What's the same between Expressionism and Impressionism (art)?

Impressionism and Expressionism are a couple of the lovely times when the names of movements in the art world actually pretty clearly describe what they mean. read more

There are many similarities between Impressionism and Expressionism, as most art movements evolve from older movements. They usually retain some aspects of the old styles and change others. Another thing, different artists change different parts of old movement and keep some of the parts of the old. read more

In a broader sense Expressionism is one of the main currents of art in the later 19th and the 20th centuries, and its qualities of highly subjective, personal, spontaneous self-expression are typical of a wide range of modern artists and art movements. read more

Thanks for this. My son got an assignment and he had to choose an art style (impressionism/expressionism/surrealism). This shed more light on my being able to understand and explain the different types to him so that he can make a conscious decision. read more