ARTS 10
UNIT I: Modern Art
Lesson 2: Expressionism
Expressionism
…is a 20th century manner of painting and sculpting in
which natural forms and colors are ______________ and
______________. It is characterized by heavy black lines
that define form, sharp contrasting colors, and
______________ treatment of thematic materials. The
artist ______________ color and form which he uses to
give visual form to ______________.
Expressionist Painters
1. Edvard ______________ (1863-1944)
He was a Norwegian painter and printmaker who is
recognized as the “______________”. He developed a
bolder and more simplified style in painting like
lithography, etching, and woodcut art.
His painting “______________” depicts a man in a
moment of anguished, despair and anxiety while the
other people seem blissfully aware of his situation.
Famous Paintings:
- Night in Nice (1891)
- The Girls on the ______________ (1918)
- The Scream (1893)
Some of Munch’s more emotionally based
landscapes are a group of blue-tinted winter night
pictures which he painted between 1922-1924.
The paintings convey a sense of calm, harmony, and
stability partly achieved with his use of rounded shapes
jointed together in a firm construction.
In his “______________” painting, there is a shadow
cast on the veranda steps by a strong indoor light. The
shadow contributes to the paintings evocation of
loneliness in the face of death.
2. Paul ______________ (1879-1940)
Paul Klee was a Swiss-German painter. His highly
individual style was influenced by movements in art that
included ______________, ______________, and
______________. He was a natural draftsman who
experimented with and eventually deeply explored color
theory
Famous Paintings:
- Castle and Sun (1928)
- Landscape in the Beginning
- Town Castle Kr.
3. Ernst Ludwig ______________ (1880-1938)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German expressionist
painter and printmaker and one of the founders of
“______________” or The Bridge, a key group leading to
the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century art.
His paintings represented a powerful reaction
against ______________. He used flat areas of
unbroken, often unmixed colors and simplified forms. In
his cityscapes, the figures in the street seemed more
important than the surroundings. He depicted figures in
motion to express the fullness and vitality of the human
body.
Inspired by van Gogh’s landscape paintings, Kirchner
used pulsating shades of violet, blue, green, and yellow
to depict rural scenes.
Famous Paintings:
- Interior with ______________
- Sertigal in Autumn (1925-1926)
- Entrance to a Large ______________
Expressionist Movements
Expressionist artists created works with more
emotional force rather than with realistic or natural
images.
A. ______________
Dadaism is a literary and artistic movement in
Switzerland that arose as a reaction to World War I. Its
output – cut-up writing, performance art, poetry,
sculpture, photography, painting, and collage was
diverse and influenced by other ______________
movements like Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism, and
Expressionism.
Dada used aesthetic to ______________
materialistic and nationalistic attitudes.
The focus of Dada artists was on making works that
affect the sensibilities of the middle class and asked
difficult questions about society, the role of the artists,
and the purpose of art. Public gatherings,
demonstrations and publication of art were involved in
their activities.
______________ was known for her political collage
and photomontage works. She arranges images and texts
form the mass media to criticize the failure of the
government. She is recognized for pioneering the
technique of photomontage as an art form.
______________ is a ______________ technique where
you generate an original image out of other images and
fragments which can be cut, layered, glued, and
arranged. The resulting image shows new visual and
conceptual associations.
Famous Paintings:
 - Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife through the Last
Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany
(1919)
- Die Puppen
- The Beautiful Girl (1920)
- Heads of State (1918-1920)

B. Surrealism

______________ is a movement in art best known

for its visual artworks and writings. It is characterized by
unnerving, illogical scenes, strange creatures from
everyday objects and developed painting techniques that
allowed the ______________ to express itself.
It features an element of surprise, unexpected
juxtapositions and surrealism development as a result of
the Dada activities.

______________ is a Spanish painter and an icon of

the surrealist movement. His artworks showed the
unconscious world of thoughts, dreams, and perception
in nightmarish images. His painting below depicts a
dream state. The melting and distorted clocks symbolize
the erratic passage of time.
- The Persistence of ______________ (1931)
- Nymphs in a Romantic Garden (1921)
- Flower Women with Soft Piano (1963)