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‘Now I shall discover if it is true. That a somnambulist can be compelled to perform acts, that in a waking state he would never commit and would be repugnant to him…’ #thecabinetofdrcaligari #silentfilm #1920s #germanexpressionism #art #digitalart #illustration #procreate #fanart

October 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM Everybody can reply

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First Amendment Girl

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The Bewitched Mill by Franz Marc, 1913, The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

#ArtHistory #ModernArt #Expressionism #GermanExpressionism

Among the German Expressionists, artists who used strong color and exaggerated form to express emotional content, Marc was unique in his empathic interest in the life of animals. "Is there a more mysterious idea,' he asked, "than to imagine how nature is reflected in the eyes of animals?" Beginning in 1905, he devoted himself - to representing the world with a fresh and purifying vision. Marc painted "The Bewitched Mill" following a sojourn to the Italian
town of Merano in the southern Tirol. The work's title refers to the "magical" harmony he sensed there between human life, represented by the houses and mill on the left, and nature, embodied the lyrical region of trees and animals on the right.

October 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM Everybody can reply

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saoirse 🌪️

@saoirseivy.bsky.social

my sister thought this was freddy krueger #acrylic #expressionism #germanexpressionism #nosferatu #ncartist

October 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM Everybody can reply

Oliver Sheppard

@oliversheppard.bsky.social

Eight German Expressionist horror poems are here, translated to English, to kick off the Halloween season.

You’re welcome.

They’re here: tr.ee/C6ZwNW

#germanexpressionism #halloween

October 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM Everybody can reply

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Jason Bentsman

@jasonbentsman.bsky.social

📷 from the Vault

#photography #photo #photographer #artshare #fotografia #filmsky #artsky #photosky #booksky #moviesky #laphotographie #blackandwhite #expressionism #blackandwhitephoto #art #shadows #window #sunlight #cafe #reflections #spaghettiwestern #sergioleone #germanexpressionism #cafe #hey

October 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM Everybody can reply

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El Goro

@elgoro.bsky.social

#31DaysOfHalloween - Day 1: Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire (1920)

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#Horror #Podcast #TWoRP #Genuine #RobertWiene #SilentHorror #GermanExpressionism

October 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM Everybody can reply

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jdkwizard.bsky.social

@jdkwizard.bsky.social

From the black a figure stirs,
An eye glints like a bat in the night.
Shadows claw across the skin —
Breathless, it waits at the edge of the void.
🦇🌑🖤
#52frames #52frames_onelightsource #Monochrome #selfportrait #GermanExpressionism #lowkey #dramaticlighting #emergingfromdarkness #moodyportrait

September 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM Everybody can reply

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The Loft Cinema

@theloftcinema.bsky.social

Nosferatu (1922) - with live music score by The Invincible Czars!

TONIGHT 9/18 AT 7:00PM!

Featuring special guest Greg Barbanell, Emmy Award-winning foley artist!

TICKETS: loftcinema.org/film/nosfera...

#Nosferatu1922 #Nosferatu #FWMurnau #GermanExpressionism #SilentCinema #SilentFilm

a black and white photo of a man with a hat on and a scary face .

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September 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM Everybody can reply

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The Loft Cinema

@theloftcinema.bsky.social

Nosferatu (1922) - with live music score! 9/18 at 7:00PM

TICKETS ON SALE NOW: loftcinema.org/film/nosfera...

#Nosferatu1922 #Nosferatu #FWMurnau #GermanExpressionism #SilentCinema #SilentFilm #VampireMovies #ClassicHorror #CultClassics

September 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM Everybody can reply

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boopboopidoop.bsky.social

@boopboopidoop.bsky.social

Max Schreck #botd 1879!
#nosferatu #germanexpressionism

a black and white photo of a man wearing a hat with the number 18 on it

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September 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM Everybody can reply

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First Amendment Girl

@firstamendmentgirl.bsky.social

At the Cemetery by August Macke, 1913, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus (Munich, Germany)

#ArtHistory #ModernArt #GermanExpressionism #Orphism #BlaueReiter

Macke's "At the Cemetery" depicts a scene of mourning and remembrance, but unlike traditional, somber depictions of cemeteries, Macke employs a vibrant and expressive color palette. The painting shows figures, likely family members, gathered around grave, with focus on the emotional atmosphere rather than realistic detail. The use of simplified forms and bold colors, characteristic of Expressionism, conveys a sense of grief and acceptance. The composition is dynamic, with figures arranged in a way that suggests novement and interaction. The background features trees and landscape rendered in similarly bold and abstracted colors.

This artwork is a key example of German Expressionism, a movement that emerged in the early 20th-century as a reaction against the perceived superficiality of Impressionism and the increasing industrialization and urbanization of society. Expressionism sought to convey subjective emotions and experiences rather than objective reality. Macke was associated with the "Blaue Reiter" (Blue Rider) group, a collective of Expressionist artists who explored spirituality and abstraction in their work. "At the Cemetery" reflects the Expressionist tendency to depict intense emotional states and to use color and form to express inner feelings.

August 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM Everybody can reply

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artofthemovies.bsky.social

@artofthemovies.bsky.social

Here's one for vintage horror fans! This is a 2021 Swedish poster specially commissioned for Robert Wiene's incredibly influential classic "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari."
#thecabinetofdrcaligari #movieposter #posterart #german #silentfilm #horror #germanexpressionism #classicmovies

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August 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM Everybody can reply

First Amendment Girl

@firstamendmentgirl.bsky.social

Portrait of Rosa Schapire by Walter Gramatté, 1920, Neue Nationalgalerie (Berlin, Germany)

#ArtHistory #ModernArt #Expressionism #GermanExpressionism #DieBrücke

Currently on display in Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910–1945 at the Albuquerque Museum, through January 4, 2026

For more on Rosa Schapire, see https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/schapire-rosa

1920 was an eventful year for Gramatté: Ferdinand Möller set up a show in his Berlin gallery, which was followed by exhibitions in Hamburg. There the painter also met Rosa Schapire (1874–1954), who received her doctorate in Heidelberg in 1904 as one of the first women in art history. She had lived in Hamburg since 1905, and became an important patron of the Die Brücke (Bridge) artist group. Schapire published an essay on Gramatté's work in the "Cicerone" and remained his support and close personal confidant until his early death.

The “Portrait Rosa Schapire” was created at the end of August 1920 in Malente-Gremsmühlen, a spa in Holstein Switzerland where Gramatté and his wife Sonia were spending their vacation. Elegantly dressed in white, decorated with a chain and rose on the neckline, Schapire sits in a classic melancholic pose in the feast chair, the fingers of the left hand placed on the mouth and cheek. The questioningly critical look of her big dark eyes reveals the respect of the painter in front of the art expert. White-haired, bony, and serious, she looks older and narrower than she was back then. The blue background is crossed by the spherical red-yellow lights of a sunset over a large body of water (presumably the Dieksee). The waves on the water surface mirror the wave-shaped border of Schapire's dress.

August 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM Everybody can reply

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Oliver Sheppard

@oliversheppard.bsky.social

New post at my Substack about German-American poet Franz Werfel, featuring his nightmare-vision poem “The Ride” from the 1910s.

It’s at: tr.ee/Dm7PcN
at
dammerung.substack.com

#franzwerfel #germanexpressionism #darkpoems

August 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM Everybody can reply

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Films at First Sight

@filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social

Well, hot damn! It looks like the Colonial Theatre is cooking up one helluva night on Sept. 13th with the help of The Silent Light.
Come on out and experience F.W. Murnau's Faust like you never have before!!! 🎸⚡🔥🖤
#FilmSky #SilentFilm #GermanExpressionism
thecolonialtheatre.com/films/guest-...

Faust (1926) with Live Accompaniment by The Silent Light » The Colonial Theatre

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August 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM Everybody can reply

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Oliver Sheppard

@oliversheppard.bsky.social

On my Substack, a look at Gottfried Benn’s MORGUE II from 1913. This oft-overlooked follow-up to his controversial MORGUE chapbook of poems from 1912 treads similarly macabre themes, albeit with a touch of black humor.

At: tr.ee/MORGUE2
at
Dammerung.substack.com

#gottfriedbenn #germanexpressionism

August 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM Everybody can reply

Oliver Sheppard

@oliversheppard.bsky.social

From my Substack piece, “The Forgotten Poetry of Friedrich Nietzsche,” which is here: tr.ee/Nietzsche

#nietzsche #friedrichnietzsche #nihilism #germanexpressionism #philosophy

August 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM Everybody can reply

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Oliver Sheppard

@oliversheppard.bsky.social

New post at my Substack, about one of Georg Heym’s most violent poems, “Demons of the Cities,” written not long before his untimely death at age 24.

It’s here: tr.ee/AF66RM
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Dammerung.substack.com

#georgheym #germanexpressionism #darkpoems #darkpoetry #gothicpoems #gothicpoetry

August 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM Everybody can reply

FLOMM 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗇 1923

@flomm.us

ARRIVING this FALL - - –
tickets NOW available

92o
NIGHTMÄRE at the CEMETERY

2o SEPTEMBER 2o25

w/COUNTOWN stream on TWITCH night before

INFO! www.flomm.us/920

#flomm920
#germanexpressionism
#filmhistory
#horror
#liveperformance
#livestream
#movies

August 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM Everybody can reply

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John Featherstone

@johnfeath.bsky.social

Adam West played #Batman like he was reciting #Shakespeare, famous guest villains hammed it up from witty scripts and operated out of #GermanExpressionism lairs, umpteen punches were #ZAPPED(!) and the #Batmobile roared.

Yes, my epic #BatmanDeepDive is over.

#BatSky

www.imdb.com/title/tt0059...

Batman (TV Series 1966–1968) ⭐ 7.5 | Action, Crime, Fantasy

25m | TV-G

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July 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM Everybody can reply

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Oliver Sheppard

@oliversheppard.bsky.social

Something I wrote about #MariaOrska, an actress featured on the cover of Mel Gordon’s #VoluptupusPanic but who’s mostly unknown today. Star of 14 early German Expressionist horror films, she committed suicide in 1930 in her 30s.

bit.ly/44oKp4w
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dammerung.substack.com

#germanexpressionism