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Cubism: art made up of broken angles and planes

Explore the lives and works of iconic artists like Picasso, Dali, and Frank Lloyd Wright who forever changed the art and literary world with their innovative styles and provocative lives.

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Cubism: art made up of broken angles and planes

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  1. Cubism: art made up of broken angles and planes

  2. Pablo Picasso • 1881 – 1973 • Spanish • Extremely successful during his own lifetime • Ladies man who stayed very active even into his 80s • Reportedly abusive – several of his mistresses committed suicide after being dumped

  3. Abstract Art: art made up of lines, colors, & shapes with no recognizable subject

  4. Paul Klee • 1879 – 1940 • Swiss • Experimented with many different forms of art, including music • Deeply affected by the death of many of his friends in WWI • Forced out of Germany by the Nazis, moved back to Switzerland

  5. Dadaism: art “without discipline or morality”

  6. Hans Arp • 1886 – 1966 • French-German • Born in territory disputed by France & Germany • Faked insanity to avoid serving in the German army in WWI • Fled to Switzerland during WWII

  7. Surrealism: art that attempt to portray the workings of the unconscious mind

  8. Salvador Dali • 1904 – 1989 • Spanish noble • Eccentric, liked attention • Kicked out of art school • Had a famous falling out with his father over his art • Too many weird stories to fit here!

  9. Bauhaus Architecture

  10. Frank Lloyd Wright • 1867 – 1959 • American architect • Also designed furniture, stained glass • Abandoned his family for a married woman, but one of his servant then murdered his mistress (& 6 others) with an axe and burned Wright’s home • Designed over 500 buildings

  11. Erich Maria Remarque • 1898 – 1970 • German, served in WWI • All Quiet on the Western Front (1929) • Eventually moved to U.S. in 1930s after Nazis banned his work • His sister was executed by the Nazis just for being related to him

  12. T.S. Eliot • 1888 – 1965 • American who emigrated to Britain at age 25 • Poet, playwright, author • The Waste Land, Murder in the Cathedral, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock • Nobel Prize winner

  13. Ernest Hemingway • 1899 – 1961 • American • Wounded in WWI • A Farewell to Arms, The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea • Avid outdoorsman, war-correspondent, adventurer • Frequently injured • Suffered from depression and received electroshock therapy which led to his eventual mental breakdown and suicide

  14. F. Scott Fitzgerald • 1896 – 1940 • American • Lived the chaotic lifestyle of “The Lost Generation” - drank heavily, spent heavily, and died young • The Great Gatsby

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