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Art For Sale
Style: Expressionist
Style: Land
A rush of wind trought the leaves, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A leave is not a leave until it dances in the wind, Is not about animals nor plants, it´s about the human spirit seeking to express the joyful vitality of nature, hoping we will s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

"And Put on the Eyes of Zedekiah" From the suite "Judges and Kings"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "And Put on the Eyes of Zedekiah" From the suite "Judges and Kings" is an original etching on Arches paper by Ukrainian/American artist Ben Zion Weinman, 1897-198...
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Etching

Landscape by Max Rudolf Von Muhlenen
Located in Geneva, CH
Swiss painter, born in Bern in 1903 and died in Bern in 1971. Work on canvas
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

KNIFE. Expressionist yellow Still-life with flowers fruits and Buddhist figures
Located in Segovia, ES
KNIFE. Expressionist yellow Still-life with flowers fruits and Buddhist figures. Author: Chico Montilla (Spain 1961). Oil on Canvas. Measurements: (H) 100 x (W) 81 x (D) 2 cm. ...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Linen

After Icarus, ghostly floating figure, black w orange, blue nude
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas ABOUT the artist: Audrey Frank Anastasi is a prolific feminist artist, working in painting, drawing, collage, mixed media, & printmaking. She is also curator, gallerist, educator and arts advocate. Most of Ms. Anastasi's figurative works are painted with her non-dominant left hand. She has created large bodies of works of birds, animals and birch trees. She has had 20 solo & 200 group shows. Her "ref-u-gee" series will be shown in 2020 at Medgar Evers College in collaboration with the Valentine Museum of Art, Brooklyn. Accompanying the show will be a limited-edition monograph w/ over 180 images and a foreword by Phyllis Braff. Ms. Anastasi's collage series was exhibited at Welancora Gallery, Brooklyn, in May, 2019. In 2018, ten paintings were exhibited in "Painting to Survive," curated by Yale critic Jonathan Weinberg. Book and catalog publications include "Stations of the Cross", SPQR press, BREUCKELEN magazine, “Audrey Frank Anastasi”, catalog essay Cindy Nemser, and "Collage," essay by Giancarlo T. Roma. Public art includes a portrait of Jo Davidson...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Nursing Mother with Child" Collotype plate
Located in Chicago, IL
after Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE Defiantly iconoclastic in life and art, Egon Schiele is esteemed for his mas...
Category

1920s Vienna Secession Art

Materials

Paper

Splash, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil, ink and cold wax painting on paper created with a palette knife on Arches oil paper. This painting captures a dynamic waterfall encountered on a forest walk. :: Painting :: ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

German Israeli Expressionist Abstract Bush in Judea Lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Anna Ticho (אנה טיכו ) (1894-1980) was a Jewish artist who became famous for her drawings of the Jerusalem hills. Anna Ticho was born in Brno, Moravia, then part of the Austro-Hungar...
Category

20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Sade
Located in Nashville, TN
"Sade" is an acrylic-on-canvas painting of the Nigerian-born British singer/songwriter Sade Adu by Nashville artist James Threalkill. People being his prima...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

You Said Something, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original oil on canvas on wooden stretcher, box canvas, signed on the front. Certificate of authenticity included. :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Small Boat and Bather in Dinard
Located in London, GB
'Small Boat and Bather in Dinard', gouache and charcoal on art paper, by French artist, Jean Pons (1961). Painted in a naïve style, the piece dep...
Category

1960s Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Gouache

Jacob Steinhardt Woodcut Print "Rachel Weeping For Her Children" Signed Numbered
Located in Detroit, MI
“A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” This verse from Jeremiah 31:15 is the subject of this woodcut print by Jacob Steinhardt, depicting Rachel, who was the mother of the tribes of Joshua and Benjamin, and who was the wife of Jacob who was Israel, weeping for her children which is to be understood as after the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem, the Israelites were clustered into Ramah, the home of the Benjaminites, before being taken into the Babylonian captivity; Rachel is weeping for the destruction and expulsion of her descendants. This work is exemplary of the Jewish themes of Jacob Steinhardt, a German Jew...
Category

1960s Expressionist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Fleeting Ghosts
Located in London, GB
Mixed media on foam board Signed lower right This work includes a certificate of authenticity. Framed (matte black wooden frame, black raised float mount on foam core, UV anti-refle...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Thunderstorm (The Large Poplar II) by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype created from Gustav Klimt’s Approaching Thunderstorm (The Large Poplar II), painted in 1903. Published and edited by Verlag H.O. Miethke and printed by k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, in an edition of 300. Between 1908 and 1914, H.O. Miethke published Das Werk Gustav Klimts, a folio of collotypes representing Gustav Klimt’s most notable works leading up to 1913. Klimt’s original oil paintings were painstakingly reproduced as collotypes on a handmade, deckled-edge cream wove paper using a complex gravure process overseen by master technicians as well as the artist himself. Each image presented in the folio was assigned its own unique signet, which was designed by Klimt and struck below the image using a technique similar to letterpress. The signet corresponded to a matching signet in the justification page which detailed the piece’s size, location, and owner. Published under the artist’s direct supervision, this series allowed Klimt, who had completely divorced himself from public commissions following the outcry from his University of Vienna paintings, to more effectively present his artworks to institutions and patrons across the world. A testament to the masterful design and printmaking demonstrated by Das Werk Gustav Klimts, Emperor Franz Joseph himself purchased the first copy of the folio. Klimt’s The Swamp...
Category

Early 1900s Vienna Secession Art

Materials

Paper

'Young Man in Repose' by Podlach - Large Figurative Nude Young Man Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
"Man in Repose" is a captivating painting by Betsy Podlach that effortlessly captures a serene and tranquil moment. The artwork portrays a nude, young, and handsome man with closed e...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Macaques 4.35.
Located in Surfside, FL
Abramovitz, Albert 1879-1963 Born in Riga, Latvia, Abramovitz studied art at the Imperial Art School in Odessa and at the Grande Chaumière in Paris. In Paris, he became a member of the Salon in 1911 and in 1913 he became a member of its jury. He also became a member of the Salon d'Automne. While in Europe he received a medal at Clichy as well as the Grand Prize at the Universal Exhibition in Rome and Turin, Italy in 1911. In 1916, Abramovitz emigrated to America settling...
Category

20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Nothing to be done
Located in London, GB
Signed and dated lower right Framed (matte black wooden frame, black raised float mount on foam core) Frame size 54.1 x 42 x 2.5 cm This work includes a certificate of authenticity ...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Charcoal

J'adore, Large Scale Expressionist Graffiti, Street Art Drip Painting
Located in Cotignac, FR
French early 21st Century Graffiti, street art, 'drip' painting on paper by Jonas “SUN7” Bournat. The work is signed and titled to the backboard. Presented in fine wood, glass and cl...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Mallows, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Bright mallows, painted in the technique of impasto. Red, pink, purple - all fiery colors give the picture a special energy. Large bright flowers will give your home a drive and warm...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Ancestor Face - Original lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Bengt Lindström (1925-2008) Ancestor Face Original Lithograph Printed signature in the plate Numbered / 400 ex On vellum 31 x 22.5 cm (c. 12 x 9 in) Excellent condition
Category

Late 20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Excelsior by Simon Tozer, Limited edition, Sailing, Landscape, Figurative art
Located in Deddington, GB
Excelsior by Simon Tozer [2021] limited_edition and hand signed by the artist Screenprint on Paper Edition number of 30 Image size: H:23 cm x W:30 cm ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

Private Island, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Landscape an island in fall season :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Re...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Man with Yellow Tie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ALEXANDER KREISEL "MAN WITH YELLOW TIE" OIL ON CANVAS BOARD, SIGNED RUSSIAN-AMERICAN, C.1935 26 X 19.5 INCHES FRAMED 29.5 X 23.5 INCHES Alexander Krei...
Category

1930s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Francis Albert Sinatra, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Francis Albert Sinatra is an American film actor, filmmaker, producer, showman, and singer. Painted in a modern style with brushes and a palette knife. Pop Art. Expressionism. Sponta...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Fell Country Field with Sheep landscape clouds
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Storm clouds swirl and collide in the sky. Glimpsed beyond a row of trees, the sun glances off distant hills. In the foreground a group of sheep graze calmly on. This work is painte...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Land Art

Materials

Oil, Linen

Lights on Deep Blue, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
My painting is about spring, spring is about flowers, strong colors and joy :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Beauty In African 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
A woman's polite devotion is her greatest beauty. Painting Charcoal, Acrylic on canvas Size: 18W x 24H Inches Unmounted artwork Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Charcoal, Canvas, Acrylic

Death and Life by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype created from Gustav Klimt’s Death and Life, painted in 1908. Published and edited by Verlag H.O. Miethke and printed by k.k. Hof- und St...
Category

Early 1900s Vienna Secession Art

Materials

Paper

Portrait of a Man by Swedish Artist Martin Eder, 1954, Gouache on Masonite
Located in Stockholm, SE
Martin Eder was a Swedish drawing teacher, artist and ceramicist. Martin was born on the island of Gotland and spent a lot of time there, he also lived in Sala. Martin was a curious ...
Category

1950s Expressionist Art

Materials

Masonite, Gouache

Totem Portrait in Yellow - Original lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Bengt Lindström (1925-2008) Totem Portrait in Yellow Original Lithograph Printed signature in the plate Numbered / 500 ex On vellum 31 x 22.5 cm (c. 12 x 9 in) Excellent condition
Category

Late 20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

In Between Shadows, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"In Between Shadows" is part of the "Changeful Dreams" collection. The "Changeful Dreams" collection introduces Illuminated forest landscapes alongside pastel seascape paintings, bat...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Where to Roam?
Located in Singapore, SG
Ideally, livestock should be let-off in a large open space so they can roam around and enjoy the outside world, not just kept confined in cages. But unfortunately, there are not many...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Contemporary Art, Expressionist, Portrait - The Three Musketeers
Located in Coquitlam, BC
Artist: Gao, Renjie The member of the Hudson Artists Society, New York Agent of BRUNO MASSA Gallery, France Six Worldwide well-known art sales website agent KOONESS/1STDIBS/ARTPRICE/...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Brassaï Little White Dog Montmarte : Cashmere/Modal blend Scarf
Located in New York, NY
Claudia Doring-Baez, "Brassaï Little White Dog Montmarte" Scarf, 2020, Cashmere/Modal blend, 26 x 71 in Beautiful scarves created by artist Claudia D...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Fabric

Dayana
Located in Westport, CT
René Romero Schuler’s expressionistic paintings depict delicate female figures that she paints using a dry-brushed, minimalist hand, leaving her subjects mostly featureless but nonet...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The first time, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic and collage on canvas. Signed front and back. Certificate of Autenticity. Textured. The sides are painted. Extra-Large painting. FREE SHIPPING. Un-stretched. Due to the la...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Glitzy
Located in Westport, CT
René Romero Schuler’s expressionistic paintings depict delicate female figures that she paints using a dry-brushed, minimalist hand, leaving her subjects mostly featureless but nonet...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Israeli Expressionist Orientalist Oil Painting Draped Child Kibbutz Art
Located in Surfside, FL
William (Sunny) Weintraub, Israeli (Born 1926) Oil on masonite William Weintraub (He was also known as Shlomo Weintraub and nicknamed Sonny Weintraub) Genre: Impressionist Subject: Portrait Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Dimensions: framed 24 X 32.5 canvas 19 X 27 In an ever-changing art world that embraces one movement after the next, the timeless art of portraiture can become lost. Portraiture is often associated with the royal paintings of centuries-old French kings, European nobility, and other wealthy individuals from art history's past. However, styles like Social Realism and Dutch genre painting spotlighted...
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Basket in Red. Oil on panel. Expressionist Still-life with abstract background
Located in Segovia, ES
Basket in Red (Canasto en rojo). Aracely Alarcón oil on panel. Expressionist Still-life on abstract background. Dimension art : 38 x 46 x 03 cm. Dimen...
Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Fauvist Portrait in Red - Original lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Bengt Lindström (1925-2008) Fauvist Portrait in Red Original Lithograph Printed signature in the plate Numbered / 500 ex On vellum 31 x 22.5 cm (c. ...
Category

Late 20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Tulips bouquet. Oil on cardboard, 50x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tulips bouquet. 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, S...
Category

1990s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Floating Garden, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic painting on an unmounted 120 X 160 cm canvas. The painting would be varnished before being sent rolled up in a tube. Represents flowers floating in the air . :: Painting ::...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Mid 20th Century French Expressionist Oil Elegant Lady looking over Moonlit Lake
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1950's Title: an expressionist painting depicting an elegant lady overlooking a moonlit lake view. Medium: oil on board, framed Framed: 13 x...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

4 Animals, ed. of 12
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Robert Birmelin became a professor of fine arts at Queens College in New York, and is known for paintings that magnify through texture the realism of natu...
Category

20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Une Orange Sauvee des Rives de l'Oubli
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Teo Tobiasse (French/Israeli, 1927-2012) Title: "Une Orange Sauvee des Rives de l'Oubli" Year: 1986 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered 160/175 in pencil Paper: Arches paper Image size: 9.75 x 9.75 inches Framed size: 16.85 x 16.5 inches Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist Condition: Excellent Frame: Custom framed in a wood frame, with off white matting About the artist. Theo Tobiasse was born in Israel of Lithuanian parents. Before he turned seven, his family moved to Paris due to financial difficulties. In Paris. Between the years of 1942 and 1944, the Germans occupied Paris. He and his family were forced to live in solitary confinement with the constant fear of being discovered. The only things that kept Tobiasse going was his drawings. By the time it was safe to come out of hiding, he had quite a portfolio put together. In 1960, his work was noticed at an exhibition of young artists at the Palais de la Mediterranee in Nice and he won first prize. From then on art galleries and collectors continued to show interest in his work, and by 1962 Theo Tobiasse was finally able to devote himself entirely to painting. Theo Tobiasse has created monumental works such as the fountain entitled "L'Enfant fou" for the Arenas Business Centre at Nice Airport, and stained-glass windows for various institutions in Strasbourg and Nice. He also designed costumes and stage-set models for Bernard Shaw...
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Reflected Moonlight, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The "Changeful Dreams" collection introduces Illuminated forest landscapes alongside pastel seascape paintings, bathed in the amber light of autumn. This collection came together ra...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Red Odalisque" oil cm. 17 x 12 1947 Offer Free Shipping
Located in Torino, IT
red, odalisque,orange,yellow Giulio DA MILANO (Nizza, 1895 - Torino, 1990) Giulio Da Milano was a Giacomo Grosso's disciple and he was very close to the artists that used to patronize La Coupole de Montparnasse (from Kisling to Pascin, from Derain to Vlaminck). He is considered one of most representative exponents of the Turin’s artistic scene in the ‘30s-‘40s, close to the Gruppo dei Sei. His works can be found in the following museums: Turin, Modern Art Gallery...
Category

1940s Expressionist Art

Materials

Wood Panel

Houses at Unterach on the Attersee, Gustav Klimt An Aftermath collotype, 1931
Located in Chicago, IL
Original 1931 collotype created from Gustav Kilmt’s Houses at Unterach on the Attersee, oil on canvas, c. 1916. Published by Max Eisler and printed by Österreichischer Staatsdruckerei (Austrian State Printing Office), Vienna, in an edition of 500. In 1931, Max Eisler published the most notable posthumous collection of Gustav Klimt works to date. Using a complex gravure process, Klimt’s original...
Category

1930s Vienna Secession Art

Materials

Paper

Contemporary Textured Figurative Painting - Water Series No.5
Located in Beijing, CN
textured Figurative painting- Water Series No.5 by He Wenjue Dimension : 30 x 20cm Material :oil on canvas Date: 2009 About Water Series He Wenjue grew...
Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Looking up through a Forest For Change Birch tree to missing you, original work
Located in Deddington, GB
Looking up through a Forest For Change Birch tree to missing you by Emily Finch [2022] original Oil Paint on Canvas Image size: H:100 cm x W:30 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Expressionist Blue Face - Original lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Bengt Lindström (1925-2008) Expressionist Blue Face Original Lithograph Printed signature in the plate Numbered / 400 ex On vellum 31 x 22.5 cm (c. 12 x 9 in) Excellent condition
Category

Late 20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Final Opus, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
FINAL OPUS is an original abstract textured painting. Created with acrylics and mediums on gallery-wrapped, stretched canvas. Sides (1.5") finished in black. Ready to hang. Neutral c...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Contemporary Textured Figurative Painting - Water Series No.3
Located in Beijing, CN
textured Figurative painting- Water Series No.3 by He Wenjue Dimension : 30 x 20cm Material :oil on canvas Date: 2009 About Water Series He Wenjue grew...
Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Museum Musings #3 After Frida, ' Josette Simon-Gestin, Acrylic Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
In this 19.625" x 19.75" acrylic on canvas painting by Josette Simon-Gestin, 'Museum Musings #3 After Frida,' features two young women playfully engaged ...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Original Afrique Occidentale - Africa horizontal vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original linen-backed horizontal format vintage poster "AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANCAISE" lithograph. Poster for French West Africa Agency France d'Outre-Mer 1955. The poster has vignettes showing some African agriculture, oil along one side, local fruits and foods along the bottom, and stylized statues on left and right, harps, clay pots, drums with the maps of West Africa map...
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1950s Land Art

Materials

Lithograph

Raventos 36 Beethoven Mussic original expressionist mixed media painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Beethoven 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 B...
Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Mise en abîme", Painters on the beach - Oil on cardboard 50x70 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on cardboard with frame. Total size with frame 58x78 cm Signed and dated, illegible signature by the gallery
Category

1950s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Rooted in Glory
Located in Petaluma, CA
This work on paper includes a foundation of colored paper squares which provide a texture of lines throughout. It is painted with oil sticks (or crayons). The imagery conveys the sof...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil Crayon, Oil, Archival Paper, Graphite

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