Expressionism

# was a modernist movement (poetry and painting)
# originating from Germany since the 20th century
# is to potray it in such a way as to express the inner state of the artist# there are few groups of artist such as Der Blaue Reiter ("The Blue Rider"), Die Brücke ("The Bridge"), Die Neue Sachlichkeit ("The New Objectivity") and the Bauhaus School.
# Leading Expressionists included Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, George Grosz and Amadeo Modigliani.
# The style extended to a wide range of the arts, including painting, literature, theatre, dance, film, architecture and music.


Die Brücke

# (The Bridge) a group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden (1905)
# made use of a technique that was controlled, intentionally unsophisticated and crude, developing a style hallmarked by expressive distortions and emphases.
# often used color similar to the Fauves
# they were also influenced by art from Africa and Oceania

# believed that their social criticism of the ugliness of modern life could lead to a new and better future

#The group was disbanded due to artistic disagreements and the onset of World War I.

Reference : 

http://manderscheidsrfuchs.blogspot.com/2010_06_01_archive.html
http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/c20th/diebrucke.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressionism
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/expressionism.html