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
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
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
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Pigment
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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...
Category
1960s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Board, 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...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
1990s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'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...
Category
1950s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
Figurative Acrylic Canvas Painting American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind acrylic expressionist canvas painting by Linda Coppola. The figures have multiple forms. Are they human, or are they rabbit?
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Raventos 12 Trumpet Violin Red Black original expressionist mixed media
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Raventos. trumpet. violin .score. red. black
Fiddle music sheet" original expressionist mixed media painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Raventos CADAQUES Small Vertical original expressionist acrylic 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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Raventos 4 Vertical Green Window original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
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 Barcelona.
...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Figurative Acrylic Canvas Painting American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind acrylic expressionist canvas painting by Linda Coppola.
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Figurative Acrylic Canvas Painting American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind acrylic expressionist canvas painting by Linda Coppola.
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
In Town, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A town exudes a whimsical charm with its expressionist portrayal. The simple and non-traditional images of the houses, lamp posts, and residents burst with mute...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Man 29 original figurative drawing painting
By A. Costa
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Man. original figurative drawing painting. virtual frame
Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965
It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD.
He wa...
Category
1960s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Raventos 11 Buildings City Litle original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Raventos. buildings. city. original expressionist acrylic painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of F...
Category
1980s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Coll Bardolet 24 Bolero Mallorquin original expressionist watercolor painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Bolero Mallorquin original expressionist watercolor painting.
virtual frame
Spanish painter maximum representative of the art of Mallorca at the end of the 20th century. Costumbrista...
Category
1990s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963) - Nature Morte au Pot
Located in Dallas, TX
Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963) - Nature Morte au Pot
Signed ‘G Braque' (underlined) bottom right
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 18 x 21.75 in. (45.7 x 55.2cm)
Framed: 26 x 30 inches
Execu...
Category
1950s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paint
Roger de la Fresnaye (French, 1885-1925) - Femme Nue Couchée
Located in Dallas, TX
Roger de la Fresnaye (French, 1885-1925) - Femme Nue Couchée
Monumental 90% life size nude model painting executed during the zenith and birth of cubism and expressionism.
Oil on ...
Category
1910s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paint
Raventos 22 Marine Big Blue original expressionist mixed media painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
" Marina" original expressionist mixed media painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
J. Meunie 28 Tree Almond Blossom Vertical original acrylic painting
By Julen Meunie
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
" ALMOND BLOSSOM original acrylic painting. framed
Julien was born in 1948 in Vichy, France. He studied art and theater in Clermont-Ferrand at the same time as finishing his degree ...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Woman with Red Hair
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Baron Robert Heinrich Freiherr von Doblhoff (1880 Vienna - 1960 ibid.)
Woman with Red Hair
Ink and watercolor on paper, image measures 6.25 x 7.25 inches; 12.75 x 13.5 inches fra...
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Self Portrait
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to...
Category
1950s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Coll Bardolet Typical Mallorcan Dance. original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
BOLERO. original expressionist acrylic painting. framed
Spanish painter maximum representative of the art of Mallorca at the end of the 20th century. Costumbrista work. With differe...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Casademont "le Vieux" Blue Landscape of Castile original acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Landscape of Castile original expressionist acrylic painting.
His family was originally from Figueres. He studied industrial engineering and fine arts at the Llotja School and he re...
Category
1980s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Benavente Solís 10 Green Landscape Poppies House in the Countryside original
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
poppies landscape and house original expressionist watercolor painting . framed
During its first exhibition in Paris, the French press catalogs it like "The Catalan Sorolla".
Honora...
Category
1990s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Raventos Abstract Piano and Sheet Music - original expressionist acrylic
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Music Piano - original expressionist acrylic canvas painting. framed
Original work by RAVENTOS.
Musical abstract composition.
Perfect state
.RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hilltop View, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Orchard trees stand in the distance, their foliage adorned in autumn's seasonal colors. Tall grass fills the foreground, blending seamlessly with the field. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Expressionist Floral Still Life
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Expressionist floral still life painting. Oil on canvas measuring 14 x 20 inches, 18 x 24 inches framed.
Frame is from the 1960's but the canvas is clearly much older, ca...
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Spring Orchard, Original Painting
By Janet Dyer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Olive, almond, and cherry trees adorn an orchard in Provence, France. Their white crowns merge, filtering the sunlight and casting dappled shade below. Artist J...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
English Settlement, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Simple forms define this English town, while bright and deep colors add to its visual appeal. Artist Robert Hofherr aims for the viewer to perceive a place wher...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Reunion" Expressionist Figurative Man and Woman
Located in Austin, TX
By Pep Suari
32" x 39.5" Acrylic on Linen
This figurative expressionist painting by Pep Suari depicts a man and a woman looking at each other with flowers between them. The colors o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
A Spring Dance, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A vibrant and lovely bouquet blooms on a calming blue background. Its overall effect is both soothing and captivating. Artist Ronda Waiksnis uses palette knives...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Georges Rouault Portrait de Marie Thérèse Bonney
Located in Dallas, TX
Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958) - Étude pour le Portrait de Marie Thérèse Bonney. A large specimen painting for Rouault beautifully framed in a shadow fashion making a grandiose ...
Category
1930s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paint
Raventos Citty original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Manhatan 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 Barc...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
I. Mundo Vertical BARCELONA STREET. original watercolor painting
By Ignasi Mundó
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
MUNDO Ignasi
Ignasi Mundó trained at the School of La Lonja, with Joaquín Mir, Mariano Pidelaserra and Manolo Hugué. In 1945 he received a scholarship travels to Paris, and later ma...
Category
1990s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Man original figurative drawing painting
By A. Costa
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Man. original figurative drawing painting. virtual frame
Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965
It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD.
He wa...
Category
1960s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Raventos 7 Winds Vines Trees Square Sunset original expressionist acrylic
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
"Paisaje de castilla" original expressionist acrylic painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Rustic Cabin, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
An expressionist depiction of a cabin displays its eclectic walls, with the surrounding woods emerging as vibrant shapes. The composition steers away from reali...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rays of Light, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A vibrant night sky stretches over the city. Ethereal blues mirror the celestial depths, while fiery oranges echo the birth of the stars. Geometric shapes and f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sailboat with a Red Mast, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Docked boats feature compelling textures and unique color combinations, enhancing their visual appeal. The main focus of the composition shifts towards a series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Ready for Romance, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Deep magenta, blush, and lush greens cascade in this abstract floral painting. The vibrancy of the flowers stands out against the neutral background, creating a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
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