ARTS L2: EXPRESSIONISM

• in the early 1900s, there arose in the Western art world a movement that came to be known as ___

• works with more emotional force, rather than with realistic or natural images

• distorted outlines, applied strong colors, and exaggerated forms. worked more with their imagination and feelings, rather than with what their eyes saw in the physical world.

expressionism

best-known forerunner of Expressionism. His early life was tortured by sickness, death, insanity, unhappy love affairs and guilt – a classic way to understand his paintings. He was one of the several expressionists who felt strongly that painting could show people worrying and suffering, as well as show the beautiful things in life.

EDVARD MUNCH

started out as a realistic painter but was among the first to make truly abstract in which color and form take on an expressive life. He believed that shape, line, and color have emotional properties capable of conveying heightened feelings.

WASSILY KANDINSKY

An art style that incorporated elements from the native arts of South Sea Islanders and the wood carvings of African tribes which suddenly became popular at that time

NEO PRIMITIVISM

Head

yellow sweater

A style that used bold, vibrant colors and visual distortions. Its name was derived from les fauves “wild beasts”, referring to the group of French expressionist painters who painted in this style. Perhaps the most known among them was Henri Matisse.

fauvism

was derived from ________, referring to the group of French expressionist painters who painted in this style

les fauves “wild beasts”

blue window

woman with hat

Most known artist in NEO PRIMITIVISM

Amedeo Modigliani

Most known artist in FAUVISM

Henri Matisse.

A style characterized by dream fantasies, memory images and visual tricks and surprises

dadaism

Most known artist in DADAISM

Marcel Duchamp.

Melancholy and Mystery of a Street Giorgio de Chirico

I and the Village: Mark, Chagall,

A style that depicted an illogical, subconscious dream world beyond the logical, conscious, physical one

Surrelism

Surrelism came from the term ______

super realism

Persistence of Memory Salvador Dali

It is the movement expressed the artist’s role in social reform

Social realism

Miners’ Wives