Expressionist Art
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
Petite danseuse aux cheveux défaits, 1991, original lithograph by Jean Jansem
By Jean Jansem
Located in Carouge GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Petite danseuse aux cheveux défaits, 1991
Lithographie sur papier Arches
Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à droite
66 x 47 cm / 76 x 54 cm
Imprime...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
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 Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Untitled (Hands)
By Louisa Chase
Located in New York, NY
Louisa Chase was born in Panama City, Panama. Seven years later, her family moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She studied painting and sculpture at Syracuse University and at the Ya...
Category
1980s Expressionist Art
Materials
Etching
'Red Roses and a Lemon', California, Post-Impressionist, Esalen Institute
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, 'Ant McNaught' for Anthony McNaught (American, born 1952), titled 'Still Life with Lemon', dated 2018 and inscribed, 'After Pablo Picasso'.
This California Post-Impressionist and Abstract Expressionist studied at Big Sur's Esalen Institute with Erin Gafill...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, 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 Art
Materials
Oil
"Late Night at the Studio", interior, factory, teal, blue, yellow, oil painting
Located in Natick, MA
“Late Night at The Studio” by Catherine Picard-Gibbs is an Expressionist interior factory scene in a palette of teal-blue and yellow. This evocative 18 x 24 inch oil on panel painting focuses on light pouring out from the haunting depths of an empty hallway. This textural artwork is framed in a silver crackle floater frame with a black interior, making the framed size 19 x 25 x 1.5 inches.
Catherine Picard-Gibbs paints with bold brush strokes, using vibrant colors to show emotion and movement in landscapes and urban scenes. Her inspiration comes from the nuance and drama of her everyday world. Her evocative works have been featured throughout Massachusetts, in New York, and in the Midwest. Picard-Gibbs is represented by Fountain Street Gallery...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
I'm Alright, Just Here 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Four End Girls
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Lithograph, 1930
Edition: 20; this print numbered 9/20
Printed by Meister Schulz, Berlin
Excellent condition
Signed, numbered and titled in pencil
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Cr...
Category
1930s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Masturbating Woman Surrounded by Black
Located in Chicago, IL
Published anonymously c. 1920, Vienna, in an edition of 100, after the original gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper, signed and dated in the plate by the artist in middle right: ...
Category
1920s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper
Sisters in Yellow 3
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tranquility
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Colorful New York Catskills Landscape Painting; Ukrainian-American Artist, 1952
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a highly stylized 1952 New York State fall landscape oil on board by noted Ukrainian-American artist Mychajlo Moroz. The vintage painting has modernist tendencies that are ...
Category
1950s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Dissonance 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Barranco del Noi (Almuñecar). Expressionist landscape.
Located in Segovia, ES
"Barranco del Noi" (Almuñecar) . Oil on canvas by Spanish artist Chico Montilla.
Measurements: (H) 81 x (W) 100 x 2 (D) cm.
Framed 104 x 123 x 6 cm.
The Noi ravine, in Almuñecar, G...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Aquarius" Oil Painting 31.5" x 51" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Aquarius" Oil Painting 31.5" x 51" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Year: 2014
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Happiness vase with pink flowers
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This modern colorful expressive artwork "Happiness vase with pink flowers" belongs to my “Floral” series which is full of expressionism and vivid colors where I could fully experienc...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Bouquet of dry flowers
Located in Bayonne, NJ
This is a remarkable oil on canvas painting by Yuriy Savchenko, a Ukrainian artist well known for his expressive compositions. It was purchased directly from the artist when he lived...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night-Rare Large Artist's Proof #2/3-UK Awarded
Located in London, GB
A rare chance to collect a large painting by Shizico Yi at the lowest price possible. We offer this rare Artist Proof ( Only 3 proofs in this large size ever made, this is No2 of the...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Ink, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Yellow roses in a blue vase
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I sought to capture the harmony of contrasts, where the warmth of the yellow roses breathes life into the remarkable depth of the blue vase.
The brushstrokes are deli...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Absolute Monarchist - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
The absolute Monarchist is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n.35 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, editio...
Category
1920s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper, Offset
Dance Moves, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The painting captures a lively scene where a group of people dances joyfully, lost in the music with closed eyes. Their vibrant clothing and fluid movements inf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Weather Eye" - 1989 Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Weather Eye" - 1989 Lithograph on Paper
1989 Lithograph on paper titled "Weather Eye" by Deborah Rumer (American, 20th Century). A windowsill is the focal point, as the viewer look...
Category
1980s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
FACE OF THE NIGHT(Octavio Paz)Lithograph on Arches Paper, Abstract Expressionist
Located in Union City, NJ
FACE OF THE NIGHT (For Octavio Paz) is a limited run lithograph exhibition poster printed in multiple colors using traditional hand lithography techniques (not a photo reproduction) ...
Category
1980s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Blue still life with pomegranates and teapot.
Located in Zofingen, AG
Blue still life with pomegranates and a teapot" 55x75 cm. The painting was painted with watercolor paints on Italian cardboard 350 gr. Glass teapot, elegant tea cups. Ripe pomegranat...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lacquer, Canvas, Oil
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 Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Oil
Lofoton Morning, Norway
Located in Chicago, IL
Verified original work by Tom irizarry. Handmade oil paint made by artist, pigments on canvas, 16 x 20 inches.
Morning view of Lofoton mountain range, Norway. 2024
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Pigment
Abstract Patterns Three, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
In this magical forest, we all stretch to the sky while cotton snow-drops fall gently around us. Up close we find the hidden cache. Step back and we see the whole. 36" x 30" x 1...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Portrait - Etching by Karl Stauffer - Early 20th Century
By Karl Stauffer-Bern
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an etching on paper realized by Karl Stauffer Bern in the Early-20th Century.
The artwork is depicted Through strong strokes.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Etching
'In My Corner' by Via Li - Figurative Woman in Repose - Vibrant Expressionist
Located in Carmel, CA
'In My Corner' by Via Li is a deeply emotive figurative acrylic painting that captures a poignant sense of vulnerability and introspection. This 40" x 30" canvas utilizes a soft yet ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Anna Tamayo. Port Olimpic acrylic paint
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Anna Tamayo. 1971.An expressionist painter seeks to capture her mood in each of her works. She does this through themes ranging from the most realistic urban landscapes to the most d...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
CRUCIFIXION, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
THE EXECUTION BY CRUCIFIXION IS ONE OF THE MOST CRUEL AND VEXATIOUS TORMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND, BEING DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH A RANKING OF CRUELTY IN ALL OTHER EXECUTION PROCE...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
"Mable's Wash" - 1989 Black and White Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Mable's Wash" - 1989 Black and White Lithograph on Paper
1989 Black and white lithograph titled "Mable's Wash" depicting a blouse and pants hanging from a clothes line in front of ...
Category
1980s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Judaica Jewish Etching Hasidic Rabbi, Gaon, Genius, Vintage Chassidic Art Print
By Paul Jeffay
Located in Surfside, FL
"Un savant."
Chassidic scholar, Rosh Yeshiva with open book. Judaica, Jewish scenes from a shtetl ghetto.
Saul Yaffie, a.k.a. Paul Jeffay, (1898–1957) was a Scottish Jewish artist....
Category
20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Etching
Judaica Jewish Shtetl Etching Hasidic Youth at Study Vintage Chassidic Art Print
By Paul Jeffay
Located in Surfside, FL
"Tristesse." (a state of melancholy sadness. "lamenting a lost love, he leaves us poised at the lip of a chasm of tristesse")
Chassidic boy, Yeshiva student with open book. Judaica,...
Category
1930s Expressionist Art
Materials
Etching
Beyond This World, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Dynamic shapes and colors carry a profound symbolism. A woman's silhouette lies among the stars, representing humanity's connection to the cosmos. The artwork e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Anniversary, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The sun sets on a rocky mountaintop, casting warm colors on a jagged ridge below. The contrast between light and shadow captures the fleeting beauty of twilight...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Brutalist Graveside Scene Patriotic Dead Soldier, Gas Mask & Skeletons
Located in Exton, PA
Brutalist woodcut circa 1976 by Nicholas Sperakis. The image, which depicts skeletal figures around the grave of a soldier, is in very good condition. Note the American flag feature...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Sail race
Located in London, GB
Artist: Olga Volha Piashko
"Sails”100x70x2 cm
Acrilyc on canvas.
hand signed
unframed
A world of energy and vibration, of subtle nuances and hidden dimensions. It is a world tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Canvas, Acrylic
Large Heavy Israeli Bronze Abstract Jerusalem Sculpture Moshe Castel Judaica Art
By Moshe Castel
Located in Surfside, FL
Moshe Castel (Israeli, 1909-1991) -
The Three Angels, Guardians of the Wall,
Bronze Relief Plaque. 71/100,
Signed
Mounted on burgundy velvet fabric,
Dimensions: 20 1/4 x 15 inch...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Bronze
Emerald boy
Located in London, GB
portrait of a boy
Limited edition
Hand signed
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
"Salève mount landscape" by William GOLIASCH - Oil on canvas 50x61 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with frame
Total size with frame 70x82 cm
Signed and dated
William GOLIASCH is a Swiss artist born in 1922 and died in 1986. His works have been sold at public au...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Jewish Rabbi Looking Heavenward German Expressionist Woodcut Israeli "Psalm"
Located in Surfside, FL
Jacob Steinhardt, 1887-1968
Hand signed in pencil, woodblock print woodcut.
Frame: 22.5" x 18"
Image: 16.75" X 12.5"
"Psalm"
12/30
Jakob Steinhardt, Painter and Woodcut Artist. b....
Category
20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Raventos Square Homenage a Basarely original abstract mixed media painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original abstract mixed media painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona.
Raven...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Benavente Solis Campo de Mallorca original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original expressionist acrylic painting. Framed
During its first exhibition in Paris, the French press catalogs it like "The Catalan Sorolla".
Honorary Member of the MECOART (Medit...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Benavente Solis Campo de Mallorca original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original expressionist acrylic painting. Framed
During its first exhibition in Paris, the French press catalogs it like "The Catalan Sorolla".
Honorary Member of the MECOART (Medit...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Benavente Solis Campo de Mallorca original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original expressionist acrylic painting. Framed
During its first exhibition in Paris, the French press catalogs it like "The Catalan Sorolla".
Honorary Member of the MECOART (Medit...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Benavente Solis Campo de Mallorca original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original expressionist acrylic painting. Framed
During its first exhibition in Paris, the French press catalogs it like "The Catalan Sorolla".
Honorary Member of the MECOART (Medit...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Raventos 4 Boat Marina II " original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
" Marina II " original expressionist acrylic painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Cycle, Oil Painting on Canvas, Contemporary Landscape, Nature walks
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Oil Painting, Unique Work. Handmade artwork. Ready to Hang.
Medium : Oil painting on Canvas.
Artist : Deniz Bayav
Subject : Cycle (Title FR)
Signature : The work is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Raventos Street Barcelona. original acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Barcelona. original acrylic painting
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona.
Raventós expanded her studies in etching and lithography at the Friedl...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Raventos Collage Little City original expressionist mixed media
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Paris original expressionist mixed media painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barce...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Raventos Vertical Small City original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
City original expressionist acrylic painting.
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelo...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Raventos Citty original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Manhatan original expressionist acrylic painting.
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barc...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Raventos 14 MOULIN ROUGE. PARIS original expressionist acrylic canvas
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
"MOULIN ROUGE. PARIS"- original expressionist acrylic canvas painting - 1997
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shepherd. Oil on canvas and cardboard, 24 x 26 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Shepherd. Oil on canvas and cardboard, 24 x 26 cm
Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Cardboard
Raventos 12 Big Blue Orange original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
"Cap vespre" original expressionist acrylic painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Ba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Idea!, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The new work of the artist from the new series "George Alamanou coast". The picture is laconic - the color of the sea and chalk cliffs tell us that Ludmila loves this magical place i...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Cows in the Cotswolds, Autumn, Original painting, Landscape, Nature, Tree
Located in Deddington, GB
Oil painting painted en plein air on an Autumn day in the Cotswolds. The painting shows a view of cows grazing in a field in front of bright autumn trees. The painting is displayed i...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Expressionist art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Expressionist art 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 art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, blue, purple, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Iryna Kastsova, George Grosz, Stephen Basso, and Marc Chagall. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil 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 art, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available.