Art History Essay
Australian artists during the 1930's and 1960's dealt with the social and political turmoils which occurred during the great depression by depicting the problems in their works. During this time, Australian artists became social realists. Yosl Bergner and Noel Counihan are examples of political artists and had a very strong social and political conscience. The artists always depicted the cruelty and suffering the society was facing and responded to their own voices. Common matter such as poverty, homelessness, isolation, drunkenness, immorality, general sadness and depression were just some of the things that were portrayed in these artists' works. Similar to the social realists there was also a group called the angry penguins, who which used similar colours and subject matter in their works. Artists such as Albert Tucker and Arthur Boyd were angry penguins and believed that whatever the artist wanted to paint they should paint it. The group explored social......
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