Expressionism Painting

Despite of the fact that there has never been such movement as «expressionism» there are a lot of works, painting and graphic, created in this style. The idea of expressionism was to challenge the academic traditions, to distort reality for an emotional effect. The key person that played an important role in the development of this style was philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, painters Matthias Grünewald and El Greco. It is considered that the movement originated in Germany and Austria and after the World War II American artists adopted the traditions of expressionism. The early XXI century was marked with the development of distinct movements, being a part of expressionism, initiated by American artists.

Expressionism is well-known due to German expressionism painters and there are a number of museums, such as the Wallraf-Richartz museum, in Köln, that store rich collections of famous expressionists artworks. Also a number of movements having common roots with expressionism appeared: New York Figurative Expressionism, Lyrical Abstraction, Abstract Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism. The style affected another areas such as literature, architecture, sculpture. Among the most notable expressionism painters the names of Karl Zerbe, Hyman Bloom, Jack Levine, David Aronson, Philip Guston, Oskar Kokoschka, Wassily Kandinsky should be mentioned. There are a lot of famous expressionism paintings created by the above mentioned artists. And today we have an opportunity to enjoy not only worldwide known artworks but also the painting created by popular contemporary artists.

If to define expressionism painting the first thing that should be said - this style reflects spontaneity. Limited number of colors and brush stroke are one of the main features of this style of painting. For an expressionist painter it is vital to obey instinct rather than intellect. Viewing an example of expressionism painting it is possible to define more characteristic features of the style: careless manner, distorted forms without perspective.

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