A Review of Modern Art Movements German Expressionism Der Blaue Reiter American Painting Ashcan School Cubism Constructivism Futurism Precisionism De Stijl Dada Surrealism Photography Comes of Age American Painting Social Realism Photography Social Realism Abstract Expressionism Color Field Hard Edge 2 nd Generation Abstract Expressionism Figural Expressionism Sculpture Post WWII Photography Post WWII Pre Pop Art Pop Art Pop Art Sculpture Minimalism Photo Realism Conceptual Art Environmental Art Installation Art Performance Art
(German) Expressionism 1905 Der Blaue Reiter Kandinsky Wassily KandinskyPaul Klee
(German) Expressionism 1905 Max Beckman Kathe Kollwitz
American Art 1908 – Ashcan School George Bellows John Sloan
Cubism 1908 Georges BraquePablo Picasso
Futurism (Italian) 1909 leger Umberto Boccioni GinoSeverini
Constructivism (Russian) 1913 TatlinMalevich
Precisionism (American) 1915 Georgia O’KeefeCharles Demuth
De Stijl 1917 Piet MondrianTheo van Doesburg
Dada 1916 Marcel Duchamp Kurt Schwitters
Surrealism 1922 Salvador Dali Giorgio DeChirico
Photography coming of Age 1920’s Man RayHenri Cartier Bresson
Social Realism American Painting 1930’s and 40’s Thomas Hart Benton Jacob Lawrence
Social Realism 1930’s and 1940’s American Photography Walker Evans Dorthea Lange
Abstract Expressionism Late 1940’s Willem De KooningFranz Kline
Color Field 1950’s Marc Rothko Helen Frankenthaler
Hard Edge 1950’s Frank Stella Ellsworth Kelly
2 nd Generation Abstract Expressionism 1960’s Cy Twombly Joan Mitchell
Figural Expressionism (post WWII) Frida KahloFrancis Bacon
Modern Sculpture (post WWII) Louise Nevelson Henry Moore
Photography Post WWII Diane Arbus Irving Penn
Pre-Pop Art 1950’s Jasper Johns Robert Rauschenberg
Pop Art 1960’s Roy Lichtenstein Andy Warhol
Pop Art - Modern Sculpture Dwayne Hanson Claes Oldenberg
Minimalism Late 1960’s-70’s Richard Sierra Donald Judd
Photorealism late 1960’s Richard Estes Chuck Close
Environmental Art late 1960’s Richard Long Robert Smithson
Installations late 1960’s Eva Hesse Walter De Maria
Performance Art late 1960’s Chris Burden Joseph Bueys