He placed small dots of pure color next to each other for your eye to blend. This style was based on the new scientific theory of light developed during the 19th century. These paintings were very time consuming. Other Expressionist artists were involved with personal feelings. I painted emotional subjects that ranged from fear and anger to concern with death.
Some expressionist artists use color as their expressive element.
They express feelings or create moods with color and will use it arbitrarily rather than use the actual color of objects. This style emphasizes structure and design and is a prime example of Abstract Art. It was influenced by three basic ideas. First, that all shapes in nature are based on geometric solids such as the cylinder, the sphere and the cone. Second, was the discovery by scientists that all matter is made up of atoms.