LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY

TIME PERIOD1890s – 1900s

KEY IDEAS

Symbolist painters seek to portray mystical personal visions. Art Nouveau seeks to create a unified artistic experience combining painting, sculpture, and architecture.

Skyscraper born as result of new technological advances.

HENRI ROUSSEAU, The Sleeping Gypsy, 1897. Oil on canvas, 4’3” x 6’7”.

EDVARD MUNCH, The Scream, 1893. Oil, pastel on cardboard, 3’ x 2’5”.

GUSTAV KLIMT, The Kiss, 1907-1908. Oil on canvas. 5’11” x 5’11”.

AUGUSTE RODIN, Burghers of Calais, 1884-1889. Bronze, 6’11” x 7’11” x 6’6”.

ANTONIO GAUDÍ, Casa Mila, 1907, Barcelona, Spain.

HENRY RICHARDSON, Marshall Field Warehouse, 1885-1887, Chicago, demolished.

GUSTAVE EIFFEL, The Eiffel Tower, 1887-1889, Paris.

LOUIS SULLIVAN, Guaranty (Prudential) Building, 1894-1896. Buffalo.