The Creative Movements List
Abstraction is an art form which is not linked to movements. This means that many artists now use it as a kind of tool to help express themselves in Contemporary painting.
People like to categorise this kind of painting as a picture's subject matter which is non representational.
This means that it doesn't resemble any object from nature.
Belonging to this kind of group they believed in specific philosophies and often political viewpoints. The Artwork follows a specific style that can be instantly recognisable especially from the early 2oth century. However in the 21st century artists prefer to have an independent voice and have less of an interest in being part of an organisation. Instead of trying to understand the world around they have become more inspired by the "inner world." A search for meaning coming from exploring what's within themselves. The development and creation of an individual language. So to understand historical Abstract Art from around the 20th century we must try and find out what groups the artists were influenced by. This can be detected by looking at the artist's style. We can compare one individual's work to another’s of the same time period or look for similarities by comparing "movements" to the artist's work. The difficulties lie when we try to understand 21st century painting. If the artist is "well known" or famous then we can find out more through documentation about the their inspirations and philosophy but if the artist is unknown we are only limited to analysing the actual painting for clues of understanding.
Movement List and TimelineGroups are often categorised under Time Periods. Modern Art is all the movements from the late 19th century to approximately 1970 (as there is a natural overlap).Contemporary Art is from around late 1960s to our present day time period. Note: The countries listed are the country in which the group started. Most modern art movements were international in scope. Modern ArtImpressionism - 1863 - 1890, France American Impressionism 1880, United States Cos Cob Art Colony 1890s, United States Heidelberg School late 1880s, Australia Luminism (Impressionism) Arts and Crafts movement - 1880 - 1910, United Kingdom Tonalism - 1880 - 1920, United States Luminism (Impressionism) Symbolism (arts) - 1880 - 1910, France/Belgium Russian Symbolism 1884 - c. 1910, Russia Aesthetic movement 1868 - 1901, United Kingdom Post-impressionism - 1886 - 1905, France Pointillism 1880s, France Les Nabis 1888 - 1900, France Fauvism - 1904 - 1909, France Cloisonnism c. 1885, France Synthetism late 1880s - early 1890s, France School of Paris early 20th century, France Neo-impressionism 1886 - 1906, France Art Nouveau - 1890 - 1914, France Vienna Secession (or Secessionstil) 1897, Austria Jugendstil Germany, Scandinavia Modernisme - 1890 to 1910, Catalan Art à la Rue 1890s - 1905, Belgium/France Young Poland 1890 - 1918, Poland Mir iskusstva 1899, Russia Hagenbund 1900 - 1930, Austria Expressionism - 1905 - 1930, Germany Die Brücke 1905 - 1913, Germany Der Blaue Reiter 1911, Germany Bloomsbury Group - 1905 - c. 1945, England
Contemporary ArtContemporary art - present Postmodern art - present Modernism - presentNew realism 1960 - Performance art - 1960s - Fluxus - early 1960s - late-1970s Conceptual art - 1960s - Graffiti 1960s- Junk art 1960s - Psychedelic art early 1960s - Lyrical Abstraction mid-1960s - Process art mid-1960s - 1970s Arte Povera 1967 - Photorealism - Late 1960s - early 1970s Land art - late-1960s - early 1970s Post-minimalism late-1960s - 1970s Installation art - 1970s - Neo-expressionism late 1970s - Figuration Libre early 1980s Metaphorical realism Young British Artists 1988 - Rectoversion 1991 - Transgressive art Synaesthesia events Neoism 1979 Deconstructivism Battle Elephants 1984 Massurrealism 1992 - Stuckism 1999 - Remodernism 1999 - Maximalism
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In the 20th century the trend in art was to move beyond
the re-creating of nature. Creative art groups were formed by
"like minded individuals."
There have been many strong organisations in the early
20th century which can provide us with clues if you are
trying to understand a painting from this time.
As we move towards the end of the century these groups
become more fragmented and specialised often becoming
difficult to understand.
