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EXPRESSIONISM MODERN ART - Lesson 2 - a composition created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893 - the agonized face in the painting has become one of the most iconic images in art, seen as symbolizing the anxiety of the human condition Edvard Munch, 1893...

EXPRESSIONISM MODERN ART - Lesson 2 - a composition created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893 - the agonized face in the painting has become one of the most iconic images in art, seen as symbolizing the anxiety of the human condition Edvard Munch, 1893 Expressionism - with more emotional force: they distorted outlines, applied strong colors, and exaggerated forms - worked more with imagination and feelings, rather than with what their eyes saw in the physical world Among the various styles that arose within the expressionist art movements were: NEOPRIMITIVISM DADAISM SOCIAL REALISM FAUVISM SURREALISM Neoprimitivism - incorporated elements from the native arts of the South Sea Islanders and the wood carvings of African tribes AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (1884-1920) an Italian-Jewish painter and sculptor used the oval faces and elongated shapes of African art in both his sculptures and paintings Yellow Sweater (1919) Head (1913)  Fauvism - used bold, vibrant colors and visual distortions - derived from “LES FAUVES” (wild beasts), referring to the group of French expressionist painters HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954) born on December 31, 1869, and was raised in the small industrial town in northern France the leader of the Fauvist movement and he pursued the expressiveness of colour throughout his career Woman With Hat (1905) Blue Window (1911) Dadaism - a style characterized by dream fantasies, memory images, and visual tricks and surprises GIORGIO DE CHIRICO (1888-1978) MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985) Melancholy and Mystery of a Street Giorgo de Chirico, 1914 I and the Village Marc Chagall, 1911 Surrealism - a style that depicted an illogical, subconscious dream world beyond the logical, conscious, physical one Surrealism - from the term “super realism” – as though the artists were dreaming, seeing illusions, or experiencing an altered mental state  (1904-1989) Persistence of Memory Salvador Dali, 1931  (1879-1940) Diana Paul Klee, 1932  (1904-1989) Personages with Star Joan Miro, 1933  Social Realism - expressed the artist’s role in social reform - to protest against the injustices, inequalities, immorality, and ugliness of the human condition  (1898-1969) Miners’ Wives Ben Shahn, 1948  Guernica Pablo Picasso, 1937