Early Twentieth Century
Explosion of new styles grew from impressionists and post impressionists First looked back to the renaissance Then to pointillist method (Seurat)
Seurat – early 20th century painters were inspired by seurat
Seurat
Fauves Group led by Henri Matisse Inspired by Gauguin and Van Gogh (color) Used intense and subjective color Lasted about 2 years Freed color from its traditional role of describing natural appearances
Gauguin – color inspired Fauves
Van Gogh – color inspired Fauves
Matisse – renaissance style
Matisse during Fauvist period
Joy of life – masterpiece of Fauvism Pure hues Lines that are not descriptive simplified shapes intentionally direct childlike figures
JOY OF LIFE. Henri Matisse. 1905 – 1906.
Kandinsky German Expressionist Painting should be “an exact replica of some inner emotion” Evolved towards nonrepresentational work Believed painting was a response to “inner necessity”
Kandinsky
Cubism Reconstruction of image and ground Little cubes from different angles of the subject Color is secondary to structure Overturned renaissance approach to human figure
Picasso
Picasso
Braque