Social Realism
This
movement arose in the 1930s and was very similar to
Regionalism
in its portrayal
of everyday American subjects and struggles. Social Realist artists,
however, where much more political in their outlook and often
depicted the hardship facing Americans in the form of a class
struggle. Politically left-wing, these artists brought a distinctly
more subjective point of view to their work and used it as a vehicle
to argue for improved working and living conditions.
Representative
painters:
Bishop, Evergood,
Gwathmey, Shahn, Soyer