AREA 3: EARLY MODERNISM 1900 – 1940
1. Picasso
http://www.picasso.fr/us/picasso_page_index.php
Official website for this artist. Interactive learning – biography, works and teaching
resources.
http://www.pablopicasso.org/
Great website with lots of resources as well as extensive collection of his art works.
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/P/picasso.html
Gives information about each of Picasso’s art periods as well as some text
recommendations for the artist.
http://www.museupicasso.bcn.cat/en/
Website for the Picasso Museum in Barcelona.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBrY1vpwPhU
Good video discussing Picasso his work and life including footage of him working in
the studio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy2TlYnYIzA
Smarthistory video focussing on Demoiselles.
2. Sonia Delaunay
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/nathan/sonia-delaunay-cooperhewitt3-24-11.asp
Biographical information and summary of artistic career.
http://www.core77.com/blog/fashion_design/sonia_delaunay_color_moves_art_an
d_fashion_at_cooper-hewitt_18832.asp
Interesting article with a selection of Delaunay’s work across a variety of media.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lIfpZVZVNU
Interesting interview with Sonia Delaunay about her work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5FtF7hqT1Y
Short video – in French, but good selection of images of her work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM6VImvizQ4
No dialogue but good selection of Sonia’s work.
3. Boccioni
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collectiononline/artists/bios/1511
Short biographical description with references to artistic career.
http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/umberto-boccioni
Selection of key art works by Boccioni
http://exhibitions.guggenheim.org/futurism/?gclid=CNPwgfuAur0CFYgppAodsVYAjg
Article on Futurist exhibition at the Guggenheim including Boccioni.
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/umberto-boccioni-unique-forms-ofcontinuity-in-space.html
Good article about Boccioni’s famous Unique Forms sculpture and other works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp4F5G3tP5s
Short video about his key works, although no dialogue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb75JTfl6fs
Short video about the Unique Forms sculpture.
4. Mondrian
http://www.piet-mondrian.org/
Homepage for this artist
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-mondrian-piet.htm
Biography and analysis of some art works
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/piet-mondrian-1651
Short biography and good selection of art works
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/mondrian.html
Useful article and good range of Mondrian’s art works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fmiKOOvLUo
Short video on the history of Mondrian’s work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pcbYTY_IeY
Mondrian’s art from the figurative to abstract.
5. Brancusi
http://www.brancusi.com/bio.html
Site still under construction but good biographical information about this artist.
http://www.paulkasmingallery.com/artists/constantin-brancusi
Concise information about Brancusi’s art and good selection of art works.
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/B/brancusi.html
Short biography and links to other articles and selection of key art works.
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/constantin-brancusi-800
Collection of Brancusi’s sculptures at the Tate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWTzH7RV80g
Short video about Brancusi’s Bird in Space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6G0ewxKkCQ
Video about Brancusi’s sculpture Madame Pogany
6. Matisse
http://www.henrimatisse.org/
Official website for Matisse – comprehensive biography, complete works, quotes and
links to other artists
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/matisse/
Website includes information on colour theory, wide range of art works including
section on his papier colles.
http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/a/Matisse.htm
Early works and his links to Fauvism
http://www.musee-matisse-nice.org/
Website for the Matisse Museum in Nice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob8FWxrKVZY
Documentary on Matisse – part of the C20th Modern Masters series
https://www.youtube.com/user/smarthistoryvideos
Smarthistory video about Matisse’s The Red Studio, 1911
7. Kandinsky
http://au.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2014/december/16/how-kandinsky-helpedcreate-abstract-art/
Interesting website focussing on Kandinsky’s many abstract ‘Composition’ paintings.
http://www.wassilykandinsky.net/
Kandinsky website with extensive biography broken down into specific periods of his
artistic career.
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/K/kandinsky.html
Good website with detailed discussion about the links between Kandinsky’s work
and music as well as extensive list of art works
http://www.wassily-kandinsky.org/
Quotes and information about his life and Kandinsky’s art works.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophical_Society
Very detailed, but site contains some interesting ideas on Kandinsky’s ideas on
Theosophy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-UupN7wHI
Interesting short video linking Kandinsky’s painting to music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edVdgH-pgZ8
Translation into English of the first chapter of Kandinsky’s book Concerning the
Spiritual in Art, written in 1912.
8. Kirchner
http://www.bruecke-museum.de/englkirchner.htm
Biographical information and selection of art works. Site for the die Brucke Museum.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ernst_Ludwig_Kirchner
Some useful quotes about Kirchner’s art and his inspiration.
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artwork/2104
Detailed discussion about Kirchner’s Artillerymen in the Shower, referencing style
and meaning.
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-kirchner-ernst-ludwig.htm
Interactive website with notes, art works, influences and teaching activities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koS-zDgZifo
Interesting video about Kirchner’s work, his artistic career and his life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfZu--psur8
Video about Kirchner’s Street Scene, Dresden, 1908 and die Brucke.
9. Kathe Kollwitz
http://www.rogallery.com/Kollwitz/Kollwitz-bio.htm
Detailed biographical information and linked to Kollwitz’s artistic career.
http://www.kaethe-kollwitz.de/museumsservice-en.htm
Site of the Kathe Kollwitz museum in Berlin.
http://www.mystudios.com/women/klmno/kollwitz.html
Useful article from the Women in Art series. Explores Kollwitz work and makes some
comparisons to her contemporary, Paula Modersohn-Becker.
http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/kathe-kollwitz
Good selection of prints and drawings from this artist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzabzZft6WQ
Short video covering key themes within Kollwitz’s work. Images only, no dialogue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou08HU3LM60
Video exploring Kollwitz’s life and why her work was so preoccupied with death and
the matriarch.
10. Beckmann
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/B/beckmann.html
Good biographical and stylistic discussion as well as reference to a wide range of
Beckmann’s art works.
http://www.maxbeckmann.org/index/biography
Includes a breakdown of the different artistic periods within Beckmann’s career
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFYvGYiyTkk
Discussion about Beckmann’s Carnival triptych
http://www.tendreams.org/beckmann.htm
Great selection of Beckmann’s images
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXamGz5IJHg
Short video on Beckmann’s triptych Departure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QE4Ld1mkoM
Useful documentary about Degenerate Art in Germany and the Nazis.
11. Duchamp
http://www.marcelduchamp.net/
Interesting interactive website – photos, images, books and videos on Duchamp
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/duch/hd_duch.htm
Extensive biographical and stylistic notes plus a slideshow of images.
http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/marcel-duchamp
Good selection of his key art works.
http://www.dada-companion.com/duchamp/films.php
Duchamp’s work in relation to Dada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwk7wFdC76Y
Interview with Duchamp about his ‘attack’ on traditional painting within his work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYqDpNmnu8I
Duchamp talks about his ready mades to Martin Friedman
12. Hannah Hoch
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jan/09/hannah-hoch-art-punkwhitechapel
Interesting article from the Guardian about Hannah Hoch being the original ‘punk’ in
art.
http://www.yellowbellywebdesign.com/hoch/gallery.html
Interesting website with a range of photomontages plus biographical notes and her
work in relation to Dadaism. Can be translated to English
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/davepalmer/cutandpaste/hoch.html
Key influences and her contribution to the development of photomontage.
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/artpainting/a/hannah_hoch.htm
Concise biography of Hannah Hoch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PrXPpr1Yrg
Short informative video about background and style of work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E1cA3j_xY8
Informative video about Hannah Hoch’s Cut With a Kitchen Knife
13. Max Ernst
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-ernst-max.htm
Great interactive site – biography, key art works, influences, articles and AV resources
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/E/ernst.html
Links to Dada movement – informative synopsis and links to a wide range of art works by
Ernst.
http://www.surrealists.co.uk/ernst.php
Surrealist website. Short discussion of Ernst and his work but a wide variety of links to
Surrealist art and subject matter and information about other Surrealist artists.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Max_Ernst
Some good quotes and links to other Max Ernst resources.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a6cw3Lgw94
Interesting video discussing some of Max Ernst’s key works and the meaning behind
them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQJD7inost4
Ernst’s invention and use of frottage in his work.
14. Miro
http://joanmiro.com/
Home website for this artist. Although still under construction, a lot of biographical
information and links to art works/
http://seattleartmuseum.org/miro/
Great website. Good range of information about the artist and art works
Reproductions of key works.
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/miro.html
Good notes and extensive list of art works with links to notes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/joan-miro
Notes and slideshow of 10 key works by Joan Miro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HubcC0HFyIE&list=PLA5j3umpa7MuenNkUwRSV8w52FTtMNIr
Video about Joan Miro and his relationship with Surrealism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtXzmbQ4KKI
Biography about Miro and his work
15. Magritte
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2013/magritte/#/featured/1
A wonderful interactive website at the MOMA featuring the work of Rene Magritte.
http://www.renemagritte.org/
Website for this artist – extensive range of art works and biographical information
http://www.musee-magritte-museum.be/Typo3/
Site of the Magritte Museum
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/magritte.html
Interesting article with facts, quotes and art works by Magritte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRlpD-iEnMQ
Short video about how Magritte makes the ordinary very unordinary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr3oDz7CDMo
Video that includes key works by Magritte with subtitles and statements about his
paintings.
16. Salvador Dali
http://www.salvadordali.com/
Interactive home website for this artist
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/dali/salvador/love.html#id=DaliAndLove&num=01
Fascinating website that looks at key themes and subjects in Dali’s work
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/D/dali.html
Useful discussion with links to other art movements and artists plus other references
for Dali.
https://www.salvador-dali.org/en_index.html
Dali and Gala Museum website. Slideshow of major art works plus information on
the Dali Foundation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkGfWZfRzWM
Documentary from the Modern Masters series about Dali
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT6N2fFTWGo
Hilarious excerpt of an interview with Dali in 1965