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SYMBOLISM
Symbolism | Art Movement
• Symbolism flourished as an art movement between 1885 and 1910.
• Emerging in France, Symbolist art rejected both Realism and Impressionism and served to extend the Romantic tradition of mysticism and intense emotion.
• Through the effective use of line, color and contour, the Symbolists were driven by a desire to create evocative images rather than works that were directly descriptive.
• The symbolist painters mined mythology and dream imagery for a visual language of the soul.
• Symbolism influenced Expressionism, Art Nouveau, and Surrealism
THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH
George Inness
ORPHEUSGustave Moreau, 1865
SPIRIT OF THE FORESTOdilon Redon, 1880
SAINT JOHNOdilon Redon, 1892
THE KISSGustav Klimt, 1907-08
THE CARESSFernand Khnopff, 1896
THE BUDDHAOdilon Redon, 1904
THE CRYING SPIDEROdilon Redon, 1881
THE SCREAMEdvard Munch, 1893
HOPEGeorge Frederic Watts, 1885
THE WOUNDED ANGELHugo Simberg, 1903
SELF PORTRAITJan Toorop, 1927
DEMON SEATED IN THE GARDENMikhail Vrubel, 1890
LAST ANGELNicolas Roerich, 1912
VISION OF YOUTH BARTHOLOMEWMikhail Nesterov, 1889-90
USELESS SCIENCERemedios Varo, 1955