Expressionist Nude 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
"Odalisque yellow" Oil , cm. 40 x 50 1937 free shipping
Located in Torino, IT
Odalisque ,yellow,orange, orient
Giulio DA MILANO (Nizza, 1895 - Torino, 1990)
Giulio Da Milano was a Giacomo Grosso's disciple and he was very close to the artists that used to patronize La Coupole de Montparnasse (from Kisling to Pascin, from Derain to Vlaminck). He is considered one of most representative exponents of the Turin’s artistic scene in the ‘30s-‘40s, close to the Gruppo dei Sei. His works can be found in the following museums:
Turin, Modern Art Gallery...
Category
1930s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,425 Sale Price
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'Pondering' by Chris Ferrigno - Figurative Female Nude - Pencil on Paper
Located in Carmel, CA
Chris Ferrigno's 'Pondering,' a masterful expressionist pencil drawing from the 1970s, captures a contemplative female figure, rendered with exquisite attention to detail and emotion...
Category
1970s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
" Orange Nude "Oil cm. 25 x 60 1952
Located in Torino, IT
Italy,Italian Painter,Women,Nude,Orange,Red ,1952
Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989)
From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to technical a...
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1950s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,543 Sale Price
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Research & Development Figural 3 & 4
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
A pair of paintings in one singular frame presentation by American contemporary artist Bruce Adams
Art is the R&D for culture. Artists Conduct the R&D for society. In the late tw...
Category
1990s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Fish and Bicycles # 12
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on paper by contemporary artist Bruce Adams from his Fish and Bicycles series. This work is currently part of an exhibition at Benjaman Gallery "Over the Fence".
This piece comes framed in an archival natural wood frame presentation.
The Fish and Bicycle series employs a similar strategy as my Men at Work series. This time the subject matter includes both men and women (exhibited in pairs) representing a range of gender identities. The title is derived from Irina Dunn’s witty statement (often erroneously attributed to Gloria Steinem...
Category
1980s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
"Never More" - Vertical expressionist landscape with nudes in warm colors.
By E.C. Bell
Located in Miami, FL
Vertical expressionist landscape with nudes in warm colors.
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Pink Hat" by Shana Wilson - Soft Figurative Nude - Woman at the Beach in Pink
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966)
"Pink Hat" 2012
Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
About the Artist:
Shana Wilson, born in Edmonton in ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
February Figure, female nude, greys earth tones
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil and oil stick over ink on paper. Neutral limited color, expressionist female nude with active brush strokes.
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink, Oil
Help From Friends, colorful blues, purples, spiritual figure abstract watercolor
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists.
This piece is very much about the energy of the body and breath. We are just rediscovering the power of the breath to increase energy and general well being.
This work is so important as our society gets more disembodied and broken, we need to come home to our bodies and realize the sacredness of ourselves and every being on the planet. Janet has both shown and taught with Alex Grey...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Research & Development Figural 1 & 2
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
A pair of paintings by American contemporary artist Bruce Adams.
Art is the R&D for culture. Artists Conduct the R&D for society. In the late twentieth century painting was rejec...
Category
1990s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
UmmHummm, colorful spiritual energetic mystical figure
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists.
Janet Morgan’s explosive art captures the exuberance
and deep wisdom we humans yearn to experience. Her sense of humor and spiritual depth s...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Man with crossed arms II, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Title: "Man with crossed arms II" Artist: Derek Overfield Above is a semi-abstract figurative work done from life. The work is completed using a subtractive/additive method utili...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Passion" - Vertical expressionist female kneeling nude with flowers in ochre.
By E.C. Bell
Located in Miami, FL
Romantic and expressionist nude artwork on canvas.
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Interspecies Communication, colorful mythological swirling pattern orange tones
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists and metalic paints and old pastels.
For Octopus and cephalopod fans.
Janet Morgan’s explosive art captures the exu...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Red Ophelia, colorful abstract female nude
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An expressionist figurative oil painting integrating abstracted form and color. The title suggests the classic Shakespearean character from Hamlet and the symbolism of beauty, madnes...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Expressionist Figurative water color painting- Series Bath NO.1
Located in Beijing, CN
Artist Biography
Zhang Chunyang was born in 1975 in Changchun, Jilin. She earned her B.F.A at Jilin University of Arts in 1999, and studied at Central Acadamy of Fine Arts, Beijing ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
"Morning Glory Gown" - Vertical expressionist female semi-nude with gown.
By E.C. Bell
Located in Miami, FL
Romantic and expressionist nude artwork on canvas.
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
On Top of the World figurative, green colorful spiritual
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists.
Janet Morgan’s explosive art captures the exuberance
and deep wisdom we humans yearn to experience. Her sense of humor and spiritual depth s...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Horned and Read, colorful mythological figure, spiritual, blue ground
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists.
Janet Morgan’s explosive art captures the exuberance
and deep wisdom we humans yearn to experience. Her sense of...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
"The Ring" - Vertical expressionist female nude in dark colors.
By E.C. Bell
Located in Miami, FL
Romantic and expressionist nude artwork on canvas.
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dream Fountain, Neo-Expressionist Nude
Located in Austin, TX
This surreal neo-expressionist nude portrait is by Spanish artist Pep Suari and features a woman pouring water from a pitcher into the "Dream Fount...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Dynamic Center, colorful, goddess with abstract elements, red, blue, yellow
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists.
This piece is very much about the energy of the body and breath. We are just rediscovering the power of the breath to increase energy and gen...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Sweet Energy, colorful red swirling abstract mystical mixed media
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists.
Janet Morgan’s explosive art captures the exuberance
and deep wisdom we humans yearn to experience. Her sense of...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
To Be Discovers, from the Wild Woman Series, colorful discoverer exploring
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Colorful image of the discoverer expanding the universe.
This painting is in a series called the Wild Woman which is also printed in a pocket sized book.
Watercolor, mixed media, u...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Flatlander"- Horizontal expressionist female nude with landscape in background.
By E.C. Bell
Located in Miami, FL
Romantic and expressionist nude artwork on canvas.
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Silverlake"- Vertical expressionist semi-nude with landscape in blue and black.
By E.C. Bell
Located in Miami, FL
Romantic and expressionist nude artwork on canvas.
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Adjusting the Radar, powerful image of trying to get it right, bold color
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists, meditation and yoga references.
Janet Morgan’s explosive art captures the exuberance
and deep wisdom we humans yearn to experience. Her sen...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Tulsi Spirit, embodying the magical herb of India with iridescent pigments
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists.
Janet Morgan’s explosive art captures the exuberance
and deep wisdom we humans yearn to experience. Her sense of humor and spiritual depth s...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Expressionist Figurative water color painting- Series Bath NO.5
Located in Beijing, CN
Artist Biography
Zhang Chunyang was born in 1975 in Changchun, Jilin. She earned her B.F.A at Jilin University of Arts in 1999, and studied at Central Acadamy of Fine Arts, Beijing ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
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 Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hot Flash, figure, red colors, bright swirling patterns
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists.
Janet Morgan’s explosive art captures the exuberance
and deep wisdom we humans yearn to experience. Her sense of...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Nude. Vertical, figurative, woman, semi-abstract, vibrant
Located in Oslo, NO
"In my work I merge feelings with color, creating dynamism and energy through expressive brushstrokes," said Anna Shesterikova about this artwork. "It is a dialogue between figuratio...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
How To Listen, colorful spiritual figure
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists.
This piece is very much about the energy of the body and breath. We are just rediscovering the power of the breath to increase energy and general well being.
This work is so important as our society gets more disembodied and broken, we need to come home to our bodies and realize the sacredness of ourselves and every being on the planet. Janet has both shown and taught with Alex Grey...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
In Good Hands, swirling colorful spiritual abstracted goddess figure
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists.
Janet Morgan’s explosive art captures the exuberance
and deep wisdom we humans yearn to experience. Her sense of humor and spiritual depth s...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Clearing" - Vertical expressionist landscape with nude, acrylic on canvas.
By E.C. Bell
Located in Miami, FL
Romantic and expressionist nude artwork on canvas.
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Aquarius" Oil Painting 31.5" x 51" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Aquarius" Oil Painting 31.5" x 51" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Year: 2014
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seated Nude
By George Grosz
Located in New York, NY
Seated Nude by George Grosz (1893-1959)
Oil on canvas
9 ½ x 5 ½ inches unframed (24.13 x 13.97 cm)
15 x 12 inches framed (38.1 x 30.48 cm)
Signed on bottom...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
"Wise Virgin" Watercolor, Mixed Media, Nude Female, Metaphysical, Mystical
By Artis Lane
Located in Detroit, MI
"Wise Virgin" is part of a series of paintings and sculptures Artis Lane completed in which she explores the metaphysical and spiritual dimensions of humans as they reach toward a mo...
Category
1980s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Expressionist nude paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Expressionist nude 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 nude paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, blue, green, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Shana Wilson, Janet Morgan, Tom Bennett, and Bruce Adams. 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 nude paintings, so small editions measuring 4.73 inches across are also available. Prices for nude 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 $215 and tops out at $121,744, while the average work sells for $3,423.