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Croatian Painting and Art Criticism in the Period of Socialist Realism (1945–1950): Theory vs. Practice

In order to create another powerful medium for spreading a new socialist and communist ideology in the period of Socialist Realism in Croatia (1945–1950), the goal of making visual art accessible to all social classes became one of the important tasks of the new society and its authorities. By merging a highly realistic style and a heroic touch, with a simple and contemporary subject, the purpose was to introduce to the people politically acceptable notions and values, such as optimism, collectivism, a desire to work, brotherhood and unity among others. In this paper some aspects of the Croatian painting and art criticism in the period of Socialist Realism will be discussed.

Socialist Realism, Croatian painting, Croatian art criticism, war thematics, Agitprop

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