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

Anne Gresham Nocturne in the Key of 1997 When you first heard the music, the world was reduced to the […]

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