Fraser Hibbitt

Modernist art refers to an art period spanning from the 1850s until being eclipsed by post-modernism in the 1960s. Highly varied in its scope, modernism reflected the realities of society.

Expressionist art refers to a style of European painting that emerged in the early twentieth century. It was an experimental style that depicted both existential anxiety and spiritual revival.

Cubist art was a modernist art form pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. This art form broke from tradition by displaying multiple perspectives of objects in one image.

Post-Impressionist art is a loose term to tie together disparate painters who reacted against the Impressionist aesthetic and provided inspiration for the early modernist art movements.

Abstract Expressionist art formed in the decades following the Second World War. It was the first American movement to gain global traction and was hailed for its use of non-objectivity.

What is Impressionism? Impressionist art grew out of the desire in artists to paint ordinary, modern, subject matter with an emphasis on the fleeting aspects of perceiving.

Surrealism was an artistic movement that gained popularity between the First and Second World War. The Surrealists sought to harness the creativity of the unconscious mind.

Vanitas became a popular genre of Dutch master paintings in the seventeenth century. It utilized the still-life form to evoke the fleeting quality of life and the vanity of living.