Expressionism: Quick Facts

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Edvard Munch: The Scream

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Emil Nolde: Dance Around the Golden Calf

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Chaim Soutine: Side of Beef

Conrad Veidt carries Lil Dagover across a sharply angled, surreal rooftop set in a scene from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, directed by Robert Wiene.

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