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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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Vintage Figurative Abstract Tribal Creature Head Sculpture
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative figurative abstract sculpture of the head of a tribal creature by Nathaniel Sirles (American, b. 1954). Signed and dated "N. Sirles 1970" on the bottom. Sirles completed th...
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1970s Expressionist Art

Materials

Stone

The Theory on Jazz History
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. The painting measures 78" x 35" and 81"x 38" with frame. Known for his hyperrealist nudes and portraits, Jose Borrell captures both the human form and emotions. Transcending beyond mere documentation, Borrell transmits the personality and essence of his subjects. His latest series focuses on twentieth-century American jazz saxophonist Ben Webster, and true to Borrell's signature trait, the paintings transmit the vibrant energy of the acclaimed musician. Born in 1909 in Kansas City, Missouri, Ben Webster studied violin in elementary school and taught himself piano. In 1927-1928 he played for silent movies in Kansas City and in Amarillo, Texas. After a friend introduced him to basic chords on the saxophone, he devoted himself to the instrument and played with many emerging orchestras in the bustling 1930s Kansas City jazz...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Causeway From Tampa, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A familiar landscape scene viewed frequently in my travels back and forth on the causeway between Clearwater and Tampa, Florida. Painted playfully in bold c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Acrylic

My Self
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to have discovered and now present a rare original self portrait by Austrian Expressionist artist, Franz Bergmann (1998-1977) "My Self", is an original oil on canvas, signed, c.1938, with an image dimension of 29 x 24 inches. The painting is in good original condition, the frame has been restored. A biography on the artist appears below, please contact the gallery with any question. Franz Bergmann 1898 - 1977 Franz Walter Bergmann was born on August 6, 1898, in Dimling, Austria, a town northwest of Vienna. His parents were both involved in the arts: his mother was a pianist, and his father was an amateur artist and a violinist. After serving in World War I for three years, he enrolled in the National Academy of Art in Vienna and embarked on a seven-year course of study, focusing on figure painting and portraiture. Although schooled in the academic tradition, Bergmann also adopted elements derived from the more avant-garde German Expressionist style. By 1924 he was exhibiting in Vienna and Stockholm. The following year, he graduated with honors. He left Vienna to tour Europe, and in early 1926 he traveled to the United States. After a brief stay in New York, he moved to Chicago, where he obtained a commission to paint murals for theaters owned by Balaban & Katz. That year his mural sketches were exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago. He then moved to New York, where he joined the staff of the noted Austrian architect and designer Josef Urban...
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1930s Expressionist Art

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Oil

Provence Fishing Harbour French Expressionist Original Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
AKOS BIRO (HUNGARIAN 1911-2002) watercolour / gouache, size: 9.75 x 6.25 inches Beautifully colourful, original painting by the very popular and highly regarded Hungarian/ French pa...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Art

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Gouache, Oil Pastel

Landscape Cloud Dr. 12
Located in Denver, CO
This is a framed original drawing on paper. Theodore Waddell's sophisticated modernist paintings have attracted widespread recognition. A native Montanan cattle rancher, Waddell most often paints freely-rendered range animals roaming the vast plains of Eastern Montana. In his work he draws a deliberate parallel between his subject and the elements of abstract art: cattle and horses...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Oil

Alphons Müller (1898-1955) – Wrath of the Wind - Oil Painting 1940 Switzerland
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Alphons (Alfons) Müller (Swiss, * 24.8.1898 Mitlödi, † 8.6.1955 Biel) Wrath of the Wind - Oil on artist board, ca. 58.5 x 50 cm - Frame, ca. 71 x 62 cm - Signed and dated (19)40 to...
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1940s Expressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Apeles Fenosa Spanish Sculptor Mourlot Lithograph Abstract Expressionist Figures
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from a hand signed, limited edition (edition of 125) folio or full page lithographs some having a poem verso. The individual sheets are not signed or numbered. This listing ...
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1970s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

The Spies - Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
The spies is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is part of the suite of 10 offset and lithographs realized by Grosz for the book "Kobes". 1st e...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Pastel, Ink Drawing Rocks And Cloud Landscape Jewish American Modernist WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
Miniature Landscape Provenance: Virginia Field, Arts administrator; New York, N.Y. Assistant director for Asia House gallery. (she was friends with John von Wicht and Andy Warhol) Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Influenced by Spinoza, Knut Hamsun, and Wladyslaw Reymont, as well as Hebrew literature, Ben-Zion wrote poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man and earth.” An emigrant from the Ukraine, he came to the US in 1920. He wrote fairy tales and poems in Hebrew under the name Benzion Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist needed only one name. Ben-Zion was a founding member of “The Ten: An Independent Group” The Ten” a 1930’s avant-garde group, Painted on anything handy. Ben-Zion often used cabinet doors (panels) in his work. Other members of group included Ilya Bolotowsky, Lee Gatch, Adolf Gottlieb, Louis Harris, Yankel Kufeld, Marcus Rothkowitz (later known as Mark Rothko), Louis Schanker, and Joseph Solman. The Art of “The Ten” was generally described as expressionist, as this style offered the best link between modernism and social art. Their exhibition at the Mercury Gallery in New York held at the same time as the Whitney Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, included a manifesto concentrating on aesthetic questions and criticisms of the conservative definition of modern art imposed by the Whitney. Ben-Zion’s work was quickly noticed. The New York Sun said he painted “furiously” and called him “the farthest along of the lot.” And the triptych, “The Glory of War,” was described by Art News as “resounding.” By 1939, The Ten disbanded because most of the members found individual galleries to represent their work. Ben-Zion had his first one-man show at the Artist’s Gallery in Greenwich Village and J.B. Neumann, the highly esteemed European art dealer who introduced Paul Klee, (among others) to America, purchased several of Ben-Zion’s drawings. Curt Valentin, another well-known dealer, exhibited groups of his drawings and undertook the printing of four portfolios of etchings, each composed of Ben-Zion’s biblical themes. Ben-Zion’s work is represented in many museums throughout the country including the Metropolitan, the Whitney, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Phillips Collection, Washington. The Jewish Museum in New York opened in 1948 with a Ben-Zion exhibition. “Ben-Zion has his hands on the pulse of the common man and his natural world” As he emerged as an artist Ben-Zion never lost his gift for presenting the ordinary in ways that are vital, fresh and filled with emotions that are somber and exhilarating, joyous and thoughtful, and ultimately, filled with extraordinary poetic simplicity. Ben-Zion consistently threaded certain subject matter—nature, still life, the human figure, the Hebrew Bible, and the Jewish people—into his work throughout his life. "In all his work a profound human feeling remains. Sea and sky, even sheaves of wheat acquire a monolithic beauty and simplicity which delineates the transient as a reflection of the eternal. This sensitive inter- mingling of the physical and metaphysical is one of the most enduring features of Ben-Zion's works." (Excerpt from Stephen Kayser, “Biblical Paintings,” The Jewish Museum Catalogue, 1952). Along with ben Shahn, William Gropper, Chaim Gross and Abraham Rattner he was an influential mid century Jewish American...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

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Pastel, Ink, Watercolor

‘Outside Of Milano’ Contemporary Colorful Abstract Landscape by Masri
Located in Carmel, CA
A Lebanese born, Italian artist ,Masri has developed a style that captures mideastern mood with A Lucien Freud brush touch. His work is varied and known especially in Europe, and in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Refreshing Gelato Grid, Vivid Tones Modern Painting, Diptych, Cabin Beach, 2021
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Refreshing Gelato Grid" is an abstract painting by Spanish artist Natalia Roman. It is a beautiful series of rhythmic brushstrokes combined with subtle tones and unique shapes that is both classy and fresh. The use of vivid colors on a white background reminds the beautiful vintage beach cabins...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Tartarin - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1921
Located in Roma, IT
Tartarin (Original title "Die Abenteuer des herrn Tartarin aus Tarascon") is an original modern rare book written by Alphonse Daudet (Nimes, 1840 – 1897) and illustrated by George Gr...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Photogravure, Paper

Parisian Street Scene. Oil on canvas, 32x46 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Parisian Street Scene. Oil on canvas, 32x46 cm
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1950s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Quiet Beauty and Sunflower in a Bottle
Located in Deddington, GB
Quiet Beauty and Sunflower in a Bottle [2022] limited_edition Collograph Print Edition number 10 Image size: H:20 cm x W:28 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:20 cm x W:28 cm x...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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C Print

Notre Dame de Paris
Located in London, GB
'Notre Dame de Paris', gouache on paper, by Lucien Génin (circa 1930s). An absolutely charming and now, historic depiction from the 1930s, of the most famous cathedral in France. It is one of the most widely recognised symbols of the city of Paris and the French nation. As the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Paris, Notre-Dame contains the cathedra of the Archbishop of Paris. Approximately 12 million people visit Notre-Dame annually, making it the most visited monument in Paris. While undergoing renovation and restoration, the roof of Notre-Dame caught fire on the evening of 15 April 2019. Burning for around 15 hours, the cathedral sustained serious damage. The government of France hopes the reconstruction can be completed by Spring 2024, in time for the opening of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Unlike the actual cathedral, this artwork is in good condition, is newly framed and glazed and signed by the artist in the lower left hand corner. Upon request a video may be provided. About the Artist: After the devastation of the First World War, Lucien Génin (1894 - 1953) left his provincial home in the autumn of 1919 to find his fortune among the lively Parisians in the heart of Montmartre. Génin befriended the painters Frank Will, Gen Paul, Émile Boyer, Marcel Leprin...
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1930s Expressionist Art

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Paper, Gouache

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec painting copy. 2000. Oil on сanvas, 73x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec painting "La Goulue, together with two women" Moulin Rouge "" copy - Unknown artist, oil on сanvas, 73x60 cm
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Early 2000s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Painting the Town Red urban narrative warm southwestern color female figure
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned archival paper signed and dated bottom left. Surrealistic expressionist with humorous undertones
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Pastel, Paper

Resting Spearman, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Title: "Resting Spearman" Artist: Derek Overfield A resting spearman, javelin hanging loosely at his side, gazes away from the viewer. The tension of his occupation evident in hi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Acrylic

Über alles die Liebe - Rare Book illustrated by George Grosz - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Über alles die Liebe is an original modern rare book illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in 1930. Original First Edition. Published by Bruno Cassirer, Berlin. Format: in 4°. The book includes 119 pages with Sixty full page reproductions of drawings. Mint conditions. George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin). By the war’s end in 1918, Grosz had developed an unmistakable graphic style that combined a highly expressive use of line with ferocious social caricature. Out of his wartime experiences and his observations of chaotic postwar Germany grew a series of drawings savagely attacking militarism, war profiteering, the gulf between rich and poor, social decadence, and Nazism. In drawing collections such as The Face of the Ruling Class (1921) and Ecce Homo (1922), Grosz depicts fat Junkers, greedy capitalists, smug bourgeoisie, drinkers, and lechers—as well as hollow-faced factory labourers, the poor, and the unemployed. At this time Grosz belonged to the Berlin Dada art movement, having befriended the German Dadaist brothers Wieland Herzfelde and John Heartfield...
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1930s Expressionist Art

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Paper, Photogravure

'Rocky Seascape Overlook, ' by James Cobb, Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 16 x 20 oil on canvas by artist James Cobb depicts a rocky coastal overlook featuring a white home perched in the middle ground with a gray, looming mountain range extending acr...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Les palmiers original oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Unframed Manuel Capdevila i Massana (Barcelona, ​​December 28, 1910 - April 18, 2006) was a Catalan painter and goldsmith, son of the goldsmith Joaquín Capdevila y Meya and father o...
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1970s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Painted Butterflies Over Plexiglass, "Searching For Sacred"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original painted plexiglass suspended over oil painted canvas by San Diego artist, Kathleen Kane-Murrell. Its dimensions are 24" x 30". A certificate of authe...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Plexiglass, Oil

Las Vegas Date
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Las Vegas Date Watercolor, c. 1965 Signed lower right (see photo) Titled in pencil upper left (see photo) Condition: Excellent Image/Sheet size: 17 1/2 x 11 ...
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1960s Expressionist Art

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Watercolor

Expressionistic Portrait, "Dreaming"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original expressionistic painting by San Diego artist Stefan Talian. Its dimensions are 40" x 40" x 1.5". It is unfra...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

'Untitled' oil on canvas by Masri
Located in Carmel, CA
A Lebanese born, Italian artist ,Masri has developed a style that captures mideastern mood with A Lucien Freud brush touch. His work is varied and known especially in Europe, and in ...
Category

1990s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spurred on by the Crowd
Located in Deddington, GB
Spurred on by the crowd- horse racing painting [2022] original Pen and Ink Image size: H:32 cm x W:24 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:32 cm x W:24 cm x D:32cm Sold Unframed ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Ink, Pen

Helen Howells. Morning Walk, Original Landscape Painting, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Morning Walk [2021] Original Landscapes and seascapes Oil on Canvas Image size: H:75 cm x W:120 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:75 cm x W:120 cm x D:3.5cm Sold Unframed Please n...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Apeles Fenosa Spanish Sculptor Mourlot Lithograph Abstract Expressionist Figures
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from a hand signed, limited edition (edition of 125) folio or full page lithographs some having a poem verso. The individual sheets are not signed or numbered. This listing ...
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1970s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Expressionist Portrait
Located in Surfside, FL
Arthur Kolnik was born in Stanislavov, a small town in Galicia, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father, who was originally from Lithuania, worked as an accoun...
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1930s Expressionist Art

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Paper

Adolf Tièche (1877 - 1957) Ruins Surlej Silvaplana Switzerland Oil Painting 1923
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Adolf Tièche (Swiss, * 12.4.1877 Bern, † 8.11.1957 Bern) Silsersee - Die Ruinen von Surlej bei Silvaplana, 1923 (Lake of Silvaplana – The Ruins of Surlej by Silvaplana, 1923) • Oil...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

San Francisco, Girl with Mission Dolores original lithograph by Margaret Keane
Located in Paonia, CO
San Francisco, Girl with Mission Dolores is an original lithograph by Margaret Keane c. 1980. A young girl in a head scarf is seen in front of the Mission Dolores in San Francisco, California on a blue sky day. An original color lithograph limited edition  72/100 and signed in pencil by the artist. In very good condition with artist's stamp in bottom left corner. Margaret Keane born Peggy Doris Hawkins on  September 15, 1927 in Nashville, Tennessee. When she was two her eardrum was permanently damaged during a mastoid operation. Unable to hear properly she learned to watch the eyes of the person talking to her to understand them. Keane started drawing as a child and at age 10 she took classes at the Watkins  Institute in Nashville. Keane painted her first oil painting of two little girls one crying and one laughing when she was 10 years old and gave the drawing to her grandmother. She was well known at the local church for her sketches of angels...
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1980s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Portrait of a Young Lady, ca. 1938
Located in London, GB
BELA KADAR 1877-1956 Budapest 1877-1956 (Hungarian) Title: Portrait of a Young Lady, ca. 1938 Technique: Original Signed Double-Sided Waterc...
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1930s Expressionist Art

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Watercolor

"And Deborah, A Prophet" From the suite "Judges and Kings"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "And Deborah, A prophet" From the suite "Judges and Kings" is an original etching on Arches paper by Ukrainian/American artist Ben Zion Weinman, 1897-1987. It is ...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

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Etching

After with Beagle Everywoman, protagonist, dog painting , feminine archetypes
Located in Houston, TX
Jeanie Tomanek: I don’t intentionally set out to make a calming painting, no, but I do try to have a sense of hope in my stories. I’m an optimist who believes there’s always some way...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Oil

Swedish Landscape - Colorful Expressionist Blue Green - Sweden
By Sixten Lundbohm
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Lundbohm grew up in Fritsla, Sweden where his father was a fisherman. Sixten Lundbohm graduated in Gothenburg in 1913, and studied art history at the University of Gothenburg and at the same time studied at Valand's evening school. In the spring of 1914 he also attended Valand's painting school with Axel Erdmann as a teacher and started the autumn of the same year at Wilhelmson's paint school in Stockholm. Throughout his career, Lundbohm made a large number of painting trips in Europe, primarily to France and Spain, but also Norway and Denmark . His southern landscape and architecture motifs have a strict and monumental structure, akin to Ivan Aguéli...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Through rose-coloured Glasses, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Through rose-coloured Glasses" is a minimalistic, expressive and gestural mixed media painting. I used acrylic colours as well as charcoal to paint this work. The background is o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Acrylic

Expressionist Windy Day Portrait
Located in Surfside, FL
Arthur Kolnik was born in Stanislavov, a small town in Galicia, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father, who was originally from Lithuania, worked as an accoun...
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1930s Expressionist Art

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Paper

Senegalese Couple. Large Colourful African Acrylic Painting on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large expressionist acrylic on canvas of a 'Senegalese Couple' by Senegalese artist Amadou Kré M'Baye. Signed bottom right and dated bottom left. An arresting and highly coloured do...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Mid 20thCentury Modernist/Expressionist Still Life oil c1960
Located in Frome, Somerset
A fine mid 20th century Modernist/ Expressionist Still life oil circa 1960 Oil on canvas 47cmx 66cm Gallery frame 50cmx 66cm Wonderful bright expressionist palette painted with bold ...
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1960s Expressionist Art

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Oil

Gyöngyvér
Located in London, GB
Signed lower left Framed (matte black wooden frame, black raised float mount on foam core, UV anti-reflective glass) Frame size 38.4 x 29.8 x 4 cm This work includes a certificate o...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Charcoal

The Circus
Located in London, GB
'The Circus', gouache on art paper, by Roland Dubuc (circa 1970s). Exploding in colour, this artwork presents a whimsical scene of one of the well known Parisian circuses. France has a long history of adoring and supporting circus troupes. Unknown to its many visitors, Paris hosts legendary circus companies complete with acrobats, clowns, trapeze artists, jugglers and animals. This artwork depicts clown musicians taking their final bows before calling it a night. For lovers of the excitement circuses generate this would be a wonderful addition to their home. Perhaps this art would be perfect for a child's room or the family den and games room. It is in good vintage condition and It is signed by the artist in the lower right hand corner. Please view the many photos accompanying this listing. Upon request a video of the artwork may be provided. About the Artist: Roland DuBuc (1924-1998), French artist, the sixth of 13 children and son of a construction worker. The very precariousness of the family's financial situation forced him to go to work at the age of 14. In extreme poverty, he moved to Rouen where he was lodged by the Salvation Army. During that time he struck up friendships with several artists who gave him advice and taught him techniques of drawing. He moved to other cities later where he met painters including, among others, Fred Pailhès...
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1970s Expressionist Art

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Paper, Gouache

Ball Playing Nudes
Located in London, GB
ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER 1880-1938 (German) Aschaffenburg 1880 - 1938 Davos Title: Ball Playing Nudes Ballspielende Akte, 1932 Technique: Chalk Drawing on Smooth Wove Paper Paper s...
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1930s Expressionist Art

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Chalk

Paul Klee Etching "Beladene Kinder"
Located in Berlin, DE
Helio etching on hand-made paper, 1930 by Paul Klee. From portfolio " Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen 1921-1930. Here no 64. Image: 7.4 x 5.71 in ( 18,8 x 14,5 cm ), Framed: 15.16 x 13.4...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

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Etching

Tower of Glamour. Still life bright colors hats sunglasses and mirror subject
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on toned paper suitable for framing.
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Luisa Holden, Autumn Moor Study, Art of Yorkshire Moors, Original Landscape Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Autumn Moor Study by Luisa Holden [2021] Original Mixed Media on Acrylic Paper Image size: H:27 cm x W:27 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40.5 cm x W...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Expressionist Still life with flowers and fruit. Yellow, turquoise, pink, purple
Located in Segovia, ES
DO DAISIES FLICK? ( ¿Parpadean las margaritas? ), Oil on linen by Chico Montilla. Measurements in centimeters (H) 100 x (W) 81 x (D) 2 cm. / In inches 39.37 x 31.89 x 0.79 " Expres...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Art

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Linen, Oil

Microwave Oven (A Couple in the Sea)
Located in New York, NY
A contemporary of David Hockney and Peter Blake, Colin Self is an important British printmaker whose innovative etching techniques and novel use of found materials have defined his diverse oeuvre. Yet unlike most artists associated with Pop Art, Self eschewed glossy, colorful bombast for nuanced drawings in a limited palette. Self's imagery has ranged from the geopolitical -- nuclear bombers, fallout shelters; to American icons -- hot dogs, Coca Cola cans; to the everyday -- intimate scenes of animals and plants, and whimsical figure drawings as seen here. The title of this print, Microwave Oven...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Art

Materials

Drypoint

Surf N' Turf mermaid mythic figures interior food romantic undertones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas heavy duty stretcher bars .Framing recommended but not necessary. Signed and dated on reverse. Part of an ongoing series of mermaids by the artist.
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Early 2000s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

San Cristobal bright color religious Saint blue water sky human condition
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned signed and dated bottom. Part of 4 works the artist has done on the subject of Saint Christopher who is depicted in art history carrying the Christ child on his...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Pastel, Paper

Ade Witboi - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Ade Witboi is an original modern rare book with illustrations by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin), published in 1955. Original First Edition. Published by Arani, Berlin Grunewald. Format: in 4°. The book includes XXII pages with 47 fullpage black and white drawings and 4 colored pages. Mint conditions. George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin). By the war’s end in 1918, Grosz had developed an unmistakable graphic style that combined a highly expressive use of line with ferocious social caricature. Out of his wartime experiences and his observations of chaotic postwar Germany grew a series of drawings savagely attacking militarism, war profiteering, the gulf between rich and poor, social decadence, and Nazism. In drawing collections such as The Face of the Ruling Class (1921) and Ecce Homo (1922), Grosz depicts fat Junkers, greedy capitalists, smug bourgeoisie, drinkers, and lechers—as well as hollow-faced factory labourers, the poor, and the unemployed. At this time Grosz belonged to the Berlin Dada art movement, having befriended the German Dadaist brothers Wieland Herzfelde and John Heartfield...
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1950s Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Offset

On the Way to Orlando, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"On the Way to Orlando" was conceived on a drive with my husband from our home to Orlando, Florida. it's predominantly a very boring drive but I saw this weird sign for a strange tow...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Church of Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet in Paris
Located in London, GB
'The Church of Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet, Paris', gouache on art paper by Lucien Génin (circa 1930s). In Paris' 5th Arrondissement the site in which Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet is ...
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1930s Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Das Gesicht der Herrschenden Klasse - Rare Book Illustrated by G. Grosz - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Das Gesicht der Herrschenden Klasse is an original modern rare book written by Wieland Herzfelde (Weggis 1896 – 1988) and illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in...
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1920s Expressionist Art

Materials

Photogravure, Paper

"Then Said Samuel to the people" from the suite "Judges and Kings"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Then Said Samuel to the people" from the suite "Judges and Kings" is an original etching on Arches paper by Ukrainian/American artist Ben Zion Weinman, 1897-1987...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Etching

Femme et Son Chat
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century work on paper of a woman seated in a chair with a cat by French artist Armand Avril. Signed and dated bottom left. A vibrant and colourful depiction of a woman sea...
Category

1980s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Paper, Oil

'Ne vois-tu rien venir #1, ' by Josette Simon-Gestin, Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 39" x 47" acrylic on canvas painting by Josette Simon-Gestin depicts a colorful summer imaginary seascape with female figures. "I painted this series of three works when I was c...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Der Kopf - Rare Book Illustrated by Ernst Barlach - 1919
Located in Roma, IT
Der Kopf is an original Rare Book llustrated by the Expressionist German artist Ernst Barlach (1870- 1938) and written by Reinhold von Walter (St. Petersburg, 1882 - Ravensburg, 196...
Category

1910s Expressionist Art

Materials

Woodcut

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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