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(5 pp) It has been suggested that Peter Blume was
one of the first Americans to favor surrealism, in
his mature work. He has also been labeled a
"magic realist," which has a nice ring to it but
doesn't really tell us much. In this discussion we
will look at his 1948 painting, "The Rock," a
reaction both against the bombing of Hiroshima,
and a tribute to the human's tenacity to survive
man-made disaster.
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been labeled a "magic realist," which has a nice ring to it but doesnt really tell us much. In this discussion we will look at his 1948 painting, "The
Rock," a reaction both against the bombing of Hiroshima, and a tribute to the humans tenacity to survive man-made disaster. The Man Blume, originally born in Russia, came to the
United States as a teenager (http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/ArtsEdNet/hm/Nov96/0272.html), and earned his living as artist during the Great Depression. The Depression was not an easy time for most people, particularly artists.
But artists felt particularly free to express them selves at this historical period, since everyone was pretty much within the same financial boat (http://home.connect.net/ron/surrealism.html). The Art "The Rock" (1948) received
major exposure at the 1950 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Paintings, at the Carnegie Institute (Jackson ppg). Often viewers and critics alike "feel more comfortable," if a painting can be put
in a particular category. Whether it is the idea that the painting does, in fact have a frame of reference, or the viewer is relying on someone else to
say that this is an "OK painting," we can not be sure. But Blumes mature work is placed in the category of surrealism. Surrealism in its simplest terms may
be defined as realistic objects, in what appears to be an unreal setting. Or it may be realistic objects, with something that it "unreal" happening to them, such as
the clock that appears to be melting, in Salvador Dalis painting, "Persistence of Memory." Subjects in surrealism may also have a dream like quality, as the artist taps into
his own subconscious to come up with a major image (http://home.connect.net/ron/surrealism.html.) As for the techniques of the painting itself, notice the sharp clean line control - nothing is hazy,
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