Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor 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
Post Soviet Avant Garde Russian Woodcut Print With Hand Watercolor Painting
By Ilya Shenker
Located in Surfside, FL
This depicts a wedding scene in a style of German Expressionism. hand signed and hand painted in watercolor.
Ilya Shenker, Russian/American (1922 - )
As a soldier in World War II, he survived where millions perished. Upon returning to his home town of Odessa, felt abandoned and alone. He studied Art and Architecture in Odessa, but, one of a number of Russian Jewish artists allowed to emigrate, he left for America when the opportunity arose. He settled in New York City, a choice that has forever impacted his oeuvre. Many of his pictures depict New York cityscapes and lifestyle; however, they remain typically Russian. His subject matter often comes from memory and includes the life that he left behind, family, and friends. Drawing upon his Jewish heritage for inspiration, Shenker also paints historical events, such as "On the Eve of the Assault" in which he portrayed the last night before the destruction of Jerusalem. He has also illustrated a number of classics of Russian literature including Alexander Pushkin. His use of imagination also applies to the figures in his expressionist paintings—fictional characters such as the Spanish literary character Don Quixote make appearances in his work. He has also placed figures such as Rembrandt and Picasso in modern settings: in "Rembrandt Visiting our Family," Shenker sits his most favored artist at his family table, in a tribute to someone he describes as a "peoples artist." He is one in a long line of great Soviet Russian Judaica Jewish artists beginning with Yehuda Pen, who founded Russia's first art school for Jews in Vitebsk in 1897 continuing with his students, including Marc Chagall and El Lissitzky, Natan Altman, Leon Bakst and Robert Falk...
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1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
Clown
Located in Astoria, NY
Nahum Tschacbasov (Russian/American, 1899-1984), Clown, Pastel on Paper, 1950, signed and dated lower left, painted wood frame. Image: 11.5" H x 7.5" W; frame: 18" H x 14" W. Provena...
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1950s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Portrait of a Japanese Woman, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - )
Title: Portrait (63)
Year: 1961
Medium: Watercolor
Size: 22 in. x 15 in. (55.88 cm x 38.1 cm)
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1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Three Men on the Subway
Located in Rockport, MA
Joseph Solman was, with Mark Rothko, the unofficial co-leader of The Ten, a group of expressionist painters who exhibited as the
"Whitney Dissenters" in New York in 1938.
Joseph Solm...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Flowers, Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015)
Title: Flowers (P5.40)
Year: 1960
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Size: 21.5 x 15 in. (54.61 x 38.1 cm)
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1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Bouquet of Flowers I, Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015)
Title: Bouquet of Flowers I
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Watercolor
Size: 20 in. x 13 in. (50.8 cm x 33.02 cm)
Signed in pencil by artist.
Category
1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Horse in Desert with Teepee & Branches (Double Sided)", ink drawing
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Horse in Desert with Teepee & Branches" is an original ink drawing on handmade Amate paper by Miguel-Castro Lenero. The artist initialed the piece in the lower right. This piece is ...
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1990s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
European Architectural Colonnaded Arcade Watercolor Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Boris Vassiloff, Russian/American (1906 - 2000)
Artist Boris Vassiloff was born on March 24, 1906 to Julia Nikolaevna and Boris Ivanovich Vassiloff in Russia. He died peacefully on D...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board
Seated nude with Face in Profile - Pencil Drawing - female Nude
By Alexej Jawlensky
Located in London, GB
ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY 1864-1941
Torzhok 1864 - 1941 Wiesbaden (Russian/German)
Title: Seated nude with Face in Profile Sitzender Akt mit Gesicht im Profil, 1912
Technique: Signed Pencil Drawing on Wove Paper
Paper size: 50 x 40 cm. / 19.7 x 15.7 in.
Additional Information: This drawing is signed in pencil by the artist “A v Jawlensky” at the lower right image.
It is dated in pencil “1912”, at the lower left image.
Provenance: Galerie Rosenbach, Hanover
Sotheby's London, 28 June 1978. Lot 176.
Jacqueline Kohler-Krotoschin, Zurich
Beurret & Bailly, Basel, 20 June 2018. Lot 107.
Exhibited: “Zwischen Tradition und Moderne”. Galerie Rosenbach, Hanover. 1975. Recorded as no. 222, cat. 14 (Illustrated).
Literature: 1. Weiler,C. (1970) Alexej Jawlensky...
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1910s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Man and Dionysus Heimrad Prem German Expressionist Watercolor Painting Art Brut
By Heimrad Prem
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Expressionist
Subject: Figures
Medium: Watercolor
Surface: Paper
Country: Austria
Dimensions w/Frame: 21" x 26 3/4" Heimrad Prem (1934 – 1978) was a German painter born in Roding, Oberpfalz. From 1949–1952 he studied decorative painting at Schwandorf and then studied painting with Josef Oberberger and sculpture with Toni Stadler at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich until 1956. While studying painting with Ernst Emil Schumacher at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, he formed Gruppe SPUR with Lothar Fischer, Helmut Sturm, and Hans-Peter Zimmer. After meeting Asger Jorn, SPUR joined the Situationist International. He was influenced by the Cobra artists Karel Appel and Otmar Alt.
In 1960 he won a scholarship of the Kulturpreises im Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie, Cologne. From 1960–1962 he co-edited the magazine SPUR. In 1961 he visited Oerkelljunga, Sweden with Sturm, Zimmer and Dieter Kunzelmann staying with Jørgen Nash...
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1970s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Standing nude, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My paintings and drawings are very personal, they capture my everyday life, my reaction to things I experienced, either yesterday, in my childhood or even events I imagine. My portra...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Expressionist Figure Study
By Sigmund Menkes
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Expressionist
Subject: Figures
Medium: Ink
Surface: Paper
Dimensions w/Frame: 14 1/4" x 12 1/4"
Zygmunt (Sigmund) Menkes
born in Lviv (Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire) Polish painter of Jewish origin, born in 1896 in Lvov, died in 1986 in Riverdale, New York. Member of the École de Paris group in the 1920s and 1930s. From the beginning of 1935 he lived and worked in the United States; he was a representative of the Expressionist Colorism movement.
Menkes began his artistic studies in 1912 at the Industrial School in Lviv. At the same time he worked as a restorer of rural churches. Between 1919 and 1922 he supplemented his studies at Krakow's Academy of Fine Arts and in 1922 expanded on this education and broadened his artistic skills in the private studio of Alexander Archipenko in Berlin. In 1923 Menkes settled in Paris, where he became a member of the École de Paris - a community that was primarily made up of artists hailing from Central and Eastern Europe who rented inexpensive studios in the "La Ruche" building in the Montparnasse district. Menkes developed close friendships with Eugeniusz Zak and Marc Chagall. Two years later, Menkes made the decision to settle permanently in France. He participated in a series of the city's salons, including the Salon d'Automne (1924, 1925, 1927), the Salon des Independants (1925-1928), and Tuileries Salon (1928, 1929, 1931, 1938). He presented his works in a number of Parisian galleries, among them, the Bernheim, de France, and Le Portique. In 1930 the artist traveled to the United States to present his work in Cleveland and New York. He also exhibited his paintings in Canada and England. He visited Poland frequently, spent time in Berlin in 1928, and toured Spain with Artur Nacht-Samborski in 1935, moving to the United States the same year.
In 1936 Menkes had his first solo exhibition in New York at the Sullivan Gallery on 57th Street. He also worked with the Associated American Artists Gallery and the French Art Gallery, and for years was a lecturer at the Art Students League. Solo exhibitions of his work were organized by the Galerie Le Portique in Paris (1928), the Friends of Fine Arts Society in Lviv (1930), and at the Jewish Society for Support of the Fine Arts in Warsaw (1931). In Poland the artist was a member of groups with a Coloristic orientation, including Nowa Generacja (New Generation) and Zwornik (Keystone), participating in their exhibitions in Lviv (1932, 1935) and Warsaw (1935, 1938). Menkes received a series of important distinctions for his work, including the Carol H. Beck Medal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Philadelphia, 1943), the Gold Medal of the Corcoran Gallery (Washington, D.C., 1947), the Andrew Carnegie...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
"Militair" Gray Toned Abstract Watercolor Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Gray toned abstract watercolor painting on paper titled "Militair." Back side of the paper has another painting depicting red, yellow, green, and blue abstract shapes with figurative...
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1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Hanging Woman, colorful, yoga reference, figure w abstract patterns
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists.
Janet Morgan’s explosive art captures the exuberance
and deep wisdom we humans yearn to experience. Her sense of...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Expressionist Figurative Painting, "Alone"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original expressionist figurative drawing by Southern California artist, Lenore Simon. It is framed as pictured. Its framed dimensions are 26.45" x 30.6". A c...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Charcoal
Help From Friends, colorful blues, purples, spiritual figure abstract watercolor
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists.
This piece is very much about the energy of the body and breath. We are just rediscovering the power of the breath to increase energy and general well being.
This work is so important as our society gets more disembodied and broken, we need to come home to our bodies and realize the sacredness of ourselves and every being on the planet. Janet has both shown and taught with Alex Grey...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Leaf #2, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Watercolor work on Arches archival quality paper. Every summer I do a series of works having vegetables and fruits as the main subject. :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece co...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Corner of 9th and de Chirico surreal urban landscape warm black Grey and red
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on Grey toned archival paper signed and dated. This is a large pastel painting suitable for framing under glass. The artist is reminded of the great Italian painter after...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Archival Paper
Forgotten Joanna Flatau Contemporary art watercolor woman nude portrait ink
Located in Paris, FR
Watercolor and ink on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Joanna Flatau was born in Varsaw, Poland.
She graduated from Varsaw History of Arts University and from the Fine A...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
The Day I met a Man Named Precise under the Parachute Jump, Coney Island
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on black paper.
Ms. Morgan says: When I finally started riding the subway again during Covid isolation - going down to the ocean was a real treat. The collection of fisherma...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Artist and Model, colorful nude male dog monoprint chine colle
By Jenny Toth
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Woodcut and hand-painted paper collage
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Archival Ink, Mixed Media
'Venice, Lagoon in morning Haze', mixed media on paper. Circa 2007.
Located in Frome, Somerset
View of the Guideca looking at the Ducal Palace and Saint Marks in morning haze light.. A Capriccio mooded piece to capture the essence of experience of Venice. Gradwell's raison d'e...
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20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Power Couple romantic couple subject soft warm pastel color blue gray tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on toned archival paper signed and dated bottom left. Portrait of a couple with much history between them. Mounted on archival foam board for future framing options
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Nude Woman Ink Wash on Paper
By Maurice Charles Louis Van Essche
Located in Houston, TX
Great example of Maurice Charles Louis Van Essehe's black and white ink drawing on paper of a reclining female nude.
Artist Biography:
Born in 1906, Maurice Van Essche's family mov...
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1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
Secret Garden, Portal, colorful pastel on paper, abstracted flower pattern
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on black paper.
These works have a have a "stained glass" quality of light coming through the dark paper
Ms. Morgan says:
During 2020 we discovered a small garden next to a church in our neighborhood in Brooklyn that was well taken care of and always open. We brought our ground chairs...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
UmmHummm, colorful spiritual energetic mystical figure
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists.
Janet Morgan’s explosive art captures the exuberance
and deep wisdom we humans yearn to experience. Her sense of humor and spiritual depth s...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Lights, Parachute Jump and Smile, Coney Island, colorful, text
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on black paper.
Ms. Morgan says:
When I finally started riding the subway again during Covid isolation - going down to the ocean was a real treat. The collection of fisherma...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Bee Keeper, " Black Conte Crayon Drawing signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bee Keeper" is an original black conte crayon drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza. The artist signed this piece lower right. This drawing depicts abstrac...
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1950s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté
Sketch Idea for Metropolis - German Expressionism - 1926
By Otto Dix
Located in London, GB
OTTO DIX 1891-1969
Gera 1891-1969 Singen (German)
Title: Sketch Idea for Metropolis Ideenskizze zu einem Großstadtbild, 1926
Technique: Coloured Pencil and Pencil Drawing on Wov...
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1920s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Jugged Hare, blue swimmer water monochromatic
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype
Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett creates...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Monotype, Archival Paper
cry in the wilderness a little girl consumed by grief
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned paper signed and dated by the artist depicting a small child being carried by relatives at what appears to be a funeral parlor.
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Early 2000s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Seated Woman in Blue, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In my pictures I try to combine the visual and the conceptual. For me, drawing is a medium of knowledge which, beyond direct expression, makes visible material and immaterial forces,...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
the sculptor, charcoal and pastel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
narrative depiction of sculptor at work
Pastel and charcoal on toned paper unframed
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet ...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Archival Paper
Diver, 1995
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype on paper
Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennet...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Monotype, Archival Paper
Lady 4, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Author's technique When creating a picture, I am guided by emotions and energy. Harmony born by chaos of color stains, lines and splashes. I only make original works. Each is a one o...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ballpoint Pen
WHAT A GREAT JOKE
By Paton Miller
Located in New York, NY
charcoal drawing of a group of friends telling jokes on canvas.
Category
1980s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal
"Untitled, " Two Ink on Japon Nacre Paper pieces signed by Miguel Castro Lenero
Located in Milwaukee, WI
These two ink drawings on Japon Nacre paper by Miguel-Castro Leñero are sold as a pair. They depict an ox and a cow eating grass. The artist signed each drawing in the lower right.
...
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1990s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Laid Paper
Expressionist Figurative water color painting- Series Bath NO.1
Located in Beijing, CN
Artist Biography
Zhang Chunyang was born in 1975 in Changchun, Jilin. She earned her B.F.A at Jilin University of Arts in 1999, and studied at Central Acadamy of Fine Arts, Beijing ...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
California Grizzly
By Jim Holyoak
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Photograph
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Boy, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In my pictures I try to combine the visual and the conceptual. For me, drawing is a medium of knowledge which, beyond direct expression, makes visible material and immaterial forces,...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Risque – 24-03-22, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Once in a While a Pastel The first pastel drawing in the Risque series and was long overdue. At the beginning of February I started this one just to fill the time waiting for my s...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Sitting woman VI, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
I use my photos as a starting point. I change them up significantly to get a final composition that best conveys my sense of a work. :: Drawing :: Expressionism :: This piece comes w...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Friends, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In my pictures I try to combine the visual and the conceptual. For me, drawing is a medium of knowledge which, beyond direct expression, makes visible material and immaterial forces,...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
A look from behind, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Skizze - a look from behind :: Drawing :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: S...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Laughing man, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In my pictures I try to combine the visual and the conceptual. For me, drawing is a medium of knowledge which, beyond direct expression, makes visible material and immaterial forces,...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Secret Garden, White Lilies, colorful pastel painting on toned paper
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on black paper.
Ms. Morgan says:
During 2020 we discovered a small garden next to a church in our neighborhood in Brooklyn that was well taken care of and always open. We brought our ground...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Interspecies Communication, colorful mythological swirling pattern orange tones
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists and metalic paints and old pastels.
For Octopus and cephalopod fans.
Janet Morgan’s explosive art captures the exu...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
German Expressionist Bakers, colorful painting with food cakes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on toned paper
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Stringer, colorful green figurative abstraction
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists.
Janet Morgan’s explosive art captures the exuberance
and deep wisdom we humans yearn to experience. Her sense of...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Sitting unknown, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
I register it and then part of it automatically goes to work. I'm not trying to paint literally, but I'm trying to bring the emotions being exerted on me closer to the viewer. A feel...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
A Hint of Tulips, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
By Gesa Reuter
Located in Yardley, PA
This colorful and expressive tulips watercolor catches what flowers mean to me! Whenever winter leaves, spring takes over and tulips are my absolute favourite flowers as they are bea...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Lying woman, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In my pictures I try to combine the visual and the conceptual. For me, drawing is a medium of knowledge which, beyond direct expression, makes visible material and immaterial forces,...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Lake at Himmelpfort, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By Marko Fenske
Located in Yardley, PA
Painted plein air in Himmelpfort with watercolor and reservage. :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: ...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Lomazzo - Toretto Lura - Italy, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By Marko Fenske
Located in Yardley, PA
Painted plein air by a small river in North italy in a National park. :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the arti...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Secret Garden, Iris, colorful abstracted floral pastel on dark paper
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on black paper.
These works have a have a "stained glass" quality of light coming through the dark paper
Ms. Morgan says:
During 2020 we discovered a small garden next to a church in our neighborhood in Brooklyn that was well taken care of and always open. We brought our ground chairs...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Bald, brown tones, monotype, head and shoulders with numbers, text
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype on paper
Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett creates representational images of human figures and animals, emphasizing movement in a manner reminiscent of Lucien Freud, Edgar Degas and the photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Elongated and blurry, the horse racing up a hill (Canter Fritz, 2002) and the sinister cat landing a leap (Chien Blanc, 1998) elicit a sense of foreboding enhanced by Bennett’s somber palette; his female figures too reflect a grim sense of humor with their distorted nude bodies. The face of Untitled Figure (1997), for example, is obscured by layers of dark paint. Classically trained as a painter, he initially worked in oil on canvas but discovered that monotype printing enabled him to “literally push the image around,” creating an essential element of motion. To overcome the limited scale of monotypes, however, he switched to painting on slick-surfaced plastic.
Tom Bennett’s practice is rooted in the classical tradition where painting and drawing from life is highly regarded. Bennett’s work is heavily influenced by Francis Bacon, Frank Auberbauch and foremost his father, Harry Bennett, who was also an artist. Tom’s time living abroad in Spain and traveling through Eastern Europe and Africa provided the artistic freedom to explore many of the techniques and subject matter that continue to define his practice. Bennett was born and raised in Connecticut.
His mediums include monotypes, oil on paper, canvas or styrene board. In a technique that Tom started over 4 years ago, several of his monotypes have been painted over with oil paint using a palette knife, brush, or his fingers to re-purpose the underlying image. These works are a testament to Bennett’s ability to quickly and concisely compose an image with expressive brush strokes, foreshortened figures and expertly rendered light.
Tom’s work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions worldwide. Bennett lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently represented by Tabla Rasa...
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1990s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Monotype
Painting the Town Red urban narrative warm southwestern color female figure
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned archival paper signed and dated bottom left. Surrealistic expressionist with humorous undertones
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Woman sketch II, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In my pictures I try to combine the visual and the conceptual. For me, drawing is a medium of knowledge which, beyond direct expression, makes visible material and immaterial forces,...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Girl in green, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In my pictures I try to combine the visual and the conceptual. For me, drawing is a medium of knowledge which, beyond direct expression, makes visible material and immaterial forces,...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
The Secret Ladder - Original Pencil and Pastel on Paper - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
The Secret Ladder is an original modern artwork realized in the Second half of the XIX Century by a French Artist.
Original pencil drawing and colore pastels on ivory paper.
Passep...
Category
1880s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Pastel
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