Social Realism

Social Realism is an artistic movement, expressed in visual and other realist arts, which depicts working class activities as heroic. Many artists who subscribed to Social Realism were painters with socialist political views.

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Realist - Art - Working class - Painter - Socialist

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The American painters Ben Shahn, Leon Bibel, the Australian painter Noel Counihan and the Mexican painters José Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera are all examples of Social Realists.

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Ben Shahn - Leon Bibel - Noel Counihan - José Clemente Orozco - Diego Rivera

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The Australian playwright and novelist Dorothy Hewett is an example of a Social Realist author.

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Playwright - Novelist - Dorothy Hewett

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Social Realism is not the same as Socialist Realism, which was the official art style of the Soviet Union. The two movements share common origins and themes, but are not identical. Socialist Realism can be described as a specific branch of Social Realism.

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Socialist Realism - Soviet Union

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