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
Eye, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This work of the artist, as if laconic in color and content, creates an impression of depth and tranquility. Firstly, because of the cold blue-green shades, and secondly, because of ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
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 8 Dark Blue original expressionist acrylic
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Horitzo al mediterrani. original expressionist acrylic painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Wandering Soul. Oil on canvas and cardboard, 28 x 18 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Wandering Soul. Oil on canvas and cardboard, 28 x 18 cm
Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument de...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Still life with flowers and apples. Oil on paper, 42 x 30. 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with flowers and apples. Oil on paper, 42 x 30. 5 cm
Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a mon...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Paper
Town Square, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A town square boasts structures with mixed architectural styles. Lively street performers and the crowd enjoy each other's company. It captures the vibrant esse...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Antoni COSTA Man original Figurative Academician drawing painting
By A. Costa
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
man. original figurative academician drawing painting. framed
Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965
It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD.
H...
Category
1960s Expressionist Art
Materials
Carbon Pencil
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 Art
Materials
Acrylic
Emerald boy
Located in London, GB
portrait of a boy
Limited edition
Hand signed
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Under the Stars, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The artwork depicts an expressionist city landscape at night, emphasizing emotions and subjective experience over realism. A woman's figure lies among the stars...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
'Pisces' by Via Li - Two Young Women in Delicate Pastels - Expressionism
Located in Carmel, CA
'Pisces' by Via Li is a captivating 30" x 40" figurative acrylic painting on canvas that embodies the dual nature of the Pisces zodiac sign through a stirring depiction of two women....
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
View of the Marsh, Original Painting
By Kip Decker
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Bold brushstrokes capture the lively yet restful energy of a marsh. The colors shift and blend, reflecting the ever-changing landscape. The scene portrays the v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
A Closed Gate, Original Painting
By Kip Decker
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Sunlight filters through the fence and trees, giving the scene a warm and inviting glow. Yellows, blues, and greens evoke a sense of relaxation and tranquility....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
White tulips on a pink background. Morning, spring
Located in Zofingen, AG
White tulips on a pink background. Morning, spring. The painting is in a modern interior, the baguette is perfectly matched. Gentle morning lighting. Gorgeous beautiful white flowers...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil
Dame
Located in London, GB
artist: Anastasia Kurakina
acrylic painting on art print gliceé canvas
limited edition
hand signed
This Item will be shipped rolled, without stretcher/frame
Anastasia Kurakina's ar...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Color
Les Quais a Venise
By Jean Jansem
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jean Jansem (French/Armenian, 1920-2013)
Title: Les Quais a Venise
Year: 1966
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 127/160 in pencil
Paper: Arches paper
Image size: 18....
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Fortune Circles Print
Located in London, GB
Several Anastasia Kurakina's artworks have been included into the Vatican Museums collection since 2017
She has exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London at bp portrait aw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton, Acrylic, Digital, Giclée
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
Winter walking, Cotswolds, Original painting, Landscape, Nature, Tree
Located in Deddington, GB
A 40x30cm oil painting painted en plein air on a winters day in the Cotswolds displayed in a white frame.
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Oil Paint on Board
40 H x 50 W x 3 D cm (15.75 x 19...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sicile Landscape" by William GOLIASCH - Oil on wood 35x43 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on wood sold with frame
Total size with frame 55x63 cm
Signed and dated
William GOLIASCH is a Swiss artist born in 1922 and died in 1986. His works have been sold at public auct...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Goyesque scene original oil on canvas painting
By Manuel Monedero
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Unframed
Manuel Monedero (n. Seville in 1925 - m. Carboneras (Aracena, Huelva) in 2002) is a Spanish painter.
His first exhibition dates from 1961 a...
Category
1950s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Torn' by Via Li - Strong Vivid Female Figurative - Expressionist Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
'Torn' by Via Li is a poignant 30" x 24" figurative acrylic painting that captures a deep and introspective emotion. The canvas is dominated by a striking image of a woman, her head ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sisters in Yellow 3
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Serenity 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Sardinian Cove, Evening Light' original painting c2004 signed
Located in Frome, Somerset
Sardinian Cove in evening light, Costa Smeralda by Andy Gradwell circa 2004
watercolour on paper 31cm x 32cm
Dry mounted for framing.
A semi abstracted romanticised view of a bay on the Mediterranean Island.
Fluid lyrical forms and line work expessive of the flora and mountainous backdrop and ocean...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Codorniu 14 Majorca expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original expressionist acrylic painting. frame
Painter and draftsman born in Ciutat de Mallorca in 1943. In 1959 moved his address to Barcelona. He was a student of the School of A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Three Women Asleep" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesans Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate #13 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Klimt's well-known Water Serpents paintings...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper
Llabres Vidal Garden original watercolor paper expressionist painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Jardin original watercolor paper expressionist painting.
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Raventos Blue Navy Sunrise original abstract mixed media
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original abstract painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona.
Raventós expande...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
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
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
"Smiling Woman Reclined" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesans Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate #14 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Klimt's well-known Water Serpents paintings...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper
"Sainte Marie de la Mer" by William GOLIASCH - Oil on canvas 54x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with frame
Total size with frame 76x87 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
"Woman Leaning Forward" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesans Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate #3 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Klimt's well-known Water Serpents paintings...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper
Reflets, Oil Painting on Canvas, Contemporary Landscape, Nature walks, Realist
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 : Reflets (Title FR) Reflections (Title EN)...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sunset in Camargue" by William GOLIASCH - Oil on canvas 27x35 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with frame
Total size with frame 51x60 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
"Dike in Bretagne" by William GOLIASCH - Oil on wood 27x35 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on wood sold with frame
Total size with frame 46x54 cm
Signed and dated
William GOLIASCH is a Swiss artist born in 1922 and died in 1986. His works have been sold at public auct...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
"Lighthouse" by William GOLIASCH - Oil on wood 16x26 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on wood sold with frame
Total size with frame 36x47 cm
William GOLIASCH is a Swiss artist born in 1922 and died in 1986. His works have been sold at public auction 100 times, ma...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
"Lac de Joux" by William GOLIASCH - Oil on wood 16x28 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on wood sold with frame
Total size with frame 35x48 cm
William GOLIASCH is a Swiss artist born in 1922 and died in 1986. His works have been sold at public auction 100 times, ma...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Coll Bardolet 10 Bolero mallorquin. Original multiple ceramic piece
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Bolero mallorquin. Original multiple ceramic piece
Spanish painter maximum representative of the art of Mallorca at the end of the 20th century. Costumbrista work. With different own...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Art
Materials
Ceramic
"Woman w/Lace Garment" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesans Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate #6 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Klimt's well-known Water Serpents paintings...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper
"Verite" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This impression on chine-colle paper was printed in 1900 and published in Paris by the Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne. Image size: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
My Hair and I
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Tranquility
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
'At the Park', Metropolitan Museum, NY MoMA, AIC, ASL, Whitney Museum, Toledo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, in graphite, 'Rainey Bennett' (American, 1907-1998) and dated 1958; titled, verso, 'Romantic Landscape' and accompanied by original ...
Category
1950s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Rosy peonies on a mint background. Faith, hope, love" is an original interior te
Located in Zofingen, AG
Rosy peonies on a mint background. Faith, hope, love" is an original interior textured painting with 3 D effect. The painting is made with acrylic paints, porcelain pigments,. The ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lacquer, Oil, Canvas
Silent Conversations
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Silent conversations offer a rare insight into personal journeys. Life is fickle and time is short. There’ll be highs and lows, make it all count. Nobody understands your journey like you do.
About Artist
IDORENYIN UMANA...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Raventos Marina original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930)..
original expressionist acrylic painting
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona.
...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Coll Bardolet. 87 Bolero Mallorquin original expressionist watercolor painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Bolero Mallorquin original expressionist watercolor painting.
virtual frame
Spanish painter maximum representative of the art of Mallorca at the end of the 20th century. Costumbrista...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Women Sleeping Face Down" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesan Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate #12 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Klimt's well-known Water Serpents paintings...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper
"Self Portrait" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1920 on smooth wove paper for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt & Biermann in an edition ...
Category
1920s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
'The Moment of Struggling' by Via Li - Bold Female Figurative - Expressionist
Located in Carmel, CA
'The Moment of Struggling' by artist Via Li is a compelling figurative acrylic painting on a 30" x 24" canvas that visually encapsulates the internal turmoil of emotional struggle. T...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dissonance 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Reading - original figurative abstract female form painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Reading a Book" by Irina Yermolova captures the essence of pondering and wonderment through the graceful depiction of a woman laid horizontally in a classic life drawing position, h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Seated Woman Semi-nude" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesans Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate #2 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Klimt's well-known Water Serpents paintings...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper
Robert Rauschenberg - OVERDRIVE. Limited Skate Deck Modern Design Pop American
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Robert Rauschenberg - OVERDRIVE
Date of creation: 2017
Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood
Edition: 300
Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate)
Condition: In mint conditions and never...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Maple, Screen
Signed Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Young Boy
Located in Pasadena, CA
The aesthetics of the human figure in art offer a captivating perspective for artists and enthusiasts, a delicate balance between simplicity and subtlety. In this oil painting, a you...
Category
1940s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Landschaft mit Frauen" original woodcut
By Aloys Wach
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. The title means "Landscape with Women". Printed in 1920 for the German Expressionist art revue Das Kunstblatt, published in Berlin by Verlag Gustav Kiepenhe...
Category
1920s Expressionist Art
Materials
Woodcut
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.