The First Modern Art Movement Of The Twentieth Century

Prior to and after the war there were many new art forms and movements that were emerging across Europe. Generally these were not widely accepted by the public they were new and strove to push against the conventions and expectations of what society classed as, and applied to, art. Fauvism was the first of these, it sprang up in 1905 in France and though it was short lived it was to be the first modern art movement of the twentieth century in style and attitude. The movement was made up of numerous individual styles but the use of bold colour was the unifying element among the Fauve members. There was a heavy influence of impressionism within the work created and their subject matter were images of contemporary life which they showed†¦show more content†¦Another of these movements that quickly followed was Futurism this started in 1909 in Italy. Futurists aspired for a new world order and they hoped to achieve this through the dismantling of the status quo. Their aims were t he destruction of museums and libraries and the glorification of machinery, speed and violence they celebrated and promoted the new age of industry and supported the war, hoping this would help to carve the pathway to the new world they craved ’we wish to glorify war, the only hygiene of the world.’ Understandably due to their beliefs many of the artists and people involved with this group signed up quickly for the war their work aimed to evoke a range of feelings and sensation not simply what the eye could see. Their work aimed to bring to mind the heat, violence and colour of the modern world, it was the visual realisation of dynamism, of speed and ferocity represented by the vivid colours and the integration of objects and figures with their backgrounds. Understandably it was easy to see why the artists found appeal in the war and on the front lines the way they saw the world was laid out in perfect vibrant and brutal clarity for everyone to see. The movement took i t’s inspiration from Cubism and would later