Artistas Y Obras De 1920

Ernest Miller Hemingway

(July 21, 1899 Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. – July 2, 1961 Ketchum, Idaho, U.S).

Hemingway's popularity was based on the themes of his books (love, war, wilderness and loss), these are recurring themes of American literature, which are clearly evident in Hemingway's work.

Main works:

The Torrents of Spring (1925)

The Sun Also Rises (1926)

A Farewell to Arms (1929)

To Have and Have Not(1937)

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

(September 24, 1896St. Paul, Minnesota, United States – December 21, 1940 Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States) American author of novels and short stories, widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Also considered a member of “the lost generation”.

Main works:

This Side of Paradise (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920)

The Beautiful and Damned (New York: Scribners, 1922)

The Great Gatsby (New York: Scribners, 1925)

Tender Is the Night (New York: Scribners, 1934)

"Bernice Bobs Her Hair" (1920) (in Flappers and Philosophers)

Pablo Picasso

(25 October 1881 Spain– 8 April 1973 France) was a Spanish painter sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer. One of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement. Picasso, Henri Matisse and Marcel Duchamp are regarded as the three artists who most defined the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts. But… what’s cubism? it’s a style of painting Picasso developed with Georges Braque using monochrome brownish and neutral colours. Both artists took apart objects and "analyzed" them in terms of their shapes.

Main works:

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

Portrait of Dora Maar

Guernica

Amedeo Modigliani

(July 12, 1884 Italy – January 24, 1920 Paris) Italian painter and sculptor. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by elongation of faces and figures.

Main works:

Head of a Woman with a Hat (1907)

Portrait of Juan Gris (1915)

Portrait of the Art Dealer Paul Guillaume (1916)

Portrait of Jean Cocteau (1916)

Seated Nude (ca. 1918) Honolulu Museum of Art

Portrait of Jeanne Hébuterne (1918)

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