Expressionism – origin
• Roots of expressionism – Germany, France
• Created as a opposition to impressionism and naturalism
• Name itself says the purpose is to EXPRESS something
Development
• * at the end of 19th and beginning of the 20th century
• Its popularity was rising during and mainly after World War I
• Golden age for expressionism: 1910-1920
• 1905 - * Der Brücke (till 1913)
• 1911 - * Der Blaue Reiter (till 1914)
Characteristics
• Usage of pure colours, no focus on perspective, fields of colours usually difined by black lines
• Expressionism was influenced by: children´s drawing, Friedrich Nietzsche, prehistoric paintings, psychological research, neoimpressionism
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| Edward Munch - The Scream |
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| Egon Schiele |
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| Emil Nolde - The Crucifixtion |
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| Franz Marc - The Blue Horse |
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| Otto Dix |
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| George Grosz - The Wanderer |
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| Oskar Kokoschka - The Wind Bride |
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| Otto Mueller |
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| Jackson Pollock |
Abstract expressionism
• Jackson Pollock – drip painting
(action painting)
• Michael Weismor
• Mark Rothko
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| Michael Weismor |
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| Mark Rothko - Gates |
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| Mark Rothko - Gates |
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