Expressionism (1905-1920)
Expressionism (1905-1920)
(1905-1920)
IS ARTISTIC STYLE IN WHICH THE
ARTIST SEEKS TO DEPICT NOT
OBJECTIVE REALITY BUT RATHER
THE SUBJECTIVE EMOTIONS AND
RESPONSES THAT OBJECTS AND
EVENTS AROUSE WITHIN A
PERSON.
COLOUR, IN PARTICULAR CAN BE
HIGHLY INTENSE AND NON-
NATURALISTIC, BRUSHWORK IS
TYPICALLY FREE AND PAINT
APPLICATION TENDS TO BE
GENEROUS AND HIGHLY
TEXTURED. EXPRESSIONIST ART
TENDS TO BE EMOTIONAL AND
SOMETIMES MYSTICAL. IT CAN BE
SEEN AS AN EXTENSION OF
Romanticism.
THE ROOTS OF
EXPRESSIONISM
• VINCENT VAN GOGH
• EDVARD MUNCH
• JAMES ENSOR
The Starry Night The Scream
Painting by Vincent van by Edvard Munch
Fruit Gatherer Sabel in Blue
By Fernando By Benedicto Cabrera
CUBISM
(1907-1914)
Cubism