_March 20 – Fauvism and Expressionism in Europe
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Les Fauves (The Wild Beasts)
*Maurice De Vlaminck, Houses at Chatou c. 1905
Henri Matisse, Luxe, Calme et Volupté (Luxury, Calm, and Pleasure) 1904-1905
Paul Signac, In Times of Harmony 1893-95
*Vincent van Gogh, The Bedroom 1889
Matisse, Open Window, Collioure 1905
Matisse, Open Window, Collioure 1905
Matisse, French Window, Collioure 1914
Matisse, The Dance 1910
*Braque, Antwerp 1906
*Braque, Landscape at L’Estaque, autumn 1906
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Street, Dresden 1908-19
*Edvard Munch, Evening (Melancholia: On the Beach) 1896 color woodcut
Van Gogh, The Night Café 1888
Die Brücke (The Bridge)
*Kirchner, Kummeralp Mountain and Two Sheds 1920
*Max Pechstein, The Red House 1911
Fritz Bleyl poster for the first Die Brücke exhibition in 1906
Die Brücke manifesto 1906
*Emil Nolde, Red-Haired Girl 1919
*Nolde, Woman’s Head III 1912 woodcut
*Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Two Girls in a Garden 1914
*Munch, The Sick Child I 1896 transfer lithograph printed from two stones
*Munch, Boys Bathing 1899 color woodcut
*Nolde, Hamburg Pier 1910 etching and aquatint
*Erich Heckel, Franzi Reclining 1910 color woodcut
*Heckel, Two Seated Women 1912 woodcut in black ink over monotype in green-blue, yellow and pink opaque watercolor
*Kirchner, Winter Night in Moonlight 1918 color woodcut
Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider)
Franz Marc, Little Blue Horses 1911
*Vasily Kandinsky, cover of Blaue Reiter Almanach 1912
*Vasily Kandinsky, Houses at Murnau 1909
*Kandinsky, Painting with Troika January 18, 1911
*Kandinsky, Landscape with Two Poplars 1912
*Kandinsky, Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons) 1913
*Kandinsky, Painting with Green Center 1913
*Gabriele Münter, Still Life with Queen 1912
*Franz Marc, The Bewitched Mill 1913
*Alexei Jawlensky, Girl with the Green Face 1910
Matisse, Mme Matisse (The Green Line) 1905
Expressionism and the Body
*Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Odalisque 1874
Matisse, Large Reclining Nude 1935
*Max Beckmann, Reclining Nude 1929
*Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Bust of Kneeling Girl 1911 cast stone
Lehmbruck, Kneeling Woman 1911 plaster
*Oskar Kokoschka, Commerce Counselor Ebenstein 1908
*Ludwig Meidner, Max Herrmann-Neisse 1913
George Grosz, Max Hermann-Neisse 1927
*Egon Schiele, Russian War Prisoner 1916 gouache, graphite, and touches of watercolor
Max Beckmann, Self-Portrait 1927
*Beckmann, Self-Portrait 1937
Objects denoted with an asterisk (*) are part of the Art Institute's collection and link directly to the Art Institute's My Collections page. My Collections is a free online feature that allows you to create, save, and share your own collection of select artworks at the Art Institute. To learn more about starting your own My Collections account please visit the About My Collections page.
Les Fauves (The Wild Beasts)
*Maurice De Vlaminck, Houses at Chatou c. 1905
Henri Matisse, Luxe, Calme et Volupté (Luxury, Calm, and Pleasure) 1904-1905
Paul Signac, In Times of Harmony 1893-95
*Vincent van Gogh, The Bedroom 1889
Matisse, Open Window, Collioure 1905
Matisse, Open Window, Collioure 1905
Matisse, French Window, Collioure 1914
Matisse, The Dance 1910
*Braque, Antwerp 1906
*Braque, Landscape at L’Estaque, autumn 1906
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Street, Dresden 1908-19
*Edvard Munch, Evening (Melancholia: On the Beach) 1896 color woodcut
Van Gogh, The Night Café 1888
Die Brücke (The Bridge)
*Kirchner, Kummeralp Mountain and Two Sheds 1920
*Max Pechstein, The Red House 1911
Fritz Bleyl poster for the first Die Brücke exhibition in 1906
Die Brücke manifesto 1906
*Emil Nolde, Red-Haired Girl 1919
*Nolde, Woman’s Head III 1912 woodcut
*Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Two Girls in a Garden 1914
*Munch, The Sick Child I 1896 transfer lithograph printed from two stones
*Munch, Boys Bathing 1899 color woodcut
*Nolde, Hamburg Pier 1910 etching and aquatint
*Erich Heckel, Franzi Reclining 1910 color woodcut
*Heckel, Two Seated Women 1912 woodcut in black ink over monotype in green-blue, yellow and pink opaque watercolor
*Kirchner, Winter Night in Moonlight 1918 color woodcut
Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider)
Franz Marc, Little Blue Horses 1911
*Vasily Kandinsky, cover of Blaue Reiter Almanach 1912
*Vasily Kandinsky, Houses at Murnau 1909
*Kandinsky, Painting with Troika January 18, 1911
*Kandinsky, Landscape with Two Poplars 1912
*Kandinsky, Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons) 1913
*Kandinsky, Painting with Green Center 1913
*Gabriele Münter, Still Life with Queen 1912
*Franz Marc, The Bewitched Mill 1913
*Alexei Jawlensky, Girl with the Green Face 1910
Matisse, Mme Matisse (The Green Line) 1905
Expressionism and the Body
*Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Odalisque 1874
Matisse, Large Reclining Nude 1935
*Max Beckmann, Reclining Nude 1929
*Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Bust of Kneeling Girl 1911 cast stone
Lehmbruck, Kneeling Woman 1911 plaster
*Oskar Kokoschka, Commerce Counselor Ebenstein 1908
*Ludwig Meidner, Max Herrmann-Neisse 1913
George Grosz, Max Hermann-Neisse 1927
*Egon Schiele, Russian War Prisoner 1916 gouache, graphite, and touches of watercolor
Max Beckmann, Self-Portrait 1927
*Beckmann, Self-Portrait 1937