Modern Art Revolutionaries
Explore the lives of visionary artists who shattered conventions and created entirely new movements, from Cubism to Surrealism and Post-Impressionism.
- Modern Art
- Revolution
- Creativity
- Innovation
Some of the stories included
Pablo Picasso and the Invention of CubismHow Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque invented Cubism together, from Les Demoiselles d'Avignon in 1907 to collage, until the First World War ended their partnership in 1914.
The History of StuckismThe Stuckist art movement was born from an insult when Tracey Emin told co-founder Billy Childish his paintings were "stuck!"
Vincent van GoghThe troubled life of Vincent van Gogh, from his decision to become an artist in 1880 to his lasting legacy.
The Bauhaus MovementThe story of the Bauhaus, the German design school founded by Walter Gropius in 1919, from Weimar and Dessau to its closure under the Nazis and its teachers' move to America.
Frida Kahlo: Paint, Pain, and PowerThe life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, from the 1925 bus crash that left her bedridden to the self-portraits that made her world-famous.
The History of AnimationHow animation developed from Victorian optical toys and Gertie the Dinosaur to Disney's Snow White and Pixar's Toy Story, including how Walt Disney lost his first star, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
Salvador Dalí — Madness, Ego, and SurrealismThe life of Salvador Dalí, the Spanish Surrealist painter: his family, his muse Gala, The Persistence of Memory, his break with the Surrealists and his museum in Figueres.
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BeowulfThe epic of Beowulf was preserved only because a scholar copied the fire-damaged manuscript in 1786 before its pages crumbled away.
DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky's life, from a mock execution in 1849 to his masterpiece 'Crime and Punishment', was shaped by suffering and faith.
The Legend of the Holy GrailHow the Holy Grail grew from a mysterious dish in Chrétien de Troyes's unfinished poem of about 1190 into the cup of the Last Supper, and why a chalice in Valencia is claimed to be it.
Thelonious MonkThe pianist whose percussive style changed jazz, and who was then banned from the NYC clubs where the revolution was happening.
The Theremin's Strange LifeInventor Leon Theremin created a touchless instrument, spied for the Soviets in New York, and designed a bug hidden in the US Great Seal.
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