Expressionism

Ariadne's Gallery holds 9,860 Expressionism works by 472 artists, most made between 1906 and 1996. The best represented artists are Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Amedeo Modigliani and Martiros Sarian. The most common genres are portrait, genre painting and landscape. Compared with the rest of the collection, Expressionism works most often evoke sadness and tension.

Emotional profile

Sadness: 38 (collection average 34)
Joy: 45 (collection average 46)
Tension: 51 (collection average 48)
Anger: 26 (collection average 23)
Nostalgia: 47 (collection average 47)
Wonder: 47 (collection average 48)
Interest: 57 (collection average 57)

Leading artists

Artworks (200 of 9,860)

Old Tramp by Laszlo Mednyanszky, 1880 — Sadness 75, Tension 85, Anger 55
The Sick Child by Edvard Munch, 1885 - 1886 — Anger 54, Sadness 60, Tension 60
Self portrait by Edvard Munch, 1886 — Interest 65, Anger 11, Nostalgia 36
Jurisprudence by Edvard Munch, 1887 — Anger 12, Sadness 19, Joy 27
Hell Under, Hell Above, Hell All Around by James Ensor, 1888 — Tension 85, Anger 60, Nostalgia 80
Masks Mocking Death by James Ensor, 1888 — Tension 70, Anger 41, Interest 65
Old Woman with Masks (Theatre of Masks) by James Ensor, 1889 — Interest 70, Joy 55, Wonder 55
Skeletons Trying to Warm Themselves by James Ensor, 1889 — Nostalgia 81, Sadness 70, Tension 79
Spring by Edvard Munch, 1889 — Anger 9, Sadness 18, Joy 27
Summer Night (Inger on the Shore) by Edvard Munch, 1889 — Anger 10, Sadness 20, Joy 25
The Astonishment of the Mask Wouse by James Ensor, 1889 — Sadness 80, Tension 91, Anger 65
Writer Hans Jaeger by Edvard Munch, 1889 — Anger 10, Sadness 21, Joy 25
Autoportret by Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890 — Joy 65, Wonder 55, Interest 60
Autoportret by Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890 — Joy 60, Wonder 55, Interest 60
Bauernhof in Grafendorf by Albin Egger-Lienz, 1890 — Joy 55, Wonder 50, Nostalgia 45
Das Tor by Albin Egger-Lienz, 1890 — Anger 51, Nostalgia 70, Sadness 60
My Aunt Asleep Dreaming of Monsters by James Ensor, 1890 — Tension 80, Sadness 66, Nostalgia 75
Night by Edvard Munch, 1890 — Anger 12, Sadness 20, Wonder 32
Tavern in St. Cloud by Edvard Munch, 1890 — Anger 9, Sadness 19, Wonder 32
Self-Portrait Beneath Woman's Mask by Edvard Munch, 1891 - 1892 — Interest 100, Nostalgia 56, Wonder 39
Skeletons Fighting over a Hanged Man by James Ensor, 1891 — Tension 85, Nostalgia 80, Sadness 70
Skeletons Fighting Over a Pickled Herring by James Ensor, 1891 — Nostalgia 85, Sadness 75, Tension 85
The Painter Jacob Bratland by Edvard Munch, 1891 - 1892 — Anger 11, Sadness 21, Joy 24
Antes by Pablo Picasso, c.1892 - c.1906 — Sadness 50, Nostalgia 60, Tension 56
August Stindberg by Edvard Munch, 1892 — Anger 12, Sadness 20, Wonder 32
By the Roulette by Edvard Munch, 1892 — Sadness 20, Anger 9, Wonder 32
Despair by Edvard Munch, 1892 — Anger 12, Sadness 18, Joy 27
Evening on Karl Johan Street by Edvard Munch, 1892 — Sadness 22, Anger 10, Wonder 32
Girl Combing Her Hair by Edvard Munch, 1892 — Anger 12, Sadness 19, Wonder 30
Mascaras singulares by James Ensor, 1892 — Anger 60, Tension 75, Sadness 59
Melancholy by Edvard Munch, 1892 — Sadness 56, Nostalgia 42, Anger 11
Portrait of Inger Munch by Edvard Munch, 1892 — Interest 65, Anger 10, Sadness 20
By the Deathbed (Fever) by Edvard Munch, 1893 — Sadness 100, Tension 59, Anger 8
Cabaret by Charles Cottet, 1893 — Nostalgia 65, Tension 55, Sadness 40
Conspiracy by Kathe Kollwitz, 1893 - 1897 — Anger 78, Sadness 88, Tension 85
Dagny Juel Przybyszewska by Edvard Munch, 1893 — Anger 11, Sadness 20, Joy 27
Death by Kathe Kollwitz, 1893 - 1897 — Anger 80, Sadness 90, Tension 90
Death in the sickroom by Edvard Munch, 1893 — Sadness 54, Tension 40, Anger 11
Need by Kathe Kollwitz, 1893 - 1897 — Anger 75, Sadness 85, Tension 85
Pierrot Lunaire by James Ensor, 1893 — Anger 56, Sadness 65, Tension 70
Ravachol by Charles Maurin, 1893 — Sadness 80, Anger 65, Tension 75
The Hands by Edvard Munch, 1893 — Anger 10, Sadness 20, Wonder 32
The Scream by Edvard Munch, 1893 — Tension 94, Sadness 71, Anger 12
The Scream by Edvard Munch, 1893 — Sadness 89, Anger 70, Tension 85
The Storm by Edvard Munch, 1893 — Anger 12, Sadness 21, Wonder 31
Young Man and Prostitute by Edvard Munch, 1893 — Anger 8, Joy 28, Sadness 17
Anxiety by Edvard Munch, 1894 — Tension 59, Sadness 45, Anger 11
Ashes by Edvard Munch, 1894 — Anger 8, Sadness 18, Joy 27
Eye in Eye by Edvard Munch, 1894 — Anger 11, Sadness 20, Joy 28
Girl and Death by Edvard Munch, 1894 — Sadness 53, Tension 42, Anger 12
Madonna by Edvard Munch, 1894 — Wonder 55, Nostalgia 39, Anger 11
Portrait Tadeusz Boy Zelenski by Stanisław Wyspiański, 1894 — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Nostalgia 49
Puberty by Edvard Munch, 1894 — Anger 11, Sadness 20, Joy 27
Rose and Amélie by Edvard Munch, 1894 — Anger 8, Joy 28, Sadness 17
Separation by Edvard Munch, 1894 — Sadness 20, Anger 8, Wonder 29
The Day After by Edvard Munch, 1894 - 1895 — Anger 10, Sadness 18, Joy 27
Self-Portrait I by Edvard Munch, 1895 - 1896 — Interest 83, Nostalgia 55, Sadness 22
Self-Portrait with Burning Cigarette by Edvard Munch, 1895 — Interest 86, Nostalgia 55, Sadness 23
Stanislaw Przybyszewski by Edvard Munch, 1895 — Anger 10, Sadness 19, Joy 26
The Scream by Edvard Munch, 1895 — Tension 96, Sadness 70, Anger 7
The Scream by Edvard Munch, 1895 — Sadness 90, Anger 70, Tension 85
The Women by Edvard Munch, 1895 — Anger 9, Sadness 17, Joy 26
Vampire by Edvard Munch, 1895 — Wonder 46, Tension 44, Anger 10
Vampire II by Edvard Munch, 1895 - 1902 — Wonder 47, Tension 46, Sadness 21
Ashes II by Edvard Munch, 1896 — Anger 10, Sadness 21, Wonder 32
Head of a Tramp by Laszlo Mednyanszky, 1896 — Joy 40, Sadness 25, Anger 10
Nude by Edvard Munch, 1896 — Sadness 22, Anger 11, Interest 43
Paris Nude by Edvard Munch, 1896 — Anger 10, Sadness 18, Joy 25
The Dangerous Cooks by James Ensor, 1896 — Anger 65, Tension 70, Sadness 50
The Death Chamber by Edvard Munch, 1896 — Sadness 54, Tension 39, Anger 8
The Sick Child II by Edvard Munch, 1896 — Sadness 22, Anger 10, Wonder 29
The Skeleton Painter by James Ensor, 1896 — Anger 65, Sadness 71, Tension 80
Death and the Masks by James Ensor, 1897 — Anger 60, Tension 84, Nostalgia 79
Funeral in Brittany by Charles Cottet, 1897 — Sadness 85, Nostalgia 90, Anger 65
Kiss by Edvard Munch, 1897 — Joy 55, Nostalgia 41, Anger 13
Mother and Daughter by Edvard Munch, 1897 — Anger 10, Sadness 18, Joy 24
Old Man by Laszlo Mednyanszky, 1897 — Tension 85, Sadness 70, Anger 50
Revolt (By the Gates of a Park) by Kathe Kollwitz, 1897 — Anger 55, Wonder 70, Interest 75
The End by Kathe Kollwitz, 1897 — Sadness 90, Anger 60, Tension 79
The Flower of Pain by Edvard Munch, 1897 — Sadness 20, Anger 7, Joy 26
The March of the Weavers in Berlin by Kathe Kollwitz, 1897 — Sadness 55, Anger 31, Interest 60
Absinth Drinker by Laszlo Mednyanszky, 1898 — Joy 60, Nostalgia 50, Wonder 40
Composition sketch for Seated Old by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1898 — Joy 70, Wonder 65, Interest 56
Lucjan Rydel by Stanisław Wyspiański, 1898 — Joy 70, Wonder 60, Interest 65
Man and Woman by Edvard Munch, 1898 — Anger 8, Sadness 19, Joy 25
Portrait of an old woman by Paula Modersohn-Becker, c.1898 — Sadness 60, Tension 65, Nostalgia 50
Portrait of Daria Ivanovna Tatarintseva by Filipp Malyavin, 1898 — Sadness 45, Tension 55, Anger 25
Pregnant woman with folded hands by Kathe Kollwitz, 1898 - 1899 — Sadness 75, Anger 60, Tension 65
Red Virginia Creeper by Edvard Munch, 1898 - 1900 — Anger 12, Sadness 19, Joy 27
Self portrait by Paula Modersohn-Becker, c.1898 — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Nostalgia 50
Stańczyk by Leon Wyczółkowski, 1898 — Joy 56, Wonder 55, Anger 30
Woman in an Interior with a Mirror by Carl Holsøe, c.1898 — Joy 65, Nostalgia 55, Interest 60
Canal Du Midi by Henri Matisse, 1899 — Joy 75, Interest 65, Wonder 55
Dance Of Life by Edvard Munch, 1899 - 1900 — Anger 8, Sadness 18, Joy 26
Girls on a Bridge by Edvard Munch, 1899 - 1900 — Anger 8, Sadness 19, Joy 26
Gray landscape with marsh channel by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1899 — Sadness 55, Tension 64, Anger 30
Gretchen by Kathe Kollwitz, 1899 — Sadness 70, Anger 55, Tension 65
In the Tavern by Laszlo Mednyanszky, 1899 — Joy 60, Nostalgia 50, Wonder 40
La chata by Pablo Picasso, 1899 — Wonder 61, Nostalgia 55, Joy 51
Male nude standing by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1899 — Sadness 70, Tension 70, Nostalgia 50
Man Bathing by Edvard Munch, 1899 — Sadness 21, Anger 8, Interest 43
Nude Girl Standing, arms folded behind his head by Paula Modersohn-Becker, c.1899 — Sadness 91, Tension 92, Anger 45
Obsession by Wojciech Weiss, 1899 - 1900 — Anger 80, Sadness 75, Tension 85
Old blind woman by Paula Modersohn-Becker, c.1899 — Sadness 60, Tension 65, Nostalgia 50
Old woman with a bonnet in profile to the left by Paula Modersohn-Becker, c.1899 — Sadness 55, Tension 61, Nostalgia 55
Portrait of the Brother of the Painter Micheli by Amedeo Modigliani, 1899 — Interest 65, Joy 55, Wonder 50
Red and White by Edvard Munch, 1899 - 1900 — Sadness 22, Anger 9, Wonder 29
Rua Bretã by Antonio Carneiro, 1899 — Anger 40, Nostalgia 56, Joy 56
Sand pit at Weyersberg by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1899 — Joy 60, Wonder 60, Interest 65
Still Life with Oranges II by Henri Matisse, 1899 — Joy 66, Interest 69, Wonder 60
Sunset by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1899 — Anger 75, Tension 70, Joy 60
The Dead Mother by Edvard Munch, 1899 - 1900 — Anger 9, Joy 29, Sadness 16
The Tuscan Road by Amedeo Modigliani, 1899 — Anger 12, Joy 27, Sadness 17
Golgotha by Edvard Munch, 1900 — Anger 11, Sadness 21, Joy 24
Interior by Carl Holsøe, c.1900 — Joy 50, Nostalgia 45, Anger 15
Interior with Woman and Child by Carl Holsøe, c.1900 — Joy 45, Anger 20, Nostalgia 39
La strada di casa by Carlo Carra, 1900 — Joy 75, Nostalgia 65, Interest 65
Marsh channel with peat barges by Paula Modersohn-Becker, c.1900 — Wonder 60, Joy 60, Interest 65
Peat digging by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1900 - 1902 — Sadness 55, Tension 66, Nostalgia 50
Picador by Pablo Picasso, 1900 — Wonder 60, Interest 65, Tension 55
Portrait of a young woman with red hat by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1900 — Sadness 40, Joy 50, Nostalgia 50
Red Creeper by Edvard Munch, 1900 — Sadness 20, Anger 9, Joy 27
Sabartes as decadent poet by Pablo Picasso, 1900 — Nostalgia 75, Sadness 55, Tension 59
Sand pit by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1900 — Anger 10, Sadness 20, Joy 28
Self-portrait by Zinaida Serebriakova, c.1900 — Wonder 86, Nostalgia 81, Joy 77
Standing female nude, against a dark wall by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1900 — Sadness 60, Tension 71, Anger 35
The brutal embrace by Pablo Picasso, 1900 — Sadness 80, Tension 75, Anger 10
Train smoke by Edvard Munch, 1900 — Anger 11, Sadness 18, Wonder 31
Twilight landscape with house and fork by Paula Modersohn-Becker, c.1900 — Wonder 50, Nostalgia 38, Sadness 20
Two boys on Moorkanal by Paula Modersohn-Becker, c.1900 — Wonder 61, Nostalgia 56, Tension 55
View of Riera de Sant Joan from the window by Pablo Picasso, 1900 — Nostalgia 70, Wonder 65, Interest 70
Worpsweder Landscape with Red House by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1900 — Wonder 60, Nostalgia 55, Tension 55
A red skirt by Pablo Picasso, 1901 — Interest 70, Joy 55, Nostalgia 55
Armenian by Martiros Sarian, 1901 — Interest 71, Joy 55, Nostalgia 50
Birch trunks in front of red farmstead by Paula Modersohn-Becker, c.1901 — Sadness 40, Tension 50, Joy 45
Cowshed by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1901 — Sadness 59, Tension 70, Anger 40
Girls in the garden with glass ball (Elsbeth) by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1901 - 1902 — Wonder 56, Joy 55, Nostalgia 50
Landscape with Birch trunks by Paula Modersohn-Becker, c.1901 — Wonder 49, Joy 45, Interest 55
Maternité (after Picasso) by Jacques Villon, 1901 — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Interest 61
Pablo Picasso and Sebastìa Junyer-Vidal arrives to Paris by Pablo Picasso, 1901 — Wonder 60, Interest 65, Tension 55
Pablo Picasso and Sebastìa Junyer-Vidal arrives to Paris by Pablo Picasso, 1901 — Wonder 60, Interest 66, Tension 55
Portrait of Jaime Sabartes (The bock) by Pablo Picasso, 1901 — Interest 70, Nostalgia 55, Tension 54
Portrait of Karl Kraus by Oskar Kokoschka, 1901 — Joy 55, Sadness 40, Interest 61
Portrait of Yvonne Duchamp by Marcel Duchamp, 1901 — Interest 80, Joy 75, Sadness 45
Sand pit by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1901 — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Interest 60
Self-portrait by Max Beckmann, 1901 — Wonder 65, Tension 65, Interest 70
Self-Portrait by Pablo Picasso, 1901 — Sadness 62, Anger 38, Nostalgia 56
Self-Portrait by Pablo Picasso, 1901 — Sadness 54, Anger 31, Nostalgia 49
Self-Portrait by Pablo Picasso, 1901 — Sadness 60, Anger 34, Tension 54
Sunset Over the Bay of Naples by Tivadar Kosztka Csontvary, 1901 — Anger 50, Tension 60, Wonder 55
The absinthe drinker by Pablo Picasso, 1901 — Sadness 60, Tension 70, Anger 15
The Absinthe Drinker by Pablo Picasso, 1901 — Sadness 60, Tension 70, Anger 15
The Carmagnole (Dance Around the Guillotine) by Kathe Kollwitz, 1901 — Sadness 86, Anger 70, Tension 80
The Girls on the Bridge by Edvard Munch, 1901 — Anger 9, Sadness 20, Wonder 32
The Greedy by Pablo Picasso, 1901 — Joy 55, Sadness 40, Wonder 50
The Road to Calvary by Andre Derain, 1901 — Joy 50, Tension 50, Nostalgia 48
Trees in blossom by Martiros Sarian, 1901 — Joy 74, Nostalgia 60, Interest 65
Two acrobats (Harlequin and his companion) by Pablo Picasso, 1901 — Wonder 80, Interest 71, Tension 65
White Night by Edvard Munch, 1901 — Anger 10, Sadness 20, Wonder 32
Woman with chignon by Pablo Picasso, 1901 — Joy 69, Wonder 63, Interest 68
Yvonne (in kimono) by Marcel Duchamp, 1901 — Nostalgia 65, Interest 70, Joy 61
A blue house by Pablo Picasso, c.1902 — Interest 70, Wonder 60, Joy 59
Albert Kollmann by Edvard Munch, 1902 — Anger 12, Sadness 19, Wonder 33
Always poor by Frantisek Kupka, 1902 — Joy 60, Wonder 55, Anger 25
Armenian village by Martiros Sarian, 1902 — Nostalgia 70, Sadness 40, Joy 49
At the Conservatory by James Ensor, 1902 — Interest 75, Wonder 60, Joy 55
Blossoming Almonds in Taormina by Tivadar Kosztka Csontvary, 1902 — Anger 60, Tension 80, Wonder 65
Breastfeeding mother of Paula Modersohn-Becker by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1902 — Joy 56, Wonder 49, Nostalgia 45
Children with the Lamp by Jose Gutierrez Solana, 1902 — Nostalgia 65, Joy 60, Interest 61
Drunk woman is tired by Pablo Picasso, 1902 — Sadness 70, Tension 65, Nostalgia 55
Elizabeth with Hens under an Apple Tree by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1902 — Nostalgia 55, Tension 55, Sadness 40
Female Head by Pablo Picasso, c.1902 — Joy 60, Wonder 51, Interest 56
Fertility II by Edvard Munch, 1902 — Anger 10, Sadness 20, Joy 25
Front cover of the 'L'Argent' issue, from 'L'Assiette au Beurre' by Frantisek Kupka, 1902 — Joy 55, Sadness 39, Anger 26
Head of a little girl (Elsbeth) by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1902 — Sadness 60, Tension 70, Anger 35
Head of dead woman by Pablo Picasso, 1902 — Sadness 85, Anger 70, Tension 80
Infant in seat by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1902 — Tension 50, Wonder 50, Joy 45
Kiss IV by Edvard Munch, 1902 — Joy 54, Nostalgia 40, Anger 11
Landscape with trees by Paula Modersohn-Becker, c.1902 — Nostalgia 50, Wonder 50, Sadness 35
Man and Woman by Pablo Picasso, 1902 — Joy 60, Interest 65, Tension 40
Man in blue by Pablo Picasso, c.1902 — Joy 65, Interest 70, Tension 40
Martha Kurzweil before an easel by Max Kurzweil, 1902 — Tension 75, Anger 45, Sadness 55
Melancholy woman by Pablo Picasso, c.1902 — Sadness 80, Tension 90, Nostalgia 70
Naked woman with dripping hair by Pablo Picasso, 1902 — Sadness 86, Tension 95, Nostalgia 75
Nursing Mother and Child by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1902 — Wonder 56, Joy 51, Nostalgia 50
Parva Domus, Magna Quies by Marcel Duchamp, 1902 — Sadness 85, Anger 65, Tension 75
Peasants by Martiros Sarian, 1902 — Nostalgia 75, Sadness 55, Tension 65
Play by Marcel Duchamp, 1902 — Interest 85, Joy 80, Wonder 60
Plow by Martiros Sarian, 1902 — Interest 65, Nostalgia 55, Joy 55
Portrait of a Woman with pitcher by Paula Modersohn-Becker, c.1902 — Nostalgia 61, Joy 60, Interest 65
Portrait of Clara Rilke-Westhoff by Paula Modersohn-Becker, c.1902 — Joy 65, Interest 70, Wonder 60
Portrait of Sebastia Junyer-Vidal by Pablo Picasso, c.1902 — Nostalgia 60, Sadness 41, Anger 20
Rain by Edvard Munch, 1902 — Sadness 22, Anger 9, Joy 23
Seated child in an Armchair by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1902 — Anger 13, Sadness 23, Joy 23
Seated girl in a landscape, to the right by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1902 — Wonder 55, Sadness 40, Joy 49
Seated nude facing right and meditating by Max Kurzweil, c.1902 — Joy 80, Nostalgia 71, Interest 75
Self portrait in front of flowering trees by Paula Modersohn-Becker, c.1902 — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Nostalgia 51
Seller of gul by Pablo Picasso, c.1902 — Sadness 69, Anger 45, Tension 65
Sleeping Face by Frantisek Kupka, 1902 — Wonder 60, Nostalgia 56, Interest 60
Spanish Woman by Francis Picabia, 1902 — Wonder 49, Anger 21, Joy 43

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