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Expressionist 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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Expressionist Figurative water color painting- Luckiness
Located in Beijing, CN
Expressionist Figurative water color painting by Zhang Chunyang Title: Luckiness Dimension: 29 x 36 cm Material: Gouache, Watercolor on Paper D...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Mixed Media abstract painting- by contemporary artist Zhang Chunyang
Located in Beijing, CN
Mixed Media Painting Title: Series Beasts of Burden No. 1 Dimension: 82 x 61 cm Material: Mixed Media Date: 2022 Artist Biography Zhang Chunyang was...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Mixed Media

"Late Night at the Studio", interior, factory, teal, blue, yellow, oil painting
Located in Natick, MA
“Late Night at The Studio” by Catherine Picard-Gibbs is an Expressionist interior factory scene in a palette of teal-blue and yellow. This evocative 18 x 24 inch oil on panel painting focuses on light pouring out from the haunting depths of an empty hallway. This textural artwork is framed in a silver crackle floater frame with a black interior, making the framed size 19 x 25 x 1.5 inches. Catherine Picard-Gibbs paints with bold brush strokes, using vibrant colors to show emotion and movement in landscapes and urban scenes. Her inspiration comes from the nuance and drama of her everyday world. Her evocative works have been featured throughout Massachusetts, in New York, and in the Midwest. Picard-Gibbs is represented by Fountain Street Gallery...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Board

Blooming Red, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"I confess that I almost always choose red when painting flowers," says artist Sharon Sieben. She presents vibrant blossoms within an earth-tone vase, creating ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

Spring Still Life with Flowers, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Alix Palo presents a vibrant floral arrangement with a soft and colorful palette. Set against a light gray background, the flowers spring to life, gracin...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

Red Poppies, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"Color is the most dynamic element of a flower's charm," says artist Sharon Sieben. The vivid red petals reflect the poppy's happy and intense beauty. The core ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

Girl with a Flower
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on Paper From the Estate of Samuel Esses and by descent Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarl...
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1940s Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic, Gouache

Purple Tulips, Abstract Expressionist Blooming Flowers, Vigorous Gestures, Flora
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Purple Tulips" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with ...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor

Portrait of a Young Man
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache Estate of Samuel Esses Beautifully framed Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more tha...
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1930s Expressionist Paintings

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Gouache

Israeli Judaica Rabbi Expressionist Gouachel Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
size includes frame Adolf Adler 1917 - 1996 Adolf Adi Adler was born in Romania in 1917. Attended the Art College of Kluj Romania in 1950. (in Satu Mare, original home city of the Satmar Hasidic group). In 1963, Adler was chief among a group of well known artists who immigrated to Israel. He was awarded the Nordau prize in 1978. He works have been auctioned at Sloan's Auction House in Maryland and Karrenbauer Auction House in Germany and today are represented in the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. In 1984, a retrospective of his work was held in Rishon Le Zion. He died in 1996. Awards and Prizes 1993 Mordecai Ish-Shalom Prize, Artists House...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Boats in Rimini, Italy by Harry Urban - Watercolor on paper 35x36 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on Canson paper
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1950s Expressionist Paintings

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Watercolor

French Expressionism "A Vase of Flowers" Gen Paul (French, 1895-1975)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"A Vase of Flowers" Eugene Paul aka Gen Paul (French, 1895-1975) Oil crayon on paper 20 1/2 x 14 (28 x 21 1/2 frame) inches "Gen Paul is undoubtedly the greatest representative, and perhaps the only, expressionist of the French tradition". - Gazette Drouot, 1995 Eugene Paul, known as Gen Paul, was born in 1895 and raised in the bohemian atmosphere of Montmartre in Paris. In his life he came to know a great many of the artists, from the anonymous to the world famous, who established themselves in the neighborhood. A self-taught artist, Gen Paul began expressing himself in drawings and paintings as a child; his earliest works show a remarkable talent. He was apprenticed to a wallpaper hanger until his life was interrupted by war. He was wounded twice in World War One, and the second time he lost one of his legs. During his recovery, he turned to painting, which became his passion and his livelihood for almost 60 years. In Paris, Gen Paul exhibited at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Indépendants beginning in 1920. In 1928 he exhibited fifty paintings...
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1960s Expressionist Paintings

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Paper, Oil Crayon

"Swimmers" Vibrant Expressionist Figurative Scene
Located in Austin, TX
Pep Suari 14.75" x 40" Acrylic on Board
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Burano, Venice. Gondolas, Canal and Village View. Oil on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 21st Century Expressionist oil on board view of gondolas on a canal with village backdrop possibly in Burano, Venice by Roberto Feruzzi. Signed to the bottom left and presented in a custom made white painted wooden frame. A wonderfully vibrant and highly colourful representation of a local scene with gondolas capturing the full splendour of the summer sun in Venice. Quick brushstrokes lend a great vibrancy and energy to the painting. A real jewel. Roberto Ferruzzi was born in Venice on October 30th, 1927, into a family of artists, indeed he is the grandson of the Roberto Ferruzzi who painted the famous "Madonnina". He attended art school in Venice, where he studied with the artist Aldo Salvadori...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Board

Mid Century Jewish Expressionist Oil Painting Floral Vibrant Colorful Flowers
Located in Surfside, FL
Gestural impasto painting of flowers in a vase. 23.5" x 17.5" sight size , 22" x 28" framed hand signed lower right. Born in 1899, Belle Golinko is a listed Jewish mid...
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1950s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Board

Looking up through a Forest For Change Birch tree to missing you, original work
Located in Deddington, GB
Looking up through a Forest For Change Birch tree to missing you by Emily Finch [2022] original Oil Paint on Canvas Image size: H:100 cm x W:30 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Untitled, from the Riversong Series
Located in Lawrence, NY
Watercolor on Yupo paper, signed lower right Joffe was serious in a way that many artists today are not: she was an artist engaged with the major questions of her time, attuned to the development of her chosen métier, its intrinsic problems and possibilities. Joffe's career spans the post-World War II Abstract Expressionist movement to the present. She is known for her powerful images of women and horses, often intertwined, and representing reciprocal ideas of power, grace and beauty. Indeed, one NYT critic said that she returned the beauty and grace to the female form that De Kooning had taken away. Embraced by the first generation of Abstract Expressionist painters on the East End of Long Island, she represented a link to central figures in the avant-garde of 20th century American art, including such artists as Willem De Kooning (she was a studio assistant), Philip Pavia, Ibram Lassaw, John Little and Balcomb Greene...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Watercolor

Countryside landscape
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard Molded frame in plaster and gilded wood 49.5 x 62.5 x 6 cm
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

“white model “Oil cm 73 x 92 1980
Located in Torino, IT
woman, withe, Italian painter Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989) From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to technical and expressive results...
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1970s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Contemporary Art, Expressionist, Portrait - A Wounded Ukrainian
Located in Coquitlam, BC
Artist: Gao, Renjie The member of the Hudson Artists Society, New York Agent of BRUNO MASSA Gallery, France Six Worldwide well-known art sales website agent KOONESS/1STDIBS/ARTPRICE/...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Woman with Earrings, Portrait of a Woman by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Woman with Earrings" is an oil on board portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon of an elegantly dressed woman sitting on a chair. This work features a second environmental portrait on verso. The painting is 40" x 34" in size and is signed "Harmon" on verso. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel. Provenance: Estate of the Artist; Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke...
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1970s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Board

Infants of the Choir
Located in New York, NY
Tis painting is included in the exhibition catalogue of 1986.
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Paint

Mixed Media abstract painting- by contemporary artist Zhang Chunyang
Located in Beijing, CN
Mixed Media Painting Title: Series Beasts of Burden No. 10 Dimension: 82 x 61 cm Material: Mixed Media Date: 2022 Artist Biography Zhang Chunyang wa...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Mixed Media

Chassidic Rabbi, Judaica Expressionist Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
In this painting, Nussbaum depicts a Rabbi as his subject; a recurrent figure in his body of work. The artist uses gestural marks and vibrant blue colors in this composition. Nussba...
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20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Gouache

Mixed Media abstract painting- by contemporary artist Zhang Chunyang
Located in Beijing, CN
Mixed Media Painting Title: Series Beasts of Burden No. 3 Dimension: 82 x 61 cm Material: Mixed Media Date: 2022 Artist Biography Zhang Chunyang was...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Mixed Media

Cats and a Woman
Located in Austin, TX
By Pep Suari 39" x 39" Acrylic on Canvas
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Knee Socks Girl, Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Knee Sock Girl" is an oil on board portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon of a woman, seemingly lost in contemplation....
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1970s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Board

Upright Bass, Expressionist Portrait of Musician by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Upright Bass" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 34" oil on board group portrait of a musician is painted...
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1960s Expressionist Paintings

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Board, Oil

"Mystery" Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Minimalist Urban Landscape
Located in Carmel, CA
Titled "Mystery," this 14" x 14" masterpiece by Zion Mor transports viewers to an enigmatic urban realm, painted with an abstract expressionist finesse. The artwork elegantly plays w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Cat Friends Portrait, Collage on Paper - Guggenheim Museum Founder
Located in Miami, FL
A portrait of two cats is deftly assembled by trailblazing modernist Hilla Rebay. The work is signed and titled lower left. 'Muschi et Antonio v. Rebay - Rome'. Titled to verso ‘Musc...
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1930s Expressionist Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Winter Shadows 31, Eleanor Woolley, Original Night Time Painting, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Winter Shadows 31 [October 2021] original Oil Paint on Canvas Image size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:15 cm x W:15 cm x D:3cm Sold Unframed Please note t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

CRAZY FACE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original hand painting, acrylic on canvas on board
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

'Young Man in Repose' by Podlach - Large Figurative Nude Young Man Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
"Man in Repose" is a captivating painting by Betsy Podlach that effortlessly captures a serene and tranquil moment. The artwork portrays a nude, young, and handsome man with closed e...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

'Blue Red Yellow' Oil On Canvas Contemporary, Colorful , Abstract by Masri
Located in Carmel, CA
A Lebanese born, Italian artist ,Masri has developed a style that captures mideastern mood with A Lucien Freud brush touch. His work is varied and known especially in Europe, and in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Valery" - Horizontal indoor female nude in yellow ochre and white.
Located in Miami, FL
Romantic and expressionist nude artwork on canvas.
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Still Life Tabletop with Fruit
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a bright, colorful oil painting of a table top with fruit. Banana, Pomegranate and glass of water. George Chemeche was born in Israel in 1934 and studied at the Avni Art School in Tel Aviv and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. this painter and printmaker's sensual and romantic yet rationally conceived screen prints featuring plants and flowers are associated with the PATTERN & DECORATION movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. His style is non-minimalist, sensuous, romantic, rational and decorative. it runs counter to the modernist taboo against a decorative quality in art. Though pattern painting's roots are in modern art, it contradicts some of its basic tenets as it attempts to assimilate aspects of Western and non-Western culture not previously accepted into the realm of high art. In Chemeche´s work, we can see how chosen motifs are repeated in order to cover a surface in a uniform way. The results often have a painterly feel, but remain systematic. The intention is to make a high-art statement within a contemporary context by referring to, and using what to many still remains within the world of non-art. Pattern painting, unlike abstractionism, has structure. It also has content as it refers to patterns in the real world. Usually, patterning intentionally acknowledges the decorative function of art, reconciling both the decorative and the meaningful. INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS: Goldman Art Gallery, Haifa, Israel Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, "Six Artists" Biv Gallery, New York, "Chelsea Artists" Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa. "FJ.A.C.," Petit Palais Paris Galerie Naire, Paris Weintraub Gallery, New York, Print Show Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York Alexandra Monett Gallery, Brussels Givon Art GaJIery, Tel Aviv South Houston Gallery, New York Ray Landis Gallery, East Brunswick, New Jersey Gala Gallery, Key Biscayne, Florida Art Asia Gallery, Cambridge, Mass. Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York Selected Artists Gallery, New York Mabat Art Gallery, Tel Aviv Goldman Art Gallery, Haifa, Israel OHana Gallery, London "Six Artists", Modern Art Gallery, Old Jaffa Modern Art Gallery, Old Jaffa The Autumn Exhibition, Tel Aviv Museum Dugith Art Gallery, Tel Aviv Hadassa "K" Klachkin Art Gallery, Tel Aviv Rina Art Gallery, Jerusalem The Museum of Modern Art, Haifa Chemerinsky Art Gallery, Tel Aviv Galerie Transposition, Paris Collective Exhibitions "Young Artists", Tel Aviv Museum Salon de La Jeune Peinture, Musee d'art Moderne, Paris A well listed Painter...
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1960s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

"The Station" Small Minimalist Abstract Expressionist Urban Landscape
Located in Carmel, CA
Zion Mor's 12" x 12" piece is a sublime representation of abstract expressionism, effortlessly blending urban landscapes with an abstract approach. The piece offers the viewer a sens...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Figurative Young Female nude Model Original Contemporary by Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana’s portraits adorned two covers of Time Magazine. Shana’s work is about the face and eyes. Young face, old face, black or white. Her subjects are confused, lonely, ragged and d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled Original Figurative Young Women With Black Robe Chinese Art Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Artist Duan Z. Born in 1955 in Yunnan, renowned Chinese Opera Figure Painter, Educator, Playwright and Producer. Mr. Duan serves as Director of Chinese...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Paper, Pigment

Still Life with Flowers of the Field
Located in London, GB
'Still Life with Flowers of the Field', oil on canvas, by Pierre Ambrogiani (circa 1960s). Unique in its vertical orientation, the artwork depicts...
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1960s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

La Montera
Located in London, GB
'La Montera', gouache, watercolour and ink on art paper, by Pierre Ambrogiani (circa 1960s). The artist created many artworks with bullfighting as theme. In this case, a single torer...
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1960s Expressionist Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Coffee Peloton Series XVIII, Eliza Southwood, Original Coffee Painting, Cycling
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Peloton Series XVIII by Eliza Southwood [2021] original Coffee on paper Image size: H:41.5 cm x W:59 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:41.5 cm x W:59 cm x D:0.1cm Sold ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Paper, Coffee

‘Woman With Brown Hair' Female Nude Model Figurative Art Portrait by Shana
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana’s portraits adorned two covers of Time Magazine. Shana’s work is about the face and eyes. Young face, old face, black or white. Her subjects are confused, lonely, ragged and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Sunrise" Minimalist Abstract Expressionist Contemporary Landscape by Zion Mor
Located in Carmel, CA
"Sunrise," a stunning contemporary abstract landscape by Zion, captures the essence of minimalism within a vibrant color palette of red, yellow, and white. Sized perfectly to command...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Mental Capacity" Mixed Media, Fictional Image of African American, Iconic Color
Located in Detroit, MI
"Mental Capacity" is a fictional experience whereby an African American man from the 1970s discovers his artistic side. It is generally known that most people are either left brain o...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Resin, Paper, Acrylic

La surprise, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
La surprise, people taken by surprise :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Sign...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

E. Gert Fruit Still Life Painting w/Pitcher & Candelabra
By Edith Gert
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful fruit still life painting w/pitcher & candelabra by Danish artist Edith Gert (1906-1983)
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20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Polish French Jewish Artist Oil Painting Girl with Doll, School of Paris Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
Framed 27 X 24 inches Sight 18 X 15 inches Walter Spitzer (Polish/French, 1927 - ) born in Cieszyn, Poland. A Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor, he made his first drawings in a concentration camp. Walter Spitzer has lived and worked since WWII in France, where he studied at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. Walter Spitzer has achieved great renown as a painter and printmaker. Whether in his paintings of Biblical subjects or in lithographs of Shtetl scenes, His humanity was inspired by the writings of Sartre, Montherlant and Kazantzakis, Walter Spitzer is occupied with two great, interlinked themes: man’s inhumanity to man, and the humanity of man. He will surely be recognized in the future as one of the great witnesses to the twentieth-century experience. Walter Spitzer was born in Chieszyn, Poland, the son of a Jewish liqueur producer, and attended the German school there. He began to draw and paint at an early age. In 1939 the Spitzer family was forcibly removed by the Germans to the town of Strzemieszyce, which was turned into a ghetto in 1942. When the ghetto was liquidated in June 1943 Spitzer’s mother was shot, and the sixteen-year-old Walter was deported to Blechhammer, a subcamp of Auschwitz. There he painted portraits of Wehrmacht soldiers and fellow inmates in exchange for food. He was one of the few to survive the evacuation march from Auschwitz to Buchenwald, where to begin with, in late February 1945, he was held in the Little Camp. To enable him to make drawings documenting life in the camp, the Communists organized his transfer to the main camp. While on a death march in early April he made his escape in the vicinity of Jena and was soon in the hands of the Americans. Spitzer served as an interpreter with an American army unit, and at the same time executed numerous drawings depicting the world of the camps. In June 1945 the Americans took him to Paris, where – following the advice of his father, who had died in 1940 – he began to study art at the École des Beaux-Arts in Par the following year. After completing his training as an artist he produced paintings expressing a critical view of the society of his day. In 1955, in commemoration of the camps and the death marches, he executed a cycle of nine etchings in an edition of thirty, which he gave to various museums in Israel and in France. In the 1960s he established himself as an illustrator of exclusive editions of works by such authors as André Malraux, Jean-Paul Sartre, Joseph Kessel and Nikos Kazantzakis. The Six-Day War prompted him to begin painting subjects from Jewish and Biblical history; At age 19, he was asked to make the scenery for the Edouard VII Theater in Paris, which was showing The Dibbuk of Ansky. In 1947 the same theater asked him to make the scenery for the Hill of Life ( Max Zveig). Spitzer has been a member of the Salon d'Automne since 1952. He was the last remaining survivor of the Montparnasse Ecole de Paris. A group of Jewish expats that included Issachar Ber Ryback, Abel Pann, Abraham Mintchine, Isaac Antcher, Alexandre Altmann, Henri Epstein, Mane Katz, Marcel Janco, Gregoire Michonze...
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1960s Expressionist Paintings

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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...
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20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

Polish Born Boston Expressionist Oil Painting WPA Artist Colorful Modern Woman
Located in Surfside, FL
Portrait of a modernist lady or a harlequin. Emigrating to Boston in 1913 from Lublin, Poland with his Russian-Jewish parents, Presser was admitted in 1921 at age 12 to the Boston M...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Board

La Serenissima, Mid-Century Acrylic on Board, Venetian Gondolas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-Century acrylic on board of Venetian gondolas in harbour signed L Mariani, bottom right. This is a jewel of a painting. Its bright, joyful and intense c...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

‘Seated Nude women’ Figurative With Yellow Background Oil on Canvas by Shana
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana’s portraits adorned two covers of Time Magazine. Shana’s work is about the face and eyes. Young face, old face, black or white. Her subjects are confused, lonely, ragged and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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...
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1960s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

Culture 3
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
People believe money is power in my society - because the leaders steal money to oppress and suffer the poor. But I realize the opposite of this is the purpose of living. We are al...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

‘Obscurity’ Abstract Mountain Cityscape Contemporary Art By Zion Mor
Located in Carmel, CA
The Tree - Cityscape Painting - Urban Landscape Art "Zion Mor's style is unmistakable and to use that perhaps overused word original. His approach is wholly abstract with curious hints of the visible world. He is interested in the abstract quality of line, color, composition and scale. He speaks of a kind of mathematical and scientific approach, in measuring intuitively and consciously the weight, value and workability of certain combinations." --The Jerusalem Post. The painting comes with a certificate of authenticity and a letter of appraisal. 'The Tree ', acrylic on canvas. Represented by American Art Gallery...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Great old age" nude portrait china ink 50x65cm on paper oak frame 2008
Located in Roscoff, FR
nude portrait "Great old age" china ink 50x65cm on paper dignity and fragility, pathetic and admirable delivered in oak and glass frame
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Early 2000s Expressionist Paintings

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Ink

Colourful Abstract Portrait, French Expressionist Original Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
AKOS BIRO (HUNGARIAN 1911-2002) watercolour / gouache size: 11 x 7.5 inches Beautifully colourful, original painting by the very popular and highly regarded Hungarian/ French painte...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Gouache

"Still Harbor" Minimalist Abstract Expressionist Contemporary Urban Landscape
Located in Carmel, CA
"Still Harbor" by Zion Mor is a striking 22" x 31" acrylic masterpiece that beautifully straddles the boundary between the tangible and the abstract. Dominated by muted tones, the ar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Expressionist paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Expressionist 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 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, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Iryna Kastsova, Maria Asuncion Raventos, Masri Hayssam, and Evelyne Ballestra. 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 paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available.

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