1. Style in art with a specific common philosophy or purpose.
2. Artists in group conform to the objectives and generate creative ideas
3. Happens during restricted period of time. Be it month, years or decades.
4. It evolves over time, in consecutive manner, that are experimental or innovative.
5. Accomplished by pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the norm.
6. Each movement derives an important development or break-through in modern art.

Impressionism is one of the art movement I would like to learn more about. There are also many art movements from 16th century onwards. Some are uncommon. I shall list below the popular art movements of 19th & 20th century.

1. Romanticism, c. 1750s–1890s
2. Realism, c. 1850s–1900s
3. Modernism, c. 1860s-ongoing
4. Symbolism 1860s-1880s
5. Impressionism, c. 1860s–1920s
6. Pointillism, c. 1880s–1910s
7. Post-Impressionism, c. 1880s–1900s
8. Expressionism, c. 1890s–1930s
9. Neo-Classicism, c. 1900s–ongoing
10. Fauvism, c. 1900–1910
11. Picasso‘s Blue Period, c. 1901–1904
12. Picasso’s Rose Period, c. 1904–1906
13. Picasso’s African Period, 1906–1909
14. Cubism, c. 1906–1919
15. Futurism, c. 1909–1916
16. Dada, c. 1916–1922
17. Surrealism, c. 1920s–1960s
18. Abstract expressionism
19. Pop Art
20. Body Art
21. Classical Realism
22. Late modernism
23. Minimalism
24. Neo-Expressionism

Picasso posing as a ballerina