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The first half of the 20th century saw Russian Revolution World War 1 The Great Depression World War 11

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Rapid changes in styles that sometimes merged.

PARISPARIS is the center of the Western Art World

By WW11 artists and Art flees Paris and lands in NYCNYC.

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After the influence of Japanese art, Primitive African Art African Art comes into vogue.

Artists are interested in the geometric geometric abstraction.abstraction.

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1881-1973, SpanishSpanishPicasso was a prodigy. He was the son of an art teacher, he showed incredible talent at an early age.

His was first influenced by Manet, CourbetManet, Courbet, and LautrecLautrec.

PicassoPicasso

Picasso gained great fame during and after his lifetime.

No other No other artist comes artist comes close to the close to the fame he fame he achieved.achieved.

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PicassoPicasso

He constantly evolvedevolvedHe is had a Blue Period, Rose Period, Classical Period, and African Period.He worked in SurrealismSurrealism and CubismCubism. Picasso and Braques created the Cubist movement.

Picasso, Picasso, Blue PeriodBlue Period

His first style was the Blue Blue Period Period (1901-1904)The term “blue” reflected both subject matter and color choice.The paintings he made were generally somber and melancholy.Subjects included prostitutes, beggars, harlequins, blind people, and artists.

Picasso, Picasso, Blue PeriodBlue Period

The figure seems to be blind and decrepit, Emaciated, and somber.There is a ghostly figure under the subject.The blue and grey colors add colors add to the somber to the somber moodmood

Picasso, Picasso, Blue PeriodBlue Period

Self Portrait with a Cape, 1901

Picasso, Picasso, Blue PeriodBlue Period

The Tragedy, 1901

proportions are elongated. (think El Greco) Monochromatic

Picasso, Picasso, Blue PeriodBlue Period

The Tragedy, 1901

details are eliminated adding to the mood of empty coldnessHis poverty? Or his sympathy for the human condition?

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His Rose Rose Period Period follows the Blue.works were dominated by pinkish hues.Subject matter is upbeat circus scenes.

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Much more on Picasso in the next chapter

Henri MatisseHenri Matisse French painter Studied law in Paris

for most of his life began painting while

recovering from appendicitis

In 1891 he decided to study in Paris

Self Portrait, 1906

MatisseMatisse first exhibition 1901, first solo

exhibition in 1904 Lived on the French Riviera from

1917 until his death in 1954 Often compared to his younger Often compared to his younger

rival, rival, PicassoPicasso Having cancer later in life, he

created paper collages paper collages in stead of painting

FauvismFauvismMatisse belonged to the

Fauvist MovementFauvist Movement, (French for ‘wild beasts’).Matisse was the leading painter.Was a short movement- 1905-1907

FauvismFauvism deep, vivid

colorscolors,

simplified lines simplified lines and exaggerated exaggerated perspectiveperspective

Vigorous patterns and unusual unusual color color combinations combinations led to different effects/feelings

The Green Line (Madame Matisse) 1905

FauvismFauvism

Cheerful…

Matisse Matisse afterafter FauvismFauvism

He continued with many characteristics of the movement, but developed with the times

He said: “Fauvism is not everything, but it is the beginning of everything.”

MatisMatissese

Subject matter was primarily still-lifes and portraits

Harmony in Red, 1909

Harmony in Red 1909 Perspective seems irrelevant

Perspective only visible in the chair and window

Dark outlines Items and the woman shown with

volume, despite the flattened appearance of the surroundings

Harmony in RedHarmony in Red Landscape seen through the

window relates to the wallpaper -black curves, he called “arabesquesarabesques”

The title echoes the painting: Flat planes “harmonize” the wall

and table There seems to be movement

among the black “arabesques”

The Dance The Dance II 1901 Black outlines

define the dancers, who twist, turn, jump and stretch

Background composed of flat colors, simple blue and green

Blue Nude 1952

The Sorrows of the King, 1952

Icarus, 1950

Expressionism

In Germany, the artists interested in the expressive possibilities of color were called Expressionists

Expressionism

Similar to the Fauves in France, but the Fauves Fauves work was work was lighthearted- lighthearted- The Expressionists were Expressionists were brooding and moodybrooding and moody

Expressionism

22 groups of Expressionists 1. The Bridge 1. The Bridge (much gloomier) 2. The Blue Rider 2. The Blue Rider (the brighter side of Expressionism

The Bridge

Woodcut prints were popular because they were inexpensive and quick.

Kathe Kathe KollwitzKollwitz

Kirchner, The Bridge

Founding artist

of The The Bridge Bridge The Bridge was a link between traditional old and modern new Influenced by African and Oceanian woodcarving seen in his distortions

The Street, 1907

…attempt to show isolation of urban life

Kirchner

Kirchner was an architect turned painterLater in life his artwork became more abstractSoon after Nazis captured 600 of his pieces Kirchner committed suicide

Self Portrait as a Soldier – 1915

Franz Marc, Blue Rider

Large Blue Horses, 1911

Born in Moscow in 1866. He studied law and economicsHe studied art in Munich.He taught at the art school which he co-founded. Well traveled.

Kandinsky, The Blue Rider

To elevate mankind and free people from materialism, he created nonobjective art.

Kandinsky, The Blue Rider

He taught at the Bauhaus in Germany The Nazi government closed the Bauhaus in 1933.He moved to France and acquired French citizenship. Fifty-seven of his works were confiscated by the Nazis in the 1937 purge of “degenerate art.”

Kandinsky

Kandinsky

Kandinsky was fascinated by musicmusic's ability to give the listener an emotional response. He wanted to do the same with his painting.Free Free association with association with color and color and music...music...

Kandinsky

He abandoned realism in 1910.

Composition 8

He experimented with 2 types of painting.CompositionCompositionss in which he arranged geometric shapes.

Kandinsky

Small Pleasures

And ImprovisatiImprovisationsons: paintings which he applied paint spontaneously (organic)

Kandinsky

Composition 5, 1911

Theme is Resurrection Resurrection of the Dead. of the Dead. Angels blowing trumpets.Towers of a city are visible. Out of this void, the viewer can sense the rising of the dead.

Kandinsky

Several Circles, No.323, 1926. 50”x50”