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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 Acrylic Paint, Abstract
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...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

"Uomo con Fiori" by E. Wenk, 2020-21 - Watercolor and Acrylic Paint, Figurative
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.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Acrylic

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
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Euridice"- Colorful, Neo-Expressionist Fine Art Painting
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 ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil

Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2021 -Acrylic on Canvas, Abstract, NeoExpressionism
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on canvas.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Gardener
By ETTE
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"The Gardener" has a story that is as old as time. It begins with a flower, grown naturally in nature, wild and free, but when planted and tended to by humans, its life becomes entir...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Gardener
The Gardener
$4,320 Sale Price
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"Grandi Occhi" by E. Wenk, 2018 - Acrylic on Canvas, Figurative NeoExpressionism
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Big Eyes". Acrilic paint on canvas. The painted beech frame is included.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Surfside, FL
Richard Hennessy, 1972. Born in Rochester, NY, in 1941, Hennessy began as a gifted concert pianist studying at the Eastman School of Music from 1954-1959. He went on to study art history at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, from 1963-66, after which he began his career as a fine artist. His early paintings were quickly admired and supported by Henry Geldzahler, curator of Modern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His first exhibition was in 1969 at Olivier Bernier Inc. NYC, followed in 1970 by a show at the Tibor De Nagy Gallery, also in NYC. Over the years he has shown in San Francisco, Indiana, Arizona, Florida, and at other prominent NYC galleries including Robert Miller, Hamilton, John Good and a retrospective at NYU’s Grey Gallery...
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1970s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nevermind
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 ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nevermind
Nevermind
$17,600 Sale Price
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Acrylic Portrait series #2 by Albert Radoczy
Located in Pasadena, CA
In this minimalist acrylic portrait, Albert Radoczy deploys an aesthetic where simplicity becomes not only elegance, but also a form of plastic manifesto. Far from demonstrative exce...
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1960s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

"Manhattan Overture". Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Berlin in this piece channels the imagery of the streets of New York City. Is it a commentary on today's society or a nostalgic view of the past? This painting offers a fabulous oppo...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Reinstate Liberty. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
This piece simply screams New York City and is presented in Berlin’s inimitable Twenty First Century Sharp Edge NYC Style. This painting has such a vibrant, pulsating feel, it’s ful...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

That Kat Coltrane, Neo Expressionist Portrait of John Coltrane by Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Wherever one travels to in the world it's inevitable that one sees the heritage of wild-style graffiti. Graffiti writers are the most influential artists of their time; reaching so m...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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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...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Albero" by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Still Life Painting, Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Tree". Acrylic on canvas.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Human Rights" Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
From the studio of England's greatest exponent of Neo-Expressionism, Sax Berlin. Human Rights is a heartfelt piece by Berlin, showing his concern for all people suffering abuse with ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Wise Up We All From Africa. Large Neo Expressionist Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Painted in Sax Berlin's iconic Sharp Edge style, Wise Up displays motif's from Africa, see the display of flags at the bottom of the canvas for example, and instantly recognisable sy...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

R. Poch Two Characters Big Square. original acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
99 las diez y diez 150x150 cm. original acrylic painting Born in Badalona (Barcelona). Photographer and advertising film director. Founding partner of the advertising production co...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Bosco Dorato" by Enzio Wenk, 2012 - Oil on Canvas Panel, Neo-Espressionism
Located in Bresso, IT
Title: "Bosco Dorato" Translated title: "Golden Forest". Acrylic on canvas panel. The wooden frame is included and is vintage, made in the 40s. Canvas measures: Width: 60 cm He...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Verso il cielo" by E. Wenk, 2010 - Mixed Media on Canvas, NeoExpressionism
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: " Towards the sky ". Mixed media on canvas.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

"Chastellet 2"- Colorful, Neo-Expressionist Fine Art Painting
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 ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Salvation!
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Matthew Marcot is an American, self-taught artist specializing in Abstract and Neo-Expressionism, and primary mediums are semiotics and collage. An underlying theme in Marcot’s work ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Salvation!
Salvation!
$7,600 Sale Price
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"Pascolo" by Enzio Wenk, 2020 - Acrylic on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Grazing". Acrylic on canvas.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Farmer
By ETTE
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This painting was created for ETTE's late grandfather and paternal family, who own and work on dairy farms in Westphalia, Michigan to this day. ETTE was raised in this environment and its influence is exponential to her influence and career as an artist. “The Farmer...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Farmer
The Farmer
$11,840 Sale Price
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As If You Care
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 ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Wax, Oil

As If You Care
As If You Care
$19,200 Sale Price
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"Mi son ritrovato a volare" by Enzio Wenk, 2010 -Acrylic on Canvas, Blue Faces
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "I found myself flying" Acrylic on canvas.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"La forza dei miti" by Enzio Wenk, 2010 -Acrylic on Canvas, Words on Red Shades
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.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

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...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Rice Paper

"Quante cose ho visto" by Enzio Wenk, 2016 - Mixed Media, Neo-Expressionism
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "How many things I've seen..." Mixed media on canvas. The dimensions refer to the painting with the frame.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Mixed Media

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
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Masonite, Acrylic

"Blue Licorice" Neo-Expressionist Urban Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Austin, TX
This vibrant neo-expressionist piece by Linda Dumont depicts a set table on an outdoor patio on a clear sunny day. This 16 x 12 inch piece is executed on oil on panel and framed in a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Archival Paper

Queen of Hearts female nude large red heart big valentine love erotic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on canvas on heavy stretcher framing recommended but not necessary
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Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Sunrise, " an Abstract Expressionist Oil on Canvas signed by Matthew Schaefer
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sunrise," by American artist Matthew Schaefer, is a fauvist expressionist painting with bold, bright colors and gestural marks in a style similar to the abstractionists Willem de Ko...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

circus rider, colorful circus interior woman and elephant bright cheerful happy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
an early work by artist on canvas Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with bou...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2022 - Acrylic on Canvas, NeoExpressionism
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic on canvas.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Mickey mouse painting Street Art Basquiat Style
Located in OIA, ES
"A Little Bit of Magic" is an expressionist portrait of Mickey Mouse, the beloved Disney character. When you gaze upon the painting, you can't help but be amazed by the immense numbe...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Enamel

Many Rivers to Cross
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Many rivers to cross, but I can't seem to find my way over..."
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Enamel

Guardian Angels, New York's Finest. Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Acrylic and hand ground oils on canvas, From the artist's Hard Edge Series
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

The Down Crown Crew. Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Stoked with street art and graffiti images this frieze painting from Berlin is epic, it showcases the very best of Renaissance Neo-Expressionism. It's full of flashing imagery, pulsi...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Spike Gold Tooth : Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Twenty First Century Sharp Edge NYC Style this painting showcases an iconic symbol of popular culture;the gold tooth or teeth. In this piece Berlin has comb...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

"Tracciato Polivalente" by Enzio Wenk, 2020 -Acrylic on Canvas, NeoExpressionism
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Multi-purpose trace". Acrylic on canvas.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Cool Blue
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 ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Enamel

"Cheeky Boy in the Crowd" Colorful Acrylic on Canvas by Deanne Mineau
Located in Pasadena, CA
After many years of study and creation, Deanne Mineau's work has taken a distinctive turn towards expressionism. This shift allows her to offer a more emotional and subjective world ...
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1970s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Masonite, Acrylic

The Renaissance of Neo Expressionisation of Klee: Contemporary Painting
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...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Trapeze
Located in Miami, FL
Evelyne Ballestra's work with signs, symbols and esoteric spirituality reflects her passion for the ancient past and represents a symbolic return to the ground from which we emerged....
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Duality, mysterious androgynous figure earth tone, yellow
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on Canvas
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The God of Colour " Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Exhilarating flashes of neon colour swirl around the golden mouthed icon image. A painting of movement  and meditation from the unique and unmistakable palette of master artist Sax B...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Phuket Series #9
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 ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Wax, Oil

Phuket Series #9
Phuket Series #9
$9,600 Sale Price
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Portokali. Vibrant landscape, Contemporary Mountains Acrylic Painting
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic landscape painting by Polish artist Andrzej Borowski. Artist is fascinated with mediterranean views and how the landscape is changing during the day and with eve...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"No King: One Route". Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sharp edged and sassy from Sax Berlin. A bang on trend, urban street painting with an undercurrent of the darkness of the city. Oil and acrylic on canvas
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Portrait of a Gray Andalusian Horse
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Daniela Nikolova Medium: Oil and sand on canvas Size: 47.2" x 31.5"
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Cavaliere rosa" by Enzio Wenk, 2019 -Pink Figure, Acrylic, Neo-Expressionism
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Pink knight". Acrylic paint on canvas.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

"Giocoliere" by Enzio Wenk, 2020 - Mixed Media on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Juggler". Mixed media on canvas.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Blue Song
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. Ultimately every work really just decides itself. I love to paint. I love the smell of paint (oil) and the way it does different things depending on how you apply it. I love how if you use a lot of turpentine, it forms these rivulets like streams in the desert. Acrylics just can’t match the intensity or viscosity of oils. In early days, I painted landscapes and portraits, but I tried to infuse them with my own nomenclature. The colors, brushstrokes, and marks that I put on a canvas transfigure into a profound sensibility that I cannot deal with in any other way. And color is a way of expressing my emotions, and the way it is planted in my works helps tell the story. When I was a boy I drew incessantly. I had sheets of paper roughly 10 by 15 inches, and I covered them with Civil War soldiers. Literally hundreds of them, each drawn with the same delicacy as if they were alive. Later I advanced to WW2, with German soldiers attacking the well-meaning but hapless British, grey against ochre, tanks and explosions, and beautiful landscapes where it happened. As I became older, I wondered what it was that had so intrigued me with these war scenarios. I became fascinated with the symbols, icons and pictograms that were behind these historic conflicts. They had a substance and meaning for me that far outweighed their prescribed meaning. A cross meant Christianity, but in the films of Sergei Eisenstein, there was a distinction between the Teutonic knights with their iron helmets invading the Russian orthodox warriors to the east. A cross could mean many things, we bow down before a cross, but are repulsed by a swastika. Yet they are related. If you cut the corners of a circle with a cross bisecting it, an early Christian icon...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Blue Song
Blue Song
$17,600 Sale Price
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Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2020 - Acrylic on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic on canvas.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Metanoia
By ETTE
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This painting was created in a time of psychological hardship for the artist. She was under great physical and emotional distress which ultimately led to psychiatric care. During thi...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Metanoia
Metanoia
$8,160 Sale Price
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"Una figura con albero, toro e bambino" by Enzio Wenk, 2020 - Neo-Expressionism
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: " A figure with a tree, a bull and a child". Acrylic on canvas.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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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.

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