German Expressionists

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artistic movement group of artists

German Expressionists were a group of early 20th-century artists in Germany who used bold colors, distorted forms, and emotional intensity to critique modern society and convey inner psychological states.

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Label Occurrences
German Expressionism 26
German Expressionists canonical 2
Die Brücke movement 1

Statements (52)

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instanceOf artistic movement ⓘ
group of artists ⓘ
artForm drawing ⓘ
painting ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
artisticGoal critique of modern society ⓘ
expression of inner psychological states ⓘ
associatedGroup Der Blaue Reiter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Die Brücke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neue Sachlichkeit (as a reaction) NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic bold colors ⓘ
distorted forms ⓘ
emotional intensity ⓘ
country Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced abstract art ⓘ
modern art ⓘ
neo-expressionism ⓘ
influencedBy Edvard Munch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fauvism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Post-Impressionism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vincent van Gogh NERFINISHED ⓘ
labeledAs degenerate art by the Nazis ⓘ
movement Expressionism ⓘ
notableArtist August Macke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Egon Schiele NERFINISHED ⓘ
Emil Nolde NERFINISHED ⓘ
Erich Heckel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Franz Marc NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gabriele Münter NERFINISHED ⓘ
George Grosz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff NERFINISHED ⓘ
Max Beckmann NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oskar Kokoschka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Otto Dix NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Klee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wassily Kandinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy Nazi regime NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Weimar Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
technique exaggerated perspective ⓘ
expressive brushwork ⓘ
simplified forms ⓘ
strong contrasts of color ⓘ
theme alienation in modern urban life ⓘ
inner emotional experience ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
war and trauma ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ

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Paula Modersohn-Becker → influenced → German Expressionists ⓘ
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Bernhard Heisig → influencedBy → German Expressionists ⓘ
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R. B. Kitaj → influencedBy → German Expressionists ⓘ
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Self-Portrait as a Soldier → movement → German Expressionists ⓘ
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Maria Marc → associatedWith → German Expressionists ⓘ
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The Last Supper (1909) → movement → German Expressionists ⓘ
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The Prophet (1912 woodcut) → artMovement → German Expressionists ⓘ
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Lady in a Green Jacket → partOf → German Expressionists ⓘ
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Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke → movement → German Expressionists ⓘ
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Kunstgewerbeschule Köln → movementInfluenced → German Expressionists ⓘ
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Daniel Richter → influencedBy → German Expressionists ⓘ
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