SYMBOLISM

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SYMBOLISM
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Symbolism Art Movement

• Symbolism flourished as an art movement between
  1885 and 1910.
• Emerging in France, Symbolist art rejected both
  Realism and Impressionism and served to extend
  the Romantic tradition of mysticism and intense
  emotion.

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• Through the effective use of line, color and
  contour, the Symbolists were driven by a desire
  to create evocative images rather than works that
  were directly descriptive.
• The symbolist painters mined mythology and dream
  imagery for a visual language of the soul.
• Symbolism influenced Expressionism, Art Nouveau,
  and Surrealism

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THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATHGeorge Inness
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ORPHEUSGustave Moreau, 1865
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SPIRIT OF THE FORESTOdilon Redon, 1880
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SAINT JOHNOdilon Redon, 1892
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THE KISSGustav Klimt, 1907-08
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THE CARESSFernand Khnopff, 1896
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THE BUDDHAOdilon Redon, 1904
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THE CRYING SPIDEROdilon Redon, 1881
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THE SCREAMEdvard Munch, 1893
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HOPEGeorge Frederic Watts, 1885
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THE WOUNDED ANGELHugo Simberg, 1903
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SELF PORTRAITJan Toorop, 1927
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DEMON SEATED IN THE GARDENMikhail Vrubel, 1890
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LAST ANGELNicolas Roerich, 1912
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VISION OF YOUTH BARTHOLOMEWMikhail Nesterov,
1889-90
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USELESS SCIENCERemedios Varo, 1955