Impressionism –late 1880s

• Interested in capturing the quality of light

• Harmonious colors

•  Choppy and visible brush strokes

• Two Examples of Major Artists:

• Claude Monet

• Pierre Auguste Renior

Claude Monet

Claude Monet, Haystacks, (sunset), 1890-1891, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Claude Monet

Vétheuil in the Fog, 1879, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris.

Claude Monet

Nympheas, 1915, Neue Pinakothek, Munich

Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, 1899, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Bal du moulin de la Galette), 1876, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

On the Terrace, oil on canvas, 1881, Art Institute of Chicago Girl with a Watering Can (1876)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Alice and Elisabeth Cahen d'Anvers (Pink and Blue) (1881)

Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881)

Modern Art: Post Impressionism 1882-1900

• Shift in color usage- color no longer representational.

• Interested in developing a visual language of symbols.

• Capturing the psychological feelings or emotions of the subject

• Major Artists: Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Signac, George Seurat

Vincent Van Gogh

The Starry Night, June 1889, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Vincent Van Gogh

Bedroom in Arles (1888), Van Gogh Museum

Vincent Van Gogh

Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (August 1888), Neue Pinakothek, Munich

Self-portrait, 1889, private collection

Paul Signac

Paul Signac, Portrait of Félix Fénéon, 1890, Museum of Modern Art, New York City

Paul Signac

Port St.Tropez , 1901

George Seurat

Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886, The Art Institute of Chicago.

George Seurat

Bathers at Asnières, 1884, National Gallery, London

George Seurat

Detail from La Parade (1889) showing pointillism

Cubism 1907-1914

• Multiple view points

• Non representational spatial relationships

• Use of non traditional and traditional materials

• Geometric division of space

• Major Artist: Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Guitar, Glass and Fruit by Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Fruit Bowl and Guitar by Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Bull Skull, Fruit and Pitcher 1939 by Pablo Picasso

Modern Art between the Wars

• Concept based

• Politically charged- in response to the Wars and new technology

• Looking at breaking the painting down to the principles and elements of designs

• Major Artists: Piet Mondrian and Alberto Giacometti

Piet Mondrian

“Broadway Boogie Woogie”

Piet Mondrian

“Composition with Red”

Piet Mondrian

“L’arbre”, 1908

Alberto Giacometti

Alberto Giacometti

“Cat”, 1954

Alberto Giacometti

Alberto GiacomettiWalking Man II (1948)

Op Art

• Interested in creating optical illusions

• Short lived art movement

• Inspired from the Minimalism movement

• High contrast colors

• Major Artist: Bridget Riley

Bridget Riley

Bridget Riley 1963 Fall

Bridget Riley

The Riley Illusion

Pop Art

• Started in the 1950

• Interested in exploring the differences and similarities between mass produced art and fine art

• A reflection on popular culture

• Major artists: Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein

Andy Warhol

Marilyn, 1967 by Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

10 Marilyns, 1967

Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein

Drowning Girl 1963