More narrowly defined, “Realism” is often viewed as the first modern art movement.It emerged in France in the 1840s as a rejection of traditional forms of art and literature deemed obsolete in ...

"Modern American Realism" at the Smithsonian American Art Museum makes an interesting pendant to a larger and more compelling show at the Phillips Collection, also devoted to American art from ...

Roby and her advisors recognized that modern life allowed for many kinds of realism. The Sara Roby Foundation has long supported collection and research initiatives at the Smithsonian American Art ...

Realism, surrealism in contemporary art: Adjust font size: The exhibition shows three of the most prominent representatives of this modern "converted realism."(Photo: CCTV.com) ...

Twelve of the 15 American landscape paintings now on view at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art were pulled from local private collections. These works show the American wilderness with a highly ...

"Modern American Realism'' opens Friday, featuring 70 paintings and sculpture spanning from 1910 to 1980. It draws on the works of the Sara Roby collection, which was given to the museum in 1986.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Smithsonian American Art Museum is opening a new exhibition to showcase examples of modern realism from 20th century artists. "Modern American Realism" opens Friday ...