Neo-Expressionist Paintings
NEO-EXPRESSIONIST STYLE
A resurgence of interest in Expressionism, Pop art, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and other movements gained steam among artists of the 1970s and ’80s, in part as a reaction to the austerity of the prevailing minimalism and Conceptual art of the era. A decadent, bold and brash art style called Neo-Expressionism saw painters returning to figural representation, creating highly textured works that were imbued with intensely personal narratives.
Neo-Expressionist paintings are sensuous in nature and highly subjective in meaning. Expressive brushwork, highly pigmented colors and layered forms and materials lent sculptural attributes to the work and were used to depict symbolic narratives from history, mythology and the artist’s personal experience.
Prominent figures such as Jean-Michel Basquiat led the Neo-Expressionist movement in the United States with paintings and prints that were raw, emotional and often violent in nature. In Germany, Die Neuen Wilden (the “New Fauves”) was the name given to a group of postwar artists that included the likes of sculptor Georg Baselitz and Gerhard Richter, a painter and photographer who explored the possibilities of both abstraction and realism, sometimes in a single piece. The work of the New Fauves — labeled as such for its return to Fauvism’s textured brushwork and use of vibrant colors — shares commonalities with Neo-Expressionism, and Baselitz was a pioneer of the movement in Europe. In addition, Willem de Kooning’s pulsating action paintings and Julian Schnabel’s experimentation with the materiality of paintings also took shape during this period.
“I was trying to make paintings different from the paintings that I saw a lot of at the time, which were mostly minimal, and they were highbrow and alienating, and I wanted to make very direct paintings that most people would feel the emotion behind when they saw them,” said Basquiat.
Neo-Expressionism generated some polarizing opinions, with some celebrating the revival of personal subjectivity in art while others criticizing the movement for being too commercially driven and nostalgic. But most experts agree that Neo-Expressionism was a huge commercial success and culturally impactful, paving the way for the postmodern work of artists like Richter and Sigmar Polke.
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Style: Neo-Expressionist
"Composizione" by E. Wenk, 2020-21 - Watercolor and Red Acrylic Paint, Abstract
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Composition".
Watercolor and acrylic paint on high-quality cotton paper, which is handmade in Italy.
This is part of an album.
The price refers to the single dr...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Composizione" by E. Wenk, 2020-21 - Watercolor and Acrylic Paint, Abstract
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Composition".
Watercolor and acrylic paint on high-quality cotton paper, which is handmade in Italy.
This is part of an album.
The price refers to the single dra...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
The Song of Peace
Located in Surfside, FL
Baruch Nachshon, was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1939, in the city of Haifa.
Nachshon began to paint in early childhood, and developed his relationship to art and to artists throu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Cavaliere rosa" by Enzio Wenk, 2019 -Pink Figure, Acrylic, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Pink knight".
Acrylic paint on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2020-2021 -Acrylic on Paper, Abstract, NeoExpressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on paper.
This is part of an album.
The price refers to the single drawing.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
"Oath"- Neo Expressionist Painting on Canvas
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“It is terrifying to paint. When you start out, you are faced with this great unknown. And you think, am I ever going to paint again? Yet, as you work, it starts to formulate itself....
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"Cecità" by Enzio Wenk, 2020-2022 - Watercolor on Paper, Abstract
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Blindness"
Watercolor on high-quality cotton paper, which is handmade in Italy.
This is part of an album.
It's been drawn in one go, with no erasure and with a c...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Cuore Amore" by Enzio Wenk, 2020-2022 - Acrylic Paint and Pencil, Abstract
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Heart Love"
Acrylic paint and pencil on high-quality cotton paper, which is handmade in Italy.
This is part of an album.
It's been drawn in one go, with no eras...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
"Olotera" contemporary, Mexican, oil, figurative
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Contemporary, Mexican, oil, figurative
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Izapa 2", Colorful Neo-Expressionist Oil Painting
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“It is terrifying to paint. When you start out, you are faced with this great unknown. And you think, am I ever going to paint again? Yet, as you work, it starts to formulate itself....
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Testa" by Enzio Wenk, 2020-2022 - Acrylic Paint on Paper, Abstract Portrait
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Head"
Acrylic paint on high-quality cotton paper, which is handmade in Italy.
This is part of an album.
It's been drawn in one go, with no erasure.
The price re...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Patterson Boats in the Sea. todos flotan. acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Licenciado en Bellas Artes por ISPEJV, en la Habana en 2002, especialización en
Restauración y Conservación de pintura Mural y caballete.
Ha ejercido como profesor de pintura en e...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Rebus" by Enzio Wenk, 2020-2022 - Acrylic Paint and Pencil on Paper, Abstract
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint and pencil on high-quality cotton paper, which is handmade in Italy.
This is part of an album.
It's been drawn in one go, with no erasure.
The price refers to the sin...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
"Un volto" by Enzio Wenk, 2017 -Acrylic on Canvas Board, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "A face".
Acrylic on canvas board.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
Abstract Oil Painting by noted Figurative Expressionist Israeli Artist Joel Kass
By Joël Kass
Located in Surfside, FL
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Country: Israel
Dimensions: 29" x 21 1/4" x 3/4"
Dimensions w/Frame: 29 1/4" x 22"
Kass paints in thick layers and realizes unique effects by sublimating...
Category
20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Traces" by E. Wenk, 2020-Black and Red Acrylic Paint and Pencil, Abstract Words
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Complete title: "Tracciati ( cerca di non dire cazzate )"
Translated title: "Traces ( try not to bullshit )"
Acrylic paint and pencil on high-quality cotton paper, which is handmad...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
"Tracciati" by E. Wenk, 2020 - Green Acrylic Paint, Abstract Lines, Graffiti
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Traces"
Acrylic paint on high-quality cotton paper, which is handmade in Italy.
This is part of an album.
It's been drawn in one go, with no erasure and with a c...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Uomo con Fiori" by E. Wenk, 2020-21 - Watercolor and Acrylic Paint, Figurative
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Man with flowers".
Watercolor on high-quality cotton paper, which is handmade in Italy.
This is part of an album.
The price refers to the single drawing.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Acrylic
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2020-2021 -Acrylic on Paper, Abstract, NeoExpressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on paper.
This is part of an album.
The price refers to the single drawing.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2021 -Acrylic on Canvas, Abstract, NeoExpressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Grandi Occhi" by E. Wenk, 2018 - Acrylic on Canvas, Figurative NeoExpressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Big Eyes".
Acrilic paint on canvas.
The painted beech frame is included.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
X AE A-12:. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Elon Musk is perhaps the most recognisable man on Earth. Known for his plans to take ordinary people into space and the Tesla electric car Musk is in the vanguard of advancing human ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Paramount
Located in Natchez, MS
A tribute to the artist's love of film and popular culture. Bailey creates a work based on the Paramount Pictures logo.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Gary, " an Acrylic on Parchment signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Gary" is an original acrylic painting on parchment signed and dated in the lower right by the artist Reginald K. Gee. It is also signed and dated on verso. This painting depicts a m...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Parchment Paper, Acrylic
Big Bang Theory
Located in Miami, FL
Born 1949, Fréjus, France
French artist Evelyne Ballestra studied painting in the South of France before moving to Switzerland where she met her mentor, Rolf Dürig, a master of the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blumenstillleben
Located in Wien, 9
The artist's modesty was probably an obstacle to her career. Her magnificent, expressive works have few equals in Austria, but the time has come for her work to be honoured anew afte...
Category
20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Tracciato Polivalente" by Enzio Wenk, 2020 -Acrylic on Canvas, NeoExpressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Multi-purpose trace".
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Giocoliere" by Enzio Wenk, 2020 - Mixed Media on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Juggler".
Mixed media on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Davanti all'immenso" by Enzio Wenk, 2010 - Acrylic on a Vintage Mirror
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "In front of the immense".
Black, blue and yellow acrylic paint on a vintage mirror.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Acrylic
Most Young Kings Get Their Head Cut Off
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This is a stunning, subtle painting from Sax Berlin that evokes the phrase used by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Berlin's interpretation of the quotation draws on his own personal knowledge ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Procession" coney island theme beach scene humorous lush green colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
this is an oil on canvas heavy duty stretchers signed on reverse
It was selected for the summer in the city exhibition at the tabla rasa gallery in brookl...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Verso il cielo" by E. Wenk, 2010 - Mixed Media on Canvas, NeoExpressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: " Towards the sky ".
Mixed media on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Snake Charmer warm sunny greens colorful mythic music theme female nude
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An early work by the artist one of his early female themes. It is signed and dated bottom left and is on heavy duty stretcher bars that do not need framing
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Mi son ritrovato a volare" by Enzio Wenk, 2010 -Acrylic on Canvas, Blue Faces
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "I found myself flying"
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"La forza dei miti" by Enzio Wenk, 2010 -Acrylic on Canvas, Words on Red Shades
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "The strength of the myths / legends /mild-mannered"
In Italian "Mito" means "fallacy", "myth" and also "mild-mannered".
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Streetplant" Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas 70" x 63" inch by Erik White
Located in Culver City, CA
"Streetplant" Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas 70" x 63" inch by Erik White
Loose canvas. Ships rolled.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Phuket Series #9
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Wax, Oil
Road XIII, monochromatic landscape, black and white and grey
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Textural work by collaborative artists Asya Dodina and Slava Polishchuk is created with Japanese paper and acrylic paint on canvas.
Image of moody winter landscape with road and tre...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Rice Paper
the greco roman question, figure with classical statues, greens, earth tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas, humorous depiction of a woman with classical artwork
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2020 - Acrylic on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Bosco colorato" by Enzio Wenk, 2017 -Acrylic on Canvas Panel, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Colored forest".
It is a diptych.
Acrylic on canvas panel.
It features a vintage frame.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Acrylic Modern Textured Portrait On a Blue Background
Located in Pasadena, CA
This portrait features a stylized face, designed in an aesthetic that combines the simplicity of forms with the richness of textures. The color palette, dominated by warm tones such ...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
So many influences can be seen in this painting, however it is unmistakenly from Sax Berlin's hand. It's a classic work of the renaissance of Neo-Expressionism of which Berlin is at ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Nenufares Fonda Azules, " Expressionist Painting of a Pond with Pink Lily Pads
Located in Austin, TX
This expressionist painting by Pep Suari featuring a blue, green, purple, and pink analogous color palette depicts a pond with pink lily pads with a rectangular color distortion inte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Renaissance of Neo Expressionisation of Klee: Contemporary Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A tour de force of a neo-expressionist painting. This work is symbolic and contemporary, offering a bold, almost tribal visual. Klee was a revolutionary artist who used many techniqu...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Conga" Neoexpressionist Bunnies Framed Oil on Wood Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Conga" is a framed oil painting on wood by Hunt Slonem, depicting five of the artists' iconic bunnies painted in black on a lime green background in a wooden frame.
This piece is ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Oil
"Paesaggio urbano" by Enzio Wenk, 2020 - Acrylic on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Urban landscape".
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Lonely Romantic strong red colors humorous theme flowers tattoos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on cradled wood board framing not necessary
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
EL REGALO DE LA GATA
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Gouche on hand made paper
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Glaze
Nevermind
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
"Save The Elephants." Contemporary Mixed Media Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A charging bull elephant is an image we are all familiar with, but we are increasingly only able to see images and not the reality of the elephant. Berlin understands the headlong ch...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Albero" by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Still Life Painting, Acrylic Paint on Canvas
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Tree".
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Wild Side". Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
In the 1980's New York was a very different place to the shiny, cosmopolitan city we know today. Dark forces roamed the streets and subway, violence lurked on street corners. The cit...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil
Street Angel. ( Subway Series ) Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
1980's NYC; dark and dangerous times. Gangs roamed the streets again, as they did in the 1800's, committing acts of egregious violence upon helpless citizens. But......... there was ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
Love is Blue
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
Muddy Company oil on monotype
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
provocative female figure
Oil on paper
Tom Bennett’s practice is rooted in the classical tradition where painting and drawing from life is highly regarded. Bennett’s work is heavily influenced by Francis Bacon, Frank Auberbauch and foremost his father, Harry Bennett, who was also an artist. Tom’s time living abroad in Spain and traveling through Eastern Europe and Africa provided the artistic freedom to explore many of the techniques and subject matter that continue to define his practice. Bennett was born and raised in Connecticut.
His mediums include monotypes, oil on paper, canvas or styrene board. In a technique that Tom started over 4 years ago, several of his monotypes have been painted over with oil paint using a palette knife, brush, or his fingers to repurpose the underlying image. These works are a testament to Bennett’s ability to quickly and concisely compose an image with expressive brush strokes, foreshortened figures and expertly rendered light.
Tom’s work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions worldwide. Bennett lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently represented by Tabla Rasa...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Figura con albero" by Enzio Wenk, 2020 -Acrylic on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Figure with a tree".
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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Find a wide variety of authentic Neo-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, red, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Hunt Slonem, Enzio Wenk, Sax Berlin, and Jean Sanglar. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Acrylic 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 Neo-Expressionist paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $39 and tops out at $215,000, while the average work sells for $4,387.