EXPRESSIONISM

SASHA CUCUZ

AND

NATALIE WHITE

CHARACTERISTICS

• Strong Outlines

• Bold Colors

• Free Brushstrokes

• Distorted Interpretations

ORIGIN

• Started around 1800’s but surfaced around 1905

in Germany

• Referred to as Post-Impressionism

• Created by a group called Die Brücke

EDVARD MUNCH

• Born and Raised in Norway December 12, 1863

• Paintings portrayed pain

• Known for art other than his paintings

THE

SCREAM

1893

VAMPIRE

1895

SICK

CHILD

1896

THE DANCE OF LIFE 1899

EMILE NOLDE

• Born into a family of peasants

• Started painting seriously later in his life

• He and his wife suffered from illness

HARVEST DAY 1905

THE

PAINTER

SCHMIDT

ROTTLUFF

1906

BEDEVILL-

ED

DANCING

1909

ERNST KIRCHNER

• Leading force behind the Expressionist

Movement

• Participated in different forms of art other than

painting

• Became Depressed and Ill

STREET, DRESDEN 1908

STREET,

BERLIN

1913

SAND

HILLS

IN

ENGA-

DINE

1918

FRANZ MARC

• Gave up being a priest and philosopher for art

• Many of his paintings included animals

• Used certain colors to portray personality

TIGER

1912

BLUE

HORSE

1911

FOXES

1913

THE YELLOW COW 1911