F ig.4 The Scream (1895) Fig.5 The Anxiety (1894)

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.”  - Edvard Munch

Expressionism was a movement defined by freedom and self expression a way for artists to express their feelings not directly but through art. Expressionism was an important movement in the arts as it created and developed into many different art movements and has and still inspires many artists. Such artists as it was Edvard Munch left the priceless cultural heritage to the modern society.

Images

Figure 1. Separation (1896), oil on canvas, 96.5x127cm

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Figure 2: Woman in Three Stages(1895), oil on canvas, 164 x 250 cm

I mage from: http://www.edvardmunch.org/woman-in-three-stages.jsp#prettyPhoto

Figure 3: Young Woman on The Beach (1896), aquatint, 288 x 219 cm

Image from: http://www.edvardmunch.org/young-woman-on-the-beach.jsp

Figure 4: The Scream (1895), pastel,  91 cm x 74 cm

Image from: http://www.edvardmunch.org/the-scream.jsp

Figure 5: The Anxiety (1896), oil on canvas, 94.0x 74.0 cm

Image from: http://www.edvardmunch.org/anxiety.jsp

Bibliography

Books

A. Clarke, J., 2009, Becoming Edvard Munch. Influence, Anxiety and Myth, Yale University Press for The Art Institute of Chicago.

Breton, A., 1924, La Revolution Surrealiste, Edited and Reprinted in Harrison and Wood, Art in Theory, 1900-1990.

Breton, A., 1928, Nadja, Paris, Editions Gallineard, 1964 (translated by R. Howard, New York, Grove Press, 1960).

Elger, D., 2007. Expressionism: A Revolution in German Art, (Taschen 25th Anniversary Series).

Lacan, J., 1981. The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psycho-Analysis, Karnac Books, 2004.

Temkin, A., 2012, The Scream: Edvard Munch, MoMA Publishing, New York.

Willett, J., 1970. Expressionism. New York: World University Library.

Walter, B, 1998. Origin of German Tragic Drama. London: Verso.

Zigrosser, C., 1957. The Expressionists: A Survey of Their Graphic Art, George Braziller, New York.

 

Online resources

Edvard Munch - Paintings,Biography,Quotes of Edvard Munch. 2015.Edvard Munch - Paintings,Biography,Quotes of Edvard Munch. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.edvardmunch.org/index.jsp. [Accessed 28 April 2015].

Expressionism Movement, Artists and Major Works | The Art Story. 2015.Expressionism Movement, Artists and Major Works | The Art Story. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.theartstory.org/movement-expressionism.htm. [Accessed 28 April 2015].