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Modernism

1870 — 1960

World wars and the rejection of tradition

Symbolism — A mystic search for meaning and psychological truth.

1880-1910

Art Nouveau — Out with the old, in with the sexy

1890-1910

Vienna Secession — "To every age its art. To art its freedom."

1897-1905

Fauvism — "A pot of paint has been flung in the face of the public"

1900-1910

Social Realism — Realism as a weapon

1900-1950

Expressionism — A more authentic, anxious, and grotesque reality

1905-1933

Futurism — Blood, speed and violence.

1909-1944

Cubism — "We only wanted to express what was in us..."

1910-1930

Suprematism — Taking refuge in the square.

1913-1924

Dada — Dada is anti-dada!

1916-1924

De Stijl — The art of the perfectly straight line

1917-1931

Harlem Renaissance — An explosion of black culture in America

1918-1936

Constructivism — Art should only serve society.

1919-1935

Art Deco — Geometry, ornamentation, and lots and lots of money

1920-1940

Surrealism — Art created without reason, aesthetics or morality.

1924-1965

Hanoi School — Colonialism vs Tradition

1925-1981

Post Modernism — For those who didn't like the Modern.

1940-

Abstract Expressionism — It's not a picture, it's an event

1940-1960

Minimalism — What you see is what you see

1950-2000

Shona Sculpture — Open the rocks to discover the fruit inside

1960-

Zaire School of Popular Painting — Art as history, protest and education in the DRC

1975-2010