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A Progressive Style Art in 1900 to 1909 was a mix of contrasting styles that gave birth to 20th century art. The styles prevalent were focused on realistic ideas and bold colorful ideals. These were heavily invested in both realism and the new colorful styles of fauvism, cubism, and modernism. The basis of realism however focused on real life depictions of scenes in the current world of this decade. Many new ideas in this age were abstract depictions of the world, invested greatly in cubism. These art styles were developed in this era. The artistic styles prominent during this decade were Fauvism, modernism, realism and cubism. Art in general was a way to distance themselves from tradition and come up with new interpretations, or make a new traditional style like realism. Examples of these are based on the work of Arthur Dove and Max Weber. Dove uses abstract shapes in his paintings to portray normal subjects in a new unheard of form. Weber uses bright colors to add to modern settings. These examples help contribute to the general idea of the art in this era. |
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A prominent artist in the 1900’s was Arthur Dove “(August 2, 1880 – November 23, 1946)”, an abstract painter who was born in Canandaigua, New York. He was born into a fairly wealthy family and chose to be an artist, to his parent’s disappointment. Dove went on to receive an education from Cornell University. His aspiration was to be a painter and paint his personal view of situations. He later went on to get married but later divorced. He eventually remarried and had a child of his own. He became a moderately known painter and went on to get a fair amount of notability for his work. His death was due to a combination of a heart attack and kidney failure. Dove accomplished making his works redefine translating ideas into works of art. Dove heavily promoted and inspired abstract art in its primeval stages. An example of his contributing artworks would be “Landscape with barn” which describes a farm scene with simple oval shapes and bright primary colors. Another notable artist was the modernist artist Max Weber “(April 18, 1881 – October 4, 1961)”. A Polish immigrant who came to America, Max Weber aspired to learn art. He went to Pratt institute in Brooklyn to receive an education and developed his early modernist style. His focus later in life however was focused on the cubist style of famous figures like Pablo Picasso. This was because he later left for Paris to study under Henri Rousseau and Pablo Picasso himself. When he came back he was determined to spread this new concept of cubism. These two styles may contrast each other but there is no doubt that they were both great influences to American art. Weber accomplished introducing cubism and enhancing American the modernist style with his colorful paintings. Weber heavily promoted the new idea of cubism and was its adopted father. An example of his contributing artworks would be “Burlesque #2” which uses the modernism to depict a colorful display of an unsavory American activity. |
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