"He has clarity in his humanness, in his present-ness: ‘I'm here, right now, and not for long.’" Wangechi Mutu on Egon Schiele by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Modersohn-Becker almost single-handedly invented a new genre in European modern art: the nude, female self-portrait. Paula Modersohn-Becker, Self-Portrait Nude with Amber Necklace, ... by Joseph Henry
The German Expressionist Emil Nolde was particularly explicit in linking himself to a Nordic tradition. Expressionism as Nordic? by Dr. Charles Cramer and Dr. Kim Grant
Marc looked all the way back to a state of nature before humankind even existed. Franz Marc and the animalization of art by Dr. Charles Cramer and Dr. Kim Grant
Kandinsky believed that humankind was on the verge of a cataclysmic change from the current, materialistic epoch to an “Epoch of the Great Spiritual.” Kandinsky, Apocalypse, Abstraction by Dr. Charles Cramer and Dr. Kim Grant
The figure of the Blue Rider thus embodied the spiritual focus of the group as well as their belief that art plays an important social role in the struggle between good and evil. Der Blaue Reiter by Dr. Charles Cramer and Dr. Kim Grant
This portrait is one of thousands stolen by the Nazis, and its story shows that the madness didn’t end with WWII. Nazi looting: Egon Schiele’s Portrait of Wally by Dr. Erin Thompson and Dr. Beth Harris
Not a term chosen by the artists, it describes art that emphasized the emotional impact over descriptive accuracy. Expressionism, an introduction by Shawn Roggenkamp
Kandinsky’s work of “total art” combines both abstract and representational images with rhythmic, mystical poetry. Vasily Kandinsky, Klänge (Sounds) by The Museum of Modern Art
In a series of multicolored prints, Nolde captured the awkward experience of watching a couple fight in public. Emil Nolde, Young Couple by The Museum of Modern Art
Kirchner’s claustrophobic city scene reflects on a culture where everything is for sale. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Street, Berlin by The Museum of Modern Art
The body’s expressive contortions reflect sculptural tradition, but Schiele used it to express the interior self. Egon Schiele, Seated Male Nude (Self-Portrait) by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris
Is Schiele’s haunted figure meant to be a famed Austrian artist or Jesus Christ—or both? Egon Schiele, The Hermits by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris
Jawlensky rejected the principles of his arts education in order to embrace Expressionism at its most extreme. Alexej von Jawlensky, Young Girl in a ... by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris
Kirchner defines his city with only the figures: there is not a building in view. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Street, Dresden by Dr. Juliana Kreinik, Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris
What would this painting sound like? Yes, you read that right – this canvas blurs the lines between senses. Vasily Kandinsky, Improvisation 28 (second version) by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Kirchner is rendered unable to create or destroy in this nightmarish wartime painting. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Self-Portrait As a Soldier by Shawn Roggenkamp