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There are many movements that comprise what we know today as “modern art.” In each case, artists sought to achieve a likeminded goal—regardless of their own style preferences. Impressionists, for example, reimagined moments in time on canvas. Post-Impressionists explored the mind of the artists, while the Fauves took an expressive approach to art. And the Expressists, a group of figures with eclectic artistic tastes, aimed to elicit emotion.
While the Expressionist movement started in Germany, it eventually spread all over the continent—and beyond. Even today its Expressionist styles heavily influence post modern and contemporary art.
Modern Artists/Artworks you should know..
Modern Artists/Artworks you should know..
Impressionism was characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience, and unusual visual angles. Impressionism originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s
Impressionist artist Claude Monet
POST IMPRESSIONISM
Post-Impressionism emerged as a reaction against Impressionists' concern for the naturalistic depiction of light and colour. Post-Impressionists extended Impressionism while rejecting its limitations: they continued using vivid colours, often thick application of paint, and real-life subject matter, but were more inclined to emphasize geometric forms, distort form for expressive effect, and use unnatural or arbitrary colour.
Post Impressionist Vincent Van Gogh
FAUVISM is the style of les Fauves (French for "the wild beasts"), a group of early 20th-century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism.
Fauvist Henri Matisse
ANDRÉ DERAIN, THE TURNING ROAD, L'ESTAQUE, 1906
Expressionism as a modernist movement emerged in early 20th-century Germany. Artists working in this style distort the reality of their subjects in order to “express” their own emotions, feelings, and ideas. One of the best known pieces from this era is Edvard Munchs "the Scream"
The Blue HorseFranz Marc
NZ Artist Frances Hodgkins
Egon Schiele | Self Portrait with Raised Bared ShoulderWW2 Art theft
NEO EXPRESSIONISM [post modern]
NEO EXPRESSIONISM [post modern]
Revived in the 1970’s, its general style is often marked by vivid colours and contrasts, in the tradition of fauvism; rapid, violent brushwork; distorted subject matter; and a generally spontaneous technique, sometimes incorporating 'found' objects.
New zealand Artist
philip clairmont untitled (flowers in a vase) (1980)
Jean-Michel BasquiatUntitled, 1981
Jean-Michel BasquiatFlesh and Spirit, 1982
Peter BoothPainting 1977
Davida AllenDeath of my Father
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