Expressionism

Objectives

• Describe the Expressionism and Abstractionism

Movement of Art

• List the arts styles in expressionism and abstractionism

movement

• Appreciate the Expressionism and Abstractionism

Movement of Art
Let’s review
Who painted London,
houses of parliament.
The sun shining through
the fog?

Claude Monet
Who painted R u e M o s n i e r
Decked With Flags?

Edouard Manet
Who painted Bedroom at
Arles?

Vincent Van Gogh

Arrange the letters to form a word
related to art movement.

FAUVISM
Arrange the letters to form a word
related to art movement.

DADAISM
Arrange the letters to form a word
related to art movement.

Surrealism
Arrange the letters to form a word
related to art movement.

Cubism
Arrange the letters to form a word
related to art movement.

Futurism
Group Activity

1. Expressionism & Neoprimitivsm-Amedeo Modigliani -

Yellow Sweater
• 2. Fauvism - Henri Matisse - Blue Window
• 2. Dadaism - Giorgio de Chirico - Melancholy and Mystery of
a Street
• 3. Surrealism - Salvador Dali - Persistence of Memory
• 3. Social Realism - Ben Shahn – Miner’s Wives
Group Activity

• 4. Abstractionism,

• 4. Cubism - Pablo Picasso - Three Musicians

• 4. Futurism - Gino Severini – Armored Train

• 5. Mechanical Style - Fernand Leger - The City

• 5. Non-Objectivism - Piet Mondrian - New York City

 1. In the early 1900s, there arose in
the Western art world a
movement that
came to be known as
expressionism. Expressionist artists
created works with more
emotional force, rather than with
Expressionism realistic or natural images. To
achieve this, they distorted
outlines, applied strong colors,
and exaggerated forms. They
worked more with their
imagination and feelings, rather
than with what their eyes saw in.
 Styles that arose within the
expressionist art movements were:

Neo- Social
Fauvism Dadaism Surrealism
primitivism realism
Neo primitivism

• Neo primitivism was an art style that

incorporated elements from the native arts
of the South Sea Islanders and the wood
carvings of African tribes which suddenly
became popular at that time.
Amedeo Modigliani
• is an Italian Jewish painter and
sculptor who worked mainly in
France, Known for his portraits and
nudes in a modern style characterized
by elongation of faces, necks, and
figures.
The Jewess
Amadeo Modigliani, 1908
 Jeanne
Hébuterne with
Yellow
Sweater (Le
sweater jaune)
Fauvism

Fauvism was a style that use bold, vibrant colors

and visual distortions. Its name was derived from
les fauves (“wild beasts’), referring to the group
of French expressionist painters who painted in
this style.
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse

• He was a French artist,

known for both his use of
colour and his fluid and
original draughtsman ship.
 Blue Window
Henri Matisse, 1911
Dadaism

• Dadaism was a style characterized by dream

fantasies, memory images, and visual tricks and
surprises. Wishing to protest against the civilization
that had brought on such horrors, these artists
rebelled against established norms and authorities,
and against the traditional styles in art.
Giorgio de Chirico
Giorgio de Chirico was an Italian artist and writer born
in Greece. In the years before World War I, he
founded the scuola metafisica art movement, which
profoundly influenced the surrealists. His most well-
known works often feature Roman arcades, long
shadows, mannequins, trains, and illogical
perspective
 Melancholy and
Mystery of a Street
By: Giorgio de
Chirico
Surrealism

• Surrealism was a style that depicted an illogical,

subconscious world that seemed to exist beyond the
logical, conscious, physical one. Its name came from
the term “super realism,” with its artworks clearly
expressing a departure from reality as though the artists
were dreaming, seeing illusions, or experiencing an
altered mental state.
 Salvador Dali
He was a Spanish Surrealist
artist renowned for his
technical skill, precise
draftsmanship and the striking
and bizarre images in his work.
Persistence of Memory
Salvador Dali, 1931
Social Realism

• The movement known as social realism

expressed the artist’s role in the social reform.
Here, artists used their works to protest against
the injustices, inequalities, immorality, and
ugliness of the human condition.
 Ben Shahn

• He was a Lithuanian-born
American artist. He is best known
for his works of social realism, his
leftwing political views, and his
series of lectures published as
The Shape of Content
Miners’ Wives
Ben Shahn, 1948
Egg tempera on board
Abstractionism

• The abstractionist movement arose from the intellectual

points of view in the 20th century. In the world of science,
physicists were formulating a new view of the universe, which
resulted in the concepts of space-time and relativity. This
intellectualism was reflected even in art. While expressionism
was emotional, abstractionism was logical and rational. It
involved analyzing, detaching, selecting, and simplifying.
Abstractionism Art Style

- Cubism
- Futurism
- mechanical style
- non-objectivism
Cubism

• The cubist style derived its name from the cube, a

three dimensional, geometric figure composed of
strictly measured lines, planes and angles. Cubist
artworks were, therefore, a play of planes and
angles on a flat, surface. Foremost among the
cubists was Spanish, painter/sculptor Pablo
Picasso
 Three
Musicians, 1921
by Pablo Picasso
Girl Before a Mirror
(detail)
Pablo Picasso, 1932
Futurism

• The movement known as futurism began in Italy in

the early 1900s. As the name implies, the futurists
created art for a fast-paced, machine-propelled
age. They admired the motion, force, speed, and
strength of mechanical forms. Thus, their works
depicted the dynamic sensation of all these as can
be seen in the works of Italian painter Gino Severini.
Armored Train
Gino Severini, 1915
Mechanical style
• As a result of the futurist movement, what
became known as the mechanical style
emerged. In this style, basic forms as planes,
cones, spheres and cylinders all fit together
precisely and neatly in their appointed places.
 The City
Fernand Léger, 1919
Non-Objectivism

• The logical geometrical conclusion of

abstractionism came in the style known as non-
objectivism. Lines, shapes, and colors were used
in a cool, impersonal approach that aimed for
balance, unity, and stability. Colors were mainly
black, white, and the primaries (red, yellow, and
blue).
New York City
Piet Mondrian, 1942
Filipino counterparts of
various art movements.
Fernando Amorsolo.

• He is known as Impressionist Artist. Amorsolo was one of

the most important artists in the history of painting in the
Philippines. He was a portraitist and painter of rural
Philippine landscapes. He is popularly known for his
craftsmanship and mastery in the use of light.

• One of his painting is the Planting Rice.

Planting Rice
Fernando Amorsolo
 Jose Joya
* Jose Joya is an Abstract Expressionism Artist
* He was a Filipino abstract artist and a National Artist of the
Philippines awardee. Joya was a printmaker, painter, mixed
media artist, and a former dean of the University of the
Philippines' College of Fine Arts. He pioneered abstract
expressionism in the Philippines. His canvases were
characterized by "dynamic spontaneity" and "quick gestures" of
action painting.

* One of his Artwork is the “Paper Moon”. It is an acrylic collage

Paper Moon
Jose Joya
Vicente Manansala
1. He was a Filipino cubist painter and
illustrator. He developed transparent
cubism, wherein the "delicate tones,
shapes, and patterns of figure and
environment are masterfully
superimposed". A fine example of
Manansala using this "transparent and
translucent" technique is his
composition, Kalabaw (Carabao).
2. One of his artwork is “ Candle Vendors”
 Candle vendors
Vicente Manansala, 1976
Why do you need to study the Movement
of Art?
Choose the letter of
the correct answer.
1.What art movement showed artists creating
works with more emotional force, rather than
with realistic or natural images?
A. Dadaism C. Futurism
B. Expressionism D. Impressionism
2. This was a style that used bold, vibrant colors
and visual distortions.
A. Dadaism C. Fauvism

B. Expressionism D. Surrealism
3. Who is this Filipino artist who developed transparent
cubism, wherein the "delicate tones, shapes, and
patterns of figure and environment are masterfully
superimposed"?
A. Vicente Manansala C. Fernando Amorsolo
B. Jose Joya D. Napoleon Abueva
4. Who pioneered abstract expressionism in the
Philippines?
A. Napoleon Abueva C. Jose Joya
B. Vicente Manansala D. Fernando Amorsolo
5. Who is this Filipino artist who popularly known for
his craftsmanship and mastery in the use of light?
• A. Jose T. Joya
• B. Fernando Amorsolo

• C. Vicente Manansala

• D. Napoleon de Leon
Answer Key:

• 1. B. Expressionism

• 2. C. Fauvism

• 3. A. Vicente Manansala

• 4. C. Jose Joya

• 5. B. Fernando Amorsolo