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Early 20th Century Painting

Early 20th Century Painting. 1900-1945. KEY IDEAS: Early 20th Century. Time of political unrest and social upheaval Technological advances in art and science Avant-garde patrons ( I.e.,Gertrude Stein) Armory show was first modern art exhibit in U.S. Art movements become international

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Early 20th Century Painting

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  1. Early 20th Century Painting 1900-1945

  2. KEY IDEAS: Early 20th Century • Time of political unrest and social upheaval • Technological advances in art and science • Avant-garde patrons (I.e.,Gertrude Stein) • Armory show was first modern art exhibit in U.S. • Art movements become international • Introduction of abstract art

  3. Fauvism The Bridge(DieBrücke)/Primitivism Cubism Futurism Metaphysical The Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter) Suprematism Constructivism Dada DeStij Bauhaus Precisionism Mexican Muralists International Style Surrealism Art Deco Organic Art Depression Era Art Major Movements of Early 20th Century

  4. Fauvism • First exhibited in the Salon d’Automne in 1905 • Wild Beasts of color • Explosive color • Impulsive brushwork • Inspired by post-impressionists • Color harmonies suppressed • Contrasts of unmixed color • Color used expressively, not descriptively • Major artists: Matisse, Derain, Vlaminck

  5. Henri MatisseFrench (1869-1954) • The Woman with the Hat, 1905. Oil on canvas. • The Joy of Life, 1905-6. Oil on canvas. 1.74 x 2.38m.

  6. Andre DerainFrench (1880-1954) • Mountains at Collioure,1905. Oil on canvas, 81.5 x 100cm)

  7. The Armory ShowNew York City 1913 Marcel Duchamp, Nude Descending a Staircase, No.2. 1912. Oil on canvas. • Armory show held to introduce America to the European trends in painting • This painting influenced by motion pictures and multiple-exposure photography

  8. Gallery 291 & Alfred Stieglitz The Steerage. 1907. Photograph • Use of diagonals for framing • Photographed the world as he saw it – little arranging of subjects • His Gallery 291 showed avante-garde photography and paintings. 1902-1917 • Married to artist Georgia O’Keeffe

  9. Georgia O’Keeffe Red Canna. 1923. Oil on canvas. • Example of Precisionism • Flat precision of synthetic cubism • Sharp edges of machinery • Simplified shapes • May express female sexuality

  10. DeStijl Piet Mondrian, Composition No.10. 1939. Oil on canvas • No diagonals allowed! • Always a white background and black lines • Only primary colors allowed (red, yellow, blue) with no shading • Completely abstract

  11. Modern Russian Art Suprematism Malevich, Suprematist Composition: Airplane Flying. 1915. Oil on canvas Constructivism Tatlin, Monument to the Third International. 1919-20. Wood, iron, glass model

  12. Metaphysical Giorgio DiChirico, Melancholy and Mystery of a Street.1914, oil on canvas • Italian movement • Infinite spaces • Humans as shadows or tailor’s dummies • Precursor of surrealism • Influenced by German philosophers • Juxtaposition of light and dark spaces • Symbolism for interpretation

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