Expressionism

ARTISTIC STYLEin which

ARTIST

Emotions

expresses

Late 19th and 20th centuries

Achieved through…

Distortion Exaggeration Primitivism Fantasy

German Expressionism

Der Blaue Reiter “the Blue Rider”

Die Brucke “The Bridge”

• 1912• Leader: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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They found their inspiration in…

• Medieval German art• Primitive African sculpture

• Vincent Van Gogh & Edvard Munch

Woman and Mirror 1912

Two Women in the Street 1914

Der Blaue Reiter “the Blue Rider”

• Leader: Kandinsky • Loosely knit organization of artists

Kandinsky believed…

Blue Rider 1903

Riding Couple 1916

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