Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter who was born on January 19, 1839, in Aix-en-Provence, France. He is considered one of the greatest Post-Impressionist painters and his works and ideas were influential in the aesthetic development of many 20th-century artists and art… Read More »Paul Cezanne
T.S. Eliot was an American-English poet, playwright, literary critic, and editor. He was born on September 26, 1888, in St. Louis, Missouri, and lived there during the first eighteen years of his life. Eliot attended Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in three… Read More »T. S. Eliot
Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist who is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in western art. He was born on December 4, 1866, in Moscow, Russia, and spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated from Odessa Art… Read More »Wassily Kandinsky
The World War One Poets wrote about the war and its impact on society, and their works are considered some of the most poignant and affecting pieces of literature from the time period. Some poets glorified the cause patriotically, while others infused their work with… Read More »World War One Poets
Der Blaue Reiter is a term that refers to a group of international artists based in Munich who experimented with Abstraction and Expressionism. The group was initially founded by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, and other members included Paul Klee, August Macke, Marianne von Werefkin,… Read More »Der Blaue Reiter
Expressionism is an artistic style in which the artist seeks to depict not objective reality but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse within a person. The artist accomplishes this aim through distortion, exaggeration, primitivism, and fantasy and through the vivid,… Read More »Expressionism
The Wild Beasts (Les Fauves in French) were a group of early 20th century artists including Henri Matisse, Paul Gaugin, and André Derain who believed that color should be used to express emotion. The name “les fauves” (French for “the wild beasts”) was coined by… Read More »The Wild Beasts “Les Fauves”