Spanish Opisso
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Crayon
1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Color Pencil
1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Color Pencil
Late 20th Century Spanish Modern Paintings
Paper
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
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A Close Look at expressionist Art
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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Finding the Right figurative-prints-works-on-paper for You
Bring energy and an array of welcome colors and textures into your space by decorating with figurative fine-art prints and works on paper.
Figurative art stands in contrast to abstract art, which is more expressive than representational. The oldest-known work of figurative art is a figurative painting — specifically, a rock painting of an animal made over 40,000 years ago in Borneo. This remnant of a remote past has long faded, but its depiction of a cattle-like creature in elegant ocher markings endures.
Since then, figurative art has evolved significantly as it continues to represent the world, including a breadth of works on paper, including printmaking. This includes woodcuts, which are a type of relief print with perennial popularity among collectors. The artist carves into a block and applies ink to the raised surface, which is then pressed onto paper. There are also planographic prints, which use metal plates, stones or other flat surfaces as their base. The artist will often draw on the surface with grease crayon and then apply ink to those markings. Lithographs are a common version of planographic prints.
Figurative art printmaking was especially popular during the height of the Pop art movement, and this kind of work can be seen in artist Andy Warhol’s extensive use of photographic silkscreen printing. Everyday objects, logos and scenes were given a unique twist, whether in the style of a comic strip or in the use of neon colors.
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