EXPRESSIONISM

PRESENTED BY: GROUP 4

 ABOUT
EXPRESSIONISM
EXPRESSIONISM
• Art movement began in the early 20th
• The term is usedcentury
to describe avant-
garde art in Germany around 1910
• Aimed to convey subjective emotions
by artists reality for
• Distorts
emotional andbyartistic
• Characterized bold and highly
effects
saturated colors
E D VA R D
MUNCH
 PUBERTY
• 1894–1895
• Puberty has associations with both symbolism
and expressionism, the former a movement
from which Munch emerged, and the latter a
movement in which Munch was pivotal.
• It is part of an informal series or cycle of
paintings, prints, and images known as The
Frieze of Life, that Munch created in 1890s,
although he often revisited and explored themes
and images from the series throughout his
career.
• The painting was also done as a lithograph and
an etching by Munch.
 ANXIETY
• 1894
• it is an oil canvas painting made
by Edward munch and it is now in
the munch museum in Oslo,
Norway.
• Anxiety is closely related to
Munch’s more famous piece, The
Scream.
• mental state, personal experiences.
 EYE IN EYE
• 1894
• Edvard Munch's eerie painting in which the
composition is reduced to the fewest number of
objects possible
• Lovers looking at each other with the tree
between them which represents the separation
between the two.
 ERNST LUDWIG
KIRCHNER

• 1880 - 1938
• Architecture student
• Pioneer of Die Brücke (The
Bridge) expressionist group
• Inspired by both modernity
and primitivism
 SELF PORTRAIT
AS A SOLDIER
• Depiction of Kirchner himself after having a
mental breakdown caused by WW1 in
Germany
• Represents loss and fear regarding his
artistic abilities and manhood during his
military service
• Exhibits Primitivist influence
1915, oil on canvas
Allen Memorial Art Museum,
Ohio
 MARZELLA

• 1909-1910
• Model is a daughter of a circus
artiste's widow that Kirchner met
at around Moritzberg lakes.
• Depicted as having a heavily
made-up face with an intense
gaze.
THREE BATHERS
- 1913
- Drei badende
- The three models are styled in a
similar way to traditional African art
and this influence can be seen
throughout the Die Brücke movement,
of which Kirchner was a major
contributor.
 HENRI
M AT I S S E

• 12/31/1869 - 11/03/1954
• Leader of Fauvist Movement
1900
• Fauve, a Passion for Pure
Color
 L'ATELIER ROUGE ,
(THE RED STUDIO)
BY HENRI MATISSE

• 1911
• it is an oil canvas painting and
currently belongs to (Museum of
Modern Art, New York)
• L'Atelier Rouge, is part of a long-
standing tradition of depicting the
artist in his studio.
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