Europe 1900-1920 & America 1900-1930 Lecture 28 (no 27) Progress through democracy, capitalism, science, technology World War I, 1914-18, Allies vs. Central Powers; 9 million died Avant-garde art: invention & innovation; new art for a changing world Lecture 28 (no 27)
Colonial Empires About 1900
Fauvism Fauve = “wild beast” in French Explosive colors and impulsive brushwork Matisse & Derain
HENRI MATISSE, Woman with the Hat, 1905 HENRI MATISSE, Woman with the Hat, 1905. Oil on canvas, 2’ 7 ¾” X 1’ 11 ½”. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Le Bonheur de Vivre (The Joy of Life) Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 5'8½" X 7" 9¾" (1.74 X 2.38 m) Date: 1905–6 Source/ Museum: The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania (BF 719) Henri Matisse, The Joy of Life, 1905-6, Barnes Foundation, Merion, PA, 5’9”x7’10”
HENRI MATISSE, Red Room (Harmony in Red), 1908–1909 HENRI MATISSE, Red Room (Harmony in Red), 1908–1909. Oil on canvas, 5’ 11” x 8’ 1”. State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.
Andre Derain, Mountains at Collioure, 1905, Washington NG, 32”x40” Artist: André Derain Title: Mountains at Collioure Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 32 X 39 ½" (81.5 X 100 cm) Date: 1905 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. John Hay Whitney Collection Andre Derain, Mountains at Collioure, 1905, Washington NG, 32”x40”
ANDRÉ DERAIN, The Dance, 1906. Oil on canvas, 6’ 7/8” x 6’ 10 1/4” ANDRÉ DERAIN, The Dance, 1906. Oil on canvas, 6’ 7/8” x 6’ 10 1/4”. Fridart Foundation, London.
German Expressionism Die Brucke (The Bridge), Dresden, 1905 Kirchner, Nolde Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), Munich, 1911 Kandinsky, Marc, Kollwitz
ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER, Street, Dresden, 1908 (dated 1907) ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER, Street, Dresden, 1908 (dated 1907). Oil on canvas, 4’ 11 1/4” x 6’ 6 7/8”. Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Red Coquette, 1914, Stuttgart Mus., 47”x35” Ernst Kirchner, Red Coquette, 1914, Stuttgart Mus., 47”x35”
EMIL NOLDE, Saint Mary of Egypt among Sinners, 1912 EMIL NOLDE, Saint Mary of Egypt among Sinners, 1912. Left panel of a triptych, oil on canvas, approx. 2’ 10” x 3’ 3”. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg.
VASSILY KANDINSKY, Improvisation 28 (second version), 1912 VASSILY KANDINSKY, Improvisation 28 (second version), 1912. Oil on canvas, 3’ 7 7/8” x 5’ 3 7/8”. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
FRANZ MARC, Fate of the Animals, 1913 FRANZ MARC, Fate of the Animals, 1913. Oil on canvas, 6’ 4 3/4” x 8’ 9 1/2”. Kunstmuseum, Basel.
KATHE KOLLWITZ, Woman with Dead Child, 1903 KATHE KOLLWITZ, Woman with Dead Child, 1903. Etching & soft-ground etching, overprinted lithographically with a gold tone plate, 1’ 5” X 1’ 7”. British Museum, London. 15 15
WILHELM LEHMBRUCK, Seated Youth, 1917 WILHELM LEHMBRUCK, Seated Youth, 1917. Composite tinted plaster, 3’ 4 5/8” x 2’ 6” x 3’ 9”. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 16 16
Picasso, Braque, Delaunay Primitivism & Cubism Picasso, Braque, Delaunay
Pablo Picasso, Self-Portrait, Mus. Picasso, Paris, 32”x23” Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Self-Portrait Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 31⅞ X 23⅝" (81 X 60 cm) Date: 1901 Source/ Museum: Musée Picasso, Paris Pablo Picasso, Self-Portrait, Mus. Picasso, Paris, 32”x23”
PABLO PICASSO, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907 PABLO PICASSO, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907. Oil on canvas, 8’ x 7’ 8”. Museum of Modern Art, New York
Artist: Georges Braque Title: Violin and Palette Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 36 ⅛ X 16⅞" (91.8 X 42.9 cm) Date: 1909-1910 Source/ Museum: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. (54.1412) George Braque, Violin & Palette, 1909-10, Guggenheim Mus. N.Y., 36”x17”
Pablo Picasso, Ma Jolie, 1911-12, MOMA, NY, 39”x26” Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Ma Jolie Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 39⅜ X 25¾" (100 X 65.4 cm) Date: 1911-12 Source/ Museum: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (176.1945) Pablo Picasso, Ma Jolie, 1911-12, MOMA, NY, 39”x26”
ROBERT DELAUNAY, Champs de Mars or The Red Tower, 1911 ROBERT DELAUNAY, Champs de Mars or The Red Tower, 1911. Oil on canvas, 5’ 3” x 4’ 3”. Art Institute of Chicago
JACQUES LIPCHITZ, Bather, 1917. Bronze, 2’ 10 3/4” x 1’ 1 1/4” x 1’ 1” JACQUES LIPCHITZ, Bather, 1917. Bronze, 2’ 10 3/4” x 1’ 1 1/4” x 1’ 1”. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
ALEKSANDR ARCHIPENKO, Woman Combing Her Hair, 1915 ALEKSANDR ARCHIPENKO, Woman Combing Her Hair, 1915. Bronze, 1’ 1 3/4” x 3 1/4” x 3 1/8”. Museum of Modern Art, New York
FERNAND LÉGER, The City, 1919. Oil on canvas, 7’ 7” x 9’ 9 1/2” FERNAND LÉGER, The City, 1919. Oil on canvas, 7’ 7” x 9’ 9 1/2”. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Speed, Dynamism, beyond Tradition Balla, Boccione, Severini Futurism Speed, Dynamism, beyond Tradition Balla, Boccione, Severini
GIACOMO BALLA, Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, 1912 GIACOMO BALLA, Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, 1912. Oil on canvas, 2’ 11 3/8” x 3’ 7 1/4”. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
UMBERTO BOCCIONI, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913 (cast 1931). Bronze, 3’ 8” x 2’ 11” x 1’ 4”. Museum of Modern Art, New York
Nike of Samothrace, c180 BCE Artist: n/a Title: Nike (Victory) of Samothrace Medium: Marble Size: height 8'1" (2.45 m) Date: c. 180 BCE (?) Source/Museum: Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace / Musée du Louvre, Paris Nike of Samothrace, c180 BCE
GINO SEVERINI, Armored Train, 1915. Oil on canvas, 3’ 10” x 2’ 10 1/8” GINO SEVERINI, Armored Train, 1915. Oil on canvas, 3’ 10” x 2’ 10 1/8”. Collection of Richard S. Zeisler, New York.
Marcel Duchamp, Kurt Schwitters, Man Ray Dada (Absurdity) Jean Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Kurt Schwitters, Man Ray
JEAN (HANS) ARP, Collage Arranged According to the Laws of Chance, 1916–1917. Torn and pasted paper, 1’ 7 1/8” x 1’ 1 5/8”. Museum of Modern Art, New York.
MARCEL DUCHAMP, Fountain, (second version), 1950 (original version produced 1917). Readymade glazed sanitary china with black paint, 1’ high. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia.
KURT SCHWITTERS, Merz 19, 1920. Paper collage, 7 1/4” x 5 7/8” KURT SCHWITTERS, Merz 19, 1920. Paper collage, 7 1/4” x 5 7/8”. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
MAN RAY, Cadeau (Gift), Painted flatiron with row of 13 tacks with heads glued to the bottom, (replica of 1921 original),6 1/8” x 3 5/8” x 4 1/2”. Museum of Modern Art, New York 35 35
America 1900-1930 PAINTING Ash Can School Armory Show, 1913 Hartley Davis Douglas O’Keeffe PHOTOGRAPHY Stieglitz Weston
JOHN SLOAN, Sixth Avenue and Thirtieth Street, New York City, 1907, 1909. Oil on canvas, 2’ 1/4” x 2’ 8”. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Installation photo of the Armory Show, New York National Guard’s 69th Regiment, New York, 1913. Museum of Modern Art, New York.
MARCEL DUCHAMP, Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, 1912 MARCEL DUCHAMP, Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, 1912. Oil on canvas, 4’ 10 “x 2’ 11”. Philadelphia Museum of Art
MARSDEN HARTLEY, Portrait of a German Officer, 1914 MARSDEN HARTLEY, Portrait of a German Officer, 1914. Oil on canvas, 5' 8 1/4” x 3' 5 3/8”. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 40 40
STUART DAVIS, Lucky Strike, 1921. Oil on canvas, 2’ 9 1/4” x 1’ 6” STUART DAVIS, Lucky Strike, 1921. Oil on canvas, 2’ 9 1/4” x 1’ 6”. Museum of Modern Art, New York 41 41
AARON DOUGLAS, Noah’s Ark, ca. 1927. Oil on masonite, 4’ x 3’ AARON DOUGLAS, Noah’s Ark, ca. 1927. Oil on masonite, 4’ x 3’. Fisk Galleries, University of Tennessee, Nashville. 42 42
Artist: Georgia O’Keeffe Title: City Night Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 48 X 30" (123 X 76.9 cm) Date: 1926 Source/ Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Arts Georgia O’Keeffe, City Night, 1926, Minneapolis Instit. of Arts , 48”x30”
GEORGIA O’KEEFFE, New York, Night, 1929 GEORGIA O’KEEFFE, New York, Night, 1929. Oil on canvas, 3’ 4 1/8” x 1’ 7 1/8”. Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, 44 44
Artist: Alfred Stieglitz Title: The Flatiron Building Medium: Photograph Size: 6⅝ X 3¼" (16.8 X 8.25 cm) Date: 1903 Source/ Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Alfred Stieglitz Collection (33.43.420-69) Alfred Stieglitz, The Flatiron Building, photo, 1903, Metr. Mus., NY, 7”x3”
ALFRED STIEGLITZ, The Steerage, 1907 (print 1915) ALFRED STIEGLITZ, The Steerage, 1907 (print 1915). Photogravure (on tissue), 1’ 3/8” x 10 1/8”. Courtesy of Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth.
EDWARD WESTON, Nude, 1925. Platinum print, 7 1/2” x9 1/2” EDWARD WESTON, Nude, 1925. Platinum print, 7 1/2” x9 1/2”. Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson.