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Expressionist Art

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
Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Angel (Mourlot 117-46; Cramer 25), Drawings from the Bible (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Drawings from the Bible by Marc Chagall, Verve: Revue Artistique et...
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1960s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Angel with sword (Mourlot 117-46; Cramer 25) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Drawings from the Bible by Marc Chagall, Verve: Revue Artistique et...
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1960s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

"Red poppies and daisies in a vase" ( modern expressive floral painting)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This modern colorful floral artwork "Red poppies and daisies in a vase " is full of vivid colors ( red, yellow, green, blue, purple) which are my tools of expression. I explore th...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Acrylic, Paper

'Sardinian Cove, Evening Light' original painting c2004 signed
Located in Frome, Somerset
Sardinian Cove in evening light, Costa Smeralda by Andy Gradwell circa 2004 watercolour on paper 31cm x 32cm Dry mounted for framing. A semi abstracted romanticised view of a bay on the Mediterranean Island. Fluid lyrical forms and line work expessive of the flora and mountainous backdrop and ocean...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Art

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Watercolor

Goyesque scene original oil on canvas painting
By Manuel Monedero
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Unframed Manuel Monedero (n. Seville in 1925 - m. Carboneras (Aracena, Huelva) in 2002) is a Spanish painter. His first exhibition dates from 1961 a...
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Woman surrealism oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Canvas size 81x100 cm. Frame size 94x113 cm. Alvar Suñol Alvar Suñol Munoz-Ramos, commonly known as Alvar, was born in 1935 in Montgat, Spain, a Catalan fishing village on the Medit...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Chagall, David (Mourlot 117-46; Cramer 25), Drawings from the Bible (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Drawings from the Bible by Marc Chagall, Verve: Revue Artistique et...
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1960s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

New York City, view from Brooklyn
Located in Chicago, IL
Looking northeast from downtown Brooklyn, Manhattan can be seen at sunset, glowing in saturated red and yellow, here depicted with vermillion and lead-tin orange. Lapis lazuli blue l...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Oil, Pigment

Midnight Sun Lofoton, Norway
Located in Chicago, IL
In northern Norway the midnight sun sets over the stillness of a strange dusk that will rise again in moments. Surrounded by mysterious dark mountains and unbelievable views of the a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Oil, Pigment

Rural landscape with a boat
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I've woven tranquility with exuberant colors, capturing nature's quiet melody. I've layered impressionistic touches onto a realist framework, creating a dance o...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

'Roses' by Betsy Podlach - Red and Pink Flowers - Still-Life Oil Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Betsy Podlach's 'Roses' is a vibrant expressionist still-life painting that encapsulates the ephemeral beauty of flowers. The artist employs a bold, impasto technique, where thick ap...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Linen, Oil

Chagall, The Lovers' Heaven (Mourlot 393; Cramer 56) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Chagall Lithograph 1957-1962, 1963; publis...
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1960s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Jeremiah (Mourlot 117-46; Cramer 25), Drawings from the Bible (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Drawings from the Bible by Marc Chagall, Verve: Revue Artistique et...
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1960s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

The Yellow Bouquet seated female figure with flowers soft yellow and pink
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Seated woman in a pink suit strong yet warm color consistent with the artist's palette. It is painted on jute a coarse type of burlap mounted on a cradled wood board . Framing recomm...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Wood, Oil, Jute

County Mayo Beach
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting is one of the finest examples of Tom's painting style and materials. Color and paint burst across the canvas, imbued with movement of clouds, sun and water. From a distant shore, County Mayo...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Pigment

Chagall, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 36-37-38, published by Derrière le miroir, Paris; printe...
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 729; Cramer 94) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, The Lithographs of Chagall 1969-1973, 1974; published by Crown Publ...
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1970s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Jug with flowers, floral, still life, contemporary, wall art
Located in Deddington, GB
Jug with flowers is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley Painted in the Artist's Gloucestershire Studio, the flowers in this painting are impasto style with thick and fluid brushs...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Oil

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 689), Le Message Biblique Marc Chagall (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Le Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1973. Published by Fernand Mourlo...
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1970s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 651), Derrière le Miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition with centerfold, as issued; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Derrière le Miro...
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1970s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 646), Ceramics and Sculptures of Chagall (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, The Ceramics and Sculptures of Chagall, 1972. Published by Éditions...
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1970s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 605), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 182, published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, ...
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1960s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 194; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 557; Cramer 77) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, The Lithographs of Chagall 1962-1968, 1969...
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1960s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Bateau-Mouche au Bouquet (Mourlot 352; Cramer 53), Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Arches paper. Edition: 180, plus proofs. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Regar...
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1960s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Regards sur Paris-The Place de la Concord (Mourlot 353; Cramer 53), Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Arches paper. Edition: 180, plus proofs. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Regar...
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1960s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 411; Cramer 59), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 147, published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Éditions ...
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1960s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 412; Cramer 59), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 147, published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, ...
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1960s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Quai de la Tournelle (Mourlot 351; Cramer 53), Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Lithograph on Arches paper. Edition: 180, plus proofs. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition, with centerfold, as issued; neve...
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1960s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 297; Cramer 40), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 119, published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Éditions ...
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1960s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 207; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 206; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 201; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 200; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 205; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 204; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Édi...
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 203; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Édi...
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 202; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 199; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Karl Nordström, Yellow Tulips, Signed and dated.
Located in Stockholm, SE
A beautiful still-life of yellow and red tulips in a vase by Karl Nordström (1855-1923), signed 'KN' and dated a tergo 1917. The vibrant flowers are standing in a vase which is placed on a cloth against a bluish-green background. Karl Fredrik Nordström was born on the Swedish west coast on the large island of Tjörn and was a Swedish painter known mostly for his landscape paintings. He came to Stockholm in 1875 and started to study at the Royal Art Academy, where he was tutored by Edvard Perséus, among others. There, he also became close friends with the artists Richard Bergh and Nils Kreuger...
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1910s Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 195; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 197; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Édi...
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 196; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 198; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Édi...
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Expressionist art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Expressionist art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, blue, purple, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Iryna Kastsova, George Grosz, Stephen Basso, and Marc Chagall. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Expressionist art, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available.

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