Socialist Realism in Arts
amesh (Mette)
reworked and totally revised my page about Socialist Realism, now containing
some stunning examples of well known art works, mainly from the Soviet
Union, but also Denmark!
http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/frame-Style14-Realism-SocialistRealism.htm
You will find some interesting, and a few world famous paintings on stamps
on these pages.
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Ann Mette Heindorff (Mette)
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http://www.heindorffhus.dk
Victor Manta
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> As a natural part of my existing page about Realism/Naturalism, I have
> reworked and totally revised my page about Socialist Realism, now
> containing
> some stunning examples of well known art works, mainly from the Soviet
> Union, but also Denmark!
>
> http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/frame-Style14-Realism-SocialistRealism.htm
>
> You will find some interesting, and a few world famous paintings on stamps
> on these pages.
Interesting page, well written and illustrated by somebody who understands
what the socialist realism represented.
Just a remark. I'm not sure that the classical work of Ilya Repin,
reproduced on the above page as being given as example for the
realist-socialist artists, really could serve as a good example. Its main
characteristic is criticism of the miserable work that those Volga boatmen
had to do in the 1873 backward Russia. No one of the realist socialist
artists could ever allow himself to show the lightest trace of criticism
(and even less the forced work of prisoners in the immense Gulag, etc.,
etc.).
Short explanation of terms and a good example of a masterwork of the
socialist realism can be seen on:
http://members.surfeu.at/horvath/realism.htm
May I also recommend to those interested a related article entitled
"Depressions and Socialism on Modern Danish Stamps":
http://www.values.ch/My%20Column/Denmark/gray-dk.htm
I have the intention to publish one day a page that compares the art of
stamps issued in the Communist USSR and in the Nazi Germany. Actually both
of these forms of socialism have produced quite similar results, among them
also in art, which isn't really a surprise but I find their similitude
interesting.
Victor Manta
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amesh (Mette)
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> "amesh (Mette)" <nob...@popx.dk> wrote in message
> news:2u58aoF...@uni-berlin.de...
>> As a natural part of my existing page about Realism/Naturalism, I have
>> reworked and totally revised my page about Socialist Realism, now
>> containing
>> some stunning examples of well known art works, mainly from the Soviet
>> Union, but also Denmark!
>>
>> http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/frame-Style14-Realism-SocialistRealism.htm
>>
>> You will find some interesting, and a few world famous paintings on
>> stamps
>> on these pages.
>
> Interesting page, well written and illustrated by somebody who understands
> what the socialist realism represented.
>
> Just a remark. I'm not sure that the classical work of Ilya Repin,
> reproduced on the above page as being given as example for the
> realist-socialist artists, really could serve as a good example. Its main
> characteristic is criticism of the miserable work that those Volga boatmen
> had to do in the 1873 backward Russia. No one of the realist socialist
> artists could ever allow himself to show the lightest trace of criticism
> (and even less the forced work of prisoners in the immense Gulag, etc.,
> etc.).
Thank you for your comments. The painting of the Volga Boatmen is not
socialist realism at all, but was recommended by Stalin (and Zhdanov) as an
example to follow. As stated on the page:
Stylistically, artists were encouraged to emulate the work of Ilya Repin and
other members of the late 19th-century Wanderers group. Ilya Yefimovich
Repin (1844-1930), was born in Chuguyev, and is considered the outstanding
realist of his generation. Although he was a good drafter and a skilled
colorist, he was known mainly for his subject matter: His deeply moving
scenes of common people were an indictment of the tsarist regime.
>
> Short explanation of terms and a good example of a masterwork of the
> socialist realism can be seen on:
> http://members.surfeu.at/horvath/realism.htm
Good and informative page.
>
> May I also recommend to those interested a related article entitled
> "Depressions and Socialism on Modern Danish Stamps":
> http://www.values.ch/My%20Column/Denmark/gray-dk.htm
Interesting article, indeed ;-)
>
> I have the intention to publish one day a page that compares the art of
> stamps issued in the Communist USSR and in the Nazi Germany. Actually both
> of these forms of socialism have produced quite similar results, among
> them also in art, which isn't really a surprise but I find their
> similitude interesting.
Interesting idea, especially if you include also the other countries from
the former Eastern Bloc for comparison.