Modern Art: Realism to the Modern Art: Realism to the PresentPresent

Realism, Impressionism, Post Impressionism,

Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism

RealismRealism

• Cynical confrontation with Romantic flights of fancy and the rising bourgeois culture

• Portrayed ordinary people doing daily tasks

• Major Artists:

• Courbet

• Brown

1849-1850

The Stone Breakers

Gustav CourbetGustav Courbet1819-18771819-1877

The Painter's Studio; The Painter's Studio; A Real AllegoryA Real Allegory

1855

Ford Ford Madox Madox BrownBrown1821-1821-18931893

The Last of England1855

ImpressionismImpressionism

• Based on earlier Spanish painting and Japanese art

• represented a new enthusiasm for the reaction of the artist to a scene

• portrayed what the eye could see with a single glance

•Painted mostly outdoors

•Flat brush strokes become flecks of paint/more free

•Concept of color palettes

• important artists: Manet, Monet, Renoir

The Fifer1866

Edouard Edouard ManetManet

1832-18831832-1883

                                         

1882

The Bar at the Folies BergèreThe Bar at the Folies Bergère

1863

Luncheon on the GrassLuncheon on the Grass

Claude Claude MonetMonet

1840-19261840-1926

Water Lilies

Water LiliesWater Lilies

1905

Japanese FootbridgeJapanese Footbridge

1899

Auguste RenoirAuguste Renoir1841-19191841-1919

The Ball at the Moulin de la Galette, 1876

A Girl with a A Girl with a Watering CanWatering Can

1876

Post ImpressionismPost Impressionism

• Applies to painters in the 1880s and 1890s

• A move beyond Impressionism which emphasized the realistic aspects of art

• which desired to explore psychological effects with more solidity than the Impressionist gave

• important artists:• Cezanne• Seurat• van Gogh

Paul CezannePaul Cezanne1839-19061839-1906

Still Life with Apples1890-1894

1890-1892

The Card PlayersThe Card Players

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)

Irises1889

1889

The Starry NightThe Starry Night

1888

Café Café Terrace at Terrace at

NightNight

1886

Sunday Afternoon on the Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande JatteIsland of la Grande Jatte

approx. 1884

Bathing at AsnièrsBathing at Asnièrs

ExpressionismExpressionism

• Everything subordinated to the expression of emotion

• Major artists:

•Henri Matisse

•Edvard Munch

The Scream1893

Edvard Edvard Munch Munch

(1863-1944)(1863-1944)

Henri Matisse (1869-1954)Henri Matisse (1869-1954)

The Red Studio

1911

1905-1906

The Joy of LifeThe Joy of Life

1937

Woman in Woman in a Purple a Purple

CoatCoat

CubismCubism

• Painters emphasized geometric patterns in portraying an artist or a situation

• Major artists:

• Pablo Picasso

Pablo Pablo Picasso Picasso (1881-(1881-1973)1973)

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 1907

1903

The Old The Old GuitaristGuitarist

1937

Guernica, detailGuernica, detail

1921

Three MusiciansThree Musicians

SurrealismSurrealism

• Founded in the 1920s

• Influenced by Freudian psychology

• Portrays the fantasies and dreams of the subconscious

• Major artists:

• Max Ernst

• Salvador Dali

Max Ernst Max Ernst (1891-(1891-1976)1976)

The Wavering Woman

1923

Salvador Dali (1904-1989)Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

The Persistence of Memory, 1931

The Sacrament of the The Sacrament of the Last SupperLast Supper

1955