I guess that Uncanny paintings is something natural to happen after the war. Artists wanted to be Realist or even Hyper-realist, but sometimes that obsession for Realism turned actually pretty strange; familiar but strange; familiar but mysterious; familiar but too perfect to be actually real. I've always liked Uncanny paintings because even though they portray things pretty much as they are without any dream-like atmospheres and such, there's always a sort of Surrealist feeling on them, and I love that!
This time, I think that Meredith Frampton got the trophy of uncanniness. Her paintings are certainly beautiful and breath-taking, but I guess she made life look way too perfect (something not quite realistic).
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