American realism painting

The Ashcan School were a group of painters who pioneered one of the first art movements to originate in America. These 6 facts and artworks can help you understand them.

The 1,400-work exhibition gave many Americans their first look at what avant-garde artists in Europe were up to. It was the biggest art show New York had ever seen and challenged ideas about artistic "progress."

Bo Bartlett’s paintings were inspired by Wyeth and Rockwell—and have motivated painters like Amy Sherald—but he’s never impressed critics.

American realist with modernist vision, the painter Bo Bartlett looks into the heart of American identity in his works, studying its land and its people.

Edward Hopper is one of the most recognizable American Realists of the 20th century. His artwork highlighted the less addressed ways of life in America: individualistic and alienated.

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Self-taught artist hailing from Detroit, Michigan, Andrea Kowch's works have been compared to famed American realist painter, Andrew Wyeth.

The survival and evolution of American realism since World War II are not a familiar story in Western Europe. Learn more in this preview from Fine Art Connoisseur magazine.

Bo Bartlett | Return of the Three Graces from Exile

British figurative painter and NYC-based Nigel Van Wieck has spent the past two decades gaining respect and recognition for his artworks that celebrate American realism in all its glory. With sma...