Father Of German Expressionism

In die brücke dresden marked the beginning of german expressionism.

Father of german expressionism. Hodinthe all but unknown father of current expressionism and his heritage of violence and sensitivity revealed in his first u s. Munch is considered to be a father of expressionism. Munch and expressionism by j p. This great and lonely artist who was so completely absorbed in his work has been appreciated at his real importance only by a handful of initiated people in the west.

Important precursors of expressionism were the german philosopher friedrich nietzsche 1844 1900 especially his philosophical novel thus spoke zarathustra 1883 1892. He later grew to accept expressionism s merits however and embraced its intensely emotional approach in his own work. The later plays of the swedish dramatist august strindberg 1849 1912 including the trilogy to damascus 1898 1901 a dream play 1902 the ghost sonata 1907. The emergence of german expressionism norwegian painter edvard munch painted his most famous work the scream in 1890.

And that is why no matter how many exhibits you have seen about munch this one is different. German expressionism consisted of a number of related creative movements in germany before the first world war that reached a peak in berlin during the 1920s these developments in germany were part of a larger expressionist movement in north and central european culture in fields such as architecture dance painting sculpture as well as cinema this article deals primarily with developments. This movement manifested in the german speaking countries a place where munch s work had been widely seen and enthusiastically received as well as where he lived for extended periods of time. Although this painting was a more than decade early than the beginning of the expressionist period this picture is considered as the first painting of expressionism.

Expressionism does not have its roots in germany. Frank wedekind 1864 1918 especially the lulu plays erdgeist earth spirit 1895 and die büchse der pandora pandora s box 1904.