PAVING THE WAY BEGINNINGS OF EXPRESSIONISM AND SYMBOLISM

TURN OF THE CENTURY EXPRESSIONS France dominating art scene late 19 th early 20 th Express bleakness of contemporary urban life- trigger beginnings of Expressionism Followed Goya, van Gogh and Gauguin expressing personal dissatisfaction with cultural environment through painting Pessimistic viewpoint Lighthearted Impressionism to now Primitive- art produced by untrained or naïve artists

Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1910, tempera on board, 66 x 83 cm (The Munch Museum, Oslo) “I was walking along the road with two friends—the sun went down—I felt a gust of melancholy—suddenly the sky turned a bloody red. I stopped, leaned against the railing, tired to death— as the flaming skies hung like blood and sword over the blue-black fjord and the city—My friends went on—I stood there trembling with anxiety—and I felt a vast infinite scream [tear] through nature.”

Edvard Munch Girls on a Bridge oil on canvas 31 ½ x 27 ¼ Kimbell Art Museum Ft W TX

SYMBOLISM Art of exploring dreams, myth and death Emphasis of certain figures, interiors Gesamtkunstwerk- total work of art, synthesis of multiple art forms together Fairly contemporary

Henri Rousseau, The Sleeping Gypsy, 1897, oil on canvas, 50 ¾ x 79”, MoMA

Henri Rousseau, Surprised, 1891, oil on canvas, x 161.9(Nat Gal UK)

Gustav Klimt, The Kiss, , oil and gold leaf on canvas, 180 x 180 cm (Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna)

Gustav Klimt, Tree of Life, 1905, oil and gold leaf on canvas

Odilon Redon, Orpheus, 1913, oil on canvas, Cleveland Museum of Art

TIMELINE TIME! Create a timeline that incorporates all the artists in the Impressionism, Post Impressionism and Pre Expressionism/ Symbolism movements Should include: their birthdate death date dates of major works discussed in ppts Titles of major works Description of major works Artist quote