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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Style: Expressionist
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Stylish 1960's Lady, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Stylish Lady
French School, Mid 20th Century
Oil painting on canvas, framed
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Frame size: 26.5 x 22 inches
Stylish ex...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Old Town Streets, Mid Century Modern Chilean Village Figurative Landscape
By Luis Valenzuela
Located in Soquel, CA
Old Town Streets, Mid Century Modern Chilean Village Figurative Landscape
Vibrant and expressive mid century modern figural landscape oil painting by Luis Valenzuela (Chilean, 20th Century), 1965. Small silhouetted figures stroll down the colorful yellow and blue city streets of old Santiago, Chile at night. The artist uses loose, painterly brushstrokes and dots the canvas with warm red highlights, giving this piece a sense of exuberance and life.
Signed "Luis Valenzuela 1965" lower left.
Presented in a carved period giltwood frame.
Board size; 20"H x 24"W.
Luis Valenzuela was born in Santiago de Chile. He studied his elementary and middle school in Victorino Lastarria (Providencia). At age 17 he started in the oil painting arts, where his innate talent flows. It was perfected in the Palace of Fine Arts (1964, 1965), receiving instruction from teachers Carlos Pedraza, Reinaldo Villaseñor, Matilde...
Category
1960s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Canvas, Oil
Expressionist Clown Portrait After Bernard Buffett
Located in Cotignac, FR
Expressionist oil crayon on board portrait of a clown. The work is signed and dated top right.
A wonderful strong and colourful portrait. The subject is looking out at us with his s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon
Hugó Scheiber Pastel "Sailing", about 1930
Located in Berlin, DE
Pastel and carbon pencil on cardboard, ca. 1930 by Hugo Scheiber. Signed lower left: Scheiber H.
Dimensions: 14.96 x 12.99 in ( 38 x 33 cm ), Framed: 19.69 x 15.75 in ( 50 x 40 cm )
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard, Carbon Pencil
Row of Plane Trees In Winter - Maussane-les-Alpilles
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'Row of Plane Trees In Winter - Maussane-les-Alpilles', Provence, watercolour and pencil on art paper, by Yves Brayer (1946). A line of Plane trees greets visitors to almost every vi...
Category
1940s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
French Expressionist Provençal Landscape, La Grotte
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Expressionist Provençal landscape, oil on board, by French artist Jean Arène (1929 - 2020), depicting a Provençal, South of France landscape. The painting is signed bottom lef...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Insatiable Cravings
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Bouquet of Peonies with blue background
Located in New York, NY
This painting is in excellent condition with no cracks in the paint, it is not relined and the canvas has been cleaned and in excellent condition. It also has a new 23 K. gold leaf ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
New York City, view from Brooklyn
Located in Chicago, IL
Looking northeast from downtown Brooklyn, Manhattan can be seen at sunset, glowing in saturated red and yellow, here depicted with vermillion and lead-tin orange. Lapis lazuli blue l...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Pigment, Oil
Midnight Sun Lofoton, Norway
Located in Chicago, IL
In northern Norway the midnight sun sets over the stillness of a strange dusk that will rise again in moments. Surrounded by mysterious dark mountains and unbelievable views of the a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Pigment
American God
Located in London, GB
Anastasia Kurakina 's work on paper included in the Vatican Museums collection since 2017
artist: Anastasia Kurakina
painting print gliceé canvas
hand signed
2024
the painting ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
C Print, Color, Digital, Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Giclée
'Red Roses and a Lemon', California, Post-Impressionist, Esalen Institute
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, 'Ant McNaught' for Anthony McNaught (American, born 1952), titled 'Still Life with Lemon', dated 2018 and inscribed, 'After Pablo Picasso'.
This California Post-Impressionist and Abstract Expressionist studied at Big Sur's Esalen Institute with Erin Gafill...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Elizabeth
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
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Acrylic, Canvas
"Strada", expressionist, landscape, city, Tuscany, brown, oil painting
Located in Natick, MA
“Strada” by Catherine Picard-Gibbs is a dynamic city scene, depicting a solitary figure walking down a street in Tuscany during the heat of the late afternoon. This gestural, express...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dance Moves, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The painting captures a lively scene where a group of people dances joyfully, lost in the music with closed eyes. Their vibrant clothing and fluid movements inf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Contemplation in Blue and Green Nude Women Portrait Painting by Lada Kholosho
Located in Zofingen, AG
This original acrylic painting, rendered on a quality stretched canvas measuring 50 cm in width and 70 cm in height, compellingly explores the human form through a vibrant interplay ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
1970s Belgian Gouache Still Life Provençal Tablescape of Fruit and Tableware.
Located in Cotignac, FR
1970s expressionist still life gouache on paper by Belgian artist André Pierard painted in Provence in the south of France. Colourful representation of table laden with tableware and...
Category
1970s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Embossed textured orange flowers on a blue backgraund.Still life abstraction
Located in Zofingen, AG
Still life of scarlet, orange flowers on a blue background. An interesting composition. The canvas space is completely filled with flowers. But!There is air in the gaps. This makes t...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Epoxy Resin, Canvas
Elibly Signed Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Young Boy
Located in Pasadena, CA
The aesthetics of the human figure in art offer a captivating perspective for artists and enthusiasts, a delicate balance between simplicity and subtlety. In this oil painting, a you...
Category
1940s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La dispute, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
La dispute when nobody can agree on anything. :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman surrealism oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Canvas size 81x100 cm.
Frame size 94x113 cm.
Alvar Suñol Alvar Suñol Munoz-Ramos, commonly known as Alvar, was born in 1935 in Montgat, Spain, a Catalan fishing village on the Medit...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Birch in the Forest
By Gandy Brodie
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache and pastel on paper
An artist whose work was simultaneously figurative and abstract, Brodie was praised as "one of the best painters of his generation" by art historian, Mey...
Category
1960s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache
Tenement Storm
By Gandy Brodie
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache and pastel on paper
An artist whose work was simultaneously figurative and abstract, Brodie was praised as "one of the best painters of his generation" by art historian, Mey...
Category
1960s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache
Carefree Day, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A cluster of trees stands in the middle of a vast field, their canopies merging to create a unified presence. Against the coolness of the blue sky, the orange l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lonely man, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Portrait of a Lonely man, solitude is his only way of living, he doesn't know better. :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity si...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
La lesson de morale, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"la lesson de morale" Dad, why do you give me a lecture about things you're doing yourself? :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authentic...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Esquisse, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Esquisse of a dream, noir et balnc. :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signe...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Let's scooter to the nude beach, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Let's scooter to the nude beach and hold me tight I have a Vespa LX 150.. Yeah... :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dramatic, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Always looking to find trouble in every corner.. Dramatic. :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Disorganized mind, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Disorganized mind, nowhere to find peace :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: S...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mrs Applepie, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Mrs Applepie, the most annoying women in the entire universe. :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Re...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le fou, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Le fou, he has no boundaries, willing to do whatever it takes to please himself. :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
instagram profile picture of a Zombie, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Instagram profile picture of a Zombie, everybody is in it now for no reason. :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by t...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Raventos Vertical Musics original expressionist acrylic little
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930)..
original expressionist acrylic painting
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona.
...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Navigation
Located in London, GB
Artist: Olga Volha Piashko
"Sails”100x70x2 cm
Acrilyc on canvas.
hand signed
unframed
A world of energy and vibration, of subtle nuances and hidden dimensions. It is a world tha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Colorful woman portrait
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In this oil piece, I have channeled sheer vibrancy, blending expressionism with elements of pop art. The woman's portrayal bursts with emotive color, suggesting a blend of thoughtfu...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bird on a branch
Located in Zofingen, AG
"I've poured my soul into this canvas, capturing the essence of tranquility through a delicate bird perched upon a blossoming branch. With expressive brushstrokes and a harmonious bl...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
My Galaxy
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In this oil painting, I've poured my fascination with the cosmos onto canvas, creating a vibrant expression of energy and emotion. The abstract form intertwines with impressionist t...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Raventos 8 Buildings City Blue original painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Especulacion del suelo. original painting
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona.
Raventós expanded her studies in etching and lithography at the F...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Girl with Flowerpot, Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Girl with Flowerpot" is a portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 36" oil on board portrait is painted in a vibrant color palette. The...
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1960s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Glorious Crown
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
Mispa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
Jaume Terrassa 5 BARCELONA realist original acrylic canvas
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
" BARCELONA" realist original acrylic canvas.
Mallorcan artistic painter. He offers us a vision of the placid and calm reality, and a uniformity of tones, gives his works a manifes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
LLuis Ribas 41 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...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Paintings
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Acrylic
Raventos Blue Boat original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Escritura y Barcos original expressionist acrylic painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts...
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1990s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Birth of the Lamb. Cardboard, oil, 65x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Birth of the Lamb. Cardboard, oil, 65x60 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, ...
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1970s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Baltars - Decorative wall plate 1927, faience, d 20.3 cm; h 2.7 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Porcelain painting workshop Baltars - Decorative wall plate 1927, faience, d 20.3 cm; h 2.7 cm
The author of the painting is Dimitry Abrosimov, after L. Godkevich drawing
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1920s Expressionist Paintings
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Faience
Nude
Located in Oslo, NO
In my work I merge feelings with color, creating dynamism and energy through expressive brushstrokes. It is a dialogue between figuration and impressionism, embellished with a touch ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Watercolor
Becky
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
Milford Sound
Located in Chicago, IL
In one of the most exotic places on earth, in the mountains of New Zealand, a lake is formed by a glacier - a fjord. The stillness of this place is otherworldly. Indeed, supernatural...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings
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Oil, Pigment
Pop Surrealist Portrait on Wood. Hungarian. "The Worst Is Over". "Currency #213"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This sculptural painting by Natasha Lelenco, created on a wooden circle with a thickness of two centimeters and a diameter of 26 centimeters, is one of the recent works from the Curr...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Metal
Raventos Blue City Litle original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Ciudad original expressionist acrylic painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelon...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Paintings
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Acrylic
First Contact
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Not Bounded
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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In Her Thought
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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'Flamenco Dancer', Wisconsin, Paris, Académie Julian, Art Institute of Chicago
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Grill' for André Joseph Grill (American, 1916-1985) and painted circa 1955.
A light-hearted and animated study of a young flamenco dancer painted when the artist was in his forties.
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Andre Grill...
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1950s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
Escape 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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