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American realism

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American realism was an early 20th century idea in art, music and literature that showed through these different types of work, reflections of the time period.

 


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American Realism is an artistic movement in the USA that was active in literature, photography, and painting from 1880 to 1940. One of it's main representatives is Edward Hopper.
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American Realism:
Thomas Eakins
Winslow Homer
Francis Coates Jones
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Thomas Pollock Anshutz
Augustus St. Gaudens - sculptor ...

Doezema, Marianne. American Realism and the Industrial Age. Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio. 1980.
Lucic, Karen. Charles Sheeler and the Cult of the Machine. Havard University Press. Cambridge. 1991.
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He also worked under Robert Henri (1869-1929), one of the fathers of American Realism - a man whom he later described as 'the most influential teacher I had', adding 'men didn't get much from Chase; there were mostly women in the class.

The American Scene: Early 20th Century
American Regionalists and American Realism
Grant Wood, "American Gothic"
Andrew Wyeth, "Christina's World", 1948 ...

His paintings are within the tradition of American realism as defined by artists such as Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth. Like these artists, Bartlett looks at America's land and people to describe the beauty he finds in everyday life.

Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass) (1915-23) by Marcel Duchamp; and Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (1936) by Salvador Dali. Other modern and contemporary styles represented include: the Ash Can school of American Realism, ...

See also: Realism, Painting, Movement, School, American art

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