1874 – 2019 “Question: Why can’t art be beautiful instead of fascinating? Answer: Because the concept of beautiful is arguably more subjective for each viewer.” https://owlcation.com/humanities/20th-Century-Art-Movements-with-Timeline • Impressionism • Dada • Post-Impressionism • Surrealism • Symbolism • Abstract Expressionism • Fauvism • Pop Art • Expressionism • Superrealism • Cubism • Post-Modernism • Futurism • Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter • Post-Impressionism is an art movement that developed in the 1890s. It is characterized by a subjective approach to painting, as artists opted to evoke emotion rather than realism in their work • Symbolism, a loosely organized literary and artistic movement that originated with a group of French poets in the late 19th century, spread to painting and the theatre, and influenced the European and American literatures of the 20th century to varying degrees. • Fauvism is the style of les Fauves (French for "the wild beasts"), a group of early twentieth- century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism. • Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. ... Expressionist artists have sought to express the meaning of emotional experience rather than physical reality. • Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture. ... One primary influence that led to Cubism was the representation of three-dimensional form in the late works of Paul Cézanne. • Futurism (Italian: Futurismo) was an artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It emphasised speed, technology, youth, violence, and objects such as the car, the airplane, and the industrial city. ... It glorified modernity and aimed to liberate Italy from the weight of its past. • Dada was an art movement formed during the First World War in Zurich in negative reaction to the horrors and folly of the war. The art, poetry and performance produced by dada artists is often satirical and nonsensical in nature. • Surrealism. A movement in art and literature that flourished in the early twentieth century. Surrealism aimed at expressing imaginative dreams and visions free from conscious rational control. Salvador Dali was an influential surrealist painter • Abstract Expressionism is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American painters such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the 1940s and 1950s. It is often characterized by gestural brush-strokes or mark- making, and the impression of spontaneity. • Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the United Kingdom and the United States during the mid- to late-1950s. The movement presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular and mass culture, such as advertising, comic books and mundane cultural objects. • Superrealism, also known as Hyper-realism, is an art movement that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s, in which the paintings, or sculptures, resemble a high resolution photograph. • Postmodernism, also spelled post-modernism, in Western philosophy, a late 20th- century movement characterized by broad skepticism, subjectivism, or relativism; a general suspicion of reason; and an acute sensitivity to the role of ideology in asserting and maintaining political and economic power. Claude Monet, Impressionism – Sunrise 1872, oil on canvas, c. 19 x 25” Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light and color in their changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, inclusion of movement as a crucial Vincent Van Gogh The Starry Night 1889, oil on canvas c. 29 x 36 in. Post-Impressionism is an art movement that developed in the 1890s. It is characterized by a subjective approach to painting, as artists opted to evoke emotion rather than realism in their work. “Grandfather of 20th century Expressionism” Paul Cezanne Mont St. Victoire 1902-1904 oil on canvas c 2 x 3’ Post-Impressionism is an art movement that developed in the 1890s. It is characterized by a subjective approach to painting, as artists opted to evoke abstraction rather than realism in their work “Grandfather of 21st century Abstraction” Odilon Redon The Cyclops 1898 oil on canvas, c. 2’ x 1’8” Symbolism, a loosely organized literary and artistic movement that originated with a group of French poets in the late 19th century, spread to painting and the theatre, and influenced the European and American literatures of the 20th century to varying degrees. Henri Matisse Red Room (Harmony in Red) 1908-1909 oil on canvas, c.12’ x 8’ Fauvism is the style of les Fauves (French for "the wild beasts"), a group of early twentieth-century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism. Vassily Kandinsky Improvisation 28 1912 oil on canvas c. 3’7” x 5’3” Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. ... Expressionist artists have sought to express the meaning of emotional experience rather than physical reality. Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles d’Avignon 1907 oil on canvas c. 8’ x 7’ Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture. ... One primary influence that led to Cubism was the representation of three-dimensional form in the late works of Paul Cézanne. Umberto Boccioni Unique Forms of Continuity in Space 1913 bronze, 3’7” Futurism (Italian: Futurismo) was an artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It emphasised speed, technology, youth, violence, and objects such as the car, the airplane, and the industrial city. ... It glorified modernity and aimed to liberate Italy from the weight of its past. Marcel Duchamp Fountain, 1917 Glazed sanitary bowl with black print Dada was an art movement formed during the First World War in Zurich in negative reaction to the horrors and folly of the war. The art, poetry and performance produced by dada artists is often satirical and nonsensical in nature. Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory 1931 oil on canvas, 9 x 13 in. Surrealism. A movement in art and literature that flourished in the early twentieth century. Surrealism aimed at expressing imaginative dreams and visions free from conscious rational control. Salvador Dali was an influential surrealist painter Jackson Pollock Number 1, 1950, Lavender Mist 1959 oil, enamel and aluminum paint on canvas, c. 7’ x10’ Abstract Expressionism is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American painters such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the 1940s and 1950s. It is often characterized by gestural brush-strokes or mark- making, and the impression of spontaneity. Andy Warhol Marilyn 1967 silkscreen Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the United Kingdom and the United States during the mid- to late-1950s. The movement presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular and mass culture, such as advertising, comic books and mundane cultural objects. Chuck Close Big Self Portrait 1967-68 acrylic on canvas c. 9’ x 7’ Superrealism, also known as Hyper-realism, is an art movement that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s, in which the paintings, or sculptures, resemble a high resolution photograph. Judy Chicago The Dinner Party 1979, Multimedia, including ceramics and stitchery 48’ x 48’ x 48’ Postmodernism, also spelled post-modernism, in Western philosophy, a late 20th-century movement characterized by broad skepticism, subjectivism, or relativism; a general suspicion of reason; and an acute sensitivity to the role of ideology in asserting and maintaining political and economic power. Many diverse forms and media- includes feminism, site art, installations .