Fauvism, Expressionism, and the birth of Modern Sculpture

1905 Salon d'Automne in Paris- critic Louis Vauxcelles called them fauves ("wild beasts") in his review for the magazine Gil Blas. Fauvism in France a movement in painting typified by the work of Henri Matisse and characterized by vivid colors, free treatment of form, and a resulting vibrant and decorative effect. Also works by Andre Derain German Expresssionism In the visual arts, artistic style in which the artist depicts not objective reality but the subjective emotions that objects or events arouse. This aim is accomplished through the distortion and exaggeration of shape and the vivid or violent application of colour. In 1905 the movement took hold with a group of German artists known as Die Brucke; their works influenced such artists as Georges Rouault, Chaim Soutine, Max Beckmann, Kthe Kollwitz, and Ernst Barlach. The group of artists known as Der Blaue Reiter were also considered Expressionists. Expressionism was the dominant style in Germany after World War I; postwar Expressionists included George Grosz and Otto Dix. The Fauvist movement has been compared to German Expressionism, both projecting brilliant colors and spontaneous brushwork, and indebted to the same late nineteenth-century sources, especially Van Gogh. The French Fauves were more concerned with the formal aspects of pictorial organization, while the German Expressionists were more emotionally involved in their subjects. Birth of Modern Sculpture Traditionally, sculptural process have focused on carving and modelling, generally in stone, metal, and wood, but since modernism shifts in sculptural process have led to an almost complete freedom of materials and process. Modernist sculpture moved away from traditional processes and the emphasis on the depiction of the human body, with the making of constructed sculpture, and the presentation of found objects as finished art works. Materials may be worked by removal such as carving; or they may be assembled such as by welding, hardened such as by firing, or molded or cast. Surface decoration such as paint may be applied. Sculpture has been described as one of the plastic arts because it can involve the use of materials

that can be molded or modulated. Found objects may be presented as sculptures. Terms:
Fauves

Wild Beasts- a return to natural reality using vibrant

colors
Die Brucke The Bridge- a return to medieval cooperative guild and as

a 20th century approach to art. (led by Kirchner) Der Blaue Reiter The Blue Rider-group who believed in freedom of expression and experiment, combining colors of the Fauves and the structure of the Cubists-(led by Kandinsky)
Manifesto

political work written by various artists

Quotes:

Kandinsky on Monets Haystacks Deep inside me was born the first faint doubt as to the importance of an object as the necessary element in painting. Images

Fauvism Matisse
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Port. w/ Green Stripe Open Window The Joy of Life The Dance The Red Studio 1910 1911

1905 1905 1905-1906

Expressionism

Die Brucke-Kirchner
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Self Portrait with Model Street, Berlin Street, Dresden

1910 1913 1913

Der Blaue Reiter-Kandinsky

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Composition IV Landscape with Red #2 Black Lines

1911 1913 1913

Modern Sculpture Rodin

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The Walking Man The Gates of Hell The Burgers of Calais The Thinker

1905 1880-1917 1884-1888 1902

Brancusi
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Mlle Pogany (bronze and black patina) The Kiss (limestone) Bird in Space Endless Columns 1913 1913

1913

1918 ? 1935 ? 1957 ?

Your first quiz will be on Thursday. It will cover Impressionists, Post Impressionists, and the material in this lesson. It will be conducted in the first half of the class period so please be on time. We will have a lesson on Cubism following the quiz. If you have questions, please ask!