This document lists August birthdays of several artists and provides some information about each. Emile Nolde began creating more abstract, fantastical paintings without prototypes in August. Andy Warhol and George Bellows both created urban and political scenes. Man Ray produced his first significant photographs and proto-Dada objects in the mid-1910s. Jacques Louis David was both an artist and active supporter of Robespierre during the French Revolution.

1. August Birthdays

7. August 7th Emile Nolde Nolde's art became much freer: he began to see that 'dexterity is also an enemy' and he allowed himself to create fantastic paintings 'without any prototype or model, without any well defined idea ... a vague idea of glow and colour was enough. The paintings took shape as I worked.' The fantasies and the Biblical paintings he created at this time are generally considered his greatest works. August 8th Andy Warhol

8. August 10th William Harnett August 12th George Bellows The pictures he published there included urban scenes (Why don't they all go to the country for vacation?) as well as classbased social satire (Business Men's Class) and some unforgettable political commentary. He differed from The Masses' editorial policy in his active support of American intervention in World War I. Always willing to use fame as a soapbox, he became a very public supporter of the war effort.

9. August 30th Jacques Louis David August 27th Man Ray In 1915, Man Ray had his first one-man show of paintings and drawings. His first proto-Dada object, an assemblage titled "Self-Portrait", was exhibited the following year. He produced his first significant photographs in 1918. David played an active role both artistically he reorganized the Académe and produced numerous and spectacular propaganda exercises - and politically, as an avid supporter of Robespierre, who voted for the execution of the king.

10. Vocabulary Words 1. Dada An early twentieth-century art movement that ridiculed contemporary culture and traditional art forms. 2. Neoclassical- A nineteenth-century French art style that sought to revive the ideals of ancient Greek and Roman art. This art contains Balanced compositions. 3. Trompe l’ oeil- French for to trick the eye.

11. Questions 1. What is the meaning of trompe l’oeil, and what artist paint in this style? 2. Who is the artist that paints action scenes and was inspired by a neighborhood athletic club. 3. Name the art movement that is defined as an early twentieth-century art movement that ridiculed contemporary culture and traditional art forms. .