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With the important graphic cycle \u2018Soldiers\u2019 Reunion\u2019, they attempted to come to terms with National Socialism much earlier than in other countries. The realists became noticeable in exhibitions from 1960 onwards. Art critics reacted with dismay. They were accused of being close to the propagandistic \u2018socialist realism\u2019 of the Stalin era, as well as the realism of the Nazi dictatorship. Yet, their concept of realism was completely different. The group&#8217;s focus was not on the depiction of a perceived reality, but on the reality of the political and social situation itself. Existentialism was the godfather of this realism, which propagated nothing less than a new humanistic image of man. This approach was not only formative for the core group of Viennese realists, it also manifested itself in later tendencies, which also appear in \u2018Reality as an Attitude\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reality as an attitude &#8211; Viennese realism after 1950<\/strong><br>20.03.2025 \u2013 17.08.2025<br>Wien Museum MUSA<br>Felderstra\u00dfe 6-8<br>1010 Vienna<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wienmuseum.at\">www.wienmuseum.at<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20.03.2025 \u2013 17.08.2025 The Viennese Realists formed an important counter-movement to the dominant art styles of the post-war period. The core group &#8211; Georg Eisler, Hans Escher, Alfred Hrdlicka, Fritz Martinz, Rudolf Sch\u00f6nwald and Rudolf Schwaiger &#8211; came together in 1954. 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