Art of the 20th Century
A Revolution in the Arts
Expressionism
&
Fauvism
Die Brucke:
Erich Heckel
Ernst Kirchner
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Max Pechstein
Emil Nolde
Otto Muller
James Ensor
Egon Schiele
Oskar Kokoschka
New Artists' Association; Der Blaue Reiter:
Wasily Kandincky
Alexei von Jawlensky
Gabriele Munter
Franz Marc
August Macke
Certain trends that had developed under Post-Impressionism and
Symbolism found expression in experimental art groups from the beginning of the
20th century. Often shortlived, these trends produced neiv definitions of
artists and their work, as well as the role of art in society. The main centres
for these new ideas included Paris, Berlin, and Dresden.
The first two decades of the 20th century were marked by a rapid series of artistic innovations, which often appeared to contrast with each other, but which were all connected by a desire to break with the past. This common aim led to the naming of certain groups of artists as "avant-garde", a term with military connotations that conjured up the image of an advance force expressing an artistic perception that only later would become part of the