Expressionist Nude Paintings

So, here is the final verdict on your preferences in art:

Style: expressionism

Genre: nude paintings

You prefer expressionist nude paintings. Nude art traditionally glorifies human body, but with expressionism it took a totally different tone. War, the suffocating atmosphere of pre-war and post-war period, the realization of one’s feebleness in the face of hunger, weaponry, machinery, economic depression and death changed people.

They paved the way for the new vision of the world that was built on misery as the fundamental driver. For expressionist artists suffering was not a reaction to a certain stimulus, like personal or social conflicts, poverty and diseases. Misery was viewed as inherent to human existence, underlying all actions and thoughts, driving and ruling a person and the society. Distress in expressionism is sustainable and desperate, and compassion is the message of these paintings. This is what makes expressionist nudes stand out among other styles. Instead of a body beaming with health, earthly or divine beauty, chastity or sexuality, we see bodies tormented with misery, either spiritual or physical.

Expressionist nudes evoke anxiety, they choke the viwer and stir up sympathy through a thorough selection of artistic devices and techniques characteristic of the style. The deformed figures are outlined by ominous abrupt lines consisting of numerous smaller brushstrokes and serpentining the canvases into contrasting plains of morbidly intense colours. The edgy forms, aggressive contrasts, corrupted perspective, hyperbolization of forms and colours, the collision of broken lines reveal suffering, pain and torment of the person portrayed. Even the subjects that are bound to be sweet and joyful will send the creeps down your skin and remind you of the fact that laughter and fits of joy may as well cause strokes. Well, that’s just who they are – the gloomy and understanding expressionists.

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A person who prefers expressionist nudes is sensitive and vulnerable to failures. He is compassionate and treats others’ problems as his own ones. A story he hears on the way to work may unsettle him for a couple of days. He is extremely responsible in everything he does, and takes any minor blunder very seriously, he realizes the impact caused by the smallest errors, delays or inaccuracy. In his personal life he might turn hard and authoritarian, the uncompromising exterior in fact is hiding the utter desire to save close people from any minor misfortunes. When he sees a person lying he feels ashamed for the lier. When facing injustice he sincerely tries to understand what his wrongdoer is consumed with to get so aggressive. This person will stay devoted all the way, he will never turn his back on you when times are hard. Unlike other people who prefer to play safe, he will always tell the truth, however bitter it might be. The only person he can be happy with is the one who thinks positively and cruises his/her life without much contemplation. This person can do the reality check and remind him of the fact that it’s no use shouldering the cosmic sadness.

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Maitres: Amedeo Modigliani (Italy), Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka (Austria), Lovis Corinth, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (Germany), Lucian Freud (Great Britain), Edvard Munch (Norway), Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (France)

Modern artists: Thor S. Wickstrom (USA)

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