noun
- an artistic movement that emphasizes the expression of inner emotional experience rather than realistic representation
Usage: art history
Examples
- The museum’s expressionism exhibit featured bold colors and distorted forms.
- German expressionism influenced many 20th-century painters and filmmakers.
- Her painting style showed clear influences from expressionism.
- Expressionism emerged as a reaction against impressionism in the early 1900s.
- The artist’s use of vivid colors reflected the principles of expressionism.
- Many expressionism works convey intense emotions through abstract techniques.