"Socialist realism" - is the era of style in art or life and thinking?

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Сообщение от Semen Semenovich

The most valuable thing about him is that he is characterized by only for artists who have lived life and creates in the territory of the former "socialist camp". But it is valuable, and (of course, I mean, good artists).
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Gropper, William (b. 3.12. 1897, New York), an American graphic artist and painter. Pupil R. Henry and J. Bellows in 1920. active member of the Communist press. In the satirical drawings and lino G. sharply and passionately naked class sense of social antagonisms, the inhumanity of bourgeois society the United States. Passion reproof, intense dynamics and lapidary manner, and sometimes features expressionist strain was also evident in his posters, illustrations and painting - easel and monumental. In 1930-ies. GM spent many drawings and lithographs against the working class in a series of lithographs on the theme of the Civil War in Spain 1936-39 (to which it was) and 2-nd World War, 1939-45 G. denounced fascism and created a heroic anti-fascist fighters.

Experts say of course that it is critical realism, social realism, or even any, under the principle of "divide and conquer", but nobody will hold their manipulations. Sources still alone.

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Gellert (Gellert) Hugo (Hugo) (b. 3/5/1892, Budapest), an American graphic artist and painter. A native of Hungary, since 1906 lives in the United States, he studied at the New York School of Applied Arts. Since 1916 due to the creativity of the labor movement and the progressive press. Since 1929, member John Reed Club. G. - by graphic portraits of Lenin (1924), J. Reed (1920), Vladimir Mayakovsky (1925), illustrations for the "capital" of Karl Marx (60 lithographs, 1936), paintings of workers' clubs ( part - together with A. Refrezhe) and the building trade unions of seafarers (1945-47) in New York, also known as a designer working festivals and rallies. For creativity G., experienced the influence of Mexican prints, characterized by the plasticity of manners akin poster sharpness of images and symbolism.

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Karl Marx's 'Capital' in Lithographs (1934)

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Сообщение от Ukhtomsky

course Specialists say that this is a critical realism, social realism, or even any, under the principle of "divide and conquer", but nobody will hold their manipulations. Sources still alone.

I will not claim to be experts, but I will say:
Why confuse the "socialist realism" with "social realism", even despite the fact that the root of the word - one, and the reduction - the same.

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Сообщение от Maroussia

I will not claim to be experts, but I will say:
Why confuse the "socialist realism" with "social realism", even despite the fact that the root of the word - one, and the reduction - the same.

Socialist realism is also present invective propaganda of capitalism and social inequalities. Social realism, then just one of the branches of socialist realism.


Prophets Boris. Title page of the book "Mayakovsky about America." 1951

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Prophets Boris. Title page of the book "Mayakovsky about America." 1951