Socialist realism

Socialist realism is a teleologically-oriented style of realistic art which has as its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism. It should not be confused with social realism, a type of art that realistically depicts subjects of social concern, although it is related.

Notable works and artists of socialist realism

Maxim Gorky's novel Mother is usually considered to have been the first work of socialist realism. Gorky was also a major factor in the school's rapid rise, and his pamphlet, On Socialist Realism, essentially lays out the needs of Soviet art. Other important works of literature include Fyodor Gladkov's Cement (1925) and Mikhail Sholokhov's two volume epic, And Quiet Flows the Don (1934) and The Don Flows Home to Sea (1940).

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Mother - Fyodor Gladkov - 1925 - Mikhail Sholokhov - And Quiet Flows the Don - 1934 - The Don Flows Home to Sea - 1940

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Although much socialist realist art is nowadays widely dismissed as propagandistic rubbish, a number of artists were able to make creative use of the genre. The painter Aleksandr Deineka provides a notable example for his expressionist and patriotic scenes of the Second World War, collective farms, and sports. Yuri Pimenov, Boris Ioganson and Geli Korzev have also been described as "unappreciated masters of twentieth-century realism". http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0425/is_4_58/ai_59552693

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Aleksandr Deineka - Second World War - Yuri Pimenov - Boris Ioganson - Geli Korzev

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