As the European public grew increasingly hard to scandalize, Duchamp crossed the Atlantic to stir up more trouble.
A-Level: The female figure in modern art
Kirchner’s claustrophobic city scene reflects on a culture where everything is for sale.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Street, Berlin
“Wearing” would be much too strong a word for this woman’s relationship to her shirt.
Amedeo Modigliani, Young Woman in a Shirt
Jawlensky rejected the principles of his arts education in order to embrace Expressionism at its most extreme.
Alexej von Jawlensky, Young Girl in a ...
The architectural forms of a dream are constructed as a stage set, ready to be taken apart and reconfigured.
Alberto Giacometti, The Palace at 4 a.m.
Matisse borrows brushwork technique from his pal Signac—but don’t call him a Pointillist just yet.
Henri Matisse, Luxe, calme et volupté
Kirchner defines his city with only the figures: there is not a building in view.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Street, Dresden
Picasso loved the magic of illusionism—but here, he shatters it.
Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
You know that painting from third grade your mom won’t take off the fridge? This is different. Mostly.
Henri Matisse, Dance I
Though its languid poses reference Titian, this was regarded as the most radical painting of its day.
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