Art During the Interwar Era

Contrary to what you might think, there was a lot of art during and after World War 1. Some of the art movements include expressionism, cubism, dadaism, precisionism and surrealism. There were a lot of art movements during this time that were lashing out against the war.

One such anti-war art movement was called surrealism. This art movement had very irrational art because the artists believed that the horrors of World War 1 were a result of rational thought. The art was very dream like and was an expression of subconscious mind. One example of a surrealist artist was Salvador Dali. Here is a painting of his called "Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of a New Man." 

Another anti-war movement was called dadaism. This movement expressed its feelings toward anti-war by doing anti-art. The paintings were not aesthetically pleasing and for the most part had no meaning whatsoever. Most of the work was offensive and all of the artists were against World War 1 and its barbarism. One of my favorite dada paintings is called "Les Tablettes" which means the artists palette. It was painted by Marcel Janco in 1918. I found this painting intersting because it actually was the artists palette. After making his masterpiece, Janco decided that he liked the palette better so he used that as his art. For being anti-art, I thought this idea was creative and unique. 

This is just some of the art during the interwar era but there is so much more to learn.