nouveau réalisme

English

Alternative forms

  • Nouveau Réalisme

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau réalisme (literally “new realism”).

Noun

nouveau réalisme (uncountable)

  1. An art movement founded in Europe in 1960, characterized by a return to "reality" in opposition to abstract and figurative painting; the creation of collages and assemblages incorporating real-world objects; and the use and critique of mass-produced commercial objects, akin to American pop art.
    Synonym: new realism
    • 2022 September 18, Neil Genzlinger, “Virginia Dwan, Behind-the-Scenes Force in the Art World, Dies at 90”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 September 2022:
      She opened her first gallery in 1959 in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, exhibiting examples of Nouveau Réalisme from France and giving Mr. Rauschenberg his initial Los Angeles exposure in 1962, when she showed his innovative “combine” works, hybrids that merged painting and three-dimensional objects.

Further reading

French

Etymology

Coined by French art historian and critic Pierre Restany in 1960 (along with Yves Klein).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nu.vo ʁe.a.lism/ ~ /nu.vo ʁe.a.lizm/

Noun

nouveau réalisme m (uncountable)

  1. (art) nouveau réalisme (art movement founded in Europe in 1960)

Further reading

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