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Neo-Impressionism relied on theory of color, pointillism, and the use of dots and strokes. Camille Pissarro, Lucien Pissarro, Paul Signac, and Georges Seurat are a few artist of this movement that come to mind.             … Continue reading

This was a broad movement that considered all the avant-garde Isms of the first half of the 20th century.  Many of the different movements involved tended not to be compatible but all were in favor of experimental art and rejected … Continue reading

This movement began in 1918 and gave way to Surrealism in the mid 1920s.  It was more inspired by ideology and a defiance to the world order at that time.  It was not only a visual movement but a literary … Continue reading

In the early 1950s, Jackson Pollock became the “darling” of the art scene in New York with his Abstract Expressionism paintings.  Some called him ‘Jack the Dripper’ because of his laying canvases on the floor and  dripping paint onto them … Continue reading

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The things that Picasso and I said to one another during those years will never be said again, and even if they were, no one would understand them anymore.  It was like being roped together on a mountain~Georges Braque. The … Continue reading