1940’s Art “To us, art is an adventure into an unknown world of the imagination which is fancy-free and violently opposed to common sense. There is no such thing as a good painting about nothing. We assert that the subject is critical.”(Campbell) Art is a type of communication. It speaks to you by thoughts or experiences you may have had in your life. It can be dark and deadly or bright and happy. Any memory or any moment can affect your mood on what you create. By looking at paintings, sculptures and other forms of art you just feel a certain way. The political and historical events of the 1940’s changed art in a positive way.
The Holocaust, the Jews, Hitler and all of that big mess, including the technological inventions of making computers were a big part of this decade. Germany bombed parts of Europe, including other civil populations, this caused World War II which happened in the time from 1939 to 1945 and became one of the most tragic wars we had. Several artists from Europe moved to America due to them getting bombed (Wheeler 41). America never was big on art, Paris was always more popular because there are great artists making wonderful artwork in Europe's famous galleries (“American Art and Architecture”). …show more content…
Abstract art was important and became one of the biggest changes in the art of the 1940’s. Regionalism and Social Realism were popular in the 1930’s and a small portion of the 1940’s Abstract Expressionism art had two types called gesture and color (Campbell). The gesture was more energetic and basically all over the place while color had to do with more focus. “Imaginary was primarily abstract.”(Campbell) “Peggy Guggenheim opens the gallery art of the century in New York.”(Campbell) The museum was filled with surrealist and abstract. Throughout many years, art and artists have brought about the enormous growth of popularity in the
The Holocaust, the Jews, Hitler and all of that big mess, including the technological inventions of making computers were a big part of this decade. Germany bombed parts of Europe, including other civil populations, this caused World War II which happened in the time from 1939 to 1945 and became one of the most tragic wars we had. Several artists from Europe moved to America due to them getting bombed (Wheeler 41). America never was big on art, Paris was always more popular because there are great artists making wonderful artwork in Europe's famous galleries (“American Art and Architecture”). …show more content…
Abstract art was important and became one of the biggest changes in the art of the 1940’s. Regionalism and Social Realism were popular in the 1930’s and a small portion of the 1940’s Abstract Expressionism art had two types called gesture and color (Campbell). The gesture was more energetic and basically all over the place while color had to do with more focus. “Imaginary was primarily abstract.”(Campbell) “Peggy Guggenheim opens the gallery art of the century in New York.”(Campbell) The museum was filled with surrealist and abstract. Throughout many years, art and artists have brought about the enormous growth of popularity in the