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This website is dedicated to the Museum's rich collection of German Expressionist art. Defining Expressionism in broad terms, this collection comprises approximately 3,200 works, including some 2,800 prints (644 of which are in periodicals in the Museum Library), 275 drawings, 32 posters, and 40 paintings and sculptures.
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- The World of Emotion. Expressionism is an artistic movement that originated in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its approach emphasised an exploration of the meaning of emotional experience over the apprehension of material reality, distorting depictions of the world in order to express the strength of subjective experience, often through the use of strong colours and simplified forms.
- Provoking Reactions. Expressionist works were characterised by exaggerations of features, gestures and expressions, along with formal distortions and an emphasis on the physical attributes of a specific medium that provoked an emotional response.
- Die Brücke. The birth of Expressionism is considered to have occurred with the formation of the artistic group known as Die Brücke (The Bridge) in 1905.
- The Importance of Prints. Printmaking and drawing were integral to Expressionism on both practical and conceptual levels. Practically, prints and drawings were quicker and less expensive to produce.
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The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy presents insights into the work of these innovative, early 20th-century artists and their continuing impact a century later. The National Gallery of Art has important holdings of prints and drawings by German expressionists Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Emil Nolde, among others.
Feb 9, 2024 · The dozen or so artists we associate with German expressionism each had their own style. Nevertheless, their art does have some things in common. In order to both represent and stimulate emotions, German expressionists were bold. Their paintings, prints, and sculptures were direct.
German Expressionism prints, like those on view in A Graphic Art: German Expressionist Prints from the McNay Art Museum and the Bronston Collection, are gritty and evocative, the figural distortions and jarring colors helping to capture feelings and thoughts in visual form.
Käthe Kollwitz. German, 1867–1945. Starr Figura, German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 2011. Printmaker, draftsman, sculptor. Trained initially as a painter, but by 1890 turned to printmaking as means for social criticism.
Sep 22, 2023 · phone: (202) 842-6355. e-mail: l-tylec@nga.gov. Washington, DC—Through their bold distortions, angular, simplified forms, and use of non-naturalistic colors, the German expressionists sought to convey complex emotional and psychological responses to their changing world during the social, cultural, and political upheavals of the early 20th century.