European

Vanguards

What are the “vanguards”?

• The term “vanguard” comes from the french expression avant-garde, a military term that refers to the front of the army, the ones who are part of the first line of the squad. The avant-garde are the first to advance when exploring or in battle.

• In art, we refer to “vanguards” to a series of historical movements that took place in the beginning of the 20th century. These movements searched for innovation in artistic production and creation. These artists were radical in form and in content; they explored the relationship between art and life; and tried to re-invent art by confronting it to previous movements.

Impressionism

Camille Pissarro1830- 1903

Francia

Claude Monet1840- 1926

Francia

Edgar Degas1834- 1917

Francia

Edouard Manet1832- 1883

Francia

Pierre- August Renoir

1841- 1919Francia

Post- Impressionism

George Seurat1859- 1891

Francia

Henri Matisse1869- 1954

Francia

Paul Cezanne1839- 1906

Francia

Paul Gaugin 1848- 1903

Francia

Vincent Van Gogh1853- 1890Paises Bajos

Modernism

Symbolism

Gustav Klimt1862- 1918

Austria

Expressionism

Amadeo Modigliani1884- 1920

Italia

Edvard Munch1863- 1944

Noruega

Franz Marc1880- 1916

Alemania

Marc Chagall1887- 1985

Francia, origen Ruso

Cubism

Pablo Ruiz Picasso

1881- 1973España

George Braque1882- 1963

Francia

Surrealism

Rene Magritte1898- 1967

Bélgica

Salvador Dalí1904- 1989

España

Abstract Art

Wassily Kandinsky1866- 1944

Rusia

Piet Mondrian

1872- 1944Holanda