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Western Art

Expressionism

1905–1925

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Street Scene, Berlin , 1913

Egon Schiele

Self-Portrait , 1910

Oskar Kokoschka

The Bride of the Wind , 1914

Dresden, Berlin, Germany. Active 1880–1938.

Vienna, Austria. Active 1890–1918.

Vienna, Austria. Active 1886–1980.

Public domain Wikimedia Commons

Street Scene, Berlin by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner — Public domain Wikimedia Commons

Public domain Wikimedia Commons

Self-Portrait by Egon Schiele — Public domain Wikimedia Commons

Public domain Wikimedia Commons

The Bride of the Wind by Oskar Kokoschka — Public domain Wikimedia Commons

World Art Timeline surveys 4 traditions, 26 major periods and 95 sub‑periods from 3500 BCE–Present, with 202 figures. Summaries are paraphrased from Wikipedia, not reproduced verbatim.

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