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
Untitled 533, 1990s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
Category
1990s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Like Swimming In A Quarry. Contemporary Figurative Drawing
Located in Brecon, Powys
Like Swimming In A Quarry - 120 feet and dark in the middle. One of Wadsworth's celebrated & innovative Black Cloth series. His sitters pose with a large black cloth & talk about wha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Graphite
Untitled 532, 1980s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
Category
1980s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled 525, 1980s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
Category
1980s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Moonslayer - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and India ink on cardboard
Created in 2019 in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran.
Since 2015, She has lived and wo...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, India Ink, Cardboard
'The Cote d'Azur', Paris, Salon d'Automne, Post-Impressionist California Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Engel G' and titled, 'Californie ... Cote d'Azur'.
Born in Badenweiler, Irma Leisinger first studied in Paris with Andre Lhote from 1926. In 1930, she entered th...
Category
1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper, Oil Pastel
Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel on paper
Created in 2018 in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
JESPERS Floris. Landscape. Charcoal drawing. Signed.
Located in Paris, FR
JESPERS Floris. Landscape. Charcoal drawing. Signed lower left
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1920s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Untitled 517, 1980s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
Category
1980s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Entrance to the Iridescent Garden-First Day of Spring, " Mixed Media signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Entrance to the Iridescent Garden-First Day of Spring" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artwork is signed in the lower right. Barnett used iridescent watercolo...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Harbor 549, 2000s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Harbor 555, 2002
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Harbor 552, 2000s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and India ink on cardboard
Created in 2019 in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran.
Since 2015, She has lived and wo...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, India Ink, Cardboard
Portrait of Woman in Hat, Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - )
Title: Portrait of Woman in Hat (P1.1)
Year: circa 1962
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Size: 11 x 15 in. (27.94 x ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Cocoon - Parmis Sayous, 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and oil paint on cardboard
Created in 2018 in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed and dated by the artist on the back
Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran.
Since 2015...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard, Oil
Red and grey feathers- Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian artist
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and acrylic ink on cardboard
Created in 2019 in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed and dated by the artist on the back
Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran.
Since 20...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard, Ink
Tinnitus #3 - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and oil paint on paper
Created in 2018 in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran.
Since 2015, She has lived and worked...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard, Pastel
German Expressionist drawing of an abstracted form by Carl Hofer
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955)
Abstracted form
Pencil and pen and ink on paper
Signed with monogram ‘CH’ (lower right)
11.3/8 x 7.1/2 in. (28.8 x 19 cm.)
Provenance: These works c...
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen, Pencil
Untitled 521, 1980s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
Category
1980s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and India ink on cardboard
Created in 2019 in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran.
Since 2015, She has lived and wo...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, India Ink, Cardboard
Bird on a Basket, Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - )
Title: Bird on a Basket (P6.25)
Year: 1957
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Size: 22.5 x 29.5 in. (57.15 x 74.93 cm)
Category
1940s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Two Figures', Bogota, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Colombian Modernist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper left, 'Gongora' for Leonel Gongora (Colombian, 1932-1999), dated 1963, and titled verso 'Ataque'.
Born in Cartago, Colombia, Gongora studied at Escuela de Bellas Artes...
Category
1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Lotus Eater
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a drawing with graphite and my inspiration is my dark deep subconscious that imagines these characters.
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and India ink on cardboard
Created in 2018 in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran.
Since 2015, She has lived and wo...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard, India Ink
Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel on paper
Created in 2019 in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Garcon pres d'une Table et une Nue
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Boris Zaborov, Belarusian (1935 - )
Title: Garcon pres d'une Table et une Nue
Year: 1996
Medium: Mixed Media on Paper, signed l.r.
Size: 24.5 x 7...
Category
1990s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Charcoal
Nurse and Patient, Original Drawing by Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969)
Title: Nurse
Medium: Pencil on Paper, signed l.r.
Image Size: 7 x 5 inches
Frame Size: 15 x 13 inches
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Gladiator
By Rainer Küchenmeister
Located in Norwich, GB
An exquisite watercolour and paint painting on paper by German resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor Rainer Küchenmeister (1926-2010)...
Category
1970s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Narrow is the Way Which Leads, " Watercolor Landscape signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Narrow is the Way Which Leads" is an original watercolor on paper by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece in the lower left. It depicts a forest in fall.
11" x 15" art
Co...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Frieda, Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015)
Title: Frieda (P6. 45)
Year: 1948
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm)
Category
1940s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Maine, Watercolor Landscape by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015)
Title: Maine (P6. 59)
Year: 1953
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm)
Category
1950s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Homage to Picasso
Located in Sheffield, MA
Vyacheslav Shraga
Russian, 1953-
Homage to Picasso
Ink on paper
12 by 17 in. W/frame 22 by 27 in.
Painter, graphic artist, sculptor Vyacheslav Sh...
Category
1980s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
The owner III - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel on paper
Created in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Delaware River
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These collages were created first in the presence of a model, working quickly, in charcoal and pastel, and again, later, alone, furiously tearing and pasting images from magazines, v...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Blessings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These collages were created first in the presence of a model, working quickly, in charcoal and pastel, and again, later, alone, furiously tearing and pasting images from magazines, v...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Hampton Bays, Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015)
Title: Hampton Bays (P6.24)
Year: 1958
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)
Category
1950s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
PROFIL DE FEMME
Located in Aventura, FL
Original pencil and crayon drawing on paper. Hand signed and dated on front by the artist. Visible image size 25.6 x 19.7 in. Frame size approx 32.25 x 27 in. Artwork is in excellen...
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1950s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Pencil, Paper
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
Roger VAN GINDERTAEL. Paris street view. Charcoal drawing. Signed / dated 1928.
By Roger Van Gindertaal
Located in Paris, FR
Paris street view. Charcoal drawing. Signed and dated 1928.
This drawing is from the best period of this interesting artist.
Roger van Gindertael was a...
Category
1920s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Original mid 20th Century French drawing by Expressionist Morot-Sir 'Graphica'
By Gerard Morot-Sir
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Gerard Morot-Sir (French, 1931 – 2003)
Graphica
Ink on paper
Signed and dated ‘ Morot-Sir, 59’ (lower left)
12.1/2 x 9.5/8in. (31.7 x 24.5cm.)
Newly framed in a limed wood frame in a...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
DELMOTTE Marcel. Seated nude. Washed ink drawing.
Located in Paris, FR
Seated nude.
Washed ink and pencil. Signed and dated 1931.
Category
1930s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media
"Spiritual Bounds, " Original Pastel Drawing Portrait signed by Della Wells
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spiritual Bounds" is an original pastel drawing on paper by Della Wells. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This work depicts a woman with a snake wrapped around her ar...
Category
1990s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Woman with Red Jacket, Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - )
Title: Woman with Red Jacket (P6.52)
Year: 1948
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm)
Category
1940s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Magic, " Original Pastel and Pencil Drawing Landscape signed by Della Wells
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Magic" is an original pastel and pencil drawing on paper by Della Wells. The artist signed and dated the piece in the lower right. The image is filled with elements of magic: a woma...
Category
1990s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
Portrait of a Girl Wearing a Crown, Double-sided Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - )
Title: Portrait of a Girl wearing a Crown (P6.35)
Year: 1957
Medium: Double-Sided Watercolor on Paper
Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm)
Category
1950s 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 ...
Category
1990s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Handmade 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...
Category
1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
"Homenaje de Camilla Claudel 5, " Conte Crayon and Pencil on Alcantara, 1992
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Estopiñan, Cuban (1921 - 2015)
Title: Homenaje de Camilla Claudel 5
Year: 1992
Medium: Conte Crayon and Pencil Drawing on Alcantara h...
Category
1990s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Conté, Handmade Paper
Friend in Pink
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Water color and mixed media work from master painter Courtney Reid
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Trees, " Watercolor Painting of a Winter Scene signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Trees" is an original watercolor by David Barnett. It depicts some dark leafless trees and shrubs. The artist signed the piece lower right.
24" x 18" art
29 1/4" x 23 1/4" frame
...
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1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
UNTITLED - SEATED WOMAN WITH TOGA
Located in Santa Monica, CA
GERHARD MARCKS (1889 1981)
(SEATED WOMAN WITH TOGA) 1933. Graphite on wove paper, signed,
dated, 14 ¼” x 7”. Sheet 15” x 10”. S...
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1930s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
"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
Quebec City, Fauve Landscape
Located in Miami, FL
Wonderful Fauve Landscape with blocky areas of punchy bold reds and yellows. This was done the same year of the Armory Show in which both William Zor...
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Star Lake Autumn, " Multicolored Watercolor Landscape signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Star Lake Autumn" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. It depicts the view of a lake through some trees. The artist signed the painting in the lower right.
6" x 4"...
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1990s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Footloose in Carefree, AZ, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Footloose in Carefree, AZ" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower left corner. David Barnett has done several pieces centered ...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Lingering Note, " Original Acrylic on Canvas Board Portrait by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Lingering Note" is an original acrylic painting on canvas board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This painting depicts a man with a string instrum...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
The Vampire
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art...
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1950s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Expressionist drawings and watercolor paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Expressionist drawings and watercolor paintings 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 drawings and watercolor paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, yellow and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Anastasia Kurakina, Parmis Sayous, Zsolt Berszán, and Carl Hofer. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Paper 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 drawings and watercolor paintings, so small editions measuring 4.45 inches across are also available. Prices for drawings and watercolor paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $85 and tops out at $210,814, while the average work sells for $1,233.
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