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Modern Art History

Modern Art History Feature Writer: Meg Nola

Social unrest, war, a burning desire to create something new -- all these elements have brought about what we call Modern Art. The 19th, 20th and even 21st centuries have witnessed phenomenal changes in not only art itself, but how we perceive art and artists.

Learn why critics originally called the French Impressionists "lunatics.” Meet Picasso, dream with Chagall, let Dalí’s visions bend your mind, follow the triumphant struggles of African-American painters like Horace Pippin, then tour Edward Hopper’s quietly charged scenes. Glimpse the intensities of Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Rufino Tamayo, or contemplate Pop Art icon Andy Warhol and Expressionist Francis Bacon.

Discover an amazingly diverse roster of artists, and why their works and lives continue to fascinate us.


Feature Writer Articles in Modern Art History

 		Icarus in Art
The brief soaring triumph and crash of Icarus as captured in works by Lord Frederic Leighton, Herbert James Draper, Odilon Redon and Henri Matisse.
Paul Gauguin, Charles Giraud and Tahiti
French artists Charles Giraud and Paul Gauguin each visited Tahiti during the 1800s, but during different decades and for very different reasons.
Tom Thomson's Four Seasons
Tom Thomson is well-known for his mysterious death in 1917, but beyond that legend was an artist who truly loved all seasons of his native Canadian landscape.
Edward Mitchell Bannister
Spurred on by an 1867 newspaper piece stating that "Negroes" had no artistic talent, the mostly self-taught Edward M. Bannister proved otherwise in his respected career.
Shakespearean Scenes in Art
Visions of classic Shakespearean drama by artists Eugène Delacroix, Lord Frederic Leighton, Edwin Austin Abbey and Odilon Redon.
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Contributing Articles in Modern Art History

 		South African Artist Liekie Fouché
South African artist Liekie Fouché depicts Medieval and Renaissance angels in an African landscape.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Architect & Designer
Attending Glasgow Art School part-time, CRM both developed his genius and encountered his lifelong collaborators, the 'Spooks', sisters Frances and Margaret MacDonald.
Picasso, Braque & the Development of Cubism
Through the artistic dialogue between two artistic giants a new artistic style - Cubism was born. It would revolutionize the way the public thought about visual art
Artist Gregg Simpson is Driven to Abstraction
Gregg Simpson's career as a painter spans over four decades and includes work in a variety of genres including surrealism, abstraction, collage, and landscape.
Meanings in Australian Aboriginal Art
Australian Aboriginal art encompasses two major regional styles, both united by certain themes and meanings harkening back to ancient ancestral myths.
Artist Ginny H. Boyd
Ginny Boyd taught art. After a career teaching, she continues to draw what she dreams
Aboriginal Painting
Aboriginal painting, sometimes described as dot painting or desert painting, is a thriving artform rooted in thousands of years of Australia's indigenous culture.
The Glasgow School of Art Centenary
The Mackintosh Building, arguably the best working art school space ever made, is now refurbished with a Mackintosh archive, chair museum and improved shopping facilities
The Pre-Raphaelites
The Pre-Raphaelites were a group of English painters poets and critics founded in 1848. They championed for a more traditional "natural" way of painting.
Art Book Review – Mexican Muralists
Students of Mexican and Latin-American art will find beautiful reproductions and informative essays in this 1993 compendium.
Gericault & The Raft of the "Medusa"
Gericault a French Neo-Baroque painter is most known for this dramatic painting based on actual events.
A Gallery of Nazi Theft
An evil man wanted to make a dream come true, to build a temple for his own art. To do this he had to destroy the dream-world that had turned him down.
ROW: Reflections on Water Forum & Discussion
Touchstones Museum unites Robert Sanford, Julie Castonguay & Eileen Delehanty Pearkes for a Public Forum & Expert Panel on Water Issues in the Columbia Basin, BC.
Artist Henri Patrice Dillon
Active from the late 1870s until his death in 1909, Dillon depicted studio, street, café and theater scenes in the medium of which he was a master: lithography.
Elizabeth Siddal – Pre-Raphaelite Model and Muse
Though she was a poet and artist in her own right, Lizzie Siddal is best known as the idealized model of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
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