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Important
Expressionist Painters Born in the
19th Century
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James Ensor (1860 - 1949)
Belgian
George Grosz (1893-1959) German
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 - 1938)
German
Paul Klee (1879 - 1940)
Swiss,
Expressionist
Amedeo Modigliani
(1884 - 1920)
Italian
Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944)
Norwegian
Emil Nolde (1867 -
1956)
German
Egon Schiele
(1890 - 1918)
Austrian
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Expressionist art was conceived
in opposition of
Impressionism. The Expressionist craved emotional drama, pure color
and innovation.
Edvard Munch asserted "Painting
picture by picture, I followed the impressions my eye took in at
heightened moments. I painted only memories, adding nothing, no details
that I did not see. Hence the simplicity of the paintings, their
emptiness. " Expressionist painters look
inward at their own emotions, and less on the outside world. Painters of
the Expressionist generation grew up on the battlefield, witnessing
wartime atrocities and returning to war ravaged countries.
Key
Descriptive Words and Phrases associated with Expressionst
Painting - Germany, early 20th century, emotional effects,
emotional experience, avant-garde, emotional angst, Herwarth Walden, Der
Sturm, graphic art, Die Brücke, Der Blaue Reiter, Friedrich Nietzsche,
psychological depths, symbolic colors, exaggerated imagery, human
psyche, exaggeration, primitivism, jarring colors, self-expression,
expression intensity, printmaking, psychological,emotional themes,
existential anguish, industrial modern age, individual genius, sense of
movement, energy
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