STYLES IN

PAINTING
(EXPRESSIONISM)
 Expressionism

This was a European method that flourished in the first decade of the
twentieth century. In this method, artists have the freedom to consider
their personal style in presenting their subject or expressing their
thought or feelings.

An art in which the image of reality is distorted in order to make it

expressive of the artist's inner feelings or ideas.
These are various types of expressionism :
 SYMBOLISM
• It is a thing or a single object that stands for another thing. A

flying dove for instance stand for freedom.

• Symbolist art shifted the emphasis from the direct

representation of nature to the world of the imagination.

Instead of describing something with precise, realistic detail or
stating facts they used personal metaphors and symbols,
evoking a meaning or feeling instead.

Death and the Masks (1897) James

 The Dream
The Poor Fisherman
by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
oil on canvas by Pierre Puvis de
In this painting, Love, Wealth and Glory
Chavannes, 1881
appear to a sleeping traveler
 FAUVISM
It is a kind of style or movement in painting that is

characterized by pigments.

Fauvism is usually used to express a feeling of joy,

comfort or pleasure through extremely bright

colors and concerned on the brightness of the

colors.

Woman with a Hat (1905) Henri Matisse

 Le bonheur de vivre
The Green Stripe Painting (The Joy of Life)
by Henri Matisse by Henri Matisse.
 DADAISM
The word “dada” is a French word meaning horse. It is a protest

movement against the traditional ancient arts and evils in society.

Dadaist artists expressed their discontent toward violence, war, and

nationalism and maintained political affinities with radical politics on

the left-wing and far-left politics.

Max Ernst
 Dada Head
by Sophie Taeuber-Arp Medium : Dada Gauguin
painted wood by Max Ernst
Periods: Dada,Geometric 1920
Abstraction French, born Germany, 1891–1976
 SURREALISM
Surrealism aims to revolutionise human experience. It balances a

rational vision of life with one that asserts the power of the

unconscious and dreams. The movement's artists find magic and

strange beauty in the unexpected and the uncanny, the disregarded

and the unconventional.

Surreal means intense irrationality or beyond natural. It

emphasizes activities of the subconscious mind. In other words,

surrealism pictures out image in a form of a dream.

René Magritte
 The Double Secret
By René Magritte The Persistence of Memory
1927 Painting by Salvador Dalí
Oil on canvas. 114 x 162 cm (44.8 x 63.7 in).
 FUTURISM
Movies such as Star Wars, Time Machine, Terminator, etc. picture

something in the future. The same thing is portrayed in paintings. It

exalts success in technology. Subject includes supersonic trains, jet,

modern houses and anything that relates to the importance of

modernization.

It emphasized the dynamism, speed, energy, and power of the

machine and the vitality, change, and restlessness of modern life.

Gerardo Dottori
 Cityscape
Reconstructing the Universe Visit By Tulio Crali (1939)
Italian Futurism, 1909-1944
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SYMBOLISM DADAISM FAUVISM
FUTURISM DADAISM
SYMBOLISM FUTURISM
FAUVISM SURREALISM
SURREALISM SYMBOLISM
THANK YOU!
ACTIVITY : RESEARCH AND IDENTIFY WHICH TYPE OF
EXPRESSIONISM ART EACH ARTWORK/ IMAGE DEPICTS.

The Elephant Celebes

Self-Portrait with Death
Playing the Fiddle
Max Ernst Music
by Arnold Böcklin • Date: 1921; Cologne / Cöln / Köln, Painting by Henri Matisse
Germany
• Style: Dada, Metaphysical art
The Knife Grinder, Kasimir “Lullaby of Uncle Magritte”
Malevich 1912 Michael Cheval, (2016)