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Expressionism
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Artists of Brücke: Themes in German Expressionist Prints 
 A collection of over 120 German Expressionist prints. Browsable by theme (city, cabaret, retreat, nudes, exotic influences, portraits, Christian motifs, literary connections), artist (Heckel, Kirchner, Mueller, Nolde, Pechstein, Schmidt-Rottluff), and medium (woodcut, lithograph, intaglio). Includes chronology (1898-1926), map, and background information on the Brücke (bridge) group and its artists. From the Museum of Modern Art, New York. http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2002/brucke/ Topics: Art by Region, Artists, Schools of Art Last updated Jul 29, 2009 Breaking the Rules: The Printed Face of the European Avant Garde 1900 - 1937
Companion to an exhibit that "mainly through the medium of print ... throws new light on Cubism, Expressionism, Futurism, Dadaism, Suprematism, Constructivism, Surrealism and other movements; [and] on the artists." View a detailed chronology of European avant garde art movements, and read transcripts or listen to a "series of exhibition podcasts, [in which] British Library curators and guests talk about some of the most intriguing items on display." From the British Library. http://www.bl.uk/breakingtherules Topics: Schools of Art Last updated Feb 20, 2008 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938
List and selected images of paintings, drawings, prints, and a sculpture by this German Expressionist artist who was "the leader of Die Brücke (The Bridge), a group of architecture students turned painters who were opposed to the academic art that surrounded them." From the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/kirchnerinfo.htm Topics: Art by Region, Schools of Art Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Hans Hofmann Collection
A browsable collection of almost 50 paintings by Hans Hofmann, dated 1935 through 1965. Searchable by title, date, and media. Includes biography of the artist and a provenance statement. From the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf2n39n563/?&brand=calisphere Topics: Schools of Art Last updated May 29, 2009 Jackson Pollack: 1912-1956
This National Gallery of Art site features photos of the artist and his work and information on Pollock's working process. http://www.nga.gov/feature/pollock/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Schools of Art Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Mark Rothko
"One of the preeminent artists of his generation, Mark Rothko is closely identified with the New York School, a circle of painters that emerged during the 1940s as a new collective voice in American art. During a career that spanned five decades, he created a new and impassioned form of abstract painting." A beautifully designed online exhibition, arranged chronologically, from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. http://www.nga.gov/feature/rothko/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Schools of Art Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Munch Museet
Website for this museum in Oslo, Norway, the city where Expressionist artist Edvard Munch bequeathed all his remaining works upon his death in 1944. Features a Munch biography and timeline, illustrated essays about Munch's paintings and graphic works, details about specific works such as "The Scream," online exhibits on topics such as "The Frieze of Life" and Munch's palette, conservation information and images of paintings stored on rolls, and more. In English and Norwegian. http://www.munch.museum.no/default.aspx?lang=en Topics: Art by Region, Schools of Art Last updated Nov 27, 2007 Willem de Kooning: The Late Paintings, the 1980s
Includes a few selected works from the 1980s and an essay about the American abstract expressionist painter. Online companion to 1997 exhibit of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/1997/dekooning/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Schools of Art Last updated Sep 22, 2009 |
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