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Cubism: art made up of broken angles and planes. Pablo Picasso. 1881 – 1973 Spanish Extremely successful during his own lifetime Ladies man who stayed very active even into his 80s Reportedly abusive – several of his mistresses committed suicide after being dumped.
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Pablo Picasso • 1881 – 1973 • Spanish • Extremely successful during his own lifetime • Ladies man who stayed very active even into his 80s • Reportedly abusive – several of his mistresses committed suicide after being dumped
Abstract Art: art made up of lines, colors, & shapes with no recognizable subject
Paul Klee • 1879 – 1940 • Swiss • Experimented with many different forms of art, including music • Deeply affected by the death of many of his friends in WWI • Forced out of Germany by the Nazis, moved back to Switzerland
Hans Arp • 1886 – 1966 • French-German • Born in territory disputed by France & Germany • Faked insanity to avoid serving in the German army in WWI • Fled to Switzerland during WWII
Surrealism: art that attempt to portray the workings of the unconscious mind
Salvador Dali • 1904 – 1989 • Spanish noble • Eccentric, liked attention • Kicked out of art school • Had a famous falling out with his father over his art • Too many weird stories to fit here!
Frank Lloyd Wright • 1867 – 1959 • American architect • Also designed furniture, stained glass • Abandoned his family for a married woman, but one of his servant then murdered his mistress (& 6 others) with an axe and burned Wright’s home • Designed over 500 buildings
Erich Maria Remarque • 1898 – 1970 • German, served in WWI • All Quiet on the Western Front (1929) • Eventually moved to U.S. in 1930s after Nazis banned his work • His sister was executed by the Nazis just for being related to him
T.S. Eliot • 1888 – 1965 • American who emigrated to Britain at age 25 • Poet, playwright, author • The Waste Land, Murder in the Cathedral, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock • Nobel Prize winner
Ernest Hemingway • 1899 – 1961 • American • Wounded in WWI • A Farewell to Arms, The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea • Avid outdoorsman, war-correspondent, adventurer • Frequently injured • Suffered from depression and received electroshock therapy which led to his eventual mental breakdown and suicide
F. Scott Fitzgerald • 1896 – 1940 • American • Lived the chaotic lifestyle of “The Lost Generation” - drank heavily, spent heavily, and died young • The Great Gatsby