Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
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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1980s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Woodcut
1980s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Etching, Aquatint
1970s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Lithograph
1990s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Monotype
1990s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Monotype
1990s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Screen, Resin
Mid-20th Century Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Screen
1950s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Lithograph
2010s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Emulsion, Watercolor, Lithograph, Monotype, Rag Paper
1890s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
2010s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Lithograph, Monotype, Paper
2010s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, C Print, Co...
2010s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Rice Paper, Ink, Woodcut
1930s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Color, Woodcut
2010s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Paper, Monotype
1840s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Woodcut
1920s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Woodcut
1950s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Lithograph
20th Century Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Woodcut
1990s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Etching, Aquatint
1980s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Woodcut
1980s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Etching, Aquatint
1980s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Etching, Aquatint
1990s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Monotype
1990s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Prints
Etching, Aquatint