Expressionism

Expressionism sought to express the meaning of "being alive" and emotional experience rather than physical reality. It is the tendency of an artist to distort reality for an emotional effect; it is a subjective art form.
Famous painters representing this current:
Vincent van Gogh, Edward Munch, James Ensor, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne
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