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)