Expressionism is an art movement that originated at the start of the 1900’s in Germany which is a non naturalistic art movement as the painting is constructed in an abstract way with unnatural and vivid colour with often thick, heavy brush strokes. The art is not made to abide by any artistic conventions and is made purely for the sake of making art and expression ones self. The art is often a window to see the world through the eyes of the artist, this piece is a self portrait by Vincent Van Gogh when he was poor in Paris and wanted to practice painting people but couldn’t afford models.