Impressionism –late 1880s
• Interested in capturing the quality of light
• Harmonious colors
• Choppy and visible brush strokes
• Two Examples of Major Artists:
• Claude Monet
• Pierre Auguste Renior
Claude Monet
Claude Monet, Haystacks, (sunset), 1890-1891, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Claude Monet
Vétheuil in the Fog, 1879, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris.
Claude Monet
Nympheas, 1915, Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, 1899, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Bal du moulin de la Galette), 1876, Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
On the Terrace, oil on canvas, 1881, Art Institute of Chicago Girl with a Watering Can (1876)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Alice and Elisabeth Cahen d'Anvers (Pink and Blue) (1881)
Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881)
Modern Art: Post Impressionism 1882-1900
• Shift in color usage- color no longer representational.
• Interested in developing a visual language of symbols.
• Capturing the psychological feelings or emotions of the subject
• Major Artists: Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Signac, George Seurat
Vincent Van Gogh
The Starry Night, June 1889, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Vincent Van Gogh
Bedroom in Arles (1888), Van Gogh Museum
Vincent Van Gogh
Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (August 1888), Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Self-portrait, 1889, private collection
Paul Signac
Paul Signac, Portrait of Félix Fénéon, 1890, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
George Seurat
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886, The Art Institute of Chicago.
George Seurat
Bathers at Asnières, 1884, National Gallery, London
George Seurat
Detail from La Parade (1889) showing pointillism
Cubism 1907-1914
• Multiple view points
• Non representational spatial relationships
• Use of non traditional and traditional materials
• Geometric division of space
• Major Artist: Pablo Picasso
Modern Art between the Wars
• Concept based
• Politically charged- in response to the Wars and new technology
• Looking at breaking the painting down to the principles and elements of designs
• Major Artists: Piet Mondrian and Alberto Giacometti
Op Art
• Interested in creating optical illusions
• Short lived art movement
• Inspired from the Minimalism movement
• High contrast colors
• Major Artist: Bridget Riley
Pop Art
• Started in the 1950
• Interested in exploring the differences and similarities between mass produced art and fine art
• A reflection on popular culture
• Major artists: Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein
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