Emotionalists is a group of artists founded as an artistic movementin 1994[1] by sculptor, painter anddesigner of the Polish School of Industrial Design, and professoremeritus at University of Bridgeport, Lubomir Tomaszewski.The group has as its mission the return to the natural language ofexpression in art and seeks to awaken deep emotions in the viewer andcommunicate: “Less show, more content”. The philosophy of this movementis also a reaction to the "over-intellectualized" modern art and its lossof emotion and mood, which its considers one of the most important factorsfor the artist as well as the viewer. Because of this, the artist looks totradition and "lasting values" in art, vehemently condemningexperimentation and simplification or geometrization for the sole purposeof surprising or shocking the viewer. The spectrum of the works is broad,ranging from figurative toconceptual.[2] It's a multi-disciplinary group, associating painters,sculptors, illustrators, photographers, graphic artists, textile designers,dancers, and musicians