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By: Kristen Randall and Anna Gorzalski American Social Realism 1930-1945
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Transcript of American social realism completed april 21
By: Kristen Randall and Anna Gorzalski
American Social Realism1930-1945
An art movement in which artists used murals, paintings, and photography to depict the lives
of the American people during the Great Depression in both the rural and urban setting to bring hope to Americans and to reveal the
flaws of the American system.
Definition of American Social Realism
“Christina’s World” Andrew Wyeth
Influences of American Social Realism
Industrial Revolution
Realism
Ashcan School
Mexican Revolution
Great Depression
Wide gap between social classes and lifestyles
Rise of Marxism
Invention of the camera
Government involvement in the arts
“Stag at Sharkey’s” 1909 George Bellows
Ashcan School
“McSorley’s Bar” 1912 John Sloan
Great Depression: Government Involvement
“Subway” 1934 Lily Furedi
Mural funded by the Works and Progress Administration
The Artists
“Welcome Home” 1946 Jack Levine
“The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” 1931 Grant Wood
“Lest We Forget”
1937
Ben Shahn
Thomas Hart Benton
“Bootleggers” 1927
“Loggin’ Train.” 1928 Thomas Hart Benton
“Plowing it Under” 1934 Thomas Hart Benton
“City Activities” 1930 T.H.B .
Thomas Hart Benton
“Tobacco Sorters” 1944
Thomas Hart Benton “Poker Night” 1948
Reactions to Thomas Hart Benton
•Either absolutely loved or absolutely hated
•Known for being very controversial and outspoken
“Unemployment” 1938 Ben Shahn
“Man by the Railroad Track”
1935-36
Ben Shahn
“Sacco and Vanzetti” 1931 Ben Shahn
“Vacant Lot” 1935
Ben Shahn
“Coal miner’s child, Omar, WV”1935
Ben Shahn
“Break Reaction’s
Grip Register to
Vote”
1944
Ben Shahn
Dorothea Lange
“Migrant Mother” 1936
“Bring the viewer to your side, include him in your thought. He is not a bystander. You have the power to increase his perceptions and conceptions.”
Woman of the High Plains “If You Die, You’re Dead–That’s All.” 1938
Dorothea Lange
“Migrant Camp Washing” 1938 Dorothea Lange
“Migratory Cotton Picker , Eloy, Arizona” 1940
One of Chris Adolf's younger children. 1939.
“White Angel Breadline” 1932
Dorothea Lange’s Influence
Grant Wood“Woman
with Plant(s)”
1929
“The Appraisal” 1931 Grant Wood
“Cape Cod Sunset” 1934 Edward Hopper
“Young Corn” 1931 Grant Wood
“Parson Weem’s Fable” 1939 Grant Wood
“Daughters of the Revolution” 1942 Grant Wood
American
Social
Realism
Impact
End of American Social Realism
