Expressionism

Expressionism is the tendency of an artist to distort reality for an emotional effect; it is a subjective art form. Expressionism is exhibited in many art forms, including painting, literature, film, architecture and music. Additionally, the term often implies emotional angst – the number of cheerful expressionist works is relatively small.

Although it is used as a term of reference, there has never been a distinct movement that called itself expressionism, apart from the use of the term by Herwald Walden in his Polymic Magazine "Der Sturm" in 1912. The term is usually linked to paintings and graphic work in Germany at the turn of the century which challenged the academic traditions.

Expressionism Artists:

•    Beckmann, Max
•    Dix, Otto
•    Ensor, James
•    Feininger, Lyonel
•    Fenneker, Josef
•    Heckel, Erich
•    Kandinsky, Wassily
•    Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig
•    Kirkeby, Per
•    Klee, Paul
•    Kokoschka, Oskar
•    Macke, Auguste
•    Marc, Franz
•    Marini, Marino
•    Modigliani, Amedeo
•    Munch, Edvard
•    Münter, Gabriele
•    Nolde, Emil
•    Pascin, Jules
•    Pechstein, Max
•    Rottluff, Karl Schmidt
•    Rouault, Georges
•    Schiele, Egon
•    Schlemmer, Oskar
•    Schmidt-rotluff, Karl
•    Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl
•    Stuck, Franz von