Expressionist Portrait 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
Lydia au coussin indien, 1995, original lithograph by Jean Jansem handsigned
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Lydia au coussin indien, 1993
Lithographie sur papier Arches
Signée et justifiée
49 x 64,5 cm / 56 x 76 cm
Imprimeur: Arts-Litho, Paris
Editeur: Jansem, Pari...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Louise and Else Heyerdahl /// Expressionism Edvard Munch Portrait Figurative Art
By Edvard Munch
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863-1944)
Title: "Louise and Else Heyerdahl"
*Signed by Munch in pencil lower right
Year: 1920
Medium: Original Lithograph on heavy cream wove paper...
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1920s Expressionist Portrait Prints
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Gold Leaf
"La Promenade" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. A rich, dark impression on laid paper, printed in 1900 and published in Paris for the Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Plate size: 4 1/2 x 8 5...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Jean Dubuffet Artist Proof Signed Lithograph "Sophisticated Lady"
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"Sophisticated Lady", a lithograph, is an exemplary work indicative of DuBuffet's early work and style. It is a playful and iron...
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1940s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La Brocante, 1975, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned and numbered
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
La Brocante, 1975
Lithographie sur papier Arches
Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à gauche
69 x 51,5 cm / 76 x 54,5 cm
Bibliographie:
Jansem Lith...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Joëlle aux jambières état rouge, 1995, original lithograph, Jean Jansem, signed
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Joëlle aux jambières, état rouge, 1995
Lithographie sur papier Arches
Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à gauche
65 x 50 cm / 76 x 56 cm
Rare édit...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Stéphanie au collant à damier, 1989, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, signed
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Stéphanie au collant à damier, 1989
Lithographie sur papier Arches
Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à gauche
50 x 65 cm / 54 x 76 cm
Bibliographi...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage 1970s Kennedy Galleries poster, Hand signed & warmly inscribed by artist
By Jack Levine
Located in New York, NY
Jack Levine
Vintage 1970s Kennedy Galleries poster (Hand signed and warmly inscribed), 1972
Offset lithograph poster (Signed, dated and inscribed in black marker by Jack Levine)
Sign...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Pèlerin au cierge, 1986, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, signed and numbered
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Pélerin au cierge, 1986
Lithographie sur papier Japon, justifiée XIV / XXX
Signée en bas à droite
67 x 51 cm / 76 x 54 cm
Bibliographie:
CR Jansem, 1993, n...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Kvinnehode (Schiefler 259; Woll 288), Edvard Munch
By Edvard Munch
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Drypoint on gewöhnlichem aber holzfreiem vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the album, Verzeichnis Des graphischen Werks Edvard Munchs Bis 1...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint
portrait print Emerald boy Lovers after Egon Schiele Klimt vienna secessione
Located in Roma, GB
portrait of a boy
limited edition
hand signed
print on paper
Category
2010s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Color
Mother and Child, Lithograph by Tsuguharo Foujita
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Tsuguharo Foujita, Japanese (1886 - 1968)
Title: Mother and Child
Year: 1965
Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil
Size: 25.5 in. x 20 in. (64.77 cm x 50.8 cm
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Erotic Nude French Surrealist Aquatint Etching Photo Collage Silkscreen Print
Located in Surfside, FL
This is numbered by hand in pencil and signed in pencil. An erotic nude etching.
Zwy Milshtein (Zvi Tzvi Milstein) BIOGRAPHY 1934 Born in Kishinev (Bessarabia) Russian, Romanian reg...
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20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Portrait of a Woman - Mid 20th Century German Expressionist Lithograph Print
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful signed and numbered limited edition lithograph depicting the portrait of a woman, by German expressionist artist Gernot Kissel.
Artist: Gernot Kissel (German, 1939-2008)...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Joelle de dos au coussin vert 1995 original lithograph by Jean Jansem handsigned
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Joelle de dos au coussin vert, 1995
Lithographie sur papier Arches
Signée et justifiée
56 x 76 cm
Album: La danse, 1999
Imprimeur: Arts-Litho, Paris
Editeur ...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La porte du jardin, 1986, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
La porte du jardin, 1986
Lithographie sur papier Arches
Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à gauche
51 x 70 cm / 54 x 76 cm
D'une édition à 30 exemp...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Four Winds from One Cent Life
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Robert Indiana
Title: Four Winds from One Cent Life
Year: 1964
Medium: 2 page lithograph, as printed from One Cent Life
As printed with Walasse Ting poem, from the One Cent ...
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1960s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La commode, 1986, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
La commode, 1986
Lithographie sur papier Arches
Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à gauche
51 x 70 cm / 54 x 76 cm
D'une édition à 30 exemplaires d...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ben Alexander - Etching by Erich Heckel - 1927
By Erich Heckel
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on laid paper realized by Heckel in 1927.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right.
Hand numbered 11/20 lower left.
Provenance: Galerie Vayhinger, Radolfzell, Private Col...
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1740s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Mère et enfant, 1986, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Mère et enfant, 1986, état noir
Lithographie sur papier Arches
Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à gauche
67,5 x 51 cm / 76 x 54 cm
Très rare exemplaire
D'une édition à 30 exemplaires sur Arches de l'état noir.
Bibliographie:
Imprimeur: Mourlot, Paris
Editeur: Galerie Matignon, Paris
Bibliographie:
Jansem Lithographe, 1984-1993, Flora Jansem, Paris, n. 50, reproduit p. 56, référencé p. 109.
"Ma première lithographie date de 1954. Elle représente un enfant en haillons portant deux seaux d'eau, d'après un croquis rapporté de Cordoue lors de mon voyage en Espagne en 1952. Je l'exécutai sur pierre, au pinceau et à l'encre lithographique. Je fus déçu du résultat et n'en tirai qu'un essai et une épreuve.
Quatre ans plus tard, je réalisai une dizaine de nouvelles lithographies, toujours sur pierre, la plupart en noir.
Au lieu d'employer l'encre et le crayon...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Le couple au bouquet vert, 1974, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Le couple au bouquet vert, 1974
Lithographie sur papier Arches
Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à gauche
69 x 51,5 cm ...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hungarian Modernist Judaica Etching Print Kiddush, Jewish Rabbi at Shabbat Feast
By Janos Kass
Located in Surfside, FL
From very small edition of 15 on handmade mould made paper, with Jewish star Magen David watermark. From the deluxe boxed portfolio edition.
János Kass (...
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1990s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
"Mutter und Kind" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Printed on laid paper in 1919 for Genius. Plate size: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (240 x 190mm). This etching is from GENIUS: Zeitschrift fur Werdende und Alte Kun...
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1910s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
La soupière bleue, 1990, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned numbered
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
La soupière bleue, 1990,
Lithographie sur papier Japon
Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à gauche
50 x 65 cm / 54 x 76 cm
Edition à 120 exemplaires sur Arches plus 30 épreuves d'artiste.
Ce rare exemplaire d'une édition à 30 épreuves sur papier Japon numérotées en chiffre romain.
Bibliographie:
Imprimeur: Mourlot, Paris
Editeur: Galerie 10, Paris
Bibliographie:
Jansem Lithographe, 1984-1993, Flora Jansem, Paris, n. 50, reproduit p. 56, référencé p. 109.
"Ma première lithographie date de 1954. Elle représente un enfant en haillons portant deux seaux d'eau, d'après un croquis rapporté de Cordoue lors de mon voyage en Espagne en 1952. Je l'exécutai sur pierre, au pinceau et à l'encre lithographique. Je fus déçu du résultat et n'en tirai qu'un essai et une épreuve.
Quatre ans plus tard, je réalisai une dizaine de nouvelles lithographies, toujours sur pierre, la plupart en noir.
Au lieu d'employer l'encre et le crayon...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jewish Rabbi Looking Heavenward German Expressionist Woodcut Israeli "Psalm"
Located in Surfside, FL
Jacob Steinhardt, 1887-1968
Hand signed in pencil, woodblock print woodcut.
Frame: 22.5" x 18"
Image: 16.75" X 12.5"
"Psalm"
12/30
Jakob Steinhardt, Painter and Woodcut Artist. b. 1887, Yaacov Steinhardt was born in the then remote, largely Polish town of Zerkow in the Posen District of Germany. (poland/german) Immigrated 1933. Studies: 1906 School of Art, 1906 Studied in Berlin Arts and Crafts School. Berlin; 1907 painting with Lovis Corinth and engraving and etching with Hermann Struck; advanced studies, 1908-10 Paris, with Henri Matisse and Steinlen; 1911 Italy. Teaching: Bezalel, Jerusalem, 1953-57 Director. 1910 Participated in the “New Sezession”, Berlin. 1912 together with Ludwig Meidner and Janthur he founded the "Pathetiker" group very early in the German expressionist movement. Running afoul of the Nazis, he fled to Tel-Aviv and then Jerusalem in the early 30s, showing in “Der Sturm” Gallery. 1914 Exhibited with ludwig Meidner at first Expressionist Exhibition in Berlin. Worked mainly in woodcuts depicting biblical and other Jewish subjects. 1955-58 International awards for his woodcuts. receives graphic commissions from Fritz Gurlitt. 1922 Marries Minni Gumpert. Active in organizing Secession exhibits. 1925 Trips to Mark Brandenburg and Holy Land. Turns primarily to painting; stops work on etchings and lithographs. 1933 Emigrates to the Palestine. 1934 Moves to Jerusalem and opens an art school; attempts some etchings. 1948 Closes the art school and becomes Chairman of Graphics Department, Bezalel School for Arts and Crafts. 1954-57 Director of Bezalel School for Arts and Crafts. Taken up by J. B. Neumann who became the agent for his etchings. Exhibited Sturm Gallery, Herbst-salon. 1914 Outbreak of World War I; Steinhardt enlists in German army. 1916-18 First on Eastern Front in Poland and Lithuania, then after short training period in Berlin, sent to Macedonia. 1917 Exhibition of Lithuanian drawings at Berlin Secession in Spring. Elected member of the Secession.
He often used wood-cutting techniques that were popular amongst German Expressionists. Steinhardt was driven to express ideas clearly and decisively through art.
Amongst the themes found in his work the prophets of the Bible, such as Jonah, are noticeable. Steinhardt identified deeply with Jonah due to his attempt to run from God's call to duty.
Additionally, the image of beggars was often found in Steinhardt's works and in his artistic presentation of the less fortunate, the artist's love for his fellow man becomes evident.
Moreover, the grotesque was a theme noticeable in Steinhardt's earliest pieces. These were fantastical images; it was unclear whether or not they were human or demon. In the 1950's, Steinhardt returned to these images upon learning of the Holocaust of Europe's Jews. At that time he resided in New York and there, in the shadow of the skyscrapers, Steinhardt's reaction to WWII was expressed through his art.
A Collection of Works by Artists of the Land of IsraelThe Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem 1940 Artists: Shemi, Menahem Rubin...
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20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Joëlle aux jambières vertes, 1995, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, signed
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Joëlle aux jambières vertes, 1995
Lithographie sur papier Arches
Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à gauche
65 x 50 cm / 76 x 56 cm
D'une édition ...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Le Tambour, 1984, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned and numbered
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Le tambour, 1984
Lithographie sur papier Arches, justifiée EA
Signée en bas à droite
67,5 x 47 cm / 76 x 54 cm
Bibliographie:
CR Jansem, 1993, n°1
"Ma pre...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Le coin de l'atelier, 1986, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Le coin de l'atelier, 1986
Lithographie sur papier Arches
Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à gauche
67 x 51 cm / 76 x 54 cm
D'une édition à 30 exe...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
MULTI PERSONAGE Signed Lithograph, Abstract Collage Portrait, CoBrA Artist
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
MULTI PERSONAGE is an original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel, printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. MULTI PERSONAGE is a lively abstract color collage portrait expressed in vibrant shades of red, blue, pink, green, purple, yellow with hints of multi color pastel tones and white creating an abstracted body and face. Bold black paint strokes define the face with its zany black eyes, head, body and limbs; collage effect torn paper bits fill in the body form. MULTI PERSONAGE is a very unique, fantastically playful and wild composition by Karel Appel, one of the founders of the avant-garde art movement CoBrA active during the late 1940's thru early 1950's. His paintings are known for incorporating applications of vibrant, violent colors often possessing a primal, childlike quality.
Print size - 30 x 20 inches, unframed, excellent condition, pencil signed by Karel Appel
Edition size - 175
Year published - 1980
Printer - JK Fine Art Editions Co., NY
Karel Appel was one of the founders of the avant-garde art movement CoBrA, active during the late 1940's thru early 1950's. His paintings are known for incorporating applications of vibrant, violent colors often possessing a primal, childlike quality.
Karel Appel, (born April 25, 1921, Amsterdam, Netherlands—died May 3, 2006, Zürich, Switzerland), Dutch painter of turbulent, colorful, and semi-abstract compositions, who was a co-founder (1948) of the CoBRA group of northern European Expressionists. He was also a noted sculptor and graphic artist.
Appel attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Amsterdam (1940–43), and helped found the “Reflex” group, which became known as CoBRA (for Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam), in 1948. He moved to Paris in 1950 and by the 1960s had settled in New York City; he later lived in Italy and Switzerland. Partly in reaction against what they perceived as the sterile academicism of the de Stijl movement, the CoBRA artists...
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1980s Expressionist Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
IVRESSE Signed Lithograph, Green Female Portrait Abstract Flower, Pink Dark Blue
By Corneille
Located in Union City, NJ
IVRESSE is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph printed in 12 colors on archival Somerset paper 100% acid, free, by the Dutch artist known as CORNEILLE(Guillaume van Bev...
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1980s Expressionist Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Peintre dans son atelier, 1969, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Peintre dans son atelier, 1969
Lithographie sur papier Rives
Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à gauche
39 x 52 cm / 56 x 76 cm
D'une édition à 120 exemplaires
Bibliographie:
Jansem Lithographe, 1954-1983, de Francony Editeur, Nice, 1984, n. 211, reproduit p. 53, référencé p. 231.
"Ma première lithographie date de 1954. Elle représente un enfant en haillons portant deux seaux d'eau, d'après un croquis rapporté de Cordoue lors de mon voyage en Espagne en 1952. Je l'exécutai sur pierre, au pinceau et à l'encre lithographique. Je fus déçu du résultat et n'en tirai qu'un essai et une épreuve.
Quatre ans plus tard, je réalisai une dizaine de nouvelles lithographies, toujours sur pierre, la plupart en noir.
Au lieu d'employer l'encre et le crayon...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Man of Honor - Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Man of honor from Ecce Homo is a vintage offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 59 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edit...
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1920s Expressionist Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Christina et sa poupée, 1985, original lithograph by Jean Jansem handsigned
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Christina et sa poupée, 1985
Lithographie sur papier Arches
Signée et justifiée
76 x 54 cm
Imprimeur: Mourlot, Paris
Editeur Sanbi, Tokyo
Bibliographie:
Jan...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Spies on His Enemies - Crow, Lithograph by Leonard Baskin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonard Baskin, American (1922 - 2000)
Title: Spies on his Enemies - Crow
Year: 1972
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 160, AP
Image Size: 32 x 22.5 ...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pot of Joy
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Print
Offest Ink on Linen
Size: 36W x 42Hx 2 D In
Unmounted artwork
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Authentic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Linen, Ink
Les Acadiens, 1993, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned and numbered
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Les acadiens, 1993
Lithographie sur papier Arches, justifiée E/A 16/30
Signée en bas à droite
65,5 x 50 cm / 76 x 56 cm
Bibliographie:
CR Jansem, 2000, n°9...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
A Life (B) R.B. Kitaj Film noir night city scene of woman in red dress
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the artist and numbered 49/50 lower left in pencil. Color lithograph on mauve Wookey Hole handmade waterleaf paper.
This print features the encounter between an alluring ...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Frauenprofil (Profile of a Woman)
By Emil Nolde
Located in New York, NY
Emil Nolde (1867-1956), Frauenprofil (Profile of a Woman), woodcut, 1917, signed in pencil lower right (also titled, numbered 8, and annotated III.10 lower left). Reference: Schiefle...
Category
1910s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
The New Yorker
By Lucian Freud
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Lucian Freud (1922-2011) was a seminal figure in 20th-century British art, celebrated for his raw and psychologically charged exploration of the human form.
With his distinctive figurative intensity, Freud captured friends, family, and lovers in a signature brand of realism that he refined over a seven-decade long career. The artist revitalized traditional portraiture in England by imbuing his images with visceral complexity and exposing his subjects in harsh, often unsettling poses that reveal their vulnerability.
Freud's style is renowned for its striking emphasis on texture and physicality. His portraits are remarkably unsentimental and veer on harsh. Perhaps the most defining characteristic of his oeuvre is the artist's bold mastery of light and shadow. Freud accentuates every detail of his subjects with frenetic strokes and dramatic contrasts, carving out contours and imperfections with deliberate unflinching precision.
Although Freud produced several prints early in his career, he took a 30-year hiatus before reconnecting with the medium in 1982. As with the rest of his practice, each etching demanded months of work and many sittings, deepening the intrigue and complexity of his printmaking.
Completed in the last chapter of his career, "The New Yorker" offers a pared-back example of the artist's signature aesthetic. Freud captures his subject in a quiet moment of contemplation, his lips pursed...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Lithograph Israeli Modernist Judaica, Kibbutz Boy, Bezalel Artist
By Moshe Gat
Located in Surfside, FL
A signed and numbered lithograph print.
Moshe Gat was born in Haifa in 1935.
in 1952 he began his studies at the Bezalel School, in Jerusalem.
In 1955 he returned to Haifa, where h...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jewish Rabbi with Torah German Expressionist Woodcut Israeli Early Bezalel
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed in pencil, woodblock print woodcut.
Jacob Steinhardt
1887-1968
Steinhardt, Jakob, Painter and Woodcut Artist. b. 1887, Yaacov Steinhardt was born in the then remote, largely Polish town of Zerkow in the Posen District of Germany. (poland/german) Immigrated 1933. Studies: 1906 School of Art, 1906 Studied in Berlin Arts and Crafts School. Berlin; 1907 painting...
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20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Portrait of Woman on Typeface French Jewish Surrealist Aquatint Etching Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
Etching and Aquatint with embossing, This is numbered by hand in pencil but does not appear to be signed.
Zwy Milshtein (Zvi Tzvi Milstein) BIOGRAPHY 1934 Born in Kishinev (Bessarab...
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20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Painter's Doctor
By Lucian Freud
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Lucian Freud (1922-2011) was a seminal figure in 20th-century British art, celebrated for his raw and psychologically charged exploration of the human form.
With his distinctive fi...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Matremonial Blessing
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Print
Offest Ink on Linen
Size: 36W x 42Hx 2 D In
Unmounted artwork
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Authentic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Linen, Ink
The Responsible - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1920
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
The Responsible is an original offset and lithograph print realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n.23 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition...
Category
1920s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Hypochondriac - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
The Hypochondriac is an original offset and lithograph print realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n.21 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, editio...
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1920s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Jakob Steinhardt Jewish German Expressionist Lithograph Israeli Early Bezalel
Located in Surfside, FL
plate signed.
Jacob Steinhardt
1887-1968
Steinhardt, Jakob, Painter and Woodcut Artist. b. 1887, Yaacov Steinhardt was born in the then remote, largely Polish town of Zerkow in the Posen District of Germany. (poland/german) Immigrated 1933. Studies: 1906 School of Art, 1906 Studied in Berlin Arts and Crafts School. Berlin; 1907 painting with Lovis Corinth and engraving and etching with Hermann Struck; advanced studies, 1908-10 Paris, with Henri Matisse and Steinlen; 1911 Italy. Teaching: Bezalel, Jerusalem, 1953-57 Director. 1910 Participated in the “New Sezession”, Berlin. 1912 together with Ludwig Meidner and Janthur he founded the "Pathetiker" group very early in the German expressionist movement. Running afoul of the Nazis, he fled to Tel-Aviv and then Jerusalem in the early 30s, showing in “Der Sturm” Gallery. 1914 Exhibited with ludwig Meidner at first Expressionist Exhibition in Berlin. Worked mainly in woodcuts depicting biblical and other Jewish subjects. 1955-58 International awards for his woodcuts. receives graphic commissions from Fritz Gurlitt. 1922 Marries Minni Gumpert. Active in organizing Secession exhibits. 1925 Trips to Mark Brandenburg and Holy Land. Turns primarily to painting; stops work on etchings and lithographs. 1933 Emigrates to the Palestine. 1934 Moves to Jerusalem and opens an art school; attempts some etchings. 1948 Closes the art school and becomes Chairman of Graphics Department, Bezalel School for Arts and Crafts. 1954-57 Director of Bezalel School for Arts and Crafts. Taken up by J. B. Neumann who became the agent for his etchings. Exhibited Sturm Gallery, Herbst-salon. 1914 Outbreak of World War I; Steinhardt enlists in German army. 1916-18 First on Eastern Front in Poland and Lithuania, then after short training period in Berlin, sent to Macedonia. 1917 Exhibition of Lithuanian drawings at Berlin Secession in Spring. Elected member of the Secession.
He often used wood-cutting techniques that were popular amongst German Expressionists. Steinhardt was driven to express ideas clearly and decisively through art.
Amongst the themes found in his work the prophets of the Bible, such as Jonah, are noticeable. Steinhardt identified deeply with Jonah due to his attempt to run from God's call to duty.
Additionally, the image of beggars was often found in Steinhardt's works and in his artistic presentation of the less fortunate, the artist's love for his fellow man becomes evident.
Moreover, the grotesque was a theme noticeable in Steinhardt's earliest pieces. These were fantastical images; it was unclear whether or not they were human or demon. In the 1950's, Steinhardt returned to these images upon learning of the Holocaust of Europe's Jews. At that time he resided in New York and there, in the shadow of the skyscrapers, Steinhardt's reaction to WWII was expressed through his art.
A Collection of Works by Artists of the Land of IsraelThe Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem 1940 Artists: Shemi, Menahem Rubin...
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20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Zohar Kabbalah Portrait French Jewish Surrealist Aquatint Etching Hebrew Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
Etching and Aquatint with embossing, Zwy Milshtein (Zvi Tzvi Milstein) BIOGRAPHY 1934 Born in Kishinev (Bessarabia) Russian, Romanian region.
1948 Arrived in Israel via Cyprus, wher...
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20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Jewish Prophet Rabbi German Expressionist Color Woodcut Israeli Early Bezalel
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed in pencil, colored woodcut.
Jacob Steinhardt
1887-1968
Steinhardt, Jakob, Painter and Woodcut Artist. b. 1887, Yaacov Steinhardt was born in the then remote, largely Polish town of Zerkow in the Posen District of Germany. (poland/german) Immigrated 1933. Studies: 1906 School of Art, 1906 Studied in Berlin Arts and Crafts School. Berlin; 1907 painting...
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20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Felicitation
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Print
Offest Ink on Linen
Size: 32W x 39Hx 2 D In
Unmounted artwork
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Authentic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Linen, Ink
L' Été Éclater Signed Lithograph, Portrait Heads Exotic Bird, Mauve Yellow Green
By Corneille
Located in Union City, NJ
L' Été Éclater is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph printed on archival Somerset printmaking paper 100% acid, free, by the Dutch artist known as CORNEILLE(Guillaume v...
Category
1980s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Louise - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Louise is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 20 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Malik-V...
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1920s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Men - Pair of Original Monotype Woodcuts - Mid 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Men is a pair of two original monotype woodcuts realized by an Anonymous artist of the XX century, in 1950 ca, glued on paper.
In very good condition.
Image dimension : 26 x 19.5 c...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
"Untitled": Lithograph from One Cent Life
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Pierre Alechinsky
Title: "Untitled": Lithograph from One Cent Life
Year: 1964
Medium: 2 page lithograph, as printed from One Cent Life
As printed with Walasse Ting poem, fro...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Richard Linder "Red Head" Lithograph Figurative Portrait
Located in Detroit, MI
“Red Head” is a portrait that puts dynamic and powerful to shame. This woman from the 1970s at the height of the Feminist movement is an Amazon. Though you cannot see her body her powerful and determined gaze is that of an individual who knows where she is going and what she wants. Best if you get out of her way. Nonetheless, the aura she creates is hypnotizing and the viewer must struggle to break the spell or be absorbed into her presence. This spell-binding piece of Linder’s is unique in its ability to exude a physical push and pull upon its audience.
Richard Linder...
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1970s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Judaica Jewish Rabbi Etching Hasidic Rebbe Admur Shlita Vintage Chassidic Print
By Paul Jeffay
Located in Surfside, FL
"Sabbat." Sabbath. the piece is marked in the plate Admur Shlita (this might be the Munkatcher Rebbe or the Belzer Rebbe from before the war)
Chassidic Rebbe, with open book. Judai...
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20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Self Portrait, Woodcut by Leonard Baskin 1956
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonard Baskin
Title: Self Portrait - "L.B. AE T. S"
Year: 1956
Medium: Woodcut, Signed and Numbered in pencil
Edition: 150
Size: 35.5 x 24 inches
Category
1950s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Donegal Man
By Lucian Freud
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Lucian Freud (1922-2011) was a seminal figure in 20th-century British art, celebrated for his raw and psychologically charged exploration of the human form.
With his distinctive fi...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
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