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Magic Realism | Art history and Sitemap

Giorgio De Chirico 1888-1978 | Italian surrealist painter | The Metaphysical art movement
Giorgio de Chirico

Magic Realism, also sometimes called fantastic realism, is a genre that blends realistic depictions of the everyday world with elements of fantasy, myth, or the surreal.
It's not merely about adding monsters or fantastical creatures into a realistic scene.
It's more nuanced than that. It's about portraying the ordinary with an air of mystery, strangeness, and sometimes a subtle political or social commentary.
The "magic" isn't explicitly explained; it's accepted as part of the natural order within the artwork's world.

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Johann Wolfgang Goethe | Per l'Anno Nuovo / For the New Year

Andy Warhol | Johann Wolfgang Goethe, 1982

Tra il vecchio e il nuovo,
la sorte dona
queste ore liete;
e il passato impone
d’aver fiducia
a guardare avanti
e a guardare indietro.

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George Bodine | Figurative / Cityscape painter


Professional artist George Bodine paints landscapes, cityscapes and people.
Recently, he has been travelling extensively in Europe, and his paintings reflect his unique vision here and abroad.
He paints almost exclusively in oils, many of which are from small, niche manufacturers.
George often hand stretches Belgian linen sized with rabbit-skin glue and primed with white lead, techniques dating from the 16th. century.

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Nadezda Streltsova, 1973 | Ballet dancers


Надежда Стрельцова was born in Leningrad, St. Petersburg.
1983-1991 studied at the Art School at the Institute Repin in St. Petersburg (Academy of Arts).
1992-1998 studied at the State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture Repin in the studio of prof. Непринцева and Еремеева and Eremeeva.

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Antonio Sgarbossa, 1945 | Waiting...


Antonio Sgarbossa is an Italian painter, known for working in the Figurative style.
Antonio Sgarbossa was born in Fontaniva.
His work experience began at the age of 12 when a ceramics workshop opened near his house.
There, young painters painted views of tourist destinations on the ceramic plates, especially Venice, the most famous and most visited city in the Veneto.