The Expressionists where German painters who paid attention to the social conditions. There work address moral issues such as poverty, corruption, loneliness, sorrow and passion, as well as the social conditions in Germany at the time. They are noted for there exaggerated forms and unnatural colour schemes which gave them a more emotional look. Like the Fauvists, they also sought to make paintings considered a two-dimensional surface with a design on it as compared to a representation of something. There where two groups of Expressionists. The First, Die Bruke (The Bridge) was established to build a bridge, hence the name, with the German art of the past and modern experimentation. This was lead by Wassily Kandinsky, who painted Blue Mountain and Study of Composition #2. The second group, Die Blau Reiter,(The Blue Rider) made work representing pure inner emotion. It was also strongly influenced by the works of African and Oceanic cultures. Both groups freed the artist from the limitations of repressive art, and where suppressed by the Nazis. For pissing of Hitler, I give the Expressionists two thumbs up!
No pictures, because I'm tired of it.
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