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Impressionist paintings where painted by a
group of artists in the late 19th century. Instead of painting what was actually there,
they tried to paint an impression of what the eye sees. By using high-key colours and a
variety of brush strokes, artist such as Claude Monet and Pierre Renoir captured the
actual sensation of seeing, with all its elements of light and colour. |
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The decorative surface patterns of paintings, created by artists like
Vincent van gogh, in the late 19th century are characteristic of Postimpressionism.
But more than just working with the aesthetics of their paintings, the Postimpressionists
began to introduce an element of emotion into their art. This was an important bridge
between impressionism and expressionism. |
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The Expressionist artist tries to depict subjective
emotions rather than objective reality. Their paintings are personal and a means of self
expression. Expressionism is one of the main styles of art in the late 19th and 20th
centuries, and are typical of a wide range of modern artists. |
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Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque are mainly responsible for developing Cubism,
at the beginning of the 20th century. Cubist paintings where a study of everyday objects,
but they were dismantled and viewed from several different angles. |
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The Surrealist artist, such as Andre Breton, Salvador
Dali and Max Ernst, painted pictures that were very detailed and realistic, but made no
rational sense. They often took images of everyday items and reassembled them into
ambiguous and paradoxical scenes. |
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Abstract Art is a style of the 20th century that avoids
the use of detail or recognizable subject matter. By using textures, shapes, colours and
patterns, the Abstract artist paints representations of natural objects. |
