20 th Century Art

Dadaism  1915 to 1923  WWI  Nihilism  Mirrored in many forms, including cinema and photography

 Used everyday items  Ridiculed traditional art  Ridiculed contemporary culture Dadaism Characteristics

 Duchamp  Arp  Ernst Artists Dadaism

 Fountain, Duchamp Dadaism

 Torso Fruit, Arp Dadaism

 Elephant Célèbes, Ernst Dadaism

Surrealism  1924 to 1930s  Theories of Sigmund Freud  Post-WWI hopefulness

 Dreams  Fantasies  Figurative associations Surrealism Characteristics

 Dali  Miro  Giacometti  Magritte Artists Surrealism

 Persistence of Memory, Dali Surrealism

 Women and Bird in the Moonlight, Miro Surrealism

 Constellation: Awakening in the Early Morning, Miro Surrealism

 Blue II, Miro Surrealism

 Painting, Miro Surrealism

 Woman Addressing the Public: Project for a Monument, Miro Surrealism

 Three Men Walking, Giacometti Surrealism

 Persian Letters, Magritte

 The Human Condition, Magritte Surrealism

 The School Master, Magritte Surrealism

 The Listening Room, Magritte Surrealism

 Time Transfixed, Magritte

Abstract Expressionism  1945 to 1960  Post WWII  FDR’s Federal Art Project  Psychic automatism

 Focus on elements of painting: canvas, frame, shape, color  Action Abstract Expressionism Characteristics

 Rothko  Bacon  Mondrian Artists Abstract Expressionism

 White Band, No. 27, Rothko Abstract Expressionism

 Red on Maroon, Rothko Abstract Expressionism

 Rothko Chapel, Houston Abstract Expressionism

 Pope Innocent X, Bacon Abstract Expressionism

 3 Studies for a Crucifixion (3 rd in Triptych), Bacon Abstract Expressionism

 Mill in Sunshine, Mondrian  Mill, Mondrian Abstract Expressionism

 Tree, Mondrian

 Still Life with Ginger Pot I, Mondrian Abstract Expressionism

 Still Life with Ginger Pot II, Mondrian Abstract Expressionism

 Composition No. 7 (Facade), Mondrian Abstract Expressionism

 Broadway Boogie Woogie, Mondrian Abstract Expressionism

 Place de la Concorde, Mondrian Abstract Expressionism

 Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow, Mondrian Abstract Expressionism

20 th Century Art