Genre Study Draft

For my personal investigation there were a few genres that I wanted to look at. Those being: Expressionism; Post-Impression; and Abstract. I chose these because I personally prefer these styles of art to more realistic artwork as I feel as you are freer to express yourself with the marks and colours that you choose to use. Expressionism actually developed from Post-Impressionism which was the style used around the late 19^th century/early 20^th century. Post-impressionist art was created to react against impressionist artwork by exploring lines, colour and form as well as the emotional response of the artist which was the particular aspect that led the Expressionism movement in the early 20^th century.