The exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art explores the intersection of realism and surrealism in American art from the 1930s to the 1950s. Over a dozen paintings and drawings are featured that blend realistic representations with psychological distortions, mixed meanings, and an uncertain reality. The works convey moods, emotions, and questions about what is real versus surreal.

1. Real/Surreal
At the Whitney Museum of American Art

2. Salvador Dalí

3. Lily and the Sparrows – Philip Evergood (1939)
Mood, Emotion, distortion

4. The Subway - George Tooker (1950)
Meaning of… Mix of…

5. River Rogue Plant – Charles Sheeler (1932)
Realism, but not quite…

6. Early Sunday Morning – Edward Hopper (1930)
Which is it?

7. Materials
State Park – Jared French (1946)
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8. Tour of the exhibit:

15. The Labyrinth – Robert Vickrey (1951)

16. La Fortuna – Man Ray (1938)

17. The Old Bar’s Dogtown - Marsden Hartley (1936)

18. The Wish – Yves Tanguy (1949)

19. Stick ‘em Up – Mabel Dwight (1928)

20. The Dark Figure - Federico Castellón (1938)

21. Drawing for Conspirators – Philip Guston (1930)

22. Anatomical Painting – Pavel Tchelitchew (1946)

23. American Farm - Joe Jones (1936)