Intro to Modern Art History
Braque, Georges - The Little Bay at La Ciotat (...
Georges Braque was a house painter. He ditched Impressionist rules. He went to La Ciotat in 1907 to tear art...
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Braque, Georges - Landscape at L’Estaque (1906)
Georges Braque went to L’Estaque to torch the past. He ignored pretty postcard views. The sun there was a physical...
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Sérusier, Paul - The Talisman (1888)
Paul Sérusier didn't mean to shatter art. He just painted on a cigar box lid in Brittany. Gauguin told him...
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Sérusier, Paul - Portrait of Paul Ranson (1890)
Sérusier didn't paint Ranson for a hobby. He painted him because the old world was rotting. The Nabis were ready...
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Ranson, Paul - Witches Around the Fire (1891)
Paul Ranson didn't just paint witches. He invited them into his studio. His Nabis crew wanted spirit. They ditched dull...
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Ranson, Paul - Two Acts (1890)
Ranson didn't care about your living room's depth. He and the Nabis were hacking reality. They turned art into a...
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Ranson, Paul - Tiger in the Jungle (1893)
Paul Ranson stripped the jungle's predator. He created rhythm. Parisian artists in 1893 looked East. The Nabis rejected Impressionism's messy...
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Ranson, Paul - The Sorcerer and Black Cat (1893)
Paul Ranson lived in the shadows. He and the Nabis rejected bright Impressionism. They craved the occult. The Sorcerer and...
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Ranson, Paul - Picking Flowers (1890)
Ranson didn't paint pretty flowers. He painted a revolution. French art was stuck in lies. Depth and perspective were Kingmakers....
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Ranson, Paul - The Lotus Bather (1906)
Paul Ranson didn’t paint bathers because he loved the water. He needed to hide. The Nabis rejected stale realism. No...
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