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The artists featured on this page include many of the most important figures associated with the various facets of the Expressionist movement, from pioneers such as Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Vasily Kandinsky to post-Expressionists such as Otto Dix and George Grosz, as well as others who created significant works. Many other Expressionist artists—both well known and now obscure—are also represented in MoMA's collection; their names and works can be accessed through the link at the end of the list at the right.
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Sculptor, printmaker, dramatist. Famed for his sculptures of religious and mystical… More »
Painter, printmaker. Known for probing the human condition in portraits, self-portraits… More »
Painter, printmaker, stained-glass designer. First gained prominence within the Blaue Reiter… More »
Painter, printmaker, draftsman. After eleven years of academic training in Königsberg… More »
Painter, printmaker, watercolorist. Known especially for his caustic portraits of postwar… More »
American painter, printmaker, draftsman, photographer, who lived in Germany from 1887… More »
Graphic designer, set designer. After serving in the army during World War I, studied… More »
Printmaker, painter. The youngest of a second generation of Expressionists who… More »
Painter, printmaker. Studied in Berlin from 1905 to 1910, including two years as a master… More »
Painter, draftsman, printmaker known for pointed political satire and social criticism… More »
Painter, printmaker. One of four architecture students in Dresden who formed the Brücke… More »
Painter, printmaker, watercolorist, pioneering theorist of abstraction. Abandoning an academic… More »
Painter, printmaker, sculptor. One month before earning his architecture degree… More »
Painter, draftsman, printmaker, theoretician. Raised in Bern, then studied art in Munich… More »
Painter, printmaker, dramatist. Performance of his early Expressionist play… More »
Sculptor, printmaker, draftsman. Known for idealized nudes, whose poses and gestures… More »
Printmaker, draftsman, sculptor. Trained initially as a painter, but by 1890 turned to… More »
Sculptor, draftsman, printmaker. Known for his sculptures of slender, elongated figures… More »
Painter, watercolorist, and decorative artist. After befriending Franz Marc and Vasily… More »
Watercolorist, painter, printmaker. Raised in Paris. Studied art in Paris, Brussels… More »
Painter, watercolorist, printmaker. Gave up studying theology and philosophy… More »
Painter, printmaker, writer. Gained renown after 1912 for street scenes celebrating… More »
Painter, printmaker. Apprenticed as a lithographer; in 1894 moved to Dresden to study… More »
Painter, printmaker, watercolorist. First trained as a woodcarver; later studied painting… More »
Painter, printmaker. Studied painting in Vienna and Prague from 1900 to 1906. Included in 1908… More »
Painter, printmaker. After studying in Dresden, joined Brücke group in 1906 at invitation of… More »
Painter, printmaker. Took up painting as a teenager while convalescing from… More »
Painter and precociously talented draftsman; accepted into Vienna's Academy of Fine Arts… More »
Painter, printmaker. One of four architecture students, including Ernst Ludwig Kirchner… More »
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