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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
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Horse Farmhouse Pink Purple White Mixed Media Painting on Canvas 48 x 36"
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Farmhouse Horse Painting 48 x 36” inches, Mixed Media: Digital, Watercolor, Acrylic, Stucco, Crackle Paste, Gel Medium One-of-a-kind 2019 in Los Angeles SPECIFICATIONS: - Fine art c...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic, Digital, Mixed Media

Red Handbags strong red colors older female figure interior subject handbags
Located in Brooklyn, NY
soft pastel on toned paper framing under glass required
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Paper, Pastel

The Voice of the City and Other Stories - Illustrations by G. Grosz - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
The Voice of the City and Other Stories is an original modern rare book illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1893 – Berlin, 1959) and written by O. Henr...
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1930s Expressionist Art

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Paper, Lithograph, Offset

Helen Howells, Light across the Estuary, Original Oil Painting, Seascape Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Helen Howells Light across the Estuary Original Oil Painting on Canvas Oil Paint on Canvas Canvas size: H 76 cm x W 102 cm x D 3.5cm Sold – Un...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Contemporary Figurative Ink Portrait, "Half and Half"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original portrait ink drawing by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley. Its dimensions are 7.25 x 9.5. It comes in a black frame. The artist has depicted a femin...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Ink

La Veille
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Born in 1951, François Legrand was introduced to painting as a teenager by Philippe Lejeune in Etampes. In 1973, he moved to Loiret. From 1974 to 197...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Oil

Lynda Minter, A Pathway Winter Evening, Original Landscape Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
A Pathway Winter Evening By Lynda Minter [2021] Original Oil paint on canvas Image size: H:40 cm x W:40 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:40 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Helen Howells, Never to Part, Original Landscape Painting, South Wales Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Never to Part by Helen Howells [2021] Original 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 note tha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Helen Howells, Half Tide, Original Seascape Painting, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Half Tide by Helen Howells [2021] Original 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 note that in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

'Impressions Bretonnes #5, ' Josette Simon-Gestin, Mixed Media on canvas painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
In this acrylic and mixed media painting by Josette Simone-Gestin, lime green, blue and rose colors emerge to create a delicate garden scene with two wom...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Das Neue Gesicht der Herrschenden Klasse by George Grosz - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Das Neue Gesicht der Herrschenden Klasse is an original modern rare book illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in 1930. Original First Edition. Published by Malik, Berlin. Format: in 4°. The book includes 126 pages with 60 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

Rideau, 2018
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Born August 4, 1945 in Chambéry. Apprenticeship in 1984 at the Etampes school founded and run by the painter Philipe Lejeune. -Price "Finez Planard" awarded by the Taylor Foundation...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Oil

Foot, 2018
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Born August 4, 1945 in Chambéry. Apprenticeship in 1984 at the Etampes school founded and run by the painter Philipe Lejeune. -Price "Finez Planard" awarded by the Taylor Foundation...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Oil

Ecce Homo - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Ecce Homo is an original modern rare book illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in 1923. Original First Edition. Published by Malik Verlag, Berlin. Format: Lar...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph, Offset, Paper

Brokenbrow - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Brokenbrow is an original modern rare book written by Ernst Toller (Szamocin, 1893 – New York, 1939) and illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in 1926. Original ...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Paper

Montmartre view from Sacre-Coeur basil. Paris. 1980, oil on canvas, 33x41cm
Located in Riga, LV
Montmartre view from Sacre-Coeur basil. Paris. Around 1980, oil on canvas, 33x41 cm Street in Paris with people Marko Stupar (1936) Marko Stupar was born in Yugoslavia in 1936. He ...
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1980s Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Boulevard de la Madeleine Oil on canvas, 33, 3x46 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Boulevard de la Madeleine. Oil on canvas, 33,3x46 cm Street in Paris at evening
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Untitled 539, 1990s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
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1990s Expressionist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Tulips in green vase. Oil on cardboard, 55x42 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Red and yellow tulips in green vase on blue background. Oil on cardboard, 55x42 cm Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001) Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wi...
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1990s Expressionist Art

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Cardboard, Oil

Flowers. 1997. Oil on canvas, 60x45 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flowers. 1997. Oil on canvas, 60x45 cm Valdis Bush (1924-2014) studied at the Art academy of Latvia (1945 – 1950), his favorite professors being A. Skride, L. Svemps, yet he did no...
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1990s Expressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Provence Hill Perched Village, French Expressionist Original Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
AKOS BIRO (HUNGARIAN 1911-2002) watercolour painting size: 9 x 6.75 inches Beautifully colourful, original painting by the very popular and highly regarded Hungarian/ French painter...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Art

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Gouache, Oil Pastel

Boats at Low Tide by Rachael Dalzell. Acrylic on canvas with tray frame
Located in Coltishall, GB
This piece is based on a view over boats on the marshes in early spring. Rachael’s paintings are large, colourful and expressive. Her free and lively use of paint through various t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Colourful Abstract, French Expressionist Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
AKOS BIRO (HUNGARIAN 1911-2002) watercolour/ gouache on card size: 7.5 x 11 inches Beautifully colourful, original painting by the very popular and highly regarded Hungarian/ French...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Art

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Gouache, Oil Pastel

Tower Bridge, London - Abstracted Urban Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic pastel drawing of Tower Bridge in London by Allie William "Bill" Skelton (American, 1942-1986). Signed and dated in pencil by the artist in the lower right corner. Unframed. Allie William “Bill” Skelton (American, 1942-1986) was a painter and sculptor active in San Francisco who was involved in the gay art...
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1970s Expressionist Art

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Paper, Pastel, Pencil

Provencal Landscape Poppy Fields Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning mid 20th century French Expressionist oil painting on canvas. The work depicts this gloriously vibrant and colourful landscape in Provence - we are told by the former owner it represents the Luberon Valley region in Provence, in the fields around Cucuron. We acquired the painting from a private collector in the heart of Provence who had owned the painting for many years. The work is unsigned but very, very close in every respect to the Corsican born artist PIERRE AMBROGIANI (1907-1985) and further research in this direction could be fruitful. Condition and Size: The painting is in good condition. The paint has begun to split in places as one would expect with such thickly applied oil paint. The canvas, unframed is 38cm x 55cm. Pierre Ambrogiani was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, although he was brought up in Marseille, where he continued to live and work for the rest of his life. He was an Expressionist painter of Provençal landscapes...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

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Oil

"Young dancer" Dancer, Dance, baby Oil cm. 60 x 76 1955
Located in Torino, IT
Italy,Dancer,White ,Grey Little Girl ,Italian Painter Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989) From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to techni...
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1950s Expressionist Art

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Oil

Still life with flowers. Oil on cardboard, 50x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with flowers. Oil on cardboard, 50x40 cm Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001) Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School ...
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1970s Expressionist Art

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Cardboard, Oil

Red lilies. 1975. Oil on canvas, 79x59 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Red lilies. 1975. Oil on canvas, 79x59 cm
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1970s Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Scale, 2018
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Born August 4, 1945 in Chambéry. Apprenticeship in 1984 at the Etampes school founded and run by the painter Philipe Lejeune. -Price "Finez Planard" awarded by the Taylor Foundation...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Oil

1001 Afternoons in New York - Rare Book illustrated by George Grosz - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
1001 Afternoons in New York is an original modern rare book written by Ben Hecht (New York,1894 – New York, 1964) and illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in 194...
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1940s Expressionist Art

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Offset, Paper

Village. 1990. Oil on canvas, cardboard, 50x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Village. 1990. Oil on canvas, cardboard, 50x70 cm Colorful landscape, in blue, yellow, colors Valdis Bush (1924-2014) studied at the Art academy of Latvia (1945 – 1950), his favori...
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1990s Expressionist Art

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Oil, Cardboard, Canvas

Paul als Harlekin. Succession Picasso paris 2014., 80x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Paul als Harlekin. Succession Picasso paris 2014., limitierte auflage von 1000 exemplaren, 80x60 cm
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Paper, Color

Gesänge Gegen Bar - Rare Book illustrated by George Grosz - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Gesänge Gegen Bar is an original modern rare book written by Günther Schwenn (Berlin, 1903 - Geneva, 1991) and engraved by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in 1931. Publis...
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1930s Expressionist Art

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Photogravure, Paper

Transcendent, Kate Willows, Limited Edition Wing Print, Animal, Angel, Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Transcendent by Kate Willows [2017] limited edition Ink on paper Edition of 40 Image size: H:20 cm x W:30 cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu im...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Paper, Ink

Isolation Blues contemporary social realism dark humor topical art man cat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
pastel on toned paper signed bottom left
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Pastel, Paper

David Smith Sulzer Engineering Works I Switzerland Watercolor Modern British Art
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you ...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

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Watercolor

Fourth Darmstadt exhibition, Expressionist dragon poster, Bernhard Hoetger, 1914
Located in Chicago, IL
Bernhard Hoetger’s 1914 Expressionist poster for the Darmstadt Artists' Colony’s (Darmstädter Künstlerkolonie) fourth and final exhibition depicts the legend of Saint George slaying ...
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1910s Expressionist Art

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Offset

salty sue and kandy korn, colorful woman and bird humorous people pets
Located in Brooklyn, NY
one of a series of people and their pets painted on wood panel suitable for framed smooth texture
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Wood Panel, Oil

'Improvisation 7' original first ed. woodcut from 'Klänge' by Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present woodcut print comes from 'Klänge (Sounds),' a book of original graphics and poetry by Wassily Kandinsky. This first edition was released in an edition of 300, each book signed and numbered by the artist. The title of the album and this particular print, 'Improvisation,' demonstrated Kandinsky's interest in music and how abstract musical forms could be translated into images on a two-dimensional surface. This particular composition is difficult to read, but through the abstraction, one can make out various figures and a landscape beyond. 7.5 x 5 inches, image 22 x 19.5 inches, frame Woodcut in black ink on laid paper (watermark Van Gelder Zonen) Signed with encircled 'K' in the block, lower right Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent acid free archival materials including silk-lined matting with 1/4 inch bevel, museum glass, and a gold-gilded moulding Ref. Roethel 124 The Museum of Modern Art described 'Klänge (Sounds)' as follows: Vasily Kandinsky's self-described "musical album," Klänge (Sounds), consists of thirty-eight prose-poems he wrote between 1909 and 1911 and fifty-six woodcuts he began in 1907. In the woodcuts Kandinsky veiled his subject matter, creating increasingly indecipherable images (though the horse and rider, his symbol for overcoming objective representation, runs through as a leitmotif). This process proved crucial for the development of abstraction in his art. Kandinsky said his choice of media sprang from an "inner necessity" for expression: the woodcuts were not merely illustrative, nor were the poems purely verbal descriptions. Kandinsky sought a synthesis of the arts, in which meaning was created through the interaction of, and space between, text and image, sound and meaning, mark and blank space. The experimental typography shows his interest in the physical aspects of the book. Klänge is one of three major publications by Kandinsky that appeared shortly before World War I, alongside Über die Geistige in der Kunst (Concerning the Spiritual in Art) and the Blaue Reiter almanac...
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1910s Expressionist Art

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Woodcut

News Vendor, New York - China Ink Drawing on Paper by G. Grosz - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
News Vendor, New York is an original drawing, ink on paper, realized by George Grosz in 1932, signature stamp and Grosz Estate stamp on the reverse n°4-56-7. Certificate by Ralph Jentsch. Provenance George Grosz Estate. In very good conditions. Here representing a man selling news angrily and a man with paper in his hand with indifference and calm look with a time devilish smile. critically demonstrated an allegorical and deeply pessimistic kind representation of Grosz's moral perspective regarding war. George Grosz (1893 -1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin...
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1930s Expressionist Art

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Ink

Still life with flowers. 1986. Paper, watercolor, 61.5x86 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with flowers. 1986. Paper, watercolor, 61.5x86 cm Dzidra Bauma (1930) Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositi...
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1980s Expressionist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Rose Square by church. 2012, acrylic on paper, 44x55 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Rose Square by church. 2012, acrylic on paper, 44x55 cm Dzidra Bauma (1930) Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions, ...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Paper, Acrylic

Coast
By Elizavita Kuzina
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Kuzina is a recent graduate from the famed Ilya Repin State Academy of Painting, Art and Architecture in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Oil

Steet Vendor with Little Girl
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jean Jansem (French/Armenian, 1920-2013) Title: Street Vendor with Little Girl Year: c. 1960 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered 144/200 in pencil Paper: Arches p...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

"Mexican Villagers Scene with Man on a Horse" Expressionistic Style Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the Mid Century by Russian painter Michael Baxte. Mostly known for his abstracted figures on canvas or street scenes, this piece is a wonderful representation of his portraits in village landscapes with expressive use of color, shape, and form. Later in his career, Baxte explores Expressionism, infusing both European and North American stylistic trends. Art measures 25.5 x 21.25 inches Michael Posner Baxte was born in 1890 in the small town of Staroselje Belarus, Russia. For the first half of the 19th century, it was a center of the Chabad movement of Hasidic Jews, but this group was gone by the middle of the 19th century. By the time the Baxte family immigrated to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, the Jewish population numbered only on the hundreds. The native language of the Baxte family was Yiddish. It is likely that the death of Michael Baxte’s father triggered the family’s immigration. Three older brothers arrived in New York between 1903 and 1905. Michael and his mother, Rebecca, arrived in 1907. By 1910 Michael, his mother, and brother, Joseph, were living in New Orleans and may have spent some time on a Louisiana plantation. Around 1912, Michael Baxte returned to Europe to study the violin. In 1914 he, his mother, and Joseph moved to New York City. Meanwhile, in Algeria, a talented young woman painter, Violette Mege, was making history. For the first time, a woman won the prestigious Beaux Art competition in Algeria. At first, the awards committee denied her the prize but, with French government intervention, Mege eventually prevailed. She won again 3 years later and, in 1916, used the scholarship to visit the United States of America. When Violette came to New York, she met Baxte, who was, by then, an accomplished violinist, teacher, and composer. Baxte’s compositions were performed at the Tokyo Imperial Theater, and in 1922 he was listed in the American Jewish Yearbook as one of the prominent members of the American Jewish community. As a music teacher, he encouraged individual expression. Baxte stated, “No pupil should ever be forced into the imitation of the teacher. Art is a personal experience, and the teacher’s truest aim must be to awaken this light of personality through the patient's light of science.” By 1920 Michael Baxte and Violette Mege were living together in Manhattan. Although they claimed to be living as husband and wife, it seems that their marriage did not become official until 1928. On their “unofficial” honeymoon around 1917, in Algiers, Baxte confided to her his ambition to paint. There and later in New Mexico where the wonderful steeped sunlight approximates the coloring of Algiers, she taught him his heart’s desire. He never had any other teacher. She never had any other pupil. For ten years she devoted all her time, energy, and ambition to teaching, encouraging, inspiring him. Then in 1928, their mutual strivings were rewarded, as his works were being chosen as one of the two winners in the Dudensing National Competition for American Painters. Out of 150 artists from across the country participated in the Dudensing, and Michael Posner Baxte and, Robert Fawcett...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

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Masonite, Oil

20th Century German Expressionist drawing by Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955) Der Traum (The dream) pencil on paper Signed with monogram ‘CH’ (lower right) 13 x 13 in. (33 x 33 cm.) Provenance: These works come from the artist’s second wife Elizabeth and from then by descent. Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter and the director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most important painters of the Expressionist movement, his work was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in Karlsruhe under Hans Thoma. He first visited Paris in 1899 making acquaintance with Julius Meier-Graefe. In 1902 he studied in Stuttgardt and became friends with the sculptor Hermann Haller...
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20th Century Expressionist Art

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Pencil, Paper

Natalie Bird, Summer Bloom, Original Still Life Floral Painting, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Summer Bloom [2021] Original Flowers Mixed media on board Image size: H:45 cm x W:3 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:45 cm x W:30 cm x D:30cm Framed Size: H:45 cm x W:45 cm x D:3cm Sold Framed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Summer Bloom is an original painting by Natalie Bird...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Mixed Media, Board

German expressionist drawing of a Bull Elephant by Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955) Elefantenbulle (Bull elephant) Pencil on paper Signed with monogram ‘CH’ (lower right) 15.3/4 x 13.3/8 in. (40 x 34 cm.) Provenance: These works come from the artist’s second wife Elizabeth and from then by descent. Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter and the director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most important painters of the Expressionist movement, his work was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in Karlsruhe under Hans Thoma. He first visited Paris in 1899 making acquaintance with Julius Meier-Graefe. In 1902 he studied in Stuttgardt and became friends with the sculptor Hermann Haller...
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20th Century Expressionist Art

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Pencil, Paper

Garden Bloom
Located in Boston, MA
Artist commentary: Nothing makes me happier than working in the garden and seeing plants bloom and bear fruit. We are more alike than we imagine. Words that describe the piece: Gar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Archival Paper, Digital

Lunch at Chez Louis
Located in London, GB
'Lunch at Chez Louis', oil on canvas, by Roland Dubuc (circa 1970s). The outdoor terrace at restaurants and cafés in France goes back centuries as they have always been a gathering place for intellectuals to meet and debate philosophical issues; for the Avant Garde set to display their works; for artists to compare and exchange ideas and for writers to drown their sorrows over their artistic anguish or melancholy. Even the freedom fighters of the French Revolution and later the French Resistance would meet in cafés to plot their course. Regular people of course also enjoy these venues. A very delightful feature of these French institutions is that there is always room for quiet book readers, romantic couples, business meetings and lively groups of friends sharing a bottle of wine. The artist Dubuc captures a slice of this lovely aspect of French culture in this smile-inducing depiction painted in vivid oils. With a background of greenery, the patrons enjoy the outdoors protected from the intense sun by the table's parasols. Ah, the life. The artwork is in good vintage condition, is framed and signed by the artist in the lower left hand corner. Please enjoy the many photos accompanying this listing. Upon request a video 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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Canvas, Oil

Abstract with Subject 10 (House), Painting by John Clem Clarke
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Clem Clarke, American (1937 - ) Title: Abstract with Subject 10 (House) Year: 1972 Medium: Acrylic and Spraypaint on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 70 x 40 in. (1...
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1970s Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Unfinished Thought, female nude, abstracted figurative painting earth tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Expressionist, abstracted figurative female nude About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett creates representational images of human figures and animals, emphasizing mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

FruhlingsErwachen - Rare Book Illustrated by Willi Geiger - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
FruhlingsErwachen is an original modern rare book written by Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (1864 – 1918) and illustrated by Willi Geiger (Landshut, 1878 ...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Sweet Energy, colorful red swirling abstract mystical mixed media
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists. Janet Morgan’s explosive art captures the exuberance and deep wisdom we humans yearn to experience. Her sense of...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Watercolor, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

Steh auf prolet! - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
Steh auf prolet! is an original modern rare book engraved by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) and written by Oskar Kanehl (Berlin, 1888 - Berlin, 1929) in 1922. Original F...
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1920s Expressionist Art

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Photogravure, Paper

Lina Gonchar - "Lina II" - Unique Ceramic Sculpture - Coated in Brown
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Lina Gonchar - "Lina II". Lina Gonchar, born 1963, is a Russian artist. She studied at the Far Eastern Academy of Arts and the Faculty of Art Ceramics. She is a member of the Union...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Ceramic

Lina Gonchar - "Lina III" - Unique Ceramic Sculpture - Coated in Green
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Lina Gonchar - "Lina III". Lina Gonchar, born 1963, is a Russian artist. She studied at the Far Eastern Academy of Arts and the Faculty of Art Ceramics. She is a member of the Unio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Ceramic

“Portrait of an Exhibition X - The Rose” Abstract Expressionist Gallery Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Large black and white themed gallery space of a selection of the artist's own work in the style of Mark Rothko's color field paintings. This piece is part of a series that the artist...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

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