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
"Senza Narrazione - 7 " by Enzio Wenk, 2019 - Acrylic Enamel on Canvas
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Without narration - 7"
Acrylic enamel on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Democracy (All over the World ). Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This piece is so strong it shouts from the canvas! With more than a passing nod to Ancient Greece, Democracy (All Over the World) has depth and resonance; the deep colour is so rich...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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 ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"Viso Tondo Celeste" by Enzio Wenk, 2018 - Acrylic on Paper, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Round pale blue face"
Acrylic paint on paper.
The frame has been painted by the artist.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
"Teschio Tropicale" by Enzio Wenk, 2019 - Acrylic on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Tropical skull".
Acrylic on canvas.
It features a lacquered wooden frame with brass studs.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Brass
"Senza Narrazione - 3 " by Enzio Wenk, 2019 - Acrylic Enamel on Canvas
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Without narration - 3"
Acrylic enamel on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"Angelo alato" by Enzio Wenk, 2019 - Acrylic Pain on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Title: "Angelo alato: Uomo fragile con improbabili ali e una maschera muta”
Translated title: "Winged angel: fragile man with improbable wings and a mute mask".
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Guardian Bro": Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Acrylic On Canvas
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2015 - Acrylic on Masonite, Pink and Green Shades
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic on masonite
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
The frame was painted by the artist.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
The frame was painted by the artist.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
The frame was painted by the artist.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
The frame was painted by the artist.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Wise Up We All From Africa
By Sax Berlin
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...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Coppia di innamorati di diversa etnia" by Enzio Wenk, 2016 - Acrylic on Canvas
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Couple of lovers of different ethnicities"
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue Green Cross Flower
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 Crayon, Oil
$22,400 Sale Price
20% Off
"Toda Raba #2, " Black Abstract Acrylic on Canvas signed by Reginald K Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Toda Raba #2" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Reginald K. Gee, signed in the lower right hand corner. Cool colors pool themselves at the center, reminiscent of marble. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Duality, mysterious androgynous figure earth tone, yellow
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on Canvas
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Toda Raba #4, " Abstract Acrylic on Canvas signed Reginald K Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Toda Raba #4" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Reginald K. Gee, signed in the lower right hand corner. Centered in the canvas is a history of brushstrokes forming an exp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
$17,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Red Winter, colorful double portrait oil on canvas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with bou...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
EL REGALO DE LA GATA
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Gouche on hand made paper
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Glaze
Love Box
By Miles Regis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on wood.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
"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
Blue Song
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. 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...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$17,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"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
Hunt Slonem Colorful Bunny Oil Painting 'Evening'
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
Available at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art. Hunt Slonem bunny oil painting 'Evening' 2023. Oil on wood, 10 x 8 in. / Frame: 16 x 14 in. This painting features Slonem's signature bunny outl...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Anthropoid VIII
By Taher Jaoui
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Neo Expressionist
Abstracted Figurative paintings
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Bland Impressions of Easy Park (The Fall Collection), " Acrylic signed by Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bland Impressions of Easy Park (The Fall Collection" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Reginald K. Gee. It is signed in the lower-left corner. This painting depicts two s...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
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
Canvas, Oil
Blood Moon
By ETTE
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The artist is experimenting with controlled strokes and intentional composition. Her success is found in this piece's subdued monochromatic tonal background with bold pop of color. S...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,320 Sale Price
20% Off
She Walks in Beauty Like the Night
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 itsel...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil
$18,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Cool 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
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Enamel
$12,000
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...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Revival
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Born in the South of France in 1926 and raised by very strict parents, Jean Sanglar was prohibited from playing with same age mates.
Truly talented, as a young boy he drew frequentl...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Void
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Collaboration with Berlin based artist BIC
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$7,040 Sale Price
41% Off
"Euridice"- Colorful, Neo-Expressionist Fine Art Painting
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 Crayon, Oil
Don't Even Think
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 Crayon, Oil
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
What Does It Take?
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Neo expressionist palette.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Playa Citra (citrus Beach) colorful citrus fruits red beagle dog beach
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oi on canvas signed on reverse surreal dreamlike quality
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Hacia la inmensidad". Contemporary, figurative, expresionism, impresionism
Located in MADRID, ES
"Dancer". Contemporary, Realism, figurative, expresionism, impresionism, human figure, nude
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Frozen In Ice, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag Portrait signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Frozen In Ice" is an oil pastel on grocery bag signed by Reginald K. Gee. The figure is quickly sketched in blue, with yellow around the throat and green along the leg. The backgrou...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Other Medium
Midsummer Night Ruby 2
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
Enamel
$17,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"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
Many Rivers to Cross
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Many rivers to cross, but I can't seem to find my way over..."
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Mad Hatters bright colorful fashionable ladies humorous view
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on
cradled wooden board signed and dated on reverse contemporary figurative expressionism
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
Untitled
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fairfield, CT
Oil on wood
This work is framed.
Bunny on blue.
Price includes frame.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Hombori
Located in New York, NY
This Miquel Barceló work exemplifies the artist's distinct handling of paint and mixed media to create a textured canvas and expressive work.
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
$107,846
"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 ...
Category
1970s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
She Knows
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil paint, oil stick & wax on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Wax, Oil
$28,000
Upside-Down II
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Born in the South of France in 1926 and raised by very strict parents, Jean Sanglar was prohibited from playing with same age mates.
Truly talented, as a young boy he drew frequentl...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
"Poptart", playful neo-expressionist painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Poptart", a playful neo-expressionist painting.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,560 Sale Price
20% Off
"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...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Modern Contemporary Abstract Spiritual Black Artist Tapestry Sunrise Bold Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spirit Sunrise" is an abstract acrylic painting on canvas by Reginald K. Gee. It includes a red orb at the top of the painting with beige, green, and yellow marks in front of a dark...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Winged Victory
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 Crayon, Oil
$17,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Neo-expressionist Painting by Kevin Samuel Murphy "Shadows in the Flag"
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Abstract Painting , Shadows in the Flag , acrylic on canvas
Contorted figures set against the back drop of a burning Stars and Stripes . Representing Lies & corruption within govern...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Neo-expressionist Painting by Samuel Murphy "The 3 Estate Agents"
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Kevin Samuel Murphy (born 1969)
THE 3 ESTATE AGENTS , 2001
Large - mixed media on canvas
Size: 104 × 128 cm (including frame)
Depicting three estate agents frenziedly clambering ove...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Neo-expressionist paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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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