Love Art History

This is Love Art History, a blog dedicated to exploring the rich tapestry of art history. Our focus spans across various art eras and movements, delving into each movement, its artists and their iconic works.

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Suprematism

Black Square (1915) by Kazimir Malevich – a black square painted on a white canvas, intended as a "zero point" of painting, stripping art down to its most basic elements. Proun 99 (c. 1923–25) by El Lissitzky – a geometric composition of floating shapes exploring...

Impressionism

Impression, Sunrise (1872) by Claude Monet : A hazy harbour view of Le Havre at dawn, painted quickly with loose strokes of orange and grey-blue. Its title, used mockingly by critic Louis Leroy, gave the entire movement its name. Luncheon of the Boating Party...

Post-Impressionism

The Starry Night (1889) by Vincent van Gogh: A swirling night sky over a village, painted from memory and imagination to express inner feeling rather than observed fact. The Card Players (1880s–1820s) by Paul Cézanne A series of 5 oil paintings of farm workers playing...

Fauvism

Woman with a Hat (1905) by Henri Matisse A portrait rendered in patches of green, orange, and purple with no attempt at realistic skin tone. Charing Cross Bridge, London (1906) by André Derain A bridge and river scene painted in bright, invented colours rather than...

Expressionism

The Scream (1893) by Edvard Munch A figure on a bridge under a swirling, blood-red sky, its distorted, wailing form expressing existential dread; Munch described the work as arising from a real sensation of anxiety he experienced while walking at sunset. Street,...

Cubism

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) by Pablo Picasso Five angular female figures with mask-like faces, widely seen as the painting that launched Cubism. Violin and Candlestick (1910) by Georges Braque A still life broken into overlapping geometric planes of muted brown...

Futurism

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (1913) by Umberto Boccioni A bronze sculpture of a striding figure whose body seems to blur and stream with motion. Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash (1912) by Giacomo Balla A small dog's legs multiplied across the canvas to show rapid...

Dada

Fountain (1917) by Marcel Duchamp: A standard urinal signed with a pseudonym and submitted as sculpture, challenging the very definition of art. Cut with the Kitchen Knife (1919) by Hannah Höch: A chaotic photomontage combining political figures and mass-media imagery...

Abstract Art

Composition VIII (1923) by Wassily Kandinsky: An arrangement of geometric shapes and lines with no representational subject, intended to work like visual music. Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) (1950) by Jackson Pollock A large canvas covered in looping, dripped and...

Conceptual Art

One and Three Chairs (1965) by Joseph Kosuth – a physical chair, a photograph of that chair, and a dictionary definition of "chair" displayed together, questioning what actually represents the object. Wall Drawing #ll series (various, from 1968) by Sol LeWitt –...

Art does not stand still.

Over roughly a century and a half, artists repeatedly broke with tradition, questioned what a painting or sculpture was even for, and responded to the massive social, political, and technological changes happening around them. This blog traces ten of the most important movements in that story, from the sunlit rebellion of Impressionism to the idea-driven art of Conceptual Art. Each post looks at what the movement believed in, who its key artists were, what their artworks looked like, and why the movement still matters today.

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