non-objective art

rene magritte

Belgian surrealist painter (1898-1967), paints in a very realist way, but tricks your mind using eveyday things in weird ways

Piet Mondrian

A Dutch-born twentieth-century artist known for his geometric paintings characterized by perpendicular lines and planes of pure primary colors. Influenced by cubism, he created a style called "neoplasticism," which he used in works such as Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue and Broadway Boogie Woogie.

wassily kandinsky

was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist. One of the most famous 20th-century artists, he is credited with painting the first modern abstract works.

marcel duchamp

French artist who immigrated to the United States; a leader in the Dada movement in New York City; was first to exhibit commonplace objects as art (1887-1968)

Frida Kahlo

Mexican painter; international popularity with self-portraits; was married to Diego Rivera; influenced by Rivera, shared his Communist views

Kasimir malevich

Russian who invented Suprematism

surrealism

a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of Dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams

salvador dali

a Spanish (Catalan) artist and one of the most important painters of the 20th century. He was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking, bizarre, and beautiful images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters

dada

a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century