Monday Morning Museum: Dada

Dada – Europe 1916 to 1924

Dada (pron.: /ˈdɑːdɑː/) or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century. It began in Zurich, Switzerland in 1916, spreading to Berlin shortly thereafter. – Wikipedia.org

In addition to Jean Arp (see art example below), other Dada painters are Francis Picabia and Marcel Duchamp.

Constellation by Jean Arp (1886-1966)

Last Monday’s Art – Cubism
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Monday Morning Museum: Cubism

Cubism – Europe from 1908 to 1920

Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso, and later joined by Juan Gris, Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Robert Delaunay, Henri Le Fauconnier, and Fernand Léger,[1] that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture. – Wikipedia.org

In addition to Georges Braque (see art example below), the other developer of Cubism is Pablo Picasso.

Guéridon, 1913, by Georges Braque (1882-1963)

Last Monday’s Art – Contemporary Realism
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Monday Morning Museum: Contemporary Realism

Contemporary Realism – In America emerging in the late 1960s/early 1970s

Contemporary realism is a term used in its narrowest sense to denote an North American style of painting which came into existence c. 1960s and early 1970s. Artists such as Philip Pearlstein, Ken Danby, Sarah Webb (painter) and Neil Wellilver are in the movement. The movement is generally depicted in figurative art works created in a natural yet highly objective style, without many interpretations of former movements. – Wikipedia.org

In addition to William Bailey (see art example below), Neil Gavin Welliver and Philip Pearlstein are also immersed in Contemporary Realism.

Still Life with Eggs, Bowl and Vase, 1971, by William Bailey (1930-Present)

Last Monday’s Art – Classicism
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Monday Morning Museum: Classicism

Classicism – In Britain from the Mid-to-Late Nineteenth Century

Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for a classical period, classical antiquity in the Western tradition, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seek to emulate. The art of classicism typically seeks to be formal and restrained. – Wikipedia.org

In addition to Lord Frederic Leighton (see art example below), other notables of Classicism are Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Sir Edward John Poynter and Sir William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens.

Winding the Skein, circa 1878 by Lord Frederic Leighton (1830-1896)

Last Monday’s Art – Camden Town Group
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Monday Morning Museum: Camden Town Group

Camden Town Group – London 1911 to 1913

The Camden Town Group was a group of English Post-Impressionist artists active 1911-1913. They gathered frequently at the studio of painter Walter Sickert in the Camden Town area of London. - Wikipedia.org

In addition to Spencer Frederick Gore (see art example below), a few members of the Camden Town Group are Walter Richard Sickert, Robert Polhill Bevan, Harold John Wilde Gilman and Duncan James Corrowr Grant.

Game of Tennis, circa 1900 by Spencer Frederick Gore (1878-1914)

Last Monday’s Art – Byzantine Art
Next Monday’s Art – Classicism

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