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1/28/09 The black object in the lower left corner reminded my brother of an angel fish. There is definite movement on this one and some strong texture.je
*inspired by the greatest "abstract expressionist" of all times; Chauvet, now sadly forgotten!
p.s. Chauvet, we love you!
ERICH HECKEL or German Expressionism
A magnificent exhibition in Ghent (Belgium)
At the end of 2024, the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) dedicated an exhibition to the German artist Erich Heckel (1883-1970). Heckel was one of the leading figures of German Expressionism and a co-founder of the artists' association Brücke.
From the end of the 19th century, young artists in Germany resisted the fleeting nature of Impressionism. In Dresden, the Brücke artists' association was founded in 1905. The 22-year-old Erich Heckel was one of the co-founders. This association of self-taught artists aimed to express strong joie de vivre in a common style of bright colors and angular forms. This style is called Expressionism: the artist tries to convey inner emotions through form and color rather than objective reality.
At the outbreak of World War I, Heckel was in his early thirties. Nevertheless, he already enjoyed a solid reputation in Germany. During the war, he became acquainted with Flanders. As a nurse for the Red Cross, he traveled to Ghent, Roeselare, and Ostend. On the hospital train, assembled by Walter Kaesbach, a curator of the Berlin National Gallery, were other painters and writers. As a result, the emergency hospital at Ostend station grew into a true artists' colony. Heckel met James Ensor there and developed a special friendship with his fellow nurse, the young poet Ernst Morwitz, whose literary world had a significant influence on his visual work.
During the war, Heckel's artistic activities continued. Between their shifting duties, the members of the artists' colony had enough time to devote to their art. In addition to several paintings, many gouaches, watercolors, drawings, and graphic works have been preserved: views of Roeselare, Ostend, and Ghent, sometimes featuring picturesque figures and bathers, but also still lifes, landscapes, and seascapes.
Despite the historical context, Heckel's stay in Flanders extended beyond World War I. Heckel was not a 'war artist' but a nurse working mainly behind the front lines. As a draftsman, he made numerous sketches of the places he visited and the people he observed. As a painter, he was particularly impressed by the Flemish landscape and the North Sea, with their unique cloud formations where light always tries to break through; motifs that seemed both foreign and familiar to him. The Flemish landscapes reminded him of the early days of the Brücke, when Heckel and his friends Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff would go out to paint en plein air.
(Source : MSK GHENT – BELGIUM)
Four pieces by David Smith in the Royal Academy's courtyard, part of its excellent Abstract Expressionism exhibition. Slightly to my surprise, I found I really liked the Jackson Pollock paintings now.
Nanaimo Expressionism - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ10 - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.
Paint watered down and put in small dots onto a canvas, then the canvas was spun around until desired "mix" was seen.
On a Tar Roof (1960)
Silkscreen
18.7 by 14.2 in.
Born in New Jersey Grace Hartigan became one of the leading proponents of the so-called "second generation" of abstract expressionism in New York. She was closely allied with Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Larry Rivers and others. While she made her early reputation in a non-objective style her painting eventually made a return to the figure. Ms. Hartigan later relocated to Baltimore where she was the head of painting at the Maryland Institute of Art for over 30 years.
Courtesy of Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York
City Hall
The term Brick Expressionism (German: Backsteinexpressionismus) describes a specific variant of expressionist architecture that uses bricks, tiles or clinker bricks as the main visible building material. Robert Natus was an Estonian architect. His best known work is the current City Hall of Tallinn, built in 1932
Rabbus Samaawaat [Lord of the Heavens] is a Name of Allah from the Qura'n. It is painted in the style of Islamic Symbolic Abstract Expressionism. Oil on canvas.
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Immagine tratta dal film "Destiny" (1921) di Fritz Lang, primo grande successo internazionale del regista tedesco.