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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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Style: Expressionist
Item Ships From: USA
Dream Mystique
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Dream Mystique Artist signed and titled, new frame canvas 24x20 Wallace Bassford was an American painter and illustrator, born in 1900 in St. Louis Missouri, he attended the St. Loui...
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1970s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Young Woman with Red Hair" by Wilson - Soft Figurative Woman Nude Oil Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966) "Young Woman with Red Hair" 2014 Oil Paint, Wood Panel The artist signed the back of the painting. About the Artist: Shana Wilson, born in Edmonto...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Morning Routine" by Wilson - Intimate Nude Figurative in Bed with Red Underwear
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966) "Morning Routine" 2009 Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. About the Artist: Shana Wilson, born in Edmon...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

'Au Cirque', Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Pompidou Center, Nice, Petit Palais
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "Vigny" for Sylvain Vigny (French, 1903-1970) and painted, circa 1935, on artists board prepared by Maison Franco, 19 Rue Pastorelli, Nice. Born in Vienna, Sylvain...
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1930s Expressionist Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper

Maximilien Luce (French, 1858-1941) Femme Lavant le Linge
Located in Dallas, TX
MAXIMILIEN LUCE (French, 1858-1941) Femme Lavant le Linge Estate stamped signature 'Luce' (lower right) Oil on canvas Canvas: 16 1/4 x 13 in. (41.3 x 33.0 cm) framed: 25 1/4 x 22 x 1...
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1890s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Young Court Jester Holding a Puppet', Commedia dellArte, Post Impressionist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'M. Dietrich' (German-American, 20th century) and dated 1963. A powerful, character-driven portrait of the young man, shown gazing directly towards the viewer. w...
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1960s Expressionist Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

My Self
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to have discovered and now present a rare original self portrait by Austrian Expressionist artist, Franz Bergmann (1998-1977) "My Self", is an original oil on canvas, signed, c.1938, with an image dimension of 29 x 24 inches. The painting is in good original condition, the frame has been restored. A biography on the artist appears below, please contact the gallery with any question. Franz Bergmann 1898 - 1977 Franz Walter Bergmann was born on August 6, 1898, in Dimling, Austria, a town northwest of Vienna. His parents were both involved in the arts: his mother was a pianist, and his father was an amateur artist and a violinist. After serving in World War I for three years, he enrolled in the National Academy of Art in Vienna and embarked on a seven-year course of study, focusing on figure painting and portraiture. Although schooled in the academic tradition, Bergmann also adopted elements derived from the more avant-garde German Expressionist style. By 1924 he was exhibiting in Vienna and Stockholm. The following year, he graduated with honors. He left Vienna to tour Europe, and in early 1926 he traveled to the United States. After a brief stay in New York, he moved to Chicago, where he obtained a commission to paint murals for theaters owned by Balaban & Katz. That year his mural sketches were exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago. He then moved to New York, where he joined the staff of the noted Austrian architect and designer Josef Urban...
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1930s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

J. Meunie 6 Tree Almond Blossom Vertical original acrylic painting
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 ...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Man Portrait
By Ann Singer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ANN SINGER "MAN PORTRAIT" ACRYLIS ON CANVAS, SIGNED CZECH, DATED 1983 35 X 29 INCHES Plus frame
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1980s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

20th century painting of monks in Venice, Italian pink figural work
Located in Beachwood, OH
Louis Bosa (Italian-American, 1905–1981) Island of the Monks, c. 1930 Oil on masonite Signed lower right 14 x 24 inches 23 x 33 inches, framed Born in Codroipo, a small village only...
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1930s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

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?
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Road Trip Up The Coast" Modern Expressionist Figurative
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Road Trip Up The Coast" is from Sandra Jones Campbell's recent Summer collection, a series that displays her unique vision of the world and is informed by her current social observ...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

Surfs Up, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
With low tide, the sand stretches out towards the receding waterline, revealing a shallow pool of water reflecting the sky. A solitary cloud watches over the ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

Raventos Big Blue Orange original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
"Cap vespre" 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 Ba...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Palace Cinema", expressionist, urban, purple, gray, yellow, blue, oil painting
Located in Natick, MA
“Palace Cinema” by Catherine Picard-Gibbs is an evocative, urban scene, depicting the remnants of a once thriving cinema, painted in oil with a color palette of purple, gray, yellow ...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Expressionist French Israeli Modern Oil Painting Chelsea Hotel, George Chemeche
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a bright, colorful modernist oil painting of a vase of Flowers A great floral work. George Chemeche was born in Basra, Iraq in 1934 He emigrated to Israel and studied at th...
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1960s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Anatole Krasnyansky Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Anatole Krasnyansky: 1930-2023. Well listed Ukrainian American artist who just passed away a few months ago. He has had auction results higher than $7100. He was born in Kyiv and emi...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic, Watercolor

'Still Life of Fruit', Grande Chaumiere, Hans Hofmann, NY ASL, Monhegan, PAFA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Minewski' for Alexander Minewski (American, 1917-1979) and painted circa 1950. Born in Detroit, Alexander Minewski left home at the age of 14 to work in the circus. He subsequently worked as a sign painter and a logger. Minewski first studied at the Society of Arts and Crafts in Detroit (1936-1939) and received scholarships that allowed him to attend the Art Students League in New York City (1939-1942). There, he studied under artists including Jean Charlot, Ernest Fiene, George Grosz and Vaclav Vytlacil. During World War II, Minewski joined the army and fought as a combat engineer. Wounded in Burma while fighting with Merrill's Marauders, he spent two years there recovering from his wounds. Following his time in Burma, Minewski studied for two years on the G.I. Bill in Paris at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere (1950-1952) and, independently, with Hans Hofmann in New York City (1952-1953). Hofmann was influential on his style and his work shifted away from a moody realism towards a fuller expressionism. In 1954, Minewski began spending his summers at the artist’s colony in Monhegan Island, Maine. While there, he was able to work and collaborate with other artists and friends such as Ted Davis...
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1950s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Unfinished Thought, female nude, abstracted figurative painting earth tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Expressionist, abstracted figurative female nude About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett creates representational images of human figures and animals, emphasizing mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

R. Poch Felix in blue 131 acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
130 x 100 cm acrylic painting Born in Badalona (Barcelona). Photographer and advertising film director. Founding partner of the advertising production company La Cosa de las Pelicu...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

Woodpile, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Robert Hofherr presents a colorful expressionist rendering of an ordinary woodpile. The piece gets subjected to the complete Fauvist treatment. Bold co...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

Abandoned House, Southwest, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This painting captures an abandoned house nearly concealed by overgrown bushes. The sunlit road extends endlessly into the hori...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

DownTown, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Sharon Sieben presents an expressionist cityscape with spirited brushwork and vibrant hues. She pictures skyscrapers over the Big Apple in a dazzling a...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

'Aspen in Vail' by Jim Cobb, Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This oil on canvas painting by artist James Cobb depicts the scenic aspen groves found along the mountainsides in Colorado. Cobb's use of the palette knife helps accentuate the varie...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Her Eyes" by Innocent Chikezie - Blue, Green and Red Modern Nigerian Portrait
Located in Carmel, CA
Innocent Chikezie (Nigerian, born 1982) "Her Eyes" 2022 Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the bottom right of the painting. In "Her Eyes", Innocent Chikezie’s ...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Afternoon, Modern Portrait Oil Painting by Jan de Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991) Title: Afternoon Year: circa 1965 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm) Frame Size: 26 x 22 inches
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1960s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

'Pair of Perroquets', Large, Expressionist Oil, Parrots, Detroit Woman artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'R. Hornak' for Rosemary Hornak (American, born 1951); additionally signed verso, titled 'Perroquets Impasto, Variation 2' and dated 1992. Rosemary Hornak received her Bachelor in Fine Arts from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit in 1978. She is the recipient of numerous prizes and juried awards and has exhibited widely and with success, both at solo and group exhibitions including at Swann Galleries in Detroit and at the Macomb Center. Raised in an artistic family, Rosemary Hornak is the sister of the hyper-realist painter, Ian Hornak. Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2004 Eric I. Spoutz Gallery, Fisher Building...
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1990s Expressionist Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Outcrop, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Robert Hofherr shares an expressionist view of rocky outcrops in the forest. Bold color, energetic paint application, and a simplified drawing style he...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

Lonesome October Night, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"Inspired by Paul Klee, I reimagined a quiet October evening with heavily textured colors and an emphasis on simplified linear elements," says artist Robert H...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

"Love Poem" (2024) by Leigh Ann Van Fossan, Original Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Leigh Ann Van Fossan's "Love Poem" is an original acrylic depicting an impressionistic aspen landscape in soft pastel colors. Van Fossan was born in Vail, Colorado, and began oil p...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Three Rabbis at The Torah, Expressionist Judaica Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
In this painting the artist uses gestural brushstrokes, which causes distortion and exaggeration for emotional effect. Andre Elbaz uses as his subject three male figures with tefilin are depicted during prayer. André Elbaz (born April 26, 1934, El Jadida, Morocco) is a famous Moroccan painter and filmmaker. Elbaz studied art and theatre in Rabat and Paris from 1950 to 1961. He started painting only at the age of 21, until which age he had been interested mainly in theatre. A few years later, he managed to combine his two passions into a new approach in art-therapy, inventing together with his wife, a psychiatrist, the Pictodrame, which brought him world recognition. His first exhibition, which was very successful, took place in Casablanca in 1961 and earned him an appointment as Professor at the Beaux-Arts school in Casablanca. Years later, in 1976, he exhibited his paintings at the Tel-Aviv Museum. In parallel to his career as a painter, Elbaz is also known as a filmmaker. He produced several short films in France, Canada and the United States. One of them, La nuit n'est jamais complète (The night is never complete), won a prize at the "5th Biennale de Paris in 1967". Among the themes chosen for the many films he produced, there was a short one about the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, as well as a series of drawings entitled Seuls (Alone), with texts written by both Elie Wiesel...
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20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Bouquet of Roses
Located in New York, NY
A very rare composition by the artist Jean-Pierre Cassigneul, the woman holds a beautiful Bouquet of Roses by the artist, she is wearing a chapeau in front of a painting showing th...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

"Woman with Brown Hair" by Wilson - Nude Woman Portrait in Soft Pastel Tones
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966) "Woman with Brown Hair" 2016 Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the top left of the painting. About the Artist: Shana Wilson, bor...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Untitled" by Shana Wilson - Large Figurative Seated Nude Woman Oil Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966) "Untitled" 2014 Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. About the Artist: Shana Wilson, born in Edmonton in ...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Stretcher Bars

Daycamp, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Low buildings hide among nature in an abandoned day camp. The sunlight filters through the trees, painting the grass with a soft radiance. The expressive brus...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

Seeing Autumn, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A lone tree stands in the middle of a vast meadow, with a single cloud hovering over it. Its leaves, painted in shades of yellow and red, subtly hint at the c...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

Morris Katz Set of Three of Original Seascape Oil Paintings C.2001
Located in San Francisco, CA
Morris Katz (Ukraine / New York 1931-2010) Set of Three of Original Seascape Oil Paintings c.2001 A nice collection of original oil paintings by Morris Katz. Seagulls flying over crashing waves. Each painting measures 5" x 7" One frame measures 7" x 9" The other two frames measure 8" x 10" Signed, dated and framed by Morris Katz Very good vintage condition Offered as a matching trio only Morris Katz (born Moshe Katz on March 5, 1932 – November 12, 2010) was a Polish-American painter. He holds two Guinness World Records as the world's fastest painter and the world's most prolific artist. He has also been called the "King of Schlock Art" and the "King of Toilet Paper Art" because of a novel means of painting he developed using a palette knife and toilet tissue...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

'Untitled' oil on canvas 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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1990s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pond with Yellow Trees, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The painting portrays a serene pond amid lush greenery. Featuring expressive brushstrokes, the piece conveys movement and bold contrast of complementary colors, adding visual appeal. Artist Janet Dyer's approach prioritizes capturing the energy of the scene over immediate representational details.


About the Artist
Artist Janet Dyer captures picturesque scenes from her travels in expressive and gestural landscapes. Her work reflects the changes brought on by the seasons, seizing the colors and mood and reinterpreting them into lively compositions. "I believe the process of creating art is equal in importance to the final product," says Janet. She started painting when she was nine and sold her first painting at thirteen at a country fair, where it won first prize. From ages eight to seventeen, she joined countless country fairs and relished seeing her works on display. Growing up in Ohio and Michigan influenced Janet's fascination with wide open spaces. Now living in New York State, she loves to travel whenever she gets the chance and finds inspiration everywhere she goes—particularly farms and France, and farms in France. "Luckily for me, landscapes are everywhere, so I'm spoiled for choice."


Words that describe this painting: water, pond, panoramic, trees, woods, expressionism, nature, acrylic painting, green


Pond with Yellow Trees...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

Autumn Foliage, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The painting portrays a tree with colorful foliage in the middle of a vast field. The leaves are painted yellow and red, with a hint of purple. The wind gentl...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

'Fauve Nude in Interior', Copenhagen, GothenberDanish Expressionist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed with initials lower left, 'H.V.S.' for Hans Voigt Steffensen (Danish, born 1941) and painted circa 1985. Additionally signed, and titled, 'Charlotte'...
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1980s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Contrast, Contemporary Representational Art, Landscape, Canadian Artist
Located in Houston, TX
Contrast is Contemporary Representational Art of a Canadian Landscape with a twist of Abstract. “Whatever my particular aim is, atmosphere is a...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

Raventos 7 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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

'Still Life of Poppies', Mid-century, American School Expressionist Floral Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A powerful American Expressionist School study of poppies shown informally arranged in a lilac container. A heavily-impastoed oil showing bravura brushwork and demonstrating an elega...
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1940s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Plywood, Laid Paper

Bradley Chance Hays, "Blue" Colorful Abstract Western Horse Equine Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"Blue" is a 48x60 original oil painting by Bradley Chance Hays. This is an expressive bright and colorful painting of the side view of a horse in motion. Hays chose to use a jewel ...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Still Life with Blue Jug', Contemporary California Expressionist artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, 'AEM'; for Anthony Eustace McNaught (American, born 1952) additionally signed verso, 'Anthony McNaught', titled 'Still Life with Blue Jug', and dated 2019. This Post-Impressionist and Expressionist artist studied at the Esalen Institute with Erin Gafill...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

"Takla Bey's Garden in Alese" - Expressionist Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant depiction of an interior garden by Gloria Takla (American/German, b. 1940). Composed of saturated colors, this piece shows a simple snapshot of a palm tree framed by a bright pink wall. The palm is planted in an enclosed area of blue, set in the yellow ground. The tree is framed by an opening in the wall, with decorative elements on either side. Signed in the lower middle. Signed and titled on verso. No frame. Canvas size 36"H x 36"W Gloria Lerch-Takla (German, b. 1940) was born in Berlin and began her art education at night school there. Later she studied art at Western Wyoming College, the University of Alberta in Canada, and Roane State University in Tennessee. She also was a master class student of Hassel Smith at the College of Notre Dame (now Notre Dame de Namur University) in Belmont. A San Mateo resident, Takla often paints outdoors around the Bay Area, both along the coast and in city locations. Selected Exhibitions: 1983 - P.ART.A Galleries, San Mateo, CA 1985 - Oak Ridge Community Art Center, Oak Ridge, TN 1990 - Center for Integrated Systems, Stanford, CA 1998 - “Chroma” Two-Woman Exhibit - Gallery House, Palo Alto, CA 2005 - “Lieder in Color” - Gallery House, Palo Alto, CA Artist’s Statement: “As I have been traveling extensively, my subject matters are all unfolding like a picture book; special moments, views bypassing, caught by my eye from a car window, discarded or stored for later evaluation. I paint the past - events that I have lived through and places I have seen. I experience them first, then at a later time reflect on them, feel them through, then my interpretations of events and impressions are put on canvas.” "I paint in the German Expressionism style...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Evening Wash" by Shana Wilson - Intimate Nude Oil Painting - Woman Bathing
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966) "Evening Wash" 2012 Oil Paint, Wood Panel The artist signed the back of the painting. Shana Wilson, born in Edmonton in 1966, has carved a distinc...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Mid Century Langostina Abstract Figurative by Harold Black New York 1960
Located in Soquel, CA
Large scale and dramatic, ""Langostina, an abstract painting by Harold Black (American, 1913–1993). Signed lower right and on verso. Presented in giltwood frame. Image, 40”H x 22”W. ...
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1960s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda, original 30x40 expressionist marine landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Reminiscing about afternoons at the famous Horseshoe Beach in Bermuda, next to the Southhampton Princess, brings animated joy and, as such, Polish American artist Eugene Maziarz has...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

Woman in Blue Abstract Expressionist Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous figurative oil painting of a woman in blue by San Francisco artist Michael William Eggleston(American, 20th c.). From a collection of his works. Unsigned and unframed. Mic...
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20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Ponies Dancing' California Post-Impressionist, San Francisco Art Association
By Clement Samuel Wilenchick
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Wilenchick' for Clement Samuel Wilenchick (American, 1900-1957) and painted circa 1955. A dynamic, post-impressionist oil showing horses frolicking together agai...
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1950s Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

"Nymphs" two voluptuous female nudes, gestural abstracted figures, clear colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil painting on board, an expressionist figurative homage to the work Diana and her Nymphs, by Rubens. Active, direct brushwork, flesh tones
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Board

After with Beagle Everywoman, protagonist, dog painting , feminine archetypes
Located in Houston, TX
Jeanie Tomanek: I don’t intentionally set out to make a calming painting, no, but I do try to have a sense of hope in my stories. I’m an optimist who believes there’s always some way...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

Large Figurative Expressionist Oil Painting Rediscovered New York City Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
King and queen with clowns and jesters. Bold, colorful, expressionist masterful painting. Jonah Kinigstein (b. 1923) is an American Postwar & Contemporary painter. He works in a figurative expressionist style. His works are featured in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Academy of Design, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He lives in New York City. Jonah Kinigstein was trained at Cooper Union Art School, The Grande Chaumiere in Paris; and Belle Arte in Rome. He has been a Fulbright Fellow. He has holdings at MOMA, the Ain Herod Museum in Tel Aviv; Smithsonian; the Albright-Knox Gallery and the Nelson Gallery of Art. He lived and worked in Brooklyn New York. Kinigstein was inducted as an Academician into the National Academy of Design in 1997. Exhibits include: Young Americans at the Whitney Museum of American Art; the National Academy of Arts and Letters; ACA Gallery; Rittenhouse Gallery; the Washington Irving Gallery; and the Pindar Gallery. Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture (CAPS) '59, University of Illinois, Arthur Okamura, Fred Farr, Jonah Kinigstein, Lawrence Calcagno, Reuben Tam and Rico Lebrun. Jonatha Kinigstein attended The Cooper Union and Grand Chaumiere, Paris. He received a Fulbright scholarship to study in Rome, and has also received awards from the Butler Art Institute; American Academy of Arts and Letters; Silvermine Guild; and Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. Kinigstein has had solo shows at Galerie Bretau, Paris; Alan Gallery, Grippi Gallery, ACA Gallery, and Pindar Gallery, New York; Siembab Gallery, Boston; Rittenhouse Gallery, Philadelphia; among others. His work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art; Museum of Modern Art; Allentown Art Museum; Albright Art Gallery; Butler Art Institute; and more. He has taught at the Brooklyn Museum and National Academy of Design School of Fine Arts. Born in 1923 in Coney Island, Jonah’s early influences were discovered during visits to the Metropolitan Museum- “When I really saw the old masters, it blew my mind, of course.” He attended Cooper Union for a year before he was drafted into the Army, serving from 1942 – 1945. Soon after, Jonah moved to Paris where he spent time at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, conversing with other aspiring artists, exchanging ideas, exhibiting his work, seeing established artists, and generally soaking up a fertile creative environment. He exhibited in several shows including the Salon D’Automne, Salon de Mai, and the Salon des Moins de Trente Ans, and had one-man shows in the Galerie Breteau and Les Impressions D’Art. After Paris, Jonah moved to Rome on a Fulbright Scholarship and studied at the La Schola Di Belles Artes. After a year, he returned to the U.S. and exhibited his paintings at the Downtown Gallery in Manhattan. A classically trained painter whose ambitions were frustrated by the New York art world’s obsession with Abstract Expressionism and the lucrative industry that grew up around it. Like so many painters, he was unable to make a living solely from painting, so he worked in the commercial art world and did freelance illustration and design. Throughout this time, Jonah’s commitment to his own art never wavered, and he continued to paint and occasionally exhibit. He was included in the MoMA show, Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947–1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism along with Alexander Archipenko, Francis Bacon, Balthus, Will Barnet, Leonard Baskin, Eugene Berman, Reg Butler, Lovis Corinth, Andre Derain, Otto Dix, Raoul Dufy, Max Ernst, Lucian Freud, George Grosz, Alexei Jawlensky...
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20th Century Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

'Coastline', Expressionist California Landscape, San Francisco Woman Artist
By Alice Beamish
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A dramatic, Expressionist Coastal landscape showing a view of white-capped jade green breakers crashing against a rocky shoreline, with a distant mountain painted in shades of scarlet, slate blue, and indigo rising in the background. Signed lower right, "Beamish", titled verso and painted circa 1960. Provenance: The Vincent Price Collection...
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1950s Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Chicago, original expressionist American urban landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
One of the greatest and most famous American urban landscapes, the city of Chicago, is bold, brassy, diverse and wild, resplendent with the latest theatrical productions, live music...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

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