Artists of the 20th Century

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Artists of the 20th Century
Studio Arts 12
Created by Alison Smith, 26494047 for UBC
Course EDCI 396C, David Brear, Instructor.
October 7, 2004
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Realism
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Realism

• Artist is content with the natural appearance of
  things as the starting point for interpretation

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Realism

• Artist is content with the natural appearance of
  things as the starting point for interpretation
• Artist doesnt merely copy the appearance of
  subjects

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Realism

• Artist is content with the natural appearance of
  things as the starting point for interpretation
• Artist doesnt merely copy the appearance of
  subjects
• May modify to imitate nature

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Realism

• Artist is content with the natural appearance of
  things as the starting point for interpretation
• Artist doesnt merely copy the appearance of
  subjects
• May modify to imitate nature
• May offer almost photographic interpretation

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Realism

• Artist is content with the natural appearance of
  things as the starting point for interpretation
• Artist doesnt merely copy the appearance of
  subjects
• May modify to imitate nature
• May offer almost photographic interpretation
• No matter how much artist modifies nature, viewer
  can still conceive of the objects in reality

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Expressionism
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Expressionism

• Is the distortion of form and colour for
  emotional interpretation

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Expressionism

• Is the distortion of form and colour for
  emotional interpretation
• Artists work is individualized

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Expressionism

• Is the distortion of form and colour for
  emotional interpretation
• Artists work is individualized
• Artist is more interested in probing his/her own
  soul than in reflecting the world of ideas

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Expressionism

• Is the distortion of form and colour for
  emotional interpretation
• Artists work is individualized
• Artist is more interested in probing his/her own
  soul than in reflecting the world of ideas
• More interested in explaining a mood or inner
  world than in revealing a harmony in the world

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Expressionism

• Is the distortion of form and colour for
  emotional interpretation
• Artists work is individualized
• Artist is more interested in probing his/her own
  soul than in reflecting the world of ideas
• More interested in explaining a mood or inner
  world than in revealing a harmony in the world
• Artist paints images so exaggerated or distorted
  that he takes viewers into a world of emotion and
  feeling

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Artists Studied Klimt, Gustav (1862
1918) Munch, Edvard (1863 - 1944)Carr, Emily
(1871 1945) Thomson, Tom (1877 1917) Picasso,
Pablo (1881- 1973) Schwitters, Kurt (1887
1948) OKeefe, Georgia (1887 1986) Dali,
Salvador (1904 1989) Kahlo, Frida (1910
1954) Lichenstein, Roy (1923 - 1997)
Rauschenberg, Robert (1925 - ) Warhol, Andy
(1930 1987)
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Klimt, Gustav (1862 1918)
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Klimt, Gustav (1862 1918)

• Viennese

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Klimt, Gustav (1862 1918)

• Viennese
• Inspired by potential of combining design and
  composition

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Klimt, Gustav (1862 1918)

• Viennese
• Inspired by potential of combining design and
  composition
• Human figure was made exotic by patterns and
  colour

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Klimt, Gustav (1862 1918)

• Viennese
• Inspired by potential of combining design and
  composition
• Human figure was made exotic by patterns and
  colour
• Travelled to Italy and influenced by mosaics of
  the 9th century

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Klimt, Gustav (1862 1918)

• Viennese
• Inspired by potential of combining design and
  composition
• Human figure was made exotic by patterns and
  colour
• Travelled to Italy and influenced by mosaics of
  the 9th century
• Wanted to free art from copying reality

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Klimt, Gustav (1862 1918)

• Viennese
• Inspired by potential of combining design and
  composition
• Human figure was made exotic by patterns and
  colour
• Travelled to Italy and influenced by mosaics of
  the 9th century
• Wanted to free art from copying reality
• Work had powerful form, symbolic content and
  sexual themes

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Klimt, Gustav (1862 1918) Judith (1901)
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Klimt, Gustav (1862 1918) Judith (1901)

• 3D of human figure is flattened

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Klimt, Gustav (1862 1918) Judith (1901)

• 3D of human figure is flattened
• Human form becomes part of arrangement composed
  on picture plane

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Klimt, Gustav (1862 1918) Judith (1901)

• 3D of human figure is flattened
• Human form becomes part of arrangement composed
  on picture plane
• Human figure is made exotic by patterns and
  colours in background

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Klimt, Gustav (1862 1918) Judith (1901)

• 3D of human figure is flattened
• Human form becomes part of arrangement composed
  on picture plane
• Human figure is made exotic by patterns and
  colours in background
• Liked flat decorative patterns of gold design

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Klimt, Gustav (1862 1918) Judith (1901)

• 3D of human figure is flattened
• Human form becomes part of arrangement composed
  on picture plane
• Human figure is made exotic by patterns and
  colours in background
• Liked flat decorative patterns of gold design
• Work sometimes explored cycles of love, death and
  birth

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Klimt, Gustav (1862 1918) Judith (1901)

• 3D of human figure is flattened
• Human form becomes part of arrangement composed
  on picture plane
• Human figure is made exotic by patterns and
  colours in background
• Liked flat decorative patterns of gold design
• Work sometimes explored cycles of love, death and
  birth
• Challenged tradition of separating decorative and
  fine arts

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Carr, Emily (1862 1918)
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Carr, Emily (1862 1918)

• West coast Canadian artist

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Carr, Emily (1862 1918)

• West coast Canadian artist
• Painter and writer

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Carr, Emily (1862 1918)

• West coast Canadian artist
• Painter and writer
• First prominent Canadian woman artist

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Carr, Emily (1862 1918)

• West coast Canadian artist
• Painter and writer
• First prominent Canadian woman artist
• Strong interest in native cultures and traditions

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Carr, Emily (1862 1918)

• West coast Canadian artist
• Painter and writer
• First prominent Canadian woman artist
• Strong interest in native cultures and
  traditions
• Carr changed the way Canadians view the rugged
  grandness of the forest landscapes of the British
  Columbian coast

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Carr, Emily (1862 1918)

• West coast Canadian artist
• Painter and writer
• First prominent Canadian woman artist
• Strong interest in native cultures and
  traditions
• Carr changed the way Canadians view the rugged
  grandness of the forest landscapes of the British
  Columbian coast
• Emily was deeply moved by the work of the Group
  of Seven

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Carr, Emily (1862 1918)Self Portrait - 1938
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Carr, Emily (1862 1918)Self Portrait - 1938

• Most notable work focused on two themes
• -Material presence of aboriginal culture of the
  past
• -Distinctive landscape of West coast Canada

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Carr, Emily (1862 1918)Self Portrait - 1938

• Most notable work focused on two themes
• -Material presence of aboriginal culture of the
  past
• -Distinctive landscape of West coast Canada
• Painted bold, formalized compositions

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Carr, Emily (1862 1918)Self Portrait - 1938

• Most notable work focused on two themes
• -Material presence of aboriginal culture of the
  past
• -Distinctive landscape of West coast Canada
• Painted bold, formalized compositions
• Paintings freely express large rhythms of western
  forests, driftwood tossed beaches, expansive skies

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Carr, Emily (1862 1918)Self Portrait - 1938

• Most notable work focused on two themes
• -Material presence of aboriginal culture of the
  past
• -Distinctive landscape of West coast Canada
• Painted bold, formalized compositions
• Paintings freely express large rhythms of western
  forests, driftwood tossed beaches, expansive
  skies
• Recognized as first Canadian feminist
  independent and strong-willed

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Thomson, Tom (1877 1917)
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Thomson, Tom (1877 1917)

• He created a distinct approach to portraying
  rugged Canadian landscapes

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Thomson, Tom (1877 1917)

• He created a distinct approach to portraying
  rugged Canadian landscapes
• His early career was spent as a commercial artist
  at Grip

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Thomson, Tom (1877 1917)

• He created a distinct approach to portraying
  rugged Canadian landscapes
• His early career was spent as a commercial artist
  at Grip
• Thomson was an avid outdoorsman and Algonquin
  Park was his favourite place to paint

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Thomson, Tom (1877 1917)

• He created a distinct approach to portraying
  rugged Canadian landscapes
• His early career was spent as a commercial artist
  at Grip
• Thomson was an avid outdoorsman and Algonquin
  Park was his favourite place to paint
• His work inspired other artists to explore this
  region

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Thomson, Tom (1877 1917)

• He created a distinct approach to portraying
  rugged Canadian landscapes
• His early career was spent as a commercial artist
  at Grip
• Thomson was an avid outdoorsman and Algonquin
  Park was his favourite place to paint
• His work inspired other artists to explore this
  region
• Thomson's brief but prolific career as an artist
  came to a premature end when he drowned in Canoe
  Lake in 1917

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Thomson, Tom (1877 1917) Algonquin - 1915
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Thomson, Tom (1877 1917) Algonquin - 1915

• Close identification with the wilderness

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Thomson, Tom (1877 1917) Algonquin - 1915

• Close identification with the wilderness
• True style of exact observation and spirited
  execution

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Thomson, Tom (1877 1917) Algonquin - 1915

• Close identification with the wilderness
• True style of exact observation and spirited
  execution
• Discovered a new approach to record the light of
  Canada and the shapes and forms of its landscapes

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Thomson, Tom (1877 1917) Algonquin - 1915

• Close identification with the wilderness
• True style of exact observation and spirited
  execution
• Discovered a new approach to record the light of
  Canada and the shapes and forms of its landscapes
• Not a member of the Group of seven but influenced
  many members

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Thomson, Tom (1877 1917) Algonquin - 1915

• Close identification with the wilderness
• True style of exact observation and spirited
  execution
• Discovered a new approach to record the light of
  Canada and the shapes and forms of its landscapes
• Not a member of the Group of seven but influenced
  many members
• Completed very few large paintings but many small
  oils

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Picasso, Pablo (1881 1917)
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Picasso, Pablo (1881 1917)

• Probably the most important figure in 20th
  Century art

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Picasso, Pablo (1881 1917)

• Probably the most important figure in 20th
  Century art
• Lived in France

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Picasso, Pablo (1881 1917)

• Probably the most important figure in 20th
  Century art
• Lived in France
• Had created a staggering 22,000 works of art in a
  variety of mediums, including sculpture,
  ceramics, mosaics, stage design and graphic arts

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Picasso, Pablo (1881 1917)

• Probably the most important figure in 20th
  Century art
• Lived in France
• Had created a staggering 22,000 works of art in a
  variety of mediums, including sculpture,
  ceramics, mosaics, stage design and graphic arts
• Admitted to the Barcelona School of Fine Arts at
  the age of 14, went through different periods of
  characteristic painting styles

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Picasso, Pablo (1881 1917) Les Demoiselles
DAvignon - 1907
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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Picasso, Pablo (1881 1917) Les Demoiselles
DAvignon - 1907

• Most prolific artist of the twentieth century

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Picasso, Pablo (1881 1917) Les Demoiselles
DAvignon - 1907

• Most prolific artist of the twentieth century
• Worked in wide variety of styles and
  interpretations

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Picasso, Pablo (1881 1917) Les Demoiselles
DAvignon - 1907

• Most prolific artist of the twentieth century
• Worked in wide variety of styles and
  interpretations
• Form and colour are catalysts of expression of
  human spirit

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Picasso, Pablo (1881 1917) Les Demoiselles
DAvignon - 1907

• Most prolific artist of the twentieth century
• Worked in wide variety of styles and
  interpretations
• Form and colour are catalysts of expression of
  human spirit
• This work is depiction of a brothel in his
  neighbourhood

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Picasso, Pablo (1881 1917) Les Demoiselles
DAvignon - 1907

• Most prolific artist of the twentieth century
• Worked in wide variety of styles and
  interpretations
• Form and colour are catalysts of expression of
  human spirit
• This work is depiction of a brothel in his
  neighbourhood
• Reflects beginning of Cubism with cube-like
  arrangement of small planes

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Picasso, Pablo (1881 1917) Les Demoiselles
DAvignon -1907

• Most prolific artist of the twentieth century
• Worked in wide variety of styles and
  interpretations
• Form and colour are catalysts of expression of
  human spirit
• This work is depiction of a brothel in his
  neighbourhood
• Reflects beginning of Cubism with cube-like
  arrangement of small planes
• Different views of subject have been juxtaposed
  together

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Schwitters, Kurt (1887 1948)
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Schwitters, Kurt (1887 1948)

• Born in Hanover, an only child, he was a loner in
  his youth, plagued by epileptic attacks

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Schwitters, Kurt (1887 1948)

• Born in Hanover, an only child, he was a loner in
  his youth, plagued by epileptic attacks
• Generally acknowledged as the twentieth century's
  greatest master of collage

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Schwitters, Kurt (1887 1948)

• Born in Hanover, an only child, he was a loner in
  his youth, plagued by epileptic attacks
• Generally acknowledged as the twentieth century's
  greatest master of collage
• About 1923, the artist started to make his first
  Merzbau

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Schwitters, Kurt (1887 1948)

• Born in Hanover, an only child, he was a loner in
  his youth, plagued by epileptic attacks
• Generally acknowledged as the twentieth century's
  greatest master of collage
• About 1923, the artist started to make his first
  Merzbau
• The Nazi regime banned his work as degenerate
  art in 1937. This year, the artist fled to
  Lysaker, Norway

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Schwitters, Kurt (1887 1948)

• Born in Hanover, an only child, he was a loner in
  his youth, plagued by epileptic attacks
• Generally acknowledged as the twentieth century's
  greatest master of collage
• About 1923, the artist started to make his first
  Merzbau
• The Nazi regime banned his work as degenerate
  art in 1937. This year, the artist fled to
  Lysaker, Norway
• After the German invasion of Norway in 1940, he
  escaped to Great Britain, interned for over a
  year

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Schwitters, Kurt (1887 1948)Painting With Stars
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Schwitters, Kurt (1887 1948)Painting With Stars

• Break away from representational led to Surrealism

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Schwitters, Kurt (1887 1948)Painting With Stars

• Break away from representational led to
  Surrealism
• Attracted to the refuse of his culture and
  transformed it into art

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Schwitters, Kurt (1887 1948)Painting With Stars

• Break away from representational led to
  Surrealism
• Attracted to the refuse of his culture and
  transformed it into art
• Gave significance to inconsequential bits of
  things

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Schwitters, Kurt (1887 1948)Painting With Stars

• Break away from representational led to
  Surrealism
• Attracted to the refuse of his culture and
  transformed it into art
• Gave significance to inconsequential bits of
  things
• Claimed his art was a kind of visual poetry

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Schwitters, Kurt (1887 1948)Painting With Stars

• Break away from representational led to
  Surrealism
• Attracted to the refuse of his culture and
  transformed it into art
• Gave significance to inconsequential bits of
  things
• Claimed his art was a kind of visual poetry
• Discarded the aesthetics and methods of the past

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Schwitters, Kurt (1887 1948)Painting With Stars

• Break away from representational led to
  Surrealism
• Attracted to the refuse of his culture and
  transformed it into art
• Gave significance to inconsequential bits of
  things
• Claimed his art was a kind of visual poetry
• Discarded the aesthetics and methods of the past
• Dadaism - art movement with anti-authoritarian
  attitude

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OKeefe, Georgia (1887 1986)
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OKeefe, Georgia (1887 1986)

• Grew up on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

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OKeefe, Georgia (1887 1986)

• Grew up on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
• She taught art in Texas from 1913 to 1918

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OKeefe, Georgia (1887 1986)

• Grew up on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
• She taught art in Texas from 1913 to 1918
• Best known for her large paintings of desert
  flowers and scenery

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OKeefe, Georgia (1887 1986)

• Grew up on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
• She taught art in Texas from 1913 to 1918
• Best known for her large paintings of desert
  flowers and scenery
• Although O'Keefe handles her subject matter
  representationally, the starkly linear quality,
  the thin, clear coloring, and the boldly
  patterned compositions produce abstract designs

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OKeefe, Georgia (1887 1986)

• Grew up on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
• She taught art in Texas from 1913 to 1918
• Best known for her large paintings of desert
  flowers and scenery
• Although O'Keefe handles her subject matter
  representationally, the starkly linear quality,
  the thin, clear coloring, and the boldly
  patterned compositions produce abstract designs
• A number of her works have an abstracted effect,
  the flower paintings in particular

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OKeefe, Georgia (1887 1986)Black Iris
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OKeefe, Georgia (1887 1986)Black Iris - 1926
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OKeefe, Georgia (1887 1986)Black Iris - 1926

• American Abstractionist

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
OKeefe, Georgia (1887 1986)Black Iris - 1926

• American Abstractionist
• Rejected the polish found in European Art

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OKeefe, Georgia (1887 1986)Black Iris - 1926

• American Abstractionist
• Rejected the polish found in European Art
• Achieved visual purity in work

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OKeefe, Georgia (1887 1986)Black Iris - 1926

• American Abstractionist
• Rejected the polish found in European Art
• Achieved visual purity in work
• Used clean contours, smooth shapes and simplified
  forms

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OKeefe, Georgia (1887 1986)Black Iris - 1926

• American Abstractionist
• Rejected the polish found in European Art
• Achieved visual purity in work
• Used clean contours, smooth shapes and simplified
  forms
• Concentrated on close up views of subjects

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OKeefe, Georgia (1887 1986)Black Iris - 1926

• American Abstractionist
• Rejected the polish found in European Art
• Achieved visual purity in work
• Used clean contours, smooth shapes and simplified
  forms
• Concentrated on close up views of subjects
• Favourite subject matter from nature

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Munch, Edvard (1863 1944)
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Munch, Edvard (1863 1944)

• Grew up in Norway's capital, Oslo

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Munch, Edvard (1863 1944)

• Grew up in Norway's capital, Oslo
• Norway's most popular artist, was a painter,
  lithographer, etcher, and wood engraver

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Munch, Edvard (1863 1944)

• Grew up in Norway's capital, Oslo
• Norway's most popular artist, was a painter,
  lithographer, etcher, and wood engraver
• His convulsed and tortuous art was formed by
  misery, conflicts of his time and his own unhappy
  life

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Munch, Edvard (1863 1944)

• Grew up in Norway's capital, Oslo
• Norway's most popular artist, was a painter,
  lithographer, etcher, and wood engraver
• His convulsed and tortuous art was formed by
  misery, conflicts of his time and his own unhappy
  life
• Childhood tragedy, intense and dramatic love
  affairs, alcoholism, and ceaseless traveling are
  reflected in his works

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Munch, Edvard (1863 1944)

• Grew up in Norway's capital, Oslo
• Norway's most popular artist, was a painter,
  lithographer, etcher, and wood engraver
• His convulsed and tortuous art was formed by
  misery, conflicts of his time and his own unhappy
  life
• Childhood tragedy, intense and dramatic love
  affairs, alcoholism, and ceaseless traveling are
  reflected in his works
• Pictures show his social awareness and his
  tendency to express human suffering

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Munch, Evard (1863 1944)The Scream - 1893
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Munch, Evard (1863 1944)The Scream - 1893

• Sense of suffering and isolation underlies work

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Munch, Evard (1863 1944)The Scream - 1893

• Sense of suffering and isolation underlies work
• Work influenced by death of mother sister from TB

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Munch, Evard (1863 1944)The Scream - 1893

• Sense of suffering and isolation underlies work
• Work influenced by death of mother sister from TB
• Bold flat simplified use of forms and colour

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Munch, Evard (1863 1944)The Scream - 1893

• Sense of suffering and isolation underlies work
• Work influenced by death of mother sister from TB
• Bold flat simplified use of forms and colour
• 50 other versions of this painting exist

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Munch, Evard (1863 1944)The Scream - 1893

• Sense of suffering and isolation underlies work
• Work influenced by death of mother sister from TB
• Bold flat simplified use of forms and colour
• 50 other versions of this painting exist
• His work inspired other artists to split away and
  form German Expressionists

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Munch, Evard (1863 1944)The Scream - 1893

• Sense of suffering and isolation underlies work
• Work influenced by death of mother sister from TB
• Bold flat simplified use of forms and colour
• 50 other versions of this painting exist
• His work inspired other artists to split away and
  form German Expressionists
• Blood streaked sky echoes persons cry

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Dali, Salvidor (1904 1989)
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Dali, Salvidor (1904 1989)

• Spanish painter born into a middle-class family

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Dali, Salvidor (1904 1989)

• Spanish painter born into a middle-class family
• He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid,
  where he mastered techniques

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Dali, Salvidor (1904 1989)

• Spanish painter born into a middle-class family
• He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid,
  where he mastered techniques
• Dalí devoted himself with passionate intensity to
  developing his method associations and
  interpretations

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Dali, Salvidor (1904 1989)

• Spanish painter born into a middle-class family
• He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid,
  where he mastered techniques
• Dalí devoted himself with passionate intensity to
  developing his method associations and
  interpretations
• Demonstrated his personal obsessions and fantasies

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Dali, Salvidor (1904 1989)

• Spanish painter born into a middle-class family
• He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid,
  where he mastered techniques
• Dalí devoted himself with passionate intensity to
  developing his method associations and
  interpretations
• Demonstrated his personal obsessions and
  fantasies
• In Paris he met Picasso and Breton

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Dali, Salvidor (1904 1989)Persistence of
Memory - 1931
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Dali, Salvidor (1904 1989)Persistence of
Memory - 1931

• Surrealist

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Dali, Salvidor (1904 1989)Persistence of
Memory - 1931

• Surrealist
• Work presented the subconscious through portrayal
  of fantasies, dreams, nightmares

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Dali, Salvidor (1904 1989)Persistence of
Memory - 1931

• Surrealist
• Work presented the subconscious through portrayal
  of fantasies, dreams, nightmares
• Explored erotic, irrational and neurotic themes

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Dali, Salvidor (1904 1989)Persistence of
Memory - 1931

• Surrealist
• Work presented the subconscious through portrayal
  of fantasies, dreams, nightmares
• Explored erotic, irrational and neurotic themes
• Meticulous style of painting

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Dali, Salvidor (1904 1989)Persistence of
Memory - 1931

• Surrealist
• Work presented the subconscious through portrayal
  of fantasies, dreams, nightmares
• Explored erotic, irrational and neurotic themes
• Meticulous style of painting
• Skilled draftsman

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Dali, Salvidor (1904 1989)Persistence of
Memory - 1931

• Surrealist
• Work presented the subconscious through portrayal
  of fantasies, dreams, nightmares
• Explored erotic, irrational and neurotic themes
• Meticulous style of painting
• Skilled draftsman
• Time stands still in painting

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Kahlo, Frida (1910 1954)
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Kahlo, Frida (1910 1954)

• Born in Mexico City in 1907

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Kahlo, Frida (1910 1954)

• Born in Mexico City in 1907
• At the age of six she had polio

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Kahlo, Frida (1910 1954)

• Born in Mexico City in 1907
• At the age of six she had polio
• In 1926 suffered a traumatic accident

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Kahlo, Frida (1910 1954)

• Born in Mexico City in 1907
• At the age of six she had polio
• In 1926 suffered a traumatic accident
• She painted many self-portraits which charted the
  events of her life and her emotional reactions to
  them

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Kahlo, Frida (1910 1954)

• Born in Mexico City in 1907
• At the age of six she had polio
• In 1926 suffered a traumatic accident
• She painted many self-portraits which charted the
  events of her life and her emotional reactions to
  them
• Kahlo pretended to consider her work not important

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Kahlo, Frida (1910 1954)

• Born in Mexico City in 1907
• At the age of six she had polio
• In 1926 suffered a traumatic accident
• She painted many self-portraits which charted the
  events of her life and her emotional reactions to
  them
• Kahlo pretended to consider her work not
  important
• She preferred to be seen as a mysterious
  personality rather than as a painter

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Kahlo, Frida (1910 1954) Self Portrait With
Monkey - 1938

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Kahlo, Frida (1910 1954) Self Portrait With
Monkey - 1938

• Own personal tragedies reflected in work

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Kahlo, Frida (1910 1954) Self Portrait With
Monkey - 1938

• Own personal tragedies reflected in work
• Imagery reflects a preoccupation with
  exploration of love and its connection to pain in
  her life

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Kahlo, Frida (1910 1954) Self Portrait With
Monkey - 1938

• Own personal tragedies reflected in work
• Imagery reflects a preoccupation with exploration
  of love and its connection to pain in her life
• Preferred to dress in native Mexican costume

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Kahlo, Frida (1910 1954) Self Portrait With
Monkey - 1938

• Own personal tragedies reflected in work
• Imagery reflects a preoccupation with exploration
  of love and its connection to pain in her life
• Preferred to dress in native Mexican costume
• Unibrow is her personal symbol

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Kahlo, Frida (1910 1954) Self Portrait With
Monkey - 1938

• Own personal tragedies reflected in work
• magery reflects a preoccupation with exploration
  of love and its connection to pain in her life
• Preferred to dress in native Mexican costume
• Unibrow is her personal symbol
• Naive drawing (Unschooled) bright and bizarre
  colours

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Kahlo, Frida (1910 1954) Self Portrait With
Monkey - 1938

• Own personal tragedies reflected in work
• Imagery reflects a preoccupation with exploration
  of love and its connection to pain in her life
• Preferred to dress in native Mexican costume
• Unibrow is her personal symbol
• Naive drawing (Unschooled) bright and bizarre
  colours
• Dramatic and fantastical images reflect her
  inspiration from native Mexican art

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Warhol, Andy (1930 1987)

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Warhol, Andy (1930 1987)

• Born in Cleveland, Ohio

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Warhol, Andy (1930 1987)

• Born in Cleveland, Ohio
• He began his career as a commercial artist

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Warhol, Andy (1930 1987)

• Born in Cleveland, Ohio
• He began his career as a commercial artist
• Part of the idea behind pop art was the
  proliferation of the image, just like the
  mass-marketed objects, such as the Campbell Soup
  cans, that provided his inspiration

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Warhol, Andy (1930 1987)

• Born in Cleveland, Ohio
• He began his career as a commercial artist
• Part of the idea behind pop art was the
  proliferation of the image, just like the
  mass-marketed objects, such as the Campbell Soup
  cans, that provided his inspiration
• He later evolved into a portraitist

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Warhol, Andy (1930 1987)

• Born in Cleveland, Ohio
• He began his career as a commercial artist
• Part of the idea behind pop art was the
  proliferation of the image, just like the
  mass-marketed objects, such as the Campbell Soup
  cans, that provided his inspiration
• He later evolved into a portraitist
• His Marilyn Monroe and Mick Jagger series, among
  many others, take America's symbols to the
  highest personal level

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Warhol, Andy (1930 1987)Marilyn Monroe
Diptych, 1962

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Warhol, Andy (1930 1987)Marilyn Monroe
Diptych, 1962

• Began as advertising illustrator - used
  commercial images

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Warhol, Andy (1930 1987)Marilyn Monroe
Diptych, 1962

• Began as advertising illustrator - used
  commercial images
• Created images of celebrities to underscore the
  anonymous replication of these icons

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Warhol, Andy (1930 1987)Marilyn Monroe
Diptych, 1962

• Began as advertising illustrator - used
  commercial images
• Created images of celebrities to underscore the
  anonymous replication of these icons
• Believed everyone could be famous for 15 minutes

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Warhol, Andy (1930 1987)Marilyn Monroe
Diptych, 1962

• Began as advertising illustrator - used
  commercial images
• Created images of celebrities to underscore the
  anonymous replication of these icons
• Believed everyone could be famous for 15 minutes
• Borrowed from popular culture and transformed them

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Warhol, Andy (1930 1987)Marilyn Monroe
Diptych, 1962

• Began as advertising illustrator - used
  commercial images
• Created images of celebrities to underscore the
  anonymous replication of these icons
• Believed everyone could be famous for 15 minutes
• Borrowed from popular culture and transformed
  them
• Each rendering of subject is different -
  intentional

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Lichenstein, Roy (1923 1997)
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Lichenstein, Roy (1923 1997)

• Born in 1923 in New York

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Lichenstein, Roy (1923 1997)

• Born in 1923 in New York
• He studied in Ohio at the Ohio State University

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Lichenstein, Roy (1923 1997)

• Born in 1923 in New York
• He studied in Ohio at the Ohio State University
  
• He spent some time serving in World War 2 and
  briefly studied in Paris after this

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Lichenstein, Roy (1923 1997)

• Born in 1923 in New York
• He studied in Ohio at the Ohio State University
  
• He spent some time serving in World War 2 and
  briefly studied in Paris after this
• In 1951, at the age of 28, he had his first one
  man exhibition

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Lichenstein, Roy (1923 1997)

• Born in 1923 in New York
• He studied in Ohio at the Ohio State University
  
• He spent some time serving in World War 2 and
  briefly studied in Paris after this
• In 1951, at the age of 28, he had his first one
  man exhibition
• He then moved to Cleveland where he worked as a
  commercial artist and designer

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Lichenstein, Roy (1923 1997)

• Born in 1923 in New York
• He studied in Ohio at the Ohio State University
  
• He spent some time serving in World War 2 and
  briefly studied in Paris after this
• In 1951, at the age of 28, he had his first one
  man exhibition
• He then moved to Cleveland where he worked as a
  commercial artist and designer
• He explored different styles of painting but his
  work usually had an American theme at that stage

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Lichenstein, Roy (1923 1997)Whaam! - 1963
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Lichenstein, Roy (1923 1997)Whaam! - 1963

• Worked from comics and cartoons

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Lichenstein, Roy (1923 1997)Whaam! - 1963

• Worked from comics and cartoons
• Used commercial artifact to become object of fine
  art

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Lichenstein, Roy (1923 1997)Whaam! - 1963

• Worked from comics and cartoons
• Used commercial artifact to become object of fine
  art
• Work shows the banal and violent tastes of pop
  culture

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Lichenstein, Roy (1923 1997)Whaam! - 1963

• Worked from comics and cartoons
• Used commercial artifact to become object of fine
  art
• Work shows the banal and violent tastes of pop
  culture
• Enlarged elements of his source (reference)

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Lichenstein, Roy (1923 1997)Whaam! - 1963

• Worked from comics and cartoons
• Used commercial artifact to become object of fine
  art
• Work shows the banal and violent tastes of pop
  culture
• Enlarged elements of his source (reference)
• Often reproduced 1-2 frames of comics

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Lichenstein, Roy (1923 1997)Whaam! - 1963

• Worked from comics and cartoons
• Used commercial artifact to become object of fine
  art
• Work shows the banal and violent tastes of pop
  culture
• Enlarged elements of his source (reference)
• Often reproduced 1-2 frames of comics
• Works were not replications of actual comics but
  he intended them to appear that way

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Rauschenberg, Robert (1925 - ?)
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Rauschenberg, Robert (1925 - ?)

• In the late 1950s he came under the influence of
  Marcel Duchamp, and with Jasper Johns,
  Rauschenberg became a pivotal figure in the
  emerging pop art movement

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Rauschenberg, Robert (1925 - ?)

• In the late 1950s he came under the influence of
  Marcel Duchamp, and with Jasper Johns,
  Rauschenberg became a pivotal figure in the
  emerging pop art movement
• He created enormously inventive paintings,
  incorporating everyday images and objects, are
  executed in a loose, spontaneous style

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Rauschenberg, Robert (1925 - ?)

• In the late 1950s he came under the influence of
  Marcel Duchamp, and with Jasper Johns,
  Rauschenberg became a pivotal figure in the
  emerging pop art movement
• He created enormously inventive paintings,
  incorporating everyday images and objects, are
  executed in a loose, spontaneous style
• He has also experimented with assemblage

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Rauschenberg, Robert (1925 - ?)

• In the late 1950s he came under the influence of
  Marcel Duchamp, and with Jasper Johns,
  Rauschenberg became a pivotal figure in the
  emerging pop art movement
• He created enormously inventive paintings,
  incorporating everyday images and objects, are
  executed in a loose, spontaneous style
• He has also experimented with assemblage
• Major works of the 1980s and 90s are mainly large
  constructions, and many of his later works have
  incorporated photographic images

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Rauschenberg, Robert (1925 - )Retroactive 1 -
1964

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Rauschenberg, Robert (1925 - )Retroactive 1 -
1964

• Created collages and 3D combines (combination
  of painting and objects)

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Rauschenberg, Robert (1925 - )Retroactive 1 -
1964

• Created collages and 3D combines (combination
  of painting and objects)
• Use of x-ray like imagery

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Rauschenberg, Robert (1925 - )Retroactive 1 -
1964

• Created collages and 3D combines (combination
  of painting and objects)
• Use of x-ray like imagery
• Image is mixture of monumentous with the
  ordinary

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Rauschenberg, Robert (1925 - )Retroactive 1 -
1964

• Created collages and 3D combines (combination
  of painting and objects)
• Use of x-ray like imagery
• Image is mixture of monumentous with the
  ordinary
• Distant past, immediate present, mundane and
  historic are fused together

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Rauschenberg, Robert (1925 - )Retroactive 1 -
1964

• Created collages and 3D combines (combination
  of painting and objects)
• Use of x-ray like imagery
• Image is mixture of monumentous with the
  ordinary
• Distant past, immediate present, mundane and
  historic are fused together
• Freely combines copies of historical artwork
  images from media

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Studio Arts 12 Artists of the 20th Century
Rauschenberg, Robert (1925 - )Retroactive 1 -
1964

• Created collages and 3D combines (combination
  of painting and objects)
• Use of x-ray like imagery
• Image is mixture of monumentous with the
  ordinary
• Distant past, immediate present, mundane and
  historic are fused together
• Freely combines copies of historical artwork
  images from media
• Combined abstract expressionism with dadaism