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CROSS-CULTURAL CONTAMINATION. What is Cross-Cultural Contamination?. Many modern artists have been influenced by cultures other than their own. This tendency continues with contemporary artists. .
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What is Cross-Cultural Contamination? • Many modern artists have been influenced by cultures other than their own. • This tendency continues with contemporary artists.
Here are a few artists who were particularly well known for incorporating others’ cultural styles within their own…
Paul Gauguin Amadeo Modigliani
Vincent Van Gogh Emily Carr
37) Paul Gauguin. Woman with Fruit (Where are you going?). (1893) Oil on canvas. Post- Impressionism (French) Gauguin was a friend and contemporary of Van Gogh and Cezanne He was disillusioned with contemporary French society so he chose to move to Tahiti where he took a second wife and started a new life for himself.
38) Amadeo Modigliani. Gypsy Woman with Baby. (1919) Oil on canvas. Expressionism (Italian) Known for both his paintings and sculptures, often portraits / human figures Similar to other artists (like Picasso) he was greatly influenced by the popularity of African art African features: simplified and elongated facial features, blank eyes Also influenced by Italian Mannerism (elongated proportions)
39) Vincent Van Gogh. Almond Blossom (1890) Oil on canvas. Post-Impressionism (Dutch) Most of his work reflects the landscape and peasant / village life around him This piece shows the popularity of Japanese prints that was prevalent in Europe at this time Subject matter = Japanese, but still impasto painting approach Was a gift to his brother (Theo) and wife who just had a son – Vincent Willem Meant to symbolize new life
40) Emily Carr. Heina, HaidaGwaii. (1928) Oil on canvas. Canadian Impressionism (Canadian) Carr is often associated with the Group of Seven because of her style and focus on natural subjects although she never directly worked with them (she was from British Columbia) Many of her paintings captured the remains of Haida (native) villages and their totem poles This piece captures the essence of a Haida village on Maude Island (Queen Charlotte Islands, off the coast of B.C / a.k.aHaidaGwaii) Carr helped to capture the beauty of native art and make it respectable to the Euro-Canadians