On Friday morning I had my first look at the Van Gogh to Kandinsky - French and German Expressionists exhibit at LACMA. The exhibit is exciting as it shows the bright and beautiful work of the Post Impressionists and Fauvists "Wild Beasts" as they were called because of their use of bold colors. The paintings of Van Gogh, Matisse, Gauguin, and Cezanne are included with other French and German artists from the 1880's to the 1920's. They make up the groups of painters that were formed in Germany and France who are now all called Expressionists.
One group was founded in Berlin around 1900 when the city was the center of the county's commerce, finance and industry pulling cultures together from the East and the West. Exhibits of Impressionists and Neo-Impressionists were shown and influenced local artists. An 1899 exhibit was called the Berlin Secessionists. This attracted German and Swiss painters as well as French.
A group of artists in Dresden formed Der Brucke (The Bridge) in 1905 linking the past, present and future art. They were inspired by Van Gogh's spontaneous and vivacious brushwork and deep emotional engagement expressed through color.
Another prominent Expressionists group in Germany was the Blau Reiter (Blue Rider) group formed in Munich around 1911. The group's name refers to the horse and rider in Kandinsky's works.
Here are a few paintings from these groups that I enjoyed:
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| "Bather" 1906 by Henri-Edmond Cross, French, 1856-1910 |
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| "Restaurant of the Sirene at Asnieres" 1887 by Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch, 1853-1890 |
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| "Samois, the Bank, Morning," 1901 by Paul Signac, French, 1863-1935 |
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| "Haystacks in Brittany," 1890 by Paul Gauguin, French 1848-1903 |
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| "The House of Pan-Du," 1890 by Paul Gauguin |
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| "The Pile Drivers," 1902-3 by Maximilien Luce, French, 1858-1941 |
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| "Beach at Low Tide, Ambleteuse, Evening," 1900 by Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian, 1862-1926 |
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| "Woman in a Striped Dress," 1895 by Edouard Vuillard, French 1868-1940 |
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| "Portrait of the Violinist Emil Wittwer-Gelpke," 1905 by Cuno Amiet, Swiss, 1868-1961 |
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| "The Elbe at Dresden," 1905 by Erich Heckel, German 1883-1970 |
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| "Sand Diggers on the Tiber," 1909 by Erich Heckel |
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| "Mother and Child in the Garden," 1903 by Cuno Amiet |
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| "Gartenstrasse Early in the Morning," 1906 by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German, 1884-1976 |
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| "The Farmer," 1905 by Maurice de Vlaminck, French 1876-1958 |
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| "Open Window, Collioure," 1905 by Henri Matisse, French, 1869-1964 |
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| "Boats in Chatou," 1904-5 by Andre Derain, French, 1880-1954 |
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| "Landscape at La Clotat," 1907 by Georges Braque, French, 1882-1963 |
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| "The Canal at Anvers," by Othon Friesz, French, 1879-1949 |
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"Young Girl," 1908 by Max Pechstein, German, 1881-1955
"Proudly we consider ourselves carries of a mission artistically related to the Dutchman Van Gogh and the Norwegian Edvard Munch," Max Pechstein 1906 |
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| "Modjesko, Soprano Singer," 1908 by Kees van Dongen, Dutch, active France, 1877-1968 |
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| "Reclining Nude in Front of Mirror," 1909-10 by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German, 1880-1938 |
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"Studio Interior," 1903-4 by Henri Matisse, French, 1869-1964
"What I'm after, above all, is expression." Henri Matisse 1908 |
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| "Nude Study in Blue," 1899-1900 by Henri Matisse |
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| "Pink Nude," 1909 by Henri Matisse |
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| "Dancers and Bathers at a Forest Pond," 1912 by Max Pechstein, German, 1881-1955 |
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"Dodo at the Table," 1909 by
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner |
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| "Betty," 1911 by George Tappert, German, 1880-1957 |
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| "Dance Hall Bellevue / Houses in Dresden," 1909-10 by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner |
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| "Girl with Doll," 1910 by Erich Heckel, German, 1883-1970 |
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| "Woman in a Green Blouse," 1913 by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner |
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| "Boy with a Straw Hat," 1896 by Paul Cezanne, French, 1839-1906 |
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| "The Big Indian," 1910 by Max Pechstein |
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| "Beach at Nidden," 1911 by Max Pechstein |
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| "Polynesian Woman with Children," by Paul Gauguin |
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| "Magdalena Still Life with Nude," 1912 by Max Pechstein |
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| "Otto and Maschka Mueller in the Studio," 1911 by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner |
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| "Bathers," 1911 by Max Pechstein |
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| "Blue Sea," 1914 by Emil Nolde, German, 1867-1956 |
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| "Pollard Willows at Sunset," 1888 by Vincent van Gogh |
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| "Murnau. Burggrabenstrasse 1," 1908 by Wassily Kandinsky, Russian, active Germany and France, 1866-1944 |
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| "Arabian Cemetery," 1909 by Wassily Kandinsky |
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| "Wooden Doll," 1909 by Gabriele Munter, German, 1877-1962 |
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