Posted
on November 25, 2016
Did
you know that there is a group that was established to decide what
was good art, what was bad art, and even what was dangerous art?
What
art historians call the French Academy was founded in 1648 as the
Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. It was joined with the Music
and Architecture Academies in the late 1700s to form the French
Academy of Fine Arts.
The
sort of standards set by the academy were supposed to protect French
culture from “corruption” – and all I can say to that is
“yikes!”
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| Krehbiel's self-portrait |
Now,
why am I talking about the French Academy on a post about an American
artist born in Denmark?
First,
let's get one thing straight – Albert Henry Krehbiel was born in
the city / town of Denmark, in Iowa, United States! (Hence calling
him an American.)
Second,
Krehbiel was educated as a realist painter in Paris and became the
most decorated American painter ever at the French Academy! He won
the Prix De Rome, four Gold Medals, and five cash prizes. So...wow!
Born
on this date in 1873, Krehbiel's art went from realism to
impressionism to modernism / synchromism. Let's look at what these
terms mean:
REALISM
– an art movement that attempts to represent people, places, and
things truthfully...an attempt to paint what is real. It was a revolt
against magical and miraculous subject matter and against emotional
exaggerations.
Here is an example of Krehbiel's realist paintings:
IMPRESSIONISM
– an art movement that attempts to depict an impression of the
moment – to capture a feeling or an experience. It is characterized
by relatively small, thin, visible brush strokes or even dots of
paint. Rather than accurately reproducing a person, place, or thing,
impressionism seeks to accurately depict changing qualities of light.
Here
are a few examples of Krehbiel's impressionist paintings:
MODERNISM
– an art movement that for the most part ignored art traditions in
an effort to explore new ways of seeing. Modern art tends to be
experimental, with fresh ideas about materials and subject matter,
with new answers to the age-old question “What is art?”
Most
modern art is abstract or at least toying with abstraction.
Here
are some modern art pieces that are NOT by Krehbiel:
SYNCHROMISM
– this modern art movement related color to music. This movement was the
first abstract paintings in American art.
Here
are some examples of Krehbiel's synchromism:
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