Expressionist Landscape 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
Landscape 137 by Jean Krille - Oil on Masonite 40.5x61 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...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Helen Howells, Half Tide, Original Seascape Painting, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Half Tide by Helen Howells [2021]
Original
Oil on Canvas
Image size: H:75 cm x W:120 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:75 cm x W:120 cm x D:3.5cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pont Neuf Paris Misty River Seine Scene, French Expressionist Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated 1970's
Title: Pont Neuf, Paris
Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 9.5 x 13 inches
Provenance: private collec...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Susan's Farm, ' by James Cobb, Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This oil on canvas by artist James Cobb depicts a typical rural farm setting. The rows of freshly planted groves are accented by Cobb's use of texture via h...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Scarlet Sails
Located in Zofingen, AG
As an artist, I poured my spirit into this artwork, invoking the raw feelings of freedom and adventure with each stroke. The vivid hues emanate a sense of hope and endless possibilit...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard, Giclée
Quai De La Tournelle, Paris Street Scene Oil Painting, American Deaf Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
Paris street scene oil painting in original vintage hand carved frame, showing some wear. Signed l.r. and dated 1953. Inscribed on reverse with title.
28.50 in. by 33.50 in. include frame. Unframed 19.75 in. by 24 in.
Robert Freiman, deaf from birth, was born in March 1917 in New York City. He attended an oral program near his home and later transferred to the Lexington School for the Deaf when he was six. Early in his childhood, his love for drawing, painting and studying became apparent, and as an adult, he continued his studies in New York at the National Academy of Design, Pratt Institute, the Art Students League and the Parsons School of Design. In Paris, France he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Bob Freiman was especially focused on painting portraits and figures in motion in various mediums, especially the mixed-media combination of watercolor, acrylic and pen. Among his subjects were acrobats, ballet dancers, cyclists and other athletes. He as well focused on abstracts for a time, discovering new media in his works with quick brushwork and expressive movements.
In the latter part of his career, his style became abstract and surreal with images of metaphysical landscapes with architectural elements such as arches, towers, pyramids and castles floating in the air. The famed art critic Pierre Rouve wrote: “It is therefore refreshing to see them revitalized by the colourist wealth and virile handwriting of Robert Freiman, probably the best American water-colorist since John Marin. He worked in Provincetown and Nantucket and regularly exhibited there. He showed at Doll & Richards gallery of Boston alongside John Chetcuti, Lloyd Goodrich, Tod Lindenmuth, William Meyerowitz, Dwight Shepler...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape Painting of Dijon France, Burgundy Canal by Jean Boulay (1937-1994) A
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Pair of Landscapes: Dijon France, Burgundy Canal
Jean Boulay (French, 1937-1994)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated
21 1/2 x 15 inches (each)
The pair landscape...
Category
1970s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beyond This Earth (Life Within) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Nature
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Beyond This Earth explores the unseen realms that transcend the physical world. The painting weaves a cosmic landscape within a figurative image, symbolizing humanity’s connection to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
One warm day
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this piece, I let emotions guide each stroke, capturing the quiet energy of a secluded path, the dance of warm light through leaves. The blend of styles speaks to fleetin...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Sea. Sailboat
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In this oil painting, I've infused the canvas with the tranquil yet invigorating spirit of the sea. The sailboat, a focal point, carries within it a sense of adventure and freedom. ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Salt On My Face, Contemporary Seascape Oil Painting
By Penny Rumble
Located in Brecon, Powys
The Atlantic ocean at its most ethereal, when sea and sky mix in a delicate fading of colours. There is spray in the air and immediately you are transported into a mythical world of ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,360 Sale Price
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Jardin des Tuileries
By Gabriel Spat
Located in Sheffield, MA
Gabriel Spat
American, 1890-1967
Jardin des Tuileries
Oil on board
8 ⅛ by 11 ⅛ in, w/ frame 13 ¾ by 17 in
Signed lower left
Gabriel Spat spent most of his career in France painting...
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Llabres Vidal Garden original watercolor paper expressionist painting
By LLABRES VIDAL
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Jardin original watercolor paper expressionist painting.
Category
1990s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Barn Idyllic
Located in Zofingen, AG
In my canvas, I've captured a serene moment, where rustic charm meets the tranquility of nature. Through impressionistic strokes and a rich oil palette, I evoked a sense of peace and...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Raventos SEA AND BLUE SKY original expressionist mixed media canvas
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona.
Raventós expanded her studies in etching and...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Field of poppies
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I sought to capture the vibrancy and tranquility of nature, merging the wild with the serene. The crimson poppies dance in the breeze, a sea of passion and life, while...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard, Giclée
Sunflowers
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In my creation, I pour my soul into the vibrant dance of sunflowers under an evocative sky. Each stroke is a symphony of colors, blending impressionistic warmth with a touch of real...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$16,500
Racehorses Galloping in Burnt Orange Field Beautiful French Expressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Chantilly
French Expressionist artist, 20th century
oil on board, framed
framed: 17.5 x 21 inches
board: 13 x 16 inches
inscribed verso
provenance: private collection, France
condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lavender scent
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In this oil painting, I sought to capture serenity and harmony. The brushstrokes radiate a calm energy, marrying the soft purples and blues of a blooming lavender field with the gen...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Golden Hour Reflections, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The ethereal beauty of nature manifests as the warm glow of the sun kisses the water’s surface. Golden hour bathes the landscape in soft, radiant colors, ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Expressionist Sludgy Green & Brown Landscape Very Thick Oil Impasto
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Green Landscape
French artist, indistinctly signed, dated verso 1985
oil painting on canvas, in wooden frame
canvas: 10 x 17 inches
wooden frame: 9.5 x 16 inches
provenance: private ...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Wonderland, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A cluster of vibrant orange trees rises beneath an expansive sky brushed with delicate white clouds. In the foreground, a field of grass with reflective patch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Provence Sunset French Expressionist Original Painting
By Akos Biro
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
AKOS BIRO (HUNGARIAN 1911-2002)
watercolour/ gouache painting on card, signed
size: 7.75 x 10.75inches
Beautifully colourful, original painting by the very popular and highly regard...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Waiting for spring
Located in Zofingen, AG
In crafting this piece, I poured my soul into the vivid hues of the landscape, seeking to evoke the feeling of anticipation as nature teeters on the cusp of rebirth. With each stroke...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$563 Sale Price
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Everlasting Summer, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Red, orange, and yellow leaves burst from a dense grove of trees. Dramatic purple and blue clouds hover in the sky above while blades of grass sway gently in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Burnett, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Trees shine like incandescent light bulbs under the warm afternoon sun. A kaleidoscope of pink, green, and yellow leaves spread across the scene. Overlapping ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wild Wet Lands, Expressionist Gestures, Illustration Style Flora, Green, Red
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Wild Wet Lands I" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion.
Romina Mila...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Venice in night lights
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I've poured my soul into capturing the ephemeral beauty of twilight dance on water, embracing the blend of expressionism and impressionism. The vibrant colors intertwi...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard, Giclée
Blue pond
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this artwork, I sought to capture the serene beauty of nature using the delicate dance of light and shadow upon water. This expressionistic approach emphasizes the tranqu...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Fire," night landscape by Gabrielle Ricard - Cordingley. Yr 1967.
Located in Firenze, IT
"The Fire," night landscape by Gabrielle Ricard - Cordingley.
Yr 1967.
A night landscape with forest fire, painted by Gabrielle Ricard-Cordingley (b. 1924), daughter of a well-known ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Mossbrae Falls, Dunsmeir, CA" (2012) By Joellyn Duesberry, Oil on Linen
Located in Denver, CO
"Mossbrae Falls, Dunsmeir, CA" (2012) By Joellyn Duesberry is an original handmade oil painting on linen that depicts a waterfall in a lush green landscape.
A self-taught landscape ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
On the crest of a wave
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this painting, I sought to capture the dynamic and ever-changing spirit of the sea. Using oils, I blended the techniques of impressionism and realism to give life to the ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ship at the pier
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I've channeled the vitality of the sea and the stoic grace of a ship at rest. Using an expressive touch, I blend realism with impressionistic flair, capturing t...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lily on a pond
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I harnessed the vibrant spirit of Impressionism mixed with the depth of Realism to bring forth the serene, yet lively essence of a blooming water lily. The brus...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Contentious Conversation, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
With sunlight streaming in from the left, the trees engage in a playful banter about who gets the spotlight. Overlooking a small pond alongside the shrubs, th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Chamomile
Located in Zofingen, AG
In crafting this oil painting, I sought to convey the serene yet fleeting beauty of nature. Through expressionistic strokes melded with impressionistic hues, I captured chamomiles da...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fantasy with Flowers 28
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 200+ pictures)
paper 59x42cm
On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media.
Flowers are a smile of ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
A Lady with a Parasol at the Beach. Oil on Canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Hubert Glansdorff
Belgian 1877 – 1963
Signed bottom right
Picture Size: 19 x 28" (47 x 70cm)
Outside Frame Size: 27 x 36" (67 x 90cm)
A rare chance ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Mid Century Modern Swedish Landscape Framed Oil Painting - Storm's Edge
Located in Bristol, GB
STORM'S EDGE
Size: 58 x 68.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A moody and atmospheric mid-century landscape composition, painted in oil onto canvas.
The subject matter appears to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Water Tower, NYC, original 30x40 expressionist Brooklyn landscape
By Jim Twerell
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
There is on only one Brooklyn, NYC and it is the chic and trendy corner of New York City. Access to the endless excitement is to enter the gritty subcultures and, yes, read the gra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
St Ives Shadows, Cornwall, Original painting, Oil on canvas, Coastal art, Beach
Located in Deddington, GB
St Ives Shadows is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. Painted in the Artist's Gloucestershire Studio, St Ives Shadows is inspired by a trip to Cornwall last Summer. Photographs...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fantasy with Flowers 30
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 200+ pictures)
paper 59x42cm
On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media.
Flowers are a smile of ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Oil Landscape of Hawaiian Forest Interior
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This painting was bought from the artist's estate in Woodberry, CT and is signed verso. Eugene Savage studied at the Chicago Art Institute, the American Academy in Rome, and received his Masters of Art at Yale University. He taught at Yale for almost 30 years in Art and Architecture. Eugene Savage had many latin influences such as Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco. In the 1940s he spent his time painting Hawaiian murals of people and of more abstract Hawaiian...
Category
Mid-19th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I. Mundo 12 Barcelona street original watercoler painting
By Ignasi Mundó
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
BARCELONA STREET original watercoler painting.
MUNDO Ignasi
Ignasi Mundó trained at the School of La Lonja, with Joaquín Mir, Mariano Pidelaserra and Manolo Hugué. In 1945 he recei...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wax
LLuis Ribas Facade Urban Landscape. original figurative
By Lluis Ribas
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Lluís Ribas (El Masnou, Barcelona, 1949) is a Spanish painter whose large and hyper-realistic paintings reflect, above all, the beauty of women framed in nature, preferably in the se...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Riverside
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I channeled the serene yet vibrant essence of nature's transitions. Wisps of oil paint blend to capture the fleeting moments when light kisses the landscape, creating ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tree Row by Field, Original Painting
By Janet Dyer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A row of slender trees lines a road in Provence, France. As artist Janet Dyer drove by, she was captivated by the configuration of the trunks against the pale...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Triumph Of Love. Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
The Triumph of Love weaves symbolism with uplifting imagery. The painting is woven with free flowing brush strokes overlaying the canvas to create a stunning piece that is imbued wit...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Long Forest, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Inspired by English painter Keith Vaughan, artist Robert Hofherr reimagines a forest scene with a sense of fantasy and playful abstraction. Stylized trees inter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Blooming tree
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In this oil painting, I endeavored to capture the ephemeral beauty of nature's awakening. With each stroke, I sought to embody the delicate dance of blossoms on a gentle breeze, inf...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,101 Sale Price
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20th Century French Expressionist Provencal Landscape Green Hills & Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Green Hills in Provence'
French School, late 20th century
oil on thin board, unframed
board: 13.5 x 18 inches
the painting is in overall very good and sou...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Against All Odds, I Stand
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Gbelekale Azeez's "Against All Odds, I Stand" is a striking artwork that features a woman standing tall and proud in the face of adversity. The piece is a celebration of resilience, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,600 Sale Price
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"Catching the Train", Expressionist, Railroad, Orange, Blue, Oil Painting, 2023
Located in Franklin, MA
“Catching the Train” by Catherine Picard-Gibbs is an evocative railroad scene, painted with a heightened color palette of orange, gray, and blue. Dynamic and gestural brushstrokes ad...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Orli Ziv, Jerusalem pink atmosphere, spirituality
By Orli Ziv
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Orli Ziv, Jerusalem Pink atmosphere, oil on canvas, Jerusalem, expressionism, Israeli artist, Israeli art
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Pigment
Expressionist Seascape, Bord de la Mer, Cassis, South of France
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid Century Expressionist oil on canvas seascape of the Mediterranean coastline at Cassis in the South of France. The painting is signed bottom left but as yet undeciphered. Title to the rear stretcher. Presented in a fine gilt and patinated custom wood frame.
This stunning seascape captures the raw, untamed beauty of a rocky coastline with impeccable detail. The painting uses a rich palette of blues and earthy browns to depict the tumultuous waves crashing against rugged cliffs. The artist's skilful use of texture and brushwork brings the scene to life, with the churning sea appearing almost animated in its movement. The contrast between the cool, turbulent water and the warm, solid rocks creates a dynamic tension, drawing the viewer's eye along the coast. Unique to this piece is the artist’s ability to convey the mood of nature’s relentless power while also highlighting the serene beauty of the ocean. The careful layering of colours and precise composition make this artwork a captivating interpretation of nature’s untamed forces.
Some of the composition and use of colours is reminiscent of the works of Achille-Émile Othon Friesz...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Benavente Solís Poppies Red Green Home. Field. Mallorca- expressionist
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
home. field. poppies. Mallorca- original expressionist watercolor painting
Work of the Spanish artist BENAVENTE SOLIS.
Watercolor on paper.
Perfect state .
During its first exhibi...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Aspen in Vail' by Jim Cobb, Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This oil on canvas painting by artist James Cobb depicts the scenic aspen groves found along the mountainsides in Colorado. Cobb's use of the palette knife helps accentuate the varie...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Landscape Scene of Mexican Villagers" Expressionistic Oil Painting on Masonite
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in 1971 by Russian painter Michael Baxte. Mostly known for his abstracted figures on canvas or street scenes, this piece is a wonderful representation of his landscape paintings, with expressive use of color, shape, and form. Later in his career, Baxte explores Expressionism, infusing both European and North American stylistic trends. This piece is from later in his career, but we can feel this underlying style throughout.
Art measures 18 x 21.75 inches
Michael Posner Baxte was born in 1890 in the small town of Staroselje Belarus, Russia. For the first half of the 19th century it was a center of the Chabad movement of Hasidic Jews, but this group was gone by the middle of the 19th century. By the time the Baxte family immigrated to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, the Jewish population numbered only on the hundreds. The native language of the Baxte family was Yiddish. It is likely that the death of Michael Baxte’s father triggered the family’s immigration. Three older brothers arrived in New York between 1903 and 1905. Michael and his mother, Rebecca, arrived in 1907. By 1910 Michael, his mother, and brother, Joseph, were living in New Orleans and may have spent some time on a Louisiana plantation. Around 1912, Michael Baxte returned to Europe to study the violin. In 1914 he, his mother, and Joseph moved to New York City.
Meanwhile, in Algeria, a talented young woman painter, Violette Mege, was making history. Since for the first time, a woman won the prestigious Beaux Art competition in Algeria. At first, the awards committee denied her the prize but, with French government intervention, Mege eventually prevailed. She won again 3 years later and, in 1916, used the scholarship to visit the United States of America. When Violette came to New York, she met Baxte, who was, by then, an accomplished violinist, teacher, and composer. Baxte’s compositions were performed at the Tokyo Imperial Theater, and in 1922 he was listed in the American Jewish Yearbook as one of the prominent members of the American Jewish community. As a music teacher he encouraged individual expression. Baxte stated, “No pupil should ever be forced into imitation of the teacher. Art is a personal experience, and the teacher’s truest aim must be to awaken this light of personality through the patient light of science.”
By 1920 Michael Baxte and Violette Mege were living together in Manhattan. Although they claimed to be living as husband and wife, it seems that their marriage did not become official until 1928. On their “unofficial” honeymoon around 1917, in Algiers, Baxte confided to her his ambition to paint. There and later in New Mexico where the wonderful steeped sunlight approximates the coloring of Algiers, she taught him his heart’s desire. He never had any other teacher. She never had any other pupil. For ten years she devoted all her time, energy, and ambition to teaching, encouraging, inspiring him. Then in 1928, their mutual strivings were rewarded, as his works were being chosen as one of the two winners in the Dudensing National Competition for American Painters. Out of 150 artists from across the country participated in the Dudensing, and Michael Posner Baxte and, Robert Fawcett, were the winners.
In his 1924 naturalization application, he indicated that he was sometimes known as “Michael Posner Baxte.” One of the witnesses to his application was Bernard Karfiol, a Jewish American artist. That’s when Michael may...
Category
1960s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Venice, Gondolier 1
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I've merged the free-spirited strokes of impressionism with the emotional depth of expressionism, capturing the essence of a serenely gliding gondolier in Venice. Usin...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard
A Closed Gate, Original Painting
By Kip Decker
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Sunlight filters through the fence and trees, giving the scene a warm and inviting glow. Yellows, blues, and greens evoke a sense of relaxation and tranquilit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Expressionist landscape paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Expressionist landscape 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 landscape 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, orange, purple, yellow and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Iryna Kastsova, Masri Hayssam, Maria Asuncion Raventos, and Rachael Dalzell. 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 landscape paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for landscape paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $216,361, while the average work sells for $1,876.