expressionists
Emotion over realism
Expressionists are artists or writers associated with expressionism, a movement emphasizing emotional experience over realistic representation.
The term applies most often to early 20th-century German painters who used distorted forms and intense colors to convey inner states: The expressionists rejected naturalism in favor of psychological truth.
It extends to practitioners in theater, film, literature, and music who prioritize subjective feeling over external reality.
Expressionist artist collective
- FauvismExpressionist color-focused art school
- modernismFavoring contemporary approaches
- Vienna SecessionAustrian art nouveau splinter group
- action paintingSpontaneous, physical mark-making
Deep unfocused worry
- alienationState of being isolated
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- anguishIntense mental suffering
dread · despair · melancholy · suffering · psyche · inner · subjective · torment
Twisting from original state
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- boldCourageous and daring
- angularSharp-edged or rawboned
- jaggedSharply uneven, notched
vivid · raw · gestural · impasto · woodcut · brushwork · linework · stark
Visual hue property
- contrastNotable difference between things
- emotionComplex psychological state
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- atmosphereGaseous layer around planets
grotesque · primal · visceral · dreamlike · nightmarish · hallucinatory · fevered · lurid
Norwegian symbolist painter
Pertaining to cities
- warArmed struggle between groups
- deathCessation of life
- sexualityErotic nature and preferences
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
social critique · industrialization · portraits · self-portraits · cityscapes · nudes · landscapes · apocalyptic
Die Brücke
Expressionist artist collective
- FauvismExpressionist color-focused art school
- modernismFavoring contemporary approaches
- Vienna SecessionAustrian art nouveau splinter group
angst
Deep unfocused worry
- alienationState of being isolated
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
anguish · dread · despair · melancholy · suffering · psyche · inner · subjective · torment · pathos
distortion
Twisting from original state
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- boldCourageous and daring
- angularSharp-edged or rawboned
jagged · vivid · raw · gestural · impasto · woodcut · brushwork · linework · stark · unnatural
color
Visual hue property
- contrastNotable difference between things
- emotionComplex psychological state
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
atmosphere · grotesque · primal · visceral · dreamlike · nightmarish · hallucinatory · fevered · lurid · garish
Munch
Norwegian symbolist painter
urban
Pertaining to cities
spirituality · social critique · industrialization · portraits · self-portraits · cityscapes · nudes · landscapes · apocalyptic · nightlife
- paintersBotticelli, Caravaggio, Cezanne, Da Vinci, Dali
- art movementsPop Art, pop art, Impressionism, impressionism, Surrealism
- innovatorsinnovator, innovators, inventor, pioneers, pioneer
- Berlin figurespoliticians, chancellors, political figures, urban planners
expressionistsphotorealists
Artists painting photograph-like images
realists · hyperrealists · naturalists · illusionists · documentary photographers
expressionistsclassicists
Scholars of antiquity
neoclassicists · rationalists · minimalists · conceptualists · formalists
- Abstract ExpressionismGestural, nonrepresentational American painting movement
- German ExpressionismDistorted, emotionally intense art movement
- abstract expressionistPostwar American avant-garde artist