Art Movements of the 20

th

Century!
A Look at Major Art Movements
that influenced art in our modern
society
What is Expressionism?
Early 1900s
Expressionist painters interpreted
things around them in exaggerated,
distorted and emotional ways. Edvard
Munch was one of the best-known
Expressionist painters.
This movement is characterized by
bold brush work, emotive lines, and
bright color.

Edvard Munch

1863-1944. Norwegian painter and
printmaker.
intense, evocative treatment of
psychological and emotional themes.
Paintings about anguish.
Portrayed symbolic themes of misery,
sickness and death, isolation and fear.
Best known for his paintings The Scream
and The Cry.
The Scream 1983 wax crayon, tempera, cardboard
Cubism
1907-1920
A style of art that stressed basic abstract
geometric forms and often presented the
subject from many angles at the same
time. Pablo Picasso was a cubist painter.
Characterized by cubed, geometric shapes
and similar colours.

Pablo Picasso
One of the most famous artists in the world, a co-
founder of Cubism, best known for his paintings,
particularly his Blue Period and his creative style
of arranging facial features, he also produced
ceramic and bronze sculptures, drawings,
etchings, collage and poetry.
1881-1973. Born in Spain.
No artist was as famous in his own time
Didnt appreciate women artists.
Known for Old Man with Guitar and Guernica.
Guernica picasso - mural
Dadasim
1916-1922
Ridiculed and made fun of
contemporary culture and art at the
time. The Dadaists were against the
military and against fine art. They
went against what most people thought
was good taste. Dada artists include f
Duchamp, Man Ray, and Miro. Many
Dadaists later explored Surrealism.
Marcel Duchamps
1887-1968. French-American.
Made a lot of art out of ready-made
objects.
Founder of Dada movement
Loved chess.
Known for his radical ideas and mockery
of art.
Best known artworks are Fountain, Nude
Descending a Staircase and Bicycle Wheel.
Fountain -
Surrealism
1924-1930
A movement that grew out of Dada.
The movement was based on dream
images, the unconscious mind, the
irrational and fantasy. Surrealism took
two directions: representational and
abstract. Dali is a well-known Surrealist
artist.
Salvador Dali

190489. Spanish painter. By 1929 he
had become a leader of surrealism. Very
realistic and nightmarish paintings.
Best known work Persistence of Memory
with its strangly melting clocks.
Best known for being able to translate
dreams into visual images.
Wanted people to believe he was insane!
The Persistance of a Memory
Abstract Expressionism
1940-1950
A style developed in the mid-20th century.
It emphasized form and color rather than
an actual subject. Pollock and de Kooning,
and Kandinsky were abstract
expressionists.
Expressing emotions through colour, line
and shape were more important then
having the painting look like something.
Jackson Pollock
191256, American painter.
Pioneer of Abstract Expressionism
Best known for his Action Painting where
the act of painting was more of a focus
then the painting itself.
Dripped and splattered massive amounts
of paint onto huge canvases.
Well known for Lavender Mist No.1
Lavender Mist No. 1 1950 Oil on canvas
Pop Art
1950s
An art movement that emerged in England
and the United States after 1950. Pop
artists use materials from the everyday
world of popular culture, such as comic
strips, canned goods, and science fiction.
Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein were
pop artists. Pop artists made us look at
the popular culture around us differently.
Andy Warhol
1928-1987. Born in the USA
One of the most famous Pop Artists.
Well known for his Campbell Soup Cans
and Marilyn Monroe Prints.
Made paintings and mass-produced silk
screens about famous products and
popular culture.
Believed if you called something art,
then it was.


OP Art
1965
Based on optical patterns and what
happens in the eye when looking at art.
Made its way into fashion design.
Reduced geometrical forms with either
black/white or many colours.
Never as big as pop art.
Bridget Riley

1931-present
Well known Optical Artist and art teacher.
Interested in optical illusions and optical effects.
Painted straight or wavy lines that gave the
illusion of movementoften in black and white.
Was angry when her work was used for
commercial purposes.
Also designed sets for plays.




Movement in Squares - 1941
Modernism
The theory that each new generation must
build on past styles in new ways OR break
with the past in order to make the next
historical art contribution. Seen as "high
art," as differentiated from popular art.
20
th
century art is considered modern
until
Contemporary Art
The term encompasses all artwork being done
NOW.
Anything from the late 1960s to now.
Usually contemporary art deals with issues that
are presently affecting our world.
Can include painting, sculpture, computer-
generated work, installations, performance art,
earth art, murals, and multi-media works.
Very engaging and pushing boundaries of
perception.
Eric Fischal
>>> Eric Fischl--one of America's most respected living artists--created this bronze sculpture of a woman
plummeting to her death, basing it on the many people who did just that during the 9/11 attacks on the World
Trade Center.
The statue was displayed in Rockefeller Center starting around the time of the one-year anniversary of 9/11.
Immediately, members of the public began complaining about the upsetting nature of the piece, and
administrators at the center quickly covered it in cloth and hid it behind a screen. On 18 Sept, it was removed
entirely. The Center apologized to anyone who might've been "upset or offended" by the statue.
The best comment on the banishment of this work of art came from Nick Monteleone in the New York Daily
News:

There has always been a duality to the purpose of art; it serves both to express emotion and to
evoke it. If Fischl's sculpture charged viewers with horror, then it fulfilled its purpose. Fischl's frank
portrayal is a primal reminder of the carnage experienced that morning and, by invoking those
events, memorializes that horrible day.
If we are to remain true to the repeated assertions that we must never forget, why silence a work
like Fischl's? Displaying the sculpture was no more exploitative than airing those videos of the
attacks we've all become so familiar with. But perhaps the real, solid presence of "Tumbling
Woman" spoke with an urgency that could not be dismissed as easily as a TV news feed.
Artists have, throughout time, shocked and disturbed us into recognizing the world's horrors. Fischl
has simply served the traditional function of the artist as social commentator and historical
interpreter, but we have asked that his voice be turned down. Would we ask Goya to lighten the
reds of his Spanish battlefields?
...
It's like being told, "Never forget - as long as it's not too bothersome."
Tumbling Woman Eric Fischal bronze sculpture
Can you Categorize the Art by
Movement?
Look at the following art works and based
on your knowledge of the major art
movements, figure out which movement
each artwork belongs to and why!
Composition No.8-1923-oil on canvas
Squares with Concentric Rings

Self Portrait-1941
Example of Installation artwork
Death in the Sick Room- Oil on Canvas - 1895
Marilyn Monroe Silkscreen
Cataract 3 -1967
Jean Arp Collage Arranged according to the Laws of Chance
Blue Poles No. II enamel and aluminum paint
Cloning Computer Generated Artwork
Red, Yellow, Blue 1921 paint on canvas
Blaze 1 1962-emulsion on hardboard
Bicycle Wheel found objects
Example of a Fractal computer generated art
Lang 1979 oil on canvas - Vasarely
Old Guitarist Oil on Canvas