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Expressionist Mixed Media

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
Judgment Hour
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mixed media, Photo Etching, Aquatint, Drypoint on paper by the collaboration of two artists, Robert Flemming and Mizin Shin. This piece entitled Judgment Hour measure ...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Paper, Mixed Media, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Photogram

Mixed Media Collage, "View of Mt. Miguel"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind mixed media collage by southern California artist, Susan Osborn. Its dimensions are 30"x40". It is unframed. A certificate of authenticity will follow deliver...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Drinking man, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My drawings and paintings 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 Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Four women, Mixed Media 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 Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Reading between the lines, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This truly remarkable piece of art, is a one-of-a-kind abstract textured painting on tones of nickel azo gold, orange, Payne's gray, and burnt umber to create a mesmerizing visual ex...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Portrait of A Young Woman Work On Paper
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Young Model II Expressionist Portrait Rutsch is always "scribbling and scrabbling." He is an artist of the purest breed—an artist who has no choice but to paint. He is a chosen traveler of the depths of existence; a man who follows a longing to explore his inner self and relate his findings with the energy and identity of the universe. The celebrated Austrian artist approaches painting and sculpture as he lives life—with the eyes of a child and the hand of a poet. Constantly in the quest for rhythms of form and vibrations of color, he catches those "sparks in the shadow" and evidences their fullest reality and beauty in his creations. Each of his paintings is a careful construction as it is a spontaneous act of love. While he might attribute certain artistic expressions to "coincidence," his inspiration comes from such diverse sources as: memories, dreams, sounds, numbers, telephone poles and drift wood. Rutsch has an affinity to vibrant colors, strong contours and rich brush strokes which are apparent in his oils, mixed media works and ink drawings. He has a sensitivity to the unusual, the discarded and a fondness for the ugly as well as the chaotic. These, he often transforms into poignant welded steel abstractions. Rutsch has an aversion to politics, citing dates and expounding upon honors achieved. There is no talk about 'profound symbolism' in his work and as Carlo McCormick writes in the introduction to Rutsch's monograph, "Meaning is not a seed that Rutsch plants, nurtures and then harvests. It is what grows wild in a volcanic swamp of fossilized, decaying and new-born fancies—as an afterthought and aftershock." Alexander Rutsch is not concerned with interpretations; he is, however, passionate about the process of making art and surrenders his entire being as an instrument to the act of creation. The geometry of his imagination overflows with figures, profiles and penetrating strong eyes—windows to a deeper place. Their vitality and sensuality pulsate through the "dreamscapes" of Rutsch's created worlds. At times romantic, yet always wild with energy, human forms and experiences are essential to the artist's vocabulary. The son of opera singers and a singer himself, Rutsch speaks of "the art of painting as the art of silence" and the job of the painter "to dedicate himself to the silence." He adds though, "that this silence is the greatest existing sound in the universe." One wonders why then, if painting is "the art of silence," that Rutsch's paintings scream with sound. Sometimes melancholy, sometimes sensual, sometimes dissonant and sometimes whispering, the rhythms are always rich in the celebration of life and our shared humanity. Painter, sculptor and poet, Rutsch's oeuvre over the past four decades is tremendous. Celebrated and collected especially in Vienna, Paris, Brussels and New York, he studied with renowned teachers like Boeckl and Dorowsky and collaborated with such geniuses as Salvador Dali. Having left Vienna in the fifties, Rutsch moved to Paris and took the city's art scene by storm. There, Picasso was so enthralled with a portrait Rutsch has done of him that, in a state of great excitement, he countersigned it. Biography Alexander Rutsch was born in Russia in 1916 but raised in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. After studying voice in Austria he became an opera singer like his parents, but after WWII, Rutsch's love for visual expression propelled him to change careers. He was a painter, sculptor, philosopher, musician, singer and poet. His life as a romantic is reflected in his work, as he sought to perfect his soul and humanity, "I paint my dreams," said Rutsch. "My dreams are color and life. They soar in my head like millions of symphonies. I can never stop building dreams." In 1952, after studying under Josef Dobrowsky, Josef Hoffmann and Herbert Boeckl at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, Alexander Rutsch received a scholarship to study in France. There he made contacts and began collaborations with his contemporaries, Picasso and Dali. Rutsch said of his experiences with Picasso, "Picasso played a short but important moment in my life in Paris that affected my entire artistic future. I learned from him that it is not important if art is not aesthetically finished. It can be raw, uncooked, rough. If an artist feels he has said it—it is not important to polish or finish it. Because of Picasso, I learned that if I don't feel the need to finish—I don't have to." In 1954 he exhibited his work at the Salon Artistique International de Saceux and won first prize for abstract painting, the first of may awards received during his prolific career. During the 13 years he lived in Paris, Rutsch exhibited in many prominent galleries there and throughout Europe. In 1958, The City of Paris awarded him the prestigious Arts, Science and Letters Silver Medal. In 1966, Jean Desvilles presented his prize winning film "Le Monde de Rutsch" at the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Biennial. In 1968 Rutsch moved to Pelham, New York where he continued to work in his studio and exhibit in galleries and museums worldwide. Rutsch's work, as seen through his mastery of many art forms—sculpture, painting, print-making, and drawing, and a wide variety of other media has been described as "vibrating showers of lines, bold geometries, wounded anatomically rambling scrap-wood skeletons...
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1980s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Watercolor

Green portrait, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
acrylic and watercolor pencils on paper. In my pictures I try to give an insight into the mysterious world of women. They are naked women in all their beauty. They all have somethin...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

GOLD AND LILIES
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media painting on canvas. Hand signed on front; signed and titled on verso by the artist. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authe...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Portrait of African Man by African American Artist Expressionist Brush Strokes
Located in Miami, FL
This Portrait of an African Man by an African American artist exhibits penetrating psychological insight and is executed in vibrant colors with quick gestural post-expressionist brus...
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1960s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Paper, Watercolor, Pen

Matron 1, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Matron 1 :: Mixed Media :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Locati...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

"Moon Spirit Dancer, " Oil on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo creates dynamic compositions of people and places that communicate a rich commentary on the world around him. Depicting trees from personal encounters, Surdo’s latest body of work entitled “Tree Spirits” takes us on a foray into the forest, where leaves, branches and burls express something deeply personal. Applying his mastery of figurative realism to the natural world, he experiments with form and texture to uncover the intangible spirits of trees. This large-scale painting entitled “Moon Spirit Dancer...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Mixed Media

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Oil

"Mental Capacity" Mixed Media, Fictional Image of African American, Iconic Color
Located in Detroit, MI
"Mental Capacity" is a fictional experience whereby an African American man from the 1970s discovers his artistic side. It is generally known that most people are either left brain o...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Resin, Paper, Acrylic

"This is Not a Tree, " Mixed Media on Canvas, 2022
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Faces, Expression, Depicting Calmness Serenity, Mixed Media, Sekhar Kar"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Re. the works : These are a set of 9 works of size 14 x 11 inches ( unframed work size ) . To get the best out of them we recommend placing them together in interesting ways . Few ...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Paper, Mixed Media

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...
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1980s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Ink

Mixed Media Collage, "Rooftops"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind mixed media collage by southern California artist, Susan Osborn. Its dimensions are 22"x28". It is unframed. A certificate ...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Kubrick Kidman Scarf : Fashionable Cashmere/Modal blend Scarf
Located in New York, NY
Claudia Doring-Baez, "Kubrick Kidman Scarf", 2021, Cashmere/Modal blend, 26 x 71 in. Beautiful scarves created by artist Claudia Doring-Baez with her paintings printed on high quali...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Fabric, Wool

Having so much inside, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Title - Having so much inside Size - 48 x 60 inches DETAILS : - Artwork will be carefully packaged ready for delivery with Tracking Number. - You will receive the artwork "R...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Girl In A Blue Chair
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Wyona Diskin, American (1915 - 1991) Girl In A Blue Chair Acrylic on canvas partially painted over wire mesh, Unsigned. Framed. Measurements: H 70.5 x W 49.5 x D 1.25 inches Wyona ...
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1970s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Wire

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
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1940s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Paper, Mixed Media

"Poésie 34", embroidery by Yanne Kintgen (12.5x16.5 in), 2022
Located in Paris, France
Embroidery by Yanne Kintgen : "Poetry 34". Born in Redon (France) on April 26, 1960, Yanne Kintgen has been a painter and illustrator since 1985. To en...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Fabric, Linen, Thread

"Poésie 33", embroidery by Yanne Kintgen (20 x 16.5 in), 2022
Located in Paris, France
Embroidery by Yanne Kintgen: "Poetry 33" Born in Redon (France) on April 26, 1960, Yanne Kintgen has been a painter and illustrator since 1985. To enter...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Fabric, Linen, Thread

"Poésie 32", embroidery by Yanne Kintgen (16.5 x 12.5 in), 2022
Located in Paris, France
"Poésie", embroidery by Yanne Kintgen. Born in Redon (France) on April 26, 1960, Yanne Kintgen has been a painter and illustrator since 1985. To enter ...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Fabric, Linen, Thread

"Poésie 30", embroidery by Yanne Kintgen (16.5 x 12.5 in), 2022
Located in Paris, France
Embroidery by Yanne Kintgen: "Poetry 30". Born in Redon (France) on April 26, 1960, Yanne Kintgen has been a painter and illustrator since 1985. To ente...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Fabric, Linen, Thread

Red Handbags strong red colors older female figure interior subject handbags
Located in Brooklyn, NY
soft pastel on toned paper framing under glass required
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Paper, Pastel

Lying female nude, Mixed Media 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 Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

nudes with raspberries, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My artwork is my emotions :: Mixed Media :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes ::...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

White hand, Mixed Media 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 Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

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...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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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...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Paper, Mixed Media

LOERA NEBULA, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
LOERA NEBULA is an 8x8 square piece that Tiffani made using her iconic holographic resin layering painting technique. This piece gives the blackness of space center stage, hitting yo...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

A new archeology opus 232, Mixed Media on Glass
Located in Yardley, PA
Lambda C-print on acrylic glass. This is a combination of wet- and digital paintings . Complete with aluminium mounting system. Ready to hang. Outstanding quality. Geert is “...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Expectation, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Title: Expectation Medium: Acrylic, Gesso and Gouache Support: Strathmore watercolor Paper  140 lb (300 g/m2) Size : 18?x 24? Painting is signed and dated by the artist as well...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Gardener, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Large acrylic painting (and drawing) Title: Gardener Medium: Acrylic and graphite Support: Strathmore watercolor paper 140 lb (300 g/m 2)Size : 18?x 23? (45.72 cm x 58.42 cm ) ::...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

I am going to be silent and listen to the wind, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Collage: Acrylic, Ink, Pencil, Paper on Paper. Mixed media painting ( acrylic ,paper ,ink and pencil) on paper. The painting explores a modern balance of realism and abstract exp...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Red dog, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My work is about dealing with the real world and above all using the images that surround us in everyday life. To lure a participant into new and perhaps unexplored area. I paint wha...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Sitting girl, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My work is about dealing with the real world and above all using the images that surround us in everyday life. To lure a participant into new and perhaps unexplored area. I paint wha...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Sitting woman V, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My work is about dealing with the real world and above all using the images that surround us in everyday life. To lure a participant into new and perhaps unexplored area. I paint wha...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Girl in flower dress, Mixed Media on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
The work is painted on cardboard approx. 2 mm thick. In my pictures I try to combine the visual and the conceptual. For me, drawing is a medium of knowledge which, beyond direct exp...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

I'm never going to look back, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Contemporary expressionist portrait on a Birch wood panel. The painting explores a modern balance of realism and abstract expressionism. Acrylic, ink and pencil on a Birch wood panel...
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2010s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Nude with red hair, Mixed Media on Canvas
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 Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Star, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Etoile/The star/Steaua :: Mixed Media :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Si...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

"Breakfast in Merida (Homage to Carmen Miranda), " Wool Tapestry by Joan Summers
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Breakfast in Merida (Homage to Carmen Miranda)" is an original woven wool tapestry with velvet fruit by Joan Ward Summers. It is a decorative tableau which displays a background pat...
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1980s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Tapestry, Wool, Found Objects

Soirée Littéraire
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jean-Louis Mendrisse is a self-taught painter born in 1955 in Clermont-Ferrand. Art, family affairs Jean-Louis Mendrisse studied the deal with his famous sculptor father, Jean Mos...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Mixed Media

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Acrylic

Ensemble
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jean-Louis Mendrisse is a self-taught painter born in 1955 in Clermont-Ferrand. Art, family affairs Jean-Louis Mendrisse studied the deal with his famous sculptor father, Jean Mos...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Mixed Media

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Acrylic

Samedi Soir Chez Chloé
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jean-Louis Mendrisse is a self-taught painter born in 1955 in Clermont-Ferrand. Art, family affairs Jean-Louis Mendrisse studied the deal with his famous sculptor father, Jean Mos...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Mixed Media

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Acrylic

Convoitise
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jean-Louis Mendrisse is a self-taught painter born in 1955 in Clermont-Ferrand. Art, family affairs Jean-Louis Mendrisse studied the deal with his famous sculptor father, Jean Mos...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Mixed Media

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Acrylic

Seated Ballerina
Located in New York, NY
Follow up photo we be replace the enclosed as all the detail is washed out from the flash. Additional photos if requested . A photo certificate accompanies this painting. It is frame...
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1990s Expressionist Mixed Media

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Paste, Watercolor

A Stroll Through the Village, Two Figures
Located in Missouri, MO
A Stroll Through the Village, Two Figures By. Theo Tobiasse (Israeli, French, 1927-2012) Signed Lower Left Unframed: 40" x 27.5" Framed: 55.5" x 42.25" Théo Tobiasse came from a Lithuanian-Jewish immigrant family who moved to Paris in 1931 for economic reasons. Here Tobiasse completed an apprenticeship at the École des Arts Décoratifs, which was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. The family lived hidden in the French metropolis for over two years without ever leaving the small apartment or even lighting it up. The time was spent reading, drawing and playing chess, and Tobiasse built up a huge pool of drawings from which he could later draw. After the end of the war, he worked as a graphic designer for the Hermès company...
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20th Century Expressionist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Expressionist mixed media for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Expressionist mixed media 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 mixed media 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 and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including James Coleman, Jodi Dann, Angelo Canevari, and Daniel Oguche Junior. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Mixed Media 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 mixed media, so small editions measuring 5 inches across are also available. Prices for mixed media 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 $150 and tops out at $47,000, while the average work sells for $2,200.

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