Post Impressionism Late 19th Century Means After Impressionism 1 Designated for late 19th century painters whose style was influenced by Impressionism 2 Painters were drawn to bright color and visible distinctive brushstrokes 3 Trends that evolved in this time period were reasserting of formal and structural values as well as emotional content 4 Van Gogh Cezanne and Gauguin were well noted painters during this time period Paul Cezanne 1839 1906 Post Impressionist Painter 1 Had the most powerful impact on the development of Western painting 2 Known for transforming paint into a visible structure 3 Early years painting were very dark as he grew older they exemplified more color Paul Gauguin 1848 1903 Post Impressionist Painter 1 Paintings were soft smooth and bright 2 Colors were arranged as flat shapes usually outlined in black 3 Painted The Yellow Christ in 1889 Van Gogh 1853 1890 Post impressionist Dutch painter 1 Battled mental illness he was very violent paranoid obsessed with woman 2 He painted Starry Night in 1889 3 Work is most notable for its rough beauty emotional honesty and bold color The Symbolist Movement Late 19th Century Symbolism was strong in Belgium and France 1 Began as a literary movement emphasizing internal psychological phenomena 2 The Symbolist believed by focusing on the internal world it was possible to rise above the here and now and arrive at the universal 3 Made advances in psychology and psychoanalysis 4 English word symbol is derived from Greek word meaning token Gustave Moreau 1826 1898 leader of the Symbolist movement in France Painter 1 Painted Galatea in 1880 2 Created his own museum to have his art displayed the way he wanted 3 Known as the precursor for Surrealism Fauvism 1905 1906 Paris France 1 Bright vivid colors were very popular during this period 2 Vigorous patterns and unusual color combinations created startling effects 3 The works were derived from Gauguin s Symbolist use of color Expressionism Early 20th century Modernist movement initially in poetry and paintings in Germany 1 Artists were most interested in the expressive possibilities of color 2 Less concerned with formal and structural composition of color 3 Used colors to create mood and emotion Emil Node 1867 1956 German Expressionism Painter 1 Spent a year as a member of The Bridge 2 Known for his vigorous brushwork and expressive choice of colors 3 Painted Still Live with Masks in 1911 Analytical Cubism 1907 1911 Period of Picasso and Braque working together 1 During this period it was hard to distinguish who s painting was whose 2 Picasso made first cubist sculpture in 1909 Head of a Woman 3 Stimulated the emergence of new and related styles 4 Fragmented objects into abstract geometric forms Synthetic Cubism Developed by Picasso and Braque 1 Marked a return of bright colors 2 Arranged flat shapes of color to form objects 3 Picasso s Three Musicians is an example of Synthetic Cubism Surrealism 1920 s fusion of symbolism Freud and Dada 1 aimed to express the real functioning of thought 2 Was shown in The Elephant Celebes by Ernest 3 Developed out of Dada activities during WWI Edvard Munch 1863 1944 Post impressionist Pre expressionist symbolist painter 1 He painted The Scream in 1921 2 Worked as a set designer for Max Reinhardt 3 His use of psychological themes greatly influenced German expressionist artists Frank Lloyd Wright 1869 1959 American Architect 1 Worked as Louis Sullivan s assistant 2 Addressed the urban need to provide offices and apts on small pieces of land 3 Invented the Prairie Style International Style architectural style that originated in multiple countries 1 De Stijl was the style of architect in Holland 2 Bauhaus was the international style for Germany 3 Le Corbusier was the international style for France Dada International artistic and literary movement 1 Not your typical artistic style where shared formal qualities are easily recognized 2 antiart predicted on a nihilist philosophy 3 Time period where artist wished to start life over again Marcel Duchamp 1887 1968 French American Painter 1 Painting Nude Descending a Staircase caused a sensation at the Armory show 2 Combined wordplay and punning with visual images 3 Reproduced Mona Lisa by turning her into a bearded lady Salvador Dal 1904 1989 Spanish Surrealist Painter 1 Famous for melting clocks in his painting The Persistence of Memory 2 Best known for striking and bizarre images in his paintings 3 Used both classical and modern techniques Ren Magritte 1898 1967 Belgium Surrealist Painter 1 Painted surrealist images of a more veristic kind 2 Paintings were very realistic often to the point of creating an illusion 3 Time Transfixed conveyed two familiar objects but the relations between the two are odd and mysterious Die Brucke 1905 1913 Means The Bridge 1 Group of German Expressionist artist 2 Brucke museum in Berlin is named after them 3 led to the creation of expression LeCorbusier 1887 1969 Swiss Architect 1 A machine for living 2 Built Villa Savoya 1929 in modernistic style 3 Pioneer of modern architect 4 Died while swimming in Mediterranean Sea Walter Gropius 1883 1969 German Architect 1 First director of the Bauhaus in Germany 2 Favored mass produced housing low cost units 3 Helped to design University of Baghdad campus 4 Regarded as one of the most pioneering masters of modern architect Bauhaus 1919 1933 Building was rectilinear had both vertical horizontal angles 1 College of Fine Arts in Weimar Germany 2 Nazis shut it down claiming it was teaching communist ways 3 Founded by Walter Gropius Piet Mondrian 1872 1944 Dutch American painter 1 Was influenced by Picasso 2 Was an important contributor to the De Stijl art movement 3 Artwork was precise and machine edged 4 Tension of vertical horizontal Picasso 1881 1973 Spanish Painter 1 Cofounded the cubist movement 2 Painted Guernica in 1937 3 invented the constructed sculpture Hans Hoffman 1880 1966 One of the most influential German emigrants towards American painting 1 Taught at the Arts Student League in New York 2 The painting Gate is an architectural construction in paint 3 Believed it was color in a picture that created lighting Josef Albers 1888 1976 One of the most influential German emigrants towards American painting 1 Taught at the Arts Student League in New York 2 Chaired the Department of Architectural and Design at Yale 3 Believed Art should not represent but it should present Ellsworth Kelly Born in 1923 American Painter 1 A leading