Movement Expressionism

Painting, A Red-Yellow Bird, Mikolaj Malesza

A Red-Yellow Bird

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 inch

$1,129

Print, Sacrifices Made to the Nymphs, from Daphnis and Chloe, Marc Chagall

Sacrifices Made to the Nymphs, from Daphnis and Chloe

Marc Chagall

Print - 21.25 x 15 inch

$19,995

Print, Sans titre, Bram van Velde

Sans titre

Bram van Velde

Print - 33.1 x 24.8 x 0 inch

$2,823

Print, MP 403 - Séparation, Bram van Velde

MP 403 - Séparation

Bram van Velde

Print - 24.6 x 28.3 x 0 inch

$3,388

Print, Dernière inquiétude, Bram van Velde

Dernière inquiétude

Bram van Velde

Print - 25 x 25 x 0 inch

$2,823

Print, MP 133 - Ecoute, Bram van Velde

MP 133 - Ecoute

Bram van Velde

Print - 38.5 x 24.3 x 0 inch

$3,388

Print, MP 385 - Enseveli, Bram van Velde

MP 385 - Enseveli

Bram van Velde

Print - 25.6 x 37.8 x 0 inch

$3,162

Print, Nord - MP 396, Bram van Velde

Nord - MP 396

Bram van Velde

Print - 39.4 x 22 x 0 inch

$3,162

Print, Bonheur de Matisse - MP 386, Bram van Velde

Bonheur de Matisse - MP 386

Bram van Velde

Print - 25.6 x 38.2 x 0 inch

$3,953

Print, 361, Bram van Velde

361

Bram van Velde

Print - 23.2 x 21.3 inch

$2,484

Print, Sans titre, Paul Rebeyrolle

Sans titre

Paul Rebeyrolle

Print - 9.3 x 6.1 inch

$395

Print, Sans titre, Paul Rebeyrolle

Sans titre

Paul Rebeyrolle

Print - 9.3 x 6.1 inch

$395

Print, The Flute Player (M. 197), Marc Chagall

The Flute Player (M. 197)

Marc Chagall

Print - 15 x 22 x 0 inch

$14,453

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre (Foudre), Christos Kalfas

Sans titre (Foudre)

Christos Kalfas

Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 19.3 inch

$1,355

Painting, Ex-votos 6, Christos Kalfas

Ex-votos 6

Christos Kalfas

Painting - 20.5 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch

$1,694

Painting, Ex-votos 8, Christos Kalfas

Ex-votos 8

Christos Kalfas

Painting - 20.5 x 9.1 inch

$1,694

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre (Moi-libellule), Christos Kalfas

Sans titre (Moi-libellule)

Christos Kalfas

Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 22.4 x 0.1 inch

$2,033

Print, Danseuse, Bernard Buffet

Danseuse

Bernard Buffet

Print - 28 x 20.1 inch

$5,082

Print, Impulsion, Bram van Velde

Impulsion

Bram van Velde

Print - 38.6 x 24.8 inch

$2,484

Print, Poemes: Dans ma Memoire, Marc Chagall

Poemes: Dans ma Memoire

Marc Chagall

Print - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$2,776

Print, Poemes: Comme un barbare, Marc Chagall

Poemes: Comme un barbare

Marc Chagall

Print - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$2,776

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre (Alice), Christos Kalfas

Sans titre (Alice)

Christos Kalfas

Fine Art Drawings - 31.1 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch

$2,033

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre (tea time), Christos Kalfas

Sans titre (tea time)

Christos Kalfas

Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

$847

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre (Amphores), Christos Kalfas

Sans titre (Amphores)

Christos Kalfas

Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 9.4 inch

$847

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre (Vitoire-bleu), Christos Kalfas

Sans titre (Vitoire-bleu)

Christos Kalfas

Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 22.8 x 0.1 inch

$1,694

Print, Know The Rules, Fred Borghesi

Know The Rules

Fred Borghesi

Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$678

Fine Art Drawings, Whatever man, Fred Borghesi

Whatever man

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

$3,727

Fine Art Drawings, The boy with green hair, Fred Borghesi

The boy with green hair

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

$2,936

Fine Art Drawings, Unknown Man From Another Time, Fred Borghesi

Unknown Man From Another Time

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$3,953

Painting, L'Arbre, Meyrin, Genève, Xavier Albert Fiala

L'Arbre, Meyrin, Genève

Xavier Albert Fiala

Painting - 11.6 x 11.6 x 0.2 inch

$602

Painting, Les chanteurs, Xavier Albert Fiala

Les chanteurs

Xavier Albert Fiala

Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch

$811

Print, Sur la terre des Dieux (Planche 7), Marc Chagall

Sur la terre des Dieux (Planche 7)

Marc Chagall

Print - 25.4 x 19.5 inch

$7,002

Painting, A return, Mikolaj Malesza

A return

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 inch

$565

Painting, A meeting, Mikolaj Malesza

A meeting

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 inch

$565

Painting, Tango 3, Mikolaj Malesza

Tango 3

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 inch

$565

Painting, Tango 1, Mikolaj Malesza

Tango 1

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 inch

$565

Painting, Good luck bird, Vasyl Khodakivskyi

Good luck bird

Vasyl Khodakivskyi

Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,388

Print, Sacrifices made to the nymphs, Marc Chagall

Sacrifices made to the nymphs

Marc Chagall

Print - 16.5 x 12.6 x 0 inch

$7,293

Print, Petits paysans II, Marc Chagall

Petits paysans II

Marc Chagall

Print - 23.6 x 18.9 inch

$13,552

Painting, Perdre ciel et terre, Christos Kalfas

Perdre ciel et terre

Christos Kalfas

Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch

$5,647

Fine Art Drawings, Franco, Fred Borghesi

Franco

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

$3,388

Fine Art Drawings, Man in blue, Fred Borghesi

Man in blue

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

$3,388

Fine Art Drawings, Okinawo, Fred Borghesi

Okinawo

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

$2,484

Fine Art Drawings, News Paper Sellers, Fred Borghesi

News Paper Sellers

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

$3,840

Fine Art Drawings, The Frowns N2, Fred Borghesi

The Frowns N2

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

$3,388

Fine Art Drawings, Silent Shout N2, Fred Borghesi

Silent Shout N2

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

$3,388

Fine Art Drawings, Silent Shout, Fred Borghesi

Silent Shout

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

$3,388

Fine Art Drawings, North Korean Kid, Fred Borghesi

North Korean Kid

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

$3,388

Fine Art Drawings, Shadow N2, Fred Borghesi

Shadow N2

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

$2,936

Fine Art Drawings, Patience, Fred Borghesi

Patience

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

$3,162

Painting, Transparency, Mikolaj Malesza

Transparency

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 inch

$565

Painting, Oasis, Mikolaj Malesza

Oasis

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 inch

$565

Painting, Straight from the sky, Mikolaj Malesza

Straight from the sky

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 inch

$1,807

Painting, A landscape, Mikolaj Malesza

A landscape

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 inch

$791

Painting, A visitor, Mikolaj Malesza

A visitor

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 inch

$339

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre (Minotaure elevement), Christos Kalfas

Sans titre (Minotaure elevement)

Christos Kalfas

Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$847

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre (Chien), Christos Kalfas

Sans titre (Chien)

Christos Kalfas

Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch

$2,033

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre (marx), Christos Kalfas

Sans titre (marx)

Christos Kalfas

Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch

$847

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre (Entre-Exit), Christos Kalfas

Sans titre (Entre-Exit)

Christos Kalfas

Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch

$1,355

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre (Marylin), Christos Kalfas

Sans titre (Marylin)

Christos Kalfas

Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 34.3 x 0.4 inch

$3,162

Fine Art Drawings, Domenica D'Agosto, Monochrome, Fred Borghesi

Domenica D'Agosto, Monochrome

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

$2,936

Fine Art Drawings, Domenica D'Agosto, Fred Borghesi

Domenica D'Agosto

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

$4,065

Print, L'assassinat de Trotsky, Francis Bacon

L'assassinat de Trotsky

Francis Bacon

Print - 35.2 x 24.7 inch

$16,940

Painting, The wall, Mikolaj Malesza

The wall

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

$440

Painting, Université Paris, Etienne Boissier

Université Paris

Etienne Boissier

Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$960

Painting, Assoupissement, Etienne Boissier

Assoupissement

Etienne Boissier

Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$824

Painting, Livraison, Etienne Boissier

Livraison

Etienne Boissier

Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$847

Painting, Prison à ciel ouvert, Etienne Boissier

Prison à ciel ouvert

Etienne Boissier

Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$632

Painting, L'aube, Etienne Boissier

L'aube

Etienne Boissier

Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$836

Painting, Black Girl Matters, Etienne Boissier

Black Girl Matters

Etienne Boissier

Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$1,062

Painting, Conjonctivite sur tapis en moumoute, Etienne Boissier

Conjonctivite sur tapis en moumoute

Etienne Boissier

Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

$1,299

Painting, Le boucher, Etienne Boissier

Le boucher

Etienne Boissier

Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$1,005

Fine Art Drawings, Sans Titre (Ma pensée comme une comédie), Christos Kalfas

Sans Titre (Ma pensée comme une comédie)

Christos Kalfas

Fine Art Drawings - 40.6 x 26.4 x 0.1 inch

$2,823

Print, Triptych, Francis Bacon

Triptych

Francis Bacon

Print - 35.4 x 24.4 inch

$15,020

Painting, From the "Journeys" cycle, Mikolaj Malesza

From the "Journeys" cycle

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 13.8 x 9.8 inch

$282

Print, Autoportrait, Francis Bacon

Autoportrait

Francis Bacon

Print - 36.2 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$21,457

Painting, From the "Journeys" cycle, Mikolaj Malesza

From the "Journeys" cycle

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 13.8 x 9.8 inch

$282

Painting, A swallow, Mikolaj Malesza

A swallow

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 13.8 x 9.8 inch

$282

Painting, Dalliances, Mikolaj Malesza

Dalliances

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 7.1 x 9.4 inch

$339

Painting, Siesta, Mikolaj Malesza

Siesta

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 inch

$339

Painting, From Journey cycle, Mikolaj Malesza

From Journey cycle

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 7.1 x 9.4 inch

$339

Painting, Pinoccio, Mikolaj Malesza

Pinoccio

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 inch

$339

Painting, A portrait, Mikolaj Malesza

A portrait

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 13.8 x 9.8 inch

$339

Print, Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2916, Alberto Giacometti

Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2916

Alberto Giacometti

Print - 17.5 x 12.8 inch

$10,728

Painting, A witness, Mikolaj Malesza

A witness

Mikolaj Malesza

Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 inch

$339

Painting, Scythians, Vasyl Khodakivskyi

Scythians

Vasyl Khodakivskyi

Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,259 $1,920

Painting, Magnificent Cyclades, Vasyl Khodakivskyi

Magnificent Cyclades

Vasyl Khodakivskyi

Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$2,146 $1,931

Painting, Evening twilight, Vasyl Khodakivskyi

Evening twilight

Vasyl Khodakivskyi

Painting - 19.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,807

Painting, The young grace, Vasyl Khodakivskyi

The young grace

Vasyl Khodakivskyi

Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$2,259

Painting, Roze garden, Vasyl Khodakivskyi

Roze garden

Vasyl Khodakivskyi

Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,501

Painting, The purple garden, Vasyl Khodakivskyi

The purple garden

Vasyl Khodakivskyi

Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,388

Painting, Pink garden, Vasyl Khodakivskyi

Pink garden

Vasyl Khodakivskyi

Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,388

Painting, The red garden, Vasyl Khodakivskyi

The red garden

Vasyl Khodakivskyi

Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,388

Movement Expressionism

Unlike Impressionism, Expressionism sought not to reproduce a depiction of the world but rather illustrate the artist's emotional response to their surroundings. Garish colours, dynamic brush stokes, distorted compositions, primitive influences, strident and even violent subject matter; the Expressionists replaced visual reality for their own emotionally-charged perceptions of the truth. Expressionism first manifested itself in Germany in 1910, embodying the increasing anxiety that surrounded humanity's cacophonous relationship with spirituality and the world. The rapid urbanisation of the world and increasingly afflictive relationship to nature, inspired the Expressionists to explore the subjects alienated by industrialisation. Lonely products of capitalism, emotionally starved individuals, prostitutes and solitary souls were depicted through inflated and distorted brush strokes. 

German Expressionism in particular can be divided into two distinctive groups: Die Brücke et Der Blaue Reiter. Despite their different approaches, these two movements are often merged into the single German Expressionist movement. Die Brücke (“The Bridge") was formed in 1905 in Dresden. It explored an emotional sensitivity that was divorced from intellect, and the weariness surrounding the German society that edged towards an inherent collapse. Artists leading the movement were Emil Nolde, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Erich Heckel. Der Blaue Reiter (“The Blue Rider") came after Die Brücke, and was a product of thinkers and philosophers. Intellectuals interrogated the boundaries of art and the power it had on society. It lasted from 1912 to 1914, and its key artists included Vassily Kandinsky, Gabriele Munter, Franz Marc, August Macke, and Alexej von Jawensky.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: one of the most important figures of the Die Brücke movement. Through his use of unusual compositions, figures in motion, stimulated renderings  of the human form, an inflated hypersensitivity and vivid colours, Kirchner depicted Berlin's transforming bohemian life. 


Emil Nolde: a significant painter of the movement, who was heavily influenced by Vincent Van Gogh. Nolde found inspiration in primitive art, and Van Gogh's influence can be felt in his acute preoccupation with flowers in his work. Golden hues and deep maroons resonate on his canvas, transforming these otherwise muted tones into vivid and captivating works of art. 

Wassily Kandinsky: intensely inspired to create art that surpassed physical frontiers, he explored profound levels of spirituality in his work. His heavily abstracted compositions depict the vast extent of human emotion, and he considered music as the ultimate form of non-objective art.  

Edvard Munch: a key figure in Expressionism, and an endlessly troubled artist, Munch was plagued by thoughts of death, illness, sex and religion. He channelled his agitated thoughts through complex and vivid compositions and subject matter, using the depiction of sex to convey the increasingly bohemian habit of using sexual experiences as a means of  liberating oneself from social resignation. 

Enter the distorted and hyperbolic psyches of the great Expressionist masters through our talented contemporary artists. Whether you're guided by Caroline Vis' colours, captivated by Alexander Bagrat's visceral nudes, or hypnotised by Joëlle Kem Lika's psychologically-charged compositions; Artsper has the Expressionism-inspired work for you.

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