to social realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #6
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
without abandoning the biomorphic mutations he was known for and without resorting to social realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #8
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
without abandoning the biomorphic mutations he was known for and without resorting to social realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #1
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
without abandoning the biomorphic mutations he was known for and without resorting to social realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #5
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
without abandoning the biomorphic mutations he was known for and without resorting to social realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #9
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
without abandoning the biomorphic mutations he was known for and without resorting to social realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #7
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
without abandoning the biomorphic mutations he was known for and without resorting to social realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #10
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
without abandoning the biomorphic mutations he was known for and without resorting to social realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #2
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
without abandoning the biomorphic mutations he was known for and without resorting to social realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #4
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
without abandoning the biomorphic mutations he was known for and without resorting to social realism
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Tree In Winter
Located in Sheffield, MA
interest in Social Realism, and “The Lay-off” was just one of many works that depicted the realities of the
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Abstract Expressionist)
By Murray Hantman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
this period was in the style of Social Realism he learned from Siqueiros. Hantman and his wife, Jo Levy
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,000 Sale Price
25% Off
Composition (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
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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
WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH HOUSES Signed Watercolor, Trees, African American Artist
Located in Union City, NJ
Picasso, Braque and other European artists while most of his contemporaries focused on social realism. By
Category
1950s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Ink
Madman
s Drum (Brothel) —
Story Without Words
Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
unique brand of social realism, deftly portraying the problems that challenged the ideals of American
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Large Abstract Expressionist Lotus Flower Taiwanese Chinese Painting Kuo Yu-Lun
Located in Surfside, FL
were still largely working in the style of social realism. Many were constrained by the pressure of
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wild Pilgrimage
(Contemplation) —
Story Without Words
Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Great Depression and World War II, he infused his graphic images with his unique brand of social realism
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Peace
By Anton Refregier
Located in Fairlawn, OH
the mural with casein tempera on white gesso over plaster walls, in the social realism style. Work
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Herbert Ferber, Abstract Expressionist sculptural study signed framed Provenance
By Herbert Ferber
Located in New York, NY
thoughtfully to incorporate elements of Surrealism, social realism, and expressionism.
After some early work
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
The Demagogue or Tale in a Tub
Located in Los Angeles, CA
quality to Mark’s work which combines elements of social realism, modernism, magic realism and political
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Fishing Village" Joe Jones, Mid-Century, American Life, Small Town Scene
By Joe Jones
Located in New York, NY
techniques linked to American Scene and Social Realism to a more refined and linear style inspired by
Category
1940s American Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Figure Study
By Paul Cadmus
Located in London, GB
using the classical technique of egg tempera. His work, which combined realism with social critique and
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Two Boys on a Beach No.1
By Paul Cadmus
Located in London, GB
. His work, which combined realism with social critique and eroticism, frequently caused controversy
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The French blacksmith
Located in GB
reflects the late nineteenth-century European shift toward realism and social awareness, and that continues
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dutch landscape with village, windmill, horse and river
Located in GB
—demonstrates a continued commitment to observational realism, even as the overall tone remains idealized and
Category
18th Century Dutch School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Textures Of The Past: Colt Street, East London (Iconic, Cityscape, ~26% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
painting, nostalgia, early 20th century, fine art, realism, social history
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Flying ladybug. Paper, mixed media, 21x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris Utans' works are
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$417 Sale Price
20% Off
Bee from the top. Paper, mixed media, 30x21 cm
Located in Riga, LV
. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris Utans' works are
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$417 Sale Price
20% Off
Big dragonfly. Paper, mixed media, 21x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris Utans' works are
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$417 Sale Price
20% Off
Grasshopper. Paper, mixed media, 21x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris Utans' works are
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$417 Sale Price
20% Off
Bee from the side. Paper, mixed media, 21x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris Utans' works are
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
$417 Sale Price
20% Off
1896 poster by H. G. Ibels "Demi Cabots le café-concert le cirque les forains"
By Henri Gabriel Ibels
Located in PARIS, FR
who frequented such establishments, adding a touch of realism and social commentary to the scene. In
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Woman on a blue background. Erotica. 1993. Oil on canvas. 98x140 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, Mixed Media, Oil
$4,177 Sale Price
20% Off
Heavy erotica. 2013. Canvas, author
s technique, 180X165 cm
Located in Riga, LV
painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris Utans' works
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
$8,354 Sale Price
20% Off
Goosebumps II. Erotica. 2015. Canvas, acrylic, author
s technique, 145X185 cm
Located in Riga, LV
a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$8,354 Sale Price
20% Off
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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.
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- 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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