Expressionism

This movement was characterized by artists’ sudden tendency to depict subjective emotions and personal responses to subjects and events, rather that objective reality. This movement emerged as an organized movement in Germany before World War 1. Colour drawing, and proportion were often exaggerated or distorted, and symbolic content was very important. Line and color were often pronounced and colour and value contrasts were intensified. Thickly layered paint, loose brushwork and bold contour drawing were used to achieve the desired tactile properties. Lithographs, woodcuts and poster were considered very valuable and important mediums by the expressionists. Revolting against conventional aesthetic forms and cultural norms, expressionists felt a deep sense of social crisis. Many German expressionists rejected the authority of the military, education, government and Hohenzollen rule. They felt deep empathy for the poor and the social outcasts. These people became their most favoure...