Timeline of ArtModernism
A mystic search for meaning and psychological truth.
1880 – 1910
Out with the old, in with the sexy
1890 – 1910
"To every age its art. To art its freedom."
1897 – 1905
"A pot of paint has been flung in the face of the public"
1900 – 1910
Realism as a weapon
1900 – 1950
A more authentic, anxious, and grotesque reality
1905 – 1933
Blood, speed and violence.
1909 – 1944
"We only wanted to express what was in us..."
1910 – 1930
Taking refuge in the square.
1913 – 1924
Dada is anti-dada!
1916 – 1924
The art of the perfectly straight line
1917 – 1931
An explosion of black culture in America
1918 – 1936
Art should only serve society.
1919 – 1935
Geometry, ornamentation, and lots and lots of money
1920 – 1940
An empty utopia
1920 – 1940
Finding a way back home
1920 – 1960
Art without reason, aesthetics or morality
1924 – 1965
Colonialism vs Tradition
1925 – 1981
It's not a picture, it's an event
1940 – 1960
What you see is what you see
1950 – 2000
