Who are the main painters in that style? Where can I find examples of what it looks like, preferably online?
2007-01-03 10:29:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
The German Expressionist painters movement was predominantly formed by two groups of German painters known as Die Bruecke (The Bridge) and Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) in the early 20th century (1905-1945) with its epicenters in Germany and Austria. Unlike in Impressionism, the expressionist artist's goals are not to reproduce the impression suggested by the surrounding world but instead to depict his or her own interpretation of the event or object. According to Joseph Minton, "The expressionist artist displays an internalized depiction of reality and allows their personal and potentially biased emotions to impact that depiction. It is an art form that comes from the artists point of view. It is the one art form that truly allows the viewer to both see and feel the world through the eyes of the artist." It is said that Expressionism may not have ever taken it's current form with out the inspiration of the fathers of this art form who are most notably Vincent van Gough, Edvard Munch and Georges Rouault.
German Expressionism / Expressionism is filled with famous and well known painters. Some of the most prestigious and highly regarded are Edvard Munch, Emil Nolde, Georges Rouault, Max Beckman, Egon Schiele, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Franz Marc, Gabriele Münter and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The Expressionist painting style has produced some of the worlds most profound paintings and is a style that is still widely produced today by such modern artist as Moin Shah and Joseph Minton.
Personally (I'm a modern impressionist painter myself, but not German and not well-known -yet!- ) I love Kandinsky and Paul Klee. Surprisingly none of both is German!
2007-01-04 00:51:56 · answer #1 · answered by jacquesh2001 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some of the important German Expressionist painters: Emil Nolde, Georges Rouault, Max Beckman, Egon Schiele, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Franz Marc, Gabriele Münter and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Here is a good link: http://members.cox.net/germanexpressionist/
2007-01-03 10:41:22 · answer #2 · answered by Feathery 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
German Expressionist Painters
2016-10-02 21:45:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the founding members of "Die Brücke"(The Bridge) and German Expressionism was Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1880- 1938 late work of Davos and surroundings in Switzerland. Also Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, Lionel Feininger, Goeorge Grosz, August Macke
"Expressionism is an artistic style in which the artist attempts to depict not objective reality but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse in him. He accomplishes his aim through distortion, exaggeration, primitivism, and fantasy and through the vivid, jarring, violent, or dynamic application of formal elements. In a broader sense Expressionism is one of the main currents of art in the later 19th and the 20th centuries, and its qualities of highly subjective, personal, spontaneous self-expression are typical of a wide range of modern artists and art movements."
2007-01-11 08:22:33 · answer #4 · answered by Peter J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does it specifically have to be a painting? If the paper is just about the movement, I would look at Metropolis, which is an iconic arthouse film - discuss the symbolism, framing, metaphor etc and how it relates to that era of German society/history.
2016-05-22 23:56:02 · answer #5 · answered by Emely 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've gotten some fairly good answers so far, which should have answered your question... so I don't feel too bad being a smart alec...
but German Expressionism...doesn't that sound like an oxymoron to you? (I picture portraits with stoic faces).
Best of luck to you...
2007-01-04 00:58:34 · answer #6 · answered by colourshift 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋