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Real social realism
- 1. American Social Realism 1930-1960 Amanda and Shannon
- 2. Inspiration • The FrenchSocial Realism movement occurred in the mid-1800s • Adopted by America in early 1900s • Reaction from: – The Great Depression – The New Deal – The Industrial Revolution – Civil Rights Movement – WWI
- 3. How It Started •Ashcan School – 5 painters that began the Social Realism movement – Common scenes in rough city life – Inspired other artists and helped create the movement “Snow In New York” Robert Henri 1902
- 4. How It Started •Stemmed from – American Scene – American Gothic – Regionalism art
- 5. American Scene VSSocial Realism “Migrant Mother” Dorthea Lange 1936
- 6. American Gothic VSSocial Realism “American Gothic” Grant Wood 1930 “Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco” Ben Shahn 1931-1932
- 7. American Regionalism Vs. Social Realism Grant Wood "Appraisal" Will Barnet “Labor Workers”
- 8. Previous Movements • Rebelledagainst anything visually appealing or emotionally pleasing • Particularly disagreed with Idealism and Romanticism “Wanderer Above Sea of Fog” Caspar David Friedrich 1818
- 9. What It Means •Statement about: – Everyday routines and conditions – Social issues • Working class and the poor – Racial/political injustices • War, prohibition, civil rights movement
- 10. Ben Shahn (1898-1969) •Inspiration – Evolved separately from the Ashcan painters – Religion – Growing up a poor, ethnic minority – World War I – Civil Rights Movement – Sacco and Vanzetti trial
- 11. Ben Shahn • Style/Technique – Duo-tones – Scattering of focus/movement – Moment in time – Attachment/detachment – Elongated bodies and faces – Symbolism, color, and line
- 12. What It Means BenShahn, "Scotts Run, West Virginia."
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- 14. “J. Robert Oppenheimer”Ben Shahn 1904-1967
- 15. “Parade for Repeal”Ben Shahn 1933
- 16. Ben Shahn • Paintings • Posters • Murals • Graphic Arts • Advertisements • Photographs
- 17. “For All TheseFights We’ve Just Begun to Fight” Ben Shan 1946
- 18. Ben Shahn • “Weare living in a time when civilization has become highly expert in the art of destroying human beings and increasingly weak in its power to give meaning to their lives.”
- 19. Social Realism inPhotography: Dorothea Lange “Migrant Mother” Dorothea Lange 1936
- 20. “Migrant Family inRefugee Camp” Dorothea Lange
- 21. “Polk County, Oregon”Dorothea Lange 1939
- 22. “Migrant Mother (Alternative)”Dorothea Dix 1936
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- 24. Diego Rivera • StyleInfluences – Cubism – Post Impressionism • Paul Cézanne – Italian Renaissance Fresco Painters – Aztecs – Frieda Kahlo
- 25. “Young Man inGray Sweater (Jacques Lipchitz)” Diego River 1914
- 26. Diego Rivera • Influences – Mexican Revolution – Working Class – Indigenous people – Aztecs – Russian Revolution (communism)
- 27. Diego Rivera • Style – Fresco – Narrative – Lineal – Vibrant colors – Simple shapes
- 28. “Retrato de IgnacioSanchez” Diego Rivera 1927
- 29. “Flower Festival Feastof Santa Anita” Diego Rivera 1931
- 30. “The Flower Carrier”Diego Rivera 1935
- 31. “Agrarian Leader Zapata”Diego Rivera 1931
- 32. “Mural Palacio Nacional”Diego Rivera, Mexico City
- 33. “Mural Palacio Nacional”Diego Rivera, Mexico City
- 34. “Mural Palacio Nacional”Diego Rivera, Mexico City
- 35. ”Detroit Industry” DiegoRivera 1932-33
- 36. ”Detroit Industry” DiegoRivera 1932-33
- 37. “Man at theCrossroads” Diego Rivera 1933-34
- 38. “Man, Controller ofthe Universe” Diego Rivera 1934
- 39. Conclusion • Inspired byevents and conditions of the time. • Showing everyday routines and conditions • Social issues of the poor and working class • Political statements