Themes > Arts > Painting > 20th-Century Painting > North American Realism > Magic Realism

1943 to 1950's

Magic Realism is an American style of art with Surrealist overtones. The art is deeply rooted in everyday reality, but has overtones of fantasy or wonder. The term was later also applied to the literary works of authors such as Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez.

Artists most commonly associated with the style are Paul Cadmus, Philip Evergood, Ivan Albright, and George Tooker. Andrew Wyeth is sometimes associated with this group, due to the slightly mysterious nature of his work.


Chronological Listing of Magic Realists

  Albright, Ivan Le Lorraine
  Evergood, Philip
  Cadmus, Paul
  French, Jared
  Blume, Peter

  Guglielmi, O. Louis
  Colville, Alex
  Tooker, George
  Parkes, Michael

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