Lesson 9: Modern Masters

Expressionism

• “Fauves” (French

word meaning

„wild beasts‟)

• Early 20th century

• Violent color

• Bold distortions

• Henri Matisse

• Georges RouaultTwo Girls with Yellow & Red

Background Henri Matisse

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Henri Matisse

1869-1954• Leading Fauves

artist

• Bright, flat planes

of color

• Minimized his use

of shades of color

• Created collages

out of brightly

colored paper

later in life J

The Red Studio, 1911 The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Harmony in Red

Henri Matisse

The Conversation

Henri Matisse

J

Henri Matisse:

Collages

Ivy in FlowerBeasts of the Sea

J

Which do you

prefer,

Matisse‟s

paintings or

collages?

Georges

Rouault

• Stained glass

maker

• Bold black

outlines

• Jewel-toned

colors

The Old King

J

Die Brucke (The Bridge)

German Expressionism

• Group formed in

Dresden in 1905

• Founded by Ernst

Kirchner

• Simplified lines and

bold colors of

Matisse, but with the

tension of Munch‟s

works

Painting by Ernst L. Kirchner

Composition VIVassili KandinskyJ

Abstraction: Attempting to analyze and convert all

objects in a painting to simples forms such

as the cylinder, the sphere or the cone.

Pablo Picasso• Picasso

abandoned his

Blue Period style

of painting

• Adopted “Cubist”

style described

as a “field of

broken glass”

• Sharp edges and

anglesThe Three Musicians, Museum of

Modern Art, NY

J

Guernica

Pablo Picasso

J

Would you

want a

Picasso

painting

hanging in

your living

room?

Piet Mondrian

• Dutch artist

• Early works:

Post-Impressionist

style

• Later works:

abstract paintings

using horizontal

and vertical lines

The Red TreeEarly work by Mondrian

Piet Mondrian

Boogie Woogie

Later work by MondrianComposition 2

Guggenheim Museum, NY

J

What do

you think of

Mondrian‟s

style of

painting?

Fantasy Art

• Artists created

fantasy

paintings in

reaction to the

horrors of

World War I

• Paul Klee

• Marc Chagall White Crucifixion

Marc Chagall

American WindowsMarc Chagall

Chicago Art Institute

I and the Village Marc

Chagall The

Museum of Modern Art

J

Fantasy Art

Marc Chagall

The Bauhaus

Art and

architecture

school in

Germany

during the

1920’s and

1930’s

The Bauhaus

• Goal was to unify art,

craft and architecture

• School was shut

down by the Nazi‟s

• Students at the

school included

Klee, Kandinsky and

architect, Mies van

der Rohe

Breuer chair

Mies van der Rohe design

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)

• Russian-born artist who moved to Germany

• Leading member of a group of Munich artists called The Blue Rider

• Early works -Expressionist

• Later works-free form

The Blue Rider

Kandinsky

Fantasy Art:

Paul Klee

Park near LucerneRed Waistcoat

J

Surrealism

• Form of fantasy art

• Artist attempted to

directly record his

dreams in his

paintings

• Salvador Dali

• Rene Magritte

• Frida Kahlo

• Max ErnstSelf-Portrait with Thorn

Necklace, 1940

Frida Kahlo, UT Austin

Surrealism:

Salvador Dali

The Persistence

of Memory

Salvador DaliJ

What do you

think about

it?

Action Painting:

Jackson Pollock

Blue Poles

Jackson Pollock

Autumn Rhythm, 1950

Jackson PollockJ

Color Field Painting:

Mark Rothko

White Center, 1950Orange and Yellow, 1956

J

Pop Art:

Jasper

Johns

Three Flags

Whitney Museum of American Art

J

Pop Art: Roy Lichtenstein

J

Pop Art:

Andy Warhol

20th

Century

Sculpture:

Naum

Gabo

20TH Century Sculpture:

Sir Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Reclining Woman,

1930Reclining Figure, 1935

REVIEW QUESTION #1:

What style of painting is this and who is the

artist?

The Persistence

of Memory

Salvador DaliJ

J

REVIEW QUESTION #2:

What is the title of this painting by a

Fauves artist and who is the artist?

The Conversation

Henri Matisse

J

REVIEW QUESTION #3:

What is the title of this work by

Pablo Picasso?

REVIEW QUESTION #4:

What is this style of painting called

and who is the artist?

Autumn Rhythm, 1950

Jackson Pollock

J

Action Painting

Jackson Pollock

Guernica

Pablo Picasso

J

REVIEW QUESTION #5:

What is the title of this painting and

who is the artist?

The Red Studio

Henri Matisse

J

REVIEW QUESTION #6:

Which artist created this

work entitled

Composition VI?

KandinskyJ

REVIEW

QUESTION #7:

Name the title

of this painting

and its artist.

Fragonard

The

Swing

J

#8: Which English landscape artist

created this painting & what is the title?

The Hay Wain

John Constable

J

REVIEW

QUESTION #9:

What is the title

of this sculpture

and who was the

artist?

J

Moses

sculpted by

Michelangelo

REVIEW

QUESTION #10:

Which English

portrait painter

created,

The Blue Boy?

Thomas

Gainsborough

J

REVIEW QUESTION #11:

Who painted this fresco and

what is its title?

J

ANSWER:Raphael

The School of Athens

J

REVIEW

QUESTION

#12:

What is the

name of this

painting and

who was the

Mannerist artist

who created it?

J

The Burial

of Count

Orgaz

El Greco

J

REVIEW

QUESTION

#13:

What is the

name of this

painting and its

artist?

The Maids

of Honor

(Las

Meninas)

Diego

Velasquez

1656

J

REVIEW QUESTION #14:

What is

the name

of the artist

and the

title of this

painting?

J

The Calling

of St.

Matthew

Caravaggio

J

Which artist

painted this

work and what

is the name of

its style?

REVIEW

QUESTION #15:

Picasso‟s

“Blue Period”

The Old Guitarist

Chicago Art InstituteThe Gourmet

J

REVIEW QUESTION #16:

Who painted this work?

The Sleeping GypsyHenri Rousseau

Museum of Modern Art, NY

J

REVIEW

QUESTION #17:

Name the title

and artist of this

work by a French

Impressionist.

The Cradle

Berthe Morisot

J

REVIEW QUESTION #18:

Name the artist and the title

of this painting:

Sunday Afternoon on

the Island of La Grande Jatte

Georges Seurat

The Art Institute of Chicago

J

REVIEW QUESTION #19:

Name the artist.

Bedroom in Arles, 1889Chicago Art Institute

J

REVIEW QUESTION #20:

Who is the artist and what is the

style of painting?

Autumn Rhythm, 1950

Jackson PollockJ

REVIEW

QUESTION #21:

What is the name

of the Dutch artist

known for creating

abstract works

employing

horizontal and

vertical lines

punctuated with

blocks of color?

Piet Mondrian

REVIEW QUESTION #22:

What is the name of the English

sculptor known for his large,

reclining figures?

Henry Moore

#7: What is the title of this painting by

Rousseau?

#7: What is the title of this painting by

Rousseau?

Sleeping

Gypsy