Expressionism Works

Expressionism was especially developed in Europe during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in such media as visual, literary, and performing arts. The development of the movement with it's goal to express subjective feelings and emotions can be considered a reaction against the academic standards that had prevailed in Europe. To express the emotions often exaggerated and distorted images are depicted. Despite of the fact that the epicenter of expressionism development was in Europe the qualities of this style can be found in the arts of many other countries during various periods, in the 16th-century works of the Spanish painter El Greco and the German painter Matthias Grünewald, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries works of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, the French artist Paul Gauguin, and the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch.

The German school should be mentioned separately. This European group was the most important and two groups «Die Brücke» («The Bridge») and «Der Blaue Reiter» («The Blue Rider») especially. Next stage of the movement development is associated with Founded by Otto Dix and George Grosz «Die Neue Sachlichkeit» («The New Objectivity»). The characteristic feature of «The New Objectivity» was a concern for social truths and an attitude of satiric bitterness and cynicism. During this period of expressionism movement development it becomes an international movement.

The most notable artists of expressionism were Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, who originated the movement, Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein, Otto Müller, Franz Marc, August Macke, Gabriele Münter, Heinrich Campendonk; the Swiss artist Paul Klee, and the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky.

The expressionism works subjects are performed in violent colors, exaggerated lines, altered subjects, intense emotional expression. Pictures of expressionism is the depiction of inner experience, the subjective emotions rather than realistic portrayal, and even formal elements are represented violently and vividly. Such approach in art – the necessity to express the intense feelings to the world – was admitted by a number of artists. Moreover, the movement has had great influence on contemporary artists.

Now one can see the realization of expressionism ideas on various painters works, and one of such places where one can view expressionism painting as well as abstract, surreal, etc is klinkov.com web site. The site contains the collection of Valeriy Klinkov painting and everyone interested in art can visit, view, estimate, enjoy and obtain a picture directly from the artist.