Distinct choices for collectors in Modern Art and Pop Art

Let’s put it this way: art collectors can be extremely picky. They know exactly what they want and they will do anything to get the pieces they want to add to their art collections. And that includes doing a whole lot of research as well as spending a great amount of time and money in order to achieve their goal.

With distinctive tastes that could range right from rich and vibrant, to smoldering erotica, even within Pop Art and Modern Art, collectors can find distinction and variation to suit just about any style choice.

Modern Art, which was created between the 1860’s and the 1970’s, scattered many society morals. Some modern and very well known artists like Georges Seurat, Vincent Van Gough, and Paul Cezanne were all inflicted by Modern Art such as Realism and the way it depicted ordinary events, Romanticism and its strong emotions, and Impressionism and its bizarre visual angles.

Early concepts of Modern Art lead to a new angle at the beginning of the twentieth century, however. Fauvism, created after the French “les fauves”, meaning “the wild beasts” was a movement created by artists Henri Matisse and Andre Derain. Creating art with bright, bold colors and realistic impressions, you could unquestionably describe their art as ‘wild’. A breakthrough movement in the art society, Fauvism blossomed between 1905 and 1907.

Expressionism, another art movement, takes the idea of Fauvism and sharp, distorted viewpoints to inflict emotion upon the viewer. Happiness, sadness, love, regret and many other emotions can be found in Expressionism artwork, rather than depicting reality.

Another form of Modern Art, Cubism took a totally different direction than Fauvism and Expressionism. Artist Paul Cezanne proposed that anything in nature could be expressed through three geometric shapes—cones, spheres, and cubes. Cubist art took the hard turn to abstract, and turned reality into a hard-lined vision of the artist.

Pop Art, a complete denunciation to all Modern Art sprouted in the mid twentieth century. Instead of strange and distorted takes on reality, Pop Art declared that popular commodities such as comic books were commendable art. The movement insisted that popular culture customs should be treated equal to ‘fine art’.


Popular art sources such as comic books, advertising, and other everyday objects are used in Pop Art. The painting “Drowning Girl” by Roy Lichtenstein is done using the ‘comic book’ technique with bright, inundated colors and even a conversation window. This type of art is often criticized as tasteless and trite by society, but people often fail to realize that this style is a key element in today’s mass-produced culture.

Understanding the history of art is the key in realizing that even though certain Pop Art and Modern Art is condemned for its unnatural and strange mediums and styles, eventually all art will be accepted into society, and that these new fresh ideas keep the world interesting. That is why it is so important to learn as much as it is possible about the history of art and the various art forms.


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