Expressionism

Brought to you by Smarthistory. Expressionist experiments in Germany were dominated by two groups of artists, Die Brücke (the Bridge) and Der Blaue Reiter. Here, find Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Emil Nolde, and the Russians, Wassily Kandinsky and Alexei von Jawlensky. Meanwhile in Vienna, Egon Schiele was exploring representations of the body with wild, restless energy.

Kirchner, Street, Dresden

Jawlensky, Young Girl in a Flowered Hat

Schiele, Seated Male Nude (Self-Portrait)

Nazi looting: Egon Schiele's Portrait of Wally

Schiele, Hermits

Kandinsky, Improvisation 28 (second version), 1912