Expressionist Landscape Paintings
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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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Early 2000s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1960s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Oil
20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
1960s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Handmade Paper
20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1950s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
1980s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media
Early 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
1980s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1980s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1970s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Linen
1950s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Masonite
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1950s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1960s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media
Early 2000s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1990s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil Pastel
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1960s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Encaustic, Oil, Panel
1960s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Oil
Ronda Waiksnis
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on fro...
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Early 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
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I wanted to paint the beauty of this mountain ranch in the San Francisco Bay Area. Multiple rounds of painting over a prepared ground layer.
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1960s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Ronda Waiksnis
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and b...
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Rag Paper
Early 2000s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
Early 2000s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1940s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Early 2000s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1990s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Early 2000s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic, Cardboard
Early 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Watercolor