https://fineartconnoisseur.com/2021/05/then-and-now-american-social-realism/ The Premier Magazine for Informed Collectors of Fine Art Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:44:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://fineartconnoisseur.com/2021/05/then-and-now-american-social-realism/#comment-30670 Fri, 28 May 2021 01:15:36 +0000 https://fineartconnois.wpengine.com/?p=15247#comment-30670 The great majority of these paintings are not politically bent, but simply depict the reality of a particular situation.

]]> https://fineartconnoisseur.com/2021/05/then-and-now-american-social-realism/#comment-30668 Thu, 27 May 2021 23:46:11 +0000 https://fineartconnois.wpengine.com/?p=15247#comment-30668 At one time when I knew less I was moved and awed by these artists. Now I just see them as naive, foolish, and wasted efforts. The image of the politicians in Congress by Gropper is pretty accurate though. The others are just tired and leave an unpleasant taste in the mouth. Ginsburg is a good painter but his messages are the same old tired leftist stuff. If the current crop of social message trumpeters were honest, the image content would be a lot different and I don’t think they can abide that.

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