Western Painting - Expressionism - A New Approach to Creativity in the 20th & 21st Century

Expressionism - ConceptExpressionist painters gave vent to their emotions
Rich artworks, thick brush strokes, compelling, andand 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 asExpressionism - 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, ratherdynamic, Abstract Expressionism is very less
than on the finer visual details of the object.representational. American Expressionists, such as
HistoryJackson Pollock and Willem De Kooning and the
In the early 20th century, German Art witnessedColor-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 usedExpressionism in New York, in 1950s.o
the term first time as an antonym ofNeo-Expressionism: The wave of
Impressionism. This painting style was developedNeo-Expressionist art emerged in America, Britain,
to counter German Positivism, Naturalism, andGermany, Italy, and France in 1980s. In every
Impressionism. Expressionism manifested its bestcountry, a Neo- Expressionist group was formed,
through the groups Die Brücke of Munichsuch 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, Ernstin Italy Transavanguardia (beyond the
Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Dix, Alexei von Jawlensky,avant-garde), and Figuration Libre in France, were
Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, and Maxother key Neo-Expressionist groups or forms.o
Beckmann. Great painter Vincent van Gogh usedMiscellaneous: New York Figurative Expressionism,
the term 'Post-Impressionist' for his painting, whichTachisme (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 artprolific Expressionism.
forms, such as Post-Impressionism, African Art,Expressionist style was always new, unique, and
and French Fauvism, on the emotional wavelengthmodern in essence. It always sought to balance
capture. However, bold brush strokes and a vividthe countering tangents of the same exponent,
use of bright colors, making the paintings looksuch as past and future, static and dynamic, and
loud, violent, and jarring, remained explicit toindividual 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 prominentas a prominent fraction of the art faculty.
Expressionist works. Usually dark, gloomy, and fullLiterature, theatre, film, architecture, and music
of pessimism, Expressionism rarely showed anytoo have Expressionist wings in their own right.
positive emotions or optimism. Therefore,