Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
NEO-EXPRESSIONIST STYLE
A resurgence of interest in Expressionism, Pop art, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and other movements gained steam among artists of the 1970s and ’80s, in part as a reaction to the austerity of the prevailing minimalism and Conceptual art of the era. A decadent, bold and brash art style called Neo-Expressionism saw painters returning to figural representation, creating highly textured works that were imbued with intensely personal narratives.
Neo-Expressionist paintings are sensuous in nature and highly subjective in meaning. Expressive brushwork, highly pigmented colors and layered forms and materials lent sculptural attributes to the work and were used to depict symbolic narratives from history, mythology and the artist’s personal experience.
Prominent figures such as Jean-Michel Basquiat led the Neo-Expressionist movement in the United States with paintings and prints that were raw, emotional and often violent in nature. In Germany, Die Neuen Wilden (the “New Fauves”) was the name given to a group of postwar artists that included the likes of sculptor Georg Baselitz and Gerhard Richter, a painter and photographer who explored the possibilities of both abstraction and realism, sometimes in a single piece. The work of the New Fauves — labeled as such for its return to Fauvism’s textured brushwork and use of vibrant colors — shares commonalities with Neo-Expressionism, and Baselitz was a pioneer of the movement in Europe. In addition, Willem de Kooning’s pulsating action paintings and Julian Schnabel’s experimentation with the materiality of paintings also took shape during this period.
“I was trying to make paintings different from the paintings that I saw a lot of at the time, which were mostly minimal, and they were highbrow and alienating, and I wanted to make very direct paintings that most people would feel the emotion behind when they saw them,” said Basquiat.
Neo-Expressionism generated some polarizing opinions, with some celebrating the revival of personal subjectivity in art while others criticizing the movement for being too commercially driven and nostalgic. But most experts agree that Neo-Expressionism was a huge commercial success and culturally impactful, paving the way for the postmodern work of artists like Richter and Sigmar Polke.
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Style: Neo-Expressionist
Figurative Expressionist Bold Pop Art Oil Painting Self Portrait Carlo Pittore
By Carlo Pittore
Located in Surfside, FL
Carlo Pittore
Oil on canvas, 1984,
Self Portrait, initialed and dated lower left,
slat framed, 21"sqr (frame) 20 X 20 canvas.
Provenance: The Private Collection of Wolf Kahn & Emily Mason
Carlo Pittore (1943 – 2005) born Charles J. Stanley was an American painter, educator, art activist, and publisher, whose primary study, teaching and body of work was figurative art and portrait painting. He was a pioneer in the Mail Art movement, he corresponded with such mail art luminaries as Buster Cleveland and Ray Johnson. Pittore is noted for opening the first independent art gallery in the East Village, Manhattan. In 1987, Pittore founded "The Academy of Carlo Pittore" in Bowdoinham, Maine.
Pittore (née Charles Stanley) was born to Stanford and Estelle Stanley in Queens, New York. He grew up on Long Island, in Port Washington, New York with his sister Marion and brother Elliott. Pittore graduated from Port Washington High School (1961), where he was active in the political and debating scenes. He then went on to graduate from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts (1966), and post graduate from the Brooklyn Museum Art School (1978).
Pittore changed his name in the 1970s while studying abroad in Rome, Italy. The children nicknamed him "Carlo Pittore", (”Charles the Painter"). From there he went on to study at the Chelsea College of Arts in London.
In 1978, Pittore received the Max Beckmann Scholarship in Advanced Painting. It allowed him to begin studying with American feminist painter Joan Semmel at the Brooklyn Museum Art School. He also studied with visual portrait artist Alice Neel. After which, he taught art at the New York Cultural Foundation.
In the 1970s, Pittore and his close friend Bern Porter...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Triple Halo Lil' Angel of SoHo
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Truly an exceptional, statement piece from Berlin. His Lil’ Angel is perhaps the most eyecatching and iconic of his works depicting the Guardian Angels. The Guardian Angels loomed la...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Volto con Figure" by Enzio Wenk, 2019 - Acrylic on Wood, Figurative Abstract
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Face with figures".
Acrilic paint on beech panel.
The frame is included.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
"The God of Colour " Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Exhilarating flashes of neon colour swirl around the golden mouthed icon image. A painting of movement and meditation from the unique and unmistakable palette of master artist Sax B...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Israeli Judaica Watercolor Gouache Bar Mitzvah Boy Rabbi Painting Russian Artist
By Ben Zion Magal
Located in Surfside, FL
Ben Zion Magal (1908 - 1999)
Ben Zion Magal was born in 1908 in Kishinev - Russia and there, years later, graduated from the Art Academy. He arrived to Erertz Israel together with hi...
Category
1960s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
"A Vision at Sea", acrylic painting, storm, water, dream, poetry,
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"A Vision at Sea" is an acrylic painting with graphite on wood measuring 22" high by 28" wide. It is a fraught moment for man and dog in the boat – they may be the Vision of the title but they are also struck by a vision they alone can see. Note the antlers at the front of the boat, the harsh and ragged shoreline, oars in the water – arguably in the tradition of storm-tossed poets at sea, fighting the Fates as much as the power of Nature.
Press Release 2018: "Williams acknowledges a large range of influences on his vision: the moral lessons embodied in the works of 17th century engraver Jacques Lagniet, the darkling phantasms and tragic reportage of Goya’s Caprichos and Disasters of War, and the personal mythologizing of the late paintings of Philip Guston. Such works echo throughout Williams social surrealist re-visioning." – George Del Barrio, Vanderbilt Republic, Brooklyn NY
Dale Williams...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Graphite
Equality
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Sharp Edge" Neo Expressionism from the studio of Sax Berlin. Reflecting on his time living and painting on the streets of New York City in the 1980's and a contemporary of Basquiat and Haring...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$25,000
Caldentey Man Mallorca original neo figurative watercolor paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original neo-expressionist acrylic painting
contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY
Painting on paper
Perfect state
CALDENTEY, Toni - (Portocolom, Mallorca - Spain...
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Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Anytime Anywhere. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Acrylic On Canvas
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue, 100x60cm, acrylic, oil, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Blue, 60x100 cm
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,387 Sale Price
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Born In the Night. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
When Sax Berlin experiences the desire to lay something down he's unstoppable. This piece was created from an initial impulse of red. He laid down the base of reds and retired for so...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Guardian Sista. Acrylic Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
New York City has immersed Berlin in the whole vibe of the street culture that existed in the city at that time. Guardian Sista pays tribute to the women who were an integral part of...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Vendémiaire", acrylic on paper, myth, humanity, loss, autumn, surrender
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Vendémiaire" is an acrylic paint and mixed media on paper, by Brooklyn, New York artist Dale Williams. It measures 50" high by 38" wide. This artwork is...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century Wild Man. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
With his Sharp Edge 21st Century Neo-Expressionist New York City Style series Berlin gifts us the fruits of complete abandonment in paint. He offers these works that map the evolutio...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large Colorful 1983 Neo Expressionist Roberto Juarez Oil Painting Tron Family
Located in Surfside, FL
Roberto Juarez, (American, 1952- )
Tron Family.
1983. Signed, dated & titled.
Oil and oil stick on canvas.
Provenance: Robert Miller Gallery, NY., Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, CA
Roberto Juarez (born 1952) is an American visual artist known for his paintings, murals, and mixed-media works.
Born in Chicago, (parents of both Mexican and Puerto Rican Latino heritage) Juarez received his B.F.A. at the San Francisco Art Institute (1977) and pursued graduate studies in Television and Film at the University of California, Los Angeles. Juarez frequently employs painterly floral motifs, which are inspired by the traditions of Hispanic, Latin American and non-Western painting. Roberto Juarez has been a significant presence in the art worlds of New York, Miami, Colorado, and beyond since the early 1980s. In 1978, Juarez completed his graduate thesis for UCLA in Paris and decided not to return to L.A. Juarez relocated to New York City, where in 1981, Ellen Stewart offered Juarez a former garage owned by La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club as an artist studio. The space, which had no water or electricity, was offered to Juarez rent-free, provided that he clean and maintain it. He was active in the Neo Expressionist era of the the late 1980's along with Julian Schnabel and David Salle.
Throughout the 80s and 90s Juarez painted the branching forms of trees and flowers. While living in Miami in the 90s, Juarez began to incorporate peat moss, rice paper, and other natural materials in his canvases. Since 2000, and his move from Miami back to New York, Juarez's imagery turned more abstract, typically featuring geometric forms and systems. In a review from this period, art critic Grace Glueck noted that his works feature “a contrast between the softness of the grounds – blends of transparent and opaque materials in muted colors – and their strong geometric-organic motifs." In his use of elements of nature to portray an idyllic unity, Juarez looks back to such early-20th-century painters as Franz Marc and Henri Matisse.
He has done prints with Shark’s Ink Studios in Lyons and Anderson Ranch Arts Center as well as Tamarind Institute.
Roberto Juarez is a visual artist who has been active in the areas of painting, printmaking, drawing, and large-scale public commissions throughout his career.
His work has been exhibited throughout the United States and Mexico, and is included in major museum collections such as the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, El Museo del Barrio, the Denver Art Museum, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Newark Museum, and the Speed Art Museum. He has completed public art projects and murals for the Miami International Airport, Grand Central Terminal, the Miami-Dade County Courthouse, Whitman College, and the University of Michigan College of Engineering.
Juarez won the Prix de Rome in 1997 and was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2001-2002.
Select Solo Exhibitions
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
La MaMa Galleria, New York, NY
Pace Prints New York, NY
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, KS
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL, Bonnie Clearwater, Curator and Author
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Galeria Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico
Richard Green Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Andre Emmerich Gallery, Zurich
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Canada
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Select Group Exhibitions
2018 May China 2018, China National Academy of Painting, Beijing, China
2017 Love Among the Ruins, 56 Bleecker Gallery and Late 80's New York, Howl! Arts Incorporated, New York, NY
2015 Inside the Episode: curated by Jack Pierson, Launch F18 Gallery, New York, NY
2015 MTA Arts Design Illustrates the City, The Museum of American Illustration at The Society of Illustrators, New York
2015 The Annual; National Academy Museum, New York, NY
2008 One of a Kind; Monoprints & Monotypes, Spencertown Academy Art Center, Spencertown, New York
2001 Roberto Juarez and Julio Galan...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
Mid-Century Modern Dancers Figurative Abstract, Bay Area Figurative School 1960s
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-Century Modern Dancers Figurative Abstract, Bay Area Figurative School 1960s
A gorgeous and colorful mid-century modern figurative abst...
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1960s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Hunter - Oil Painting - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
The hunter is a modern artwork realized by a european artist in 1952.
Mixed colored oil on plywood.
Includes frame:34.5 x 3 x 26.5
Monogrammed "GV" and datet 1952 on the lower lef...
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1950s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude , 100x75cm, acrylic, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Untitled , 100x75cm, acrylic, canvas
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$900 Sale Price
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Reclining light, 55x120cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Reclining light, 55x120 cm
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,275 Sale Price
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"Magico momento" by E. Wenk, 2020-21 - Watercolor and Acrylic Paint, Figurative
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Complete title: "Magico momento, mi auguro di essere protetto da una donna"
Translated title: "Magic moment, I hope to be protected by a woman".
Watercolor and acrylic paint on high...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Instant Society Street Art Basquiat Style
Located in OIA, ES
"Nestcafe Society" and Corporate Ideals
A striking painting by Diego Tirigall prompts deep thoughts about the relationship between appearances and reality. The painting features a rough sketch of a well-known instant coffee brand logo with words "N3stcafe Society" beneath it. This serves as a powerful symbol of the illusions that society and corporate ideals can create.
The Illusion of High-Quality Coffee
The painting highlights the gap between the promise of high-quality coffee and the reality of mass-produced, preservative-filled coffee packaged in an industrial jar. The large axe that cuts through the words "N3stcafe Society" symbolizes the destruction of these false promises and the consequences of pretending to be something one is not. The red coffee jar...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"Devil is Busy, Talk to God" Painting 59" x 43" inch by Vera Kochubey
Located in Culver City, CA
"Devil is Busy, Talk to God" Painting 59" x 43" inch by Vera Kochubey
Medium: Wall paint on canvas
ATTENTION: please contact us if you want this painting to be shipped rolled to l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
"Un volto" by Enzio Wenk, 2017 -Acrylic on Canvas Board, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "A face".
Acrylic on canvas board.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
The Dance
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2020 - Acrylic on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Selfie in Hell" Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
"Selfie in Hell", a large-scale figurative abstract evoking the style of Basquiat, where many faces and figures are layered in the chaotic space that is Paulker's hell, by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Signed "Michael Paulker...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,320 Sale Price
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Know This and Know Peace - 21st Century, Contemporary, Neo-Expressionism, People
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
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20th Century Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Cardboard
"Running To Running From", acrylic, paper, politics, humanity, surrealist dream
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Running To Running From" is an acrylic paint and mixed media on paper, by Brooklyn, New York artist Dale Williams. It measures 50" high by 38" wide. Thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
ADVENTURE TIME
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by DARIA KUSTO
The magic flow reality..
Acrylic on canvas
Shipped From Spain.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Man Wearing Crown in Water", acrylic, paper, myth, loss, humanity, surrealist
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Man Wearing Crown in Water" is an acrylic paint and mixed media on paper, by Brooklyn, New York artist Dale Williams. It measures 50" high by 38" wide. This artwork is part of a new ongoing series called "Humans Without Warning". Typical of the artist's practice, it is mythic and humanitarian all at once, striking several political and spiritual notes as well.
From Dale Williams – "The figures of Humans Without Warning arrive with little forethought. They soon reveal their troubled and antic states of being. They began at the start of the COVID pandemic and explore shared vulnerabilities in a time of political and social disunity. If I am mindful of any of their attributes as I work on them, it is surely how the figures mirror the losses many of us have experienced over the past two years, and the accompanying trudge which often finds us stumbling into numbness."
From George Del Barrio (2018), Vanderbilt Republic, Brooklyn NY: "Williams acknowledges a large range of influences on his vision: the moral lessons embodied in the works of 17th century engraver Jacques Lagniet, the darkling phantasms and tragic reportage of Goya’s Caprichos and Disasters of War, and the personal mythologizing of the late paintings of Philip Guston. Such works echo throughout Williams social surrealist re-visioning."
Dale Williams has exhibited in the New York City area for over 25 years. He is a 2014 recipient of a Fellowship in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts from the New York Foundation for the Arts. His recent one-person show, “America Now Suite,” which re-visioned American history in service of the civic imagination, was held at Gowanus Loft, Brooklyn in October 2018. A selection of portraits from “America Now Suite” was included in the BRIC Biennial, Winter/Spring 2019. His portrait of Osip Mandelstam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Mixed Media
Abstract Oil Painting by noted Figurative Expressionist Israeli Artist Joel Kass
By Joël Kass
Located in Surfside, FL
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Country: Israel
Dimensions: 29" x 21 1/4" x 3/4"
Dimensions w/Frame: 29 1/4" x 22"
Kass paints in thick layers and realizes unique effects by sublimating...
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20th Century Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"After Party", Large Scale Neo-Expressionist Abstracted Symbolist Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
"After Party", Large Scale Neo-Expressionist Abstracted Symbolist Figurative
Striking abstracted figurative titled "After Party" by Michael Eggleston (Ame...
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1970s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
YELLOW CROWN
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by DARIA KUSTO
The magic flow reality..
Acrylic on canvas
Shipped From Spain (rolled in a tube)
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
"Falling Figure", acrylic painting, red devil, dream, myth, poetry, flight
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Falling Figure" is an acrylic painting on canvas measuring 16" high by 16" wide. The title may be somewhat disingenuous – falling figure indeed – with cloven hoofs, red skin and horns on head suggesting a demon's fall from grace. The demon? Mythic and humanitarian all at once, the figure appears to be wearing stylish shorts and gives the thumbs up sign on the way down. Perhaps an all too familiar predicament as we tumble toward our own destinies...
Press Release 2018: "Williams acknowledges a large range of influences on his vision: the moral lessons embodied in the works of 17th century engraver Jacques Lagniet, the darkling phantasms and tragic reportage of Goya’s Caprichos and Disasters of War, and the personal mythologizing of the late paintings of Philip Guston. Such works echo throughout Williams social surrealist re-visioning." – George Del Barrio, Vanderbilt Republic, Brooklyn NY
Dale Williams has exhibited in the New York City area for the past 25 years. He is a 2014 recipient of a Fellowship in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts from the New York Foundation for the Arts. His most recent one-person show, “America Now Suite,” which re-visioned American history in service of the civic imagination, was held at Gowanus Loft, Brooklyn in October 2018. A selection of portraits from “America Now Suite” was included in the BRIC Biennial, Winter/Spring 2019. His portrait of Osip Mandelstam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Osip Mandelstam", acrylic painting, portrait, political exile, poetry, resist
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Osip Mandelstam" is an acrylic painting on paper, measuring 36" high by 24" wide. It is one of 50 portraits that comprise Profiles in Democracy. Savag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"One Waiting Too", acrylic, paper, angels, humanity, loss, myth, surrender
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Running To Running From" is an acrylic paint and mixed media on paper, by Brooklyn, New York artist Dale Williams. It measures 50" high by 38" wide. Thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Alas", acrylic painting, drawing, portrait, democracy, politics, citizen lament
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Alas" is an acrylic painting with litho crayon, ink and collage elements on paper, measuring 36" high by 24" wide. It is one of 50 portraits that comprise Profiles in Democracy. Savage in their execution, they are nevertheless heartfelt expressions from the artist – politically, socially, culturally – in some cases featuring text and language in the portrait.
From Dale Williams: "Profiles in Democracy is a group of 50 portraits completed in 2019. They are an expression of sorrow at the fracturing ideals that our country now teeters upon. The portraits are mostly – not exclusively – imaginary: a populace viewed from the inside out, people that someone like our current president might call losers. They perhaps “live in gaudy poverty, powerful destitution,” to quote Osip Mandelstam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Crayon
"She Knows It"- Colorful Abstract/Figurative Energetic Mixed Media Painting
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“It is terrifying to paint. When you start out, you are faced with this great unknown. And you think, am I ever going to paint again? Yet, as you work, it starts to formulate itself...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil, Graphite
"Starnosed Mole", acrylic painting, portrait, politics, poetry, humanity, resist
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Starnosed Mole" is an acrylic painting with litho ink and charcoal on paper, measuring 36" high by 24" wide. It is one of 50 portraits that comprise Profiles in Democracy. Savage in their execution, they are nevertheless heartfelt expressions from the artist – politically, socially, culturally – in some cases featuring text and language in the portrait. In this case, one individual musters faith and fortitude to press on, fight on. The words at top read: "Audacity – said the mole – shall root that mountain down."
From Dale Williams: "Profiles in Democracy is a group of 50 portraits completed in 2019. They are an expression of sorrow at the fracturing ideals that our country now teeters upon. The portraits are mostly – not exclusively – imaginary: a populace viewed from the inside out, people that someone like our current president might call losers. They perhaps “live in gaudy poverty, powerful destitution,” to quote Osip Mandelstam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Matthias Alfen German Sculptor Modern Expressionist Painting Psychogram
By Matthias Alfen
Located in Surfside, FL
Matthias Alfen’s series of Janus figures are an innovation in figural art predicated on the advances made by the Futurist sculptor and painter Umberto Boccioni and the Modernist Alberto Giacometti. The qualities of chance and spontaneity, necessarily excluded in the sculptural work, are clearly evident in his drawings and paintings. “Psychograms” of unchoreographed hand movements display wide variation, repeatedly playing through one form after another. In the end, this multitude of variation serves to enhance the logic, consistency, and seductively rich appearance of Alfen’s designed sculptural works. Represented by Gallery Schuckin in New York, Paris, France, and Moscow, Russia.
Matthias Alfen’s was strongly influenced by his family’s experience during World War II. His grandfather Klemens Alfen (1894-1955) was an accomplished painter and photographer, recognized for his landscape photography and for his technique (Special Honors for Excellence in Photo-Print Technology, 1932). He enjoyed the friendship and support of many in the artistic community, a community largely influenced by its German Jewish members. Having lost his entire circle of friends under Nazi oppression. Klemens, although not Jewish, also suffered under the Nazis for refusing to join them and struggling in post-war Germany, which had nothing to offer an artist like him, Klemens took his own life.
At around the age of 16 he worked for some weeks as an assistant at his uncle’s art studio. Fritz Koenig...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2019 - Acrylic on Canvas, Diptych, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Diptych.
Acrylic paint on emulsified canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Hillside", acrylic painting, dream, myth, skull, graveyard, death, mortal coil
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Hillside" is an acrylic painting on wood measuring 22" high by 28" wide. Pulling no punches, the artist confronts the relentless cycle of life and witnesses the events in the graveyard with a knowing shock. This mortal coil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
"Human Welfare", acrylic painting, portrait, politics, Paris, humanity, resist
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Human Welfare" is an acrylic painting on paper measuring 36" high by 24" wide. It is one of 50 portraits that comprise Profiles in Democracy. Savage in their execution, they are nevertheless heartfelt expressions from the artist – politically, socially, culturally – in some cases featuring text and language in the portrait. In this case, the reference to Paris October 1979, Boulevard de Sebastopol, marks the afternoon Dale Williams was in Paris and sketched the woman in the portrait.
From Dale Williams: "Profiles in Democracy is a group of 50 portraits completed in 2019. They are an expression of sorrow at the fracturing ideals that our country now teeters upon. The portraits are mostly – not exclusively – imaginary: a populace viewed from the inside out, people that someone like our current president might call losers. They perhaps “live in gaudy poverty, powerful destitution,” to quote Osip Mandelstam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Sun Circus II
Located in Miami, FL
Born 1949, Fréjus, France
French artist Evelyne Ballestra studied painting in the South of France before moving to Switzerland where she met her mentor, Rolf Dürig, a master of the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
TRIBAL GIRL
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on watercolour paper.
by artist Daria Kusto
The magic flow reality...
Shipped well protected, unframed
Curated by Art Reserve & Angel Rivas
We can do commissioned work ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
MULTIPLE FACE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
watercolour on paper.
by artist Daria Kusto
The magic flow reality...
Shipped well protected, unframed
Curated by Art Reserve & Angel Rivas
We can do commissioned work of any tec...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
SUNNY AND FUNNY
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on watercolour paper.
by artist Daria Kusto
The magic flow reality...
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
"Love is the Souls of a Genius" Painting 30" x 24" inch by Vera Kochubey
Located in Culver City, CA
"Love is the Souls of a Genius" Painting 30" x 24" inch by Vera Kochubey
Medium: Wall paint on canvas
ATTENTION: please contact us if you want this painting to be shipped rolled to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
DREAM OF CATS
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper
by artist Daria Kusto
Shipped well protected, unframed
Curated by Art Reserve & Angel Rivas
We can do commissioned work of any technique, style and size, cont...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
WILD HEAD
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
The expressionist style is evident in the energetic and torn strokes, which convey the emotional intensity of the scene. The colors are bold and contrasting, creating a vibrant and c...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
"Tropico" by Enzio Wenk, 2020 - Acrylic Paint on Canvas, Abstract, Framed
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Tropic"
Acrylic paint on canvas.
Its frame is painted by the artist and is included.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Urban Flowers 3
By Soren Grau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With cultural icons and world events acting as inspiration, artist Soren Grau strives to communicate meaning through figures and colors. He paints in a street art-inspired Neo-expres...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
The frame was painted by the artist.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Ulysses I - Figurative Painting, Warrior, Arrow, Blue, Red, Small Size
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Ulysses I, 2011
Acrylic on canvas (Signed on reverse)
7 9/10 H × 7 9/10 W in.
20 H × 20 W cm
The artwork "Ulysses I" was part of the solo show “Epic”. This exhibition, as the artist...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nkechi
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Art has always been a medium for self-expression, and for centuries, artists have used their creative prowess to capture the world around them. From the depths of human emotions to t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,600 Sale Price
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SUN HEART SHAMAN
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic painting on canvas
READY TO HANG
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$1,063 Sale Price
40% Off
Untitled (Royal Officer 2)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gallery)
About Artist
Prince Obasi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
My Culture and My Beauty 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In the evocative artwork "My Culture and My Beauty," Loje Oluwaseun masterfully encapsulates the essence of beauty within the rich tapestry of tradition...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
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