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Expressionist Figurative Prints

EXPRESSIONIST STYLE

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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Style: Expressionist
Someones About to Get Hustled
Located in Toronto, ON
22" x 32" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee with Hand Embellishment of 195 Hand Signed by Todd White Todd white captures restaurant, night and Hollywood scenes with contrasting colors serving the viewer’s eyes as those in his stolen scenes serve or are served-wine, coffee, cigarettes, cigars, and martinis. He creates timeless scenes of diverse attraction, of known intimacy. Within the exaggerated features and textured skin of his characters lies truth, yours and theirs. Distinctive bodies and details to lips, eyes, hair, skin, hands and what is held in each, separate and blend his characters’ lives. The smoke that rises from their lips, the drinks that linger at their fingertips, the clothing that adorns their bodies and the crowd created among lovers, friends, patrons and co-workers all speak a certain poetry. Each character depicts the subtleties of what one shows and what one hides. An asymmetrical face tells of an asymmetrical life, of how life wears and how we wear life — what we choose to carry in our hands and on our faces — how we wear ourselves, what smoke and color we stand in. Todd’s paintings are captivating, demanding a second look, often invoking humor or thoughts of familiar feelings — I’ve been there, I know them. Above all, the work is infectious and has caught the attention of the public (galleries cannot keep enough of Todd’s work in stock) as well as celebrities (Vin Diesel, Hugh Hefner, Macaulay Culkin, Eric McCormack, Ryan Stiles and Joe Rogan are collectors of Todd’s oil paintings). But who is the artist behind the art and where did his unique style come from? Todd began in at Warner Bros. Studios while working on the popular series, tiny toons. Through character clean-up and development, Todd began to forge his own artistic style. Shortly thereafter, Todd became part of the lead animation team for the internationally renowned cartoon, sponge bob square pants. Over the next three years, Todd sharpened his eye in storyboarding, illustration and character design. Throughout this period, Todd privately experimented with style and concept, eventually arriving at a process which guides him through every piece. The impact is apparent in his paintings; Todd’s rat-pack-meets-Picasso style results, in part, from his desire to reveal his characters’ innermost thoughts and emotions on their faces. Todd likens his portraits to his favorite episode of the Twilight Zone in which people wore masks that later became their faces and revealed who they truly were. Fast forward ten years later, and until Todd can conceptually see the story in his head, he refuses to paint a single signature knuckle curled around one of his famous martinis. "I actually name my pieces first and then i visualise each face and its personality. Then I develop each person’s story." The stark, unblemished delivery of his subjects is very much intended: whatever isn’t necessary to the story isn’t on my canvas. "I don’t waste a lot of time with backgrounds because they don’t interest me. They aren’t necessary. Instead i focus on what is essential. For example, the hands." Hands are a focal point for Todd, reflecting the subject’s state of mind as much as any body language or facial expression. Everyone’s hands are full of personality he surmises. Take Al Pacino; without his hands, he’s not nearly as interesting to watch. In addition to more obvious influences, such as Austrian expressionist Egon...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Interrogation - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Interrogation is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is from the book "Kobes" by Heinrich Man, that Grosz illustrated with 10 drawings reproduce...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

In the Brothel - Original Lithograph by Eugen Hamm - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
In the Brothel is an original lithograph realized by Eugen Hamm a german artist in 1922. In good conditions. This artwork represents a brothel with severa...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Per un Dramma di Alpinolo Porcella- Woodcut by A. Martini - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Alpinolo Porcella is a woodcut print on ivory-colored, realized at the beginning of the 20th century by the Italian artist Arturo Martini (Treviso, 1889 - Milan, 1947) for a drama by...
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Bordellszene - Original Lithograph by Otto Gleichmann - 1924
Located in Roma, IT
Bordellszene is an original lithograph, realized by Otto Gleichmann in 1924, hand- signed and dated. In very good conditions. Here the artwork represents two men in Expressionistic...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Am Gänsehäufel in Wien
Located in New York, NY
Emil Orlik (1870-1932), Am Gänsehäufel in Wien, 1911, soft-ground etching, signed and dated in pencil lower right. In very good condition, on firm laid paper with margins, 5 1/2 x 8...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Etching

UNTITLED (from the ARTSOUNDS Collection)
Located in New York, NY
YURA ADAMS Untitled (from the Artsounds Collection), 1986 color offset print, ed. 200 12 x 12 cm. 30.5 x 30.5 cm. Edition 49/100 signed and numbered in pencil by the artist on ver...
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Offset

Market in Grodek
Located in New York, NY
Emil Orlik (1870-1932), Market in Grodek, etching and aquatint, 1898, signed in pencil lower right, in very good condition, trimmed just outside of the platemark and so with a small ...
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1890s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Fruhling
By Josef Siccard-Redl
Located in New York, NY
Siccard-Redl, Josef. Fruhling, Ca 1910. Color wood engraving, Signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Little is known of this artist other than he worked in Vienna during the ...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

CARABINIERI A OSTIA
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Artwork size 27.5 x 19.5 inches. Frame size approx 32 x 24 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Edition of 125. C...
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1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Screen

CARABINIERI A OSTIA
CARABINIERI A OSTIA
$682 Sale Price
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Nude Female Figure Baby Family 1910's Black and White Original Lithograph Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Three Seated Figures- Women (Frauen)" is an original lithograph from the "South Sea (Sudsee)" series by Max Pechstein. This lithograph depicts th...
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

English Girls Are Mean
Located in Toronto, ON
24" x 19" Unframed Limited Edition Face Mounted Acrylic Giclee on Canvas with Hand Embellishment of 45 Hand Signed by Todd White Todd white captures restaurant, night and Hollywood...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

VERA
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Artwork appears to be in excellent condition. Artwork has not been examined outside the matting. Matted size: approx. 37 x...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Screen

VERA
VERA
$840 Sale Price
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Running Circles Around
Located in Toronto, ON
18" x 10" Unframed Limited Edition Giclée with Hand Embellishment of 135 Hand Signed by Todd White “Do you know the old adage “running circles around you”? When you get one of thos...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

The Family, circa 1930's
Located in London, GB
BELA KADAR 1877-1956 Budapest 1877-1956 (Hungarian) Title: The Family, circa 1930's Technique: Original Signed Tempera on paper Image size: 90 x 71.5 cm / 35.4 x 28.2 in Additional Information: The work is hand signed "Kadar Bela...
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1930s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Tempera

Junger Fürst und Tänzerinnen
Located in New York, NY
A superb impression of this extremely scarce etching and aquatint. First state (of 2), before the darkened background. Edition of approximately only 11. Signed in pencil. This etch...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Coming Up Roses
Located in Toronto, ON
18" x 10" Unframed Limited Edition Giclée with Hand Embellishment of 135 Hand Signed by Todd White “Being an observational artist of 53 years, I truly understand, only now, life is...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

FEMME NUE ET JOUEUSE DE FLUTE
Located in New York, NY
stamped on back: Le Vent d'Arles and SPADEM 1975 - Printed in France Edition sticker on back reads: No. 1815
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Color

Falling Sparrow
Located in Toronto, ON
24" x 14" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee with Hand Embellishment of 100 Hand Signed by Todd White 2021 Todd white captures restaurant, night and Hollywood scenes with contrasting co...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Midnight Snack
Located in Toronto, ON
21" x 26" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee with Hand Embellishment Hand Signed by Todd White Todd white captures restaurant, night and Hollywood scenes with contrasting colors servi...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Cosmopolitan (Small)
Located in Toronto, ON
26.5" x 30" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas Hand Signed by Todd White Todd white captures restaurant, night and Hollywood scenes with contrasting colors serving the viewer...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Giclée

Her Satisfied Place
Located in Toronto, ON
20" x 30" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee with Hand Embellishment of 195 Hand Signed by Todd White Todd white captures restaurant, night and Hollywood scenes with contrasting colors...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Brutalist Graveside Scene Patriotic Dead Soldier, Gas Mask & Skeletons
By Nicholas Sperakis
Located in Exton, PA
Brutalist colored woodcut circa 1976 by Nicholas Sperakis. The image depicts skeletal figures around the grave of a soldier. Note the American flag features which drape the entombed ...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

She Gives Her Heart Away
Located in Toronto, ON
29" x 16.5" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee with Hand Embellishment of 135 Hand Signed by Todd White Todd white captures restaurant, night and Hollywood scenes with contrasting colors serving the viewer’s eyes as those in his stolen scenes serve or are served-wine, coffee, cigarettes, cigars, and martinis. He creates timeless scenes of diverse attraction, of known intimacy. Within the exaggerated features and textured skin of his characters lies truth, yours and theirs. Distinctive bodies and details to lips, eyes, hair, skin, hands and what is held in each, separate and blend his characters’ lives. The smoke that rises from their lips, the drinks that linger at their fingertips, the clothing that adorns their bodies and the crowd created among lovers, friends, patrons and co-workers all speak a certain poetry. Each character depicts the subtleties of what one shows and what one hides. An asymmetrical face tells of an asymmetrical life, of how life wears and how we wear life — what we choose to carry in our hands and on our faces — how we wear ourselves, what smoke and color we stand in. Todd’s paintings are captivating, demanding a second look, often invoking humor or thoughts of familiar feelings — I’ve been there, I know them. Above all, the work is infectious and has caught the attention of the public (galleries cannot keep enough of Todd’s work in stock) as well as celebrities (Vin Diesel, Hugh Hefner, Macaulay Culkin, Eric McCormack, Ryan Stiles and Joe Rogan are collectors of Todd’s oil paintings). But who is the artist behind the art and where did his unique style come from? Todd began in at Warner Bros. Studios while working on the popular series, tiny toons. Through character clean-up and development, Todd began to forge his own artistic style. Shortly thereafter, Todd became part of the lead animation team for the internationally renowned cartoon, sponge bob square pants. Over the next three years, Todd sharpened his eye in storyboarding, illustration and character design. Throughout this period, Todd privately experimented with style and concept, eventually arriving at a process which guides him through every piece. The impact is apparent in his paintings; Todd’s rat-pack-meets-Picasso style results, in part, from his desire to reveal his characters’ innermost thoughts and emotions on their faces. Todd likens his portraits to his favorite episode of the Twilight Zone in which people wore masks that later became their faces and revealed who they truly were. Fast forward ten years later, and until Todd can conceptually see the story in his head, he refuses to paint a single signature knuckle curled around one of his famous martinis. "I actually name my pieces first and then i visualise each face and its personality. Then I develop each person’s story." The stark, unblemished delivery of his subjects is very much intended: whatever isn’t necessary to the story isn’t on my canvas. "I don’t waste a lot of time with backgrounds because they don’t interest me. They aren’t necessary. Instead i focus on what is essential. For example, the hands." Hands are a focal point for Todd, reflecting the subject’s state of mind as much as any body language or facial expression. Everyone’s hands are full of personality he surmises. Take Al Pacino; without his hands, he’s not nearly as interesting to watch. In addition to more obvious influences, such as Austrian expressionist Egon...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Bad For Your Health
Located in Toronto, ON
33.75" x 17.5" Unframed Limited Edition Giclée with Hand Embellishment of 135 Hand Signed by Todd White “Definitely a painting about the ones you know are a total mistake from the ...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Malibu High
Located in Toronto, ON
20" x 30" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee with Hand Embellishment of 135 Hand Signed by Todd White Todd white captures restaurant, night and Hollywood scenes with contrasting colors serving the viewer’s eyes as those in his stolen scenes serve or are served-wine, coffee, cigarettes, cigars, and martinis. He creates timeless scenes of diverse attraction, of known intimacy. Within the exaggerated features and textured skin of his characters lies truth, yours and theirs. Distinctive bodies and details to lips, eyes, hair, skin, hands and what is held in each, separate and blend his characters’ lives. The smoke that rises from their lips, the drinks that linger at their fingertips, the clothing that adorns their bodies and the crowd created among lovers, friends, patrons and co-workers all speak a certain poetry. Each character depicts the subtleties of what one shows and what one hides. An asymmetrical face tells of an asymmetrical life, of how life wears and how we wear life — what we choose to carry in our hands and on our faces — how we wear ourselves, what smoke and color we stand in. Todd’s paintings are captivating, demanding a second look, often invoking humor or thoughts of familiar feelings — I’ve been there, I know them. Above all, the work is infectious and has caught the attention of the public (galleries cannot keep enough of Todd’s work in stock) as well as celebrities (Vin Diesel, Hugh Hefner, Macaulay Culkin, Eric McCormack, Ryan Stiles and Joe Rogan are collectors of Todd’s oil paintings). But who is the artist behind the art and where did his unique style come from? Todd began in at Warner Bros. Studios while working on the popular series, tiny toons. Through character clean-up and development, Todd began to forge his own artistic style. Shortly thereafter, Todd became part of the lead animation team for the internationally renowned cartoon, sponge bob square pants. Over the next three years, Todd sharpened his eye in storyboarding, illustration and character design. Throughout this period, Todd privately experimented with style and concept, eventually arriving at a process which guides him through every piece. The impact is apparent in his paintings; Todd’s rat-pack-meets-Picasso style results, in part, from his desire to reveal his characters’ innermost thoughts and emotions on their faces. Todd likens his portraits to his favorite episode of the Twilight Zone in which people wore masks that later became their faces and revealed who they truly were. Fast forward ten years later, and until Todd can conceptually see the story in his head, he refuses to paint a single signature knuckle curled around one of his famous martinis. "I actually name my pieces first and then i visualise each face and its personality. Then I develop each person’s story." The stark, unblemished delivery of his subjects is very much intended: whatever isn’t necessary to the story isn’t on my canvas. "I don’t waste a lot of time with backgrounds because they don’t interest me. They aren’t necessary. Instead i focus on what is essential. For example, the hands." Hands are a focal point for Todd, reflecting the subject’s state of mind as much as any body language or facial expression. Everyone’s hands are full of personality he surmises. Take Al Pacino; without his hands, he’s not nearly as interesting to watch. In addition to more obvious influences, such as Austrian expressionist Egon...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Confessions
Located in Toronto, ON
24" x 14" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee with Hand Embellishment of 100 Hand Signed by Todd White 2021 Todd white captures restaurant, night and Hollywood scenes with contrasting c...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Morning Glow in Love
Located in West Hollywood, CA
ABOUT THE PAINTING 40" X 28" Monoprint In this enchanting morning scene, the essence of love and connection amidst the beauty of nature is captured skillfully. The backdrop reveals a...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Oil

Sweet Dreams
Located in Toronto, ON
20" x 36" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee with Hand Embellishment of 135 Hand Signed by Todd White Todd white captures restaurant, night and Hollywood scenes with contrasting colors...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Panning For Gold
Located in Toronto, ON
29.5" x 12" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee with Hand Embellishment of 135 Hand Signed by Todd White Todd white captures restaurant, night and Hollywood scenes with contrasting col...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Spirit State
Located in Toronto, ON
32" x 16" Unframed Limited Edition Giclée with Hand Embellishment of 50 Hand Signed by Todd White “This is an unusual piece for me. There is definitely a divide but it seems to fal...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Armand Nakache - Original Handsigned Lithograph - Ecole de Paris
By Armand Nakache
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Armand Nakache Original Handsigned Lithograph Dimensions: 76 x 54 cm Edition: HC XXI/XXX HandSigned and Numbered Ecole de Paris au seuil de la mutation des Arts Sentiers Editions ...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

A Little Fling
Located in Toronto, ON
22.5" x 14.5" Framed Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas with Hand-Embellishment Numbered of 50 Hand Signed by Todd White Todd white captures restaurant, night and Hollywood scenes wi...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Giclée

White Tie Affair
Located in Toronto, ON
20" x 16" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas with Hand Embellishment of 100 Hand Signed by Todd White Todd white captures restaurant, night and Hollywood scenes with contrast...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Farm Girl
Located in Toronto, ON
25" x 16" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee of 100 Hand Signed by Todd White 2021
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Untitled Woodcut
Located in Wilton, CT
Original hand-colored woodcut from a portfolio of Secessionist fashion illustrations. Signed in the lower right margin by the artist, Reni Schaschl (1895-1979), a talented member of...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Untitled Woodcut
Untitled Woodcut
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Blues Melody 2
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original drypoint monotype by American female artist Kathleen Sherin.
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1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Monoprint, Monotype

Blues Melody 3
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original drypoint monotype by American female artist Kathleen Sherin.
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1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Monoprint, Monotype

Max Beckmann Retrospective (The Saint Louis Art Museum Sept 7-Nov. 4, 1984)
By (after) Max Beckmann
Located in Missouri, MO
This is a vintage museum exhibition poster from the Max Beckmann Retrospective at the Saint Louis Art Museum, 1984. Max Beckmann was...
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Offset

R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Portrait of a Child" Collotype plate X
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE Defiantly iconoclastic in life and art, Egon Schiele is esteemed for his masterful draftsmanship and precocious insight into the human condition. Part of the first wave of Austrian Modernism, he was swept away by the Viennese fascination with the tension between Life and Death (known in the works of Freud and his later interpreters as Eros and Thanatos). Life, identified with attraction, love, sexuality, and reproduction, and Death, represented by distortion, disease, repulsion, and hysteria, often appeared in the same composition, thereby suggesting the frightening life cycle of the human mind and body. Young throughout his career, Schiele universalized his childhood traumas, thriving libido, insecurities, fears, and longings. His contorted line, jarring contrasts, and flat areas of color, demonstrate an early alliance with Expressionist philosophy and artists who were relentlessly frustrated by conventionality in all its forms. Schiele’s work embodied man’s disorientation and confusion in a seemingly absurd world, a world plagued by disease and war. It continues to be astonishingly relevant today, not just because it helped define Modernism but also because it revealed the dark and immutable aspects of the human condition. Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "The Family" collotype print
Located in Palm Beach, FL
DAS WERK GUSTAV KLIMTS, a portfolio of 50 prints, ten of which are multicolor collotypes on chine colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper w...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Black Feather Hat" collotype print
Located in Palm Beach, FL
DAS WERK GUSTAV KLIMTS, a portfolio of 50 prints, ten of which are multicolor collotypes on chine colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under ...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Portrait of Paula Zuckerkandl" collotype print
Located in Palm Beach, FL
DAS WERK GUSTAV KLIMTS, a portfolio of 50 prints, ten of which are multicolor collotypes on chine colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under ...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Lena Amsel"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art Nouveau outlines, with spiky Expressionist passages, and the postures and patterns of the mysterious East. In his later years, Schnackenberg explored the unconscious, using surreal subject matter and paler colors that plainly portrayed dreams and visions, some imbued with political connotations. His drawings, illustrations, folio prints, and posters are highly sought today for their exceedingly imaginative qualities, enchanting subject matter, and arresting use of color. SCHNACKENBERG: KOSTUME, PLAKATE UND DEKORATIONEN, a cardboard bound art book consisting of 43 prints of work by Walter Schnackenberg, 30 of which are color lithographs that are signed and some are titled and dated in the plate, as well as black and white prints and photographs with accompanying text by Oskar Bie; lithographs printed at Kunstanstalt Oskar Consee in Munich, other images printed by Gesellschaft Pick & Co. in Munich, the text and cover with color images by Schnackenberg front and verso printed by R. Oldenbourg in Munich; published by Musarion Verlag, Munich, 1920. The majority of Walter Schnackenberg’s artistic output was destroyed by bomb attacks in Munich in 1944. The highly publicized 2013 auction in New York of the recovered pre-war poster collection once belonging to German poster aficionado, Hans Sachs has reintroduced the world to Walter Schnackenberg’s graphic genius and priceless ephemeral art from a lost era. Besides the museum world, designer Karl Lagerfeld is one of the most prodigious collectors of Schnackenberg. Flipping through the pages of Kostume, Plakate und Dekorationen, it becomes quite clear that Schnackenberg’s collection is ground zero at the crossroads of early modern fashion where the cult of celebrity meets up with dance, music, theater and cabaret, film and the graphic medium. Berlin and Munich under Germany’s Weimar Republic in the first quarter of the 20th century produced just the atmosphere to feed this burgeoning industry. Rising inflation sparked a recklessness to live large for the moment and heightened a desire for escapism. An influx of Indian and East Asian dancers and musicians added to the artsy bohemian cultural mix. A new decadence and tolerance resulted. Film boldly featured provocative subject matter. Cabarets became popular venues giving rise to the demi-monde in which people from all social stations mixed more freely in a thriving underground economy and culture where there was a blurring of boundaries and of social codes. Noted art historian and cultural doyen, Oskar Bie astutely observes in his introduction to Schnackenberg’s publication that what unites the images is fantasy and advertisement. Schnackenberg uses the eye as an instrument to brilliantly construct and convey this double message. His personages never directly confront the viewer. Their eyes gaze off in the distance like those of the screenplayer and film star Hedamaria Scholz in Schnackenberg’s “Die Rodelhexe” movie poster. Their eyes follow the path of a dance composition or become a transfixed and ogling male gaze such as the iconic 1911 Odeon Casino poster...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Dancer in an Oriental Pageant"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell o...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Consee"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art Nouveau outlines, with spiky Expressionist passages, and the postures and patterns of the mysterious East...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Estate No. 063062
Located in New Orleans, LA
Otto Neumann (1895-1975) was an expressionist painter and printmaker born in Heidelberg, Germany. He was one of the most versatile and original artists of the twentieth century. Neum...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Monotype

Ducks Quacking, Cactus Peeking, linear style, monochromatic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an artist proof aquatint of a woman peeking around a cactus with ducks mysteriously hovering in the upper right corner and a giant beautiful cactus overgrowing. The mood is ...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Archival Ink, Aquatint

Hyposomnia, solitary mysterious figure, earth tones, night
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil based ink and paint monotype on fine printmaking paper. Expressionist female figure in abstracted landscape, active ink and paint manipulation.
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Monotype

The Old Collier - Hand Signed Drypoint - German Expressionism
Located in London, GB
CONRAD FELIXMÜLLER 1897 - 1977 Dresden 1897 - 1977 Berlin (German) Title: The Old Collier Der alte Kohlenarbeiter, 1921 Technique: Original Hand Signed Drypoint on Wove Paper Pa...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
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1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

On the Quay Wall Auf der Quaimauer, 1921
Located in London, GB
LYONEL FEININGER 1871-1956 1871 - New York - 1956 (American/German) Title: On the Quay Wall Auf der Quaimauer, 1921 Technique: Original Hand Signed Woodcut on Wove Paper Paper...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Conversation Unterhaltung German Expressionism Romantic Scene
Located in London, GB
EMIL NOLDE 1867-1956 Nolde 1867 - 1956 Seebüll (German) Title: Conversation Unterhaltung, 1906 Technique: Original Hand Signed, Dated and Titled Etching in Colour on Heavy Van Gel...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Etching

"Bal AAAA Bullier, " Original Lithograph Poster by Achille-Emile Othon Friesz
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bal AAAA Bullier" is an original color lithograph poster by Achille-Emile Othon Friesz, signed by the artist in the plate in the lower left. This p...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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