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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, Latin Dance, Mike Jacobs

Latin Dance

Mike Jacobs

Painting . 81.5 x 50.5 x 0.4 cm Painting . 32.1 x 19.9 x 0.2 inch

€1,600

Print, Le spectateur, Gen Paul

Le spectateur

Gen Paul

Print . 36.6 x 27.8 x 0.1 cm Print . 14.4 x 10.9 x 0 inch

€300

Print, MP60, Bram van Velde

MP60

Bram van Velde

Print . 59 x 44 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.2 x 17.3 x 0 inch

€1,200

Painting, Spectrum 4, Tiberiu Soos

Spectrum 4

Tiberiu Soos

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€475

Painting, Relief Blue 13, Tiberiu Soos

Relief Blue 13

Tiberiu Soos

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€480

Painting, Relief Blue 14, Tiberiu Soos

Relief Blue 14

Tiberiu Soos

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€480

Painting, See & Say, Mansour El Habre

See & Say

Mansour El Habre

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

€7,300

Painting, Scuba man, Mike Jacobs

Scuba man

Mike Jacobs

Painting . 41 x 51 x 0.5 cm Painting . 16.1 x 20.1 x 0.2 inch

€700

Painting, Fish and canals, Mike Jacobs

Fish and canals

Mike Jacobs

Painting . 46 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 0.2 inch

€550

Painting, The keys, Voichenko Sergiy

The keys

Voichenko Sergiy

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,100