Tristan Tzara After moving to Paris in 1919, Tzara, by then one of the "presidents of Dada", joined the staff of Littérature magazine, which marked the first step in the movement's evolution toward Surrealism. He was involved in the major polemics which led to Dada's split, defending his principles against André Breton and Francis Picabia, and, in Romania, against the eclectic modernism of Vinea and Janco. This personal vision on art defined his Dadaist plays The Gas Heart (1921) and Handkerchief of Clouds (1924). During the final part of his career, Tzara combined his humanist and anti-fascist perspective with a communist vision, joining the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War and the French Resistance during World War II, and serving a term in the National Assembly. Tristan Tzara was an influential author and performer, whose contribution is credited with having created a connection from Cubism and Futurism to the Beat Generation, Situationism and various currents in rock music. Name[edit] S.
Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈvɪnsɛnt ˈʋɪləm vɑn ˈɣɔx] ( );[note 1] 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Post-Impressionist painter of Dutch origin whose work—notable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty, and bold color—had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. After years of painful anxiety and frequent bouts of mental illness,[1][2] he died aged 37 from a gunshot wound, generally accepted to be self-inflicted (although no gun was ever found).[3][note 2] Letters Vincent c. 1873 aged 19. Although many are undated, art historians have generally been able to put them in chronological order. Biography Early life Vincent c. 1866, approx. age 13 As a child, Vincent was serious, silent, and thoughtful. The house "Holme Court" in Isleworth, where Van Gogh stayed in 1876 [23][24] Van Gogh returned to England for unpaid work as a supply teacher in a small boarding school overlooking the harbor in Ramsgate, where he made sketches of the view. Etten, Drenthe and The Hague Emerging artist
Dada Dada (/ˈdɑːdɑː/) or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century. Dada in Zurich, Switzerland, began in 1916, spreading to Berlin shortly thereafter, but the height of New York Dada was the year before, in 1915.[1] The term anti-art, a precursor to Dada, was coined by Marcel Duchamp around 1913 when he created his first readymades.[2] Dada, in addition to being anti-war, had political affinities with the radical left and was also anti-bourgeois.[3] Francis Picabia, Dame! Overview[edit] Francis Picabia, (left) Le saint des saints c'est de moi qu'il s'agit dans ce portrait, 1 July 1915; (center) Portrait d'une jeune fille americaine dans l'état de nudité, 5 July 1915: (right) J'ai vu et c'est de toi qu'il s'agit, De Zayas! Dada was an informal international movement, with participants in Europe and North America. Many Dadaists believed that the 'reason' and 'logic' of bourgeois capitalist society had led people into war. History[edit] Zurich[edit]
Art contemporain Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. L'expression « art contemporain » désigne de façon générale et globale l'ensemble des œuvres produites depuis 1945 à nos jours, et ce quels qu'en soient le style et la pratique esthétique. Dans cette classification périodique, l'art contemporain succède à l'art moderne (1850-1945). L'expression « art contemporain » est aussi utilisée en France, avec un sens plus restreint, pour désigner les pratiques esthétiques et réalisations d'artistes revendiquant « une avancée dans la progression des avant-gardes[1] » et une transgression des frontières entre les domaines artistiques (dépassant la frontière de ce que le sens commun considère comme étant de l'art, c'est-à-dire les arts plastiques, en expérimentant le théâtre, le cinéma, la vidéo, la littérature…)[2], ou une transgression des « frontières de l'art telles que les conçoivent l'art moderne et l'art classique »[3]. Qu'est-ce que l'art contemporain ? Jean Monneret[modifier | modifier le code]
Web Papers: Tristan Tzara - Dada Manifesto (23rd march 1918) The magic of a word - DADA - which for journalists has opened the door to an unforeseen world, has for us not the slightest importance. To launch a manifesto you have to want: A.B. & C., and fulminate against 1, 2, & 3, work yourself up and sharpen you wings to conquer and circulate lower and upper case As, Bs & Cs, sign, shout, swear, organise prose into a form that is absolutely and irrefutably obvious, prove its ne plus ultra and maintain that novelty resembles life in the same way as the latest apparition of a harlot proves the essence of God. I'm writing this manifesto to show that you can perform contrary actions at the same time, in one single, fresh breath; I am against action; as for continual contradiction, and affirmation too, I am neither for nor against them, and I won't explain myself because I hate common sense. Every spectator is a plotter, if he tries to explain a word (to know!) To be plain: The amusement of redbellies in the mills of empty skulls. If I shout:
Claude Monet Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Pour les articles homonymes, voir Monet. Claude Monet Claude Monet par Nadar en 1899 Œuvres réputées Claude Monet ( à Paris – (à 86 ans) à Giverny), est un peintre français, l’un des fondateurs du mouvement impressionniste, peintre de paysages et de portraits. Né à Paris, il grandit au Havre et est particulièrement assidu au dessin. En 1876, il rencontre Ernest Hoschedé, un mécène qui va rapidement faire faillite. À partir de 1890, Monet se consacre à des séries de peintures, c'est-à-dire qu'il peint le même motif à différentes heures de la journée, à diverses saisons. Monet peint devant le modèle sur l'intégralité de sa toile dès les premières ébauches, il retouche ensuite de nombreuses fois jusqu'à ce que le résultat le satisfasse. D'un caractère parfois difficile, prompt à la colère comme au découragement, Claude Monet est un grand travailleur qui n'hésite pas à défier la météo pour pratiquer sa passion. Signature de Claude Monet. Biographie
Web Papers: Francis Picabia - Dada Manifesto (March 1920 ) The Cubists want to cover Dada with snow; it may surprise you, but it is so, they want to empty the snow out of their pipe on to Dada. Are you sure? Perfectly, the facts speak for themselves from great grotesque mouths. They think that Dada wants to stop them in their hateful trade: selling pictures at a high price. Art is dearer than sausages, dearer than women, dearer than anything. Art is as easy to see as God (see Saint-Sulpice). Art is a pharmaceutical product for idiots. Tables turn, thanks to the spirits; pictures and other works of art are like strong- box-tables, the spirit is within them and gets more and more inspired as the prices rise in the salerooms. Comedy, comedy, comedy, comedy, comedy, dear friends. Dealers do not like painting, they know about the hidden spirit.... Buy reproductions of signed pictures. Don't be snobbish; having the same picture as your neighbour doesn't make you any less intelligent. There will be some, all the same, but not quite so many.
L'expressionnisme, porteur d'émotions intenses - Otto Dix, l’expres Les œuvres d’Otto Dix illustrent l'horreur des combats, la misère des soldats, les gueules cassées, et montrent des personnes, dont des prostituées, victimes d’un quotidien dramatique … . Dans ce contexte, il peint, en 1924, le célèbre triptyque La Guerre. Il exécute également des portraits d'un réalisme agressif , comme le Portrait de Sylvia von Harden. Großstadt (Metropolis, La grande ville), panneau central du triptyque, techniques mixtes sur bois (181 × 404 cm) 1927-28. Kunstmuseum, Stuttgart Photo © DeAgostini/Leemage © ADAGP, Paris 2013Cliquer pour agrandir l'image. Par cette œuvre, Otto Dix exprime sa rancœur contre le plaisir frelaté d’un bal mondain que s’offrent de riches bourgeois de la république de Weimar. Après la prise du pouvoir par les nazis en 1933, Otto Dix, alors professeur d'art, est renvoyé et persécuté. En 1944-1945, Otto Dix participe par obligation à la Seconde Guerre mondiale sur le front occidental.
Francis Bacon (artist) Francis Bacon in his studio Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992) was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his bold, graphic and emotionally raw imagery.[1] His painterly but abstracted figures typically appear isolated in glass or steel geometrical cages set against flat, nondescript backgrounds. Bacon began painting during his early 20s and worked only sporadically until his mid-30s. Unsure of his ability as a painter, he drifted and earned his living as an interior decorator and designer of furniture and rugs. Later, he admitted that his career was delayed because he had spent too long looking for a subject that would sustain his interest.[2] His breakthrough came with the 1944 triptych Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion which sealed his reputation as a uniquely bleak chronicler of the human condition. During his lifetime, Bacon was equally reviled and acclaimed. Bacon's birthplace at 63 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin