5. Expressionism.
two meaning a) a trend influenced by Gauguin Van Gogh and Munch which covered a range of movements including Fauvism and German expressionism
b) German expressionism - a movement founded by two main schools
Der Brucke ( founded 1905)
Die Balue Reiter ( founded 1911)

Dates:  Trend 1900 - 1930
German expressionism
1905 - 1930
Characteristics: of all expressionist painting
1) use of vivid colour, distorted form and agitated brush stokes.
2) Focus on inner feeling
3) Inluence of primitive art
Key artists, Kirchner, Franz Marc, Kandinsky
NB. As well as painiting expressionism was a major movement in German Cinema