Dictionary definition of modern:
Modern can mean related to current times, but it can also indicate a relationship to a particular set of ideas that, at the time of their development, were new or even experimental.
The birth of modernism and modern art is traced back to the period that lasted from the 18th to the 19th century. Prior to the 19th century many artists started to make art about people, places, or ideas that had interested them and the development of their work Modernism also refers to the type of materials and expressing feelings and ideas by creating abstractions and fantasies, rather than displaying what is real and what is the 'norm'. It also consists of a variety of artistic movements such as symbolism, dada, surrealism, futurism and many more... Throughout the movement there are various artists which explore the art movement 'Modernism' these are, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. However, some of the artists experimented with the expression uses of colour, non-traditional materials and new techniques and mediums. Collage was one of the ' Great Modernists Inventions.
Vincent Van Gogh: The church at Auvers. An oil painting painted in June 1890.
Paul Cezanne: The Gardanne. An oil painting painted in the Autumn of 1885-86
Paul Gauguin: Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? Painted in 1897
Georges Seurat: A Sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte. Created in 1884-86
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: At the Moulin Rouge. Created in 1892-95.
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