Around the turn of the century, all three major art movements—Expressionism, Fauvism and Cubism—came under the influence of African primitivism, each for its own reasons. The Expressionists were drawn ...

Critique of "'Primitivism' in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern," at the Museum of Modern Art; "African Masterpieces from the Musée de l'Homme," at the Center for African art; ...

Accompanies the exhibition Out of Africa: Dutch primitivism in the 20th century, from 11 December through 6 March 2005 at the Cobra Museum of Modern Art Amstelveen ...

From the first breakthroughs of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso through the most challenging art of the 21st century, nothing has been more important—or more controversial—for the development of ...