Expressionist Abstract Paintings
EXPRESSIONIST STYLE
While “expressionist” is used to describe any art that avoids naturalism and instead employs a bold use of flattened forms and intense brushwork, Expressionist art formally describes early-20th-century work from Europe that drew on Symbolism and confronted issues such as urbanization and capitalism. Expressionist artists experimented in paintings and prints with skewed perspectives, abstraction and unconventional, bright colors to portray how isolating and anxious the world felt rather than how it appeared.
Between 1905 and 1920, Austrian and German artists, in particular, were inspired by Postimpressionists such as Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh in their efforts to strive for a new authenticity in their work. In its geometric patterns and decorative details, Expressionist art was also marked by eclectic sources like German and Russian folk art as well as tribal art from Africa and Oceania, which the movement’s practitioners witnessed at museums and world’s fairs.
Groups of artists came together to share and promote the themes now associated with Expressionism, such as Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Dresden, which included Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and investigated alienation and the dissolution of society in vivid color. In Munich, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group led by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, instilled Expressionism with a search for spiritual truths. In his iconic painting The Scream, prolific Norwegian painter Edvard Munch conveyed emotional turmoil through his depiction of environmental elements, such as the threatening sky.
Expressionism shifted around the outbreak of World War I, with artists using more elements of the grotesque in reaction to the escalation of unrest and violence. Printmaking was especially popular, as it allowed artists to widely disseminate works that grappled with social and political issues amid this time of upheaval. Although the art movement ended with the rise of Nazi Germany, where Expressionist creators were labeled “degenerate,” the radical ideas of these artists would influence Neo-Expressionism that emerged in the late 1970s with painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente.
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Style: Expressionist
St Ives Shadows, Cornwall, Original painting, Oil on canvas, Coastal art, Beach
Located in Deddington, GB
St Ives Shadows is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. Painted in the Artist's Gloucestershire Studio, St Ives Shadows is inspired by a trip to Cornwall last Summer. Photographs...
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Stylish 1960's Lady, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Stylish Lady
French School, Mid 20th Century
Oil painting on canvas, framed
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Frame size: 26.5 x 22 inches
Stylish ex...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman surrealism oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Canvas size 81x100 cm.
Frame size 94x113 cm.
Alvar Suñol Alvar Suñol Munoz-Ramos, commonly known as Alvar, was born in 1935 in Montgat, Spain, a Catalan fishing village on the Medit...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Raventos Blue Boat original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Escritura y Barcos original expressionist acrylic painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts...
Category
1990s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Self Portrait
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to...
Category
1950s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Flowers: Guzmania. Circa 1963. Signed Giandante X. Milan.
Located in Firenze, IT
The Flowers: Guzmania.
Circa 1963.
Signed Giandante X, a painter born in Milan in 1899 and died in 1984.
Milano.
Measurements without the frame: 50 x 35 cm.
On the back is a pho...
Category
1960s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Raventos Abstract Piano and Sheet Music - original expressionist acrylic
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Music Piano - original expressionist acrylic canvas painting. framed
Original work by RAVENTOS.
Musical abstract composition.
Perfect state
.RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Expressionist Floral Still Life
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Expressionist floral still life painting. Oil on canvas measuring 14 x 20 inches, 18 x 24 inches framed.
Frame is from the 1960's but the canvas is clearly much older, ca...
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Harlequin
By Richard Mandin
Located in London, GB
'The Harlequin', oil on board, by Richard Mandin (1952). Harlequin's traditional diamond patterned costume, bicorn hat, and the wooden sword that denoted his buffoonery have appealed...
Category
1950s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Raventos Geometric Figures Golden Browns White
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos. geometric figures. browns . white. expressionist acrylic canvas painting. framed
Raventos trained at the eli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Expressionist Abstract Large Oil on Canvas, Le Pèlerin
Located in Cotignac, FR
Expressionist abstract oil on canvas by French artist Bernard Duvert. The painting is signed bottom left, dated and titled to the rear stretchers and with exhibition numbers.
A magn...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Raventos Red Black Homenatge a Picasso. original expressionist
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Homenatge a Picasso. original expressionist acrylic painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Ar...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Stream Channel with Yellow Woods
By Gandy Brodie
Located in Lawrence, NY
Oil pastel and gouache on paper
An artist whose work was simultaneously figurative and abstract, Brodie was praised as "one of the best painters of his generation" by art historian, ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Chinese Shop Window, Lower East Side
By Gandy Brodie
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache and pastel on paper
An artist whose work was simultaneously figurative and abstract, Brodie was praised as "one of the best painters of his generation" by art historian, Mey...
Category
1960s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache
'War Hero' by David Leviathan - Large Vibrant Abstract Original Oil Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
"War Hero" by David Leviathan is a poignant piece that measures 37.5" x 57". As an abstract expressionist work, it captures the tumult of battle and the solitude of valor through its...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yosemite 4, California, Original painting, Abstract Expressionism, Yellow art
Located in Deddington, GB
This diptych was inspired by a trip to Yosemite in California in late Autumn. My abiding memory is one of complete immersion in colour. The brilliant yellows of the large leafed syca...
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sheryl Roberts, A Distant Stillness, Original Painting, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Sheryl Roberts
A Distant Stillness
Original Painting
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
Signed
Sold Framed
(Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look).
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Oil
Performer Modern Expressionist Painting by Nicola Simbari
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Performer
Artist signed lower right, canvas 28"x31"75
Nicola Simbari was born in Italy and grow up in Rome. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, and in the 1940s he beg...
Category
1970s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Musical Fantasy
Located in Oslo, NO
The picture was painted as the second part of the “Musician” diptych. The violin's music gains weight and visual expression, mixing with autumn leaves and notes and it all becomes an...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Alpine Trees, landscape, expressionist, Modern, Abstract, Metal
Located in Deddington, GB
Inspired by a late evening drive up to Les Gets in the French Alps. Glimpses of landscape from the car window - snow on branches, lights flickering through the trees, all set against...
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
'Salisbury Plain' No3 ' , Mixed media, original painting signed c 2010
Located in Frome, Somerset
'Salisbury Plain No 3'. Mixed media painting on paper, circa 2010, signed,
dry mount size : 53cmx52cm
painting: 33cmx32cm
A piece from a series of paintings by Gradwell of walks on ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Still life with Oranges and Owls, Oil On Canvas, Floral, Interior, Still life
Located in Deddington, GB
Still Life with Oranges and Owls is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. Painted in the Artist's Gloucestershire Studio this miniature painting shows a still life of a selection of objects arranged by the Artist. Twos stone owls sit atop a stack of books, with two small oranges and a pear. A small jug of flowers slightly obscures the window. We can see out into the garden, where there are texturally painted trunks...
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Summer Pasture, original contemporary expressionist landscape oil painting
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
The respendant hill country in summer, with the seemingly unending pastures, grants privacy, peace and tranquility. In this contemporary expressionist landscape North Carolina artist Blanche McAlister Harris...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
City landscape. Talsi. Cardboard, oil, 52.5x74 cm
Located in Riga, LV
City landscape. Talsi. Cardboard, oil, 52.5x74 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of...
Category
1970s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Landscape by the river. Oil on cardboard, 47.5x69.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape by the river. Oil on cardboard, 47. 5 x 69. 5 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad ...
Category
1970s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Bude Shadows, costal, beach, summertime, landscape, seascape, swimming, Cornwall
Located in Deddington, GB
Bude Shadows is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley Painted in the Artist's Gloucestershire Studio, Bude Shadows is Inspired by a trip to Cornwall last Summer. Photographs were t...
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bloom on the Water-original abstract floral landscape painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Bloom on the Water" by Valery Khattin is a mesmerizing original abstract landscape painting that captures the essence of nature in a vibrant and expressive form. Executed with skill...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Pastel Repose' - Reclining Young Nude
Woman - 1970's Oil Pastel on Paper
Located in Carmel, CA
'Pastel Repose' is a 30.125" x 29.125" oil pastel on paper by Chris Ferrigno that employs vibrant, contrasting colors and bold, gestural marks that are indicative of an expressionist...
Category
1970s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
'Winter Wave, Cornwall' c 2019 Mixed media
Located in Frome, Somerset
'Winter Wave, Cornwall' circa 2019 signed watercolour on paper
oak glazed frame 43cmx52cm
painting 26cmx36cm
Expressionist view of a Cornish Cove in Winter months. Painted plein air ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Valentine. Tender love. 70X50 oil, Valentine’s Day gifts art
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this enchanting oil painting, I've captured the tender essence of love through a romantic bouquet of roses. Every stroke is infused with impassioned energy, embodying fine art and impressionistic flair. The symbolic heart shape formed by the flowers represents a timeless love, exuding a sense of vintage charm and warmth. This artwork carries an uplifting energy that will bring a heartfelt atmosphere into any space, inviting viewers to connect with the enduring beauty of affection.
The peculiarity of this work is that I encoded in the painting the text addressed to you: "With love, Elena Lukina."
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Jug with flowers, floral, still life, contemporary, wall art
Located in Deddington, GB
Jug with flowers is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley Painted in the Artist's Gloucestershire Studio, the flowers in this painting are impasto style with thick and fluid brushs...
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Village. Oil on cardboard, 79. 5 x 100. 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Village. Oil on cardboard, 79.5 x 100.5 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, S...
Category
1970s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Tulips with pear. Oil on cardboard, 50x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tulips with pear. Oil on cardboard, 50x40 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art,...
Category
1970s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Spring bouquet. Oil on cardboard, 85 x 74, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Spring bouquet. Oil on cardboard, 85x74,5 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art,...
Category
1970s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Tulips on a turquoise background. Oil on cardboard, 47 x 45, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tulips on a turquoise background. Oil on cardboard, 47x45,5 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Staling...
Category
1970s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
'Wiltshire Walk', c 2012 signed original painting
Located in Frome, Somerset
'Wiltshire Walk'. watercolour and ink on paper circa 2012 Signed
hardwood glazed frame 57cm x 62cm
painting 35cm x 38cm
A painting created plien air whilst walking along the River Av...
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Wildflowers-original abstract floral landscape painting- modern contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Artist Biography:
Born 1964, Russian Khattin is a formally-trained painter from Saint Petersburg, Russia. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts, Khattin has exhibited wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Jug, Oil Paint On Canvas, Interior, Still Life
Located in Deddington, GB
Still life with Jug is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. Painted in her Gloucestershire Studio this painting depicts a little rectangular jug, a maquette of an acrobat on their head and a bowl of fruit. Items selected by the Artists to make this quirky still life...
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Porthtowan winter swimmers, beach, costal, swimming, Cornwall, people, nature
Located in Deddington, GB
Porthtowan winter swimmers is an Original painting by Eleanor Woolley Painted on the beach in Porthtowan this painting depicts some cold water swimmers braving the water. The headlan...
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Shallow Waters-original abstract floral landscape oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Shallow Waters" by Valery Khattin is an exquisite original abstract landscape painting that captures the essence of a serene and shallow stream surrounded by blossoms. Crafted with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
R. Poch Big Industrial Labyrinth original acrylic painting
By Ramon Poch
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
9.-Industrial labyrinth 120 x 100 cm acrylic painting
Born in Badalona (Barcelona).
Photographer and advertising film director.
Founding partner of the advertising production compa...
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Tulips with pear. Oil on cardboard, 50x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tulips with pear. Oil on cardboard, 50x40 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art,...
Category
1970s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Raventos BLUE Big original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
La Santa Espina. original expressionist acrylic painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts i...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Black Ink on white paper, Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Carballo, ES
Black And White Minimal Painting is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2020. We can frame it in natural wood on request.
The title of this works is "From the Apollonian picto...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
"Amber Horizon" Mixed Media Expressionist Landscape by Helen Steele
By Helen Steele
Located in Carmel, CA
"Amber Horizon" by Helen Steele is a poignant 48" x 24" contemporary expressionist landscape that captures the viewer with its raw emotional intensity. The artwork employs a sophisti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Roller Coaster – No.3
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tony Khawam is an established contemporary artist known for his figurative abstract work, and a technique based on accumulative singular strokes or lines in a chaotic but controlled ...
Category
1990s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Greek sea - sea landscape acrylic abstract painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Horizontal composition made on canvas on with acrylic paints, as well as texture paste with sand and coffee, textiles, jute fiber. It is covered with a durable acrylic varnish. Suita...
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Lacquer, Textile
Aleppo to Kyiv Windows to the World - No.1
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This painting is one of ‘Aleppo and Kyiv Urban Landscape No.1’ series featuring many windows gazing at the world. This is a collection of different neighborhoods in Aleppo city that ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Beach Time Celebration, Original Expressionist Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Beach Time Celebration
16.0 x 20.0 x 1.5, 1.0 lbs
Acrylic on canvas
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"Did you know medical studies now show that certain 'evidence-based design' art will trigger areas in the brain and put people at ease and in good moods? This painting was strategically designed to positively impact brain and body outcomes. Dorothea Sandra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Wire City – No.4
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tony Khawam is an established contemporary artist known for his figurative abstract work, and a technique based on accumulative singular strokes or lines in a chaotic but controlled ...
Category
1990s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Roller Coaster – No.2
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tony Khawam is an established contemporary artist known for his figurative abstract work, and a technique based on accumulative singular strokes or lines in a chaotic but controlled ...
Category
1990s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Roller Coaster – No.1
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tony Khawam is an established contemporary artist known for his figurative abstract work, and a technique based on accumulative singular strokes or lines in a chaotic but controlled ...
Category
1990s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
"The Couple in Red" Mixed Media Contemporary Figurative Abstract by Helen Steele
By Helen Steele
Located in Carmel, CA
"Woman in Red" is a stirring 30" x 24" mixed media piece by Helen Steele that delves into the heart of contemporary expressionism. Steele's canvas is a whirlwind of emotion, articula...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Bisbee Roads" Contemporary Geometric Abstract by Lori Poncsak
Located in Carmel, CA
"Bisbee Roads," a 30" x 40" contemporary geometric abstract by Lori Poncsak, presents a visual journey through a rhythmic interplay of form and line. This piece showcases a striking ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large 20th Century French Expressionist Signed Oil View over Paris River Seine
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Bridges over the River Seine
French Expressionist artist, 20th century
indistinctly signed/ titled verso
oil on board, framed
framed: 22 x 26 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Raventos 8 Abstract Piano and Sheet Music - original expressionist acrylic
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Music Piano - original expressionist acrylic canvas painting. framed
Original work by RAVENTOS.
Musical abstract composition.
Perfect state
.RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Wire City – No.3
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tony Khawam is an established contemporary artist known for his figurative abstract work, and a technique based on accumulative singular strokes or lines in a chaotic but controlled ...
Category
1990s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Wire City – No.2
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tony Khawam is an established contemporary artist known for his figurative abstract work, and a technique based on accumulative singular strokes or lines in a chaotic but controlled ...
Category
1990s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Expressionist abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Expressionist abstract paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add abstract paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, yellow, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including William Finlayson, Rupert Aker, Allie William Skelton, and Dale Chihuly. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Acrylic Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Expressionist abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 6 inches across are also available. Prices for abstract paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $180 and tops out at $75,000, while the average work sells for $2,500.