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
Music Scale, Bright colors, Musical instruments violin bass male female figures
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 imaginat...
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
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
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
Astral Landcsape
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
Terrace Theater - Julien Wolf, 21st Century, Contemporary Expressionist Drawing
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
Oilbar 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
Patrick's cave - Julien Wolf, 21st Century, Contemporary Expressionist Drawing
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
Oil pastel, India ink 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 se...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, India Ink
Arc de Triomphe. 1988, canvas, oil, 100x92 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Arc de Triomphe. 1988, canvas, oil, 100x92 cm
Biruta Delle (born 1944.17.I)
Biruta Delle studied in Latvia Art academy (1964 – 67) and one of her most i...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,617 Sale Price
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PAUL MAAS Les Vacances 1958 Family at the Beach Large Expressionist Oil Painting
By Paul Maas
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Provenance:
Collection of the Artist
Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Warner, Washington, Connecticut
Collection of the Washington Art Association, Inc.
Private Collection, California...
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
From here 2 hours and a half' wait! Julien Wolf Contemporary Expressionist Paint
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
Rabbi in Old Jerusalem Painting
By Isaac Frenel
Located in Surfside, FL
Yitzchak Frenel Frenkel, Israeli Master
In 1920, he established the artists' cooperative in Jaffa and an artists' studio in Herzliya. Later that year, he traveled to Paris where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière at the studios of the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle and painter Henri Matisse. He was one of the leading Jewish artists of École de Paris. Frenkel returned to Palestine in 1925 and opened the Histadrut Art School in Tel Aviv. His students included Shimshon Holzman...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
$1,375 Sale Price
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Untitled - Mysterious Figure in Black Pancho and Expressive Hands
Located in Miami, FL
Haunting yet beautiful with a simple graphic composition and monochromatic palette. The stylized and overly expressive hands are a hallmark of Kingman's style.
Hand-signed by artist...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Spirale Nout
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 0under Rolf Dürig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
MIDNIGHT SILHOUETTE
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on canvas painting. Hand signed on front; signed and titled on verso by the artist. Canvas size 24 x 12 inches. Frame size is approx 35.5 x 23.5 inches.
Artwork is i...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,500 Sale Price
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Hathor
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
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
The Fruit Eyes
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
Eternity
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. 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, Ballestra began her flower...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Siamo in ogni cosa" by Enzio Wenk, 2010 - Oil Paint on Canvas, Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "We are in everything"
Oil paint on canvas.
It features a wooden frame and it can't be hung, since it is meant to lean against the wall.
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood
'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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,880 Sale Price
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Vide Médian
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
"Figura Danzante" by Enzio Wenk, 2018 -Acrylic, Enamel, Figurative Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Dancing figure".
Acrylic paint and enamel on canvas.
The artist sells the handmade, original and one-of-a-kind piece, but he reserves the right to duplicate it...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Railroad Men's Wives - American Scene Painting - Social Realism
Located in Miami, FL
American Scene Painting - Social Realism. The present work is a Depression Era account of working-class men and women.
Philip Howard Francis Dixon Evergood (born Howard Blashki; 190...
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
PRIVATE CONCERT ON THE SQUARE
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on canvas painting. Hand signed on front; signed and titled on verso by the artist. Canvas size 24 x 36 in. Framed. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of a...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,880 Sale Price
30% Off
Window to the Light
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. 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, Ballestra began her flower...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Faccia Ubriaca" by Enzio Wenk, 1993-1997 - Mixed Media on Canvas, Portrait
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Drunken face".
Mixed media on canvas.
Category
1990s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Acrylic on Canvas by Robert Catapano “little Mona”
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Robert was born in 1949 to Dominick and Antoinette Catapano in Brooklyn New York. He is a self taught artist. He began drawing and painting as a child. He says he did it as a way of ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Ballets Russes
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 create...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
EVENING MOOD
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. Stretched. Certificate of au...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,050 Sale Price
30% Off
ATTITUDE
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on canvas painting. Hand signed on front; signed and titled on verso by the artist. Canvas size 36 x 12 in. Framed. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of a...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,480 Sale Price
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Iris
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
Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$11,345
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
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
The Lobsters
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 create...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Insomnia
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Expressionist figurative nude oil painting on fine printmaking paper. Colorful, active movement, broad brushstrokes, expressionist feel.
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Strongman and Fire eater circus, coney island influences colorful carnival
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on board mounted on a wooden frame suitable for immediate hanging. The board has been primed with an acrylic pumice gel giving the surface a rough texture visible from the photo...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Brass
L'enlèvement d'Europe
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 create...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Danse des Arbres
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
COLD SNAP seated female figure on subway cool blue winter tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil painting on plywood signed on reverse. There is a rough texture to the surface of the painting a technique used by the artist on many of his wood paintings.
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
Holder of Light, Wild Woman Series, bright color blue yellow
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This painting is in a series called the Wild Woman which is also printed in a pocket sized book.
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists.
Janet Morgan’s...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Energy Worker, bright colorful swirling patterns mystical yoga Wild Woman
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This painting is in a series called the Wild Woman which is also printed in a pocket sized book.
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists.
Janet Morgan’s...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Onyx blue tone and black female nude sculptural qualities
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An early experimental work by the artist it combines a loosely painted head combined with a hard sculptural body.
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Emotional
By La Ba Quan
Located in Rye, NY
‘Emotional’ is a large expressionist figurative oil on canvas painting of vertical format created by Vietnamese artist La Ba Quan in 2011. Featuring a palette made of grey, brown, bl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,880 Sale Price
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Warm Reflections Florida theme water pool exterior warm colors tranquil theme
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on linen canvas heavy duty stretchers framing recommended but not necessary. signed on reverse
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Boy in black shirt, Painting, Acrylic 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. I often search for the unexpected. An ironic turn to images or things y...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Red Portrait, Painting, Acrylic 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. I often search for the unexpected. An ironic turn to images or things y...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Slings and Arrows, cupids hearts night forest love valentine battle theme
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on stretched canvas on heavy duty wooden stretchers framing not required. part of recent valentine works with upcoming day in mind
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Color Pencil, Canvas
Cupid Under Construction valentine hearts quasi romantic theme strong red colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on canvas heavy duty stretcher framing recommended but not required . painting part of a series of narrow vertical canvases depicting totem like stories
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Step...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Lights of the Temple, colorful on black, dynamic, goddess, abstract, energy
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Les Ombres
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in 1951, François Legrand was introduced to painting as a teenager by Philippe Lejeune in Etampes.
In 1973, he moved to Loiret. From 1974 to 197...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$43,680
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
THE PARTY
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media on paper. Hand signed on front by the artist. Framed. Additional images available upon request. Studio Certificate of authenticity included. Artwork in excellen...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$3,000 Sale Price
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Italian Tuscany Figurative Expressionism Female Nude watercolour ink paper 20st
Located in Florence, IT
The painting is signed and dated: L. NOCENTINI 92.
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, Watercolor
Cats and a Woman
Located in Austin, TX
By Pep Suari
39" x 39" Acrylic on Canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fisherman
Located in Austin, TX
By Pep Suari
39" x 39" Acrylic on Canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,800
Sur Un Coin De Lune
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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
Untitled, Boy Eating Watermelon
Located in Miami, FL
The work looks much better in person with snappy bright colors that form a complex abstract composition of interconnected shapes.
Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, The Work is Signed lower left - Provenance: Forum Gallery, New York - Label on verso
Swann Gallery...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Tuscany Figurative Expressionism Male 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
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.