This blog will showcase a few of my artist copies that I did at home based of the work I saw at the Tate. me drawing them out helped me develop and understanding and awareness of the pieces and the artist as I had to overcome the struggles and share the same accomplishment as the artists when completing these copies
Here are all the Images I took at the Tate modern to be used as primary research towards my project 
Within this blog, I am going to showcase the magazine writeup that I created in photoshop. The artist I chose to study and portray in my magazine page was Marcel Duchamp. I chose him because I really believe he shows such dedication to the industry of art. He changed how art was seen in his time and to the initiative to modernize his work by being inspired by the changing world around him.
My magazine writeup on Marcel.
To create this layout I did the following I first added a grid layout to my work, this isn’t necessary however I would greatly recommend it if you are doing vector based work.
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Within this blog I will be researching and explaining various art movements, their motivations, the artists likened with each movement and finally a personal response to my view on each movement.
Art Deco
Art Deco Also known as Deco Is A certain style of visual art and architecture that came alight right before the first world war in France. Art Deco was responsible and influenced the design of buildings, furniture, jewelry, fashion, and most everyday items. During the 1930s The style developed in the rest of Europe and the United States which was only a mere 10 years after the style first arose in France. The Art Deco The Art Deco movement revolved around strong geometric shapes. examples vary from fabrics to flooring to wallpaper, patterns feature rectangular and curved lines and lastly details that catch the users eye. movement revolved around strong geometric shapes. From fabrics to flooring to wallpaper, patterns feature rectangular and curved lines and details that catch the eye and steal the show.
Tamara de Lempicka
Tamara de Lempicka was a Polish painter who studies and spent her life working in France and the United States. She was born on 16 May 1898 in Warsaw Poland and past away 18 March 1980, in Mexico. I bring up Lempicka and her work as she was a highly relevant artist when it came to the style of Art Deco, in fact, she is best known for her work in Art Deco portraits of aristocrats and the wealthy, I personally enjoy her work. I think her style is very clear and straight to the point, using sharp edges and clear lines to convey this. Since she drew topics that were not hard-hitting or out of the ordinary I believe her work was not seen as controversial.
Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture and applied art, The style started years ago in 1861 England, the most industrialized country at the time. Art Nouveau appeared in a wide variety of strands, and, consequently, it is known by various names, such as the Glasgow Style, or, in the German-speaking world, Jugendstil. Art Nouveau was aimed at modernizing design as well as seeking to escape the historical styles that had previously been popular. For this style to work artists tended to draw inspiration from both organic and geometric forms, to help elevate there work. Aswell s this The emphasis on contours took dominance over color, which was usually represented with a color scheme such as muted greens, browns, yellows, and blues. Personally, I myself dislike this style and `I never found it as exciting or eye-catching as other styles of art,. I say this due to major factors such as a dull color scheme, I feel using earthy colors like moss green, brown and muddy yellow doesn’t elevate the drawings but in turn makes them less noticeable, and not as unique, to me they feel almost bland, I fell when looking at Art Nouveau that I am reading an old and stained book that I found lying somewhere in the library, this, in turn, puts me off.
Example of what art Nouveau looks like to me.
CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH, the Scottish architect, was born in Glasgow in 1868, died on 10 December. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism AND HE Practiced Art nouveau heavily. Mackintosh never allowed the organic qualities of art nouveau to dominate his work as did his Continental contemporaries, He disciplined its growth forms thus defining the area of design within a strict structural framework. Below are examples of his art nouveau work.
Cubism
Cubism was a revolutionary new approach to representing reality invented in around 1907–08 by artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. the aim of this technique was for the paintings to feel and look fragmented and almost split apart. The reasoning behind this was that cubism was, in fact, the art of artists placing many objects and themes together in the same painting/ picture, almost like a college. Cubism has developed two different variations. Analytical and Synthetic Cubism.
synthetic cubism
an early 20th-century style and movement in art, especially painting, in which perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned and use was made of simple geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and, later, college.
Analytical cubism
Analytical Cubism was first highlighted in 1908 to 1912, this cubism was aimed to be more abstract by utilizing characteristics such as multiple viewpoints and overlapping planes.
Personally, I enjoy practicing and analyzing this style a lot. I believe cubism whether it is analytical, or synthetic allows for a lot of creative freedom. there’s not one way of drawing Cubism and I believe that freedom enables artists to express a canvas of limitless possibilities by piecing different objects and themes together as mentioned earlier.
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Ruiz Picasso born 25 October 1881 in Malaga Spain- 1971 France was a Spanish Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright and in my personal opinion a pioneer of painting, in fact, one of the best of his time and now, What you may have not known tho is that during Picasso’s career he was heavily invested and inspired by cubism, many f his work showcases this style heavily and below are examples of some.
As you can see from Picasso’s work he involved himself heavily with cubism creating pieces with disjointed and abstract components and meshed them together.
Fun Facts
His father starting teaching the young Picasso at the age of 7 and in fact, Picasso painted his first painting at the age of 9, and During WW2 the Nazis would not allow Picasso to display his paintings in Germany.
Expressionism
Expressionism is a modernist movement, firstly created for poetry and painting. the origins stemmed from Germany at the beginning of the 20th century roughly around 1912. As quoted by Wassily Kandinsky Cossacks Expressionism refers to art in which the image of reality is distorted in order to make it expressive of the artist’s inner feelings or ideas, its main goal is to allow the paintings to speak for themselves, artists that paint in expressionism tend to pour there soul out the canvas in abstract ways, usually using a color scheme or theme to project their emotion. paintings that demonstrate this, in my opinion, are under Snow created by ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER. You see his joy and happiness for this piece projected in his work. He uses a light color scheme including mainly positively expressive colors such as pink and yellow to emphasize the theme within his painting as well as showing the location that he drew correlates to good memories he may have had.
In addition to this my personal favorite and in my opinion the most well-known expressionist painting is the Scream created by Edvard Munch in 1893. The dark shades of color he uses in this piece, as well as the distorted and messy lines, show the inner torment within man, and the conflict that modern men have today.
Futurism
Futurism was an art movement developed by the Italians of the early twentieth century that aimed to capture in art the dynamism and energy of the modern world. it emphasized speed, technology, youth, violence, all factors that emphasize the future, and as Italians were very aware and influenced by the mysteries of the future they decided to pour out their thoughts on canvases. Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti launched futurism in 1909. On 20 February publishing his Manifesto of Futurism on the front page of the Paris newspaper Le Figaro.
Futurist painting is mostly composed of neo-impressionism and cubism to produce compositions that showcased the idea of the dynamism, the energy, and fast-paced movement, of the future. artists associated with futurism were Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Gino Severini.
Dada or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, approximately created in 1916 during the First World War, its cause was to capture the negative reaction to the horrors and folly of the war. The art, poetry, and performance produced by Dada artists are often satirical and nonsensical in nature. As art in those time was beginning to become stale and used artists sought to find a new style heir aim was to destroy traditional values in art and to create new art to replace the old. As the artist, Hans Arp later wrote:
Revolted by the butchery of the 1914 World War, we in Zurich devoted ourselves to the arts. While the guns rumbled in the distance, we sang, painted, made collages and wrote poems with all our might.
Artists that practiced Dedism
Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp
Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp was a French-American painter, sculptor, chess player, Duchamp was born on 28 July 1887 France- 2 October 1968 France. Duchamp was a pioneer of dada, a movement that questioned long-held assumptions about what art should be, and how it should be made, as mentioned before. In the years immediately after the events of World War I, Duchamp found success as a painter in Paris, however eventually his success didn’t last long, he soon gave up painting almost entirely, explaining, “I was interested in ideas—not merely in visual products.” he lived off that and excelled,he knew this wasn’t his life calling and decided to change styles entirely keeping up with the times he was living in and adapting to the changes happening around him.
Seeking an alternative to representing objects in the paint Duchamp began presenting objects themselves as art. He selected mass-produced, available, objects, labeling and conveying them in an artistic and creative way and eventually giving them titles.
Fountain 1917,
As you can see he has utilized everyday items like a drinking fountain, and in fact, shifted its look to fit that of a canvas. something as simple as taking a photo of a fountain and placing it on a blank back background, in fact, has so much depth and feel. This type of art was rarely if not ever seen during the early 20th century and because of that Duchamp Revamped how art was perceived.
To conclude I enjoy this style heavily. I appreciate how creative it is, and I understand the impact it had on the art community during the time. This movement helped modernize art and really added an extra layer of creativity using everyday items as a canvas.
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. Surrealism stemmed and was influenced by Dadaism and in turn, has flourished to the art style that is well known today. Surrealism explored the workings of the mind, challenging the irrational, the poetic and the revolutionary arts.
surrealism aimed to revolutionize human experience, refusing to see life in a rational vision of life and in favor pinpointed a life that asserted the value of the unconscious and dreams. The movement’s poets and artists found magic and strange beauty in the unexpected and the uncanny, the rejected and mystical to be key factors of there work and as you will see these factors are shown with these pieces.
The picture above is a perfect example of surrealism, and in fact is one of my personal favorites. firstly the color scheme alone portrays a mystical and informal journey. Using mystical colors such as gold and light blue really define these factors. Now on to the canvas itself firstly the backdrop portrays something more, something you cant obtains in life, its depicted as a fantasy like dream almost, the blue sky reaching across the beautiful mountain spectacles exaggerate this. Then you next have the giant hand in the middle that is holding in place a golden egg. Mow off course you would never see such a thing in real life but as this is Surrealism anything is possible and I believe this is the motto that the artists live by, You see examples of Surrealism nowadays as well, as they are incorporated in various media outlets such as games/shows and movies. A perfect example of this is the lord of the rings series by Peter Jackson. since Tolkien created a universe heavily surrounded by fantasy the making of the films required extensive research and concept art to showcase what Middle-earth would look like. These are the images.
Now as you can see from these images these paintings follow more of fantasy criteria then surrealism however that isn’t to say that these artists haven’t incorporated elements of surrealism such as the color scheme using colors again such as gold and bronze, as well as implementing objects for living things that are out of the norm.
Modernism
modernism is a movement that along with cultural trends, came alight from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. the movement sought a new alignment with the experience of modern industrial life at the time. , artists around the world began to use new imagery, materials, and techniques to create pieces that better interpreted the progress and hopes of modern societies. By the 1960s modernism had become a realistic idea of art, the modernist painting had been crafted by the highly influential American critic Clement Greenberg. A reaction then took place which was quickly identified as postmodernism.
Although many different styles are produced by the term, there are certain aspects and characteristics that set apart other art from modernist art. A detail of history and various values (such as a realistic depiction of subjects that have occurred in the past.
Key artists who studied Modernism
Alphonse Legros, Claude Monet Paul Gauguin
An artist who stands out from the rest for me is Ben Nicholson. I say this due to the following, Nicholson really embraced the movement of modernism and that enthusiasm and passion for the art really shined through his work. He would use and implement materials and instruments that were available or quote on quote modern at the time to his disposal to create pieces that portrayed the cultural changes happening around him at the time. Nicholson was very aware of the changes happening around him, He understood that the word was developing and in realizing that he decided to also change his art and this is why he stands out to me as an excellent modernist artist. Below are examples of his work.
Pop Art
Pop art is A more recent art movement from the ones mentioned earlier, It, in fact, emerged in the United Kingdom and the United States during the mid- to late-1950s. The movement presented a fresh face to traditions of fine art by adding imagery from popular and mass cultures, such as advertising, comic books, and mundane cultural objects. The movement, in fact, gained so much reputation during the 60s that Different cultures and countries contributed to the movement heavily adding and improving the movement.
The reason I thoroughly enjoy this style of art to this day and in fact is my favorite movement on this is list is simple, Pop art was more of a statement than an art, it began as a revolt against the dominant approaches to art and culture and traditional views on what art should be. Pop art changed the way art was viewed and added a unique and almost childlike twist to the culture which I respect heavily. Personally for me I can relate to the topic of art much more due to the impact Pop art had on me and the world, Pop art grabbed my attention with its quirky cartoonish style, as well as its sharp bold lines, The movement wasn’t trying to be something or restrict itself to the limitations of what art was “supposed to be like” it was expressive and fun, and that’s what are needed to be at that time.
Young artists felt that what they were taught at art school and what they saw in museums did not have anything to do with their lives or the things they saw around them consistently ., they instead turned to materials such as Hollywood movies, advertising, product packaging, pop music and comic books for their imagery.
Jack Kirby
Jack “King” Kirby was an American comic book artist, writer, and editor, widely regarded as one of the medium’s major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators.`Born 28 August 1917 NYC – 6 February 1994 He grew up in New York City and learned to draw cartoon figures by tracing characters from comic strips and editorial cartoons. Later on in his life, he met a man named stan lee and co-founded Marvel, which is now grossing to be the most successful comic book franchise worldwide. When it comes to pop art Jack Kirby stands out to me for many reasons, Firstly I actually have examples of his work in my room, he and stan lee produced phenomenal comics such as fantastic 4 and Spiderman which were and still are wildly popular to this day, As well as the plot and storytelling is amazing for its time the success of Spiderman came from the unique art style that was just now becoming popular. During the 60s spiderman was the staple of comic books and that was the time pop art was flourishing, Kirby used vibrant in your face colors and heavy black lines to allow the comics to come alike, his style was suited for all ages and was very pleasing for the eye. Along with fantastic 4 and spiderman Kirby has contributed and been an advisor to Marvel until his death in 1994 and is regarded as an iconic pop culture artist.
Conclusion
To conclude studying and gaining knowledge on each individual art type and the history behind them has opened my eyes to the study of art as a whole. I have learned that there are some styles that attract to me heavily such as pop art and modernism, and some I don’t like such as Art nouveau.
What is Christie’s?
Christie’s is an art museum that contains expensive artworks. They also do an auction for upper-class people who wish to purchase these paintings.
How much is Mark Rothko’s White Centre?
It cost 72 million dollars, however, to be more precise, it is at 72 million and 840 thousands dollars. Mark Rothko’s White Centre is a painting; people wanted this artwork as it was considered to be the 10th best painting ever made.
How did they earn their wealth?
oil and banking.
In 1960 how much did he pay for White Centre?
He paid 10,000
Who are the current owners?
The owners are unknown
The massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens is worth what?
over $76,000000
Where are the majority of old master paintings?
in museums
How did Ken Thomson earn his wealth?
Ken Thomson, built a global media empire that is mentioned in the Times aswell as the Sunday Times.
How much did he pay for Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens?
49 million and 500 thousand pounds
What number on the rich list of people in Britain is Jeffrey Archer?
583rd richest person in Britain.
How much is Monet Water Lily Pond worth?
$80,379,591.
How many years did Monet spend painting this water lily pond:
26 years to produce
What is the most popular postcard sold in the National Gallery?
vase filled with sunflowers that were produced by Vincent Van Gogh.
How much did Au Moulin de la Galette by Renoir sell for?
it was sold for $78,100,000.
How much did Portrait of Dr Gachet by Van Gogh sell for?
Portrait of Dr Gachet” made by Van Gogh was sold for $82,500,000.
Who bought them?
No one knew if Ryoei Saito (Paper Tycoon) had bought art pieces from Van Gogh and Renoir as he kept hidden even from his family.
What is rumoured to have happened to the painting ‘Portrait of Dr Gachet’ by Van Gogh owned by a Japanese businessman, Ryoei Saito?
people speculated that he had burned the piece with him to his grave, alternatively he had sold the painting to pay off his debt.
How much was Francis Bacon Triptych sold for?
it was sold off for $86,281,000.
Who bought it?
Roman Abramovich brought the piece.
Adele Bloch-Bauer II (2) by Gustav Klimt was sold for?
Gustav Klimt has sold “Adele Bloch-Bauer” for $87,936,000.
What is restitution art?
Restitution art means that an art piece is brought back to the original owner of the artwork that was taken from them
Dora Maar Au Chat by Picasso sold for?
was sold for $95,216,000
How old was Picasso when he painted the boy with a pipe?
24
How much did it sell for?
it has been auctioned for $104,168,000.
What did Steve Wynn do to his Picasso painting, Le Rêve?
he had decided to sell the painting for 139 million dollars for the Le Reve ( The Dream). However, he put his elbow through the canvas and thus the auction was off
How many items did Victor and Sally Ganz sell at their auction?
29 items
What did Victor Ganz do for a living?
Victor was a jewellery businessman.
How much did Nude, Green Leaves and Bust by Picasso sell for?
the price was $106,482,500.
Who is standing next to the painting below
arie-Thérèse Walter was Picasso’s mistress.
How old was Picasso when he painted it?
87 years old.
Patrick Heron= Patrick Heron CBE was a British abstract and figurative artist, critic, writer, and polemicist, Heron was recognised as one of the leading painters of his generation showcasing very vibrant and outgoing work that should lift the soul
Francis bacon/ Peter Blake =Francis Bacon was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his emotionally charged raw imagery, fixation on personal motifs, and heavy experimentation. He believed life was full of pain and suffering and is shown through his work,
Richard Hamilton = Richard William Hamilton CH was an English painter and collage artist. He grew famous for infamous pieces such as 1955 exhibition Man, Machine and Motion.
Gilbert and George = Gilbert Prousch, sometimes referred to as Gilbert Proesch and George Passmore, are two artists who work together as the collaborative art duo Gilbert & George. They often describe themselves as Respectable, in your face, pure, weird and normal, and you see all those points portrayed in there work.
Tracy Emin =Tracey Emin, CBE, RA is an English artist known for her autobiographical and confessional artwork. She was very involved with her work and herself, and in the past has stated her biggest selling point to be herself. her work was extremely experimental and expressive often being linked with sex and topics that were seen as taboo.
Grayson Perry = Grayson Perry CBE RA is an English contemporary artist. He is known for his ceramic vases, tapestries and cross-dressing, Perry had strong views on what he felt life was about in this day in age stating that life heavily revolves around meaningless shopping these days which is sad.
1) Rationing is the controlled distribution of resources and food.
2)displays fortitude and stoicism in the face of, or exercises great self-restraint in the expression of emotion.
3) Abstract art is a form of art which is known as more expressive and creative then linear art. Its known to not be visually clear however an artist would use certain shapes, patterns, and colours to display their emotions, convictions.
4) Post–war is used to describe things that happened, existed, or were made in the period immediately after a war
5) a picture or relief carving on three panels
Patrick Heron
This piece shows Patrick Heron’s personality in a nutshell. The messiness of his work shows his creative nature, If you notice his lines and circles aren’t neat and crisp but loosely drawn like a kid drew this, showing his free nature, as well as this his colours scheme is bright and vibrant showing a happier side.
Francis Bacon
This piece is one of many of bacon work, showcasing very dark and decrepit tones of colours, mainly sticking with monotone colours. He splashes his colours around the canvas replicating an eerie vibe to his painting. The fact that the mans face is cover in black shows Francis inner struggle, his view on society that put in sticky situation mankind will revolt to being animalistic and vulgar.
Richard Hamilton
Hamiltons pieces are portrayed as very sharp and linear. He separates his work with shark edges and colours,
Gilbert and George
This piece truly shows the duos boyish and daring nature of the character, During a time of economic shock these two broke the boundary of art and expressed there work in a very outgoing manner.
Tracy Emin
Emmins work was seen as truly controversial, Knowing this I honestly respect her as an artist and her work, I respect that she attempted and achieved to break down the barriers of taboo topics such as sex and sin, She wasn’t afraid to be herself and her work depicted that with her very gritty and graphic pieces.
Grayson Perry
Out of all the artists on this List, Perry is my favorite. HIs work is very broad and extreme, work such as map of days being extremely detailed and showcasing a bird eye view captivates me and keeps me digging and analysing the sheer amount of detail, whereas his more abstract work showcases his view on life today and you get a great sense of his displeasure and amusement with modern British culture.
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