The document outlines the major art movements of the early 20th century avant-garde including Primitivism, Fauvism, Cubism, Italian Futurism, Simultaneism, and German Expressionism. It provides examples of seminal artworks created during these periods by artists such as Henri Rousseau, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Umberto Boccioni, Sonia Delaunay, and Franz Marc that helped define each style through experimentation with forms, subjects, and techniques that broke from conventions of academic art.

1. The Avant-Garde
of the Early 20th Century

2. Primitivism
(Started 1890s)

3. Henri Rousseau
1844-1910

4. Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprise!), 1891

5. The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the
Antelope, 1905

6. Snake Charmer, 1907

7. Fight Between Tiger and Buffalo, 1908

8. The Equatorial Jungle, 1909

9. Exotic Landscape, 1910

10. Fauvism
(Started 1905)

11. Henri Matisse
1869-1954

12. Woman with a Hat, 1905

13. Green Line
(Portrait of Mme. Matisse), 1905

14. The Window, 1905

15. Oriental Rugs, 1906

16. The Joy of Life, 1906

17. Red Room, 1908

18. Goldfish, 1910

19. Dance (1), 1910

20. André Derain
1880-1954

21. Fishing Boats, 1905

22. Fishing Boats at Collioure, 1905

23. Bridge Over the Riou, 1905

24. Charing Cross Bridge, London, 1906

25. Maurice de Vlaminck
1876-1958

26. Autumn Landscape, 1905

27. Tugboat on the Seine, 1906

28. Cubism
(Started 1907)

29. Pablo Picasso
1881-1973

30. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907

31. Houses on the Hill, 1909

32. Girl with Mandolin (Fanny Tellier), 1910

33. The Mandolinist, 1911

34. The Piano Accordionist, 1911

35. Still Life with Caned Chair, 1912

36. The Guitar, 1913

37. Georges Braque
1882-1963

38. Portuguese, 1911

39. Guitar and Program: “Statue
d’épouvante,” 1913

40. Italian Futurism
(Started 1909)

41. Gino Severini
(1883-1966)

42. Suburban Train Arriving at Paris, 1915

43. Umberto Boccioni
1882-1916

44. The City Rises, 1910

45. Simultaneism
(Started 1911)

46. Sonia Delaunay-Terk
(1885-1979)

47. Tango au Bal Bullier, 1913

48. Dubonnet (Poster), 1914

49. Market at Minho, 1915

50. Flamenco Dancer, 1916

51. Simultaneous Fashion Design, c. 1925

53. Robert Delaunay
1885-1941

54. Simultaneous Windows,
2nd Motif, 1st Part, 1912

55. Champs de Mars. The Red Tour, 1911

56. German Expressionism
(Die Brücke, started 1905;
Der Blaue Reiter, started 1911)

57. The Scream
Edvard Munch, 1893

58. Emil Nolde
1867-1956

59. Dancing Around the Golden Calf, 1910

60. Masks. Still Life, 1911

61. The Prophet, 1912

62. Candle Dancers, 1912

63. Vassily Kandinsky
1866-1944

64. Composition IV, 1911

65. Improvisation, 1912

66. Improvisation No. 30 (Warlike Theme), 1913

67. Improvisation No. 31 (Sea Battle), 1913

68. Small Pleasures, 1913

69. Moscow I, 1916

70. Franz Marc
1880-1916

71. The Large Blue Horses, 1911

72. The Yellow Cow, 1911

73. Blue-Black Fox, 1911

74. Tiger, 1912

75. Deer in a Monastery Garden, 1912

76. In the Rain, 1912

77. The First Animals, 1913

78. The World Cow, 1913

79. Cattle, 1913

80. Three Cats, 1913

81. Foxes, 1913

82. Deer in the Forest, 1913

83. The Wolves: Balkan War, 1914

84. The Fate of the Animals, 1914