~Edvard Munch
I am not really up on what Expressionism is, but I hear it's "a term used to denote the use of distortion and exaggeration for emotional effect." Edvard Munch's The Scream seems like a perfect example. Another definition is "a style of painting, music, or drama in which the artist or writer seeks to express emotional experience rather than impressions of the external world."
All of the below art was listed as being Expressionist. Is "The Neck of a Little Girl" Expressionist? I can't tell, but I love it, so...
Deer
by Marie Laurencin
Girl with Sheep
by Louisa Matthiasdottir
The Three Graces
by Tia Peltz
The Neck of a Little Girl
by Helene Schjerfbeck
Man with the Yellow Hat
by Ossip Zadkine
Nannies in the National Garden
by Theophrastos Triantafyllidis
The old woman and the girl
by Rafael Zabaleta
2 comments:
The Neck of a Little Girl is lovely and tender! Though I tend to think it was done during her younger years, when she was still in her Realism phase.
Very nice examples of Expressionism. Some Expressionism I like a lot; other works do nothing for me.
I love The Scream and The Three Graces, but not so much The old woman and the girl and Man with the Yellow Hat.
I would think that The Neck of a Little Girl was more Impressionistic, but what the hey. And since I love Impressionism, it is wonderful. ;-)
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