Social realism

Victorio C Edades (1895 - 1985) Victorio C. Edades (December 13, 1895 - March 7, 1985) is a Filipino painter who was the leader of the revolutionary Thirteen Moderns who engaged their classical compatriots in heated debate over the nature and function of art. He was named a National Artist in 1976. Subjects are distorted figures (those whose proportions defy classical measure), and Edades’ brush strokes are agitated and harsh. The choice of his subject also caused quite a stir to those who…

Some time ago I was an art student struggling with Charles Bargue´s drawings. I fully understood the reasoning behind this drawing practice but it was not quite my cup of tea.

Yan Wenliang (1893-1988) Yan Wenliang (1893-1988) was a great fine art educator and landscape painter of last century. http://www.namoc.org/en/Collection/200902/t20090205_66758.html Yan Wenliang The Red Sea 1928 Zhang Chongren Zhang Chongren was an oil painter and a sculptor. http://www.namoc.org/en/Collection/200902/t20090205_66710.html Zhang Chongren Street of Shanghai 1939 Wu Zuoren (1980-1997) Wu Zuoren (1980-1997) was born in Jiangsu Province. He was a native of Jing County, Anhui. In…

Miners wives 1948 Ben Shahn

At a time when women were broadly considered inferior artists social realist Elizabeth Nourse became an acclaimed painter.

Cristina Bernazzani (Nuvolanevicata on Depositphotos) lives in a small Italian town between Lecco and Monza. Besides being a full-time social health worker, she is one of the Depositphotos top contributors with 30 years of experience in illustration.

Olga Blinder (1921, Asunción, Paraguay — 19 July 2008) was a Paraguayan painter, engraver and sculptor.Blinder was born in Asunción into a Jewish family.She lived through the Chaco War, World War II…

As far as we can tell, neither painting was exhibited publicly, yet both are superb examples of 20th-century American social realism.

Philip Evergood. Don't Cry Mother. 1938-44. Oil on canvas. 26 x 18" (66 x 45.7 cm). Purchase. 120.1944. Painting and Sculpture