reality is distorted an art movements in Modernist era
late 19th - early 20th century
focus on inward reality instead of avant garde
Germany was the epicenter
developed as a reaction against (?i)
intense colour
extension of romanticism romanticism
see also the inverse naturalism impressionism vs expressionism
Notable Figures
Fritz Lang
started with van Gogh (?v) Edvard Munch (Scream is the quintessential expressionist painting; it depicts anxiety) Henry Matisse Friedrich Nietzsche