Expressionism in Germany and France: From Van Gogh to Kandinsky

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Expressionism in Germany and France: From Van Gogh to Kandinsky(June 8–September 14, 2014), an exhibition that sheds new light on the extraordinary response of artists in Germany and France to key developments in modern art in the early 20th century. For the first time in a major museum exhibition, Expressionism is presented not as a distinctly German style but as an international movement in which artists in Germany and France responded with various aesthetic approaches to modern masters such as Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, and Paul Gauguin, among others. Over 40 artists—including Wassily Kandinsky, Emil Nolde, Gabrielle Münter, Franz Marc, Robert Delaunay, and Pierre Bonnard—are represented in over 90 paintings and 45 works on paper, in addition to approximately 30 ephemera objects. 

Image credits: 

Paul Gauguin, The Swineherd (Le Gardien de porcs), 1888, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Lucille Ellis Simon and family in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary, Photo © 2014 Museum Associates/ LACMA

Vincent Van Gogh, The Poplars at Saint-Rémy (Les peupliers sur la colline), 1889, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Photo © The Cleveland Museum of Art

Paul Gauguin, Haystacks in Brittany (Les Meules / Le champ de pommes de terre), 1890, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N.Harriman, Image courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Paul Gauguin, The House of Pan-Du (La Maison du Pan-Du), 1890, Private collection, Canada, Photo courtesy private collection

Exhibition: Expressionism in Germany and France: From Van Gogh to Kandinsky On View: June 8–September 14, 2014 Location: LACMA, Resnick Pavilion