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Art Movement Overview
Overview of 140 distinct art movements throught history through7,265 artworks and 1,238 artists
140
Movements
7,265
Artworks
in scope
1,238
Artists
in scope
Movement details
| Movement | Period | Artists | Artworks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conceptual Art | 20th century post-1945 | 58 | 505 |
| Victorian/Genre | 19th century | 52 | 125 |
| British War Art | 20th century 1900-1945 | 43 | 143 |
| Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood | 19th century | 32 | 407 |
| Surrealism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 31 | 97 |
| Young British Artists (YBA) | 20th century post-1945 | 28 | 229 |
| Performance Art | 20th century post-1945 | 28 | 125 |
| Minimalism | 20th century post-1945 | 27 | 141 |
| St Ives School | 20th century post-1945 | 26 | 406 |
| Constructivism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 24 | 147 |
| British Surrealism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 24 | 75 |
| Kinetic Art | 20th century post-1945 | 19 | 26 |
| Camden Town Group | 20th century 1900-1945 | 19 | 121 |
| Feminist Art | 20th century post-1945 | 18 | 77 |
| Later Stuart | 16th and 17th century | 18 | 35 |
| Neo-Romanticism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 17 | 108 |
| Abstract Expressionism | 20th century post-1945 | 17 | 102 |
| Pop Art | 20th century post-1945 | 17 | 247 |
| British Pop | 20th century post-1945 | 17 | 848 |
| Conversation Piece | 18th century | 16 | 29 |
| Cubism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 16 | 41 |
| Abject art | 20th century post-1945 | 16 | 67 |
| Early Stuart | 16th and 17th century | 15 | 28 |
| Picturesque | 18th century | 15 | 35 |
| Neo-Classicism | 18th century | 15 | 312 |
| British Constructivism | 20th century post-1945 | 15 | 70 |
| Art Informel | 20th century post-1945 | 15 | 46 |
| Body Art | 20th century post-1945 | 15 | 55 |
| Tachism | 20th century post-1945 | 14 | 39 |
| New English Art Club | 19th century | 13 | 39 |
| New British Sculpture | 20th century post-1945 | 13 | 45 |
| Post Painterly Abstraction | 20th century post-1945 | 13 | 49 |
| London Group | 20th century 1900-1945 | 12 | 22 |
| Land Art | 20th century post-1945 | 12 | 58 |
| Netherlands-trained, working in Britain | 16th and 17th century | 12 | 33 |
| Direct Carving | 20th century 1900-1945 | 12 | 37 |
| Symbolism | 19th century | 12 | 48 |
| Impressionism | 19th century | 12 | 37 |
| Optical Art | 20th century post-1945 | 12 | 59 |
| Neo-Expressionism | 20th century post-1945 | 11 | 111 |
| Vorticism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 11 | 41 |
| Abstraction-Création | 20th century 1900-1945 | 11 | 25 |
| Aesthetic Movement | 19th century | 10 | 36 |
| Baroque | 16th and 17th century | 10 | 20 |
| Sublime | 18th century | 10 | 39 |
| Court | 16th and 17th century | 10 | 15 |
| Romanticism | 19th century | 10 | 36 |
| Post-Impressionism | 19th century | 9 | 21 |
| Geometry of Fear | 20th century post-1945 | 9 | 85 |
| Euston Road School | 20th century 1900-1945 | 9 | 28 |
| British Impressionism | 19th century | 8 | 30 |
| Arte Povera | 20th century post-1945 | 8 | 25 |
| Environmental Art | 20th century post-1945 | 8 | 26 |
| Dada | 20th century 1900-1945 | 8 | 22 |
| Unit One | 20th century 1900-1945 | 8 | 32 |
| Newlyn School | 19th century | 8 | 14 |
| New Sculpture | 19th century | 8 | 29 |
| Grand Manner | 18th century | 8 | 9 |
| Nouveau Réalisme | 20th century post-1945 | 8 | 12 |
| Decadence | 19th century | 7 | 33 |
| Fancy Picture | 18th century | 7 | 16 |
| New Generation Sculpture | 20th century post-1945 | 7 | 62 |
| Fin de Siècle | 19th century | 7 | 31 |
| Norwich School | 19th century | 7 | 27 |
| School of London | 20th century post-1945 | 6 | 374 |
| Independent Group | 20th century post-1945 | 6 | 182 |
| Cobra | 20th century post-1945 | 6 | 16 |
| Expressionism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 6 | 17 |
| Seven and Five | 20th century 1900-1945 | 6 | 13 |
| Futurism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 6 | 10 |
| St John's Wood Clique | 19th century | 6 | 12 |
| Glasgow School | 19th century | 6 | 8 |
| Restoration | 16th and 17th century | 6 | 10 |
| Situation | 20th century post-1945 | 5 | 12 |
| De Stijl | 20th century 1900-1945 | 5 | 6 |
| Civil War and Commonwealth | 16th and 17th century | 5 | 8 |
| Bauhaus | 20th century 1900-1945 | 5 | 16 |
| Actionism | 20th century post-1945 | 5 | 22 |
| Socialist Realism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 5 | 16 |
| Bloomsbury Group | 20th century 1900-1945 | 5 | 67 |
| Rococo | 18th century | 5 | 15 |
| Tudor | 16th and 17th century | 5 | 14 |
| Modern Moral Subject | 18th century | 4 | 14 |
| Objective Abstraction | 20th century 1900-1945 | 4 | 7 |
| Return to Order | 20th century 1900-1945 | 4 | 5 |
| Group X | 20th century 1900-1945 | 4 | 16 |
| Spazialismo | 20th century post-1945 | 4 | 8 |
| Naive | 20th century 1900-1945 | 4 | 16 |
| Orientalist | 19th century | 4 | 17 |
| Fauvism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 4 | 10 |
| Rural Naturalism | 19th century | 4 | 11 |
| Shoreham / The Ancients | 19th century | 4 | 33 |
| Kitchen Sink Art | 20th century post-1945 | 4 | 11 |
| Neo-Concretism | 20th century post-1945 | 4 | 32 |
| Modern Realism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 3 | 4 |
| Neo-Plasticism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 3 | 5 |
| Transavanguardia | 20th century post-1945 | 3 | 23 |
| Intimism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 3 | 27 |
| Art Nouveau | 19th century | 3 | 11 |
| Purism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 3 | 6 |
| The Clique | 19th century | 3 | 4 |
| Ruralists, Brotherhood of | 20th century post-1945 | 3 | 36 |
| Neo-Impressionism | 19th century | 3 | 4 |
| Neue Wilden | 20th century post-1945 | 3 | 75 |
| Italian-trained, working in Britain | 16th and 17th century | 3 | 3 |
| Scuola Romana | 20th century 1900-1945 | 3 | 3 |
| Angry Penguins | 20th century 1900-1945 | 2 | 7 |
| Auto-Destructive art | 20th century post-1945 | 2 | 2 |
| Situationist International | 20th century post-1945 | 2 | 5 |
| Artist Placement Group | 20th century post-1945 | 2 | 3 |
| Artists International Association | 20th century 1900-1945 | 2 | 27 |
| Origine group | 20th century post-1945 | 2 | 5 |
| Scottish Colourists | 19th century | 2 | 3 |
| Brücke | 20th century 1900-1945 | 2 | 5 |
| Orphic Cubism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 2 | 4 |
| Rayonism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 2 | 3 |
| Bristol School | 19th century | 2 | 5 |
| Supremetism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 2 | 2 |
| Neo-Geo | 20th century post-1945 | 2 | 2 |
| Arte Nucleare | 20th century post-1945 | 2 | 3 |
| Metaphysical Art | 20th century 1900-1945 | 1 | 3 |
| Blaue Reiter, Der | 20th century 1900-1945 | 1 | 1 |
| Leeds Arts Club | 20th century 1900-1945 | 1 | 1 |
| Saqqakhaneh | 20th century post-1945 | 1 | 2 |
| Mon-Ha / School of Things | 20th century post-1945 | 1 | 1 |
| Systems Group | 20th century post-1945 | 1 | 1 |
| Experimental Workshop | 20th century post-1945 | 1 | 1 |
| Digital art | 21st century | 1 | 1 |
| Tropicália | 20th century post-1945 | 1 | 1 |
| English-born, working in the Netherlands | 16th and 17th century | 1 | 4 |
| Regional | 16th and 17th century | 1 | 2 |
| Art Brut | 20th century 1900-1945 | 1 | 5 |
| Swedish-trained, working in Britain | 16th and 17th century | 1 | 1 |
| Realism | 20th century 1900-1945 | 1 | 1 |
| Merz | 20th century 1900-1945 | 1 | 5 |
| Grand Tour | 18th century | 1 | 4 |
| Fluxus | 20th century post-1945 | 1 | 9 |
| French-trained, working in Britain | 16th and 17th century | 1 | 3 |
| Mannerist | 16th and 17th century | 1 | 3 |
| Neue Sachlichkeit | 20th century 1900-1945 | 1 | 2 |
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