Several groups and individuals emerged around 1900.
One group was the Fauves, led by Henri Matisse. His Luxembourg Gardens from 1901 is clearly modernist.
early 20th century
The early 20th century
The first modernists were early 20th century poets.
This occurred in the early 20th century.
Gustave Flaubert was a nineteenth-century novelist. His style is defined as 'realist' and he is a precursor of the modernist style which developed around the first part of the 20th century (around WWI). He is not, in France at least, classified as a 'modernist'.
The first works of American modernist fiction appeared in the early 20th century, with authors such as Gertrude Stein, Sherwood Anderson, and Gertrude Stein contributing to the movement. Their works aimed to break away from traditional storytelling conventions and explore new narrative techniques and themes.
Expressionism was a modernist art movement, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century
It was painted in 1937 = 20th century.
Traditional African art had had the greatest influence on 20th century sculpture and painting.
Gwendolyn Brooks wrote during the Modernist and Post-Modernist literary periods in the 20th century. She is known for her work that addresses the experiences and struggles of African Americans in America.
Sigmund Freud .
The 20th century