10 Facts About Social realism

Social realism is the term used for work produced by painters, printmakers, photographers, writers and filmmakers that aims to draw attention to the real socio-political conditions of the working class as a means to critique the power structures behind these conditions.

In certain contexts, socialist realism has been described as a specific branch of social realism.

Social realism became an important art movement during the Great Depression in the United States in the 1930s.

In certain contexts, socialist realism has been described as a specific branch of social realism.

In Belgium, early representatives of social realism are found in the work of 19th century artists such as Constantin Meunier and Charles de Groux.

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Political polarization of the period resulted in social realism's distinction from socialist realism becoming less obvious in public opinion, and by the mid-20th century abstract art had replaced it as the dominant movement in both Western Europe and the United States.

Social realism believed that literature must be part of the proletariat's common cause.

The decline of social realism came with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

These social and aesthetic distinctions would soon become running themes as social realism is associated with the arthouse auteur, while mainstream Hollywood films are shown at the multiplex.

Social realism was adopted by Hindi films of the 1940s and 1950s, including Chetan Anand's Neecha Nagar, which won the Palme d'Or at the first Cannes Film Festival, and Bimal Roy's Two Acres of Land (1953), which won the International Prize at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.