This painting reflected a crisis of modernity at the turn of the century. The expressionists were more concerned with internal reception of the world in response to the alienation experienced by modern life.
There was both hope and despair as artists looked to primitive cultures to criticize civilization. They looked for a new kind of purity and thought of art as an escape. The composition is comparable to Large Bathers but the violent, wild colors earned Matisse the name Fauves or Wild Beasts.
Expressionist Theory:
The artist is the originary center in art. The role of art is to express subjective feelings and it must be independent from life.
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