Movement · 1900s
Expressionism
Expressionist artists used distortion and forceful color to convey feeling. In Germany, groups including Die Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter helped shape the movement in the early twentieth century.
Where it came from, where it went
- Grew out of1880sPost-Impressionism
Artists built on Impressionism while pursuing structure, symbolic color, or personal expression.
- 1900sFauvism
French painters used vivid, non-naturalistic color and simplified forms.
- This movement1900sExpressionism
- Led to1900sAbstract Art
Art that does not depict recognizable subjects, or reduces them to color, line, and form.
- 1910sDer Blaue Reiter
A Munich group that used expressive color and abstraction to explore spiritual ideas.
Circles
Group · Munich · 1911
Der Blaue Reiter
Named after the almanac Kandinsky and Marc edited. First exhibition Dec 1911 at Thannhauser, Munich: 43 works by 14 artists, including Delaunay and Henri Rousseau. Ended with the war (Macke killed 1914, Marc 1916).
Group · Dresden, later Berlin · 1905
Die Brücke
German Expressionist group founded in Dresden in 1905 by Kirchner, Heckel, Schmidt-Rottluff and Bleyl; deeply influenced by Munch's prints.
Society · Munich · 1909
Neue Künstlervereinigung München
Founded early 1909 by Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Münter, Werefkin and others; annual shows at Thannhauser 1909-1911. Marc joined in 1911; the Kandinsky-Marc split that December produced Der Blaue Reiter.
Paintings
