Timeline of Modern Painting (1880's-1940's)

Post Impressionism (1880's)

Jan 1, 1880

Post Impressionists

Symbolism (1880's)

Feb 1, 1880

Symbolism

Synthetism (late 1880's)

Dec 1, 1880

Synthetism

Expressionism (1900's)

Jan 1, 1900

Expressionism

Fauvism (1900-1920)

Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Dec 31, 1920

Fauvism: Wild Beasts and Colorful Paintings

Madam Matisse (Green Stripe) 1905

Jan 1, 1905

By Henri Matisse

Cubism (1907-1917)

Period: Jan 1, 1907 to Dec 1, 1917

Cubism: Picasso

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

Jan 10, 1907

By Pablo Picasso

Dada (1916-1923)

Period: Jan 10, 1916 to Jan 10, 1923

Dada

Fountain

Jan 10, 1917

By Marcel Duchamp

Bauhaus, Harlem Renaissance, & Surrealism (1920's-1940's)

Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1940

Precisionism (1920's)

Jan 10, 1920

Precisionism

Red Balloon

Apr 10, 1922

Red Balloon, 1922, Oil on muslin primed with chalk, 31.8 x 31.1 cm. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
By Paul Klee

The Persistence of Memory

Jan 1, 1931

Type: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24 cm × 33 cm (9.5 in × 13 in)
Location: Museum of Modern Art, New York City
By Salvador Dali

Story Painter

Jan 1, 1942

By Jacob Lawrence