Daily Artwork — “The Shoemaker, Jacob Lawrence, 1945”
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Tags: African American Art, analysis, art, critique, Jacob Lawrence, Metropolitan Museum of Art, modern art, painting, Social Realism
Daily Artwork — “Bombardment, Philip Guston, 1937”
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From the museum label:
“Philip Guston painted Bombardment after reading newspaper reports of atrocities carried out during the Spanish Civil War, which began on July 17, 1936, when General Francisco Franco led a military coup against the democratically elected Republican government. The emotionally charged scene, which reflects the artist’s recent exposure to the activist art of the Mexican mural movement, depicts the aerial bombardment of a civilian population by Franco’s warplanes. However, the traditional tondo (circle) format, typically identified with Italian Renaissance painting, suggests that Guston intended to create a universal icon decrying human hatred and destruction rather than a specific commentary on the war in Spain.”
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Daily Artwork — “Chop Suey, Edward Hopper, 1929”
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1929 — Chop Suey. Oil on Canvas. Social Realism style. Edward Hopper (1882 – 1967). Private collection.
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Daily Artwork — “The Problem We All Live With, Norman Rockwell, 1964”
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1964 — The Problem We All Live With. Oil on Canvas. Social Realism style. Norman Rockwell (1894 – 1978). Private collection.
“An iconic image of the civil rights movement in the United States, it depicts Ruby Bridges, a six-year-old African-American girl, on her way in to an all-white public school in New Orleans on November 14, 1960 during the process of racial desegregation. Because of threats and violence against her, she is escorted by four U.S. Deputy Marshals; the painting is framed such that the marshals’ heads are cropped at the shoulders.On the wall behind her is written the racial slur “nigger” and the letters “KKK”; a smashed tomato thrown at Bridges is also visible. The white crowd is not visible, as the viewer is looking at the scene from their point of view. The painting was originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 issue of Look.” (Wikipaintings)
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Daily Artwork — “Summer Evening, Edward Hopper, 1947”
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1947 — Summer Evening. Oil on Canvas. Social Realism style. Edward Hopper (1882 – 1967). Private Collection.
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Daily Artwork — “La Era (The Threshing Floor), Diego Rivera, 1904”
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1904 — La Era (The Threshing Floor). Oil on Canvas. Social Realism style. Diego Rivera (1886 – 1957). Museo Casa Diego Rivera (INBA), Guanajuato, Mexico.
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Daily Artwork — “Nighthawks, 1942”
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1942 — Nighthawks. Oil on Canvas. Social Realism style. Edward Hopper (1882-1967). Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
“Nighthawks is a 1942 painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. It is Hopper’s most famous work and is one of the most recognizable paintings in American art. Within months of its completion, it was sold to the Art Institute of Chicago for $3,000, and has remained there ever since.” (EdwardHopper.net)
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Daily Artwork — “The Stone Breakers, Gustave Courbet, 1849”
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1849 — The Stone Breakers. Oil on canvas. Social Realism style. Gustave Courbet (1819-1877). Destroyed in WWII in Dresden, Germany.
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