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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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Sculpture, Tree, Victor Prodanchuk

Tree

Victor Prodanchuk

Sculpture . 34 x 21 x 21 cm Sculpture . 13.4 x 8.3 x 8.3 inch

€1,715

Painting, Housework, Mike Jacobs

Housework

Mike Jacobs

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

€1,500

Print, Crime 2, Bram van Velde

Crime 2

Bram van Velde

Print . 23 x 16 cm Print . 9.1 x 6.3 inch

€900

Print, Earth Day, Paul Jenkins

Earth Day

Paul Jenkins

Print . 73.7 x 53.3 x 0.5 cm Print . 29 x 21 x 0.2 inch

€677

Painting, Mist II, Zakhar Shevchuk

Mist II

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Painting, Wild summer, Ivana Olbricht

Wild summer

Ivana Olbricht

Painting . 119.4 x 99.1 x 2 cm Painting . 47 x 39 x 0.8 inch

€3,132

Painting, Summer kiss, Ivana Olbricht

Summer kiss

Ivana Olbricht

Painting . 119.4 x 99.1 x 2 cm Painting . 47 x 39 x 0.8 inch

€3,132

Painting, Sandstone, Ansgar Dressler

Sandstone

Ansgar Dressler

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

€1,300

Painting, Hope, Ansgar Dressler

Hope

Ansgar Dressler

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

€1,146

Painting, Enigma, Ansgar Dressler

Enigma

Ansgar Dressler

Painting . 121.9 x 101.6 x 3 cm Painting . 48 x 40 x 1.2 inch

€2,257

Painting, Ex-votos 6, Christos Kalfas

Ex-votos 6

Christos Kalfas

Painting . 52 x 23 x 0.2 cm Painting . 20.5 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,500

Painting, Sans titre, Bram van Velde

Sans titre

Bram van Velde

Painting . 32.5 x 25 x 1 cm Painting . 12.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

€35,000

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