Chapter 8:Expressionism in germany the bridge and the blue riders Flashcards
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- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Woman in Front of a Vase of flowers (1906)
- part of the bridge movement -reduction of space and arbitrary color
- visible brushstrokes
- woman does not look happy at all. German painters were more interested in personal feelings of the subject
- sunflowers are reminiscent of van gogh’s sunflowers
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- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner self portrait with a model (1910)
- model has a very annoyed expression, very true to her actual feelings which the french would not have depicted
- he is oblivious to her in the painting
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- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner street, Berlin (1913)
- part of the bridge
- much like matisse he has reduced his color palette -corner of a car can just barely be seen
- lines are very very straight
- by this time he would have seen picasso’s work
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- Erich Heckel, Two Men at a Table (1912)
- part of the bridge
- the space is very claustrophobic
- people do not look happy at all
- christ figure in painting on wall
- portrait of man looks as though watching over the shoulder of the man physically in the room
- there is a knife between them as well as a document or some money maybe
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The Bridge (Die Brucke)
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- was primarily based in Dresden 1906, germany
- was made up of artist trying to connect to the old german tradition of printmanking with new expresionism movements
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The Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter)
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- Based in Munich 1910, germany
- started by Kandinsky and Marc, both wanted a movement around their ideas
- they both had a love of horse and the color blue resutlting in the name Blue Rider
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- Vasily Kandinsky Landscape with Tower, (1909)
- vivid landscape, calls back to post impressionism
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- Vasily Kandinsky composition IV (1911)
- abstracted images from nothing, not based on any real objects
- resembles music “visible music” experienced during synesthesia
- variety in linear lines
- for the time period, totally wild
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- Vasily Kandinsky Black lines (1913)
- variety in line weight and direction
- non representative marking
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- Frans Marc, Blue Horses (1911)
- believed that horses interacted with nature in a beautiful and special way
- abstracts horses emphasizing the curves and arbitrary color
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- Franz Marc, Animals’ Fate (1913)
- abstraction becomes much stronger
- cubism influences straight jagged lines and limited color palette
- shows the horror of nature, hints at war
- damaged in a fire
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- Gabriele Munter The Lady and her Son (1912)
- kandinsky’s mistress
- influenced by artistic pieces by peasants
- very abstract and flat
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- Lyonel Feininger, Gelmeroda VIII (1921)
- cubist inspired
- parents were german, moved to america
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- Alexej Jawlensky, the hunchback (1911)
- a very eccentric russian
- very much like kandinsky
- eyes are emphasized because of his mystic beliefs
- very flat
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- Paula Modersohn-Becker, Self Portrait with an Amber Necklace (1906)
- broke female role conventions, went to france with an interest in modern art
- very flattened out
- died from blood clot after childbirth
- was not a member of any artistic group
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- Kaethe Kollwitz Death woman and child (1910) etching
- was a socialist, married a doctor, she got her models from the waiting room
- lost family in war which affected her painting
- was forbidden to paint during the war, THANKS hitler
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- Paul Klee Around the Fish (1926)
- started german expressionism
- abstracted, but still recognizable
- fish is surrounded by symbols
- full moon and crescent moon, arrow, abstracted profile of person, starting flag, some unrecognizable symbols, and then a cross
- looks like fennel beneath fish
- fish is secret sign of early christianity
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- Paul Klee Individualized Altimetry of Stripes (1930)
- swiss, taught at bauhaus
- very abstract, but stripes are not perfect
- limited palette
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- Egon Schiele, embrace (1913)
- An austrian artist and student of klimt
- highly erotic paintings, he is in many of his works
- used children as models and was later arrested for child porn
- sexually extreme
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- Egon Schiele, Portriat of the Painter Paris Von Gutersloh (1918)
- after being released from prison became known for portraits
- linearity is prominent
- became more normal over the years
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- Oskar Kokoshka, Der Trancespieler (1908)
- Portrait of a hypnotist
- large eyes that draw the viewer in
- enlaged hands as well
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- george grosz, The Big City (1916)
- depicts the courruption and economic issues in Germany
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- Oskar Kokoshka, The New City (1922)
- had worked as anurse during th war
- fled to Autria after seeing how germans were acting in the war
- painted this piece in Dresden
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- Oskar Kokoshka, The Tempest (1914)
- painted after his affair with a woman who had many artistic husbands
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There’s a second image of a
chubby dude staring you down on the back
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- August Sander, Pastry Cook (1928)
- Otto Dix, Portrait of the Actor Heinrich George as Terje Wiggen, (1932)
- Both represent well fed german men who most likely bribed other for food during the german depresion
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- Erich Salomon, German Politicians (1930)
- politician wives gossiping over a meal
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- Albert Renger-Patzsch, Sempervivum percarneum (1922)
- ignores corrupt germany to focus on natural beauty
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- Ernest Barlach, Singing man (1928)
- Traveled to Russia and saw extreme poverty everywhere, upon returning to Germany he felt greatful
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- Käthe Kollwitz , Rest in the Peace of his Hands
- made when she was forbidden to work
- depicts her lost son
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- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, The Friends (1952)
- Wood carved sculpture
- depicts gay men
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- Lewis Heine, Young Jewess at Ellis Island (1905)
- highly expressive face
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- Max Beckmann, Departure (1932-33)
- had been a medic in the war, it changed him drastically
- triptych reminecent of an alterpiece
- uses sybolism to represent the loss of freedom and goodness in Germany
