Van Gogh and expressionism

 

Expressionism is an art movement that seeks to express emotional experience through painting and other art forms. It originally started in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century and was mainly focused around poetry and  painting, but eventually expanded. it’s characteristics are to distort and stylistically capture a subjective outlook on the outside world to evoke emotion on its viewers. This movement allowed each artist to have their own unique way to capture their emotions of the world and of themselves.

Even though Van Gogh is apart of the post-impressionism movement he is known for being the biggest influence of the 20th century expressionism movement. His use of color, texture, and composition were what drew plenty of artist into furthering their experimentation with art which would feed this movement in its early stages.

      Olive trees, Vincent Van Gogh, 1889

     Sunflowers, Vincent van Gogh, 1887

    Roses, Vincent Van Gogh, 1890

 

 

The starry night, Vincent Van Gogh, 1889

 

 

 oleanders, Vincent Van Gogh, 1888