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
Vibrant Abstract Rhino Horn Figurative Expressionist Painting
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Abstract
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Country: United States
Dimensions: 26" x 26" x 3/4"
Dimensions w/Frame: 26 1/2" x 26 3/4"
Jay Milder (born 1934) is an American artist and a figurative expressionist painter of the second generation New York School. Old Testament themes such as Jacob's Ladder and Noah’s Ark, and the Jewish mystical...
Category
1970s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Caldentey Small Green and Black original neo-expressionist acrylic
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
sailboat in a storm. original neo-expressionist acrylic painting
contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY
Painting on paper
CALDENTEY, Toni - (Portocolom, Mallorca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Acrylic
ANIMAL FACE
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Markers on paper
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Untitled by E. Wenk, 2020 - 2021 - Black and Blue Acrylic, 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
Meso 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
1990s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Peace
By ETTE
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“PEACE” is sentimental to the artist. A painting she refused to sell for quite some time. Her grandmother, an artist herself, gifted ETTE a tube of gold paint before she passed away....
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Untitled" Red Heart Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Untitled" Red Heart Bunny
A single rabbit gestured in red on a light red background with Diamond Dust in a vintage frame.
Unframed: 14 x 14...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Resin
ADVENTURE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by Daria Kusto.
acrIcrylic on wotercolor paper.
The magic flow reality...
Shipped free
well protected
unframed.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Hunt Slonem "Doubles" Orange Heart Diamond Dust Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Doubles" Orange Heart Bunny
A rabbit pair gestured in yellow and orange on a matching Diamond Dust background in a vintage frame.
Unframed: 14.5 x 14 inches
Framed: 20 ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Resin, Oil, Panel
Huge Oil Painting "Jeu D'enfant" Colorful Vibrant Abstract Geometric
Located in Surfside, FL
The artist Richard Hennessy creates pictorial space as a complex and contradictory entity. The colorful ground uses alternately concave and convex forms and negative space to indicate overlapping geometric shapes. Signed and titled on verso by the artist.
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...
Category
1970s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"White Gold Mortality". Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A stark and powerful painting, it immediately attracts attention. Berlin has revisited the skull motif in this piece of Neo-Expressionist art to sublime effect. The painting is a mas...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
SUN LIGHT
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
WILD FRIENDS
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original unique piece hand painted
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
New Found Cockatoo Whisper, 2023 - Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Porto, 13
Oil painting by Hunt Slonem, created in 2023. The piece is in excellent condition, brand new, and measures 112 x 193 cm (44 x 76 inches). The painting features a grid of repeated coc...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
ANIMAL FACE
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Markers & acrylic on paper
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
"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
NIGHT ADVENTURE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original artwork by Daria Kusto.
acrIcrylic markers, ink on paper
The magic flow reality...
Shipped unframed.
Well protected, from Spain.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker, Acrylic
"Cocaine Beach Day" Abstract Acrylic Painting 71" x 57" by Erik White
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cocaine Beach Day" Abstract Acrylic Painting 71" x 57" by Erik White
Loose canvas. Ships rolled.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"My True Will" Painting 31.5" x 24" inch by Vera Kochubey
Located in Culver City, CA
"My True Will" Painting 31.5" x 24" inch by Vera Kochubey
Medium: Wall paint on canvas
ATTENTION: please contact us if you want this painting to be shipped rolled to lower the cost...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
"Devil is Busy, Talk to God" Painting 59" x 43" inch by Vera Kochubey
Located in Culver City, CA
"Devil is Busy, Talk to God" Painting 59" x 43" inch by Vera Kochubey
Medium: Wall paint on canvas
ATTENTION: please contact us if you want this painting to be shipped rolled to l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Feral Insight
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 unde...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
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
Fleshy as the T-Bone
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 unde...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tape, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Color Pencil
FLY
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original artwork by Daria Kusto.
Acrylic, markers, ink on watercolor paper.
Unframed.
Ships securely and well protected from Spain.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
"Ophelia". Contemporary, Realism, figurative, expresionism, impresionism, nude
Located in MADRID, ES
"Ophelia". Contemporary, Realism, figurative, expresionism, impresionism, nude
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
EchoLayer: Robo Hand - Original Light Blue Expressionist Abstract Layered Art
By Soren Grau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drawing inspiration from cultural icons and global events, Soren Grau's street art-infused Neo-expressionism invites art enthusiasts to be a part of a narrative larger than life. In ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Mixed Media
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
Sun Song
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 unde...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Uccelli tropicali sotto la pioggia" by Enzio Wenk, 2018 -Acrylic on Canvas
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Tropical bird under the rain".
Acrylic on a wooden panel.
The frame is included.
Painting:
44 x 58 cm
With frame:
57x71 cm
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Hommage à Baselitz
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
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
Patterson. Square Yellow. Brown. Ship. 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
"Pesci" by Enzio Wenk, 2019 - Acrylic on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Fishes"
Acrylic paint and collage on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
EchoLayer: Eureka - Original Expressionist Floral Abstract Figurative Art
By Soren Grau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drawing inspiration from cultural icons and global events, Soren Grau's street art-infused Neo-expressionism invites art enthusiasts to be a part of a narrative larger than life. In ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Mixed Media
Patterson Boat Ocher Vertical Yellow abstract acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Patterson. boat. ocher. vertical. abstract acrylic painting
Licenciado en Bellas Artes por ISPEJV, en la Habana en 2002, especialización en
Restauración y Conservación de pintura ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Hombre Heart" Orange Double Diamond Dust Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Hombre Heart" Orange Double Bunny
A pair of rabbits gestured in red and orange on a matching Diamond Dust background in a vintage frame.
Unframed: 14 x 14 inches
Framed...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Resin, Oil, Panel
"Bosco colorato" by Enzio Wenk, 2017-Diptych Acrylic on Canvas, NeoExpressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Colored forest"
Acrylic on canvas.
This is a diptych.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
POETRY OF LOVE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by Daria Kusto.
acrIcrylic on wotercolor paper.
The magic flow reality...
Shipped free
well protected
unframed.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
Duality, mysterious androgynous figure earth tone, yellow
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on Canvas
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Assemblage of inflatable paint islands silkscreen printing on paper, tapestry
Located in Carballo, ES
Work belonging to the latest exhibition of the Manolo Eirin contemporary art gallery in A Coruña, Spain.
The work is a drawing made by the artist for the exhibition using the assemb...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Printer's Ink, Archival Paper
Untitled (Brown Landscape), landscape, bold colors
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting of a landscape with painterly, expressive brush strokes representing trees are blowing in the wind.
Russell Sharon was born on a farm in Minnesota. He studied in Mexico City, Boston and New York. He is known for his wildly colorful works with imagery drawn from the Minnesota landscape...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape 132 by Jean Krille - Oil on Canvas 51x61 cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictions of nature. His landscapes often f...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Caldentey 9 Vertical Little Blue Boat original neo-expressionist acrylic
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
boat- original neo-expressionist acrylic painting
contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY
Painting on paper
Perfect state
CALDENTEY, Toni - (Portocolom, Mallorca ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Caldentey 42 Blue Golden Very Big original neo-expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
On the balcony looking New York.-original neo-expressionist acrylic painting
composition of the artist Español Toni CALDENTEY.
Mixed technique on canvas.
Perfect state.
contemporary...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vicente Cristellys, Oil on canvas "Gina Lollobrigida", Late 1950s
By Vicente Cristellys
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Vicente CRISTELLYS (1898-1970), School of Paris, late 1950s. "Lolo", portrait of Gina Lollobrigida in Notre-Dame de Paris (film).
Arriving in Paris during the 1920s, Vicente Cristellys settled in Montparnasse like many of his colleagues from the Ecole de Paris. He paints characters and scenes largely inspired by his native Spain. It was after a bohemian period that he began to illustrate cinema posters and he managed to settle in the Parisian cinematographic milieu. For example, he will sign posters for The Big Sleep, The Man in The iron mask...
Category
1950s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Upside-down
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
"Composizione con personaggio" by Enzio Wenk, 2008 - Acrylic , Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
"Translated title": "Composition with character".
Acrylic on board.
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Board, Acrylic
SKULL DOG
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original artwork by DARIA KUSTO.
the magic flow reality.
Markers on paper.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
"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
Patterson Boat Vertical sin titulo 9. acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Patterson. boats. vertical .
Licenciado en Bellas Artes por ISPEJV, en la Habana en 2002, especialización en
Restauración y Conservación de pintura Mural y caballete.
Ha ejercido...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Caldentey Man Mallorca original neo figurative watercolor paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original neo-expressionist acrylic painting
contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY
Painting on paper
Perfect state
CALDENTEY, Toni - (Portocolom, Mallorca - Spain...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
"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
Cherryhead by Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Cherryhead by Hunt Slonem
Bunnies on Red Background with Diamond Dust
Hunt Slonem is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker whose work uniquely combines representational ima...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
New Blue
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Got Blues?
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Welcome
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
Patterson Boats on the Shore. 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
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.