noun. A movement in the arts during the early 1900s that emphasized distortion of external reality in order to express the artist's subjective experience.

noun. The methods or style of the expressionists.

noun. an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized.

noun. a genre of German painting that tried to show the subjective responses to scenes rather than the scenes themselves.

noun. A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences

noun. A somewhat analogous genre in early 20th century music

noun. an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality

"A classic piece of abstract expressionism from the Polish state music publisher, who opted for these sorts of far-out covers quite a bit."