IMPRESSIONISM CHARACTERISTICS

small, visible brushstrokes that offer the bare impression of form, unblended color and an emphasis
on the accurate depiction of natural light.

ARTIST

1. Édouard Manet •

2. Claude Monet Claude Monet •

3. Edgar Degas Edgar Degas •

4. Pierre-Auguste Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir

WORKS

Dejeuner sur l'Herbe (Manet, 1862-3)

Olympia (Manet, 1863)

Impression Sunrise (Monet, 1871)

The Dance Class (Degas, 1870-1874)

Gare Saint-Lazare (Monet, 1877)

Luncheon at the Boating Lake (Renoir, 1880-1)

Bar at the Folies-Bergere (Manet, 1882)

Some characteristics of neo-primitivist art include the use of bold colours, original designs, and
expressiveness.

Natalia Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov.

Spring (1914) by David Burliuk; David Burliuk.

Khorovod (1910) by Natalya Goncharova, located in the Serpukhov Historical Art Museum in Russia;

Among the main characteristics of Fauvism we can mention the following FAUVISM

The Fauves rejected optical realism created by Impressionism such as realistic portrayals, and did not
apply perspective, or use light-shadow effects. The spontaneous and subjective responses to the
subjects in their artworks were expressed through broken brushstrokes and bright colors, using paint
straight from the tube. Fauvist artists shifted away from urban themes and returned to subjects such
as country landscapes, leisure scenes, or portraits. Fauve paintings are characterized by impulsive
lines, spontaneous compositions, and a simplified drawing technique.

ARTIST

Henri Matisse

André Derain

WORKS

The Joy of Life (Bonheur de Vivre), 1905.

Charing Cross Bridge, London, 1905-0

Characteristics of Dadaism

The main characteristics of Dadaism are the following:

They viewed the movement as a “state of mind” rather than as a determined artistic proposal.
Activities meaningless, ironizaban and ridiculed the manifestations of art in force .

They gave up traditional artistic techniques . They incorporated the use of industrialized, everyday,
random or absurd materials.

Marcel Duchamp, a French artist, introduced the concept of ready made , any object that becomes a
work of art when named by the artist. This statement shifts the value of the work of art from the
object itself to the action of the artist.

They sought to shock viewers and provoke an emotional or intellectual reaction.

They denied the concept of a work of art. Not only did they not seek it, but they refused to produce
perishable objects that were contemplated in museums .

They considered art to be an exercise in freedom . For them, it was not an artist who mastered a
certain technique, but someone who was capable of exercising freedom.

They rejected the boundaries between artistic disciplines. A Dada object or action cannot be classified
as painting, sculpture, poetry, etc. since the Dadaists considered that the works were the result of a
casual act of exercise of freedom.

They expressed their ideas in a series of manifestos written by Tristán Tzara beginning in 1916. In these
documents, the artist made a strong criticism of the society, science and art of the time, and
communicated the subjective, anti-logical and anti-rational spirit of the movement. It also expressed
its internal contradictions as part of the freedom held by the Dadaists.

It had a lot of influence on later movements , for example in surrealism , as well as in the way of
understanding art.

ARTIST

Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp was one of the most prolific artists of Dadaism, producing numerous infamous
paintings, collages and sculptures. He is also associated with Cubism, Futurism and early conceptual
art

WORKS

The phonetic poem Karawane, by Hugo Ball.

La mariée mise a nu par ses celibataires même (Grand Verre) or (The bride undressed by her
bachelors), by Marcel Duchamp.

The Merzbau installation , by Kurt Schwitters.

Hanna Höch’s photomontages.

Photographic experiences, like raygrams, of Man Ray.

Although Breton was the clear leader of Parisian Surrealism, the movement developed simultaneously
in Belgium, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Mexico, and the United States. It was also wide ranging
in terms of media, with many artists turning to the new modes of visual construction of photography
and film to experiment with the ambiguous nature of imagery.

Surrealist Artists

Salvador Dalí

René Magritte

Frida Kahlo

Man Ray

WORKS
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Le Principe du plaisir
SALVADOR DALÍ

Portrait de Paul Éluard

MAN RAY

Promenade
JOAN MIRÓ

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Main characteristics of social realism

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. abstract art and to adopt realistic styles of painting. For Regionalists, this meant the promotion of an
idealized, often chauvinistic visision of America's agrarian past. Social Realists, however, felt the need
for a more socially conscious art.

5 Influential Social Realist Artist

Several influential Social Realist artists helped define the movement.

1. Ben Shahn (1898–1969): One of the most prolific painters, graphic artists, and photographers of the
Social Realism movement, Ben Shahn emigrated to America from Lithuania with his family when he
was eight years old. After serving an apprenticeship with Diego Rivera, Shahn went on to create iconic
political artworks. Many of his works are still on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
2. William Gropper (1897–1977): Painter and cartoonist William Gropper created satirical illustrations
for communist and socialist magazines like New Masses and The Liberator. A versatile artist, Gropper
worked in several other mediums throughout his lifetime, including murals and printmaking.

3. Aaron Douglas (1899–1979): A significant figure within the Harlem Renaissance movement, Aaron
Douglas’s paintings and illustrations captured themes of racial injustice during the 1920s and ’30s.

4. Raphael Soyer (1899–1987): After emigrating to the United States from Russia with his family in
1912, Raphael Soyer pursued painting, capturing personal and psychological American scenes.

5. Walker Evans (1903–1975): Like Dorothea Lange, photographer Walker Evans worked with another
New Deal program called the Farm Security Administration (FSA) to capture images of rural life during
the Great Depression.

4 Important Artworks of the Social Realism Art Movement

If you’re interested in Social Realism, explore some of the iconic artworks to come from the
movement.

1. Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange (1936): Photographer Dorothea Lange captured this powerful
image of a migrant mother with her children while working on a series commissioned by a
government program during the Great Depression.

2. The Subway by José Clemente Orozco (1928): This oil-on-canvas painting depicts solemn commuters
sitting on a shadowy train in New York.

3. The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti by Ben Shahn (1932): Part of a 23-painting series, The Passion of
Sacco and Vanzetti features three powerful men standing over the corpses of two Italian immigrants
executed in 1927 after an unfair trial.

4. Proletarian Victim by David Alfaro Siqueiros (1933): Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros created
this stark painting featuring a naked woman bound and shot in the head.