Through the centuries, there have been a number of art movements which evolved over periods of years and which were derived from specific styles of renowned artists.
Reference major historical art movements as well as some of the artists who helped make these periods so impactful by clicking the art movement links to the right. You will be able to learn more about the development of these periods and the associated artists and paintings.
Abstract Expressionism
American Impressionism
Ashcan School
Barbizon School
Baroque
California Plein Air
California Impressionism
Classicism
Contemporary Realism
Cubism
Expressionism
Fauvism
Folk Art
French Impressionism
Hague School
Harlem Renaissance
Hudson River School
Impressionism
Mannerism
Neoclassicism
Old Lyme
Orientalism
Plein Air
Pointillism
Post Impressionism
Pre Raphaelite
Realism
Rococo
Romanticism
Society of Six
Surrealism
Tonalism