European Art

In European art in the late 18th and early 19th centuries there appeared a group of artists who followed their feelings and ... rather than logical thought or reason, and who preferred wild, natural beauty to things made by man.

Realism followed Romanticism in the 19th century.

… paintings show things as they really are, as they appear to most people.

In the 20th century there appeared such art movements as Impressionism, Surrealism, such styles as … and Expressionism.

Impressionism was founded in France in the1870s by Claude Monet and his friends. They painted outdoors and a sketchy, impressionistic’ style, trying to capture the changing … of natural light.

Surrealism appeared in the 20th century. Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte were famous … .

In their works they used strange dreamlike … .

Pablo Picasso became one of the most famous modern artists, working in many different styles from delicate pastels to striking Cubist … where he wasn’t trying to create lifelike pictures.

He distorted space and broke things up into angular … . This style became known as Cubism.

At the beginning of the 20th century in Germany there developed a style known as Expressionism. Expressionist artists use exaggerated shapes and … to try to convey feelings, as in the works of Edward Munch.

Abstract art became popular in the 20th century. It doesn’t mirror real people or things, but is an … of shapes and colours