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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, Sitting Nude, Zakhar Shevchuk

Sitting Nude

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 110 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,800

Painting, Woman II, Barbara Kroll

Woman II

Barbara Kroll

Painting . 99.1 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 27 x 1 inch

€1,267

Print, Mistero, Sandro Chia

Mistero

Sandro Chia

Print . 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€800

Print, Poesie romane I, Sandro Chia

Poesie romane I

Sandro Chia

Print . 152 x 98.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 59.8 x 38.8 x 0 inch

€1,470

Painting, Naked portrait, Barbara Kroll

Naked portrait

Barbara Kroll

Painting . 99.8 x 69.9 x 2 cm Painting . 39.3 x 27.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,534

Painting, Helen, Zakhar Shevchuk

Helen

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 160 x 93 x 3 cm Painting . 63 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

Painting, Back to Breath, Tanya Lytko

Back to Breath

Tanya Lytko

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Painting, Dancer 3, Kosta Morr

Dancer 3

Kosta Morr

Painting . 30 x 21 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€180

Painting, Dancer 4, Kosta Morr

Dancer 4

Kosta Morr

Painting . 30 x 21 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€180

Print, Juanito 3, Antonio Segui

Juanito 3

Antonio Segui

Print . 40 x 30 cm Print . 15.7 x 11.8 inch

€900

Print, B4, Sandro Chia

B4

Sandro Chia

Print . 100 x 70 x 0.02 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,800

Painting, Pink nude, Barbara Kroll

Pink nude

Barbara Kroll

Painting . 69.6 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 27.4 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch

€796

Painting, Untitled, Mansour El Habre

Untitled

Mansour El Habre

Painting . 28 x 21 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch

€800

Print, B3, Sandro Chia

B3

Sandro Chia

Print . 100 x 70 x 0.02 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,800

Print, B1, Sandro Chia

B1

Sandro Chia

Print . 100 x 70 x 0.02 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,800

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled 20, Juliane Hundertmark

Untitled 20

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,000