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Brief Review of Three Art Movements

Neo-Impressionism relied on theory of color, pointillism, and the use of dots and strokes. Camille Pissarro, Lucien Pissarro, Paul Signac, and Georges Seurat are a few artist of this movement that come to mind.             … Continue reading →

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Romanticism was a Direct Reaction Against Neo-Classicism

The art movement, Romanticism, was a large movement that developed as a reaction to Neo-Classicism. In art, ‘Romantic’, refers to any works that dominates states of mind such as moods, feelings, and intuitions compared to ‘Classical’ art, in which rules … Continue reading →

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Secessionism Opened the Door for the Modernist to Flourish

“We are seeing the birth of a totally new art,” wrote the architect, Endell, in 1898 in Munich.  He was writing about the Vienna Secession formed on May 25, 1897 by nineteen artists and architects protesting the stranglehold that their … Continue reading →

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Art Center Information Rediscovers the Post-Impressionists

At a London art exhibition in 1910, critic Roger Fry first coined the phrase ‘Post-Impressionism’.   When you think of the Post-Impressionists, names such as Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, and Maurice De Vlaminck come to mind. Design … Continue reading →

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Abstract Expressionism and Jackson Pollock

In the early 1950s, Jackson Pollock became the “darling” of the art scene in New York with his Abstract Expressionism paintings.  Some called him ‘Jack the Dripper’ because of his laying canvases on the floor and  dripping paint onto them … Continue reading →

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Thomas Hart Benton and Student, Jackson Pollock

In the 1930s Thomas Hart Benton allied himself with the Regionalist movement and was very vocal in attacking the French abstract styles.  Because of this, the opinion of most people think of him as a foe of the modernist painting.  … Continue reading →

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