Van Gogh's impact on Expressionism

From 24 November 2006 - 4 March 2007 in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam:

Vincent van Gogh and Expressionism is the first show to highlight the impact of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) on German and Austrian expressionists. Between Van Gogh's death and the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 his paintings came to symbolize ?'international' and ?'modern' art. Van Gogh was more popular in Germany than anywhere else; German private collectors and museum directors were among the first to buy his work. Expressionist artists recognized the vital force of the pure, bright colours and the confrontational directness of Van Gogh's work, on which they based their own innovative art.
German artists such as Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Wassily Kandinsky were particularly drawn by Van Gogh's technique, his intense brushwork and the sharp colour
contrasts. Austrians Richard Gerstl and Oskar Kokoschka were influenced more by Van Gogh's emotional approach, as in his psychological portraits. Superb examples of both categories are featured in the exhibition.


This exhibition comprises almost a hundred paintings, prints and drawings from the Van Gogh Museum and the Neue Galerie in New York, as well as loans from other major international museums and private collections.

(In collaboration with the Neue Galerie New York. The exhibition can be seen in New York from 23 March to 2 July 2007.)

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