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EXPRESSIONISM
Developed during the LATE 19th and EARLY 20th centuries
(Dominant in Germany
1905-1925)
Characteristics (painting):
The use of uncharacteristic colours chosen by the artist… To release of the artist’s inner vision To evoke feelings from the viewer Distortion of images and violent brushstrokes.
German Expressionism“Die Brucke” (The Bridge)
Colour, Distortion of Images and Violent Brushstrokes.
Movement centered in Dresden, Germany and led by Ernst Kirschner
Ernst Kirschner,Self Portrait as a Soldier, 1915.GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM
Ernst Kirschner,Two Women in the Street,
1914.
GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM
Ernst Kirschner,Street, Berlin,1913.
GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM
Ernst Kirschner, Brandenburg Gate, 1915.GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM
The Brandenburg Gate is a former city gate and one of the main symbols of Berlin, Germany. It is the only remaining gate of a series through which
one formerly entered Berlin.
Kathe Kollwitz, The Survivors, 1923.GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM
Kathe Kollwitz
Worked almost exclusively in printmaking and drawing
Themes of inhumanity and injustice
The plight of workers and war victims
Her son died during first week of WWI
Kathe Kollwitz, Woman With Dead Child, 1903 etching. GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM
Kathe Kollwitz, Memorial for Karl Liebnecht, 1919.GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM
Kathe Kollwitz, The Grieving Parents, 1932. GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM
Vassily Kandinsky, Composition VII, 1913.
Der Blaue Reiter(The Blue Rider)
Another German Expressionist movement that produced feeling as visual FORM – not just color
Complete abstraction- non-objective work - elimination of representation
Knew about music, literature, science (the atomic theory) - material objects have no structure or purpose
Orchestration of color, form, line, and space- blueprints for an enlightened and liberated society, emphasizing spirituality
Vassily Kandinsky, Composition VII, 1913. DER BLAUE REITER
Vassily Kandinsky, Contrasting Sounds, 1924.
DER BLAUE REITER
Franz Marc,Foxes, 1913.DER BLAUE REITER
Franz Marc, Fighting Forms, 1914. DER BLAUE REITER
Marsden Hartley,Portrait of a German Officer1914.
Marsden Hartley was an American living in Munich and was directly influenced by these European movements
OTHER FIELDS:
•MUSIC (ARNOLD SCHOENBERG)
•DANCE ( MARY WIGMAN)
•CINEMA (ALFRED HITCHCOCK, TIM BURTON)
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