Christopher Wood
ARTISTThe art of the beginning of the 20th century belongs to the classical modernists. Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin had paved the way for new impulses in art. Modern painting broke away from traditional painting and offered artists the great freedom of their own expression. In France the art form of Surrealism developed and a touch of the Avant-garde permeated England's galleries. Dadaism, Cubism and Fauvism were art movements that influenced painting as much as literature. The artists had the great opportunity to experiment in many directions. Painting had freed itself from all set limits. Successful were those artists who were able to secure the favour of a collector and received financial support from patrons. If the life of the bohemian had always been an antipole to the social norm, a life in intoxication developed in the artist scene.
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