Thursday, June 18, 2020

Painting #139 - Cubism ..... Surrealism


Cubism, Futurism, Bauhaus, Surrealism


Cubism

The Young Ladies of Avignon 
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973, Spanish in France)
- oil on canvas (244 × 234 cm) 1907 
- Museum of Modern Art (NYC) 


Still Life: Le Jour
- Georges Braque (1882–1963, French)
- oil on canvas (115 x 147 cm) 1929
- National Gallery of Art (Washington) 


Fantomas
Juan Gris (1887–1927, Spanish in France)
- oil on canvas (60 x 73 cm) 1915
- National Gallery of Art (Washington) 


Futurism

Futurism was an artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It emphasised speed, technology, youth, violence, and objects such as the car, the airplane, and the industrial city. It glorified modernity and aimed to liberate Italy from the weight of its past.

The Street Enters The House
- Umberto Boccioni (1882–1916, Italian)
- oil on canvas (100 × 100 cm) 1912
- Sprengel Museum (Hanover) 
The work centres on a woman on a balcony in front of a busy street, with the sounds of the activity below portrayed as a riot of shapes and colours.


Two Women Holding Flowers
- Fernand Léger (1881-1955, French)
- oil paint on canvas (97 x 130 cm) 1954
- Tate Britain (London) 


Hommage to Blériot
Robert Delaunay (1885–1941, French)
- oil on canvas (47 x 47 cm) 1914
- Musée de Grenoble (Grenoble) 


The Blue Rider - towards abstractism 


 Deer in the Forest II
- Franz Marc (1880–1916, German)
- oil on canvas (110 x 101 cm) 1914
- Staatliche Kunsthalle (Karlsruhe, Germany) 

Woman in Green Jacket
- August Macke (1887–1914, German)
- color on canvas (44 × 43 cm) 1913
- Museum Ludwig (Cologne) 

Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle)
- Kandinsky Kandinsky (1866–1944, Russian)
- oil on canvas (141 x 120 cm) 1913
- - National Gallery of Art (Washingon) 

Accent in Pink
- Wassily Kandinsky
- oil on canvas (101 x 81 cm) 1926
- Musée national d'art moderne (Paris) 



Bauhaus

Bauhaus (German: "building house"), was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts.


Paul Klee (1879–1940, Swiss German)

Movements: Expressionism, Bauhaus, Surrealism

The Goldfish
- Paul Klee
- oil and watercolors on paper (50 x 69 cm) 1925
- Hamburger Kunsthalle, (Hamburg) 

Diana in the Autumn Wind
- Paul Klee
- (63 x 48 cm) 1921
- a book 

Death and Fire
- Paul Klee
- oil on distemper on jute (46 × 44 cm) 1940
- Zentrum Paul Klee (Bern) 


Source: Wikipedia

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