Zachary RavenArt Appreciation Expressionism

(1905-1925) 10/08/2009

Artist of the time period

• Georges Rouault• Oskar Kokoschka • Franz Marc

Characteristics of the movement

Expressionism is the artistic style in which the artist attempts to show not objective reality, or what is, but rather Subjective Emotion and objects around the artist. The artist shows his views through his work by distortion, exaggeration, Primitivism, and fantasy. The artist uses vivid, jarring, or violent application of formal elements.

Georges Rouault“Landscape “ 5.75 x 4 3/8 inches; 14.5 x 11 cms

“Woman with Hat” 5.75 x 7 3/8 inches; 14.5 x 18.6 cms.

Oskar Kokoschka

“Schlafende Frau” ,5 x 21,5 cm

“Selbstbildnis” 79 x 63 cm

Franz Marc “Foxes” 87 x 65 cm “Dog Lying In the Snow” 62.5 x 105 cm

Work Cited

• www.rouault-paintings.com/landscape.htm• http://www.artmovements.co.uk/expressionism.htm• www.rouault-paintings.com/woman%20in%20hat.htm• http://eaobjets.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/oskar-kokoschka-

at-the-belvedere-vienna/• www.dl.ket.org/.../wm/paint/auth/marc/index.htm