Realism in the United States took a hard look at the nation's political and social conditions.
c. 1930 - 1945
Realism in the United States took a hard look at the nation's political and social conditions.
c. 1930 - 1945
We're adding new content all the time!
Contemporary artist discusses Horace Pippin as a so-called "outsider" artist and the importance of his perspective into every-day American life
An explosion in a mine kills 111, Shahn captures the devastation of those left behind.
According to the artist (Reginald Marsh), at Coney Island, “The best show is the people themselves.”
During World War II, racism flourished the United States even as the war effort sought to bring people together.
Geller captures the tensions of the Jewish immigrant experience in the early 20th-century United States.
Wood infuses a famous folktale about George Washington with theatricality, humor, and a Gilbert Stuart sample.
Representing women who entered the workforce during WWII, Rosie is strong, determined, and eating a ham sandwich.
Though often thought of as a simple image of American values, this painting resists easy interpretation.
Shahn makes an not-so-subtle comparison between Christ and two Italians executed for a crime they didn’t commit.
Lawrence carefully documents the migration of African Americans from the agricultural South to the industrial North.
The everyday experience of a woman is the subject of...