Der Blaue Reiter

Tanner Harmsen Ms. Bromley October 2, 2016 Artist Essay Paul Klee Paul Klee was a German and Swiss artist best known for his amount of art influenced by expressionism, surrealism, and cubism. Paul Klee was born in Munchenbuchsee, Switzerland, on December 18, 1879. He was involved and influenced by many artistic movements, including cubism, surrealism, and expressionism. He taught in Germany until 1933. His family then fled to Switzerland, where he died on June 29, 1940. In his early life he…

These artist wanted a way to express their feelings, so they used colors in places that it would not usually go. Vasili Kandinsky’s “Black Lines No. 189” made in 1913 is an example of this type of art. Kandinsky also started a group called “Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider)” in 1911 that was an important part of the movement. Favism started in that early 1900s as a way for artist to use colors that were not true to life. One of the leading artist of this movement was Henri…

Roestenburg was consider as a German Expressionist because critics believed his work fit in well with this group. This is because he embodies the spirt and the passion that is considered as German Expressionism. August Macke was apart of the Der Blaue Reiter, also known as “The Blue Rider.” German Expressionism was created with the collaboration of the Bridges and the Blue…

Another example is expressionism which anticipated by artists like JMW Turner (Interior at Petworth, 1837), Van Gogh (Wheat Field with Crows, 1890) and, expressionism was made famous by two groups in pre-war Germany: Die Brucke (Dresden/Berlin) and Der Blaue Reiter (Munich), led by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) and Wassily Kandinsky (1866- 1944) respectively. The main contribution of expressionism to "modern art" was to popularize the idea of subjectivity in painting and sculpture,…

Introduction Use your introduction to explain how the question is related to subject, why it makes an interesting study that is worth researching, and how you plan to discuss it. Effect of color + distortion- elaborate Compare+ contrast artists How it is influnce by the emotional aspect To what extent do expressionists portray their emotions through the use of vivid colour and distortion? Vivid colour and distortion are the important elements in expressionist art that play a significant…

Beginnings The Expressionism movement is thought by many to have began on June 7, 1905 by four architecture students when they formed the group “Die Brücke” (The Bridge) (Die Brücke). The four students that formed the group “Die Brücke” were Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Fritz Bleyl. Fritz Bleyl left the group shortly after (Die Brücke). The name, Die Brücke, was taken from writings of the philosopher Friedrich Nietszche, of whom the group greatly admired. It…

Which of the following works demonstrates the Futurists' interest in motion? |a. |The City | |b. |Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash | |c. |Champs de Mars or The Red Tower | |d. |The Portuguese…