Some Facts About Expressionist Painting

At all times there were creative and sensitive people which expressed their feelings and anxiety in different forms of art. There were different groups and movements that introduced new approaches of self-expression. In the later 19th and the 20th centuries the leading current in art was expressionism. The style purpose was to express one's own personal emotions. Expressionism became major movement that coincided with the transition of two centuries, and was a reaction to the disquieted times of social change or crisis

Being powerful movement expressionism influenced different fields and areas. In addition to paintings, expressionism struggled against realism and naturalism also in literature. The most notable writers that incorporated the principles of expressionism in writing were Franz Kafka, James Joyce, Strindberg, Kaiser, Toller, Wedekind. The penetration of expressionism in literature became significant and important event which started off free form of writing. The emotional effect of the movement was so great that it has also achieved even such fields as dance, cinema, and the theatre.

However, the development of expressionism in painting art was great also, a lot of worldwide known expressionism paintings appeared at that time. There were groups, movements and individuals that created the works in this style. As the movement was spread worldwide, a lot of countries had their bright representatives. For instance, Rouault, Soutine, Vlaminck, Kokoschka and Schiele, Gauguin, Ensor, Van Gogh, Munch, El Greco, Grünewald, Goya.

The main goal of expressionism is to reveal the feelings of the artists, rather than the impressions evoked by the surrounding world. To achieve such an effect expressionism painting doesn't depicts object reality, expressionism images are the painter's own images of objects which the artists subjectively consider to be accurate representation of reality. The purpose of expressionists is to achieve the highest grade of expression and in such endevour to such notions as forms and harmony is given little significance.

Expressionist painting, being spontaneous and highly subjective, has introduced new techniques which also served to achieve the major idea of the current. Intense colour, stirred brushstrokes – these features characterize all the works of expressionist artists of the past and of contemporary painters also. Today's artists carry on the traditions of the main artistic movement of the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th centuries. Thus, the paintings of V.Klinkov, modern surrealism, expressionism, and abstract painter are exhibited on this web site. These pieces of art are available for sale and to obtain such painting has never been so easy as it is possible to do today. Browsing the site you will find various categories, among which the selection itself. If you are an expressionism art goer, you wish to adorn the interior of your office or home with such piece of art, visit Valeriy Klinkov online gallery where all the paintings are available for sale.