1880s–1930s
Primitivism
Representative work: Family Group by Henry Moore
A Western art movement that drew inspiration from non-Western and prehistoric art forms. Associated with artists like Picasso, Gauguin, and Matisse who incorporated African, Oceanic, and indigenous American visual traditions into modernist work.
14 artists in the WattsOS database
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Key Exhibitions
Exhibitions featuring Primitivism artists.
Prints: Proofs and Variants
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Nov 1989 – Mar 1990
1 artist from this movement
Master Prints from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Apr 1989 – Aug 1989
1 artist from this movement
Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Mar 1989 – Jul 1989
1 artist from this movement
Master Prints from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Nov 1987 – Mar 1988
1 artist from this movement
Gaugin and his Circle in Brittany: The Prints of the Pont-Aven School
Museum of Modern Art · New York
May 1987 – Jul 1987
1 artist from this movement
Naked/Nude
Museum of Modern Art · New York
May 1986 – Sep 1986
1 artist from this movement
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Related Movements
Movements that share artists with Primitivism.
Movement
- Name
- Primitivism
- Period
- 1880s–1930s
- Artists
- 14
- Wikidata
- Q848365
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