American realism

Edward Hopper is one of the most recognizable American Realists of the 20th century. His artwork highlighted the less addressed ways of life in America: individualistic and alienated.

British figurative painter and NYC-based Nigel Van Wieck has spent the past two decades gaining respect and recognition for his artworks that celebrate American realism in all its glory. With sma...

Bo Bartlett is an American Realist painter with a modernist vision. His paintings are within the tradition of American Realism as defined by artists such as Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth. Like these artists, Bartlett looks at America's land and people to describe the beauty he finds in everyday life. His paintings celebrate the underlying epic nature of the commonplace and the personal significance of the extraordinary.

British figurative painter and NYC-based Nigel Van Wieck has spent the past two decades gaining respect and recognition for his artworks that celebrate American realism in all its glory. With sma...

During the ongoing Pandemic, the NMAI would like to send a special thanks to all the essential workers across the United States and around the world that are dedicated to helping in this time of crisis. While these times are unprecedented, the Golden Age Illustrators have portrayed many of these critical professions in magazine covers […]

Bo Bartlett’s paintings were inspired by Wyeth and Rockwell—and have motivated painters like Amy Sherald—but he’s never impressed critics.

Sally Storch

When Congress consulted a eugenicist on immigration policy.

British figurative painter and NYC-based Nigel Van Wieck has spent the past two decades gaining respect and recognition for his artworks that celebrate American realism in all its glory. With sma...

The 1,400-work exhibition gave many Americans their first look at what avant-garde artists in Europe were up to. It was the biggest art show New York had ever seen and challenged ideas about artistic "progress."