Monday Morning Museum: Expressionism

Expressionism – Germany circa 1905 to the 1940s

Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas. – Wikipedia.org

In addition to Franz Marc (see art example below), other artists using Expressionism are Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky, George Grosz and Amadeo Modigliani

The Foxes, 1913 by Franz Marc (1880-1916)

Last Monday’s Art – Dada
Next Monday’s Art – Fauvism

Top of post: “Expressionism” graphic created by Adrean Darce Brent
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum: Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky – 16 December 1866 Moscow, Russia to 13 December 1944 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

Russian-born French Expressionist Painter


Kandinsky presents in this piece – Yellow-Red-Blue, 1925 – a work whose theme is the display of the primary pigment colors utilized in painting. I have used these same colors in the "Monday Morning Museum" logo.



Last Monday’s Artist - André Kertész
Next Monday’s Artist – John Singer Sargent

Images:
Left: Interior (My Dining Room), 1909 from the website cgfa.acropolisinc.com
Center: The Garden of Love (Improvisation Number 27), 1912 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: In the Blue, 1925 from the website pintura.aut.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent