Expressionist Figurative 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
To the bottom Sergio Moscona Contemporary art painting colour human comedy tondo
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint and ink on paper
Tondo (diameter 30 cm)
Hand-signed, entitled and dated lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
"Painter's Atelier" - Squared figurative painting in cool colors.
By Luis Filcer
Located in Miami, FL
An artist painting within a painting.
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Mental Capacity" Mixed Media, Fictional Image of African American, Iconic Color
By Onzie Norman
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...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Resin, Paper, Acrylic
Italian Tuscany Figurative Expressionism Female Nude ink on paper 20st
Located in Florence, IT
The painting is signed and dated: L. NOCENTINI 91.
The style of Ladislao Nocentini can be defined as a sort of Figurative Expressionism: his i...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Mexican Contemporary Artist Ricardo Ramirez - Pensativo
By Ricardo Ramírez
Located in Guadalajara, Jalisco
Pensativo
Ricardo Ramírez Rodríguez
Mixed Media on Canvas
80 x 100 cm
2007, MX
Unframed
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
The gold diggers Sergio Moscona Contemporary painting art human comedy drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint, ink and collage on paper
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Girl with Ribbon in Hair, Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Girl with Ribbon in Hair" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 35.75" oil on board portrait is painted in a vibrant color palette and l...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
In The Room #4 by Katya Tsareva - Expressionist painting, oil on canvas, 2021
Located in Basel, BS
The Room #4 is the 4th work in "In The Room" series by contemporary artist Katya Tsareva. In this series the artist continues to analyze the difficult re...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Qilin - Timothy Archer 21st Century Painting Contemporary Figurative
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on canvas
Signed and dated by the artist
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Robert Andrew Parker Watercolor "Seated Figure #2" Partially Nude Female
Located in Detroit, MI
"Seated Figure #2" is distinctly vibrant and sexual with a feminine-mystique glow in this stunning example of Robert Parker's Expressionist watercolor. The blue, pink and black creates a brilliant exploding power that engages the viewer immediately leading to the gorgeously rendered partially nude...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Gloutorama - Julien Wolf, 21st Century, Contemporary Expressionist Drawing
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and charcoal on paper
2020
Signed
Unique work
Julien Wolf is a French painter born in 1981 in Strasbourg, France.
In 2007, he graduated from the DNSEP Art section at the St...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel
Will Be The Wolf
By Monika Dalek
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Will Be The Wolf.
Monika Dalek Polish contemporary artist.
She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. Diploma defended 2008 at the Faculty of Visual...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Gregorio Muñoz Montoro (1906–1978) - Técnica mixta - Interior con figuras
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior por el artista
Medidas obra: 32 cm. de altura x 23 cm. de ancho
Medidas marco: 55 cm. de altura x 45 cm. de ancho
Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un...
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Arms Crossed' Figurative Expressionist Painting
By La Ba Quan
Located in Rye, NY
‘Arms Crossed’ is a medium size vertical expressionist figurative oil on canvas painting created by Vietnamese artist La Ba Quan in 2011. Featuring a palette made of grey, soft blue, green and pink, the painting brings to mind the fascinating aura of a Chaim Soutine. This expressionist painting is dominated by the tortuous lines of the man’s silhouette...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Sandra Detourbet - Promise Indécise
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on canvas & handmade paper
Sandra Detourbet is a French artist born in 1967 who works & lives in Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris. She is graduated in 1997 from ENSAD in Paris, Art-Sp...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Handmade Paper, Ink
"Van Gogh and Gauguin painting together" - Figure painting in cool colors.
By Luis Filcer
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Filcer depicts the friendship between Van Gogh and Gauguin, this is part of the Homage to Van Gogh series. Important to add he did this series when he...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
"Taking a break" - Horizontal figure painting in black and warm colors.
By Luis Filcer
Located in Miami, FL
"Taking a break" belongs to the series Waiting for God.
A unique interpretation of Filcer's series of different religious leaders looking for and waitin...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Self Portrait, Expressionist Figurative Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Self Portrait" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 47" x 28.5" oil on canvas portrait features Harmon at a young age of about 25 years old. ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bingo rattle Julien Wolf Contemporary art painting expressionnist outsider
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas
Hand-signed by the artist on the back
“At first glance, we are invited to a colorful carnival. Everything is movement here! As if Julien Wolf had tried to captur...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunshine and peace Sergio Moscona Contemporary art painting human comedy drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint, ink and collage on paper
Hand-signed and dated lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Original Oil On Canvas Painting Titled: James Dean
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
(Designers: Custom framing is available for this item)
Quotes in the Painting
If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cosmical Language
Located in Miami, FL
Evelyne Ballestra's work with signs, symbols and esoteric spirituality reflects her passion for the ancient past and represents a symbolic return to the ground from which we emerged....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait Boy" Oil Painting 14.5" x 20" inch (1930) by Shaaban Zaki
By Shaaban Zaki
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait Boy" Oil Painting 14.5" x 20" inch (1930) by Shaaban Zaki
signed & dated
Shaaban Zaki came from a lower-middle-class family who was mostly government employees, but he wa...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"4 Koi 20" Expressionist Bright Red, White and Orange Koi in Light Filled Water
By Linda Holt
Located in Wellesley, MA
"4 Koi 20," 2020, Oil on Canvas, 24 x 24 Inches is a complex work of koi fish swimming underwater filled with light and brilliant color painted in a lush and fluid style bordering on...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le Coeur des Fleurs
Located in Miami, FL
Evelyne Ballestra's work with signs, symbols and esoteric spirituality reflects her passion for the ancient past and represents a symbolic return to the ground from which we emerged....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape, Acrylic on Canvas by Modern Artist Anita Roy Chowdhury "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anita Roy Chowdhury - Landscape - 36 x 30 inches ( unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas , 2007
Inclusive of shipped in roll form.
Style :
Her works manifest human figures, nude or drape...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Landscape, Acrylic on Canvas by Modern Artist Anita Roy Chowdhury "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anita Roy Chowdhury - Landscape - 18 x 24 inches ( unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas , 2006
Inclusive of shipped in roll form.
Style :
Her works manifest human figures, nude or drape...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Peace at home Sergio Moscona Contemporary art painting human comedy drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Don't Look Back. figurative oil painting of nude woman contemporary laying down
Located in New York, NY
This expressionist abstract figurative oil painting is a self portrait of the artist, painted from a photo of herself. . combining thick, abstract strokes of color, the bedding and t...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Faces, Expression, Depicting Calmness Serenity, Mixed Media, Sekhar Kar"In Stock"
By Sekhar Kar
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 ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Watercolor Portrait of a Soldier in a Large Black Frame
Located in Pasadena, CA
In this watercolor portrait, framed in a large black frame, the viewer is captivated by the three-quarter head depiction of a middle-aged soldier. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sinking Ship Blues lone female figure holding flowers and wine dark colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an oil on linen canvas mounted on a 1/4 inch plywood panel. It is signed and dated on the reverse side
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Plywood, Oil
STREAMING LIGHT, YOUNTVILLE NAPA
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on canvas painting. Hand signed n front; signed and titled on verso by the artist. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity i...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coffee time Sergio Moscona Contemporary art painting colour human comedy
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint, ink and collage on paper
Hand-signed and dated lower left by the artist
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Madonna
Located in Miami, FL
Evelyne Ballestra's work with signs, symbols and esoteric spirituality reflects her passion for the ancient past and represents a symbolic return to the ground from which we emerged....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wine Over Love
By Todd White
Located in Toronto, ON
18" x 10" Unframed
Limited Edition Giclée with Hand Embellishment of 135
Hand Signed by Todd White
“An experienced woman’s piece. She’s dealt with life. Handled it just fine. Now de...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Giclée
Thunder . 2012, oil on canvas, 60x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Thunder in Bauska. 2012, oil on canvas, 60x80 cm
Landscape with man with a cigarette and wooden cottage in thunder by the river
Igor Leontiev (1957) - one of the leading independent...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sister. 1991, canvas, oil, 100x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Sister. 1991, canvas, oil, 100x70 cm
Biruta Delle (born 1944.17.I)
studied in Latvia Art academy (1964 – 67) and one of her most important pedagogue’s wa...
Category
1990s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Passage
Located in Miami, FL
Her work with signs, symbols and esoteric spirituality reflects her passion for the ancient past and represents a symbolic return to the ground from which we emerged. Her work creates a commentary about “beginnings” and the transmission of signs and emotions through visual elements evoking a spiritual essence to our scientific notion of etymology. After studying under Rolf Dürig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Textured Figurative Painting - Water Series No.3
Located in Beijing, CN
textured Figurative painting- Water Series No.3 by He Wenjue
Dimension : 30 x 20cm
Material :oil on canvas
Date: 2009
About Water Series
He Wenjue grew...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pharaoh Group" Oil Painting 13" x 17" inch (1955) by Shaaban Zaki
By Shaaban Zaki
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pharaoh Group" Oil Painting 13" x 17" inch (1955) by Shaaban Zaki
Shaaban Zaki came from a lower-middle-class family who was mostly government employees, but he was distinguished f...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Unity" / Oil pastel on cardboard / 68 x 48 cm
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
Oil pastel on cardboard. An expressive work showing petrified figures, which for many observers is an almost ready project of a monumental monument. Catalog Number P0065.
Figurative paintings. Ready to Hang. Signed on the front.
A certificate of authenticity with the author's signature is delivered with the painting.
Tadeusz Zych...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
UNTITLED
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on canvas panting. Hand signed on front and verso by the artist. Canvas size 30 x 40 in. Framed. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity include...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Words in the mouth Sergio Moscona Contemporary art tondo human comedy colour
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint and ink on paper
Tondo (diameter 30 cm)
Hand-signed and dated lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Equilibrium in the High Wire
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leandro Velasco, Colombian (1933 - )
Title: Equilibrium in the High Wire
Year: 1974
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.l.
Size: 60 x 50 in. (152.4 x 127 cm)
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A monkey in green Julien Wolf Contemporary art painting expressionnist animal
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
OIl paint on canvas
Hand-signed on the back by the artist
“At first glance, we are invited to a colorful carnival. Everything is movement here! As if Julien Wolf had tried to captur...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still scared Sergio Moscona Contemporary art painting colour human comedy red
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint, ink and collage on paper
Hand-signed and dated lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Running Man 1 by Katya Tsareva - Triptych painting, acrylic on canvas, 2017
Located in Basel, BS
Running Man 1 is a vertical triptych, formed of 3 paintings, 40 x 50 cm each.
The triptych can be seen as a follow-up on Katya Tsareva's 2016 project "S...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Memory" figuratif portrait acrylique on linen canvas 60x30cm
Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne
"Memory" figuratif portrait acrylique on linen canvas 60x30cm
each of these faces has a dreamy look as if they had the memory of an inner history a little questionable
whatever th...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Guanajuato
By Pablo Almela
Located in Guadalajara, Jalisco
Guanajuato
Pablo Almela
Oil on Canvas
75 x 75 cm
1947, MX
Framed
He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Madrid, there he established a painting and ceramic workshop with his brothers, before leaving for exile in Mexico during the Spanish Civil War. In Mexico he began to paint and at the same time he worked as a ceramist and restorer.
He cultivated friendship with Federico García Lorca...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Boxing Ring. Boxed Knocked to Floor with 10 Count, Red and Black, Esquire Mag
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Illustration legend Bob Peak depicts a boxer that has fallen to the matt and is being given the 10-count by the referee. Peak captures that peak moment of drama and then exaggerates...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
They found the pike but it wasn’t alone
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil, oil stick and charcoal diptych painting on canvas by Contemporary female artist Dorothy Fitzgerald.
This monumental work measures 60" (h) x 120" (w)
This work was featured in the recent exhibition of The Corridors Gallery at Hotel Henry...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
LOVELY MUSIC
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on canvas painting. Hand signed on front; signed and titled on verso by the artist. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity ...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Textured Figurative Painting - Water Series No.4
Located in Beijing, CN
textured Figurative painting- Water Series No.4 by He Wenjue
Dimension : 30 x 20cm
Material :oil on canvas
Date: 2009
About Water Series
He Wenjue grew...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The River Tree
Located in Miami, FL
Evelyne Ballestra's work with signs, symbols and esoteric spirituality reflects her passion for the ancient past and represents a symbolic return to the ground from which we emerged....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Parnassus madness-Julien Wolf, 21st Century, Contemporary Expressionist Painting
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
2018
Signed
Unique work
Julien Wolf is a French painter born in 1981 in Strasbourg, France.
In 2007, he graduated from the DNSEP Art section at the Strasbourg Decora...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Geez ! - Julien Wolf, 21st Century, Contemporary Expressionist Painting
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
2019
Signed
Unique work
Julien Wolf is a French painter who was born in Strasbourg in 1981, France.
He graduated in 2007 at the DNSEP Art and Decorative Art section...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Recovery - Julien Wolf, 21st Century, Contemporary Expressionist Painting
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
2019
Signed
Unique work
Julien Wolf is a French painter who was born in Strasbourg in 1981, France.
He graduated in 2007 at the DNSEP Art and Decorative Art section...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Expressionist figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Expressionist figurative 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 figurative 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, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Evelyne Ballestra, Julien Wolf, Stephen Basso, and Bernard Harmon. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint 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 figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available.