Expressionism was a form of art that rejected earlier artforms and searched to display the deeper meanings in the subjects they painted rather than focusing on the external appearance.
Under Nazi ragime expressionism was regarded as decadent and in 1937 it was outlawed. Thousands of artworks were seized and many of the artists that tried to save their work were persucted with imprisonment and/or death.
The artworks that were saved now form the german expressionism exhibit that is shown around many museums around the world. They consist of many variaties of artwork from simple monotonal prints to large scale paintings of soldiers of the World Wars.
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