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Expressionism

Expressionism established itself as one of the founding movements of modern art, emerging at the beginning of the twentieth century as a reaction against Naturalism and Impressionism, with the ambition of conveying inner states rather than faithfully representing the visible world.

Appearing through groups such as Die Brücke in Dresden and Der Blaue Reiter in Munich, it developed a pictorial language based on the expressive distortion of forms, chromatic intensity, and a radical subjectivity inherited from Van Gogh, Munch, and Ensor, whose works had paved the way for a painting rooted in raw emotion.

Kirchner, Kandinsky, Franz Marc, and Egon Schiele illustrate the diversity of approaches within a movement united by a shared conviction: that color, line, and material should serve as vehicles for anxiety, vitality, and existential intensity rather than instruments for describing reality.

Far from being confined to the German art scene, Expressionism had a lasting impact on international artistic creation, from Chaïm Soutine in France to the American Abstract Expressionists of the 1940s, the Neue Wilde movement of the 1980s, and numerous contemporary figurative painters who continue to claim this legacy.

On Artsper, this selection brings together works that extend this Expressionist tradition through chromatic intensity, freedom of gesture, and the exploration of the most intimate dimensions of human experience.

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Painting, Plain-air, Mikolaj Malesza

Plain-air

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting . 70 x 50 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 inch

€850

Print, Aparicions, Antoni Tapies

Aparicions

Antoni Tapies

Print . 56 x 76 x 0.02 cm Print . 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€4,000

Fine Art Drawings, Almost Home II, Kirill Postovit

Almost Home II

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch

€330 €202

Painting, Azur, Mea Ambrozo

Azur

Mea Ambrozo

Painting . 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch

€4,000

Painting, S'ouvrir, Emmanuelle Vroelant

S'ouvrir

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting . 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€6,800

Painting, Green portrait, Barbara Kroll

Green portrait

Barbara Kroll

Painting . 29.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.6 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€563

Fine Art Drawings, White rhino, Aurélie Trabaud

White rhino

Aurélie Trabaud

Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 20 x 0.4 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€550

Painting, Le Double 6, RogerM

Le Double 6

RogerM

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€450

Painting, Blink, Tanya Lytko

Blink

Tanya Lytko

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€700

Painting, Ace, Mea Ambrozo

Ace

Mea Ambrozo

Painting . 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€9,000

Print, Metropolis, Felix van Horst

Metropolis

Felix van Horst

Print . 100 x 150 x 0.8 cm Print . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.3 inch

€450

Painting, Paradoxe, Emmanuelle Vroelant

Paradoxe

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Painting, Ma bulle, Emmanuelle Vroelant

Ma bulle

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€4,800

Painting, Kimono, Emmanuelle Vroelant

Kimono

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting . 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€7,600

Painting, Runners in Red, Mike Jacobs

Runners in Red

Mike Jacobs

Painting . 92 x 92 x 2.4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 36.2 x 0.9 inch

€3,700

Painting, Sandstone, Ansgar Dressler

Sandstone

Ansgar Dressler

Painting . 121.9 x 81.3 x 3 cm Painting . 48 x 32 x 1.2 inch

€1,286

Painting, Hope, Ansgar Dressler

Hope

Ansgar Dressler

Painting . 101.6 x 81.3 x 3 cm Painting . 40 x 32 x 1.2 inch

€1,134

Painting, Oil field, Ansgar Dressler

Oil field

Ansgar Dressler

Painting . 81.3 x 81.3 x 3 cm Painting . 32 x 32 x 1.2 inch

€1,036