Art movements
UNIT ONE GROUP
1933
This group was formed in London in 1933. It brought together artists who were into Constructivism and some Surrealists. It was founded on an alliance between some artists and some architects, and it gave a determining modernist impetus to English art during the 1930’s. In 1934, art critique H. Read published “Unit One, The Modern Movement in English Architecture, Painting, and Sculpture”, which outlined the specificities of this movement without defining a strict and restrictive doctrine. Read was also instrumental in organizing several exhibits for this group.
Paul Nash gave the following definition of Unit One: “The expression of a truly contemporary spirit, what can be identified as of today in the field of art.”
Later on, many painters gathered around a leader, Ben Nicholson.
Artists not in gallery : Edward Burra, Paul Nash, etc.
Artists in gallery : Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson , Victor Pasmore.
XXth century art movements
- 1855-1890 IMPRESSIONNISM
- 1880-1895 JAPONISM
- 1888-1910 NABIS MOVEMENT
- 1900-1932 EXPRESSIONISM
- 1902-1907 FAUVISM
- 1905-1930 GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM
- 1907-1912 NEW-PRIMITIVISM
- 1907-1925 CUBISM
- 1909 RAYONNISM
- 1909-1916 FUTURISM
- 1912-1920 ORPHISM
- 1913 ARMORY SHOW
- 1915-1920 SUPREMATISM
- 1915-1935 SCHOOL OF PARIS MONTPARNASSE
- 1916-1924 DADAISM
- 1918-1939 PHOTOGRAPHY BETWEEN WARS
- 1919-1933 BAUHAUS
- 1920-1927 PURISM
- 1920-1950 SOCIAL REALISM
- 1922-1933 ITALIAN NOVECENTO
- 1922-1960 MURALISM
- 1924-1969 SURREALISM
- 1925-1935 ART DECO
- 1927-1965 ATELIER 17
- 1930-1970 MODERN SCULPTURE
- 1931-1938 ABSTRACTION-CREATION
- 1933 UNIT ONE GROUP
- 1935-1980 MAGIC REALISM
- 1938-1968 SPACIALISM
- 1942-1957 ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
- 1942-1975 NON FIGURATIVE ART
- 1945-1960 SCHOOL OF PARIS
- 1945-1985 ART BRUT
- 1946-1956 NEW REALITIES
- 1946-2000 LETTRISM
- 1948-1952 COBRA
- 1950-1960 LYRIC ART, ABSTRACT, TACHISM
- 1950-1960 NEW-DADAISM
- 1951 ESPACE GROUP
- 1954-.... NUAGISM
- 1955-1968 OPTICAL ART
- 1955-1970 POP'ART
- 1960 SCHOOL OF LONDON
- 1960-1970 NEW REALISM
- 1960-1972 FLUXUS
- 1960-1980 NEW FIGURATION
- 1962-1965 MECHANICAL ART
- 1962-1980 MINIMAL ART
- 1965-1975 SCHOOL OF NICE
- 1965-1975 NARRATIVE FIGURATION
- 1965-1980 CONCEPTUAL ART
- 1965-1985 HYPERREALISM
- 1966-1971 ARTE POVERA
- 1968- LAND ART
- 1970-1972 SUPPORTS/SURFACE
- 1970-2020 STREET ART
- 1975- PHOTOGRAPHY PERIOD 1975
- 1975-1985 GERMAN NEW EXPRESSIONNISM
- 1979-1990 ITALIAN TRANS-AVANT-GARDE
- 1980-2016 FREE FIGURATION
- XXème siècle SINGULAR ARTISTS
- XXth century ARTISTS OF TODAY
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