Expressionism (20th Century)
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Expressionism
Expressionism refers to an international movement in art and architecture, as well as literature, music, dance and theatre, which flourished between about 1905 and 1920, especially in Germany. Although the term was originally applied to the avant-garde movements Die Brucke and Der Blaue Reiter, generally it refers to any art that expresses emotion, and encompasses a range of movements and artists.
Expressionist artists sought to express emotional experience rather than physical reality:
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Expressionism
Expressionism refers to an international movement in art and architecture, as well as literature, music, dance and theatre, which flourished between about 1905 and 1920, especially in Germany. Although the term was originally applied to the avant-garde movements Die Brucke and Der Blaue Reiter, generally it refers to any art that expresses emotion, and encompasses a range of movements and artists.
Expressionist artists sought to express emotional experience rather than physical reality: the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse within a person. In an attempt to achieve this emotional effect and vividly transmit personal moods and ideas, images were abstract and distorted with a lack of perspective; subject matter was subjective; compositions were jarring, dynamic and two-dimensional; and there was great use of bold colors.
Both in form and ethos the expressionist artists were greatly influenced by Edvard Munch. The stress on the individual perspective was also a reaction to Positivism and other artistic movements including Naturalism and Impressionism. Stylistically, expressionist artists looked to the Fauves, Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Medieval, African, ethnic and primitive art. Although the movement waned in the 1920s, Expressionist art was influential on the Neue Sachlichkeit group, the Bauhaus School and the Abstract Expressionist movement.
Notable expressionist artists include: Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, Alfred Kubin, Georges Rouault, Chaim Soutine, Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, Lionel Feininger, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee, Kathe Kollwitz, August Macke, Franz Marc, Edvard Munch, Emil Nolde, Karl Schmidt- Rottluff, Wassily Kandinsky, Marc Chagall, Alexej von Jawlensky, Natalia Goncharova and Amadeo Modigliani.
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