1. EXPRESSIONISM Expressionism is an attitude/philosophy of art (not a particular style) –Artists express their personal feelings or emotions through their artwork 3 artists act as the forerunners to Expressionism –Vincent Van Gogh –Edvard Munch –Pablo Picasso

3. Edvard Munch “How much of my art I owe to suffering.” Obsessed with death, anxiety, loss, abandonment and loneliness –Mother died when he was 6 –Sister died a few years later

4. The Scream, 1893 "I was walking along the road with two friends. The sun was setting. I felt a breath of melancholy - Suddenly the sky turned blood-red. I stopped, and leaned against the railing, deathly tired - looking out across the flaming clouds that hung like blood and a sword over the blue-black fjord and town. My friends walked on - I stood there, trembling with fear. And I sensed a great, infinite scream pass through nature."

5. Sound waves flowing out of mouth into atmosphere Inner drama –State of mind Icon of anguish Expressive curves and colors

6. Death in the Sickroom, 1893 The memory of the death of Munch`s beloved sister, Sophie

7. Vampire, 1893-1894

8. Anxiety

9. Paris in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s Large factories being built attract many people to move into the city Overcrowding and poor living conditions lead to disease and poverty

10. Pablo Picasso Affected by the tragic mood of urban society Blue Period: painted derelicts, beggars and poor families with a mostly blue palette

11. Old Guitarist, 1903 Poet Wallace Stevens puts words to Picasso's belief that art is the lie to help us see the truth in his poem "The Man with the Blue Guitar." –"They said, 'You have a blue guitar, / You do not play things as they are.' / The man replied, 'Things as they are / Are changed upon the blue guitar.”

14. Abstract Expressionism Influenced by the aftermath of WW II Many European artists had fled to the US and New York begins to dominate the art scene Large scale works w/ expression of feeling through slashing, active brushstrokes

15. Jackson Pollock “Jack the Dripper” Series of drip paintings –Laid canvas on floor and freely dripped, spilled, and threw color onto canvas Emphasis on Action Painting –The ACT of creating the painting becomes more important than the painting itself –Idea of “controlled accident”

17. "When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of "get acquainted" period that I see what I have been about. I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well."

18. Number 1 (Lavender Mist),1950

19. Intended to be flat in appearance, non-objective “The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.''

20. Instead of using brushes he applied paint with sticks, trowels or knives

22. Check out this website! It’s pretty cool! Jacksonpollock.org