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Expressionism
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- 2. WHAT IS EXPRESSIONISM? •Artists portraying inner emotions, spiritual independence, and psychological states based on an object, their environment, or moments from their past • Not about objective reality, but subjective • Usually reflects on human existence, or connection between self and nature
- 3. WHAT IS EXPRESSIONISM?CONT. • Figures can look life-like, or can be distorted • Can portray any emotions, and any intensity • Can revolve around any theme. Common themes include anxiety, alienation, violence • Can appear from any perspective, and have any proportion and anatomy • Color is meant to explore, and express one’s self using personal instinct. Is weighted on artist’s own scale
- 4. EXPRESSIONISM’S REASONS FOR DEVELOPMENT Reactionto: • Realism- didn’t agree with objective • Impressionism- not trying to make impression of the world • Felt that art/society was ignoring pressing and important issues, and suppressing attitudes about sex
- 5. INFLUENCES ON EXPRESSIONISM •African and Asian sculpture- distortion of human figures • Fauvism-strong use of color to show reactions/emotions • Vincent Van Gogh-strong use of color, influence from past • Edward Munch-strong use of color, influence from past, psychological tensions • German Romanticism- similarity between humans and nature
- 6. COMMON EXPRESSIVE METHODS/ TECHNIQUES •Unnatural, intense, or significant use of color • Distorted and/or bold lines • Rapid brush strokes All about instinct, little second guessing
- 7. EXPRESSIONISM AND MODERNISM •Break from traditional values • Exploring forbidden topics • Pessimistic themes • Subject change from realistic to internal realm
- 8. DER BLAUE REITER-“THE BLUE RIDER” • Notable members: Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc • Didn’t like conservative art of the time, needed more freedom • Believed in being spontaneous, using intuition, and symbolic use of color
- 9. DIE BRUCKE- “THEBRIDGE” • Notable members: Ernest Kirchner, Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, Karl Schmid- Rottlluf, Emil Nolde • Linked many different cultures and linked past and present to make something new • Believed in freedom of creativity, expressive truths, intense color and form • Heavily influenced by Van Gogh and Edward Munch
- 10. EDWARD MUNCH (1863-1944) •Grew up around a lot of illness and death, so common themes in artwork were illness, death, despair, pain, isolation, h opelessness • Obsession with the erotic power and complexity of women • Believed nature was way to understand human experiences
- 11. EDWARD MUNCH- MEDIUMS •Oil paints • Tempera paints • Pastel • Woodcuts • Etching • Lithography
- 12. THE DANCE OFLIFE
- 13. DEATH IN ASICKROOM
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- 16. TWO WOMEN ONTHE SHORE
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- 19. ERNST KIRCHNER’S KEYCOMPONENTS Unfinished looks Defined Outlines and Brushstrokes Human figures Rebelled against impressionism Believed people were at war with themselves
- 20. COMPONENTS OF GENERALPAINTINGS Situations and scenes of everyday lives True bohemian Did not use professional models Used bold colors Dynamic
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- 27. SELF PORTRAIT ASA SOLDIER 1915
- 28. WINTER LANDSCAPE BYMOONLIGHT 1919
- 29. FRANZ MARC 1880-1916 Cofounder of Der blaue Reiter group Early work influenced by impressionism Important influence: by Jean Bloe Niestle
- 30. PAINTINGS KEY COMPONENTS Power, emotion and vibrancy Animalism Feeling evoked is most important Uses non-naturalistic colors Three primary colors Use of horses
- 31. GELBE KUH (YELLOWCOW) 1911
- 32. THE LITTLE BLUEHORSES 1911
- 33. DER TIGER (THETIGER) 1912
- 34. TWO CATS, BLUEAND YELLOW 1912
- 35. THE DOG BEFORETHE WORLD 1912
- 36. TURM DER BLAUENPFERDE (TOWER OF BLUE HORSES) 1913
- 37. REHE IM WALDEII (DEER IN THE WOODS II 1914)
- 38. DAS ARME LANDTIRO 1 (THE UNFORTUNATE LAND OF TYROL)
- 39. EMIL NOLDE (1867-1956) Violent and Aggressive brushstrokes Free art Color to express emotion Nature and Landscapes
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- 41. THE PROPHET (1912)WOODCUT
- 42. SUNFLOWERS IN THEWINDSTORM (1943)
- 43. THE LAST SUPPER(1909)
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- 46. PUBLIC REACTION Shockedthe public Made them feel uncomfortable Controversial
- 47. AFFECTS Created anew perspective Psychological view Explored the darker side of the human mind