History of Modern Art

1795

• -The most important school in France for art.
• -Becomes Royal French Academy (Seal of approval for art training)

• -The official art exhibit of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
• -Jury (Members of the academy) evaluated and selected art into exhibition
• -How artists achieved exposure for their work
• -The shift of popularity in art

• -Vanguard, Ahead of its time
• -Radical and shocking alternative to academic standard of art
• -Met with outrage and conservative public opinion
• -Often rejected by Salon

• -Painted Real Life. Coined it Realism
• -People did not like his nudes. Not pretty. Too real and offensive.
• -Did not conform to academic standard
• -Artwork rejected by the Salon

1855

• -Rented shed not far from the Salon
• -Supported community for rebel artist to display their rejected artwork
• -Not successful, but creates alternative art style

• -3000 paintings rejected by Salon (more than usual)
• -Artists question why
• -Government sponsors alternative exhibition to show rejected art
• -Artwork mocked and laughed at. Artists are humiliated and discouraged.
• -Work was seen. Negative acknowledgement was skill OK.

• -Edouard Manet
• -Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (The Luncheon on the Grass)
• -1863
• -Realism

• Claude Monet
• 1872
• Impression: Sunrise
• Impressionism

1874

• -First independent exhibition for artist to show eachother their work (anonymous society)
• -Displayed art from real life
• -Poor attendance from curious people
• -Artists still encouraged by attendance
• -Attendance grows higher and higher over a span of 12years

• -Developed unique style of experimental art (Pointillism)
• -Very reclusive, shy and reserved
• -Liked order
• -Studied from the Louvre for inspiration
• -Intrigued by antiquity
• -Drawn to Egyptian Art (Static Art)
• -Admired the clarity of Greek art (Timelessness)

Art technique in where small dots of color are painted in patterns to form an image.

• George Seurat
• Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
• 1984
• Pointillism

• George Seurat
• La Parade
• 1888
• Pointillism

The Father of Modern Art

• Paul Cézanne
• Montagne Sainte-Victoire
• 1887
• Post-Impressionism

Art technique used to depict subjective emotions the artist envisions giving their paintings a sense of meaning and feel to them.

• Paul Gauguin
• Vision of the Sermon (Jacob wrestling with the Angel)
• 1888
• Expressionism/Synthetism (Post-Impressionism)

• Paul Gauguin
• Yellow Christ
• 1889
• Cloisonnism (Post-Impressionism)

• Paul Gauguin
• Street in Tahiti
• 1891
• Cloisonnism (Post-Impressionism)

• Paul Gauguin
• Woman with a Mango
• 1893
• Cloisonnism (Post-Impressionism)

• Paul Gauguin
• Mano Tupapau (Spirit of the Dead Watching)
• 1892/1893
• Post-Impressionism

• Paul Gauguin
• Day of the God
• 1894
• Post-Impressionism

• Paul Gauguin
• Riders on the Beach
• 1902
• Cloisonnism (Post Impressionism)

• -Dutch, Born in Holland
• -Moves to Paris with brother Theo
• -Experiments with Impressionist style
• -Collected Japanese woodprints
• -Uses intense colors in his paintings

• Vincent Van Gogh
• The Potato Eaters
• 1885
• Post-Impressionism/Realism

• Vincent Van Gogh
• The Night Café
• 1888
• Post-Impressionism

• Vincent Van Gogh
• Starry Night
• 1889
• Post-Impressionism

• James Ensor
• Intrigue
• 1911

• James Ensor
• Christ's Entry Into Brussels
• 1889