Art Movements

Art Nouveau 

• There is a clear inspiration in nature. 
• Vegetables and organic shapes intertwine in the central theme. 
• Straight lines are not important; curves and asymmtry do.
• Flowers, leaves, crooked twigs, insects and women hair fill the picture. (horror vacui).

1890–1905



Expressionism

• Expressionism emerged simultaneously in various cities across Germany
• It is a response to a widespread anxiety about humanity's relationship with the world
• accompanying lost feelings of authenticity and spirituality.  
• Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch, and James Ensor proved particularly influential to the Expressionists 
• Distortion of form and the deployment of strong colors to convey a variety of anxieties and yearnings.

 1905 to 1920


Fauvism 

1898-ca. 1908

• Fauve artists used pure, brilliant colour aggressively applied straight from the paint tubes to create a sense of an explosion on the canvas. 
• Color! Nothing took precedence over color for the Fauves. Raw, pure color
• Simplified Forms Perhaps this goes without saying but, because the Fauves eschewed normal painting techniques to delineate shapes, simple forms
• Ordinary Subject Matter You may have noticed that the Fauves tended to paint landscapes or scenes of everyday life within landscapes.
• Expressiveness The Fauves were nothing if not passionate