(Social) Realism: Argentina

Ernesto de la Cárcova (1866 – 1927)
Ernesto de la Cárcova (March 3, 1866 – December 28, 1927) was an Argentine painter of the Realist school. Ernesto de la Cárcova was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1866. Taking an early interest in the canvas, he studied at the local Society for the Stimulus of Fine Arts under painter Francisco Romero. He attended the prestigious Accademia Albertina in Turin, where he was trained by painter Giacomo Grosso.

At the 31st Turin Fine Arts Exposition in 1890, he presented The Head of An Old Man, a pastel drawing he sold to the King of Italy, Umberto I, for display at the Palazzo Quirinale in Rome. Returning to Argentina, he completed his best-known work, Without Bread or Work, in 1893. Set in Buenos Aires' industrial southside during the severe recession that followed the Panic of 1890, the work is today displayed in the National Museum of Fine Art.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_de_la_C%C3%A1rcova



Ernesto de la Cárcova Without Bread or Work 1893



Delesio Antonio Berni (1905 – 1981)
Delesio Antonio Berni (14 May 1905 – 13 October 1981) was a figurative artist, born in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. He worked as a painter, an illustrator and an engraver.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Berni



Delesio Antonio Berni Mediodía (Midday)



Delesio Antonio Berni Manifestación (Demonstration)



Delesio Antonio Berni Desocupados (Unemployed people)



World (Social) Realist Art (Index of Countries)
This blog page is part of an ongoing project by artist and part-time lecturer Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin (http://gaelart.net/) to explore Realist / Social Realist art from around the world. The term Realism is used in its broadest sense to include 19th century Realism and Naturalism as well as 20th century Impressionism (which after all was following in the path of Courbet and Millet). Social Realism covers art that seeks to examine the living and working conditions of ordinary people (examples include German Expressionism, American Ashcan School and the Mexican Muralists).

Click here for (Social) Realist Art Definitions, World (Social) Realism and Global Solidarity, Art and Politics, Social Realism in history and Country Index.

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