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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
Color:  Blue
Celebration, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Diana Elena Chelaru depicts figures grooving to the pulsating beat of the music. Bright lights cast vibrant hues across the scene, adding an electrifying...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Musical Flow, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In this lively and spirited painting, five figures revel in the music and each other's company. Tones of blue and orange embrace their forms as they hit the dan...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Vibes, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Diana Elena Chelaru captures the essence of movement in her composition, where two figures dance, swaying to the rhythm. Bright beams from the strobe lig...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Sue Carlson_ Nordic New Moon_ oil_pencil on linen_Landscape_Minimalism
Located in Darien, CT
Sue Carlson's first artistic training was as a classical musician. European musical language from Baroque to Contemporary is intricate, complex and express...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Color Pencil

Graceful Muse, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Diana Elena Chelaru presents a charismatic composition of a woman accompanied by a pink wading bird. "Flamingos are symbols of beauty, balance, and roman...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

A Meeting of Minds #3, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Kip Decker presents a profound scene of Native Americans on horseback. They convene to discuss important matters and plans of action. "It is an ancient a...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Us, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This new animal work "Us" by artist Helena Monniello depicts a rhinoceros. It is made with blue and yellow colors. This painting represents us, that's why she named it "Us". We, that...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Sue Carlson_Untitled_oil_pencil on linen_Landscape_Minimalism
Located in Darien, CT
Sue Carlson's first artistic training was as a classical musician. European musical language from Baroque to Contemporary is intricate, complex and express...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Color Pencil

The Red Bird, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"Step into a magical world," says artist Julia Hacker. She paints a whimsical landscape with textural plants and a mysterious bird hovering against a vibrant tu...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Turquoise Symphony #2 - Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
original Acrylic on canvas Image size: H:60 cm x W:60 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x D:1.5cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an i...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

October Dreams, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist George Peebles captures a solitary tree standing in the middle of a vast field. "This is a perspective of autumn in its splendor," says George. The vivid...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

LOERA NEBULA, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
LOERA NEBULA is an 8x8 square piece that Tiffani made using her iconic holographic resin layering painting technique. This piece gives the blackness of space center stage, hitting yo...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Arboreal Acrobats, Hand Printed Work, Screen
Located in Yardley, PA
Silkscreen work on archival quality paper. The background, the sky, was first painted in watercolor. The remaining phases of the work are done with the silkscreen technique. Silhouet...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Screen

Sue Carlson_ Indigo Pre-Dawn_ oil_pencil on linen_Landscape_Minimalism
Located in Darien, CT
Sue Carlson's first artistic training was as a classical musician. European musical language from Baroque to Contemporary is intricate, complex and express...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Color Pencil

Blooming lilies pond, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Along with the lotus, the water lily is considered the most beautiful flower in the aquatic world. Water lilies have many shapes, many colors, and a pure fragrance that flies far awa...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Heading Northwest, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Kip Decker depicts a group of Native Americans on horseback, traveling north for the summer. The multicolored and energetic background fuses the sky, the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Le Coeur des Fleurs
Located in Miami, FL
Evelyne Ballestra's work with signs, symbols and esoteric spirituality reflects her passion for the ancient past and represents a symbolic return to the ground from which we emerged....
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ivre d'Embruns
Located in Miami, FL
Evelyne Ballestra's work with signs, symbols and esoteric spirituality reflects her passion for the ancient past and represents a symbolic return to the ground from which we emerged....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cardigan Bay, Montbretia, Cornish Seascape Painting, Coastal Art Cornwall
Located in Deddington, GB
A splash of orange Montbretia against the blue sea of Cardigan Bay. Rupert Aker artist sells his works online and in our art gallery at Wychwood Art. Rupert Aker is a Cotswold based ...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Child Resting in Chair, Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Child Resting in Chair" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 41" x 35.75" oil on board portrait is painted in a vibrant color palette. The painting is framed in a new, black wood frame and signed "Harmon" on verso. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel. Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists...
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1970s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Sailing at Sunset By Kate Heiss
Located in Deddington, GB
limited_edition Oil based inks on 300gsm Somerset Velvet Paper Edition number 50 Image size: H:30 cm x W:30 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:40 cm x D:1cm Sold Unf...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Bromoil

Purpose of Existence 11
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
People believe money is power in my society - because the leaders steal money to oppress and suffer the poor. But I realize the opposite of this is the purpose of living. We are al...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

In My Free Time Loch Lomond Semi Abstract Scottish Landscape Waterscape Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
In My Free Time, Loch Lomond by Mary McDonald [2022] Living near Loch Lomond is a luxury and a wonderful location to paint. The light on the water, moving an...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Wax, Oil, Acrylic

Afternoon Stroll - 1950's French Expressionist Mid Century Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large 1950's French expressionist oil on canvas depicting locals taking an afternoon stroll, by Paris painter André Beaucé. Excellent quality ...
Category

1950s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

My Dear Lady
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The eagle, a symbol of strength, freedom, and keen observation, has been revered across cultures and throughout history. With its piercing eyes, commanding presence, and unparalleled aerial prowess, it embodies the beauty and grace of nature. In "My Dear Lady," Bright Toh ingeniously combines the eagle's regal qualities with the elegance and vulnerability of the human form, seamlessly merging the earthly and the ethereal. One cannot help but be immediately drawn to the artwork's vibrant color palette. Bright Toh's deliberate choice of bold hues, such as royal blues, fiery reds, and golden yellows, electrifies the composition and infuses it with energy. The juxtaposition of these vivid colors creates a striking contrast against the serene background, amplifying the visual impact of the artwork and making it a feast for the eyes. The positioning of the eagle-headed human...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Verwoerd (from the collection 'Once were Leaders')
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning artwork by South African artist Ryan Hewett. It is part of a series of works titled "Once Were Leaders" that the artist created in 2016,...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Koi Underwater Landscape" Bright fish swimming, blues, greens, pink, orange red
Located in Wellesley, MA
This work is a complex composition of 3 koi fish swimming, virtually an underwater landscape filled with light and brilliant color painted in a lush and...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

Faye
Located in Westport, CT
René Romero Schuler’s expressionistic paintings depict delicate female figures that she paints using a dry-brushed, minimalist hand, leaving her subjects mostly featureless but nonetheless imbued with emotional interiority. While some of her subjects appear lost and isolated, other works depict couples holding hands...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Racing Horses
By Pierre Gaillardot
Located in London, GB
'The Racing Horses', gouache on art paper (circa 1970s), by Pierre Gaillardot. France has produced some of the world’s greatest horses and riders, wi...
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1970s Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"The Keeper" Oil Painting 24" x 35" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Keeper" Oil Painting 24" x 35" inch by Sergey Dolmatov Year: 2010
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Landscape by Karl Speglitz - Watercolor 11x13 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper Dimension with pass 21.7 x 27.7 cm
Category

1930s Expressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

This One’s For You, Abstract Landscape Painting, Expressionist Floral Art
Located in Deddington, GB
This One’s For You is a original abstract landscape painting by Alanna Eakin. Inspired originally by a blooming floral field of wildflowers and a pink sunset. Interpreted in an entir...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Voila
Located in Westport, CT
René Romero Schuler’s expressionistic paintings depict delicate female figures that she paints using a dry-brushed, minimalist hand, leaving her subjects mostly featureless but nonet...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dog and Pinga
Located in New York, NY
Wax pastel drawing on paper.
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Wax Crayon

Expressionist Seascape, "Impact"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original oil on wood panel expressionist seascape by Darlene Katz. Its dimensions are 10"x8". It is unframed. A certific...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Miranda
Located in Westport, CT
This beautiful blue painting is by René Romero Schuler. Her expressionistic paintings depict delicate female figures that she paints using a dry-brushed, minimalist hand, leaving her...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Fireworks Lights in Sky Blue Diptych, Handmade Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Fireworks Lights" is a minimal cyanotype diptych that shows path of the fireworks over the sky. Details: + Title: Firew...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, C Print, Color, Dye Transfer, L...

"Duck Lake" California Expressionist Oil Landscape by John Mitchell Martin
Located in Pasadena, CA
This oil painting features a calm lake where eleven black ducks swim. The artist painted a water pipe on the lake's left bank while a palm tree stands alone at the center. John Mit...
Category

20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Port-Vendres' Côte Vermeille, France, California, Large Post-Impressionist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso, 'Ant McNaught', (American, born 1952), titled 'Port de Vendres', dated 2022 and inscribed '(After Derain, 1905)'. This California Post-Impressionist and Abstract Expre...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Excelsior by Simon Tozer, Limited edition, Sailing, Landscape, Figurative art
Located in Deddington, GB
Excelsior by Simon Tozer [2021] limited_edition and hand signed by the artist Screenprint on Paper Edition number of 30 Image size: H:23 cm x W:30 cm ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

When Summer Nights Fall by Lucy Moore, Contemporary art, Floral and Botanical
Located in Deddington, GB
When Summer Nights Fall – By Lucy Moore [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Acrylic on canvas Image size: H:76 cm x W:76 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:76 cm x W:76 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Contemporary Textured Figurative Painting - Water Series No.2
Located in Beijing, CN
textured Figurative painting- Water Series No.2 by He Wenjue Dimension : 30 x 20cm Material :oil on canvas Date: 2009 About Water Series He Wenjue grew up in Hunan province, China, where the tributaries of the Xiangjiang River surround almost every town. Water nurtures life, and life creates prosperity and hope. In the late 1990s, He Wenjue began to paint inspired by the theme of water, initially prompted by its natural beauty and liquidity. Unlike David Hockney’s renowned pool portrait series, He Wenjue’s paintings display endless expanse of water. Although the surface of water reflects the intense blue colour of the sky, it does not conceal the energy of the water flow: the combination of blue and black makes the water surface look like a strong magnetic black hole. This image generates in the viewers a feeling of anxiety and concern for the swimmers. Even though the combative swimmers, depicted by He Wenjue with reference to Lucian Freud’s expressive style, are carried away by the waves and look pale and weak, however, their naked bodies, still illuminated by an obsidian light, rise and fall between the waves. For He Wenjue, water is a symbol of any kind of living space: the dynamism of the water surface and the unstable nature of the water represent the instability of society in a universal sense, while the swimmers who strive forward represent the individuals who face many difficulties when they are looking for their own place and making every effort to pursue freedom. About the artist: He Wenjue was born in 1970 in Hunan Province, China. He received his MA in painting from Jilin Academy of Fine Arts. Member of Chinese Art Association, Member of Chinese Painting Association.The vice-President of Hunan Oil-Painting Association. Research Fellow of Beijing Academy of China Xieyi Oil Painting.He is currently the vice president of Hunan Oil Painting Society, a member of China Artists Association and a member of Chinese Oil Painting Society. His works have been displayed on exhibitions at“Scenery in Map”ShangHai Solo Exhibition、Solo Exhibition, Frank Schlag Gallery, Essen, Germany、Sense of the Sparkle: He Wenjue Singapore Solo Exhibition, Singapore、Water: Senses of Sparkle, Tang Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand、The 9th & The 10th National Annual Fine Arts Exhibition、The first Chinese Freehand Brushwork Oil Painting、4th Jakarta Contemporary Ceramics Biennale, 6th BICMA ,、Painting the Present, Certosa di San Giacomo, Via Certosa 1 - Capri, Capri, Italy、The 2nd Chinese Oil Painting Biennale, The National Art Museum of China、The Xinjiang International Art Biennial 2014、Ethics as the DNA Art: The 9th Florence Biennale、SEA OF PEACE: Japan-Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea、Faces and Figures, Germany、East side, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin, Germany、Vanhaerents Museum Collection, Brussel Belgium、China...
Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

I’m Different 3
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“In Africa, Yoruba land to be precise where I grew up the nourishing attitude of Omoluwabi, our facial looks is been used to define us as a person, a guy with ear piercing and dreadlocks on his head being looked at as a thug, frauds tars, and so on, Meanwhile, these guys are a cool and calm-hearted person Though there are guys like these that are truly counted in the act not all of them are like that Good and God fearing youth still exist” (Written by the Artist) Painting Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. - About the Artist Joy Eyitayo Alagbe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Charcoal, Acrylic, Canvas

Amroth seascape at night
Located in Deddington, GB
Amroth seascape at night by Rupert Aker [2021] original Oil on board Image size: H:30 cm x W:40 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:40 cm x D:3cm Frame Size: H:33 cm x W:...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

"4 Koi 20" Expressionist Bright Red, White and Orange Koi in Light Filled Water
Located in Wellesley, MA
"4 Koi 20," 2020, Oil on Canvas, 24 x 24 Inches is a complex work of koi fish swimming underwater filled with light and brilliant color painted in a lush and fluid style bordering on...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

The Norfolk Broads by Kate Heiss, Limited edition print, Landscape, Wildlife
Located in Deddington, GB
The Norfolk Broads [2022] limited_edition and hand signed by the artist Oil based inks on 300GSM Somerset Velvet Paper Edition number 15 Image size:...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media

Silver Wood
Located in Deddington, GB
Silver Wood by Amanda Horvarth [2022] original Acrylics on canvas Image size: H:60 cm x W:60 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x D:...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Welcombe Beach
Located in Deddington, GB
Welcombe Beach by Rupert Aker [2021] original Acrylic on canvas Image size: H:30 cm x W:40 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:40 cm x D:2cm Frame Size: H:33 cm x W:43 cm...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Energy Travels, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
TITLE: ENERGY TRAVELS DESCRIPTION: Energy travels in the most unexpected ways. Obvious, thick brushstrokes of color in some areas and fine, velvet layers in other parts. Hues of b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

'Grand Canal, Venice', School of Paris, Musee D'Orsay, Toulouse-Lautrec Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "d'Anty" for Henry d'Anty (French, 1910-1998), titled verso "La Gondole" (The Gondola) and painted circa 1955. A vibrant view of the Grand Canal painted alla prima...
Category

1950s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Polzeath
Located in Deddington, GB
Polzeath, evening [2021] original Acrylic on canvas Image size: H:40 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:50 cm x D:2cm Frame Size: H:43 cm x W:53 cm x D:3cm Sol...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Energy Worker, bright colorful swirling patterns mystical yoga Wild Woman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This painting is in a series called the Wild Woman which is also printed in a pocket sized book. Watercolor, mixed media, using resists. Janet Morgan’s...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

Onyx blue tone and black female nude sculptural qualities
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An early experimental work by the artist it combines a loosely painted head combined with a hard sculptural body.
Category

1980s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Leo Ray, In the kitchen, Acrylic on canvas
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Leo Ray, In the Kitchen, bright colors, Great characters, naive art, figurative, cat on a table, acrylic paint, Israei artist , Israeli art
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Blue And Orange Relaxing Nude 2, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original contemporary figurative painting on heavy textured paper, unframed. Colourful and textured painting in blue and orange acrylics layered with the palette knife. Part of a se...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

German Israeli Expressionist Abstract Lithograph Of Jerusalem Landscape
Located in Surfside, FL
Anna Ticho (אנה טיכו ) (1894-1980) was a Jewish artist who became famous for her drawings of the Jerusalem hills. Anna Ticho was born in Brno, Moravia, then part of the Austro-Hungar...
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20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Sawah Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A sawah landscape, Sumatra Signed and dated 'Sonnega '54' (lower right), and annotated 'Voor Jan de Bas 1-1-1970 / R de Bas' (on the reverse) oil on canvas, 50,5x60,5 cm Provenance: - Collection Pieter de Bas (1909-1979) Mr de Bas was head of the MULO school and acting head of the HBS school in Medan. Thence by descent to the present owner. Exhibited: - Hotel de Boer, Medan 1954, where acquired by the first owner. The light I observed everywhere was of a special quality, fluorescent blue, shone from nowhere but radiated from every point, oddly with great depth and intensity. The light in an entirely different dimension came from nowhere and went nowhere shimmering with the glow of a bright blue jewel. The most important thing I discovered was of being omnipresent and able to understand everything at the same time, yes I could fathom creation completely. Auke Sonnega, born March 9, 1910 in Leeuwarden, known as the painter, primarily of young Balinese men and women. Originally raised in the reformed denomination, the parents of Auke apparently practised theosophy and their children, including Auke were taught these principles. The talent for drawing revealed itself at an early stage which in 1926 lead to a 4-year study of textile design at the Academy for Art and Craft in Amsterdam. He completed the academy in 1930 and worked in a carpet factory in Twente until 1934 and then followed in his sister Aafje’s footsteps leaving the Netherlands to go to the Dutch East Indies where in 1935 he started working as a graphic designer with an advertising bureau in Batavia. He was able to travel through Java and Bali on the motorbike that he brought with him from Europe, and was paid for his travelogue, enhanced with his own photo’s which appeared in several Dutch newspapers and magazines. In the 1930’s two Europeans, Walter Spies and Rudolf Bonnet...
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Open Heart, Vibrant blues, Eastern spiritual, figure
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media _________________________ Janet Morgan’s explosive art captures the exuberance and deep wisdom we humans yearn to experience. Her sense of humor and spiritu...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Mixed Media

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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