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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, Home Sweet Home, Purvis Young

Home Sweet Home

Purvis Young

Painting . 26.4 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting . 10.375 x 7.875 x 0.11 inch

€1,128

Print, Figure in bici, Sandro Chia

Figure in bici

Sandro Chia

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

€800

Fine Art Drawings, Evening Together, Kirill Postovit

Evening Together

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 20.5 x 13.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.1 x 5.3 x 0 inch

€170

Painting, The Passage, Zakhar Shevchuk

The Passage

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 125 x 105 x 2 cm Painting . 49.2 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Painting, Cascade, Aurélie Trabaud

Cascade

Aurélie Trabaud

Painting . 43 x 19 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.9 x 7.5 x 0 inch

€650

Painting, Sleeping Dog, Zakhar Shevchuk

Sleeping Dog

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

Painting, Between Them, Zakhar Shevchuk

Between Them

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 155 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 61 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€3,800

Fine Art Drawings, Almost Home - He, Kirill Postovit

Almost Home - He

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€590

Print, Carmen, Bernard Buffet

Carmen

Bernard Buffet

Print . 76 x 56 x 1 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0.4 inch

€2,500

Print, Don José, Bernard Buffet

Don José

Bernard Buffet

Print . 76 x 56 x 1 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

Print, Micaela, Bernard Buffet

Micaela

Bernard Buffet

Print . 76 x 56 x 1 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0.4 inch

€2,500

Painting, Oropimente, Toni Caldentey

Oropimente

Toni Caldentey

Painting . 146 x 113 x 2 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Painting, Orchids, Aurélie Trabaud

Orchids

Aurélie Trabaud

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€190

Print, MP 312, Bram van Velde

MP 312

Bram van Velde

Print . 56 x 46 cm Print . 22 x 18.1 inch

€900

Painting, Paysage, Isabelle Marie

Paysage

Isabelle Marie

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.01 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€800