Expressionism and Arts

Expressionism term, apart from paintings and graphic work in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century, is linked to various media – sculpture, literature, music, architecture, etc. Pictures of Expressionism are dynamic, Expressionism painters express their subjective emotions via painting, the emphasis is placed on communication through emotion. One of the greatest Expressionism painters of the first half of the 20th century, Oskar Kokoschka, wrote the playlet Mörder in 1907 Kokoschka. In 1910 it was published in the first number of «Der Sturm» magazine, and it came to regarded as the first Expressionism play.

Expressionism was a reaction against Naturalism, its goals were to show the truth by proclaiming man's aspirations, hopes, and fears. In Expressionism plays, poetry and drama, the style is recognized for frequent omissions of verbs and articles, ecstatic, minatory, satirical tone. Among principal dramatists of Expressionism are H. Johst, G. Kaiser, G. Sack, C. Sternheim, F. von Unruh, E. Barlach, B. Brecht, R. Goering, W. Hasenclever. Between the 1914-18 the movement experienced it's height and ended in the yearly 1920s.

In reality Expressionism didn't end, but it evolved into another movements: Abstract Expressionism, it gave impetus to the development of several other currents: new Expressionism, digital Expressionism, proto Expressionism, etc. Digital Expressionism is a new school of art, which can be classified as neo-pointillism (pointillism implies a form of painting in which tiny dots of primary-colors are used). It all started in 1990 with the development of the new technology in digital photography in Tokio. The development of technology and it's combination with art resulted into appearance of such style as digital Expressionism – a link between art and an on-line vision of tomorrow.

Expressionism term is also associated with proto Expressionism and the name of English architect and draughtsman Edgar Wood. The examples of his works are held at the RIBA Drawings Collection in London and at other galleries of England. He is the author of a vocabulary from vernacular styles developed in the Pennine Hills region. Adapted styles in an extraordinary way resulted in a form of proto-Expressionism.

Expressionism is rather broad theme and it covers different works of art. The significance of this style is easy to understand since one can come across with Expressionism themes everywhere, a lot of artists worldwide interprete their vision and emotions with the help of Expressionistic techniques. To estimate the efforts and talent of contemporary artists one can visit klinkov.com website, the site of contemporary Ukrainian painter. It includes various pictures of different periods of the artists life and everyone interested in painting is welcomed here.