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| Note created | Feb 13, 2026 |
A movement that originated in Germany and Austria in the early 1900s, prioritizing emotional experience over physical reality through distorted forms, bold colors, and agitated brushwork. Key figures include Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Egon Schiele, Edvard Munch, and Wassily Kandinsky. It succeeded Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, rejecting their emphasis on surface appearance in favor of expressing inner psychological and spiritual states.