1850 in reference to an artist who seeks to portray the emotional experience of the subject, from expression (which was used in the fine arts by 1715 with a sense "way of expressing") + -ist. Modern sense is from 1914, from expressionism (from 1908 as an artistic style or movement). As a noun from 1880. Related: Expressionistic.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The first Expressionist group gathered at Dresden in 1905.
第一個(gè)表現(xiàn)主義團(tuán)體于1905年在德累斯頓成立.
來自辭典例句
2. As fin intransigent non - objective painter, he is antipathetic to figuration, especially Expressionist and decorative.