Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) - France (Le Cateau-Cambrésis)
Expressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Abstract Expressionism, Post Impressionism, Realism, Naive Art / Primitivism
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (French: [ɑ̃ʁi emil bənwɑ matis] 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter. Matisse is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso, as one of the a......
Piet Mondrian (1872 - 1944) - Netherlands (Amersfoort)
Neoplasticism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Post Impressionism, Modernism
Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan, after 1906 Piet Mondrian (/ˈmɔːndriˌɑːn, ˈmɒn-/ Dutch: [ˈpit ˈmɔndrijaːn], later [ˈmɔndrijɑn] 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), was a Dutch painter and theoretician who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He is known for being one of the pioneers of 20th century abstract art, as he changed his a......
Joan Miró (1893 - 1983) - Spain (Barcelona)
Abstract Art, Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism, Suprematism, Cubism, Fauvism, Modernism, Naive Art / Primitivism, Realism
Joan Miró i Ferrà (Catalan: [ʒuˈam miˈɾo j fəˈra] 20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive city of P......
Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) - Belarus (Liozna)
Naive Art / Primitivism, Surrealism, Cubism, Primitivism, Expressionism, Fauvism
Marc Zakharovich Chagall (/ʃəˈɡɑːl/ shə-GAHL [nb 1] born Moishe Zakharovich Shagal 6 July [O.S. 24 June] 1887 – 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin. An early modernist, he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in virtually every artistic format, including painting, book illustrations,......
Marcel Duchamp (1887 - 1968) - France (Blainville-Crevon)
Expressionism, Naive Art / Primitivism, Surrealism, Dadaism, Op Art, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Fauvism, Symbolism, Op-Art, Conceptual Art, Dada
Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (French: [maʁsɛl dyʃɑ̃] 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French-American painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, conceptual art, and Dada, although he was careful about his use of the term Dada and was not directly associated with Dada groups. Duchamp is commonly regarded, al......
Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) - France (Paris)
Impressionism, Realism, Neo-Classicism, Fauvism
Edgar Degas (US: /deɪˈɡɑː/ or UK: /ˈdeɪɡɑː/ born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, French: [ilɛːʁ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɛdɡaʁ də ɡɑ] 19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917) was a French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings. He is especially identified with the subject of dance more than half of his works depict dancers. He is regarded as one of......
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (1878 - 1935) - Ukraine (Kiev Governorate Of Russian Empire)
Suprematism, Cubism, Geometric Abstract Art, Expressionism, Fauvism, Symbolism, Abstract Art, Pointillism, Cubo-Futurism, Naive Art / Primitivism, Post-Impressionism, Neo-Classicism, Realism, Constructivism, Post Impressionism, Neo Suprematism
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich[nb 1] (February 23 [O.S. 11] 1879 –May 15, 1935) was a Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist, whose pioneering work and writing had a profound influence on the development of non-objective, or abstract art, in the 20th century. His concept of Suprematism sought to develop a form of expression that moved as far as......
Georges Braque (1882 - 1963) - France (Argenteuil)
Cubism, Synthetic Cubism, Fauvism, Analytical Cubism, Expressionism, Realism, Abstract Art
Georges Braque (/brɑːk/ French: [bʁak] 13 May 1882 – 31 August 1963) was a major 20th-century French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. His most important contributions to the history of art were in his alliance with Fauvism from 1906, and the role he played in the development of Cubism. Braque’s work between 1908 and 1912 is......
Pyotr Konchalovsky (1876 - 1956) - Russia (Kharkov)
Fauvism, Cubism, Realism, Socialist Realism, Post-Impressionism, Art Nouveau
Pyotr Konchalovsky (Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky, Russian: Пётр Петро́вич Кончало́вский 21 February 1876 – 2 February 1956) was a Russian painter, a member of the Jack of Diamonds group. Pyotr Konchalovsky was born in the village of Slavianka, Kharkov gubernia (currently Ukraine) on 21 February 1876. His father was an art publisher. In 1889, the Kon......
Max Beckmann (1884 - 1950) - Germany (Leipzig)
Cubism, Expressionism, Fauvism, Verism
Max Beckmann (February 12, 1884 – December 27, 1950) was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement. In the 1920s, he was associated with the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit), an outgrowth of Expressionism that opposed its introve......
August Macke (1887 - 1914) - Germany (Meschede)
Expressionism, Orphism, Fauvism
August Macke (3 January 1887 – 26 September 1914) was a German Expressionist painter. He was one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). He lived during a particularly innovative time for German art: he saw the development of the main German Expressionist movements as well as the arrival of the su......
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André Derain (1880 - 1954) - France (Chatou)
Fauvism, Naive Art / Primitivism, Expressionism, Cubism, Post-Impressionism
André Derain (French: [dəʁɛ̃] 10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. Derain was born in 1880 in Chatou, Yvelines, Île-de-France, just outside Paris. In 1895 Derain began to study on his own, contrary to claims that meeting Vlaminck or Matisse began his efforts to paint, ......
Francis Picabia (1879 - 1953) - France (Paris)
Surrealism, Dadaism, Kitsch, Dada, Expressionism, Cubism, Abstract Art, Fauvism, Divisionism
Francis Picabia (French: [fʁɑ̃sis pikabja] born Francis-Marie Martinez de Picabia, 22 January 1879 – 30 November 1953) was a French avant-garde painter, poet and typographist. After experimenting with Impressionism and Pointillism, Picabia became associated with Cubism. His highly abstract planar compositions were colourful and rich in contrasts. H......
Raoul Dufy (1877 - 1953) - France (Le Havre)
Naive Art / Primitivism, Fauvism, Cubism, Post-Impressionism
Raoul Dufy (French: [ʁa.ul dy.fi] 3 June 1877 – 23 March 1953) was a French Fauvist painter, brother of Jean Dufy. He developed a colorful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs of ceramics and textiles, as well as decorative schemes for public buildings. He is noted for scenes of open-air social events. He was also a draftsman, prin......
David Davidovich Burliuk (1882 - 1967) -
Post-Impressionism, Realism, Naive Art / Primitivism, Futurism, Primitivism, Cubo-Futurism, Cubo Futurism, Fauvism, Surrealism, Abstract Art
David Davidovich Burliuk (Ukrainian: Дави́д Дави́дович Бурлю́к 21 July 1882 – 15 January 1967) was a Ukrainian Futurist, Neo-Primitivist, book illustrator, publicist, and author associated with Russian Futurism. Burliuk is often described as "the father of Russian Futurism." David Burliuk was born in 1882 in Semyrotivka near the village of Riabushk......
Georges Rouault (1871 - 1958) - France (Paris)
Fauvism, Fauvism
Georges Henri Rouault (French: [ʒɔʁʒ ʁuo] 27 May 1871, Paris – 13 February 1958) was a French painter, draughtsman, and printer, whose work is often associated with Fauvism and Expressionism. Rouault was born in Paris into a poor family. His mother encouraged his love for the arts, and in 1885 the fourteen-year-old Rouault embarked on an apprentice......
Maurice De Vlaminck (1876 - 1958) - France (Paris)
Fauvism, Fauvism
Maurice de Vlaminck (4 April 1876 – 11 October 1958) was a French painter. Along with André Derain and Henri Matisse he is considered one of the principal figures in the Fauve movement, a group of modern artists who from 1904 to 1908 were united in their use of intense colour. Vlaminck was one of the Fauves at the controversial Salon d'Automne exhi......
Albert Marquet (1875 - 1947) - France (Bordeaux)
Fauvism, Fauvism
Albert Marquet (27 March 1875 – 14 June 1947) was a French painter, associated with the Fauvist movement. He initially became one of the Fauve painters and a lifelong friend of Henri Matisse. Marquet subsequently painted in a more naturalistic style, primarily landscapes, but also several portraits and, between 1910 and 1914, several female nude pa......
Roger De La Fresnaye (1885 - 1925) - France (Le Mans)
Cubism, Expressionism, Fauvism, Symbolism
Roger de La Fresnaye (French: [ʁɔʒe də la fʁɛnɛ] 11 July 1885 – 27 November 1925) was a French Cubist painter. La Fresnaye was born in Le Mans where his father, an officer in the French army, was temporarily stationed. The La Fresnayes were an aristocratic family whose ancestral home, the Château de La Fresnaye, is in Falaise. His education was cla......
Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova (1881 - 1962) - Russia (Nagaevo)
Cubo-Futurism, Fauvism, Futurism, Post-Impressionism
Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova (Russian: Ната́лья Серге́евна Гончаро́ва, IPA: [nɐˈtalʲjə sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvnə ɡəntɕɐˈrovə] July 3, 1881 – October 17, 1962) was a Russian avant-garde artist, painter, costume designer, writer, illustrator, and set designer. She was a founding member of both the Jack of Diamonds, Moscow's first radical independent exhibiting g......
Charles Camoin (1879 - 1965) - France (Marseille)
Fauvism, Fauvism
Charles Camoin (French: [kamwɛ̃] 23 September 1879 – 20 May 1965) was a French expressionist landscape painter associated with the Fauves. Born in Marseille, France, Camoin met Henri Matisse in Gustave Moreau's class at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Matisse and his friends (including Camoin, Henri Manguin, Albert Marquet, Georges Rouault, Andr......
Louis Valtat (1869 - 1952) - France (Dieppe)
Fauvism, Fauvism
Louis Valtat (French: [valta] 8 August 1869 – 2 January 1952) was a French painter and printmaker associated with the Fauves ("the wild beasts", so named for their wild use of color), who first exhibited together in 1905 at the Salon d'Automne. He is noted as a key figure in the stylistic transition in painting from Monet to Matisse. Louis Valtat w......