The red trees. 1906. Maurice Vlaminck.

The Norwegian Eduard Munch is considered to be the precursor of the expressionism. His works stand out for the expression capacity by means of a strong chromatic scale, as well as for the contorted figures, that they are capable of transmitting a big climate of vital anxiety.

Authors as André Derain, Maurice Vlaminck and henri Matisse, head the last one of the group, are some of the members most emphasized from the group fauvista French. The fauvismo is characterized by the first stage in which mixed skills are applied, much influenced by the Signac pointillism, and the second stage in which the use of flat inks happens, but in any of his stages the movement fauvista uses the color to transmit a calm and calmed painting.

The dance II. 1910. Henri Matisse. Fauvismo.

The slightly opposite authors Ernst Ludwing Kirchner transmit, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Erich Heckel, Emil Nolde, and Otto Müller, authors of the group German expressionist The bridge or self-educated Die Brücke, a group who support a style unit, and they use his works as a criticism of the society materialistic and lacking in values. The use of the black and of the dark tonalities, there are proper aspects of the Central European pictorial esthetics.

Artist. Marcela. 1910. Ernst Ludwing Kirchner. Die Brücke.

Unlike what it happens with the group Bridge, the group German expressionist The Blue Rider or Der Blaue Reiter is not a group self-educated, and neither they support a style unit. Franz Marc, Wassily kandinsky, and August Macke, are the authors of this artistic group who looks for an esthetic revolution. They feel predilection for the horses, as well as for the blue color, color that floods his works.

The sleep. 1912. Franz Marc. The blue Rider.

Finally it is necessary to mention the Mexican muralistas, very related to the pure expressionism. Out of the context of the avant-gardes we find authors abstract expressionists as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.