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~  Magic Realism - The Metaphors  ~
 

       Metaphors can be important components in Magic Realism. They can be personal for the artist or universal in nature. For example, in De Chirico's early Metaphysical paintings the inclusion of trains are metaphors for his father, who was an engineer for railroads. Similarly, Andrew Wyeth included many metaphors for his father in his paintings of the late  1940s

 
 

 

 

 
 

Triglion - Imperial Countess Triangi-Taglioni (1926)
by  Christian Schad

 

Le Malcontent (1930)
by
François Emile Barraud

 

Kakteen mit Semaphoren (1923)
by Georg Scholz

 
   

 

 

 

 

 
 

Self-Portrait (1927)
by Christian Schad

 

Notturno (1952) by Christian Schad

 

Count St. Genois d'Anneaucourt (1927) by Christian Schad

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

The Preacher (1937)
by Carel Willink

 

Shooting Gallery (1931)
by Pyke Koch

 

 Compozione Metafisica
by Gregorio Sciltian

 

 

 

 

 

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  Girl with Death Mask (1938)
by Fridha Kalho

 

Self Portrait (1940)
by Fridha Kalho

 

The Deceased Dimas (1937)
by Fridha Kalho

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

American Gothic (1930)
by Grant Wood

 

Self-Portrait (1934)
by Ivan Albright

 

Orca (1990) 
by James Wyeth

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Sea Boots (1976 )
by Andrew Wyeth

 

Adrift (1982)
by Andrew Wyeth

 

 Curtain Call (1979)
by Andrew Wyeth

 

 

 

 

 
 

Tasso's Oak (1957-60) by Peter Blume

 

Old Fellows Hall (1936) by O Louis Gugliemi

 

 

 

 

 
 

Lo Spaventapasseri (1946) by Pietro Annigoni

 

Station (1933) by Max Radler

 

 

 

 

 
 

Little Africa (1984) by Andrew Wyeth

 

Grey and Gold (1942) by John Rogers Cox

 

 

   
 

Trafalgar Square (1974) by Carel Willink

 

 

   
 

The Red Stairway (1944) by Ben Shahn