ImEx at the Nationalgalerie

Waiting outside the Nationalgalerie before opening time. Pays to get there early as the queues are horrendous latter in the day.
I was thrilled to discover this special exhibition showing this summer. Impressionism Expressionism.
From 1896 Berlins Nationalgalerie were the first gallery to begin collecting Impressionist painting, this foresight was carried on by the next director who collected Expressionist artists.
This exhibition traces the similarities and differences between the 2 movements, over 160 works, mainly by French and German artists. What a fantastic exhibition, took so many photos but can't put them all up on blog so here are just a few.
to check out more about the exhibitiongo to www.imexinberlin.de

Woman in Red by Lesser Ury 1911 how gorgeous is this little one, never seen it before but fell in love at once
Double Portrait by Max Pechstein 1910
Dancing English Couple by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner ,what fun
Gabrielle Reading by Renoir 1906
Portrait of Artists Wife by August Macke 1912
The above 2 paintings are a good example of the different ways the same subject matter was treated between the Impressionists and the Expressionists.