Expressionism

Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century.

  

Expressionism is art that is more associated with emotion or feeling than with literal interpretation of a subject.

Expressionistic art uses vivid colours, distortion two-dimensional subjects that lack perspective.

Edvard Munch: 'The scream' (1893), Munch Museum Oslo

George Grosz: 'Republican automatons' (1920), Museum of Modern Art New York City

Author: Alberto Sáez Menéndez (3º ESO)