Art BEFORE the Civil Rights Movement. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

Question

I need to know what were the major influences/trends in art BEFORE the 1950's, and who were the most notable painters. I'm doing a comparative study of the most prominent artists before during and after the Civil Rights Movement.

it's art solely in America

I need artistic movements as well as representative artists

Answer 1

Are you talking about American artists here or artists worldwide?

As to American artists there were many American artists who were well known and well respected before 1950.

Artists like Georgia O'Keeffe, Thomas Hart Benton, Edward Hopper, Maxwell Parrish, Stuart Davis, I could add dozens to this like.

If you're interested in American artists who made political and social statements through their art some of these would be Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, John Stuart Curry, Ben Shahn, Jack Levine, Jackson Pollock, Arshile Gorky, Morris Kantor, Reginald Marsh, Philip Evergood and Charles Burchfield.

Answer 2

There wasn't any art really worth mentioning before the civil rights movement. There were, of course, a few minor artists like those guys that did the Lescaux caves; & also then Michelangelo, da Vinci, Boticelli & what-have-you; some old Dutchmen like Rembrandt & what-not; the French impressionists & such, and then Picasso & so on & so on. But as everyone knows, serious painting didn't start until the Civil Rights movement --unless, of course, you count comic books. Isn't that the way you understand it?