Impressionism ...............................................................Pointillism

Starry Night by Vincent van GoghVincent Van Gogh painted Starry Night using broad and vibrant brushstokes to capture and harness his deep passions and emotions. He severed his ear to prove his unrequited love.

Seurat

George Seurat painted thousands of small color dots
to demonstrate that from afar the small dots of colors would merge into full solid forms.

Cubism ...............Surrealism

Salvador Dali

Juan Gris
Salvador Dali
Cubists were able to construct solid geometric angular forms from still life objects
Surrealists juxtaposed common objects in strange new ways

Non Objective

Jackson Pollock states that a painting does not have to represent reality. The painting itself is the object.

He throws and dribbles paint onto the canvas to create its own universe.


Press
Pollock's painting to
proceed to Pop Art


Please Visit:
Salvador Dali Museum, Inc.
www.salvadordalimuseum.org
The museum wants to do anything it can to further education on Dali and his role in art history.
727-823-3767 | 1-800-442-DALI


Starry Night graphic courtesy of
Mark Harden's Artchive
http://www.artchive.com