Neoprimitivism and Modernism

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Neoprimitivismand Modernism
David Couch
Michael Hamm
Jesse McKernan
Andrew Cogswell

• Walt Whiteside

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• I see the world as hard-edged, filled with lines
  and angles. And I see it as wild raging and
  hideous, and only occasionally beautiful. The
  world fills me with disgust more often than it
  fills me with joy.
• -Jacob Kahn.

Portrait of Aleksei Kruchenykh Mikhail Larionov
darkened from original
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Modernism

• Derived from turn of the century thought.
• Rejection of idealism/realism
• Prevalent until post WWII

The Fiddler Marc Chagall 1913 Oil on canvas 188
x 158 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Neoprimitivism

• Bold and striking colors
• Original designs
• Expressive
• One dimensional no depth or perspective
• Distorts reality

The Gate Hans Hoffman 1959-1960 Collection Oil
on canvas 75 x 48.5 inches Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum
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Piet Mondrian

• Born March 7, 1872
• Died February 1, 1944
• Born in Amersfoot in the Netherlands
• Moved to Paris in 1912
• Experimented with the style Neo-Plasticism
• Moved to New York in 1938

Still Life with Gingerpot II Piet Mondrian 1912
Oil on canvas, 37 1/2 x 47 1/8 inches. Solomon
R. Guggenheim Museum.
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Composition 10
Piet Mondrian
1939-1942 Oil on canvas, 80 x 73 cm Private
collection.

• Simple
• Mostly white, with hints of color.
• Very geometric.
• Basic Elements are all present
• Effective

Effective
Mostly White, Hints of Color
Simple
Very Geometric
And yes, Mrs. Huddleston,
Basic Elements
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Wed like it in our bathroom.
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Chagall

• Born a Russian Jew in 1887
• His father disproved when in 1907 he began to
  study art.
• In 1922 He settled permanently in France.
• 1941-1948 He lived in the U.S due to WWII.
• One of few, His work was exhibited in the Louvre
  while he was alive.

Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers Marc
Chagall 1912-13 Oil on canvas. 128 x 107 cm.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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Chaga l l
I and the Village
I and the Village Marc Chagall 1911 Oil on
canvas. 191 x 150.5 cm. The Museum of Modern
Arts, New York,
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• I worked for what? For beauty? No for what
  then? For a truth I did not know how to put into
  words.
• -Asher Lev

Revolution David Burliuk 1917 darkened from
original
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Works Cited

• Boguslawski , Alexander. "Russian Paintings". 09
  Sept 2008 lthttp//www.rollins.edu/Foreign_Lang/Ru
  ssian/neoprim.htmlgt.
• "Chagall Paintings". 09 Sept 2008lthttp//www.chaga
  llpaintings.org/index.htmlgt.
• Malyon, John. "ARTCYCLOPEDIA". 09 Sept 2008
  lthttp//www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/chagall_marc
  .htmlgt.

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Works Cited

• "Marc Chagall". Artists Rights Society . 09 Sept
  2008 lthttp//www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/malek/Chagal.
  htmlgt.
• "Neo-primitivism". Answers Corporation. 09 Sept
  2008 lthttp//www.answers.com/topic/neo-primitivism
  gt.