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German Expressionism was an artistic movement in the early 20th century that emphasized the artist's inner emotions rather than attempting to replicate reality. [1] German Expressionist films rejected cinematic realism and used visual distortions and hyper-expressive performances to reflect inner conflicts. [2]
Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century art.
The seminal group had a major impact on the evolution of modern art in the 20th century and the creation of expressionism. [1] The group came to an end around 1913. The Brücke Museum in Berlin was named after the group. The Brücke is sometimes compared to the roughly contemporary French group of the Fauves.
German visual art, music, and literature were all strongly influenced by German Expressionism at the start of the Weimar Republic. By 1920, a sharp turn was taken towards the Neue Sachlichkeit New Objectivity outlook. New Objectivity was not a strict movement in the sense of having a clear manifesto or set of rules.
Expressionism on the American stage: Paul Green and Kurt Weill's Johnny Johnson (1936). Expressionism was a movement in drama and theatre that principally developed in Germany in the early decades of the 20th century. It was then popularized in the United States, Spain, China, the U.K., and all around the world.
German and Austrian Expressionism, Art in a Turbulent Era Group The Museum of Contemporary Art. Chicago: United States: 1979–80 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Individual National Galerie: Berlin (also shown in Munich and Zurich) Germany: 1985 German Art in the 20th Century, Painting and Sculpture 1905–1985. Group Royal Academy of Arts. London ...
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