Van Gogh shared Gauguins preference for a simple, preindustrial life. His work reflected his heightened emotional state and contributed to the emergence of Expressionism. An example of his work is Starry Night. Cubism completely flattens space and uses independent blocks of color. Les Demoiselles d Avignon, and Braque, Houses at L Estaque.
Expressionism is an art that expresses the intense feelings of the artists to the world.
Fauves combined dynamic brushwork with bold, primary colors often applied directly from the tube, conveying a new intensity of experience. Die Brucke had a gauguinesque desire to return to nature and the images of cities they created made them seem undesirable to live in. Der Blaue Reiter had an intrest in the power of color on the human psyche.