Brush stroke examination

1. Brush stroke examination Steps to complete Read the explanation of each artistic movement Look up one painting for each artist listed on the slide of each particular movement. Create a file for each movement and save the painting of each artist in their appropriate movement. Examine each painting of each artist for paint application, color usage and thickness of paint Styles you like should be emulated on your next painting

2. IMPRESSIONISM • BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF REALISM • WENT ON LOCATION TO PAINT RATHER THAN FROM SKETCHES IN THE STUDIO • EXAMINED HOW SUNLIGHT AFECTED OBJECTS • TRIED TO Reproduce Lights AFFECT WITH SMALL STROKES OF COLOR • PAINTINGS WERE SNAP SHOTS RATHER THAN FORMAL DESIGNS CLAUDE MONET PIERRE AGUSTE RENOIR EDGAR DEGAS MARRY CASSATT

3. These artists were associated with impressionism but felt the movement sacrificed to much in its attempt to capture lights affect. They painted the contemporary world but changed elements of reality to fit their artistic needs. Every artists went in a different artistic direction to solve individual needs. Paul Cezanne Vincent Van Gogh Paul Gauguin Toulouse-Lautrec Georges Seurat POST IMPRESSIONISM

4. Van Gogh brush work

5. S E U R A T

6. Cezanne

7. Toulouse lautrec

8. Gaugin

9. Impasto • Definition: (noun) - A painting technique, impasto is a thick application of paint (usually oil) that makes no attempt to look smooth. Instead, impasto is unabashedly proud to be textured, and exists to show off brush and palette knife marks. Just think of nearly any van Gogh painting to get a good visual.

10. Expressionism grew out of the work of Van Gogh. The movement primarily focused on German Artists around WWI. The Movement depicted deep emotional feelings rather than actual appearances. The artists used color, distortion and exaggeration to display their emotions Fear, anxiety, anger and love were common themes of Expressionists. Earnst Kirchner Kathe Kollwitz Edvard Munch Oscar Kokoshka Max Beckman EXPRESSIONISM

11. This movement focused on the English country side as its name implies The artists of this movement borrowed techniques from Romanticism, Realism and Impressionism to create their paintings Each artist painted the landscape using his own artistic style John Constable Joseph M. W. Turner ENGLISH LANDSCAPE PAINTING

12. Critics labeled the movement Fauvism or wild beasts. It was meant as an insult but was adopted by the leaders of the movement They took the work of the post impressionists and expanded it. Their expansion utilized a concern for design an undying love of color, movement and line. The style was unrealistic, wild and free The artists used recognizable images but were reduced to flat pattern and brilliant color. Fauvism is believed to be the predecessor of cubism. Henri Matisse Georges Roualt Andre Derain Maurice De Vlaminck THE FAUVES

13. Cubism was built from Cézanne’s use of planes and the fauves love of flat color. Cubists displayed many sides of an object in a single painting. The results were flat complex geometric shapes The movement was an intellectual one rather than emotional. Pablo Picasso Georges Brague Juan Gris CUBISM

14. The Aschan school of painting was a strictly American movement. The artists of this movement rebelled against the academic approach handed down from Europe. Aschan artists studied contemporary American life and painted it in a realistic manner. These artists were often employed by Newspapers or Magazines George Bellows John Sloan THE ASCHAN SCHOOL

15. The movement was based on Sigmond Freud's theory of Psychoanalysis. Freud’s theories focused on the unconscious mind, dream analysis and a fixation on sex. Like Freud surrealists wanted to unlock the unconscious mind and display the results on the canvas. Dreamlike images, suppressed memories and emotions were common themes for surrealists These artists used traditional painting techniques and realistic images Salvador Dali Max Ernst Rene Magritte SURREALISM THE FANTASTIC REALISTS

16. This branch of Surrealism was drawn to Freud's theories on the subconscious and suppressed memories Artists wanted to allow the outpouring of the subconscious in their art work. To allow this they claimed to ignored all rules of art. Artists often dripped, splashed and pressed paint to allow the subconscious flow. Some automatists interpreted the images on the canvas like Freud interpreted dreams These automatists images became very symbolic in meaning. Juan Miro Paul Klee SURREALISM PSYCHIC AUTOMATISM

17. The movement was the result of the political unrest and disillusionment most people felt after WWI. The name was said to have been chosen randomly from the dictionary. Dada means hobby horse in French Its goal was to make it clear that all art, values, morals and aesthetics are meaningless This anti art movement ushered in the age of redi made art. Marcel Duchamp Raoul Hausmann DADA

18. Abstract Expressionism is the first American dominated movement. Its roots are found in the work of Kandinsky, Picasso and the Surrealists. A popular style that is misunderstood. The artists rejected realistic subject matter and emphasized the movement of the artists. It was the artists movement and the paints reaction to this movement that is displayed on the canvas. William De Kooning Jackson Pollock Helen Frankenthaler ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM

19. The movement began in London but was powered by America’s mass media Pop art was at the height of its glory in the 1960’s Commercialized culture was its source of inspiration The images for Pop art were taken from any commercialized media Jasper Johns Robert Indiana Roy Lichtenstein Andy Warhol Robert Rauschenberg POP ART