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social realism


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social realism

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Refers to works depicting realistic situations with tones of social protest, common especially in the 1930s and 1940s. For the representational art in Communist countries sanctioned by the government, use "Socialist Realist."

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realism, social

social realist

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Associated American Artists: Prints for the People

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