"I apprehend any tree, any branch as something alive. In landscape, same as in eery man, I note its frailness, clearness. You have to deal very tenderly and carefully with nature."
Sergei T. Tsirkin
esteemed artist of Russia since 1990
An art movement of the early 20th century in which traditional adherence to realism and proportion was replaced by the artist's emotional connection to the subject. These paintings are often abstract, the subject matter distorted in color and form to emphasize and express the intense emotion of the artist.