expressionism art movement
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EXPRESSIONISMPresentation by Kaitlyn Szczepanik and Courtney Johnson
Six Dancers by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner-1911
The beginning of Expressionism
◦1905
◦Die Brucke
◦Der Blaue Rieter
◦Revolt against Impressionism
Key’s of Expressionism
◦Bold, strong colors
◦Not about realism
◦Emotion
◦Connection between artist and work or viewer and work
◦Distortion
◦2-D subjects
More to Know!
◦Influenced by society, changes in society.
◦Swirling, Swaying, and exaggerated brushstrokes.
◦Art came from within.
◦All affected by WW1
◦Trying to shock
◦“Art is nothing but the expression of our dream; the more we surrender to it the closer we get to the inner truth of things, our dream-life, the true life that scorns questions and does not see them.” -Franz Marc
The Die Brucke
◦The Bridge
◦1905 in Dresden Germany
◦Kirchner, Heckel, Pechstein, and Schmidt-Rottluff
◦Emil Nolde 1908
◦Landscapes and Nudes
◦Earliest Revolt
◦African and Gothic Art
Continued!!
◦Bold colors and designs
◦Graphic images(Nudes)
◦Bridge art together
◦Total freedom
◦Aesthetic
◦Individualized. Resented Kirchner
Street Dresden by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner-1908
The Der Blaue Reiter
◦The Blue Rider
◦Strong, symbolic colors.
◦Kandinsky, Munter, Marc, Jawlensky, Werefkin
◦1911 Munich, Munchen
◦Connection between visual arts and music.
◦Spiritual Connection: Painting and Viewer
◦Not exactly an Expressionist group
◦Almanac
◦2 exhibitions
The Der Blaue Reiter Returns
◦More sophisticated than the Die Brucke
◦More ideological and more concerned with changing the world
◦An international group
◦Never developed a common style
◦Formal Aesthetic
◦Vassily Kandinsky= Dominant
◦Ended WW1
◦If a bunch of artist are isolated and nomadic together are they still isolated?
Fate of the Animals by Franz Marc-1913
Masks Still Life III by Emil Nolde (1911)
Self- Portrait by Marianne Von Werefkin (1910)
Vincent Van Gogh◦Influenced Expressionism
◦Major influence on Der Blaue Reiter
◦Suffered a mental illness
◦‘Starry Night ‘
◦‘Sunflowers’
◦Dark Colors
◦Used color to express his feelings
◦Thick layers and strong brushstrokes
◦“Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before my eyes, I use colors more arbitrarily to express myself forcibly.”- Van Gogh
Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh
Sunflowers By Vincent Van Gogh-1888
Edvard Munch
◦1880- shortly before death in 1944
◦1889-1909
◦Nomad and self isolation
◦The Frieze of Life- The Scream, Anxiety, Jealousy, Madonna, and The Kiss
◦Traumatic childhood
◦Landscape “freed’ Munch◦ “Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye… it also includes the inner pictures
of the soul.” -Edvard Munch
Madonna by Edvard Munch-1894
The Scream by Edvard Munch-1893
Other Forms of Expressionism
◦Literature
◦Drama
-New approach to staging, scene design and directing.
-Totally unified stage
◦Film
◦Music
-Atonal (distorts traditional tonality.)
-Unrecognizable melody
The End to Expressionism
◦Hitler (1933)
◦The Degenerate Art Exhibition (1937)
◦Continued to evolve in a variety of ways
◦Resurfaced in art across the world
Ballet Dancers by Max Pechstein-1912