Expressionist Painter Munich, Germany

 German born Artist  Began painting career with natural realism but then moved to experiment with more expressive painting techniques.  Believed that animals were more spiritual than humans so he chose to paint them as the primary subject matter of his paintings.  Joined the Expressionism Movement in 1910, after meeting one of its most important painters, Wassily Kandinsky.

 Once he joined the Expressionist Movement, he began to use their emphasis on the power of color and expressive brush strokes to paint his animal subjects.  Marc strived to create spiritual experiences with his paintings and he did so by painting his animals with the explosive strokes and colorful palette of the Expressionists.  Humans have lost their spirituality due to industry, war, pollution, urban development.  Tried to rediscover that lost spirituality through his paintings.

  A Russian painter that was the first to completely abandon the use of recognizable images in his paintings.  Kandinsky was the first painter to create what was known as non-objective art.  Kandinsky believed that art elements can be treated like musical sounds and used to communicate the artist's inner feelings.  One of the primary members and pioneers of the Expressionism Art movement.

 German art movement in the early 1900’s.  Believed the role of art was NOT to recreate reality, but to EXPRESS the artist’s feelings and beliefs.  Expression should be the artist’s primary goal.  Members of this movement were known as Expressionists  Expressionist painters believed that color was the most important element of art and it was the most effective element for expressing the artist's feelings.  Expressionists used bright contrasting colors, textured brush strokes, and creative distortions to fill their paintings with emotion.  Wassily Kandinsky was a painter that was one of the leaders of the Expressionism Movement.

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