EXPRESSIONISM

SASHA CUCUZ

AND

NATALIE WHITE

CHARACTERISTICS• Strong Outlines

• Bold Colors

• Free Brushstrokes

• Distorted Interpretations

ORIGIN• Started around 1800’s but surfaced around 1905

in Germany

• Referred to as Post-Impressionism

• Created by a group called Die Brücke

EDVARD MUNCH• Born and Raised in Norway December 12, 1863

• Paintings portrayed pain

• Known for art other than his paintings

THE SCREAM 1893

VAMPIRE1895

SICK CHILD1896

THE DANCE OF LIFE 1899

EMILE NOLDE• Born into a family of peasants

• Started painting seriously later in his life

• He and his wife suffered from illness

HARVEST DAY 1905

THE PAINTER SCHMIDT ROTTLUFF1906

BEDEVILL-ED DANCING1909

ERNST KIRCHNER• Leading force behind the Expressionist

Movement

• Participated in different forms of art other than painting

• Became Depressed and Ill

STREET, DRESDEN 1908

STREET, BERLIN1913

SAND HILLS IN ENGA-DINE1918

FRANZ MARC• Gave up being a priest and philosopher for art

• Many of his paintings included animals

• Used certain colors to portray personality

TIGER1912

BLUE HORSE1911

FOXES1913

THE YELLOW COW 1911