Magical Realism in Art?

Apparently magical realism isn't just a writing genre it's an art form.

A Short History of Magical Realism as see on Ten Dreams Fine Arts Gallery:

"Magic Realism developed as an art movement in the years after World War I . For many decades thereafter numerous artists throughout Europe and subsequently in the Americas crafted a representational art, mixed with elements of fantasy. This art was often typified by remarkable detail and sharp focus. Yet more importantly Magic Realism taps into emotional reservoirs within all of us. It tricks us by hiding unexpected or suggestive content in what at first might seem to be a common or ordinary scene.

Magic Realism evolved as a current within the Post-Expressionism movement in Weimar Germany. Related to the Return to Order movement as seen elsewhere in Europe, Post-Expressionism exhibited fewer neoclassical impulses than the parallel postwar realist trends in Italy and France. 

Post-Expressionism  evolved by shedding Expressionism's emotionally charged nature and abstract style. This process moved much slower than the related trends in other European countries, not fully maturing until the mid 1920s. 

The term Magic Realism was coined by the writer Franz Roh in 1925. He was referring to works within Post-Expressionistic art in which some mystery or a secret seemed to be hidden within the subject matter. This type of art differed from  19th Century Realism, which was generally naturalistic or narrative in nature. Important influences on Magic Realism  came from the naive art of Henri Rousseau and the Metaphysical works of Giorgio de Chirico.

Magic Realism is a type of realism using contemporary subjects, often in cool detachment and sometimes injecting an eerie atmosphere. Juxtapositions of sharply rendered and detailed elements, both in the foreground and background, are used to develop an air of mystery or ambiguity. Although the paintings may incorporate everyday objects, their objective is not to appear dull or banal . Instead they attempt to show us the everyday world in new and unfamiliar ways. They remind us that there are still many mysteries in life. Magic Realism acted as a portal to Surrealism, and later also influenced Contemporary Realism ."

Ok ...so the thing that really caught my attention on this site wasn't actually the definition of Magical Realism as an art style, it was the Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth that topped the page.

I LOVE this painting...and pretty much anything by any of the Wyeths. Isn't it funny that one of my favorite paintings is part of the Magical Realism movement?