Artist Realism

Artist Realism

Who were the artists associated with American Realism art movement?

The movement in the early twentieth century to be exact.

The most famous would be Grant Woods whose American Gothic has melded with Human DNA - - - thugh some of my snob-art friends insist he would be called a symbolist - - - though my favorite is Edward Hopper who painted bleak street scenes that are fascinating.
That said what is your definition of Realism - - - the term gets abused but since this article has lots of names will cut & paste and let you gleam names from it....

http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/2aa/2aa606.htm

"""From Wyeth to Welliver: American Realism of the Twentieth Century opens June 30, 2001 at the Currier Gallery of Art and includes some of New England's finest examples of "representational" art. This exhibition is part of an ongoing series highlighting the strengths of the Currier's collection, and includes many works that are rarely on view to the public. From Wyeth to Welliver presents a diverse selection of 80 paintings, works on paper and sculpture, featuring masterpieces from such artists as Charles Sheeler, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth, and Neil Welliver. Twentieth-century art is marked by the development of avant-garde styles like Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism. Artists who ignored or rebelled against these Modernist methods and continued to embrace Realism often found themselves on the sidelines, largely dismissed by the art world as reactionary and nostalgic. The 60 artists included in From Wyeth to Welliver share not only a commitment to Realism in light of such criticism, but, in many cases, they share a regional connection. (right: Marsden Hartley, Abundance, 1939-40, oil on canvas)

While representational artists have lived and worked throughout the United States, From Wyeth to Welliver features a high percentage of local talent. Charles Sheeler's 1948 portrait of Manchester's millyard, Blair Folts' depiction of Tuckerman's Ravine and woodcuts by New Hampshire printmaker Herbert Ogden Waters will all strike familiar chords with New Englanders. Many will also recognize the photorealistic still lifes of Nashua native James Aponovich, and Neil Welliver's poetic renderings of the Maine landscape.

Spanning the 1930s through the 1980s, From Wyeth to Welliver also showcases the great diversity of styles within American Realism. From Thomas Hart Benton's illustrative regionalism in the 1930s, to the Pop-influenced work of painters and printmakers Jim Dine and Ed Ruscha, to Richard Estes' photorealistic views of city streets, From Wyeth to Welliver embraces an array of forms and subjects. (left: Neil Welliver, Blue Pool, 1980, oil on canvas)

The diversity of the art in From Wyeth to Welliver is reinforced by diversity in the labels accompanying the works. For the first time, the Currier has asked New Hampshire "celebrities" from all walks of life to bring their own interpretations to an exhibition, to inspire all the museum's visitors to think more deeply about art.

. (right: Edward Hopper, The Bootleggers, 1925, oil on canvas)"""

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