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Expressionism-style in which the intention of the artist is not to reproduce a subject, but to portray it in a way that expresses the inner state of the artist.

Influences-Fauvism, Cubism and Symbolism.

Intensity of expressive color

Allows the colors to express feeling instead

of describing it

Was crazy, lived in an asylum

Liked to trick the eye into a sense of

movement

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Starry Night- Vincent Van Gogh (1889)

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Starry Night- Vincent Van Gogh (1889)

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Starry Night- Vincent Van Gogh (1889)

Pioneer to expressionist movement

Used color to express feelings

Used problems in his life to create his work

Pessimistic

“Universal anxiety of modern man”

Emotional Crisis

“The study of the soul, that is to say the study of my own soul.”

Showed a lot of emotion through his artwork

Really in to drawing people

Most of his work seems sad until 1908

Munch broke down in 1908

Went to mental institution

After leaving he became a more optimistic artist

Said that his art “went under” after breakdown

Lost deep feelings

Focused on imagery

German artist and printmaker

Ruthlessly and harshly showed the brutality of war.

Considered one of the most important artists to expressionism

Showed his experiences through his work

Gloomy and harsh

“payed attention to the bleaker side of life”

Known for his evil eye

Shows sorrow and sadness along with many other expressionists

Expressionism gives the artist the ability to let out the emotions they have

Many of them show the more harsh or sad part of life


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