Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Expressionism, German Expressionism


Purpose:
• To make connections between the Expressionist Art Movement and artists who worked in that style, including artists from our past and present;
• To respond visually to artists who work(ed) in the style of Expressionist Art Movement, by creating a work or art in this style.

This movement first began in the first decade of the 20th century mainly in Germany and Austria. This art movement typically refers to art that demonstrates extreme expensive properties in a pictorial form to explore different themes of emotion and inner physiological truths. The work was mainly influenced by Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and Edvard Munch; along with art work in Germany and Russia such as African and Oceanic art, the Cubists, and folk art.

After comparing Siri Beckman’s art work with the German art work in the Pinterest page, I found both similarities and unlike features. The German art work involves a person or multiple people in a unique portrait that has many set moods and emotions. But, unlike other German art work, Siri Beckman’s art work is more along the lines of landscapes. But I noticed similarities in the way both types of art are done. Both tend to be done in only black and white. Both also, use the same techniques like using only lines to show the figures in the picture of landscape.

Title: Cod Fishing Title: Self Portiat
Artist: Siri Beckman Artist: Werner Drewes
Date: Unknown Date: 1971

  

http://drewesfineart.com/works/1083219/self-portrait-1971
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/movements/195214/description
http://www.siribeckman.com/exhibitions/
http://www.pinterest.com/dazzioart/german-expressionist-woodcut-prints/

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