The commonality between their artwork was the element of painterly realism coupled with symbolism to give the imagery a meaning that went beyond the obvious. Suhail’s almost photographic realism ...

the overcoming of the fatal opposition between symbolism and extreme realism was not achieved. Little of this history and little of this theology have filtered down to the faithful, nor has it ...

Said the Sunday Observer: “This term ‘symbolic realism’ is found to embrace the phosphorescent skeleton paintings of Pavel Tchelitchew; a horrific problem picture by Alton Pickens ...