| Expressionism - Concept | | | | Expressionist painters gave vent to their emotions |
| Rich artworks, thick brush strokes, compelling, and | | | | and crude inner self on the canvas through their |
| conveying the personal 'feelings' & 'emotions,' | | | | work. It would serve as a sort of art therapy for |
| rather than physicality, with a dint of 'Symbolism' | | | | them. |
| is considered in the world of painting as | | | | Expressionism - Typeso Abstract Expressionism: |
| 'Expressionism.' In this style of Western Painting, | | | | It is an innovative form of Modern Art. More |
| the stress lies upon story idea and colors, rather | | | | dynamic, Abstract Expressionism is very less |
| than on the finer visual details of the object. | | | | representational. American Expressionists, such as |
| History | | | | Jackson Pollock and Willem De Kooning and the |
| In the early 20th century, German Art witnessed | | | | Color-Field painters, like Mark Rothko, Barnett |
| a revolution in the form of Expressionism. In 1910, | | | | Newman, and Clyfford Still pioneered Abstract |
| Czech art historian Antonín Matejcek used | | | | Expressionism in New York, in 1950s.o |
| the term first time as an antonym of | | | | Neo-Expressionism: The wave of |
| Impressionism. This painting style was developed | | | | Neo-Expressionist art emerged in America, Britain, |
| to counter German Positivism, Naturalism, and | | | | Germany, Italy, and France in 1980s. In every |
| Impressionism. Expressionism manifested its best | | | | country, a Neo- Expressionist group was formed, |
| through the groups Die Brücke of Munich | | | | such as in America it included Philip Guston and |
| and Der Blaue Reiter of Dresden. | | | | Julian Schnabel, while New Spirit Painting was |
| Expressionists: | | | | formed with Paula Rego and Christopher Le Brun |
| The earlier era saw some famous Expressionists, | | | | in Britain. In Germany, Neue Wilden (New Waves), |
| such as Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Ernst | | | | in Italy Transavanguardia (beyond the |
| Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Dix, Alexei von Jawlensky, | | | | avant-garde), and Figuration Libre in France, were |
| Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, and Max | | | | other key Neo-Expressionist groups or forms.o |
| Beckmann. Great painter Vincent van Gogh used | | | | Miscellaneous: New York Figurative Expressionism, |
| the term 'Post-Impressionist' for his painting, which | | | | Tachisme (1940s-50s), Bay Area Figurative |
| actually was a form of 'Expressionism' only. | | | | Movement (1950-65), and Lyrical Abstraction |
| Expressionism - The Correlation | | | | (1960s-70s) are some other wings of the very |
| Expressionism had the influence of other art | | | | prolific Expressionism. |
| forms, such as Post-Impressionism, African Art, | | | | Expressionist style was always new, unique, and |
| and French Fauvism, on the emotional wavelength | | | | modern in essence. It always sought to balance |
| capture. However, bold brush strokes and a vivid | | | | the countering tangents of the same exponent, |
| use of bright colors, making the paintings look | | | | such as past and future, static and dynamic, and |
| loud, violent, and jarring, remained explicit to | | | | individual and society. Owing to its vivid and |
| Expressionism only. Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' | | | | expressive span, Expressionism continues to stay |
| is one of the earliest and the most prominent | | | | as a prominent fraction of the art faculty. |
| Expressionist works. Usually dark, gloomy, and full | | | | Literature, theatre, film, architecture, and music |
| of pessimism, Expressionism rarely showed any | | | | too have Expressionist wings in their own right. |
| positive emotions or optimism. Therefore, | | | | |