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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$19,500
"Red Sea Side" Multicolor Butterflies Brilliant Gold Background w Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts multicolor delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful brilliant golden l...
Oil, Wood Panel
$9,500
"Tandy" Black Bunny on White Background Oil Painting on Wood Antique Oval Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on white background with thick use of paint. It is hou...
Oil, Wood Panel
$9,500
"Less" Black Bunny on White Background Oil Painting on Wood with Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on white background with thick use of paint. It is hou...
Oil, Wood Panel
$48,250
"Blue For You Diamond Dust" Ultramarine Blue Bunnies Diamond Dust Oil on Wood
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts blue gestural figures of Bunnies against an ultramarine blue diamond dust background. Slo...
Glass, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$18,250
"Hutch Seaview New Port" Bunnies on White Background Oil Painting Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts 4 gestural figures of Bunnies against a white background. Inspired by nature and a genuin...
Oil, Wood Panel
"The Gift" Black Outline Bunny on French Pink Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a French Pink background with thick use of paint. I...
Oil, Wood Panel
$25,000
"New Birds" Multicolored Birds with White Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of birds. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with multico...
Oil, Wood Panel
$70,750
"Butterflies Swoon" Colorful Butterflies on Gold Background Oil Canvas Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts multicolor delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful brilliant golden l...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$8,000
"Australia" Black Outline Bunny on Soft Pink Background Oil Painting Gold Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a soft Pink background with thick use of paint. It ...
Oil, Wood Panel
$17,000
"Topper" Double Bunnies on Multicolor with Gold & Silver Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts 2 gestural figures of back bunnies on a multicolor with gold and silver background with t...
Canvas, Oil
$11,750
"Cabbage Patch Pink" White Butterflies on French Pink Background w Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts white delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful french light pink lands...
Oil, Wood Panel
$19,500
"Hoopoe" Multicolored Birds with White Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of birds. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with multico...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Andre" Black Outlined Bunny on Silver Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a silver background with beautiful accents of periw...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Winged Kaleidoscope" Butterflies on Silver & Gold Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful colorful, gold and silver ton...
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
$48,250
"Chinensis Today" Black Bunnies on Multicolored Background with Gold & Silver
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A stunning composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts gestural figures of Bunnies against a multicolored background. Slonem traces these 15 bunn...
Canvas, Oil
"Pink Chat" Black Bunny on Cherry Blossom Pink Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Cherry Blossom pink background with thick use of ...
Oil, Wood Panel
$8,000
"Pink Morevia" Plum Bunny on Pink Diamond Dust Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a plum purple and white bunny on a cherry blossom pink background wi...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel
$8,000
"Blue For You" Black Outline Bunny on Turquoise Oil Painting in Victorian Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Turquoise blue background with thick use of paint...
Oil, Wood Panel
$70,750
"Whydahs & Doves" Bunnies, Birds & Butterflies on Gold Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies, Butterflies and Birds. This piece depicts 7 gestural figures of Bunnies, 10 Butterflies, 7 Doves, 1 Cardinal...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Mid-20th Century Aboriginal-Inspired Abstract Oil Painting on Board
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large Aboriginal-inspired abstract oil on board. We have shown the painting hanging in 'portrait' form but it could also be hung 'landscape'. This painting shares some of the qualit...
Oil, Board
"Daffodils" Colorful Flowers on Pink Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Daffodil flowers. This piece depicts 3 gorgeous flowers in ascension placed in a wonderful intense pink colorful back...
Oil, Wood Panel
$4,320Sale Price|20% Off
Large Scale Neo-Expressionist Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling and large scale neo-expressionist figurative painting by San Jose, California area artist Daniel David Fuentes (American, 20th century), Circa 1995. Unsigned. From a colle...
Canvas, Oil
"Bayou Teche (St. Mary's)" Blue, Pink Purple & Green Contemporary Landscape
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
WIth a passion for restoring historic houses, one of Slonem's properties is in Lousiana, where he now spends a lot of his time painting and picking up inspiration for his pallet. Thi...
Oil, Canvas
$632Sale Price|20% Off
Thinking About Cy, Expressionist Shapes, Turquoise, Orange, Black Urban Gestures
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Thinking About Cy" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black and orange gestures unfolds across turquoise vertical b...
Acrylic, Paper, India Ink
$920
Flowing, Vigorous Brushstrokes, Fresh Gestures, Turquoise and Coral Abstract
Located in Barcelona, ES
In this series, Perrine explores the profound relationship between light and color, both essential elements in her artistic expression. Without light, there would be no colors, and i...
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
$497Sale Price|37% Off
Abstract Diptych of Vibrant Yellow Strokes on Violet, Contemporary Painting
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Vibrant Strokes on Violet" is an abstract painting diptych by Spanish artist Natalia Roman. It is a beautiful series of rhythmic brushstrokes combined with subtle tones and unique s...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Paper
$48,250
"Fluffle in Diamond Dust" White Bunnies Turquoise Blue Diamond Dust Oil on Wood
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts white gestural figures of Bunnies against a turquoise blue diamond dust background. Slone...
Glass, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$876Sale Price|20% Off
Large Colorful Neo-Expressionist Vintage Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 33.5 by 45.5 inches overall and 33 x 45 painting alone. Framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, read...
Canvas, Oil
Harlequin in a Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Karlo Kacharava (1964-1994). Harlequin in a Landscape, ca. 1985. Enamel paint and marker on gloss paper, sheet measures 19.5 x 15.25 inches. Signed lower left. Unframed. Wit...
Enamel
$23,750
"Panorama Flight" Multicolor Butterflies on Brilliant Gold Background Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts multicolor delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful brilliant golden l...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Red Tulip - Belle Terre" Red Tulip on Gold Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Tulips. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a Red Tulip on a golden background with thick use of paint. It is housed in ...
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "3 Across" Black and White Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "3 Across" Black and White Bunnies Three rabbits gestured in black on a white background in a vintage frame Unframed: 4.75 x 11.25 inches Framed: 5.5 x 12 inches *Painti...
Oil, Panel
$1,190Sale Price|30% Off
Landscape 118 by Jean Krille - Oil on wood 73x60 cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictions of nature. His landscapes often f...
Oil, Wood
Large German Neo Figuarist Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Werner Liebmann
Located in Surfside, FL
WERNER LIEBMANN (German b. 1951) "Elf Köpfe Bei Nacht," Oil on canvas, signed L/R, "Liebmann;" 29 1/4'' x 35 1/2'', framed 31'' x 37''. Werner Liebmann (born 1951) is a German painter and graphic artist . Werner Liebmann was born in Königsthal in Thuringia. Born in Königsthal from 1969 to 1973 he studied chemistry at the Martin Luther University in Halle (Saale) . From 1973 to 1976 he worked as a project engineer. He was active as a chemist until he opted for an artistic career and studied painting at the University of Art and Design in Halle. A master student of Bernhard Heisig, he graduated at the College of Fine Arts Leipzig. Since then, he has been a freelance artist, as well as a professor at the College of Fine Arts in Dresden and currently at the Art school Berlin – Weissensee. His works were represented at numerous group exhibitions and solo exhibitions in Halle, Hamburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf and further cities, mostly in Germany. Influenced by the Neo Figuraist artists of the Junge Wilde painters. In 1978, the Junge Wilde painting style arose in the German-speaking world in opposition to established avant garde, minimal art and conceptual art. It was linked to the similar Transavanguardia movement in Italy, USA (neo-expressionism) and France (Figuration Libre). The Junge Wilde painted their expressive paintings in bright, intense colors and with quick, broad brushstrokes very much influenced by Professor at the Academy of Art in Berlin, Karl Horst Hödicke (b:1938). They were sometimes called the Neue Wilde. Berlin: Luciano Castelli...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Bunny Painting) - CHL 0330
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
This whimsical and sophisticated painting was realized by the esteemed contemporary painter, Hunt Slonem in 2016. It presents a stylized rabbit in profile, rendered with loose and ex...
Canvas, Oil
$45,750
"Peace Plan" Birds & White and Yellow Butterflies on Gold Oil Painting on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of Birds and Monarch butterflies. They are placed in a wonderful golden background with black marks representing the "...
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Black & White Minimal Neo-Expressionist Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive black and white abstract, with scribbled linear patterns in the style of Jean-Michel Basquiat, by by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). circa 1977. Oil on canvas. Titled "Baldwin" and dated "Summer 77" on verso. Here he revisits a piece he did early in his carrier of the same title "Baldwin" in 1967. Unframed. Image size: 16"H x 12"W. “I’m driven by curiosity...where it comes from I can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century modernist art is the thing that I keep returning to.” - Michael Pauker Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957 and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989 he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Exhibitions include: 2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica 2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA 2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA 2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA 2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA 2002 “40 by 40,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, N.Y., NY 2002 “Works on Paper,” Bryant St. Gallery, Palo Alto, CA 2002 Dolby...
Canvas, Oil
$14,000
"Zebra Swallowtail" Multicolored Butterflies on French Pink Background Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts multicolor yellow and white delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful F...
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Yellow Tulip" Multicolor Flower
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Yellow Tulip" Multicolor Flower A single tulip gestured in red, yellow, orange and green on a blue background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 14.5 x ...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "4 Square" Black and Pink Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "4 Square" Black and Pink Bunnies Four rabbits gestured in black on a pink background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12 x 10 inches *Painting is frame...
Oil, Panel
"Spicebush Swallowtail 2" Butterflies on White Background in Antique Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts multicolor delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful white background. ...
Oil, Canvas
"Lories Avalon Casino" Multicolored Birds with Gold Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of birds. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with multico...
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Pat" Black and Purple Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Pat" Black and Purple Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a purple background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 13 x 11 inches *Painting is frame...
Oil, Panel
Organic landscape painting, natural pigment with abstract shapes, conceptual art
By TUSET
Located in Carballo, ES
This series by the multidisciplinary artist TUSET (1997, A Coruña, Spain) titled "Land paintings (or what painting is not)", is a series of paintings that the artist had buried in th...
Canvas, Organic Material, Wood, Varnish
$14,000
"Hibiscus Honolulu 1961" Hummingbirds French Pale Green Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition Slonem's Hummingbirds. This piece depicts gestural figures of colorful Humming Birds and hibiscus flowers on a light pale green background with thick use of p...
Oil, Wood Panel
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
Large Scale Neo-Expressionist Figurative Composition in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Large Scale Neo-Expressionist Figurative Composition in Oil on Canvas Compelling and large scale neo-expressionist figurative painting by San Jose, California area artist Daniel Dav...
Canvas, Oil
"Goldman" Black Outline Bunny on Gold Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts a gestural figure of bunny against a golden background. Inspired by nature and a genuine love for animals, Slonem's paintings encompass unique inspirations drawn f...
Oil, Wood Panel
$18,875
"Hawaiian Catelayas" Multicolor Flowers on Pink Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Catelayas flowers. This piece depicts gorgeous flowers in ascension placed in a wonderful intense pink colorful backg...
Oil, Wood Panel
$8,000
"Daisy" White with Yellow Flowers on a Lime Green Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Daisy's. This piece depicts a gestural Daisy on a lime green background with thick use of paint. Inspired by nature and a ge...
Oil, Wood Panel
$17,000
"Gold & Silver Bunny's" Double Bunnies on Gold & Silver Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts 2 gestural figures of back bunnies on a gold and silver background with thick use of pain...
Oil, Canvas
$32,750
"Macaws" Red & Blue Birds with Green Background Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of birds. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with multico...
Canvas, Oil
$10,500
"Orange Pair" Double Bunnies on Orange Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts 2 gestural figures of black bunnies on a bring orange background with thick use of paint....
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
Landscape 127 by Jean Krille - Oil on masonite 65x92 cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictions of nature. His landscapes often f...
Masonite, Oil
"Chinensis Picul Rabbit" Multicolor on Gold & Silver Oil Painting on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts gestural figures of black bunnies on a multicolor, gold and silver background with thick ...
Canvas, Oil
$22,875
"Winter 4:30" White Bunnies on Black Diamond Dust Oil Painting in Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts white gestural figures of Bunnies against a black diamond dust background. Slonem traces ...
Glass, Oil, Wood Panel
$12,250
"Green Hutch" Four Bunnies on Pale Mint Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts 4 gestural figures of black bunnies on a bring orange background with thick use of paint....
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Untitled" Black and Blue Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Untitled" Black and Blue Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a blue background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12.5 x 10.5 inches *Painting is ...
Oil, Panel
$5,480Sale Price|20% Off
Bold Expressionist work in the Style of Richard Diebenkorn Original Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold Expressionist work in the Style of Richard Diebenkorn Original Oil Eclectic Neo-expressionist work by San Francisco area abstract artist Daniel David Fuentes (American, 1978-20...
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Hunt Slonem "Red" Black and Red Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Red" Black and Red Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a dark red background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12.5 x 10.5 inches *Painting is fr...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Afternoon" Black and Blue Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Afternoon" Black and Blue Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a light blue background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 14.5 x 12.5 inches *Pain...
Oil, Panel