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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
Crown of Stillness - Original Figurative Black, Red, White Abstract Artwork
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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Diptych “Interaction”, 100x160cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Diptych “Interaction”, 100x160 cm
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Love is the Souls of a Genius" Painting 30" x 24" inch by Vera Kochubey
Located in Culver City, CA
"Love is the Souls of a Genius" Painting 30" 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media

Caldentey 8 Black and White original neo-expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
" La lluita. original neo-expressionist acrylic painting contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY Perfect state CALDENTEY, Toni - (Portocolom, Mallorca - Spain) The...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Chinensis Light
Located in Denver, CO
"Chinensis Light" sees artist Hunt Slonem return to a favored subject - the rabbit. A gaggle of the long-eared creatures crowds into the frame, rendered in stylized black lines on an...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Lories & Amazons" Multicolor Parrots on Metallic Background
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Lories & Amazons" Multicolor Parrots on Metallic Background A family of seven birds on a gold and multicolor background in a vintage frame Unframed: 30 x 22 inches Fram...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Panel

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...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Mixed Media

TRIPLE FACE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on watercolour paper. by artist Daria Kusto The magic flow reality... Shipped well protected, unframed Curated by Art Reserve & Angel Rivas We can do commissioned work...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Permanent Marker

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

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Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media

Afib Hearts
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Neo Expressionist Abstracted Figurative paintings
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media

"Paris Green" Multicolor Butterflies on Green -Aesthetic Movement Eastlake Frame
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts multicolor delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful Paris Green landsc...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Pajaro Caballo (Bird House), " Acrylic on Canvas by Miguel-Casto Lenero
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pajaro Caballo (Bird House)" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Miguel-Casto Lenero. Abstract representations of animals are rendered in thick acrylic paint in dark pastel...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

Acrylic painting by established Lithuanian painter - cultural commentary - music
Located in Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr.
Raimondas Gailiūnas (b. 1956) lives and works in Rokiškis. A painter whose career spans more than four decades is known for his expressive, color-intense compositions. Gailiūnas fuse...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Caldentey Vertical Grey Characters Original Neo-expressionist Acrylic
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
characters- Originall Neo-expressionist Acrylic painting contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY Perfect state CALDENTEY, Toni - (Portocolom, Mallorca - Spain) Th...
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Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Mixed Media

SNAKE DOG
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Shipped from Thailand because i am living here in 2025 Acrylic on canvas Shipped well protected, unframed
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic, Permanent Marker

SNAKE DOG
SNAKE DOG
$176 Sale Price
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4 Drawings, B&W
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
4 Drawings included Markers & acrylic on paper Shipped well protected, unframed
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic, Permanent Marker

"Toda Raba #7, " Acrylic Abstract on Panel signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Toda Raba #7" is an original acrylic painting by Reginald K. Gee, signed in the lower right hand corner. The panel has a textured surface that brings out the expressionist movements...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic, Panel

Where is your mind?, 90x70cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Where is your mind?, 90x70cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic

”Nature’s music fills”, 60x40cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
”Nature’s music fills”, 60x40cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic

“The Lovers”, 60x40cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
“The Lovers”, 60x40cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic

“ Ethereum”, 60x40cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
“ Ethereum”, 60x40cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic

“The Lovers”, 60x40cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
“The Lovers”, 60x40cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic

“The Lovers”, 60x40cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
“The Lovers”, 60x40cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic

Silent harmony, 60x40cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Silent harmony, 60x40cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic

"Toda Raba #5, " Abstract Yellow & Black Acrylic on Canvas signed by Reginald Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Toda Raba #5" is an original painting by Reginald K. Gee signed in the lower right hand corner. 20" x 24" Contemporary African American and Native American Hertiage Artist, Regina...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, 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...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Suspended Space, Pastel Contemporary Abstraction, Modern Gestural, Spray, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
Emotions and Textures bursts with gestural freedom and expressive layering, capturing the raw vitality of contemporary abstraction. With bold brushstrokes, spray textures, and a vibr...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic

New Blue
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Got Blues?
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Enamel

View of the vineyards of the village - n°81 by Jean Krillé - Oil on wood 100x100
Located in Geneva, CH
Of Germanic descent, the painter Jean Krillé was born in 1923 in Switzerland. His father, writer and poet, oriented him towards art and culture. From the age of 16, he enrolled at th...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

CAR MAN
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Markers & acrylic on paper Shipped well protected, unframed
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic, Permanent Marker

Catch me !
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil Pastel

EMOTIONS
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Oil pastel on paper by artist Daria Kusto Shipped well protected, unframed Curated by Art Reserve & Angel Rivas We can do commissioned work of any technique, style and size, cont...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Permanent Marker

"Lawn Romp" Black Outline Bunny on Aqua Green Oil Painting on Wood Panel Framed
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on an Aqua green background with thick use of paint. I...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Viola" Outline Bunny on Gradient Red & Purple Background Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a bunny on an ombre red and purple resin and diamond dust background...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel

"Blue Sky" Colorful Outline Bunny on Gradient Background Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a bunny on gradient resin and diamond dust background with thick use...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Glass, Resin, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

The Red-haired Woman
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Louis BERTHOMME SAINT-ANDRE, France, 1940s. Young Red-haired Woman. with frame: 74x63 cm - 29.1x24.8 inches ; without frame: 61x50 cm - 24x19.7 inches. Format 12F. ...
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1940s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Hombre" Red and Orange Diamond Dust Bunny Heart
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Hombre" Red and Orange Bunny Heart A rabbit gestured in red and orange on a matching Diamond Dust background in a vintage frame. Unframed: 14 x 14 inches Framed: 20 x 1...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Resin, Oil, Panel

Good News - 21st Century, Contemporary, Neo-Figurative Portrait, Women, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

African Tribe 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Floral
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Ophelia". Contemporary, Realism, figurative, expresionism, impresionism, nude
Located in MADRID, ES
"Ophelia". Contemporary, Realism, figurative, expresionism, impresionism, nude
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rare Jewish Yemenite Family Oil Painting Israeli Judaica Itamar Siani
Located in Surfside, FL
Itamar Siani, Israeli artist, painter, engraver, born 1941, Yemen His art commemorates the unique cultural heritage and traditions of the Yemenite Jewish community, who returned to t...
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1970s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category

Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

SNAKE DOG
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Shipped from Thailand because i am living here in 2025 Acrylic on canvas Shipped well protected, unframed
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic, Permanent Marker

Landscape 147 by Jean Krille - Oil on Masonite 100x100 cm
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...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

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...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

Vineyards - n°82 by Jean Krillé - Oil on wood 100x100 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Of Germanic descent, the painter Jean Krillé was born in 1923 in Switzerland. His father, writer and poet, oriented him towards art and culture. From the age of 16, he enrolled at th...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

911 - Basquiat Inspired Original Figurative Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With cultural icons and world events acting as inspiration, artist Soren Grau strives to communicate meaning through figures and colors. He paints in a stre...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, 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...
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1950s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

ADANNE
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy. Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Auth...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

ADANNE
ADANNE
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Guardian Angel. 21st Century Sista. Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Berlin’s iconic paintings of Guardian Angels is enhanced by this piece. This Sista is obviously a strong character and it’s easy to see in her how Berlin forged a connection with the...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic, Oil

Hunt Slonem, "Rays Walk", 21.5x17.5 Gold Green Black Owl Oil Painting on Board
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "Rays Walk" is a 21.5x17.5 metallic gold oil painting on wood board of two contemporary abstract owl in black sitting on tree branches against a gold ba...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Board

Patterson abstract blue and green. boats. big. 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...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Les Aériennes
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...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

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

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Cotton Canvas, Printer's Ink, Archival Paper

Figurative Expressionist Bold Pop Art Oil Painting Self Portrait Carlo Pittore
By Carlo Pittore
Located in Surfside, FL
Carlo Pittore Oil on canvas, 1984, Self Portrait, initialed and dated lower left, slat framed, 21"sqr (frame) 20 X 20 canvas. Provenance: The Private Collection of Wolf Kahn & Emil...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

NO KINGS NO WAR: Large Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin is a caring, compassionate man and his egalitarian outlook is translated into his art. This piece is large and impactful and shows this ascending star of the art world at ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Tableau n°80 by Jean Krillé - Oil on wood 75x100 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Of Germanic descent, the painter Jean Krillé was born in 1923 in Switzerland. His father, writer and poet, oriented him towards art and culture. From the age of 16, he enrolled at th...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

Healing 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Blue, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
It takes a long time to heal as a human in this situation blue helps in calming the mind both physically and mentally blue also indicates serenity and contentment. Shipping Procedur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, 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.

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