Modern Art History

The 19th and 20th centuries marked the beginning and end of Modernism. Modern art replaced traditional art as individuality replaced academic art and what emerged were four major art movements: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism. From each movement came great artists, who defined each ism in their own style. Impressionism started in 1870 and included artists like Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Degas, and Cassatt. Impressionists tried to capture the mood in a glimpse concentrating on …

…to something as simple as a blank canvas where the onlooker was forced to interpret it. Art\'s form of expression was indeed abstract. These four great movements differed in their own respect and yet at the same time were pulled from each other. The artists of these movements are still greatly admired to this day. Their works of arts are treasured and studied. They are marked as the great Artists of the Modern Era.