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  Art Foundation "New Gallery"
The "New Gallery" Art Foundation was established at April 18, 1989 in Moscow.
The "New Gallery" specializes on Soviet art of Socialist Realism of the 1920-1950-s.
It functions as closed gallery, art foundation, collecting works of art and preparing them for further exhibitions and auctions as well as for decorating offices and living quarters.
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  Socialist realism
Socialist realism is a teleologically-oriented style of realistic art which has as its purpose the furtherance of the goals of Communism.
The purpose of socialist realism was to elevate the common worker, whether factory or agricultural, by presenting his life, work, and recreation as admirable.
Socialist realism as an official school of art dominated Soviet art until the late 1980s.
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 Socialist Realism - guideofcasinos.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Socialist realism became state policy in 1932 when Stalin promulgated the decree "On the Reconstruction of Literary and Art Organizations".
In terms of its artistic heritage, socialist realism had its roots in neoclassicism and the traditions of realism in Russian literature of the 19th century that described the life of simple people.
Socialist realism thus demanded close adherence to party doctrine, and has often been criticized as detrimental to the creation of true, unfettered art – or as being little more than a means to censor artistic expression.
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 Socialist Realism
Socialist Realism is a form of realist art originating in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in the 1930s and spreading to other Communist countries after World War II.
In Bulgaria, particularly the painter Nenko Dimitrov Balkanski was an exponent of Socialist Realism.
Although the Danish Socialist Realism was never dictated by the government, there is no doubt that some of the Danish Socialist Realist artists were communists, and certainly approved the Soviet ideology in all its facets -- which is easy to do when one is not forced to, but has the artistic freedom of expression.
arthistory.heindorffhus.dk /frame-Style14-Realism-SocialistRealism.htm   (1275 words)

  
 Socialist realism - Wikinfo
In practice, socialist realism demanded close adherence to party doctrine, and has often been criticized as detrimental to the creation of true, unfettered art.
In effect, Soviet socialist realism often functioned as little more than a means to censor artistic self-expression, sacrificing the individual for the good of the state.
Western critics sometimes wryly encapsulate the principles of socialist realism as 'Girl meets Tractor.' Czeslaw Milosz, writing in the introduction to Sinyavsky's, On Socialist Realism, describes the products of social realism as "inferior" ascribing this as necessarily proceeding from the limited view of reality permitted to creative artists.
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 Socialist realism - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Socialist realism, designed and approved by Nikolay Bukharin, Maxim Gorky and Andrei Zhdanov held that successful art depicts and glorifies the proletariat's struggle toward socialist progress.
In practice, socialist realism demanded close adherence to party doctrine, and has often been criticized as detrimental to the creation of true, unfettered art - or as being little more than a means to censor artistic expression.
Socialist realism as an official school of art dominated Soviet art until the late 1980s.
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 Socialist realism Summary
Realism was introduced into China from the West at the turn of the twentieth century.
After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, social realism was replaced by the officially sanctioned socialist realism, which became the dominant theory in literature and arts in Mainland China during the second half of the twentieth century.
Socialist realism had its roots in neoclassicism and the traditions of realism in Russian literature of the 19th century that described the life of simple people.
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 Socialist realism
In addition to the Soviet Union, particularly during the rule of Stalin, it was the predominant art form in the People's Republic of China during the rule of Mao Tse-tung and in Albania during the rule of Enver Hoxha.
In practice, socialist realism demanded close adherence to party doctrine, and has often been criticized as detrimental to the creation of true, unfettered art.
In effect, Soviet socialist realism often functioned as little more than a means to censor artistic self-expression, sacrificing the individual for the good of the state.
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 Term paper on Socialist realism
"Stalin as an Organiser of the [[October Revolution" by Karp Trokhimenko]] Socialist realism is a teleologically-oriented style of realistic art which has as its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism.
Originating in the aesthetic philosophy of Maxim Gorki, it was from its adoption by the Union of Soviet Writers in 1934 at the Congress of Soviet Writers the official policy of the Soviet Union: :"Socialist realism is the basic method of Soviet literature and literary criticism.
A relief from the [[Soviet military cemetery in Warsaw showing workers greeting victorious soldiers.]] Maxim Gorky's novel Mother is usually considered to have been the first work of socialist realism.
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 Guggenheim Museum - Exhibitions - Russia! - Highlights
Socialist Realist artists also glorified the collectivization of agriculture in upbeat depictions, which overlooked the famine and hardships brought on by this policy.
Although the basic subjects and pictorial language of Socialist Realism were established in the 1930s, its stylistics varied from artist to artist during the nearly fifty years of its existence as the stateís mandated aesthetic.
Socialist Realism—propagated through fine art and mass-produced mediums such as posters—provided iconic imagery that became deeply ingrained in Soviet visual culture and the popular imagination for generations.
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 Art || Bucknell University
Peter I and Catherine II changed all that with the secularization of Russian culture in the 18th century.
The "New Gallery" specializes on Soviet art of Socialist Realism of the 1920-1950-s.
It functions as closed gallery, art foundation, collecting works of art and preparing them for further exhibitions and auctions as well as for decorating offices and living quarters.
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 Social Realism vs. Socialist Realism - Social ( Socialist ) Realism Art
Social Realism should be seen as a democratic tradition of socially prompted artists of liberal or left-wing conviction.
Social Realism fully presents an international phenomenon, rooting in Realism of the 19th century.
Social Realism was broadly accepted during the depression in 1930s in United States.
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 Socialist realism
"Stalin as an Organiser of the [[October Revolution" by Karp Trokhimenko]] Socialist realism is a teleologically-oriented style of realistic art which has as its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism.
Originating in the aesthetic philosophy of Maxim Gorki, it was from its adoption by the Union of Soviet Writers in 1934 at the Congress of Soviet Writers the official policy of the Soviet Union: :"Socialist realism is the basic method of Soviet literature and literary criticism.
A relief from the [[Soviet military cemetery in Warsaw showing workers greeting victorious soldiers.]] Maxim Gorky's novel Mother is usually considered to have been the first work of socialist realism.
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 Gallery NR50 Goes Offline to Sell to the Masses
Since May, his virtual gallery at gallerynr50.com has allowed visitors to see the pieces and send an e-mail if they're interested in buying.
Eventually, he hopes to open a gallery in Amsterdam, with a view to expand to New York within a year or two.
Monasch started his project to draw in people "who are afraid of entering galleries." But now that the Internet has provided an initiation, he figures it's time to venture beyond the virtual world.
www.themoscowtimes.com /stories/2001/01/30/017-full.html   (704 words)

  
 ArtLex on Realism
This sense of realism is sometimes considered synonymous with naturalism.
Barbizon school of painters, though he is an important precursor to Realism.
Realism in art has nothing to do with the philosophy called Aesthetic Realism.
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 Mimi Ferzt Gallery: Past and future exhibitions
Mimi Ferzt Gallery is pleased to present ALEXANDER NEY 'a retrospective' opening October 28, 2004.
During this period Ney refused to accept the ideologies of Soviet Socialist Realism by joining the underground artist movement.
He is represented in European, Russian and American collections including The State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, The State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, The Zimmerli Museum at Rutgers University and The Yeshiva University Museum in New York and has exhibited extensively at prestigious galleries and museums worldwide.
www.artnet.com /Galleries/Exhibitions.asp?gid=117851&cid=69756   (334 words)

  
 The St. Petersburg Times - News - Moscow Gallery Paying Homage to 'Our Putin'
Who else could it be but Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, in - it had to happen eventually - a gallery display of heroic portraits that picks up unmistakably where the "socialist realism" of the Soviet Union left off.
Gallery director Oleg Kalmykov says it is, describing the collection as "a psychological experiment in the question of personality and power".
Galina Fyodorovna, a building inspector who works just upstairs from the gallery and dropped by because she saw it on television, said she was impressed by the pictures, especially the big ones.
www.sptimes.ru /index.php?action_id=2&story_id=14413   (412 words)

  
 The Chambers Gallery - London - Art Gallery
For many years, Soviet Socialist Realism was seen in the West as the ‘outsider’ movement of twentieth century art.
An art for the people, Socialist Realism – realistic in form and socialist in content – was intended to illustrate and clarify the ideals of the Communist Party.
Fifteen years after the demise of socialist realism we can look back and assess it without the ideological prejudice for and against that surrounded it during its lifetime.
www.thechambersgallery.co.uk /artists.html?view_all=1   (1609 words)

  
 Painting with Marxism
explaination: "Realistic in form, Socialist in content." Maxim Gorky had earlier summarized that Socialist Realism employs theory to portray the importance of social activity in shaping humans.
Strikingly different in environment from Socialist Realism, the Mexican Muralists portray capitalist society, and the oppression of the working class within it.
The Socialist Realists, in painting about socialist life, are usually optimistic, while the Muralists who portray life under capitalism, paint primarily very bleak and heartbreaking works – as Sergi Eisenstein said of the paintings of Jose Clemente Orozco: "...
www.marxists.org /subject/art/visual_arts/painting/index.htm   (471 words)

  
 Socialist Realism
Thus the progress of a single painting from exhibition to museum and then on to government building, public organisation and institution ensured that the illusion was perpetuated.
Those canvases not presented for display or rejected during the censorship process remained in the artists' studios and were sold privately or simply left to gather dust.
The proliferation of galleries such as this will only serve to widen the appeal and the market for this type art.
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 Boris Vladimirski
Vladimirski was born in Kiev, Ukraine in 1878.
However, his controversial Black Ravens painting, which depicts Stalin's secret police (NKVD) that came at night to disappear people, was regarded by some as a piece that transcended the values of Socialist Realism.
Surprisingly, the painting managed to pass by censorship committees, and was also displayed throughout the country.
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 Gallery Russia, Scottsdale AZ, galleryrussia.com, russian art, russian imported art, soviet union art
Welcome to Gallery Russia, specializing exclusively in fine art from Russia and the former Soviet Union.
His unique lyrical impressionism continues to be successful throughout the world and is now widely sought after in Russia and his native Ukraine.
Feel free to contact Gallery Russia for information on any of his paintings or on the artist himself.
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 Gallery owner prizes 'sincere' art
At the end of a year, a retrospective or a collection of past works seems to be in order, especially for a gallery.
Since the gallery opened in 2004, it has become one of the most important art havens in town but owner Zhao is not as pleased as one might think.
Zhao is uncompromising in his refusal to show contemporary art in old socialist realism style.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /citylife/2006-12/25/content_766636.htm   (621 words)

  
 Realism - Art, Fine art, prints, posters, artwork, artist, drawing, art gallery, oil, arts, painting, Web clipart ...
From realism and social realism to modernism, abstractionism and pop-art.
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 Socialist Realism Exhibits
The majority of these images came from scans made by the: Russian Art Gallery.
This is an extremely small sampling of Socialist Realist paintings – they span an enourmous spectrum through many different styles and subject matter.
This genre is extremely diverse and rich in style, criticism, and depth.
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Realism in art was an attempt to describe human behavior and surroundings or to represent figures and objects Buy Posters at AllPosters.com.
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 Russian Art Web Gallery
Gamborg Gallery is happy to present this collection of Russian Fine Arts, containing works of Russian Realist Art from the 20th century, with emphasis on the period from the 1930s through the 1970s.
The main purpose of our gallery is to give lovers of fine arts the opportunity to enjoy some bright examples of classical Russian and Soviet art.
Working on genres such as landscape, cityscape and still-life was a manifestation of artists' independence from the official ideology and therefore many fine works of art were gradually lost to the dust of artists' studios.
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 Russian Posters
His colors were simple - usually only red and fl - but his photomontage composition was dynamic and astonishing, with novel proportions and perspectives, juxtaposed with bold typography – All designed to stress the monumental and heroic aspect of the age.
Due to Stalin’s purges, the majority of posters were produced by younger artists, and many of these revealed a stylistic shift toward realism.
The Post-War period was marked by a return to Social Realism, with Stalin once again becoming the focus of most posters.
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