Special issue, September 2016

Get an insight intoAmerican Art fromExpressionism to PopArt

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Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock was born on January 28th1912, in Cody in the United States ofAmerica. He was a student in the University ofArt in NYC. Pollock was influenced by LeeKasner and Picasso. His art was called"Dripping Paint". At the end of his life, he fellin alcohol and he had a car accident whichtook him over in his grave in August 11th1956. Jackson's movement was the AbstractExpressionism which grew up in NYC in 40s& 50s. Expressionism translate post-warmood, trauma and also anxiety with profoundemotions.

One of his famous painting "The Deep" waspainted in1953. It's an oil and enamel on canvas.Pollock chose black-white shades with someyellow accents.There's no flashy colors,only colorsin this canvas translate sadness,and refletcs thepainter's misfortune.For this painting, there are many interpretationslike profound void, deep hole or we have viscouscut and also the dying man.All of those interpretations were make by Pollock'slife. He was just ill, and haunted by AbstrackExpressionism. Jackson Pollock had a memorial retrospectiveexhibition and exhibit at the Museum of ModernArt in New York City.

hen Pollock made a painting, he was absolutly in his painting, and he wasnot aware of what he was doing. Tohim, a painting has it own life.

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Jackson Pollock and expressionism

Art

The Begin of Success

The end of the glory

Abstract expressionism grew up in New York in 40's and 50's. It was the theme the most accepted for a group of artist who hadmuch in common like to commit a lot of expressive out with profound emotion and universal themes.

Abstract expressionism gave birth to surrealism which translate post-war mood, anxiety and trauma. The popular artist wereJackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning.

In abstract expressionism, there was two broad groups : those who focused on a gestural application of paint and those whoused large areas of color as the bedrock of their composition.

Jackson Pollock was born on January28, 1912 in Cody (USA). He studies inNew York City and was influenced byPicasso and Muro. Pollock was intodifferent styles and in 1943, he had hisfirst one man show gallery in NewYork City. During the World War 2, hemet fellow artist and his wife who hasbeen the most important influence inhis artistic life. Because of thepressure, he moved from New Yorkand had problem with alcohol.In 1950,he was already a world known artistand started dripping paint ; he getsuccessful again and in July of thisyear, a german photographer filmedhim working in his studio.

But that was a fearing experience forhim so he started to drink again. At thepic of his fame, he suddenlyabandonned the dripping paint.In 1955, he painted his last two workof artand in 1956, he had quit paintingand his marriage. He died on August11 in the same year in a car accident.Pollock was given a memorialretrospective exhibition and expositionat the museum of Modern Art in NewYork City.

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Yellow Islands

Yellow Islands was produced in one of Pollock's last productive years of painting.Made during a period when he was concentrating on black and white pictures. YellowIslands likely began as a purely black canvas. Swift and agressive gestures areinterposed with a large amount of black streaks that was clearly poured onto thecanvas while it was in a vertical position. After allowing a certain amount of stain,Pollock added areas of yellow and crimson with a brush on top of the black. He thenlifted the canvas upright while the paint was still wet, allowing it to run. I don't really

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Pop Art

Pop Art was born in Great Britainand after in the USA in 50s.

Roy Lichtenstein was born on October in1923 in Manhattan. He studied at ArtStudent League. He loved jazz and hehad passion of both of sciences andcomics book. He had two wives DorothyHezka and Isabel Wilson. He died onSeptember the 29 in 1997 at Manhattanof complication of pneumonia. His famous painting was "The car" whois painted in 1963. This is a storypainting . We can see a woman on theleft and a man on the right in the car. wecan see a little the car with the wheeland the windscreen. My paintingbelongs to Pop Art because there are alot of colours, the yellow red and blue soit's colourful.

Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Wharholand Jason Johns were greatartists of Pop Art. Lichtensteinexposed his art in galleriesNation Wide. He often took hisartistic subjects from mythologyand Amertican history andfolklore. Lichtenstein took hisimagery from comics books andadvertissing. In 1960 he pantedcartoons characters like MikeyMouse and Donald Duck. In themiddle oh this years he wasnationally know andrecongnized as a leader.

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Roy Lichtenstein

Pop Art

He had a passion for both scienceand courics books.

By the mid 1960's , he was natinally knowand recognized as a leader in the Pop Art

Roy was born on October 27 1923 at Manathan in N-Y. He is the son of Milton Lichtensteinand Beatrice Werner Lichtenstein.He attended public school and studed at Art Student

League in 1940.Lichtenstein attended The Ohio State University in Colombus, Ohio. Hiscollege studies were interrupted in 1943, when he was drafted and sent to Europe for World

War 2.

In his teens , he became interested in Art.He died of compliocation from pneumonia atSeptember 29 1997 , at the age of 73 yearsin N-Y University Medial Center . Hismouvement was Pop Art , this mouvementwas born in the US in 50`s (1958). WithAndy Warhol , they were giant artist s of PopArt. First it appared in 50`s in Great-Britainand spread out the world so in the USA in1958. Lichtenstein became a leading figureof the NewPop Art Mouvement.Lichtenstein exhibited his art in galleries ,including in Cleveland and N-Y city in thelate 1940`s. In the 1950`s , he often took hisartistic subjcets from mythology and fromAmerican history and folklotr.Lichtenstein his imagery directly from comic books andadvertising other wooks of the 1960'sfeatured cartoon characters like MickeyMouse and Donald Suck andadvertisements for food and house holdproducts

Pop Art leave vivid colours forexample Popeye (1961). Popeye wasone of the very first Pop paintings thathis created in the summer of 1961.Hewould begin to focus on human figuresthat appeared in cartoons for exampleMickey and Donald, here Popeyeappared with is rival Bluto.Lichtensteinhas signed his name on the surface ofthe picture. Some have suggested thatPopeye's punch was intended as a slyresponse to one of the reigning ideasin contemporary art criticism that apicture's design should make animmediate visual impact. I choose thatbecause I see vivid colours which is acaracteristic of Pop Art .

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Popeye

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biography of Pop Artartist NormanRockwell

biography

mouvement

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Norman Rockwell

POP ART ARTIST

biography

Norman rockwell wasborn on February 3rd in1978 and died in 1978

He moved and lived nearJ.C and FranckLeyendeckers

He painted the Four Freedompainting. There was a fire in hisArlingston studio and burntnumerous painting andhistorical costume. He made acollaboration with his sonThomas. In 1961, he marriedMolly Punderson. He ended his47 years old in SaturdayEvening Post. So he workedwith Look Magasine andpainted the problem of thesociety as poverty andsegregation.

In 1977 , he receivedthe Nation's Highestcivilian honnor. Hefollowed themovement of realism. Realismdeals with poverty ,war, segregation and civill war.He usedlively colours.

When he was young , hewanted to be an artist so at14 he went to Art classes inNew York .He diecided tochange and to go to the ArtStudent League where hestudied with GeorgeBridgeman.He painted his firstcommision 'four christmascards'.He was hired as artdirectorof Boy's Life.

At the age of 22 , hepainted his first coverfrom Saturday EveningPost . In 1916, Hemarried with Irene OConnor , they divorced in1930. In 1930, he marriedwith Mary Bartow , aschool teacher. They hadthreee sons. In 1943, hewas really inspired fromPresident Roosevelt

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The problem we all live with

The Problem we all live with was painted by Norman Rockwell in 1964. He used 3d painting andit's made on watercolor.Their shape is simple and the colours were dull. The texture is soft andit's really modern and realistic. In the background we can see a grey pavement.In the middle wecan see a black girl.On the right there are two policemen and onthe left there are also two othermembers of immigration services.At the top ,the beige wall contrast with the colour of the girl.In the middlethere is a black girl wearing a white dress and white shoes and she is called 'RubieBridge'.On the wall it's written 'nigger' and someone intended to throw a tomato at the girl andmissed her so it crashed on the wall.Red deals with violence and blood.On the right, there aretwo policemen with grey unifrom and in the left , there are also two policemen with greyoutfit.The policemen are protecting her because it was in the period of the segregation and theblack didn't have the right to study with white people.

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Edward Hopper was a painterand an engraver.

Hopper studied in New Yorkschool art. We can find someof his works of art in the whitehouse. American Realismconsist in art, music andliterature.It began in themiddle of the 19 century.Themovement was centered onfiction, particulary the nouvel.In the work of art theres oftena contrast between darknessand brighter.NormanRockwell, George Bellows,Jamie Wyeth are connectedto this movement too.

Edward Hopper was the most recentAmerican Realist. I will present to youNighthawks by Edward Hopper, itwas made in 1942 and we can see itat Art institute of Chicago Building isit an oil on canvas and this is a coffeshop. In the corner we see a lonelyman, the light is kind of dark so wecan feel the loneliness of this man.We only see his back, so we don'tknow what he's doing. In the left wesee a men and a women and the lightis more brigther but we don't know ifthis women and men are together soit gives a mysterious way in this workof art. So we can see he uses themovement because he used thecontrast .

Edward Hopper

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THE BESTRALISM PAINTER

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His biography

his early life

A Realism painter

His works

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Edward Hopper magazine

Edward Hopper

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Edward Hopper the best realism painter

Edward Hopper was bornthe july 22 1882 and hedied the may 15 1967.Hewas married withJoséphine Nevisson .Hewas American.He had amaster and his name wasrobert HenriHopper was a painter anda engraver he made realism American art.

In 1923 he get the L oganMedal Of Art .He made hisstudy at the New Yorkschool of art .

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House by the railroad

IHouse by the Railroad is a famous painting of Hopper.This paintingwas made in 1925 Now the location of this paint is at the Museumof modern art in New York, is an oil on canvas art.The realismis astyle in art, music and literature that depicted contemporary socialrealities and the lives and everyday activities of ordinary people.wecan say it's a realism paint because she represent a blue ordianryhouse in front of a blue sky and quoted of a railroad .

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Roy L. was a great artist of pop artas Andy Warhol andJasper Johms

He was born the 27 october in1923 and died the 29 september in1997. He began to paint becauseof his son, who made a deal withhim. He had a passion for comicsbooks. In 1943, he studies in acollege for Art but was interrupedby the World War II. At the end ofhis life, he created the markDream Work Record.The Pop Art, the movement'sartist, is apered in 50s, in Great-Britain and spread aroud the worl,and in the USA in 1958. In the late1940s, Lichstestein exhibited hisart in galeries nationwide. In 50s,he often took his artistic subjects

from American History.Lichstestein took imagery fromcomics books and avertising.In 60s, the pop art artist madecartoons characters as Mickey Mouseand Donald Duk with Andy Warhol. The american was nationallyknownand recognized as a leader inthe Pop Art movement.The image, in the front of the page,was made in 1961 by RoyLichstestein. It is a colorfull canvasand represent the style of PopArt.This painting show to us anatmosphere friendly with Donald Dukon a wood bridge, on the left,during afishing mishap with his friend MickeyMouse on the right, who smilingabout Donald who has a touch.

Roy Lichstestein / Pop Art

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This painting is Nightawks paintedby Edward Hopper in 1942.

It's an oil on canvas.The dimensionsis 84,1 cm x 152,4 cm. He is locatein Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoIllonois. This painting is part of theAmerican realism.Because it's apainting who represent a situation ofthe real life. It's a scene of a pub, buthas nothing in the middle of thepainting, on the left side we can seethe street ansd on the right we cansee the pub. We have theimpression to be on the street but insame time we can see all what'sgoing on the pub. It's like an otherworld because we can't enter in thepub because has no door.In the pubwe can see a barmaid who werewhite closes, with three clients, onemen who is alone and drinks he

closes. And has two people a menand a women who drink too, the menwere blue closes and the womenwere a red dress. On the street thecolors are darkness, it's black, grey,or red dark. In the pub the colors aremost brighter it's white closes for thebarmaid,blue closes for the mens andred for the women, the counter is redbright. The wall is yellow bright.

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TITRE DE LA RUBRIQUE

Edward Hopper was born onJuly 22, 1882 in Nyack (NYstate

Automat painted in 1927, Chopsuey painted in 1929, Nightawks

He died on May 15, 1967 at84 years old in New york. Hewas a painter and anengrover. Edward Hopperstudy in New York, in theNew York School Art. He wasin the movement of theAmerican realism. EdwardHopper was American.Hehad a wife,Josephine Hopper(at 1924 to 1967) Edwardwon the medal Logan ofarts.Some famous paintingsby him :

painted in 1942 and office in asmall city painted in 1953.American realism uses art, musicand litterature, it began in themiddle of 19th century. Thismovement is centered on fictionmore precisely the novel.In thismovement there has a contrastinto darkness angbrighter.Norman Rockwell was inthat movement too.GeorgeBellows, Williams J. Glakens,Thomas Hart Benson and JammeWyeth is on that movement too.The painting here is Nightawks :

Edward Hopper

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Andy Warhol

He was born on 27 October 1923 . He was as student at art student league . He divrocedfrom his first wife because he was unfaith ful to his wife. Roy Lichtenstein's Movement of

is pop art. He reiceved a much prize for his various paintings especially price of RomeAmerican and National Medal of Arts. Roy Lichtenstein had two children with his first wife.

They are called they tc.

Andy Warhol born Andrew WarholaAugust 6th 1928 Died on february 221987 American Artist leading figure invisual art movement. Andy Warholwas working on relationship betweenartistic expression celebrityadvertisement that flouristed by 1960s

In February-May 1960 he realised yourfive first painting (Advertisement,Before and After, Little King,Saturday's Popeye et Superman)inspire to from comics

He had a successful carrer as acommercial illustrator renownedsometimes controversial artist usedmedia including hand drawing,painting, printmaking, photography,silk, screening, sculpture, film, music,studio, factory ...

On 3 June 1968, Andy Warholescaped from death when ValerieSolanas , feminist activist,try to killAndy Warhol. Empty the magazine ofthe gun not on him in the Hall of thefactory.He suffered physical effects for therest of his life, including being requiredto wear a surgical corset. Andy Warhol survived and Solanaswas arrested the day after the assault

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Marilyn By Andy Warhol

Marilyn Diptychis Screen printing painting by American pop artist Andy Warholiin 1962 .

This painting was finish just week after Marilyn Monroe's death That is to say in August1962.

This painting have contains fifty pictures fo Marilyb Monroe's. All's pictures based ononly photographry comes from Niagara (1953).

Half the images on the painting are in black and white while That 25 Other are just incolors

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Suit Marilyn By Andy Warhol

The painting is kept in museumOf Guggenheim à Bilbao(Viscaya Spain)

Twenty five picture a leftrepresent the life of Marilynwhile twenty five a right picturerepresent the end of his life

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Roy LichtensteinThe king of popart.

Mag Art

The work of art expression

A revolutionary of pop art !

Roy Lichtenstein was born on October 27 1923 in NerwYork City. He has always been interrested in science andpassionate in comic books.His studdies in a public schoolof design in 1937 and he took classes at the art studentsleague in 1940, a school for realist and design.

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Roy Lichtenstein in 1980

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Style comic book

His movement was the most important of pop art,

inspired by comic books ans cartoon characters. He

was influenced by advertising ans popular pictures

of the 50s, he had a artificial style and used

emotional life in his art.

The artistic movement

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"Look Michey"in

1961

His popular work of comic art

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"In the car"

in 1963

His popular work of comic art

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"OhHH...ALRIGHT..

in 1964"

His popular work of comic art

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"M-maybe" in

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His popular work of comic art

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Successful!

Roy Lichtenstein exhibited his art in galleries

nationwide in Cleveland and New York City in the

1950s. He began experimenting with different

subject and methods in the early 1960s, while he

was teaching at Rutgers University.

Exhibition and gallerie

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ModernAmerican Artist

WHO IS IT ?

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WHO'S HOPPER

A little of Hopper

His movement was Ash Can Sxhool,Modern ART and Realism

Edward Hopper is consideredone of the most seminalmodern American artist of the20th century. He was born onJuly 22th the 1882 in upperNyach. He and his sisterwere privileged with goodeducation, and were raisedBaptiste in a somewhatconservative household. Asa student, he excelled in hisstuddies, especially atdrawing, which he took

on at an early age of five. Hoppercontinued to struggle with hisartistic vision and personal life.Despite the Great Depressionthat hit in 30', Hopper wasfortunate to have enjoyed evenmore prominence, with hisworks being recognizes andbought by the most musuems inAmerica. With Edward Hopper'sdeath in 1967, and,subsequently, his wife's 10months later. Their collection ofhis more than thousand workswent mostly to the WhitneyMuseum of American ART

two on the aisle

Two ON The Aislewas a paiting from theGrasshopper (it's washis surname 'cause hewas tall). The paitingrepresents twowomen and one manin a theater. One ofthe women wears agreen dress whereas

the other womanwears a red dress.The man has suit.there are not a lot ofshades we can see alot of white andbrown. The redwoman is reading.

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