ART101: 4 20-th Century Art Movement

ART101: 4 20-th Century Art Movement

You SHOULD Know

It’s time to find out the history of art.  ART101  is the most convenient way to start.

Let’s focus on some of the significant 20-century art movements and clarify the points you have always wondered.

We bring you ART101: 4 20-th Century Art Movement You SHOULD Know

Surrealism Art

The Art of Surrealism is a 20th century movement in which an artist or writer uses an unusual method to compose independent objects and illustrations with an unusual method.

Major contributors of surrealism are Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Joan Miro and Max Ernst.

“The Broken Column” – Frida Kahlo 

“I don’t paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.”― Frida Kahlo

“Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see, but it is impossible. Humans hide their secrets too well….”― Rene Magritte

”The Son of Man” – René Magritte

Expressionism Art

An artistic movement originally from Germany. In expressionism, the artist seeks subjective emotions and reactions, not descriptions of objects and experiences.

The movement was led by Edvard Munch in Norway, as well as Gustav Klimt of the Vienna Secession.

“Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye… it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.” ― Edvard Munch

“A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things.” ― Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

“The Scream” – Edvard Munch  

“ Street, Berlin” – Ernst Ludwig Kirchne  

Futurism ART101

The pioneer movement by Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Gino Severini.

“Dynamism of a Cyclist” – Umberto Boccioni

”The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli”  – Carlo Carrà

“A portrait, to be a work of art, neither must nor may resemble the sitter… one must paint its atmosphere.” ―Umberto Boccioni

“Constructions of a-rhythmical forms, the clash between concrete and abstract forms…

…The acute angle is passionate and dynamic, expressing will and a penetrating force.” ― Carlo Carra

 

Cubism Art

Cubism is an innovative 20th century art style in which objects and people are symbolized by geometric shapes.

Essential artists of cubism was Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.

“Violin and Candlestick” – Georges Braque

“The Weeping Woman”  – Pablo Picasso       

“There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.”

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”―  Georges Braque

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”― Pablo Picasso

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REFERENCES ART101

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubism

https://smartartbox.com/blogs/smart-art-blog/the-origin-of-surrealism#:~:text=Andre%20Breton%2C%20the%20French%20poet,with%20his%20theories%20on%20unconsciousness.

https://www.theartstory.org/movement/expressionism/history-and-concepts/#:~:text=Although%20it%20included%20various%20artists,in%20the%20city%20of%20Dresden.

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/f/futurism