Life after Impressionism 1880-1920 (for really really dumb dummies)
RJM
with being in a gang and they looked for
ways to express their individuality. Having
started out as Impressionists, what with
Impressionism being the big new idea and
all, many of them looked for new ways
to upset the art establishment. One by one
they dropped the 'old' style and tried to
paint like nobody else, by going off alone,
unlike the others who liked to hang out.
The important thing to remember about this
new breed of artists was their emotional
involvement with themselves as artists. They
threw the old ideas of representationalism
out of the window. Where they had windows,
obviously. They painted how they felt about
what they saw. Sometimes this meant painting
curvy, lively, brilliant swirls of colour, as if a
curvy, lively and brilliantly coloured object had
the effect on them of making them feel curvy,
lively and brilliantly coloured objects were only
curvy, lively and brilliantly coloured. This was
what eventually got them recognition, the way in
which they were able to convey an idea about
themselves in paintings about fields and flowers.
Naturalism was over.
chris....@gmail.com
RJM wrote:
>This was
> what eventually got them recognition, the way in
> which they were able to convey an idea about
> themselves in paintings about fields and flowers.
> Naturalism was over.
Your header called to me.
Somebody once told me that we don't ever really get rid of things in
our lives, we just add new layers. That seems truer than most
observations.
I'm pretty sure that works in art, too. We may have moved on from
naturalism, but it's still there, sometimes on the surface, sometimes
only in memory.
Christine
RJM
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> RJM wrote:
>>This was
>> what eventually got them recognition, the way in
>> which they were able to convey an idea about
>> themselves in paintings about fields and flowers.
>> Naturalism was over.
>
> Your header called to me.
Odd, it was calling to really really dumb dummies.
Still, as you're here.
> Somebody once told me that we don't ever really get rid of things in
> our lives, we just add new layers. That seems truer than most
> observations.
> I'm pretty sure that works in art, too. We may have moved on from
> naturalism, but it's still there, sometimes on the surface, sometimes
> only in memory.
In see what you mean.
Sudden Disruption
> Some of the Impressionists got a bit fed up
> with being in a gang and they looked for
> ways to express their individuality.
Here is where they were heading..
It just took them a while to get there..
http://suddendisruption.blogspot.com/
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Sylvia
> Some of the Impressionists got a bit fed up
> with being in a gang and they looked for
> ways to express their individuality.
Ooooh! I know this one! That's where Tony falls for Maria at the high
school dance.
Tony: Go play games with the Impressionists.
Riff: Why not? They're the greatest. Ain't they?
Tony: Were.
Riff: You found somethin' better?
Tony: Not yet, but... every single night for the last month... l wake
up, and l'm reachin' out my paint brush.
Riff: Well, for what?
Tony: l don't know. lt's right outside the door, just around the
corner...
Riff: What is?
Tony: l don't know. lt's like the kick l used to get from bein' an
Impressionist.
Riff: Well, now you're talkin'. Man, without an artist's gang, you're
an orphan.
Tony: Riff, l've had it with Impressionism. [1]
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> This was what eventually got them recognition, the way in which they
> were able to convey an idea about themselves in paintings about
> fields and flowers. Naturalism was over.
Well, it got too cold for streakin' anyway.
--
Sylvia <hollering> MAMBO!!!
[1] With apologies to Arthur Laurents
"Oops, something shiny. Gotta go."
- Mr. Looney