Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
NEO-EXPRESSIONIST STYLE
A resurgence of interest in Expressionism, Pop art, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and other movements gained steam among artists of the 1970s and ’80s, in part as a reaction to the austerity of the prevailing minimalism and Conceptual art of the era. A decadent, bold and brash art style called Neo-Expressionism saw painters returning to figural representation, creating highly textured works that were imbued with intensely personal narratives.
Neo-Expressionist paintings are sensuous in nature and highly subjective in meaning. Expressive brushwork, highly pigmented colors and layered forms and materials lent sculptural attributes to the work and were used to depict symbolic narratives from history, mythology and the artist’s personal experience.
Prominent figures such as Jean-Michel Basquiat led the Neo-Expressionist movement in the United States with paintings and prints that were raw, emotional and often violent in nature. In Germany, Die Neuen Wilden (the “New Fauves”) was the name given to a group of postwar artists that included the likes of sculptor Georg Baselitz and Gerhard Richter, a painter and photographer who explored the possibilities of both abstraction and realism, sometimes in a single piece. The work of the New Fauves — labeled as such for its return to Fauvism’s textured brushwork and use of vibrant colors — shares commonalities with Neo-Expressionism, and Baselitz was a pioneer of the movement in Europe. In addition, Willem de Kooning’s pulsating action paintings and Julian Schnabel’s experimentation with the materiality of paintings also took shape during this period.
“I was trying to make paintings different from the paintings that I saw a lot of at the time, which were mostly minimal, and they were highbrow and alienating, and I wanted to make very direct paintings that most people would feel the emotion behind when they saw them,” said Basquiat.
Neo-Expressionism generated some polarizing opinions, with some celebrating the revival of personal subjectivity in art while others criticizing the movement for being too commercially driven and nostalgic. But most experts agree that Neo-Expressionism was a huge commercial success and culturally impactful, paving the way for the postmodern work of artists like Richter and Sigmar Polke.
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Style: Neo-Expressionist
Klimt Tattoo, disrupted realism charcoal acrylic on Strathmore paper red, tan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charcoal, acrylic mixed media
As a feminist artist, Audrey Anastasi's first commitment is to painting other women, the human face, and figure. Whether working with figurative descri...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Christus by Gilbert Pauli - Gouache on paper 31x45 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Gouache on paper with frame size 91x76 cm, excellent state
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Gouache
Nights of Wine and Roses colorful wine bottles color romantic red dress flowers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on archival toned paper signed and dated. The artist often plays with scale and composition to achieve desired effect.o
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Pastel
Modernist Watercolor Painting Peter Goldman American Filmmaker Neo Expressionist
Located in Surfside, FL
Poetry piece. Based on poem or song. Paris, France
Watercolor painting hand signed by Peter Emanuel Goldman.
Legendary French American Film Auteur, These are recently produced water...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
Nocturne Cave, abstracted earth tones, energetic brushwork
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype on paper
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Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Monotype
Sylvaticus Aquaticus, nude water bather blue colors free brushwork
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...
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Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Monotype
Basement Lovers narrative romantic couples human condition wry humor cool colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Origional soft pastel on toned paper signed and dated on bottom. Suitable for framing under glass..
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel, Paper
Burma Shave, monochromatic, dramatic monotype, multiple faces
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 brushstr...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Monotype
"Ofort / Instantly", Miniature Abstract Expressionist Russian Etching
Located in Soquel, CA
A miniature abstract expressionist etching by Russian artist R. Silvestrov (Russian, 20th Century). Very finely detailed lines create an abstracted image that has elements resembling a mechanical drawing...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Modernist Watercolor Painting Peter Goldman American Filmmaker Neo Expressionist
Located in Surfside, FL
Poetry piece. Based on poem or song. Washington Square New York
Watercolor painting hand signed by Peter Emanuel Goldman.
Legendary French American Film Auteur, These are recently p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
Modernist Watercolor Painting Peter Goldman American Filmmaker Neo Expressionist
Located in Surfside, FL
Greenwich Village Bar. The Pickup
Watercolor painting hand signed by Peter Emanuel Goldman.
Legendary French American Film Auteur, These are recently produced watercolor paintings b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
Nymph and Satyr, abstracted nude figures classical
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Richly painted work on archival paper - abstracted nudes
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Monotype
Miniature Abstract Expressionist Etching, From Start to Finish
Located in Soquel, CA
An abstract expressionist miniature etching on paper depicting insects with arrows forming a path from start to finish by artist R. Silvestrov (Russi...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Greenhouse Effect" interior scene with plants female figure surreal undertones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
unframed soft pastel on toned paper signed and dated on bottom.
mythological theme with humorous undertones
references ecology
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Pastel
Modernist Watercolor Painting Peter Goldman American Filmmaker Neo Expressionist
Located in Surfside, FL
Painted faces, greenwich Village New york. Poetry, based on poem or song lyrics.
Watercolor painting hand signed by Peter Emanuel Goldman.
Legendary French American Film Auteur, The...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Paper
Bird on a Fence, Abstract Expressionist Miniature Etching
Located in Soquel, CA
An abstract expressionist miniature etching on paper depicting a bird on a fence, with abstract expressionist animals floating in the sky by R. Silve...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Jewels, abstract collage, colorful black female figure gesture green earth tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper paint charcoal collage
These collages were created first in the presence of a live model, working quickly, in charcoal and pastel, and again, later, alone in the studio, furio...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Modernist Watercolor Painting Peter Goldman American Filmmaker Neo Expressionist
Located in Surfside, FL
Times Square, New York. The Carpetbaggers
Watercolor painting hand signed by Peter Emanuel Goldman.
Legendary French American Film Auteur, These are recently produced watercolor pai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
Smokestack, bright color masks urban setting romantic realism
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
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Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel, Archival Paper
'Deep Blue With Pamela' original signed pastel portrait drawing purple and green
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Deep Blue With Pamela' is an original signed pastel portrait. The drawing presents a portrait, presumably of Pamela, who Reggie has rendered in greens and yellows and pinks against ...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Sleepwalk Redux #9, monochromatic black and white mystery monotype
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype on paper
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Monotype, Paper
LAST HOUSE ON KENCH AVE. Signed Oil Pastel, Cliffside Ranch House, Pink, Gray
Located in Union City, NJ
LAST HOUSE ON KENCH AVE. is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 1964, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gee is known for his Visionary Art filled with comical, expressive faces, figures, and colorful, surreal landscapes and seascapes. He is of African and Native American (Blackfoot/Choctaw) descent.
LAST HOUSE ON KENCH AVE. is a mysterious cliffside landscape scene depicting a lone modern style ranch house...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Joe Gould's Significant Other, surrealist fantasy charcoal and pastel drawing
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charcoal and pastel on toned paper
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical wor...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
CURIOUS PHENOMENA Signed Oil Pastel, Abstract Landscape, Gray Green Yellow Coral
Located in Union City, NJ
CURIOUS PHENOMENA is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 1964, in Milwaukee, Wisconsi...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Pastel
EL REGALO DE LA GATA
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Gouche on hand made paper
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Glaze
FRUGALNOMICS Signed Oil Pastel, Interior Conceptual Portrait, Math, Bicycle
Located in Union City, NJ
FRUGALNOMICS is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 1964, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ge...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Pastel
Green Girl with Tattoo, patterns, collage, disrupted realism, mixed media
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper paint charcoal collage
Paper charcoal collage
These multi-media collages were created first in the presence of a live model, working quickly, in charcoal and pastel, and again,...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Born to Kill, monochromatic, crime, narrative, high contrast, drama
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from FILM NOIR series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett crea...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Monotype, Archival Paper
Celestial Night, mixed media, stars, night, galaxy, text
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper paint charcoal collage
Paper charcoal collage
These collages were created first in the presence of a live model, working quickly, in charcoal and pastel, and again, later, alon...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Magazine Paper, Paper
Desert Angel myths and legends strong color nude in nature abstract figurative
Located in Brooklyn, NY
soft pastel on sanded toned paper this item is mounted on archival foam board with a clear plastic protective coating suitable for framing under glass
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen ...
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Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Archival Paper, Pastel
HIS NEW DEN Signed Oil Pastel on Paper, Man with his Vacuum Cleaner, Self Taught
Located in Union City, NJ
HIS NEW DEN is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 1964, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gee is known for his Visonary Art filled with comical, expressive faces, figures, and colorful, surreal landscapes and seascapes. He is of African and Native American (Blackfoot/Choctaw) descent.
HIS NEW DEN depicts an amusing scene from modern day life - a lanky male figure in a striped shirt, pale yellow toned slacks and blue shoes pushing his upright vacuum cleaner...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Pastel
"Calla Lily, " Original Watercolor Botanical Drawing signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Calla Lily" is an original watercolor by Sylvia Spicuzza. The artist signed the piece "Miss Spicuzza" in the lower right. This piece depicts a calla lily blooming in various greens....
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1940s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
ROCKET LAUNCH Signed Oil Pastel, Abstract Landscape, Space Travel, Visionary Art
Located in Union City, NJ
ROCKET LAUNCH is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 196...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Pastel
EL CARNICERO CONTRA EL GATO ARAÑA
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Gouche on hand made paper
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Glaze
RETREAT ROOM Signed Original Oil Pastel, Mid Century Modern, Round Windows, Ivy
Located in Union City, NJ
RETREAT ROOM is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 1964, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ge...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Pastel
CALORIE BURNER(THIRD HOUR) Signed Oil Pastel Girl Pink Workout Shorts Treadmill
Located in Union City, NJ
CALORIE BURNER(THIRD HOUR) is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 1964, in Milwaukee,...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Pastel
PHOTO SNEAK Signed Oil Pastel, Abstract Landscape, Photographer, Visionary Art
Located in Union City, NJ
PHOTO SNEAK is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 1964, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gee...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Pastel
Tengan por culeros
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Mixed on paper
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
SHOULD I STAY IN or GO OUT? Signed Oil Pastel Seated Man by Window Spooky Plants
Located in Union City, NJ
SHOULD I STAY IN or GO OUT? is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 1964, in Milwaukee...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Pastel
"Cousin Mammy Grasp Your Mind, " Original Pastel Drawing signed by Della Wells
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cousin Mammy Grasp Your Mind" is an original pastel drawing by Della Wells. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This piece depicts a blonde woman surrounded by snakes an...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel
"Ocean Window, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Ocean Window" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. It depicts fish and underwater plants with a frame of abstracted colors. The artist signed the p...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Pastel, Found Objects
"White Doves, After Boucher, " Original Pastel signed by Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"White Doves, After Boucher" is an original pastel drawing by Alicia Czechowski. The artist signed the piece lower right. It depicts two birds sitting in...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel
"Art Critic with 2.3 Billion Dollar Painting, " Oil Pastel signed by Reg K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Art Critic with 2.3 Billion Dollar Painting" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece in the...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Pastel, Found Objects
"Turn of the Century Abstract, " Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Turn of the Century Abstract" is an original oil pastel on grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This piece depicts blue, teal, yellow, bla...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Pastel, Found Objects
"Preferred But Not Required, " Oil Pastel signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Preferred But Not Required" is an original oil pastel drawing by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece in the left margin. This abstract piece contains a wide variety of colo...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Pastel
"Planter, " an Oil Pastel signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Planter" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag signed in the upper right by artist Reginald K. Gee. It depicts a woman with a gardening hoe looking at the flowers she h...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Pastel
"Chemical Skoids Void Balance, " Acrylic on Paper signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This oil pastel artwork, 'Chemical Skoids Void Balance,' Reginald K Gee plays with space and perspective. As in a collage, a technique that modern a...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Acrylic
"Nude, Next to Chair, " Original Charcoal Ddrawing signed by Estherly Allen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Nude, Next to Chair" is a charcoal figure drawing by Estherly Allen. The artist signed the piece. It depicts a nude woman lounging on a cushio...
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1970s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
"Two Art Deco Nude Dancers #763" Crayon & Color Pencil signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Two Art Deco Nude Dancers #763" is an original graphite, crayon, and color pencil drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza. The artist stamped her signature lower left. This piece depicts two nud...
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Mid-20th Century Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Color Pencil, Crayon, Graphite
"Morning Mist" Waterscape in Black Charcoal on Paper signed by Howard Schroedter
By Howard Schroedter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morning Mist" is an original charcoal drawing on paper by Howard Schroedter. This drawing depicts a misty lake in darkness. The artist signed the piece in the lower right.
24 1/4" x 18" art
25 1/2" x 19" frame
Howard Schroedter's paintings restore an experience for the art viewer that has become rare with the passing of such American artists as Charles Burchfield, Marsden Hartley, and Fairfield Porter. His moody, expressionist landscapes help us remember the power of specific places to arouse acute feelings in the sensitive artist.
Schroedter's paintings are not the casual pictures of the artist in search of the picturesque. Schroedter knows the locales of his art as well as Edward Hopper knew Provincetown, Massachusetts, as intimately as Porter knew Southampton, Long Island. He did about a hundred paintings at Myyaka, Florida, while on a year's leave from the UW-Milwaukee where Schroedter has taught for twenty-nine years. He has created a vaster body of work focusing on Hatch Lake in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, where he has maintained a vacation home for more than twenty years. Schroedter's paintings are his contemplations of the mystery that envelopes these places and his own sense of smallness in relation to the lands. The viewer sees Myyaka and Hatch Lake as filtered through Schroedter's temperament. The air in his Myyaka scene is sparkly and clear, but quite often the atmospheres in Schroedter's pictures are dark and moody and owe something to the art of Joseph Friebert...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Neo-expressionist drawings and watercolor paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Neo-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, purple, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Reginald K. Gee, Zsolt Berszán, Stephen Basso, and Tom Bennett. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Crayon and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Neo-Expressionist drawings and watercolor paintings, so small editions measuring 4.93 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 $300 and tops out at $10,250, while the average work sells for $1,580.
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