1. A visual approach to artistic style in Modern Art
How Artists See
A visual approach to artistic style in Modern Art

2. Impressionism,
Impressionist artists such as Monet, Renoir, Degas and Seurat, began to paint on location, using quick strokes to capture the essence of the scene before them, and capturing the emotion and sense of time that a camera could not.

3. Vincent Van Gogh or, Post Impressionism, 1885-1905
Inspired by the impressionists, Van Gogh began to
use color in a new way, incorporating his emotions
Into the work.

4. Matisse and Fauvism, 1905-1910 Henri Matisse Andre Derain
Les Fauves believed that colour should be used at its highest pitch to express the
artist's feelings about a subject, rather than simply to describe what it looks like.

5. Marc Chagall
Chagall drew from his Jewish folk culture, and created works that were influenced by the Fauves and Cubism.

6. Picasso
Blue Period
Rose Period

7. Picasso and Cubism, 1905
Analytic Cubism
Synthetic Cubism

8. Cubism and Constructivism
Juan Gris…synthetic cubism
Lyubov Popova, constructivism

9. Futurism,
An Italian movement that emphasized the speed of modern life. It has its roots in
Cubism, yet the object itself is moving rather than the artist.

10. German Expressionism 1905-25
Kathe Kollwitz
Franz Marc
An artistic style borne out of the tragedy and impact of the Wars on Germany. Artists sought to depict emotional side of the world through media use.
Anselm Keifer

11. Georgia O’Keeffe
Believed that art was the expression of the artist's personal ideas and feelings and that such subject matter was best realized through harmonious arrangements of line, color, and value.

12. Surrealism, 1924-1939 Rene Magritte Georgio DeChirico
Sought to liberate the artist's imagination by tapping into the unconscious mind to discover a 'superior' reality - a sur-reality.

13. Pop Art Wayne Thiebaud Roy Lichtenstein Andy Warhol
An art movement that characterized a sense of optimism during the post war consumer boom of the 1950's and 60's. It coincided with the globalization of pop music and youth culture.

14. The end….
What are some general statements that you can make about what shapes an Artist’s vision?