Schmidt Rottluff
1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Woodcut
1910s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Engraving, Woodcut
1980s Expressionist Nude Prints
Lithograph, Offset
1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Engraving, Woodcut
1910s Expressionist Nude Prints
Engraving, Woodcut
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1910s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Engraving, Woodcut
1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Engraving, Woodcut
1910s Expressionist Nude Prints
Engraving, Woodcut
1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Woodcut
1910s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Engraving, Woodcut
1910s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Engraving, Woodcut
1910s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Engraving, Woodcut
1910s Expressionist Nude Prints
Engraving, Woodcut
1910s Expressionist Landscape Prints
Woodcut
1960s Expressionist Landscape Prints
Watercolor, Ink, Gouache
1920s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Etching
1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Woodcut
1990s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor
1980s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
1910s Expressionist More Art
Paper, Lithograph
1980s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Woodcut
1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Woodcut
1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Woodcut
20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil, Panel
20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil, Panel
20th Century Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel, Laminate, Board
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Paper
20th Century Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Paper
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Panel
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Crayon, Paper
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Crayon, Paper, Ink
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Crayon, Paper
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Crayon, Paper
Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Paper, Pencil
Early 20th Century Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Pen, Pencil
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Paper, Pencil
Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper
1920s Expressionist Nude Prints
Engraving, Woodcut
Early 1900s Realist Landscape Prints
Etching
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
1910s Expressionist Landscape Prints
Woodcut
1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1920s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Lithograph
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Woodcut
1910s Brücke Figurative Prints
Woodcut
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Woodcut
Early 20th Century Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Pen
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
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A Close Look at Expressionist Art
While “expressionist” is used to describe any art that avoids naturalism and instead employs a bold use of flattened forms and intense brushwork, Expressionist art formally describes early-20th-century work from Europe that drew on Symbolism and confronted issues such as urbanization and capitalism. Expressionist artists experimented in paintings and prints with skewed perspectives, abstraction and unconventional, bright colors to portray how isolating and anxious the world felt rather than how it appeared.
Between 1905 and 1920, Austrian and German artists, in particular, were inspired by Postimpressionists such as Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh in their efforts to strive for a new authenticity in their work. In its geometric patterns and decorative details, Expressionist art was also marked by eclectic sources like German and Russian folk art as well as tribal art from Africa and Oceania, which the movement’s practitioners witnessed at museums and world’s fairs.
Groups of artists came together to share and promote the themes now associated with Expressionism, such as Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Dresden, which included Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and investigated alienation and the dissolution of society in vivid color. In Munich, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group led by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, instilled Expressionism with a search for spiritual truths. In his iconic painting The Scream, prolific Norwegian painter Edvard Munch conveyed emotional turmoil through his depiction of environmental elements, such as the threatening sky.
Expressionism shifted around the outbreak of World War I, with artists using more elements of the grotesque in reaction to the escalation of unrest and violence. Printmaking was especially popular, as it allowed artists to widely disseminate works that grappled with social and political issues amid this time of upheaval. Although the art movement ended with the rise of Nazi Germany, where Expressionist creators were labeled “degenerate,” the radical ideas of these artists would influence Neo-Expressionism that emerged in the late 1970s with painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente.
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