While “expressionist” is used to describe any art that avoids naturalism and instead employs a bold use of flattened forms and intense brushwork, Expressionist art formally describes early-20th-century work from Europe that drew on Symbolism and confronted issues such as urbanization and capitalism. Expressionist artists experimented in paintings and prints with skewed perspectives, abstraction and unconventional, bright colors to portray how isolating and anxious the world felt rather than how it appeared.
Between 1905 and 1920, Austrian and German artists, in particular, were inspired by Postimpressionists such as Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh in their efforts to strive for a new authenticity in their work. In its geometric patterns and decorative details, Expressionist art was also marked by eclectic sources like German and Russian folk art as well as tribal art from Africa and Oceania, which the movement’s practitioners witnessed at museums and world’s fairs.
Groups of artists came together to share and promote the themes now associated with Expressionism, such as Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Dresden, which included Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and investigated alienation and the dissolution of society in vivid color. In Munich, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group led by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, instilled Expressionism with a search for spiritual truths. In his iconic painting The Scream, prolific Norwegian painter Edvard Munch conveyed emotional turmoil through his depiction of environmental elements, such as the threatening sky.
Expressionism shifted around the outbreak of World War I, with artists using more elements of the grotesque in reaction to the escalation of unrest and violence. Printmaking was especially popular, as it allowed artists to widely disseminate works that grappled with social and political issues amid this time of upheaval. Although the art movement ended with the rise of Nazi Germany, where Expressionist creators were labeled “degenerate,” the radical ideas of these artists would influence Neo-Expressionism that emerged in the late 1970s with painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente.
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Mirando al Cielo 7 - Murmuration Japan Asiatic Landscape Photograph
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 7 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. In this image by Spanish ph...
Photographic Paper, Digital, Color
Mirando al Cielo 6 - Murmuration Misty Country Landscape Photograph
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 6 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-taught...
Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, C Print
Mirando al Cielo 5 - Countryside Murmuration Misty Landscape Photograph
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 5 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-taught...
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
L’étoile, from the series Fantômes
By Diana Markosian
Located in Los Angeles, CA
L’étoile, from the series Fantômes, 2025. © Diana Markosian / Aperture Framed and Signed Magnum/Aperture square print sale Diana Markosian takes an intimate approach to her photogr...
Archival Pigment
Mirando al Cielo 8 - Renaissance Landscape Swallows Murmuration Landscape
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 8 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-taught...
Color, Digital, Photographic Paper, C Print
Mirando al Cielo 13 - Murmuration Countryside Landscape Photograph
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 13 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-taug...
Color, Digital, Photographic Paper, C Print
Mirando al Cielo 3 - Lone Walker Countryside Murmuration Landscape Photograph
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 3 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-taught...
Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, C Print
Mirando al Cielo 12 - Birds Murmuration Sky Landscape Photograph
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 12 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-taug...
Color, Digital, Photographic Paper, C Print
Mirando al Cielo 10 - Renaissance Style Landscape Photography Dreamscape Birds
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 10 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. In this landscape image, a b...
Photographic Paper, Digital, C Print, Color
Mirando al Cielo 15 - Murmuration Asiatic Countryside Landscape
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 15 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-ta...
Color, Digital, Photographic Paper, C Print
Mirando al Cielo 2 - Misty Landscape Countryside Murmuration Photograph Print
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 2 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-taught...
Cotton, Photographic Paper, Digital, C Print
Mirando al Cielo 11 - Birds Murmuration in Sky Mountain Region Japan Photograph
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 11 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-taugh...
Color, Digital, Photographic Paper, C Print
Mirando al Cielo 14 - Murmuration Starlings Swallows Poppy Field
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 14 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. A million birds wheel and bat around the sky above a field of red poppies. The poppies shoot into the sky like a field of trees. In this composition Basurto plays with proportion and with perception of reality; are the flowers real...
Photographic Paper, Digital, C Print, Color
$4,750
"No Title" Still Searching For The Title Two, Giclee Print, Color Photography
By Hatice Besun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Still Searching For The Title / No Title 2 / Photograph Creator: Hatice Besun Creation year: 2022 Dimension: 19 x 13 External Dimension( with white border) Height:19.8 inch Width:13...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Abstract Church - Manipulated Photography
Located in Miami, FL
This is an early example of photo manipulation. Photographer put a match to the 35mm emulsion to the burned bubble effect and then sandwiched it with colored gels in a double exposur...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Abstract Church - Manipulated Photography
Located in Miami, FL
This ia an early example of photo manipulation. Photographer put a match to the 35mm emulsion to the burned bubble effect and then sandwiched it with colored gels in a double exposur...
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Peonies, Campanulas, and Variegated Gladiolas
By Harold Davis
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This romantic pano looks as much like a watercolor as it does like a photo! Words that describe this piece: garden, flower, flowers, peonies, gladiolas Artist B...
Photographic Paper
Old Las Vegas Dunes Hotel Neon
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk was a trailblazer in shooting neon signs with dramatic angles, acute compostion and powerful color. Although this is a nocturnal image it has vibrant life energy. ...
Inkjet
Rain in Manhattan
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 4 of 15 Unframed. Printed later, Other size available
Photographic Paper
Bryant Park, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Negative Color with colored gels creates a wonderfully fantasy of a classic urban park. The work was done in 1971 during the Psychedelic period. Signed , dated lower right, Edition ...
Photographic Paper
$4,800
H 48 in W 72 in
Marmo di Carrara - large format photograph of iconic Italian marble quarry
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Signed large scale original photograph of the Mediterranean marble quarries in Carrara, Italy, iconic material source of classic Italian art and architecture, captured with a large format camera to allow epic scale print sizes with incredible image details Marmo di Carrara...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée
$4,400
H 48 in W 71 in
Wild West I - large scale photograph of iconic landscape of American West
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wild West I by Frank Schott from a series of photographic observances around Monument Valley 48 x 71 inches / 122cm x 180cm signed edition of 7 27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm signed...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
$2,200
H 27 in W 40 in D 0.3 in
Marmo di Carrara - large format photograph of iconic Italian marble quarry
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Signed large scale photograph of the Mediterranean marble quarries in Carrara, Italy, iconic material source of classic Italian art and architecture, captured with a large format camera to allow epic scale print sizes with incredible image details Marmo di Carrara...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée
Bubble No. 7
By Stuart Allen
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 8 Signed, titled, dated and numbered. "This series exploits an optical phenomenon that occurs when visible light is distorted by the thin film membrane of a soap bubble. ...
Archival Pigment
Bubble No. 9
By Stuart Allen
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 8 Archival pigment print on somerset rag, 23 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Stuart Allen Series: Soap Bubbles White wood frame, 24 x 24 in., includ...
Archival Pigment
$99
H 4.22 in W 3.47 in D 0.04 in
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Lila and Sam' (Stay) - signed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid-sized unlimited Mini 'Lila and Sam' (Stay) - 2006 - signed in front, not mounted. 1 Archival Color Photograph based on the Polaroid. Polaroid sized ...
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
$1,237
H 34 in W 60 in D 0.1 in
'Pounding Heart' Large scale triptych photograph. Ocean, sea, Beach cottage wave
Located in Penzance, GB
'Pounding Heart' Archival photographic triptych. Limited Edition of 25. Unframed. _________________ The wild Atlantic explodes in a raw release of energy, the graceful formation of ...
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Giclée, Archi...
$1,920
H 27 in W 40 in
California Dusk - large scale photograph of iconic desert landscape sunset
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
California Dusk by Frank Schott from a series of photographs capturing the Golden State's vast desert landscapes 27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm edition of 25 signed 48 x 72 inches...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
$1,400
H 16 in W 20 in D 1.75 in
Patrick Sansone, Club Diamond, 2023, Lambda C Print, Ed 1/10, Street Photography
Located in Darien, CT
Patrick Sansone uses analog cameras and film to create photographs that reference stillness, lure, and intermission. Decaying signage, abandoned indust...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
$4,400
H 48 in W 60 in
Marfa ( Prada ) - large format photograph of iconic conceptual art installation
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large scale photograph of PRADA MARFA, a permanently installed pop architectural land art project sculpture by artists Elmgreen and Dragset, inaug...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
$1,237
H 24 in W 66 in D 0.1 in
'Wa-Kal-La' Photographic triptych Yosemite Water Wood Tree Stone Nature Gold
Located in Penzance, GB
'Wa-Kal-La' Archival photographic triptych. Limited Edition of 25. Hand signed and numbered, unframed. _________________ Reflected in the rippling surface of the Merced river, the ...
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
$4,400
H 48 in Dm 64 in
El Mirage - large format photograph of bright California desert landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
El Mirage by Frank Schott 48 x 64 inches / 122cm x 163cm edition of 7 signed 30 x 40 inches / 76cm x 102cm edition of 25 signed archival quality fine art pigment print li...
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée, Archival Paper
Windmill (Hamptons)
By James Mannix
Located in East Hampton, NY
Windmill in The Hamptons (Long Island, NY) Photography Edition of 10 UNFRAMED: Print to Order About the Artist: Short Biography in a Nutshell: A fun journey My first foray into t...
Photographic Paper
Red GMC
By James Mannix
Located in East Hampton, NY
Vintage GMC hood/bonnet Can be printed onto metal. ask for pricing The Hamptons (Long Island, NY) Photography Edition of 10 UNFRAMED: Print to Order About the Artist: Short Biograp...
Photographic Paper
Further Lane (East Hampton)
By James Mannix
Located in East Hampton, NY
Further Lane Can be printed onto metal. ask for pricing The Hamptons (Long Island, NY) Photography Edition of 10 UNFRAMED: Print to Order About the Arti...
Photographic Paper
Windmill (Hamptons)
By James Mannix
Located in East Hampton, NY
Windmill in The Hamptons (Long Island, NY) Photography Edition of 10 UNFRAMED: Print to Order About the Artist: Short Biography in a Nutshell: A fun journey My first foray into t...
Photographic Paper
Big Bear Sunset
By James Mannix
Located in East Hampton, NY
Big Bear Lake is a small city in Southern California. Photography Edition of 10 UNFRAMED: Print to Order About the Artist: Short Biography in a Nutshell: A fun journey My first ...
Photographic Paper
Towards The Sea
By James Mannix
Located in East Hampton, NY
The Hamptons, Long Island NY Photography Edition of 10 UNFRAMED: Print to Order About the Artist: Short Biography in a Nutshell: A fun journey My first foray into the art world w...
Photographic Paper
Bombay Star Series #4
By James Mannix
Located in East Hampton, NY
Bombay Beach , California Photography Edition of 10 UNFRAMED: Print to Order About the Artist: Short Biography in a Nutshell: A fun journey My first foray into the art world was ...
Photographic Paper
Sascha The Horse
By Kristina Gale
Located in East Hampton, NY
Sascha the Horse in a farm / field in the Hamptons Part of a series /100 C-Print on Kodak Paper Other barnyard animals : Hamlet the Pig, Stormy the Cow
C Print
Sascha The Horse
By Kristina Gale
Located in East Hampton, NY
Sascha the Horse in a farm / field in the Hamptons Part of a series /100 C-Print on Kodak Paper Other barnyard animals : Hamlet the Pig, Stormy the Cow
C Print
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H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
Mirando al Cielo 7 - Rosa Basurto, Weather, Landscape, Nature, Mist, Rainstorm
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Please be aware that the US recently imposed an import duty on photographs printed in the last 20 years which may apply if you are purchasing and importing this to the US. Mirando a...
Photographic Paper, Digital