Expressionism, Fauvism, Futurism, Cubism 1900 1945
Time Line
The Foundation EXPRESSIONISM FAUVISM FUTURISM CUBISM
Expressionism - Originated from Germany in 1905 - explores the inner emotions and spirituality of the artist. - expresses the impact of an object or experience on an artist. - the artist is free to move beyond the limitations of objective subject matter
Edvard Munch 12 December 1863 23 January 1944 Norwegian An important contributor of Expressionist Art His most famous works include The Scream
Scream
Madonna Vampire
Egon Shiele June 12, 1890 October 31, 1918 Austrian The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize Schiele's paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism His famous works are drawings of nude women
Self-Portrait
Two Little Girls
Seated Female Nude
Gustav Klimt July 14, 1862 February 6, 1918 Austrian Was profoundly influenced by Egon Schiele His famous works include the portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
Self-Portrait
Adele Bloch-Bauer I
The Kiss
George Grosz July 26, 1893 July 6, 1959 German Utilized his prolific caricature drawing style in his expressionist paintings. His famous works include Street Scene
Lovesick
Metropolis: Grosstadt Street Scene
Otto Dix 2 December 1891 25 July 1969 German His early expressionist paintings portray the brutality of war, the state of German society under Weimar rule His famous works are paintings of feminine subjects
To Beauty
Sylvia von Harden Lady with Mink and Veil
James Ensor 13 April 1860 19 November 1949 Flemish-Belgian Majorly influenced the Expressionist style His famous works include The entry of Christ into Brussels
The Rower
The Entry of Christ into Brussels
Major Artistic Features - The art showed violent and emotional imagery - favored distorted lines, vibrant color, enhanced forms, and flattened perspectives - Females were subjects that were portrayed as strange and unusual in nature - The feeling of uneasiness is created through urban settings and sexual tension
Fauvism - The root word fauve, in translation from French, means wild beasts or wild animals - Wild was exemplified by the use of intense colors - The style abandoned conventional artistic ideas and sought for contemporary ones - In 1898, Vincent van Gogh s Starry Night and Paul Gaugin s Joyousness inspired the start of the movement and highly influenced the movement s style
Joyousness and Starry Night Joyousness by Paul Gaugin Starry Night The use of vibrant colors sparked style in Fauvism The use of short strokes also sparked style in Fauvism
Henri Matisse 31 December 1869 3 November 1954 French He and Andre Derain were the leaders of developing Fauvism His famous works include the Woman with a Hat
The Woman with the Hat
The Young Sailor
Roofs of Collioure Still Life with Vegetables
Andre Derain 10 June 1880 8 September 1954 French He and Matisse were the leaders of developing Favuism His famous works include Charing Cross Bridge, London
Self-Portrait
Charing Cross Bridge
Maurice de Vlaminck 4 April 1876 11 October 1958 French A principal follower of Fauvism His famous works include The River Scene at Chatou
The River Scene at Chatou
Restaurant de la Machine a Bougival
Tugboat on the Scene
Major Artistic Features - Simple designs inspired by primitive and tribal art - Spontaneous and rough brushwork - Unnatural and random colors generate a disharmonious effect - Emotions communicated through color choice - combinations of matching colors
Futurism - An art movement that celebrated advanced technology and urban modernity - destroy older forms of culture and to demonstrate the beauty of modern life - Explored the beauty of the machine, speed, violence, and change, and through this tried to represent modern experience - strived to have their paintings evoke all kinds of sensations
Giacomo Balla July 18, 1871 - March 1, 1958 Italian Was influenced by writer and founder of Futurism, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Balla became a prolific futurist His famous works include Abstract Speed + Sound
Abstract Speed + Sound
Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash
Mercury Passing Before the Sun
Speed of a Motorcycle
Umberto Boccioni 19 October 1882 17 August 1916 Italian He became the main theorist of the movement through his experimentation f enhancing the futurist s style. His famous works include Unique forms of Continuity in Space
The City Rises
Unique forms of Continuity in Space
Elasticity
The Street enters the House
Francis Picabia 22 January 1879 30 November 1953 French Influenced by Marcel Duchamp His famous works include Star Dancer on an Atlantic Steamer
Machine Turn Quickly
Star Dancer on a Transatlantic Steamer
Major Artistic Features - rejection of everything old, dull, feminine and safe - promoted the exhilarating masculine experiences of warfare and reckless speed (of modern technology and urban life) - Dynamism is present - Sense of motion
Cubism - A movement that features broken shapes, flattened space, and geometric blocks of color - A quest to find a new concept of painting as an arrangement of form and color on a 2-D surface - Explores the multiple angles of shapes - Tried to reconstruct objects, using shapes - The art in the movement is mostly a battle between what the eyes see and what the mind knows to be there - Style was developed by Pablo Picasso and George Braque
Pablo Picasso 25 October 1881-8 April 1973 Spanish The co-founder of the Cubist movement His famous works include Les Demoiselles de Avignon
The Three Musicians
Ma Jolie
Les Demoiselles D Avignon
Georges Braque 13 May 1882 31 August 1963 French Developed Cubism with Pablo Picasso His famous works include Violin and Candlestick
Houses at L'Estaque
Head of a Woman
Castle at La Roche Guyon
Fernand Leger February 4, 1881 August 17, 1955 French He had practiced and developed a unique cubist style in his earliest works. This unique style was later developed in to Pop Art. His famous works include The City
The City
The Discs in the City
Discs
Kazimir Malevich February 23, 1879 May 15, 1935 Russian He laid down the foundations for another art movement called Suprematism, which was a product of cubist elements, in his manifesto From Cubism to Suprematism His famous works include Black Square
Woodcutter
Head of a Peasant Girl
Portrait of a Woman
Major Artistic Features - Cubism was an emphasis on the two-dimensionality of the canvas - Reduced and fractured objects into geometric forms, and with them, created relief-like space - Used multiple or contrasting vantage points
Conclusion Movements were means to escape the limitations of status quo art Movements opens art to the use of different media Movements exemplify the concept that Art is not only pure copy paste Changes in setting, influences the creation of art movements, such as these
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