Art in the 1930’s.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Joe Wang, Cierra Scott, Madeline Valdes, Melissa Potter

Advertisements

Why to artist create?. George Inness. The Lacawanna Valley 1856 Romanticism.

Creating Your Power Point  Things you should know: 1. Your presentation should be on an artist (living or dead) that you admire or find interesting.

PRESENTED BY: bruceblackart.combruceblackart.com.

Jacob Lawrence, Ben Shahn, Edward Hopper and Grant Wood

John Singleton Copley, Paul Revere, c. 1768–70 Benjamin West, The Treaty of Penn with the Indians, 1771–72 Ralph Blakelock, Moonlight, 1885 Winslow Homer,

Art in North America Several different movements were sweeping through North America before and after WWI, leading up to WWII: 1. The Ashcan School (The.

Chapter 15.3 The American Scene and Regionalism 20th Century Realism Abstract art dominated painting for most of the twentieth century, but there were.

Modern Art Floral Design Art History Unit. Modern Art Includes art from 1800’s – until about 1970 Art did not have to represent a subject realistically.

Chapter The Influence of Abstraction In New York City, photographer Alfred Steiglitz encouraged young American abstractionists, such as Georgia.

Grant Wood American Artist By Denise Jackson.

1700s to Present Day.  This artistic movement took place in the 17 th and early 18 th century. A typical characteristic is that the subjects come out.

JACKSON POLLOCK AMERICAN PAINTER PAINTED ON HUGE CANVASES SO HE COULD USE HIS WHOLE BODY POURED AND SPLATTERED COLORS ON CANVAS, RATHER THAN.

Jackson Pollock was called an “action painter” because his work shows movement and rhythm.

- Presentation – THOMAS HART BENTON September 2008.

Grant wood 1891 – 1942 Iowa, USA Regionalist (artists who painted the natural landscape and the people of the Midwest) Iowa.

A Literary Subgenre. Do Now Examine the painting on the next slide (Grant Wood’s “American Gothic”), and respond in your journal. How does this painting.

Depression-Era Art. Thomas Hart Benton Missouri artist advocate of “Regionalism” self-proclaimed “enemy of Modernism” felt that art should be.

Ashcan School, Regionalism, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop Art

Early 20 th Century Art The Great Depression & Regionalism Chapter 33 AP Art History Mr. English.

An Overview of American Art USHAP. Hudson River School Mid-19 th century landscape painters influenced by Romanticism National identity Documented life.

Regionalism or American Scene The American Regionalism movement, also known as the American Scene Painters, began during the Great Depression in the 1930’s.

Jasper Johns, Three Flags, 1958 How Artists See America.

Grant Wood February 13, February 12, 1942 American Artist.

Depression Era Art Key Ideas Response to the Great Depression Recognizes the plight of the destitute Social concerns shown.

{ Art and Music of the 1930s By: Ian Sheppard.  The economic devastation of the Great Depression and the political climate of the times profoundly impacted.

Painting – 1930s Federal Programs for the Arts –Funding of art in post offices, schools and court houses –Artists – tend to lean left, support working.

Painting – 1930s Federal Programs for the Arts –Funding of art in post offices, schools and court houses –Artists – tend to lean left, support working.

Because I______, I learned/saw_________. Because I went to the Field Museum, I learned about dinosaurs. Because I read a book about the American colonies,

American Art: Jacob Dasher Art 2001 Fall 2006.

SEVENTH GRADE VISUAL ARTS I.Art History: Periods & Schools D. MODERN AMERICAN PAINTING.

BSRTAACT E XPRESSIONISM *Started in 1940’s*. Timeline Early 1940’s >> Abstract art emerged in New York City 1947 >> Jackson Pollock started the “drip”

Abstract Expressionism Abstract Expressionism is a type of art in which the artist expresses himself purely through the use of form and color.

American Art Kept alive realist tradition Portray American life with fidelity. Ashcan School or The Eight NYC Realistic sketch like subjects.

Grant Wood ( ) American Painter from Iowa.

PHOTOGRAPHY, REALISM, ABSTRACTION, SOCIAL REALISM AND GUESTS AMERICAN ART.

Norman Rockwell By Ryan McMichael. "To us, illustration was an ennobling profession. That's part of the reason I went into illustration. It was a profession.

Comparing Works of Art 1: “Prisoners from the Front” by Winslow Homer 2: “The Studio” by Winslow Homer 3: “War” by Jackson Pollock.

John Steuart Curry and the American Regionalist ( ) Born Dunavant, Kansas; died, Madison, Wisconsin 1937 self-portrait Self Portrait,

Watercolor painting.

And the Modern Art Movement

Paul Jackson Pollock "When I'm in my painting, I'm not even aware of what I'm doing....the painting has a life of its own."

A visual approach to artistic style in Modern Art

The Jazz Age: Cultural Innovations Modern American Art

Pictures of the city are called…

Flower Close-up paintings and Desert Art

American Art: Jacob Dasher Art 2001 Fall 2006.

The Styles of Art.

Visual Art II – Sept 28th Please get out your sheets on Abstract Expressionism- and your Edward Hopper Homework ; Review of Regionalism Dicussion of Edward.

Georgia O’Keeffe Georgia O’Keeffe was an American artist. Georgia is known for painting really large beautiful and colorful flowers. The flowers look as.

American Regionalism and Thomas Hart Benton

Analyzing American Art

CHAPTER 15 THE NEW DEAL 11/18/2018 MAH-15-4.

Extreme Weather Art Appreciation Lesson

9.3 : American Culture The Big Idea

Great American Artists

MODULE A Distinctively Visual

Cultural Innovations Coach Crews U.S. History.

Early 20th Century

9.3 : American Culture The Big Idea

We Celebrate Youth Art Month

Georgia O’Keeffe Q: How can I use the characteristics of O’Keeffe’s style to make my own piece of art?

Carolina Cabana, Valeree Hernandez, Enrique Jovel

Impressionism What is it? Identifying Characteristics

Grant Wood George Harlan p2 5/5/15.

America and the World in the 1930s

Presentation transcript:

Art in the 1930’s

Introduction What is the purpose of art? Why create art? Entertainment, Expression, Escape Promoted by federal funding with programs such as the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project. Emergence of American Regionalist

Grant Wood raised in a religious house he describes life from his perspective; life is tough to live in the Midwest impressionism and post impressionism. a great supporter of regionalism in the arts,

Pop Culture Today

Edward Hopper realist painter as well as a printmaker paintings contained personal vision of modern American life. “The Nighthawks”, which was mainly known for its details, and contained different shapes to give a unique look

Georgia O’Keeffe Beautiful landscapes of American rather than the chaotic of picture that were being created. capture the essence of the natural beauty of northern New Mexico desert, its vast skies, richly colored landscape configurations and unusual architectural forms

Thomas Hart Benton the best known muralist associated with the American Scene Painting movement stylized portrayal of pre-industrial agrarian life and his later emphasis on the plight of the working class in the post-Depression closely associated with Regionalism captured the character of the collision between agrarian life and industrialization in 1930s America.

John Steuart Curry begun to continue painting in the “regionalist” style, depicting and glorifying images of the United States Midwest depicted representations of families surviving natural disaster in his man versus nature images.

Jackson Pollock During the 1930s he worked in the manner of the Regionalists, being influenced also by the Mexican muralist painters and by certain aspects of Surrealism By the mid 1940s he was painting in a completely abstract manner, Well known for his unique style of drip painting.